At the same time, some merchants and squires who supported Zheng Bao also completely cut off Zheng Bao's hope of "turning over". They could only pray that the new government would not pursue their past and still let them live in peace.
On the afternoon of arriving in Shuicheng, Cao Zhi issued an announcement explaining their identities: they came to accept this place on behalf of the Yangzhou Prefecture Government. Cao Zhi, as the top military official on this trip, temporarily acted as agent for everything in Chaohu. Only those who trusted in the city could do anything.
Stay safe and abide by your duties. No matter how far you have gone with Zheng Bao in the past, let bygones be bygones.
At the same time, it also briefly clarified Zheng Bao's ambitions and crimes in colluding with the barbarians to overthrow Lujiang, and informed the people that Zheng Bao had been killed in the rebellion.
In fact, to put it bluntly, "The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit." Now you can say whatever you want about Zheng Bao's crimes. After all, he lost. It has always been the right of the winner to determine whether a battle is just or not. If it is now
If Zheng Bao wins, it may be a different story.
On that day, Cao Zhi successfully took over the land and water defense of the city. Except for Wang Ping, he brought all the generals to Chaohu. Li Dian and Xu Zhu were responsible for the land and city defense. Min Guang was dead, and Cao Zhi asked Jiang Qin to temporarily take over their duties.
, leads the old and new naval forces and is responsible for water surface defense inside and outside the water city.
After Jiang Qin completed the task of leading Li Hu's army, Cao Zhi brought up the old matter again and invited him to join again. Jiang Qin did struggle for a while, but under the persuasion of his family, he finally made up his mind to join Cao Zhi in a career.
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Li Hu had no navy, and he didn't contribute much to this battle. He didn't have much say in the water city defense. He didn't even think about water city defense. Now he was basically a guest, temporarily attached to Cao Zhi's side to watch the progress of the war in Wancheng.
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That night, in a warehouse of Zheng Bao in the water city of Chaohu, all the generals stationed in Chaohu gathered together. Cao Zhi, Li Ru, Xu Zhu, Li Dian, Jiang Qin, Cao An, and the leaders of the Banchen tribe were also invited to attend Li Hu's meeting.
Du Yi, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, Yang Che, and Li Hei decided to distribute the biggest spoils of this battle - Zheng Baobao's treasury.
Zheng Bao has worked hard in Chaohu for many years and plundered a large amount of treasures during his tenure. Cao Zhi walked to the pile of sand half a man high, and the firelight reflected the golden light. With even breathing, he elegantly bent down and grabbed a handful of golden sand.
, and then relax your fingers. Let water pour down from the gaps between your fingers, and then look around: a coral tree as tall as a person, various jades, plates, cups, saucers made of pure gold, rubies, sapphires, emeralds
Cat's eyes, emeralds, and crystal clear pearls as big as longans were mixed among a bunch of necklaces and bracelets, piled haphazardly in boxes, emitting colorful and attractive light.
Cao Zhi and his subordinates have already seen the even more shocking treasure trove of Xiwu Palace, and their horizons have been greatly improved. These are nothing in their eyes. Li Hu and his subordinates were born in poverty. Although they are all leaders of clans of different sizes, they
He has been working hard for food and clothing all year round. He has seen so many treasures there, and his greedy eyes shine with infinite desire.
Cao Zhi glanced at his subordinates. They were all standing around, looking at Li Hu and others with sneer eyes. It was a bit like city people looking at country people. Li Hu, Du Yi and others had already disappeared without knowing it.
Unknowingly, I walked closer to the treasures, touching and looking at them greedily.
The left corner of Cao Zhi's mouth slightly raised, he walked a few steps outside, put his hands behind his back, faced the entrance of the treasure house and sighed: "Li Hu, when will you surrender to me?"
Cao Zhi's words were not very loud, but everyone could hear them very clearly in this silent treasure house.
Li Hu changed his color first, pulled out his sword with a bang, and turned to look at Cao Zhi, whose back was turned to him. His subordinates Du Yi, Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, Yang Che, Li Hei and other leaders also showed their faces.
The swords were glaring angrily. But the people on Cao Zhi's side were unusually calm. Even the most impulsive Xu Chu just pressed the handle of the sword and stared at them coldly, with no intention of taking action.
Li Hu waved his hand to restrain his subordinates to calm down, took a step towards Cao Zhi, and still maintained his grace and asked: "I wonder what Mr. Cao means by his words?"
Cao Zhi slowly turned around and smiled mysteriously at Li Hu. He also took a step forward and asked Li Hu: "Does Leader Li think there are other options in the current situation?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ruyue came out and further explained: "Chief Li, fellow tribal leaders, the current situation is very unfavorable for you, and my lord is also in great difficulty. This morning we just received an urgent military report from Lu Kang, the prefect of Lujiang; Lu Kang
This time, Kang gathered tens of thousands of troops from Yangzhou Prefecture, Lujiang County, Jiujiang County, Changsha County, and my lord's brother Fenwu General Cao Cao. They have surrounded the Jiangxia barbarian army outside Wancheng for many days, and Jingfu is already unable to support him alone.
, will give up the battle and surrender in a few days. Zheng Bao, Wu Jie and others were also dispersed and captured by us, but the movements of Leader Li's banzhen barbarians were learned by Lu Kang. He has sent an urgent letter to inform my master that they are pursuing and intercepting them.
Leader Li and other tribes must trap Leader Li and other troops in the area of Ruxuwu and Chaohu. He is mobilizing ships and following them. The leading troops will probably arrive at Ruxuwu tomorrow morning to meet with our Wang Ping who is staying at Ruxuwu.
, General Wang will take over."
Li Ru was a little out of breath after saying this in one breath. He paused and checked the faces of Li Hu and others.
When Li Hu heard this, his expression changed several times. He and several of his subordinates had discussed the situation at hand, and they also knew the danger of cooperating with Cao Zhi. They did not expect that the war in Anhui City would develop so quickly.
When Li Hu and others were thinking about the way out, Cao Zhi had already said: "When we left Wancheng, Lu Kang told me personally that this battle was going to kill the Jiangxia barbarians and avoid future troubles. Is it possible for him to catch up?"
I will let you go, but now you have to surrender to me so that I can protect you and your men."
"We surrender to you, but what should we do if Lu Kang still refuses to let us go? What you said is empty talk. The leader must not believe this man. At worst, we will fight." The person who spoke was Li Hu's military advisor Du Yi.
This man was a little short like Yang Che, and he was dressed like a Confucian scholar from the Central Plains. He was in his thirties and had a short beard. When he spoke this, he was impassioned and impressive.
While Cao Zhi snorted coldly, Li Ru said: "Fight! I don't know what Mr. Du is going to do. Lu Kang himself has 20,000 to 30,000 troops (exaggerated on purpose), plus the reinforcements from other counties, there are no less than five
Although the crowd of ten thousand may not come out in full force, can you fight for twenty or thirty thousand people? Mr. Du, look at the loss of Bancheng Man in this battle. There are currently less than eight thousand people, and there are no
Navy army, in this water city, you can't even compete with my lord's existing troops, how can you compete with Lu Kang's tens of thousands of troops? Now my lord is willing to take you in, so that you can avoid being