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Chapter 756: The Only Way

It's really jaw-dropping, Li Qing has been in charge of Dingzhou for less than ten years, and he has actually laid a huge country, you know, at the beginning, he didn't get much help from the Li family in Yizhou, which directly led to the fact that in the end, the Li family could only attach his wing tail. Recalling the past, Xiao Yuanshan had to admit that he was not as good as Li Qing.

Li Qing was still a small general, he has already shown his strange and changeable talent in tactics, and later his status is getting higher, his strategic foresight and far-reaching layout are even more admirable, earlier it seemed that it was an inadvertent word, after a period of fermentation, and when the matter comes to an end, you will find that the original idle man is not his unintentional, but premeditated.

This time the battle between Dingzhou and the naval division of the Southern Army once again proved this. When he heard that Dengzhou and other places of the Southern Army were violently attacked by the Dingzhou Naval Division and suffered heavy losses, even the calm old patriarch couldn't sit still, if the Southern Army's Naval Division was completely defeated, then Li Qing would be invincible. And Shaw had to make a choice.

This is the reason why he came to Dingzhou in person, but can Xiao Shi get a satisfactory result?

Xiao Yuanshan was puzzled, putting aside his grievances with Li Qing in his early years, for more than a year, Youyan had dispatched troops and sent generals, bent on recapturing Xiangshan Mansion, so that he could use the natural barrier of Xiangshan Mansion to resist the future annexation of Dingzhou, and contain the strength of an entire corps in Dingzhou.

And now, although Weizhou urgently needs Li Qing's support, will Li Qing agree to Youyan's conditions because of this?

Xiao Yuanshan was not sure at all.

There was a knock at the door, which woke Xiao Yuanshan from his contemplation, and motioned to the guards around him to open the door, but saw an official of the post house standing outside the door, and behind him, a middle-aged man stood there casually in a cloth suit, with a smile on his face, but the confidence and coercion of being in a high position for a long time were inadvertently revealed.

"Lord Lu! Xiao Yuanshan shouted in surprise, he didn't expect Lu Yiming to see him lightly. Quickly stood up, dressed up, and greeted him.

"Brother Xiao, don't come to harm? Lu Yiming stepped into the door and bowed his hand with a smile.

Hearing this shout, Xiao Yuanshan was full of emotion, when he was in charge of Dingzhou, Lu Yiming was just a white ding, not to mention himself, he was the manager of his own house, I was afraid that he would not look at him squarely, the stars changed, time passed, and today, Xiao Yuanshan had to admit that the other party called himself Brother Xiao, and he really gave himself a big face. You must know that now the territory under Li Qing's jurisdiction is vast, compared to the original Great Chu, it is really more than that, in terms of strength, Li Qing has faintly jumped to the first place after defeating the Southern Army Naval Division, and Lu Yiming is the nameless prime minister under Li Qing's rule, under the real one person, above ten thousand people. And his own Xiao family is now trapped in Youyan, and the day is precarious.

After some greetings, there was a brief silence between the two at the same time, and Xiao Yuanshan's personal guards and the officials of the post house in the room all retreated knowingly.

As the elder of Dingzhou, Lu Yiming naturally will not have time to visit Xiao Yuanshan, who has no friendship with him, he is here, there is only one purpose, he is to represent Li Qinglai and Xiao Yuanshan for the first time, if the gap between the requirements of the two sides is too big and cannot be reconciled, then Li Qing naturally has no need to see each other.

"Patriarch Xiao must have made a choice when he came from afar this time, I think, we don't have to go around in circles, just get straight to the point, so as not to waste time! Lu Yiming retracted the professional smile on his face and said bluntly, "My family commander wants to know, what conditions do you need in the Youyan region to be willing to surrender to Dingzhou?" ＂

Xiao Yuanshan was slightly stunned, Lu Yiming's words were too aggressive, "Lord Lu, I think that between our two families, it should be more of a union than a surrender, although Youyan is in difficulty now, it has not yet reached the point of surrendering."

Lu Yiming shook his head, "Patriarch Xiao, do you think that with the current situation of Dingzhou, do you need to unite with you?" ＂

"Why not? Xiao Yuanshan stood up, "Youyan is located in a key position, and I don't need to repeat its importance in terms of geographical location, Lord Lu, just because I have 100,000 soldiers in the Xiao clan now, I can make countless changes in this war on the continent, and if I stand over there, the chances of victory over there will be greatly increased."

"100,000 warriors? Lu Yiming snorted coldly: "Okay, let's count you have 100,000 people, and I don't know how many elite soldiers are among these 100,000 people, and how many are farmers who have just put down their hoes?" What do you feed these 100,000 soldiers? Do you have enough weapons to arm these 100,000 troops? Do you want them to go into battle with wooden sticks and kitchen knives? ＂

"Patriarch Xiao, you said that you can choose, if today's situation, there are only two parties left, Luoyang and my lord, to tell you the truth, the sailors of the Pang army have been defeated by my Dingzhou General Deng Peng on the Heishui Ocean, and even their giant ship Dingzhou was buried in the Heishui Ocean, you don't know this, right? King Ning has officially withdrawn from this battle, and all that is left in the south now is to survive."

