Chapter 863: Submission or destruction!

With the laughter, Liu Bang soon appeared in the tent.

Cao Shen went up to meet him,

"Pei Gong, you are here just right, I'm going to find you something."

Liu Bang's expression moved slightly at this time, and said,

"What's wrong with Brother Cao looking for me? But it's okay."

He came to persuade and test the other party, and of course he had to wait for an opportunity before moving.

Cao Shen did not realize the other party's small movements, so he took out the prepared documents and said,

"Pei Gong is now in spring and the grass road has been restored."

"In the past few days, I saw that there seemed to be more slaves in the camp. Many military personnel took advantage of the reasons for training to plunder small Western city-states."

"I heard that General Lu and General Zhou Bo took people to pursue the remnants of the Xiongnu. Some soldiers actually refused military orders and wanted to plunder."

"This matter has damaged our army's majesty and also damaged the army's discipline."

When they took over this Great Qin cavalry, the military discipline was strict and the soldiers' combat effectiveness was extremely strong.

But now it is unheard of that Qin army, who is above the centurion level, takes his troops to plunder.

Listening to Cao Shen's words, Liu Bang's face became slightly embarrassed.

Of course he knew these things, and it could even be said that they were all contributed by him.

He didn't let go, and these people didn't have the courage to do so. The military law of the Qin Dynasty was not a decoration.

But soon he felt aroused that this incident did violate military law, but it was a good way to test the other party.

If the other party can't even do anything to violate military discipline for him now, let alone betray Daqin with him.

So he deliberately made a look of embarrassment, then sighed slowly,

"well…"

Cao Shen asked quickly,

"Is there any hidden secret in Pei Gong? You can tell me that I will do my best."

Liu Bang smiled bitterly at this time, and then said,

"Brother Cao, you know the situation of our army now."

"This place is very far from the county of Daqin. Ten bags of rice are transported to the point where they can only have one bag left. The soldiers are living a hard life."

"The reason I do business with those merchants is to subsidize the soldiers."

Cao Shen nodded at this time. He knew that the other party was talking about the facts, and the supply on the grassland was indeed not easy.

But this cannot be an excuse for plundering people and selling slaves, so I returned to

"Pei Gong, the soldiers who went to expedition here will have their own military rewards and titles..."

But before the other party finished speaking, Liu Bang shook his head and interrupted,

"Brother Cao, the soldiers are also human beings. They have wives and children at home. They didn't count before. Since the war with the Huns, many soldiers have not returned for three to five years."

"How can the military rewards from the government satisfy the soldiers?"

"Although we can rotate back now, most of the soldiers still have to stay on the grassland. You know the hardships. If they are not allowed to earn some wealth, it will be difficult for the army to use."

It was only after he understood the mentality of the soldiers that he could gather his own people so quickly.

Cao Shen was immediately silent. He was indeed inferior to Liu Bang in terms of grasping people's hearts and leading the overall situation.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bang narrowed his eyes slightly at this time. He was about to test the other party, and he said it soon.

"Brother Cao said that you are very talented, but when you reward your military merits this time, you only got a small title, and I am not worth it for you."

"It's better to stock up on more wealth here, so that your life will be easier in the future."

"Now the Huns and those city-states in the west are fighting, and it is the opportunity for me to wait. If you don't dislike it, you might as well go there with me."

After Liu Bang finished speaking, he stared at Cao Shen tightly and looked at the other party's reaction.

Cao Shen was stunned for a moment. In fact, when he heard it, he wanted to refute it. The Qin army's military law was rewarded according to merits, and military merits were always fair.

He didn't feel he was being treated unfairly.

Just when I heard the other person's words, I realized that something was wrong.

The other party is openly urging him to violate military law!

He was about to refuse but suddenly remembered the secret letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who had received.

It said that no matter what order Liu Bang gave him, he must first obey.

He was not a stupid person, and he almost understood something in his heart.

His Highness the Crown Prince seemed to have been on guard against Liu Bang, and even expected that the other party would violate military law.

Then myself...

Thinking of this, Cao Shen looked at the other party with a very complicated expression, and then said slowly,

"What Pei Gong said is reasonable is that he is abrupt. I wish to go with Pei Gong."

Hearing this, Liu Bang laughed almost immediately, saying,

"Okay, okay, I will definitely get what I want with Brother Cao's help."

Of course he noticed Cao Shen's hesitation, but this is normal. Anyone who encounters such a thing will hesitate for a moment. With the other party's temperament, if he agrees directly, there will be a ghost.

Soon he took out a bag of gold from his arms and said,

"Brother Cao has worked hard these days. This is the harvest of slave trade this time, and everyone has a share."

In fact, he learned this trick with Zhao Lang. Xiang Bo has been yelling about how good Zhao Lang is to him before.

And there is another meaning: if you collect money, you will be your own person, and there will be stains on the other party. Even if you want to regret it, you have to think more about it like him.

This time, I didn't hesitate for too long, so I took my wallet and returned.

"Then I'll thank you Pei Gong."

Liu Bang said with a smile,

"From now on, we will be a good brother who is stronger than gold, so we don't have to be so polite."

"Brother Cao, I won't bother you. We will set out to the west early tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he got up and left.

After Liu Bang left, Cao Shen picked up the purse left by the other party with a complicated expression and muttered to himself,

"Pei Gong, don't do anything confusing."

He was sure now that Liu Bang's actions were already within his expectations of His Royal Highness.

I am just a hidden weapon, but who knows if there are any other arrangements?

The next morning, Liu Bang took his men to the west.

More than ten days later, a small city-state outside the northwest border of the Qin Xindi.

The low city wall was now full of the people of the city-state. They looked at another city-state with great fear in the distance with smoke and dust rising from the distance and faintly wailing.

"Father, why don't we go to save people? I have my fiancée there!"

The little prince of the city-state at the highest point of the city wall said to his father in great anxiety.

The city lord just shook his head with a pale expression and said,

"Those are extremely powerful existences of the Huns. They are just passing by now. We don't want to provoke them, nor can we afford to provoke them."

After the previous war, the infamy of destroying the Huns had already begun in this city-state.

Just as I was saying this, when the smoke and dust came quickly towards this side, I saw a pair of Hun cavalry with at least a thousand people.

Everyone's face turned pale in an instant.

Although there are tens of thousands of people in their city, there are not many warriors.

Just when everyone was a little desperate, a team of cavalry with only a hundred people suddenly came out from the side and directly blocked the Xiongnu cavalry's way.

The two sides didn't know what they said, and soon thousands of Hun cavalry slowly retreated.

Everyone was stunned, and the little prince asked even more.

"Who are those of Fathers? How can one hundred people drive away so many people?"

The city lord replied in a complicated expression,

"Those are Qin people."

"Qin people?"

The little prince's eyes lit up instantly and he said loudly,

"I want to be a Qin person, too."

But before he finished speaking, the team of Qin cavalry arrived in front of their city gate and shouted,

"The Great Qin cavalry is here, will it surrender or be destroyed!"

In an instant, the whole city was silent.

(An An)
Chapter completed!