Joseph pondered for a moment, finally made up his mind, and said quietly, "All right. I agree with the three masters. I don't have the ambition to be the king and hegemon, I was forced to fall into the grass at the beginning, thanks to the help of my brothers to mix into what I am today, now the situation is different, it is not good for us, I can't help but think about the future of my brothers, let's accept Zhao'an, and also go to live a life of an official! ”

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed again, and had to admit that this is the ultimate goal of these rivers and lakes, if they can be rich and stable as an official master, who is willing to do the business of licking blood from the knife edge, and said with a smile on Joseph's sycophant, and said: "The eldest brother is right, we will follow the eldest brother in this life, and we will definitely not suffer!" ”

"Okay, then we have decided, surrender to the officers and soldiers, and accept their recruitment." Joseph was very pleased to see that there was no objection, raised his glass and greeted the crowd, and laughed loudly.

In General Charlie's barracks, Charlie glanced at Joseph's envoy, his eyes were extremely contemptuous, he was born in the regular army, he naturally looked down on these bandits, and said lightly: "What is the matter with you coming here?" If you want to surrender, you will be spared. ”

The envoy couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, you are too direct, I haven't opened your mouth and you directly vetoed it, sneered, and said: "The local government has recruited us before, but because we did not form a unified opinion at that time, so it was delayed, this time I heard that Governor Taylor led General Charles to come, we have admired the prestige of the two of you for a long time, so this time we decided to come to surrender, and asked General Charles to accept." ”

Charlie looked at this messenger and saw that he behaved very decently, if he didn't guess wrong, this person must also have a certain background, I don't know why he became a bandit, from this aspect, it can also be seen how serious the bandits in the three northern counties are, and said with dissatisfaction in his tone: "You don't come with me to do this!" Who doesn't know that Joseph is all he says in your bandit den and doesn't agree on it? As long as he says a word, which of you dares not to listen? I think he used to think that the officials and troops were weak and unwilling to surrender, but now that we are strong, he wants to surrender and wipe out all the previous acts of robbing homes and houses, killing people and setting fires. Tell me about it yourself, is there such a cheap thing in this world?! ”

General Charles is really a character, these words choked Joseph's messenger into a speechless, how many sins have you done before, how many sins have you committed, and now you want to smooth out a surrender, is there such a cheap thing in the world? If that's the case, it's better for everyone to go to the robbers, kill enough, rob enough, and then surrender again, not only will they not be held accountable, but there will be officials to do it, which is too unreasonable.

What's more, the suppression of bandits is the primary task set by Governor Taylor, and the people of the three counties in the north also know about it, and they are waiting for him General Charles to make a big show and clean up the bandits of Joseph who have been in trouble for many years.

They would not have thought that General Charles was so wise and powerful that he would surrender without a fight, because Charles was much stronger than Joseph, and it was easy to bring him to his knees; Instead, they will think that he has taken Joseph's money and turned to shield the great bandit leader who has brought them great suffering, so that the local residents will resent Charlie, and the old folks are waiting for you to give us this evil spirit, and it turns out that you are better to come up and do this trick first.

In this way, Charlie's image among the local people will be greatly discounted, Taylor has agreed to let him be stationed in Duolai County, he has regarded Duolai County as his own territory, and he can't help but consider the local people's feelings.

In the end, Joseph is a giant bandit, with more than 1,000 men and horses, and his strength is very strong, this kind of person has no reputation, surrender you for the benefit today, and it is possible to betray you tomorrow, so let him surrender comfortably and come to his side, Charlie is really not at ease, even if he wants to accept your surrender, then he has to wait until his brother beats you half to death.

The messenger was very speechless, seeing that there was no hope of surrendering in this way, and he did not dare to speak any more, for fear of accidentally angering Charlie, and was sacrificed to the flag, hunched over, and stood there motionless.

Charlie also had to talk nonsense with him, waved his big hand, and said angrily: "Get out!" Go back and tell Joseph to wash his neck and wait, Lao Tzu's army, go and pluck his head right away! ”

The messenger was so frightened that he didn't dare to say anything, and ran away. When Charlie saw his appearance, he laughed proudly: "Just the you still learn to be a bandit?" He turned his eyes to look at Clifford, and said with a hint of smugness: "Lord Warden, what do you think of this?" ”

Clifford agreed with Charlie's approach, although he had crossed over, but he never dared to despise anyone, especially Charlie, who could hold a high position, it can be said that none of these people was a fuel-efficient lamp, all of them were top-notch, and said very politely: "General Charlie, you are doing it right, I will report the situation here to Governor Taylor truthfully." ”

The corners of Charlie's mouth twitched, and he smiled arrogantly, and said in his heart, if you dare to spoil Lao Tzu's good deeds, you will definitely not be able to eat and walk around at that time, even Taylor's old fox can't protect you, turned his head and said to Olivia who was standing aside: "Olivia, you are the patrol chief of Chaoen City, and you have participated in the joint operation to encircle and suppress Joseph, but you should talk about it, if we want to destroy him, where should we start?" ”

Olivia has been dealing with bandits for I don't know how many years, and he must know more about a giant bandit like Joseph, after hearing Charlie's question, in order to show himself in front of the leader, he immediately bowed down and said confidently: "General Charlie, Joseph is not only fierce, but also very cunning, he will not dare to go to battle when he sees you leading a large army now, but he will leave the troops on the mountain and close the gate, so that the officers and soldiers will suffer a little and retreat." ”

"I know that!" Joseph interrupted him a little impatiently, and said impatiently: "Tell me, how many roads are there from the foot of the mountain to their bandits' den?" ”

"There are only two paths!" Olivia said categorically: "The hill on which he is entrenched is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with only a large road to the south and a small road to the north. The road is relatively wide, and I think Joseph has more troops defending there, and the path is very rugged, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find it, but Joseph must know that he also deploys heavy troops there at all times, that is, to prevent people from sneaking attacks, so it is not easy for us to win by surprise. ”