Chapter 108 Decision-making
"Withdraw the troops, the soldiers have no intention of fighting, but how can they withdraw here? The other side won't let us leave so easily. Yuan Taizuo asked dejectedly.
"Of course, after Yuan Gongzi is broken, the others will leave as soon as possible." The samurai master blurted out his debut.
"Yes, Gongzi Yuan is the number one master of our Goguryeo, and only you can stop the enemy." The head of the Zhong family didn't care about Yuan Taizuo's face at all, and then said.
"Today I was alone with someone, and I almost didn't come back." Yuangai Suwen said coldly.
"Ahh Everyone looked at Yuangai Suwen in great surprise, and they really couldn't imagine that as the number one master of Goguryeo, anyone would be defeated by someone.
"It's the cavalry commander, and the main general, the momentum is not weaker than me, defending the city for so many days, everyone has also discovered that the general at the head of the city, I am not sure of winning." Yuangai Suwen said with a twitch in his face.
"This..."Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, it was impossible for them to suspect that Yuan Gai Suwen was lying, after all, this was something that would damage his reputation, the key was that there was no excuse for Yuan Gai Suwen to break off.
"Do you want to make peace?" The young family master, who had not spoken, looked at everyone and asked tentatively.
"Peace? Is it appropriate for us to negotiate and reconcile? Yuan Taizuo asked with a wry smile.
"We will make peace, and the king of the plains will surely put the blame on us, and let us bear the wrath of the people." The head of the Zhong family nodded.
"I mean to negotiate peace secretly, we will prepare a generous gift in exchange for their truce, and they don't want us to die." The young head of the family said.
"Hmph, the fish is dead? You also have to be capable, and with the current morale, I am afraid that the fish will die, but the net will not be broken. Yuangai Suwen snorted coldly.
"The Yuan family master doesn't want to pull us in, he must avenge the old family master, right?" The martial arts master looked at Yuan Taizuo's father and son with suspicion.
"Of course not, how could so-and-so be so impotent, although I also want to avenge my father, but it's not the best time yet." Yuan Taizuo said.
"What does the Yuan family master suggest?" The martial master asked coldly.
"Let's make peace." Yuan Taizuo opened his mouth, and finally said helplessly.
"Let's talk about what gift to give." The young family master frowned.
"This..." was another headache for everyone.
Giving gifts to make peace is easy to say, how much to give? What to send? Which one is out for how much? Can you impress the other party? It's all a problem.
"One side of the force, they should not lack gold, silver and jewelry? And the weapons and equipment are better than ours? What should I give? Yuan Taizuo said to himself.
"Yes, or send food, this is something that no one will dislike too much." The eyes of the Zhong family master suddenly lit up, and then he said lightly.
"We don't have much food." The martial master said painfully.
"Then what did you say?" The young head of the family asked rhetorically.
"It's better to probe the other side first." Yuan Taizuo suggested.
"Yes, we discussed it like this, and it is not a way, and I am willing to go and find out in person." The head of the Zhong family said impassionedly.
"That's great!" The young family master happily agreed, someone was willing to take risks, of course he couldn't ask for it.
"So, let's go and prepare first." The head of the Zhong family said and got up to say goodbye.
The martial family master and the young family master glanced at each other and followed, there were too many things happening today, and they also needed to discuss them with the people in the family.
"Father, the head of the Zhong family should have another purpose." Watching a few people leave, Yuan Gai Suwen's eyes were cold, his body did not move, and he turned his head and said.
"Humph! Of course, I can see that the old horseman, if there is no benefit, how can he take a risk. Even if he is his own son, who has been together for more than 20 years, Yuan Taizuo is still a little unaccustomed to looking at him like this, snorted coldly, and said with a bad mood.
"What does Father think he's going to do?"
"It's just that the other party is well-armed and wants to trade alone."
"It's a pity that grandpa died at their hands, so we didn't have a chance to trade with them." Yuangai Suwen sighed.
"It's not that there is no opportunity, it just depends on how much you pay." Yuan Taizuo shook his head slightly.
"Between forces, all hatred can be temporarily put aside in the face of interests." Yuan Taizuo continued.
"So who do we have to approach?"
"No, we don't have to talk to them, just wait for them to go, and then we'll get a piece of the pie. As for trading, there are opportunities later. Yuan Taizuo smiled confidently.
"Father is wise!" Yuangai Suwen complimented. He understood what Yuan Taizuo meant, if the four great families wanted to fight against the royal family, they had to unite, and if they were not strong enough to a certain extent, no one would be able to eat alone, at most let the Zhong family have a little more.
If you can really trade a large number of transactions, and then contact them, even if you pay some extra costs, this Yuan family can fully afford.
One person is short, two people are long, any family, if they want to develop for a long time, they all have a group of think tanks and a huge group of elders, so the young family and the martial family quickly analyzed the reason, and at the same time made a judgment similar to that of the Yuan family, and let the Zhong family explore the way.
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White Rock City! Zou Yu and the others are also in a meeting to study how to proceed with the next step.
"At present, we only have more than 20,000 horses, although the morale is high, but the attack on the camp, it is still not enough, even if it is defeated, the casualties will not be small, which is not conducive to the next development." Li Keshi introduced.
"Yes, we killed the prisoners today, although it hit the morale of Goguryeo, they didn't dare to take the initiative to attack, but if we attacked, they would definitely resist desperately." Qin Qiong agreed.
"Having said that, we can't be sure that Goguryeo will retreat? Or they may mobilize another man. Zou Yu said.
"My subordinates are sure that Goguryeo will definitely withdraw its troops, after all, they are a family, not a royal family, and there is no reason to fight for the country." Li Keshi said with certainty that as a child of the family, even if it is a sideline, he also understands the ideas of the family very well, and there is a family first and then a country.
"My subordinates agree with the military advisor's opinion." Zhang Zhongjian nodded.
"In that case, what do you think we should do?" Zou Yu asked.
"We have to put on a big offensive posture and force them to admit defeat, so that we can ask for a sky-high price." Li Keshi suggested.
"But if we attack, the Goguryeo people will definitely resist desperately?" Zou Yu asked, he knew that killing the prisoners would definitely bring some adverse effects, but he still gave the order without hesitation.
This is not only because of the dead children, but also because he himself hates the Goguryeo people, especially Jingguan outside the city of Liaodong, and during the sacrifice, he silently told himself that he would avenge them if he had the opportunity, and this incident was just a fuse.