Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "So let's take over next. Well, which one of you will direct the attack on the inner city?"
Several commanders surrendered their hands to fight.
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a while and said: "Then you guys can go together. Well, remember, my goal is casualties, casualties, do you understand?"
"Haha, we understand what the boss means~"
...
About an hour later, a battle report came from the front, saying that several Bone Tribe soldiers led by the commander had opened a gap in the inner city.
"It's interesting. These guys are quite capable. Well, what about Gu Lai?"
The spy replied: "Boss, Gu Lai is injured~one of his arms was broken."
Ma Xiaoquan pursed his lips and smiled, thinking that his skill at showing off was pretty good, but his skill at leading troops into battle was terrible.
Ma Xiaoquan asked again: "So what did our commander do with the 1,000 people Gu Lai originally brought and the nearly 5,000 people who did not participate in the war?"
The spy said with some pride: "Boss, it's very simple. Don't give them food. If you want to eat, go to fight. Whoever fights well will be given food. Oh, by the way, those Bone Tribe people are very hungry. Why don't you give them food?"
People eat their own people. But they seem to only eat those seriously injured or dead Bone Tribe people, not everyone as rumored."
"Uh~~" Ma Xiaoquan was a little surprised. When he handed over the entire task to those commanders earlier, he didn't even think about what to do. Now it seems that he thought it was complicated. He is an iron rice and a strong man.
Why didn't he think of this truth that makes him hungry after not eating for a whole meal?
"How many soldiers of the Bone Clan are left now?"
The spy chuckled and said, "To tell you what, counting those who died in the battle, those who were half-dead, and those who ate their own people, there are less than three thousand left."
"Well, three thousand..." Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment while dragging his chin, then settled down and said, "Let me tell the commanders that the number will eventually be limited to two thousand."
"Yes~"
...
In the Bone Clan's inner city, a group of Bone Clan nobles gathered together to discuss the next strategy.
"Clan leader, although there are a lot of supplies in the inner city, if we continue to use them up like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold on for long..."
Another noble said: "That little bastard Gu Lai is not dead. He is now hanging out with the coalition forces. If they are allowed to attack the inner city, we will probably..."
"Yes, patriarch, what should we do? How about we escape from the tunnel?"
"Yes, escape from the tunnel and go somewhere else. You can't stay here any longer."
The leader of the Bone Clan frowned and said after a long time: "I understand everyone's feelings, but have you ever thought about where we will go if we leave here?"
A nobleman said: "The Leng tribe or the Tata tribe should give us a piece of land, or we should go to their two tribes."
The nobleman who said this has always had a bad relationship with the Bone Clan's patriarch. The Bone Clan's patriarch naturally felt harsh after hearing this, but due to his family's status in the Bone Clan, it was difficult for the patriarch to refute his words.
The nobleman standing on the side of the Bone Clan leader said: "Huh, Leng Clan? Tata Clan? Do you know what they will think of us if we go to them? For more than a hundred years, our Bone Clan has been subjected to their abuse.
Isn’t the oppression less? Also, didn’t those two little beasts sent by those two tribes run away from the tunnel long ago? If they cared about us, the Bone Tribe, they wouldn’t have left us and run away.”
"Hmph, how do you know they're not here to bring in reinforcements?"
"Reinforcement? When did the Bone Clan have reinforcements? How many years ago, every time the Bone Clan was in danger, when did the two of them rescue us?"
The two quarreled endlessly, and the leader of the Bone Clan had to scold them to silence them.
"I understand the mood of both of you. Our Bone Clan has indeed reached a point of life and death now. I am also very surprised that Gu Lai is not dead, but I am still surprised. He attacked the city during the day and interrupted us.
Arm, so he is not something to be afraid of. What we are afraid of is the guy named Ma Xiaoquan~"
"Chief, what should we do? Fight or flee?"
The leader of the Bone Clan thought for a while and said: "We won't fight or run away, we will talk~"
"talk?"
"Yes, talk to them~" the Bone Clan's leader grinned, "Do you think it's impossible? Do you think we can't talk to the United Army? But have you ever thought about the fact that the Bone Clan has spent more than a hundred years since its formation?
We have always been in an awkward position. Let’s take a look and think about it. We live here, and we are so disrespectful to the Tatas and Leng tribes. Is this what we need?”
The leader of the Bone Clan sighed: "The fate of the Bone Clan should be in our own hands..."
When the leader of the Bone Clan said something, all the nobles present fell silent. After a while, the noble said to the Leng Clan and Tata Clan: "The words are nice to hear. If we talk, if the talk breaks down, wouldn't we all
I won't do such a thing if you want to be buried with him. If you don't leave, I will leave~" After that, the nobleman led his people out of the hall.
Watching the people who opposed him leave, the Bone Clan's leader seemed to be in a much calmer mood. He smiled slightly and said, "Whoever thinks it's inappropriate for me to do this can also choose to leave through the tunnel."
As soon as these words came out, some unsteady-minded people immediately turned around and left. After a while, half of the nobles were missing from the hall.
