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Chapter 605: Blackmail

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More than two years of continuous war, so that Youzhou, the original extremely prosperous city also withered, the results of the Xiao family's several generations of business in this war, exhausted, the people's livelihood is extremely poor, although the war is over, but the whole city is still in the army and curfew, the huge city after the night will fall into a dark, this era, even lamp oil has become a scarce thing. As soon as the night fell, Youzhou City was like a monster in the dark, lying there quietly.

Compared with Yanzhou, Youzhou was not directly devastated by the war, but in order to cope with this war, the Xiao clan gathered all the strength that could be gathered, and during the war, a large number of Yanzhou refugees poured into the city, so that its bearing power also reached the limit.

In response to the rapidly deteriorating law and order and the possibility of unrest among displaced people, a curfew has been imposed in Youzhou, and the entire city falls silent at night.

But today, in Youzhou City, among the Xiao brothers, it is brightly lit, and the whole street is illuminated by red lanterns, the war is finally over, the Xiao clan defeated the invading Luoyang army, the people are greatly relieved, and the sword hanging high above their heads is finally retracted.

But the end of the war was only the end of the first half for Xiao Yuanshan, and in his home field, there was still a guy who threatened Luoyang, that was the Dingzhou army, Lu Dalin's Lu Division. The tiger who knocked out the front door, how to send away the wolf who came in through the back door, is even more difficult.

The Dingzhou army was invited by himself, in order to resist Luoyang, he had to do it, but now that everything is over, Lu Shi has no intention of leaving, tens of thousands of troops are stationed in Youyan's key places, and it is called auxiliary defense, but Xiao Yuanshan knows that Li Qing's greedy heart has never given up annexing the land of Youyan.

In the hall outside, Youyan's civil and military officials are entertaining the middle and senior officers of the Lu Division, lively and lively, fists and wines, staggered, at this moment, they are friends, brothers, and comrades-in-arms who share life and death on the battlefield, but they all understand that if they miss today, maybe the place where the two sides will meet again is the battlefield, which is a life-and-death contest.

Having wine today and getting drunk today and cherishing everything in front of you may be a portrayal of the common mood of these soldiers. There are quite a few people who are already drunk.

Different from the outer hall, in a small elegant hall inside, Xiao Yuanshan, Lu Dalin, and Xiao Weiran are sitting opposite each other, and the atmosphere is much more serious.

There was wine and food on the table, but no one moved. For them, eating is secondary, what matters is what this meeting will bring to both parties.

"General Lu, thank you very much for leading the troops into Youyan this time and helping me tide over the difficulties, now that the war has stopped, thinking that I am about to separate from General Lu, Xiao Mou's heart is infinitely emotional!" Xiao Yuanshan raised his wine glass. At this time, he really sighed infinitely in his heart, once upon a time, Lu Dalin was still a subordinate general under him, and in his action to liquidate Li Qing, it was because of his defection that he fell short and was expelled from Dingzhou.

Time has passed, Xiao Yuanshan's original hatred has faded a lot, these years of experience have made him more mature, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests, this kind of naked interest relationship in the past few years in the sole palm of Youyan, let him experience it vividly.

Lu Dalin didn't pick up his wine glass, and a smile appeared on his face, "General Xiao, why is the war going to stop?" As far as I can see, the war between the three giants of the Central Plains has indeed stopped, and it is very likely that there will be no more fighting for a long time, but your Youyan is afraid that this will not be the case, right? If my guess is correct, the apocalypse will soon be doing something to you. ”

After a pause, he said: "General Xiao, we will expel Xiang Ping from Youyu, it is not easy to drive out of the valley, but I am afraid that we will continue to cooperate in the future!" "What he meant was that he didn't plan to withdraw the troops at all.

Xiao Weiran's face changed slightly, and said: "General Lu, whether the Apocalypse does it to us, or not, I believe that our Youyan can survive safely, we are grateful for your army's previous righteous actions, but let us deal with the rest of the matter ourselves!" ”

Lu Dalin smiled, picked up the wine glass, and took a sip, but ignored the other party.

Xiao Yuanshan smiled, stretched out his hand and pressed Xiao Weiran, who was about to stand up, and said softly: "General Lu, don't lie in front of real people, the two of us have known each other for a long time, and we can't make trouble talking around and around, my generation of soldiers, just open the window and say something, how can you be willing to withdraw from Youyan?" Or what does Li Qing want? Let's make it clear, I will definitely not allow the Dingzhou army to remain in my Youyan land. ”

Lu Dalin glanced at the other party, "General Xiao, don't you regret it?" ”

"Never!" Xiao Yuanshan said resolutely.

"Well, I'll tell the truth, when I led my troops to approach Youyan, it was when I launched a coup d'état with the princess of Dingzhou, this is not a big secret, and there is no need to hide it, at that time, I did not follow the order of Li Dashuai, it was my own doing, and then General Xiao asked me for help, and I did not report to the marshal, so I led the army into Youyan, of course, I also saw that my army out of Youyan was very helpful to the overall situation of my Dingzhou, General Xiao, you know, I did not follow the order and acted without authorization, it was really taboo, In particular, I am not a descendant of Li Dashuai, of course you know the stakes very well! ”

Xiao Yuanshan looked at the other party, his face was silent, but he was scolding in his heart, what does it mean to not follow Li Qing's orders, looking at the entire strategic layout of Dingzhou this time, it is clear that it has been planned a long time ago, Lu Dalin helped his troops out of the valley, defeated Xiang Ping, threatened Luoyang, and forced the apocalypse not to take risks, to put it bluntly, he has become an important chess piece for Li Qing to contain the apocalypse, at this time, Lu Dalin said this, it is nothing more than paving the way for the next lion's big mouth.

