Chapter 271

These twenty thousand cavalry of Liu Bei were not many, but they did indeed restrain Yuan Shao's power!

Yuan Shao felt especially uncomfortable.

Tian Feng cupped his hands.

"My lord, we actually have no great enmity with Liu Bei; the key lies only in the Zhen family, as long as..."

Before Tian Feng could finish, Yuan Shao waved his hand.

"No need to say more, this matter must absolutely not be conceded!"

Time passed quickly, and Liu Bei had already been stationed outside Yecheng for ten days.

Every day he would take troops for a stroll outside Yecheng and then drill the soldiers; the days were still quite leisurely.

Yuan Shao, however, was extremely depressed.

The people of Yecheng were all discussing that the lord, in order to force a marriage of Little Zhen Mi as his daughter-in-law, had made it so that everyone couldn't even leave the city.

"Lord Xuande is benevolent and righteous, he surely won't harm us commoners!"

"That's right, can't you let me out of the city?"

"The chickens at home haven't been fed, I know they're about to starve to death."

"I haven't seen my wife outside the city for ten days! Fortunately, my Brother Wang lives nearby, so there's someone to look after her."

Everyone looked over and felt that this guy seemed to be wearing some green!

Outside the city,

"My lord, Brother Gongsun Zan has sent troops to march toward Bohai Commandery; our opportunity has arrived."

Xu Shu smiled while holding the intelligence.

Liu Bei nodded.

"We have wasted ten days outside Yecheng and consumed a lot of grain; Alliance Leader Yuan must show something!"

"Yide, the task of negotiation is handed to you."

Zhang Fei's eyes lit up.

"Raising the price? I'm familiar with that, I often raise the price of pork!"

"That Yan Liang didn't dare to return to reinforce Yecheng, so we waited for nothing."

Yuan Shao also learned the news of Brother Gongsun Zan sending troops and instantly couldn't sit still.

"What should we do if Brother Gongsun Zan occupies Bohai Commandery?"

Tian Feng cupped his hands.

"My lord, face is small, the great cause takes precedence!"

Yuan Shao also knew that he couldn't drag this out any longer.

"Tian Feng, you go as an envoy to Liu Bei and tell him to retreat immediately!"

"I won't care about the Zhen family's matter anymore!"

"My lord is wise!"

Liu Bei's camp,

"My big brother is resting, I am fully responsible for the negotiation with you."

Tian Feng...

"This is not very appropriate."

Zhang Fei slammed the table.

"What's not appropriate, you aren't Yuan Shao himself either!"

Tian Feng was dizzy from Zhang Fei's shouting; when a scholar meets a soldier, there is no place to use his skills.

The final negotiation result:

Liu Bei retreats,

the Zhen family can freely leave Jizhou and head to Bingzhou; as for the marriage, just consider it never happened,

and Yuan Shao compensates Liu Bei with one hundred thousand shi of grain for 'lost work'.

The matter was perfectly resolved.

Liu Bei didn't want to drag it out here either, and there wasn't much grain left.

After Zhen Yao learned the situation, he began to sell his land and houses; this time their Zhen family moved completely to Bingzhou and from then on were tightly bound to Lord Xuande.

Those who didn't want to leave stayed behind to live with Alliance Leader Yuan!

Little Zhen Mi also felt wonderful inside; her brother-in-law had done so much for her, she must admire him even more!

The Jizhou noble families lowered the prices a bit and ate up the Zhen family's industries.

Liu Bei's great army escorted the Zhen family's ten thousand people toward Bingzhou.

Liu Bei held Zhen Yao's hand.

"The Zhen family has sacrificed a lot for me this time. After going to Bingzhou, I will allocate land for you in Taiyuan and Yanmen, and I will distribute large areas of land and pastures in the Hetao Plain of Wuyuan Commandery to you!"

Zhen Yao was moved inside.

"My lord, you are giving too much!"

Liu Bei laughed heartily and looked at the carriage not far away.

Through the carriage curtain, he could see a graceful figure staring at him. ===== CHAPTER 272 =====