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Cao Wu's heart was shaken by what the other party said.

Although he had just cheekily said the words 'try to delay the other party for two hours', in fact he also understood that it was impossible.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the Kunyang side can go out of the city from the city gates in the other three directions, which is not something that Cao Wu can stop, the only thing he can do is to nail him to the south city wall and harass Kunyang as much as possible, until he is finally annihilated by nearly 10,000 Kunyang soldiers.

This 'final' may only take a stick of incense.

However, the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of him told him that as long as he was willing to surrender, the Kunyang side promised not to pursue him for ten hours - I have to say that the other party had already given him enough face, even Cao Wu was not good to be cheeky and ask for more.

"W-really?" Cao Wu couldn't help but ask.

Listening to his tone, Zhao Yu knew that the rebel general had been moved by him, and he said with a smile: "Of course, Zhou will do what he says. ”

Hearing Zhao Yu's clear reply, Cao Wu nodded slowly, and then clasped his fists and said, "The conditions given by Leader Zhou, Cao Wu...... Willing to accept it, but ...... I don't know what Chief Zhou will do with us? ”

"I'm afraid it's a bit of a bit of work to talk about this, so let's sit down and talk slowly."

Zhao Yu said a word, and immediately ordered He Shun, who was beside him: "He Shun, move two chairs." ”

"Yes!" He Shun responded with a fist.

A moment later, He Shun and his Black Tiger Thief brought two working chairs from a nearby building, as well as a table.

Zhao Yu sat down on one of the chairs, but Cao Wu was a little at a loss, until the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him invited him to sit for the second time, he sat down on the chair, looking at his back straight, it really didn't look like the two sides were negotiating, it was more like listening to the boss's speech.

It's no wonder, after all, Cao Wu is not a fool, Zhao Yu obviously expressed his intention to recruit him, how dare he put on a show?

At this time, Zhao Yu also talked about the topic of Fang Cai: "In this battle, I have suffered a lot of losses in Kunyang, and the men in the county, especially those between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five, have suffered particularly serious losses...... The situation in Nancheng, you have also seen, is ruined and ruined, after this battle is over, I Kunyang needs to rebuild Nancheng, as well as spring ploughing in the coming year, all of which require a lot of labor......"

He turned his head to look at Cao Wu, and replied head-on without evasion: "General Cao Qu just asked me how to deal with the captives, and Zhou could only promise to give the captives the basic treatment as human beings......

Cao Wu changed color slightly, and said tentatively: "We...... Will he be a slave of Kunyang? ”

"Cao Wu!" Ju Sheng dutifully scolded Cao Wu on the side.

However, Zhao Yu stopped him with a smile: "Ju Sheng, there are some things that you are not suitable to say." ”

“…… Be. ”

Ju Sheng was stunned, of course he understood what Zhao Yu meant, and hugged his fists gratefully: "Thank you, big leader." ”

After stopping Ju Sheng, Zhao Yu turned his head to look at Cao Wu, nodded and said: "Yes, the righteous master and soldier who was captured by my Kunyang will be my Kunyang slave in the next five years, responsible for repairing the city and farming, I can only promise to give him the most basic respect and treatment as a human being, in addition, anyone who wants to resist and escape, Zhou will punish them with the most severe attitude!" …… This is the consensus that we must reach. ”

"Five years? And what about five years from now? Cao Wu asked.

Zhao Yu spread his hands and said with a smile: "After five years, Zhou will dismiss these people's status as 'slaves', and accept them as ordinary citizens on behalf of Kunyang...... What will Cao Qu think? ”

"Five years of slavery?"

Cao Wu pondered intently.

In all fairness, the conditions given by the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of him are not harsh, after all, five years is not a short time, and it is not a long time, and it is really not a harsh thing to exchange five years of slave life for a life, at least Cao Wu is willing to accept it.

Of course, before making a statement, he needs to ask some more details about the situation, especially the point he cares about the most.

He cautiously probed: "The conditions given by Leader Zhou are generally acceptable to Cao Wu, but I need to understand a little bit below, I don't know what Leader Zhou will do...... Use us slaves? Will I participate in the war involving Kunyang in the future? ”

"This guy's mind is really delicate......

Rao is Ju Sheng was slightly stunned after hearing Cao Wu's words, and he heard a little bit from it, so he secretly praised Cao Wu, because he didn't expect it.

And Zhao Yu also understood what Cao Wu meant, and said with a smile when he heard this: "Cao Qu will want to ask, will my Kunyang enslave the pseudo-thief like your green forest thief, oh, the pseudo-thief who is attached to the green forest thief, you are called a servant over there, right?" …… Cao Qu will be worried that Zhou will ask the slaves to sacrifice in vain when necessary in the future, right? ”

"Yes."

Cao Wu, who was in Zhao Yu's words, did not defend himself.

Glancing at Cao Wu appreciatively, Zhao Yu chuckled and said: "At this point, Cao Qu will rest assured, Zhou will not do that, if Cao Qu will not believe in Zaixia's promise, Zai Xia can be explained by facts...... According to General Cao Qu, in this battle, did the green forest thieves on the Yishi's side have any effect? ”

"This ......"

