Chapter 381

Fourth year of Chuping, late October

Jingzhou, Mr. Water Mirror's courtyard

"Defeated? Yuan Gonglu was defeated?!"

When the news of Yuan Gonglu's defeat arrived, all the Jingzhou scholars in Mr. Water Mirror's courtyard were stunned!

Two hundred thousand troops were actually defeated by Lin Ziyuan in one fell swoop!

And five commanderies of Yuzhou were all lost!

Only Runan Commandery remained in Yuan Gonglu's hands!

"This, how is this possible? The troops under Lin Ziyuan are only a mere one hundred thousand!"

Someone couldn't help but speak up!

Lin Yang's troops are only a mere one hundred thousand!

Leaving the city to fight Yuan Gonglu, he actually achieved such results!

That is two hundred thousand troops!

Even if they were two hundred thousand pigs!

It would be impossible to be beaten like this!

"The elite nature of the soldiers under this man and the excellence of their armor are not comparable to Yuan Gonglu!"

Among the crowd, Xu Shu, who had long stood on Lin Yang's side, had a sharp glint in his eyes!

Not relying on city walls!

Instead, taking the initiative to seek battle opportunities!

Defeating Yuan Gonglu's two-hundred-thousand-strong army in one battle!

A hero of the world must have a place for Lin Yang!

Everyone listened to Xu Shu's words and remained silent!

Lin Yang's great victory, and now he is even stationed in Yuzhou, clearly intending to compete with Yuan Gonglu!

If it were before, everyone would have favored Yuan Gonglu in the battle between Lin Yang and Yuan Gonglu!

But now, their views have completely changed!

Having lost most of Yuzhou, and with his troops suffering heavy losses, Yuan Gonglu, even if he still has over one hundred thousand troops, has lost the momentum!

To compete for the world, everyone looks more at the momentum!

Yuan Benchu and Yuan Gonglu were favored by everyone before!

Because both were descendants of four generations of high officials and had received support from many noble families!

The momentum of the world was on them!

Now!

Yuan Gonglu was defeated in one battle; in everyone's view, it would be very difficult for him to rise again!

"This Lin Ziyuan of Xuzhou is indeed a hero!"

After Xu Shu finished expressing his views, many others also changed their attitudes!

The reason they had been in Jingzhou and hadn't entered the world!

Was to choose a wise lord!

Although there are many warlords in the world!

But there are very few who can be called wise lords!

Yuan Benchu of Hebei, Yuan Gonglu of Nanyang!

These two were originally full of momentum!

What a pity!

Now Yuan Gonglu is defeated and has lost Yuzhou, his momentum has declined!

In everyone's view, the world is basically a competition between Lin Yang and Yuan Benchu!

As for Cao Mengde, no one cares!

And just as the people of Jingzhou were discussing this, on the other side, in Yuzhou, outside Gushi City—

"Report, my lord, an envoy from Yuan Gonglu has arrived!"

While discussing the next strategy in the military camp, the soldier outside hurried over and reported!

"Congratulations, my lord, this Yuan Gonglu must be seeking peace!"

Guo Jia saw the envoy from Yuan Gonglu arrive, guessed the other party's intention, and bowed to congratulate Lin Yang!

"After waiting for so long, this Yuan Gonglu finally couldn't hold back!"

Hearing that Yuan Gonglu had sent an envoy, Lin Yang also laughed!

This is the moment he was waiting for!

Otherwise, with over fifty thousand troops here, unable to attack and unable to retreat, what is the point!

"Let the envoy in!"

Looking at Guo Jia, Lin Yang restrained his smile and said to the outside!

After a long moment, in the military camp—

"Please!"

Following the soldier's words, Yan Xiang, who had arrived, looked at the figure in front!

Even though it wasn't the first time they had met!

But looking at the young figure in front, Yan Xiang still sighed in his heart!

Yuan Gonglu, of four generations of high officials, was actually forced to this point by this person!

"Greetings, Governor Lin!"

Stepping forward slightly, Yan Xiang also bowed respectfully!

Even though they were mortal enemies before!

But now that he is seeking peace, Yan Xiang can only lower his posture!

"Hmm!"

Lin Yang, sitting above, looked over and nodded, dignified without being angry!

"I don't know why General Yuan sent an envoy this time, has he decided to surrender?"

Before Yan Xiang could speak, Guo Jia, standing to the side, joked with a smile!

A sentence about deciding to surrender directly caused Yan Xiang's momentum to collapse!

"Hehe, my lord has twenty thousand troops and fifty thousand men in armor, how can there be talk of surrender!"

Retorting, Yan Xiang understood the technique of negotiation!

If he shows weakness at this moment!

I'm afraid that the peace he is seeking will be eaten up by Lin Yang!

"Oh? Since you are not surrendering, why did you come here?"

Lin Yang above said coldly, and then waved his hand impatiently!

"Someone, send him back!"

"Tell Yuan Gonglu, I will fight him to the death under this Gushi City!"

The domineering words made Yan Xiang's mouth twitch!

Tough!

Simply too tough!

He had only retorted once, and he was going to act directly!

"Cough, cough, my lord, don't be in a hurry, let Yan Congshi finish first!"

Guo Jia, standing to the side, coughed and reminded him!

With Guo Jia's voice, Yan Xiang was not driven out!

However!

This time he didn't dare to be tough anymore!

"Governor Lin, my lord sent me here to ask Governor Lin to cease hostilities and form a bond of friendship!"

Yan Xiang's attitude was very low; he couldn't quite grasp the mind of the person before him!

Someone who could rely on one hundred thousand soldiers to fight their two hundred thousand troops is definitely not an ordinary hero!

"Hehe, cease hostilities?" Looking at Yan Xiang with mockery, Lin Yang continued, "Now that my army has mobilized, in a few days, two hundred thousand troops will be at the city gates, and you want me to retreat?"