Xiao Yuanshan was moved, "The Pang army is defeated? ＂

"I believe that in a few days, your Patriarch Xiao will receive the news.! Lu Yiming said coldly, "What other choice can you Xiao Shi make, Luoyang?" Don't forget, Xiao Guogong burned down the palace, with bad intentions, and he has blocked this road, even if he is forced to form it now, the Apocalypse will temporarily pretend to be lenient and let you go, but one day after the autumn reckoning, will there still be anyone in your Xiao family? To tell the truth, I'm afraid that in the heart of the Apocalypse, it will be light to punish all of you nine clans."

Xiao Yuanshan was silent, it was precisely because of this that there were only two roads left for the Xiao family, either to attach themselves to Li Qing or to remain independent, but if they took the second road, in the future, whether Li Qing or Tianqi won, they would inevitably start a war against Youyan, and it was obvious that Youyan had no chance of winning against any of them. When the time comes, it can only be the end of the defeat and the death of the clan.

Xiao Haoran sent him to Dingzhou, just to see that Dingzhou urgently needed to put Lu Dalin's corps into the battlefield to seek the last benefits for Youyan. This is also the only chance for the Xiao family to survive, the Xiao family and Li Qing do not have an inseparable hatred, if the Xiao family is attached to Li Qing, then Li Qing can take Luoyang directly through Youyan, Xiao Haoran believes that Li Qing will never let go of such a good opportunity.

It is precisely because of this opportunity that Xiao Haoran will have the confidence to negotiate with Li Qing in Dingzhou. But as soon as Xiao Yuanshan talked about this issue in Lu Yiming, he found that the other party had an extremely tough attitude on this issue.

"I don't know what you mean by Li Dashuai? Xiao Yuanshan asked.

Lu Yiming smiled slightly, "For the Xiao clan to come in the long run, the lord is very welcome, which also shows that the Xiao clan is far-sighted, the lord has put forward two points, only on the basis of satisfying these two points, can we talk about other things in detail."

"I would like to hear it in detail." Xiao Yuanshan said.

"Politically accept the leadership of Dingzhou, and militarily accept the adaptation of Dingzhou! Lu Yiming stared at Xiao Yuanshan intently, word by word.

Xiao Yuanshan's face changed greatly, and he accepted the leadership of Dingzhou politically, which was something that Xiao had already prepared, but militarily accepting the change of Dingzhou was undoubtedly self-tied, and since then Xiao has no room to make a struggle, in case Li Qing turns his face, he can only let him be slaughtered, and there is no room to fight back.

"It can't be! Xiao Yuanshan blurted out.

Lu Yiming smiled slightly, "I have already stated earlier that this is a prerequisite for the negotiation between Dingzhou and Youyan, and only when these two points are met can we talk about a series of other issues such as the status of the Xiao clan and the appointment of Youyan's officials. Patriarch Xiao flatly refused, and this closed the door to negotiation." Lu Yiming stood up.

Xiao Yuanshan bit his lip and said, "Lord Lu, if Dingzhou insists on these two conditions, it will undoubtedly push us into Luoyang's arms, I believe that if we now ask Luoyang for an iron scroll Danshu on the condition of sending troops to Xiangshan Mansion and attacking Lu Dalin's group, Tianqi will definitely not refuse."

Lu Yiming laughed, "Is Patriarch Xiao threatening us?" As I remembered, there were no less than ten families in the history of Great Chu that owned the Iron Scroll Danshu, dare to ask where these ten families are today? How many are at the end of their lives? ＂

"War on my Dingzhou? Yes, King Tianqi Ning will definitely celebrate with a crown, but dare to ask Patriarch Xiao, how much is the grain of Youyantun? Do you have enough weapons? How much power does a soldier have? I'm afraid that some of the weapons you have now are still the ones we provided at the beginning, and many of them should be unable to be replenished and unusable due to the wear and tear of parts, right? Resist Luoyang, you still have the Xiegu fortress we helped build, and start a war with us, what do you take to resist my Dingzhou Iron Cavalry? Lu Yiming made no secret of his contempt for the other party.

Xiao Yuanshan swallowed with difficulty, "I want to see Li Qing!" ＂

Lu Yiming pointed his sleeves and said: "Patriarch Xiao, I have made it very clear to you, this is what my lord means, whether you see my lord or not, this is a prerequisite, of course, I will show your wish to the lord, but whether the lord sees it or not, it is not for me to decide, you have a good rest, and you leave!" ＂

Looking at the road that was gone, Xiao Yuanshan sat down on the chair in a dejected manner. Lu Yiming said well, while several wars with Luoyang, Youyan's original family has been emptied, a large number of young people have been conscripted into the army, and the fields have been abandoned.

Listening to Lu Yiming's return, Li Qing laughed and said: "See, why don't you see it, it seems that the Xiao family still has illusions, and he still wants to have his own army, so let me extinguish his last thought!" Let Xiao Shi clearly see that they have only one way to go, and this road can only be given to him by me Li Qing."