However, before Zhu Chuanqi made a biao, Cao Yue said unhurriedly: "Datong is the fief of the acting king, and the imperial court stipulates that the vassal king must coexist with the fiefdom. If the city is besieged by the rogues, we will definitely break through and evacuate when we are short of food and grass, and I hope that His Royal Highness the Acting King can keep your share of the family business with his own ability!"

Cao Yue's words were even more naked threats, which stunned Wei Daben and Zhang An. This guy is too disrespectful to say such things. However, they also really admired Cao Yue's courage and dared to blackmail Zhu Chuanqi, the acting king, who was really not an ordinary cow.

"Cao Yue, you are too much, you dare to talk to this king like this," Zhu Chuanqi suddenly became angry, jumping up like a cat that had been trampled on its tail, "You dare to ask this king for money and food, this king will definitely take this matter to the court and let His Majesty punish you!"

"Listen to the respect," Cao Yue looked indifferent, looked at Zhu Chuanqi, whose face was flushed with anger, and said lightly: "If His Royal Highness the Acting King is unwilling to contribute to the great cause of fighting against the Liukou and wants to leave his property to the Liukou, then the humble position will be played with you, let Your Majesty know the situation of Datong, and see if Your Majesty will punish me, the general soldier who has worked hard to defend Datong, or you, the vassal king who has conspired with the Liukou and is unwilling to contribute a little money and food." Well, it seems that the lowly guess is not bad, the acting king is not worried about the arrival of the Liukou at all, and it is really possible that he has secretly contacted the Liukou, and maybe he still wants to use the power of the Liukou to win the Ninety-Five Honor. ”

Cao Yue's words not only startled Zhu Chuanqi, but also frightened Wei Daben and Zhang An, who were stunned to see all this. Cao Yue is open-mouthed, and he dares to say such a rebellious word.

But don't really say it, Cao Yue's words scared Zhu Chuanqi. Now is a very moment, the world is in chaos, and Emperor Chongzhen is a very suspicious person, in case Cao Yue really plays, and Emperor Chongzhen believes what Cao Yue said, or because Cao Yue has doubts about what he plays, then he will be in trouble. Cao Yue is a person who cannot be deduced by common sense, daring to kill the deputy chief soldier without being blamed by the emperor, and finally became a colt. Who knows who will win in the end if there is a fight between the two this time.

Moreover, the army of Liukou will arrive in Datong, if Cao Yue's army really escapes from Datong, it will definitely be him, not to mention that the family property is robbed, and the lives of the family will not be guaranteed, and the Liukou will not let go of the royal family surnamed Zhu.

Cao Yue couldn't reply to what Zhu Chuanqi said in a few words, and the anger just now was gone, and his face was blue and white for a while, and Wei Daben and Zhang An were stunned. The two didn't expect that this feudal king, who was in his forties and respected in status, couldn't bear Cao Yue, a young man.

It seems that it really responded to that sentence, those who are stunned are afraid of the horizontal, those who are afraid of the horizontal, and those who are afraid of not dying, in troubled times, the person who holds the military power is majestic.

Zhang An is also a clever person, seeing that Zhu Chuanqi was intimidated by Cao Yue, he hurriedly stood up and played a round: "Hey, His Royal Highness the Acting King, General Cao Bing, don't be sad about this." His Royal Highness the Acting King, General Cao is actually anxious about the lack of money and food now, and he is afraid that he will miss a major event, so he hopes that His Royal Highness the Acting King can subsidize one or two. That one...... In fact, the miscellaneous family thinks that at the moment of the great enemy, any of us in Datong must do our part to resist the rogues, as the so-called money contributes money, and has the strength to contribute. After all, if Datong is kept, everyone's wealth can be preserved. Although the miscellaneous family is lowly, they are also willing to do their part for the defense of Datong, and the miscellaneous family contributed three thousand taels of silver......"

At this time, Wei Daben also stood up and generously expressed his willingness to donate 1,000 taels of silver.

Wei Daben has a clean breeze on his sleeves, and this thousand taels of silver is almost all his belongings.

Seeing Zhang An and Wei Daben's appearance, Cao Yue was immediately happy, and before Zhu Chuanqi could react, he opened his mouth and said: "Actually, we are desperately defending Datong, mainly to protect the family business of the acting king. Your Royal Highness, in order to prevent you from getting into trouble, and in order to give the soldiers the confidence to defend Datong, you should let the soldiers and civilians of Datong see your sincerity, and you feel that you must come up with at least 500,000 taels of silver. The 500,000 taels of silver of His Royal Highness the Acting King should be easier to take out than the 1,000 taels of silver of the Wei Governor's Mansion, right? ”

Cao Yue's words made Zhu Chuanqi's face turn green, and he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and left in a rage.

Zhang An and Wei Daben looked at each other again and shook their heads helplessly. They didn't expect that Cao Yue would ask for so much, as soon as he opened his mouth, it was 500,000 taels, and they felt that Cao Yue's request for 50,000 taels was already very remarkable, and Zhu Chuanqi would not agree to 50,000 taels, let alone 500,000 taels.

"Ask for a price all over the sky, pay back on the ground," Cao Yue smiled and waved his hand at Zhang An and Wei Daben, who were quite embarrassed, and signaled them not to mind: "Don't worry, His Royal Highness the Acting King will be generous sooner or later, I really don't believe that he can be an iron rooster." ”

"Mr. Cao, if you really annoy the acting king, I'm afraid it's not a good thing," Wei Daben hesitated, but finally expressed his worries. After the last heart-to-heart discussion with Cao Yue, he felt that Cao Yue was a person who had achieved great things, and he was not informal, and he admired this young man very much. Because he has great expectations for Cao Yue, he doesn't want Cao Yue to be ruined at a young age.

Today, Cao Yue is so presumptuous, he must have annoyed Zhu Chuanqi, this is Datong's head snake, ordinary officials don't dare to provoke it, Wei Daben is really afraid that Cao Yue will be planted in the hands of this head snake.

"Don't worry, after a few days, the acting king should be willing to take out the silver and food!" Cao Yue smiled and didn't care.

Another day later, Li Yan sent a letter to Cao Yue.

Li Yan in the letter hopes that Cao Yue can recognize the situation in the world, do not do fearless resistance, now the righteous army has mastered the general trend of the world, the righteous army is to destroy the decaying Ming Dynasty, he wants Cao Yue to give up resistance, otherwise the iron hooves of hundreds of thousands of righteous troops will step on the city of Datong.

After reading the ultimatum-like letter sent by Li Yan, Cao Yue smiled and threw the letter into the furnace and burned it.

He really didn't believe that the combat effectiveness of the men and horses led by Li Yan would be stronger than that of Jiannu, he fought with Jiannu in the Battle of Songshan, and he also dealt with them when he was in Shengjing, and those were all real Jurchen elite horses. Like Jiannu, the rebels also did not have large-scale possession of firearms, and he was confident that with his 50,000 men and horses, he would not only be able to hold Datong, but also defeat the invading Li Yan and Liu Zongmin.

Cao Yue also sent Li Yan a letter back, in which he told Li Yan that his meaning had been clearly expressed in the previous letter, but today he gave Li Yan another chance, hoping that Li Yan could judge the situation and not fall deeper and deeper into the camp of the rogue. He is also not afraid of anyone attacking Datong, no matter who comes to attack Datong, he is confident that he will defeat the enemy who will attack.

"If you don't want the red lady to be a widow, just follow the advice of the general soldier, otherwise, just attack boldly!"

This was the last sentence in Cao Yue's letter, but Cao Yue didn't expect that it was this sentence that completely angered Li Yan!