"So, if I don't get enough benefits this time to go back to satisfy Dashuai, my life will be difficult!" Lu Dalin said with a smile, but looking at his expression, there was a little bit of unpleasant self-consciousness there?

Xiao Weiran said: "General Lu, if Li Qing is not having a good time there, why don't you come to my Youyan?" We, Shaw's, are up for grabs! ”

Lu Dalin laughed, "Lord Xiao is really good at telling jokes!" The subconscious meaning of his words is obvious, now that Li Qing's forces in Dingzhou are thriving, he has the momentum of sweeping the six wildernesses, stepping on the world, and Dingding the Central Plains, but the Xiao family is declining, and the fool will abandon Dingzhou and join Youyan!

Xiao Weiran is also a very smart person, how can he not understand what Lu Dalin meant, his face was red with anger, but he was speechless.

"What kind of benefits can make General Lu, oh no, Li Qing and Li Dashuai satisfied?" Xiao Yuanshan asked.

"General Xiao also knows that my Dingzhou's reward for the soldiers is extremely heavy, so that when the soldiers fight, they will move forward bravely and never retreat, because they have no worries, but this time we are fighting for your Xiao family, how can the marshal be willing to pay for this war? Besides, we have assisted Youyan in fighting for so long, and the losses of the soldiers are also very large, ordnance, war horses, baggage, and the silver spent on it will go to the sea. ”

"We'll pay for this part of the money!" Xiao Yuanshan said categorically.

"The Dingzhou army fights, every time it has been killed, not to mention the pot, there is always a small profit, this time I sent troops to Youyan, I don't want to break this case!"

"I will pay for all the labor costs, as well as the expenses for thanking Li Dashuai for drawing his sword and helping, General Lu, you name the number!" Xiao Yuanshan remained silent.

"General Xiao is generous, I think that my Lu division has tens of thousands of soldiers, and all of them are added together, and it will take a million taels of silver to block this opening!"

As soon as Lu Dalin's words came out, Xiao Yuanshan gasped, and Xiao Weiran jumped up even more, "Lu Dalin, are you blackmailing?" You might as well lead the troops to grab it! ”

Lu Dalin said with a smile: "Lord Xiao is laughing again, even if I want to rob it, what else can I grab now?" "It's almost a naked threat.

Xiao Yuanshan froze, "General Lu, since you know the current Youyan, even if you go to grab it, you won't be able to grab anything, so why embarrass me, how can you ask me to get this million taels of silver?" ”

"Yes, the most, I, Lu Dalin, am General Xiao's old subordinate, you are my old boss, I still have to understand you, you can't get the money, let's change the plan!" If you give me Xiangshan Mansion, I will be the master of this million taels of silver. Alas, this is for the sake of you and my old boss, so I will bear this burden, Xiangshanfu, a place where birds don't, is really poor enough, and it is also a burden in your place anyway, give him to Dingzhou! With this place, I think Li Dashuai will look at my old face, maybe he will recognize it by pinching his nose. ”

Xiangshan Mansion borders and borders the state, it is indeed poor, but it is a barrier for Youyan, without him, Youyan is almost equivalent to opening his arms to Li Qing, just shouting, come on, come on! After hearing Lu Dalin's words, let alone Xiao Weiran, it was Xiao Yuanshan, who was as calm as a man, and he couldn't control it, so he jumped up and slapped the old fox on the opposite side with a big slap on his face.

It's easy to please God, but it's hard to send God! Xiao Yuanshan forcibly suppressed the angry flames, "General Lu, you know that this is impossible, I'll give the silver, can you see that our past friendship is a little less." ”

"Don't give it to Xiangshan Mansion!" Lu Dalin said slowly: "Actually, I don't want that broken place, too, a little less, a little less, no matter what, you are me, and I am also Li Dashuai's old boss in the past, 900,000, a fixed price, no less, otherwise I will return to Dingzhou, Li Dashuai will definitely give me a good look!" ”

"Nine hundred thousand, I'll give it!" Xiao Yuanshan almost burst out of these words between his teeth.

"Okay, refreshed!" Lu Dalin laughed and picked up his glass, "Cooperating with the old boss is refreshing, come, General Xiao, I respect you, this time after I withdraw the army, I will still be stationed in Bingzhou, if the old boss has anything to ask me to help with, I will not give up!" ”

"Forget it, we can't afford to invite you!" Xiao Weiran gritted her teeth and said.

Lu Dalin returned satisfied, looking at his swaying back, Xiao Weiran hated: "Yuanshan, he is blackmail, how can we promise him?" ”

Xiao Yuanshan's face was full of gloomy, "Uncle, what else should I do, Lu Dalin is right, the apocalypse is indeed going to do something to us, at this moment, if there is still a vicious wolf left in our home, how can we deal with the foreign tigers, we can only send them away first." ”

"Kill them!" Xiao Weiran hated and hated.

Xiao Yuanshan looked at his uncle, who had lost his mind a little, "How to kill, Lu Dalin has 30,000 regular troops in our territory, plus all kinds of auxiliary troops, there are almost 50,000, and Xiangshan Mansion is also controlled by them. ”