East Factory Governor

Chapter 491 Evenly matched?

Soon it was midnight.The appointed half hour has arrived.

This time, Yu Zhu from the Demon Cult, several envoys, Jin Gang, Chen Hou, Wu Lie and others all came.In addition, the Devil's Cult's army once again surrounded them, making a gesture of attacking the city—naturally, they wanted to put pressure on the Ming army.

Qin Shuhuai led a group of masters to the top of the city again.

Meng Wei first asked, "How is it? Have you discussed it?"

This time, Jin Gang asked Wu Lie to speak.Because Wu Lie and Qin Shuhuai fought the Northern Beggars, the Cao Gang, and the Tartars together, they have a long friendship.

Wu Lie walked under the city wall, cupped his fists at Qin Shuhuai and said, "Master Qin, do you still recognize me?"

Qin Shuhuai laughed loudly, "It turned out to be Lord Wu Banner. It has been several months since we left that day. How is Lord Wu Banner? How are your injuries?"

In the battle of Hengling, Wu Lie led Liehuoqi's brothers, and together with Qin Shuhuai fought to the death and broke through the encirclement, he was seriously injured.

Wu Lieke replied politely, "Master Qin is worried about me, and my injuries have healed up. Master Qin, I often think of the friendship between you and me who fought side by side in the past, and fought together with Buer Sanren. , if it wasn't for your righteousness to save him, Wu's life would have been lost, and this kindness is remembered to this day, and I never dare to forget each other."

At that time, Qin Shuhuai used systematic drugs to save Wu Lie, so Wu Lie is grateful for this.

Qin Shuhuai said, "You don't need to thank the master of Wu Banner. In the past, you and the brothers of Liehuo Banner fought against the beggars and the Tartars. They were fighting for thousands of people. They are all good men with strong bones. Qin You should do everything you can, not to mention using medicine to save you, even if you risk your life to go to Qin, you will not refuse."

Wu Lie said sternly, "Mr. Qin admires his righteousness. Mr. Wu came here today to discuss with you the return of my guardian Zhao and the two apostles. Mr. Qin, considering the old friendship, can you get along with Mr. Wu?" Come up with a reasonable plan so that it will be convenient for Wu to go back to work?"

Qin Shuhuai replied without hesitation, "Master Wu Banner, today you and I meet in battle because your religion shows no compassion for the common people, and insists on raising troops to trample on rivers and mountains, causing the people to suffer and ignore them. Although Qin and you have an old relationship, but In the face of the righteousness of the common people, I have no choice but to cut off my robes with you! Don't blame Wu Banner!"

Wu Lie frowned, and said again, "Master Qin, can't we discuss a compromise? As long as you let Protector Zhao and the two apostles come back, I can teach you to open the city gates and send you out of the city safely! Don't worry, I teach from the leader to the believers, and I always say the same thing and keep my promise!"

Seeing that Qin Shuhuai was still unwilling to make an offer first, Wu Lie had no choice but to offer the Demon Cult's price first.That is to let the [-] to [-] Ming troops in the inner city go, so as to exchange for these three people.

It can be said that Qin Shuhuai's most fundamental goal has been achieved.However, he wanted more than that.

After pondering for a while, he said, "Master Wu Banner, so you are going to settle for Lanzhou City?"

Wu Lie said categorically, "Lanzhou City is the place that our leader's strict order must take. We dare not disobey the leader's decree. No matter how much we pay, we must take this city. I hope Lord Qin understands this."

The implication is that even if these three people are killed, they will take Lanzhou City.

Qin Shuhuai originally planned to send Lanzhou City out.To defend Lanzhou to the core, Hong Chengchou and the allied martial arts army must come to rescue them. When they attack the outer city, if the demon sect sends another large army to fight a decisive battle, the official army will be in dire straits.

After a pause, he said, "Okay, this proposal can be considered. However, Benhou still hopes that you will leave Lanzhou City first, and come back after our people have withdrawn. You also know that even if Benhou believes in you, Benhou The officers and soldiers under him will not believe you either. If you turn back on your promise after handing over to someone, wouldn’t this Marquis be a fool?”

