Three days later, Xiao Chumo led the army to the south, directly taking Hujiang City, which was occupied by the rebels, and finally broke through the city gate ten days later.

After a short rest, he continued to move south, recapturing three cities occupied by the rebels in succession within a month, and in the last battle, the main force of the rebels was defeated and the heads of the rebel generals were beheaded.

The remaining small group of rebels all retreated into the small city called Jinshui, Xiao Chumo took advantage of the victory to pursue, and finally broke up all the rebels, and since then a group of rabble can no longer pose any threat.

The battle reports came into the palace one by one, Mo Baozhou was a little more proud than happy, no matter what, in the end, Xiao Chumo still obediently complied.

But these are just war reports sent back, and the real situation is very different.

Outside Hujiang City, Xiao Chumo contacted the rebel leader Lu Qihan to express his intentions, Lu Qihan didn't believe it at first, but after he passed the book twice, he also hid his whereabouts and went to Hujiang City in person.

After Xiao Chumo passed the book again, Lu Qihan reluctantly agreed, and the two sides met and discussed in detail, but the location should be set in Hujiang City.

"It's not going to work." After reading the letter, Yu Panxi immediately cut the railway.

Xiao Chumo didn't care, and said: "It's okay, they're just afraid that we have set a trap and want to lure Lu Qihan out and strangle him." ”

"Then if you rush to their territory, aren't you afraid of being plotted by them?" Yu Panxi frowned and said, "No, I can't let you take this risk." ”

Xiao Chumo touched her hair soothingly, and said, "I know you're worried, but as long as they know my sincerity, they won't really do anything to me, after all, it's better to have one more helper than one more enemy." ”

Yu Panxi thought about it, and this is indeed the truth, but if Xiao Chumo wants to go alone, she really has no way to rest assured that she will go, so she looked at him and said, "I'll go with you." ”

"No way!" This time it was Xiao Chumo's turn to refuse categorically.

Yu Panxi naturally refused, "Didn't you say there was no danger?" Why won't you let me go! ”

Xiao Chumo breathed a sigh of relief and patiently explained: "Even if there is no danger, after all, it is a negotiation, and it is not appropriate to bring too many people." ”

"Take me with me, don't let you go!" Yu Panxi didn't eat him at all, stared at him and said menacingly: "I will do what I say!" ”

Xiao Chumo naturally knew that she must do what you said, and she was a little helpless for a while, so she had to agree after thinking about it for a long time.

Two days later, at night, Xiao Chumo took a cronie and Yu Panxi to the foot of the city wall.

Putting down three bamboo baskets connected to ropes from the city tower, the three of them looked at each other, but they could only jump into the bamboo basket helplessly and were pulled down into the city tower.

It should be that they were afraid that they would see the layout of the army in the city, so the place of meeting was chosen in the main hall in the city tower, and the surrounding defense was also very tight, and it seemed that they were very guarded.

Yu Panxi dressed up as a little girl, and followed Xiao Chumo without eye-catching, but gave her a convenient place to observe secretly.

She saw that those rebels did not have very sophisticated weapons in their hands, most of them were ordinary iron knives, and most of them were leather armor, and only some people who seemed to have a relatively large title were iron armor.

Yu Panxi sighed secretly in his heart, they were indeed just a group of rabble, compared to the well-equipped army brought by Xiao Chumo, they were simply vulnerable.

She also has some numbers in her mind about tonight's negotiations, presumably these people should not refuse Xiao Chumo's conditions.

But what she didn't expect was that Lu Qihan, a man who seemed to be a bit polite, did not agree immediately, and even really wanted to fight with Xiao Chumo.

After the incident, with a bit of courage and strategy, Lu Qihan had a high prestige among the rebels, who were mostly farmers. After so many days, he has long liked the feeling of being supported and being on top, and he has even fallen into it and can't extricate himself.

But now Xiao Chumo asked him to streamline his forces, merge into his army, and cooperate with him, Lu Qihan naturally refused.

Xiao Chumo and Yu Panxi naturally understood his psychology, and when they looked at each other, they were quite speechless.

"General Lu, I don't think you seem to understand the current situation, let me briefly tell you." Xiao Chumo said with a smile: "I brought 100,000 soldiers and horses, including the Xiaoji battalion, 10,000 light cavalry, and 4,000 heavy cavalry. 10,000 archers, five siege crossbows, and 700 pounds of gunpowder. The rest of the infantry, guns and knives are made of fine steel, dressed in iron armor, and there are more than 20 generals wearing steel armor. ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Lu Qihan, whose face had changed drastically, "Why does General Lu think that you, the militia who don't even have regular drills and equipment, can fight with my 100,000 well-equipped regular troops who have been through a hundred battles?" ”

"Even so, why should I believe you!" Lu Qihan was speechless, compared with the army of the imperial court, he had to admit that they were just a group of rabble, but he was still unwilling, and asked calmly.

Xiao Chumo's voice was still calm, "The general doesn't have to worry about my intentions, this kind of thing is to unite the rebels to rebel, even if I have other plans, I definitely don't dare to say such things, after all, if the emperor knows about it by then, I will definitely not survive." I have already said in my letter to you what I have seen and heard along the way, and it is impossible for anyone to remain indifferent, not to mention that my pedantry has been seized by Mo Baozhou and used as a tool to threaten me to strangle you. ”

He changed his tone slightly, and said: "I know that most of you are desperate farmers, they just want justice, a chance to continue to live, no one wants to fight this battle, I can't point the tip of the knife at you innocent people." Aren't these words from my bottom of my heart enough to make the general believe me? ”

Xiao Chumo was naturally full of sincerity, and Lu Qihan had nothing to say about these words, but he still wanted to make the last struggle.

"After the matter is completed, who do you plan to nominate to be the next emperor?" Lu Qihan asked.

No one thought that he would have such ambitions, Xiao Chumo didn't know how to speak for a while.

Yu Panxi on the side couldn't help it, and said coldly: "General Lu really didn't say you, what are you thinking about in your head, do you still want to be the emperor?" You have been in the position for a few years, and it is indeed good that there are many people who support you, but you must not forget that to be the emperor, you need the support of the people of the world. What's more, in the name of overthrowing the emperor for the sake of the common people in the world, but he wants to rush to be the emperor, this is not justified, even if he is the emperor, he will be criticized by the world, you won't understand such a simple truth, right? ”

Her words were unceremoniously, which made Lu Qihan's face turn red, and finally he had to slap the table and say angrily: "Huangkou Xiaoer, you dare to humiliate me!" ”