Li Tao finally chose to surrender, although at the moment when Wang Chong held a gun to his throat, he did have the idea of dying because he felt humiliated, but this thought was only fleeting.

It's not that Li Tao is afraid of death, but he doesn't want to see more casualties, Li Tao believes that there is such a person as himself who is very influential in the soldiers of Qianshan Island, and the jealous Jinfan will at least not do anything too out of the ordinary on the island, otherwise once he dies, no one can guarantee the safety of the soldiers on the island and the more than 2,000 old and weak women and children.

There is no doubt that although Li Tao is a thief, he is actually better than most of the generals of the Han Dynasty.

However, Li Tao's idea is obviously a bit taken for granted, in fact, even if he is really dead, Wang Chong will definitely not embarrass the soldiers and people on the island.

Water can carry boats, but also can overturn boats, the people are the basis for him to realize all his dreams, such a simple truth, how can Wang Chong, who crossed over, not understand?

In this fierce bloody battle, both sides suffered heavy losses, Jinfan suffered nearly half of the casualties, only more than 600 men and horses remained, and Qianshan Island was even worse, the number of casualties was close to 900, but their combatants were already much more than Jinfan, so many died, and there were still more than 1,000 surviving soldiers.

After cleaning the battlefield, the sky was already white, and the fire was extinguished, but the thick blood that filled the air could not be dispersed for a long time.

It stands to reason that for Li Tao, the leader of Qianshan Island, who is a great threat to the current Jinfan, even if Wang Chong does not kill him to get rid of future troubles, he should be detained and not let him have the opportunity to contact the soldiers of Qianshan Island.

But Wang Chong didn't do that.

There is no suspicion in employing people, and there is no need for suspicious people, Wang Chong instead sent Li Tao down to appease the soldiers, this decision not only made Li Tao dumbfounded, but even Gan Ning and Ren Jiang were puzzled.

"Boyun has great talent, why should I give it up and not use it? Now there is a big war between the two sides, the casualties are quite serious, and the soldiers will have resentment in their hearts, if there is no Boyun to thread the needle, I am afraid that there will be branches, and the conflict between the two sides will arise again, but the people on the island will suffer! ”

Wang Chong's generosity deeply impressed Li Tao, and he immediately bowed down, and vouched for the head of Xiang Shang, and persuaded the soldiers on the island to sincerely join him.

After Li Tao left, Gan Ning asked, "Shaolin, do you really believe him?" ”

"It's okay, now that the blades of the soldiers have been confiscated by us, they can't make any big waves." Wang Chong said with a smile, "What's more, in the future, I will grow stronger, how can I command the army by relying on you and me?" And this Li Tao happens to be a usable talent, whether he is worth reusing depends on his performance this time. ”

"I see!" Gan Ning nodded thoughtfully, it turned out that Wang Chong deliberately handed over the task of recruiting soldiers to Li Tao, which was actually a test of his loyalty and ability.

"Brother Ren, here is me and my brother to preside over the overall situation, you better go down and rest first!" Looking at Ren Jiang, who was covered in bandages and his face was pale, Wang Chong said with some unbearability.

To say that the reason why Jinfan's casualties were so heavy this time, Ren Jiang undoubtedly had to bear the greatest responsibility, if it weren't for his early exposure that woke up the sleeping soldiers and horses of Qianshan Island, so that they had sufficient preparations, Jinfan would definitely be able to capture Qianshan Island in one go.

Ren Jiang himself was also ashamed, so he had been silent since the beginning.

In fact, this can't be completely blamed on Ren Jiang, Li Tao has long been on guard against this waterway, even if Gan Ning or Wang Chong himself leads the team, the possibility of exposure is extremely high, not to mention that Ren Jiang has already paid a great price for this.

The biggest loss in this battle was undoubtedly the soldiers and horses under Ren Jiang's command, a group of 200 people, less than 50 survived, Ren Jiang himself was not lightly injured, if Gan Ning hadn't led the team to arrive in time, I'm afraid they would have been wiped out long ago.

Ren Jiang rarely refuted, just bowed his head lightly and left the hall in despair.

Seeing this, Gan Ning sighed: "It seems that this battle has dealt a big blow to Zigang!" ”

"Brother has time to persuade him more, in the final analysis, it is still my tactics that have a problem, if I don't have luck and directly lead the crowd to attack, there will not be so many problems!"

Seeing that Wang Chong took the responsibility on himself, Gan Ning shook his head: "Your decision is not wrong, Li Tao is quite capable of commanding troops, and his troops are far superior to ours, if he attacks by force, the result may not be better than now, not to mention that the matter has come to this, what is the point of pursuing these?" ”

Wang Chong smiled indifferently when he heard this, although the battle was hard, but fortunately he won the victory, Jinfan's road to unify Poyang Lake, and finally took the most solid step, I believe that if he is given another month or two, the entire Poyang Lake will become a hall of Jinfan's words.

At this time, Zhuge Jin, who had been sent by Wang Chong to count the materials on Qianshan Island, broke in with a panicked expression.

"Chief, it's not good!" Zhuge Jin came to Wang Chong and Gan Ning's side and said in a low voice.

"What's going on?" Wang Chong frowned, the first thing that came to mind was that Li Tao led the crowd to rebel, but if this was the case, why didn't he shout at this moment?

"Feng Bao, run away!"

"What? What's going on!? Wang Chong and Gan Ning's faces changed greatly.

"Previously, when Jin led the heavy troops to help the leader, the Feng family's personal guards took the opportunity to break out of the cabin, stunned the guards and soldiers, seized a shipwreck, and fled with Feng Bao in the chaos!"

When Feng Yan left a few days ago, he left ten guards to guard Feng Bao's safety, although Wang Chong agreed, but for the sake of insurance, he detained these guards and Feng Bao on different ships, and now the other party was able to find Feng Bao's detention place so quickly, obviously premeditated.

"No, I'll take someone to get them back!" Gan Ning said and rushed out of the hall in a hurry.

Feng Bao's existence is related to the development of Jinfan, if there is no batch of materials agreed with the Feng family, after Jinfan grows, whether it is grain and grass or armor, it will be a big problem, how can Gan Ning not be in a hurry?

"Brother!" Wang Chong, who still had some sanity, grabbed Gan Ning and shook his head slightly, "It's too late!" ”

Gan Ning's expression instantly dimmed, yes, it's too late, it's been so long, how can he still chase it back?

"I'm to blame for this, if I had left more soldiers to guard it at that time, this wouldn't have happened!" Zhuge Jin looked ashamed.

"Ziyu doesn't have to blame himself, the situation was critical at the time, how could you think of this?" Wang Chong sighed, "Forget it, I'm lucky, I lost my life, at least the two ships of Shu brocade are still in our hands, and when we have a channel for bulk cargo, we can exchange some materials for some, but ......"

Wang Chong said with a gloomy expression, gritted his teeth and said: "But he, the Feng family, dares to play with us Jinfan like this, this matter, I won't just forget it, when we capture Chaisang one day, I will definitely ask this Feng family father and son to kneel down and add my toes!" ”