Not all the nobles who stayed in the hall supported the leader of the Bone Clan, but they just wanted to see what the leader was going to do. If it didn't work out, they could just leave in the end. Anyway, they had plundered a lot of people from the clan over the years.
If you leave here, or even leave Hongzhou, and go somewhere else, you can still live a good life.
The current Bone Clan Patriarch is the younger brother of the former Bone Clan Patriarch. It is rumored that he took over the position of Bone Clan Patriarch after killing his brother. Therefore, since he took the throne, some of the nobles in the group have always opposed him.
Now this group of people are leaving him directly. Although it makes him lose face on the scene, it is actually beneficial to him.
"Okay, everyone, some of you support me, and some of you have doubts. It doesn't matter. I said that if you want to talk to the United Army, you must talk. Therefore... give me an order to open the inner city gate~"
...
Ma Xiaoquan was reorganizing the army when news came that the Bone Clan's inner city gate was wide open and they requested negotiations with the commander of the coalition forces.
"Oh?" Ma Xiaoquan put down the gun in his hand and asked, "How many soldiers of the Bone Clan died in the end? How many are left?"
The spy replied: "There are only two thousand and seven left."
"Well, it's seven hundred more than what I'm overdue. But the inner city gate is open. Come to negotiate with me. I'm afraid this battle won't continue. Okay, then I'll go talk to them. That's right.
, bring me the bones and call us together."
"Yes~~"
...
On the way to the inner city, Ma Xiaoquan looked at Gu Lai with a solemn expression and asked: "I heard that you are the legitimate son of the leader of the Bone Clan. Why did you leave the Bone Clan later? Is it because your father was killed?"
Gu Lai was stunned for a moment, then let out a soft hum.
"I see. Maybe if you negotiate with me this time, you might learn the truth. By the way, do you hate the person who killed your father?"
Gu Lai smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I don't know, maybe I hate it."
The two arrived at the Bone Clan's inner city hall, and the Bone Clan's leader stood up and greeted them with a smile.
Ma Xiaoquan secretly admired him for leading his men to kill thousands of Bone Clan members. Logically speaking, the Bone Clan leader should have hated him to the core, but from the look on his face, it seemed that he didn't care about the death or injury of his clan members.
"I have heard about the reputation of the Crown Prince for a long time, and I, Bone Zhilong, am extremely honored to be able to meet you today." The Bone Clan leader enthusiastically offered his hand to Ma Xiaoquan, as if he was familiar with it.
Naturally, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't refute the opponent's face. He also stepped forward enthusiastically, grabbed the hand of Bone Clan Chief Gu Zhilong, and shook it hard twice.
Gu Zhilong showed horror at Ma Xiaoquan's move. Ma Xiaoquan let go of his hand and said: "Oh, this is the highest etiquette in the Black and Green Kingdom. It is called a handshake, which means that we are friendly to each other."
"Oh, that's it~" Gu Zhilong breathed out and stretched out his hand for Ma Xiaoquan and Gu to sit down.
...
"Gu Lai, you are Gu Lai, you have grown so big~" Gu Zhilong saw Gu Lai sitting down and looked at his appearance carefully.
Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and looked at Gu Zhilong and Gu Lai. The expressions between their eyebrows were quite similar.
"Gu Zhilong, don't be so pretentious. You killed my father and my mother. As the leader of the Bone Clan, you have been sitting here for so many years. You feel very comfortable, right?" Gu Lai mocked disdainfully.
"Comfortable? Haha..." Gu Zhilong shook his head, took out a cloth bag from his arms, then unfolded the cloth bag and took out a handkerchief.
"This is..." Gu Lai was sharp-eyed. After seeing the handkerchief, he was surprised and said, "Why do you have my mother's handkerchief?"
Gu Zhilong smiled bitterly: "Because this is what my favorite woman left behind."
"What? My favorite woman?"
Gu Zhilong threw the handkerchief to Gu Lai: "Open the handkerchief and take a look~"
Gu Lai unfolded the handkerchief in confusion and saw red letters written in blood inside the handkerchief. He was surprised and said: "How is this possible? How is this possible?"
Bone Zhilong shook his head and said: "You can ask the Bone Clan colleagues present here, has I, Bone Zhilong, married another woman in the past few years?"
Gu Lai raised his head and looked at the Bone Clan nobles present in the hall. These people also looked at him and shook their heads.
"You may not know, but your mother and I have been childhood sweethearts since childhood. She is one of the most beautiful women in the Katie tribe and the love of my life."
"The Katie tribe?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, "Gu Lai's mother is from the Katie tribe?"
"Yes, our Bone Tribe had a war with the Katie Tribe before. Later, the two tribes ceased war. As an agreement, we must exchange protons with each other. And I, Gu Zhilong, was the one who served as a proton for the Katie Tribe. Gu Lai, your father
, that is, my brother, Bone Zhimeng, is a reserve for the next leader of the Bone Clan." (To be continued)
