Du Yi was snatched away by Li Ru, and his face suddenly turned blue and white. He pointed at Li Ru, "You, you..." You were speechless for a long time to refute, and finally you could only blush and shouted:
"This is a conspiracy, a trap. The big leader and others knew Lu Kang's plan, but they..."
At this time, Li Hu's subordinates were in a commotion and were shouting curses. Except for Yang Che and Li Hei who pretended to shout a few times, the rest were filled with indignation and wanted to fight Cao Zhi and others immediately for life and death.
"Stop talking!" Li Hu shouted, interrupting Du Yi's words and the yelling of his subordinates. Now who doesn't understand that they have fallen into Cao Zhi's trap. His troops are already in Chaohu Water City, but they have entered the water city.
It is a dead city. All the city defenses are in the hands of Cao Zhi, and his people have just been settled. Now they have turned against Cao Zhi and fought out of the city. Just as Li Ru said, they lost troops in Wancheng, their morale is low, and they have no power.
How much chance does the navy have of winning in this place where there is water everywhere? Besides, Cao Zhi also has the troublesome firearms to help him. His subordinates are already talking about this thing to the point of becoming distraught. If his soldiers are allowed to
Knowing that Cao Zhi was the one who created the "Thunder Fire", they probably couldn't even lift the weapon, so they just knelt down and worshiped. At present, they have no way forward, and there are soldiers chasing behind them, so they have no choice.
In fact, Li Hu didn't know that Cao Zhi's explosives and mines had been exhausted in the battle between Wancheng and Ruxuwu. Now if there was a real fight, Cao Zhi wouldn't be able to bring out this "Thunder God" thing, even if he had it here.
It is not suitable for use in the water city.
The atmosphere in the treasure house was tense for a while. Li Hu's men were at war with each other and were ready to fight at any time. However, Cao Zhi's men seemed quite calm, which made Li Hu believe that Cao Zhi was already prepared.
Li Hu's face turned red with anger, and he pointed at Cao Zhi and asked: "Mr. Cao, I just want to ask you, did you have a premeditated plan?"
"Yes!" Cao Zhi was also very straightforward. He had indeed been prepared. Three hundred swordsmen and axemen had been ambushed outside the treasure house. They were all elite soldiers. If Li Hu refused to surrender, he would have no choice but to kill him! Similarly, Ban Zhen
All the barbarian camps have been carefully arranged in advance. Once the banzhen barbarians rebel in this water city, it may not be possible to completely annihilate Li Hu's banzhen barbarians, but absolute control is completely possible.
Cao Zhi's straightforward statement shocked Li Hu, Du Yi and others. They didn't expect that this man would not even deny it. Cao Zhi did not stop and continued: "I do like your elite soldiers and generals.
Thousands of people want to be used by me. At the same time, they also hope to save your people while avoiding casualties as much as possible. Do you want to see your people bleeding like rivers? We are also tired of killing. We are not bloodthirsty.
Generation. Submit to me, I will treat your soldiers as kindly as I treat Han soldiers. If you still want to return to Jiangxia, even if you can get out of here and return to Jiangxia on the ice and snow, you will find that you can no longer stand there.
Panhu Man and Lin Junman will accuse you of being a traitor, and Huang Zu will take the opportunity to annex you. Staying is your best choice now. I am an idealistic person, and I believe you are the same. We can live in the rich land of Yangzhou
Let's work together to develop our ambitions and do something together. When the time comes, we will be prosperous and rich together. I promise that as long as I have it, you and your brothers will definitely be indispensable."
Cao Zhi's words were so heart-stirring that the tense atmosphere was greatly relieved, and he was replaced by endless contemplation. Li Ru took the opportunity to say: "Yes, leaders, Wang Ping and I were subordinates of the Black Mountain Army, and we were once enemies of Lord Cao.
, Wang Ping almost shot Master Cao, but he still took us in regardless of the past suspicions and treated us like brothers. This Xu Chu was also from a village, and he had become a Sima official in Cao Gong's house. Everyone saw how Cao Gong treated others, so don't
He said that Chief Li has a long way to go when he returns to Jiangxia. He will suffer from hunger and be looked down upon when he goes back, so it is better to stay and work with Gong Cao to do something."
Xu Chu and others also took advantage of the situation and spoke out one after another, explaining how they followed Cao Zhi, which made Li Hu's subordinates very excited. Pu Hu, Yuan Yue, Yang Che, Li Hei and others were not as good as Li Hu, and Du Yi was not as good as Li Hu.
He is a scheming and bloody man. He is encouraged by Cao Zhi, Li Ru and others, and his will to surrender is undercurrent.
Facing Cao Zhi's straightforwardness and sincerity, Li Hu was shaken to the bottom of his heart. However, he was the leader of a clan after all, and he was unwilling to hide under the wings of others. He faced the grim fact of where to go.
, was confused for a moment, and sat on the side dejectedly, without saying a word for a long time. Even Du Yi, who had shouted the most fiercely just now, sighed and couldn't come up with a good idea.
Cao Zhi once again put his hands behind his back and said to the golden sand and treasures: "No matter what, I keep my word. All the gains from Chao Lake belong to you. I don't want anything except taking away some grain, grass and ordnance. If
If you are willing to stay, I can hand over this water city to you. You and your people can live and work here in peace and contentment. If you really don’t want to stay, I won’t force you. You can leave quickly tomorrow, and maybe you can get out of Lu Kang.
Encirclement and find the way back to Jiangxia."
Speaking of this, Cao Zhi and the others had no interest in staying here any longer. After saying this, Cao Zhi led his subordinates to file out, leaving behind a bunch of wandering people who meditated among a pile of treasures and discussed it all night.
After Cao Zhi left the house, Li Ru, Li Dian and others asked Cao Zhi if he was too flattering to Li Hu and others, and the promise he gave seemed too heavy. Cao Zhi smiled and did not answer, and went back to sleep.
It didn't matter that he didn't express his position, but Li Ru and others were so busy that they discussed it for half a night and decided to follow the original plan and keep a close eye on Li Hu and his subordinates first. If there was any trouble, they should follow the principle of attacking first.
Time flies, and a night flies by in the blink of an eye. Cao Zhi is probably the only one who slept the most soundly tonight. He is not worried that Li Hu will leave. Although Li Ru said it was a bit exaggerated, why did Lu Kang gather 50,000 or 60,000 troops to surround and annihilate him?
Jiangxia Man has already led his troops to come and so on. There may be so many soldiers and horses in all counties in Yangzhou, but don't say that Lu Kang doesn't have this ability. Even Chen Wen, who is the governor of Yangzhou, doesn't have this ability.
Lu Kang could at most gather more than 30,000 troops this time, and it was impossible for him to come to Ruxuwu or Chaohu himself. At most, his son Lu Jun would come to chase the fleeing barbarians. The war in Anhui City would not be over for a while.
Kang also had to stay in Wancheng. But now even if Lu Kang sent thousands of soldiers and horses, it would be enough for any Jiangxia barbarian group to bear. They might have been able to fight together as three barbarians before, but now they are all facing disaster.
Fei, if the three barbarians are separated, there will be no climate.