"This is also one of the mistakes of the righteous teacher this time. …… Besieged my Kunyang with tens of thousands of righteous soldiers, and should have sent elite soldiers to take the city in one go, but your righteous teachers actually cared about casualties and tried to make the green forest thieves and pseudo-thieves bear the losses, as a result, the elite of my Kunyang was able to breathe, and my former militia in Kunyang also survived in large numbers...... General Cao Qu should know very well how big the gap between the new pawn who has no battlefield experience at all and the new pawn who has had one or two battlefield experience, not to mention anything else, at least in terms of whether he can survive, the probability of the latter is far greater than that of the former, and this is the reason why I Kunyang now has nearly 10,000 guards......"

"What Leader Zhou said is extremely true." Cao Wu smiled bitterly and nodded.

He also admitted that his righteous master had invested in the green forest thieves many times in the early stage, which was indeed one of the reasons why Kunyang became stronger and stronger, and if he had invested his righteous soldiers from the beginning, Kunyang's losses would have been greater.

Of course, even so, Cao Wu didn't think that his righteous master would be able to capture Kunyang, on the one hand, there was the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him, and on the other hand, the time was too hasty.

If the onset of winter is delayed by two months, then this battle will still have to be fought.

However, everything has nothing to do with him, as the general of the righteous master, he will fulfill the last responsibility and obligation for the righteous teacher, that is, accept the conditions given by Zhou Hu, and delay the action of Kunyang Fang to send troops to pursue the righteous master, until ten hours later.

After that......

Looking intently at the masked leader of the black tiger thieves in front of him, Cao Wu solemnly hugged his fists, and said: "Cao Wu is willing to accept Leader Zhou's conditions, and after ten hours, I will order my soldiers to disarm, surrender to Kunyang, and let Leader Zhou dispose of them." ”

"Looks like you and I have come to an agreement."

Zhao Yu nodded with a smile, and after estimating the time, he said with a smile: "Then tomorrow when the sun rises." ”

"Yes." Cao Wu responded with a fist.

After reaching an agreement with each other, Cao Wu said goodbye to Zhao Yu and returned to his humble position, while Zhao Yu returned to South Street with Jingnu, Niu Heng, and Ju Sheng.

On the way back, Ju Sheng praised sincerely: "Even the last general never expected the big leader to be so tolerant...... The last general refers to the contract of 'five years of slaves', not that the last general is mean, but the last general feels that even if it is ten years, it is not harsh. ”

"Five years, that's enough." Zhao Yu said with a smile.

"The Great Leader is tolerant." Ju Sheng praised from the bottom of his heart.

Five years? Decade? Is there a difference?

In this era of inconvenient transportation, these rebel prisoners from the south of the river had no way to return to their hometown alone, and if they wanted to survive, they could only attach themselves to Kunyang and integrate into it.

Five years is enough for these captives to cultivate familiarity with Kunyang, and once people are familiar, they will not leave easily.

Zhao Yu had no doubt that after five years, those rebel captives had reached the criteria for being released from 'slave status', and they would definitely choose to stay in Kunyang rather than risk returning to their hometown thousands of miles away.

So, what's the difference between five years and ten years?

Those rebel captives were all going to settle in Kunyang in the end, so why didn't Zhao Yu show some 'tolerance'?

After hearing Ju Sheng's words, Zhao Yu laughed: "Of course, Zhou has always been very tolerant, hahaha......"

After returning to Nanjie, Zhao Yu told Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Ma Gai and others about the agreement he reached with Cao Wu.

Just like Ju Sheng, most people felt that Zhao Yu was too tolerant, but the big leader had already made up his mind, and they couldn't help it.

Under the restraint of Zhao Yu, Kunyang did not attack Cao Wu and the others, but surrounded the latter's position.

Wang Qing, Liu Tu and others of the Black Tiger People, Wu Zhi, Shi Yuan, Chen Gui of the county army, as well as Xu Bai, Wang Ping, Hao Shun, Xu Rao and others of the brigade wolf, it is no exaggeration to say that the most elite group of people in Kunyang are all surrounded at the south city gate, even at noon and at night, these people are blocked there, staring at Cao Wu and his soldiers with their eyes, bringing great pressure to the latter.

But even so, none of the soldiers from the Kunyang side attacked Cao Wu and the others, even at night.

When the next day dawned and the sky was bright, Zhao Yu personally came forward to surrender.

Cao Wu kept his promise and ordered hundreds of his soldiers to withdraw from the southern city gate, disarm, and surrender to Kunyang.

With Liu Bi, Li Xu, and Xun Yi, who came after hearing the news, Zhao Yu walked up to the south city gatehouse, standing on the inner city wall and looking down at the city.

And at this moment, in the city, there are countless soldiers from Kunyang, as well as the people in the city who heard the news.

Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, Zhao Yu raised his right arm and shouted loudly: "This battle is my Kunyang...... Win! ”

"Oh-"

"Hooray!"

"Hooray!"

In the city, nearly 10,000 Kunyang soldiers and tens of thousands of people are happy to exhale, like a wave, endlessly.

On October 21, the Kunyang soldiers regained the southern city wall without blood, and achieved a complete victory in this battle.

At the same time, Yang Ding, the county commander of Yexian County, was leading the army to pursue the rebels while secretly scolding his mother.