Wu Lie saw that there was something going on, and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Chief Qin, we will guarantee with our lives that we will do what we say! Otherwise, Chief Qin can hold Wu as a hostage. If our army doesn't keep its word, you Just kill Wu."

Qin Shuhuai shook his head and said, "Wu Banner's words are unreasonable. Benhou now has three hostages in his hands. You let me change to one. Is this your sincerity?"

Wu Lie said, "But let our army withdraw first, and our army is also worried that you will turn your back on you, so how can you say that?"

Qin Shuhuai pretended to think for a while, and said, "Since this is the case, then we are like a compromise. After our army leaves the city, Ben Hou will release one first. Wait until thirty miles away, and Ben Hou will release another one. Then After thirty miles, how about Ben Hou releasing the last one?"

At this time, Yu Zhu stepped forward and said, "Master Qin, according to your method, we can only guarantee to receive one hostage. After you leave the city for twenty miles, we will not be able to catch up with you. If you refuse to release him at that time , isn't it still the same?"

"Hehe, then this Marquis can't help it! It's not necessarily that you want to let your people follow our army twenty miles away, right? Then if you take the hostages, don't you want to fight back?"

"Don't worry, Lord Qin, my teacher has always said that he must do what he says, and he will never go back on his word."

Qin Shuhuai said loudly, "Ask my soldiers if they believe it or not?"

Immediately there was a roar in the city, "I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

Negotiations between the two sides have reached an impasse.This is to be expected.Both parties don't trust each other, and they are afraid that if their bargaining chips run, they will follow the other party's way, so naturally they can't reach an agreement.

Qin Shuhuai waited for a while, and when he saw that the other party hadn't responded, he suddenly turned his face, and said in a deep voice, "It seems that we can't reach an agreement! Since we can't reach an agreement, I will kill them first, and then wait for you to attack!"

Afterwards, he turned his head and said to the soldiers, "Come here! Beat the drums and fire the cannons, I want to kill these three people to sacrifice the flag!"

All the soldiers behind him immediately responded loudly, "Follow the order!"

Yu Zhu believed that this fearless Qin Shuhuai could really kill the three of them, so he hurriedly said, "Hold on, Lord Qin! I have a plan to make everyone feel at ease."

"Oh? Talk about it!"

"After Qin Gang led the troops out of the city, 2 people from this sect followed your army out of the city. These 2 people were not to embarrass Qin Gang, but to meet Elder Zhao and the two apostles. Your army has [-] to [-], and I The sect only sends [-] people, and everyone is evenly matched, so Chief Qin should not have to worry about it now, right?"

There was an inexplicable smile on the corner of Qin Shuhuai's mouth.

This Yu Zhu finally realized what Lao Tzu meant.Having said so much, I am just waiting for you to say this!
The two sides took their equally matched soldiers to the outside, and then handed over the hostages, so that everyone was guaranteed.In the situation where neither party trusts the other, this is naturally the only way.

However, [-] Demon Cult soldiers is still a bit too much, and it will be difficult to handle at that time.

When the demon soldiers fought against the official army in the wild, [-] soldiers could fight at least [-] to [-], and this was without the Five Elements Flag.If all the Five Elements Flags went, then it would be no problem to fight [-] officers and soldiers!
Thinking of this, he said, "You have some sincerity in this method, but [-] is too much! You can only bring [-] at most! Moreover, you can't bring even one of your five-element flags. This way everyone will be evenly matched!"

After hearing this, Yu Zhu smiled disdainfully, thinking that with your more than 4 Gansu soldiers, even if I teach only [-] elites, I can still destroy you!

So he said, "Well, in order to reassure Chief Qin, fifteen thousand is fifteen thousand!"

Qin Shuhuai said again, "Happy, that's the deal! However, I would like to warn everyone, if I find out that you are playing tricks later, I will immediately kill the hostages, don't say it was unpredictable!"

Yu Zhu smiled faintly, "Master Qin is worrying too much, let's relax."

The [-] demon cult elite may not be at a disadvantage in the face of an army three times their size.

But Qin Shuhuai still had a sinister smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)