Chapter Seventy-Six, Surrender, Grudge
Liu Feng pretended to ride a horse for a long time before he had to come down and walk, riding a horse in the mountains was bumpy, it was not as fast as walking.
The mountain road is not easy to walk, if it is in the plain, the distance of two or three hundred miles is at most a day or two to march with all its strength, but if you take the mountain road, even if you go into battle lightly, it will take two or three days, and the march will be even slower.
So when Liu Feng led people to the snow cottage, it had been half a month since the Yucheng army attacked the mountain. Although they occupy the advantage of equipment, but more than 10,000 people have lost most of them, and the snow cottage is not good, although there is a favorable location, but the newly recruited thief soldiers have been lost, nearly 6,000 bandit veterans have lost most of them, and the villagers are also exhausted.
Now the two sides are still deadlocked, they are all insisting on it in one breath, the thieves don't want to fall into the hands of the perennial hostile Yucheng, and the Yucheng wants to take the opportunity to directly destroy the snow cottage.
Liu Feng They arrived secretly and did not attract the attention of both parties. The Snow Mountain Village is in the middle of the mountain, and the Yucheng Army is camped at the foot of the mountain, in fact, the Snow Mountain Village has lost half of it.
"It's up to you." After dark, Liu Feng, who had secretly set up camp and stationed, called the master of Sanzhai, "Do I need to send you there?" ”
"No need, I'll just go in quietly alone, and I'll try my best to convince my eldest brother." After saying this, the master of the three villages, dressed in black, turned around and left.
The snow cottage has been entrenched here for many years, and naturally there is a secret passage to go up the mountain. Seeing the master of Sanzhai go away, Liu Feng quietly thought about the possible consequences and how to deal with the same consequences.
The mountain was quiet at night, and the master of Sanzhai had just touched the mountain from the dark passage, and was discovered by the patrolling bandits. The experience of nearly half a month of war has made the people on the mountain very vigilant. The master of Sanzhai immediately identified himself and asked him to take him to see the master of Dazhai.
In the cottage hall, the lord of the big village and the lord of the fourth village have not had a serious rest for several days, their red eyes are bloodshot, but they are still studying how to resist the enemy tomorrow. Just then, the door was pushed open, and a meteor strode in.
"What's the matter, didn't you see that we were busy?" The head of the Dazhai master is not raised.
"Big brother, don't come unharmed!" The master of Sanzhai said.
"The third child!" "Third brother!" Two surprised voices sounded, and the big village master and the fourth village master raised their heads, and saw the three village masters who had not been seen for a long time appear in front of them.
"We're not dreaming, are we?" The master of the four villages muttered, "Could it be that I haven't had a good rest for a long time and have hallucinations?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm really back!" Sanzhai main road.
"Third child, what's going on?" The lord of the village asked, "You are not ......?"
"Big brother, it's a long story, I'll talk to you slowly......"
A quarter of an hour later, the three village owners explained everything to the big village owners and the four village owners, waiting for them to make a decision.
"In other words, you have been convinced, and you came here to convince me to surrender, right?" After a long time, the lord of the village said calmly.
"Yes, it's because ......" the owner of the three villages wanted to explain quickly, after all, he was not the master of the big village, and no one was willing to let others make decisions on their behalf, no matter how close their relationship was.
But the owner of the village shook his hand to stop him: "Maybe you have enough reasons, such as the snow cottage is in danger, such as for the families of so many brothers...... There are many reasons, but I just ask, if I don't agree, what will you do? The lord of Dazhai had a serious expression.
"If the eldest brother doesn't allow it, I have to stay and live and die with my brothers." The master of the three villages smiled bitterly, "I can't abandon my brother and live in secret." As for the second brother and the fifth brother, they can only look at themselves. ”
"Very well, I didn't misread you." The master of the village smiled, relieved, "Then did the other party say how they would treat us?" ”
"No, we don't have any conditions to talk about, we can only surrender unconditionally. After surrendering, they will take action to deal with the army in Jade City, after which all of us will move to White Town, which is their territory, and everything except for personal necessities will be theirs. The more the master of Sanzhai spoke, the quieter his voice became, "After everyone joins Baizhen, they must strictly abide by the rules of Baizhen, re-screen the brothers, and then divide them into various industries. Those who are willing to join the army may continue to join the army, but they must undergo reorganization and training, so as to eliminate the weak and retain the strong. Once the rules of White Town are violated, the punishment is severe. But at the same time, they also promised that if we sincerely surrendered, they would treat us equally. ”
"What? We haven't fallen yet, why do they dare to ask like this, aren't they afraid that we will negotiate peace with Yucheng and deal with them together? The lord of the four villages shouted.
"If we have a 10% chance of uniting with Jade City, I'm afraid they won't come, and the grudges accumulated over so many years won't be so easy to settle." The lord of the big village said, "That is, we still have some value now, if we wait until we are slaughtered by the Jade City, I am afraid that they are not willing to grudge with the powerful Jade City for the sake of the worthless Snow Mountain Village." ”
"Big brother, what do you mean ......" The master of Sanzhai was a little unconvinced.
"That's right, I have decided to surrender, if it is as you say, they are sincere, not perfunctory." The lord of Dazhai said, "I mentioned to you before that we are all martial artists, and it is okay to lead troops to fight, but the leader's side is a little less meaningful." Look at this snow cottage, we can still grasp it when we were weak a few years ago, but when it grows and grows, it attracts many heroes to vote, on the surface it is strong, but in fact some control is not in the situation, otherwise why do we provoke Baizhen for no reason, so that in the end we don't want to send troops, which attracts the covetousness of Yucheng. ”
After saying this, he asked the master of Sanzhai again: "These days, have you learned some of Baizhen's strength?" Also, what is their potential for development? ”
The three village masters know that this is very important, if the strength is not strong enough, it will be difficult for Baizhen to be broken in the future, and they will have to make another choice; If they don't have potential, they will live in a town for the rest of their lives.
The master of Sanzhai thought for a while and said: "In a word, Baizhen is powerful and has infinite potential. After saying this, knowing that the two brothers were a little confused, he explained, "At present, Baizhen is a big town, with a population of about 25,000 people and an army of about 4,000 people, which doesn't seem to be very strong, but pay attention, this is Baizhen that has just ended the war." Before this, Baizhen was only a medium-sized town, with a population of up to 20,000 and a strength of only 3,000, but with such strength, it first destroyed more than 3,000 bandit coalition troops with 2,000 snow cottages as the main force, and then broke 8,000 of our snow cottage army, and captured the second and fifth brothers, and then, after resting for a long time, defeated 15,000, oh, no, it was an army of 13,000 snow cottages, after the victory, there was not much rest, and then defeated the army of 6,000 Aoshan City, Shengsheng scared away 2,000 people, so scared that Aoshan Town shrank and didn't dare to look up. I don't need to say more about its strength. What's more, at that time, they were only medium-sized towns, and now, White Town is a large town. ”
Moreover, the repeated grudges with Aoshan City represent an ambition that will definitely be replaced in the future. Now Baizhen is still a time when there is a shortage of generals, and we rely on the past to send charcoal in the snow, and we don't have to worry about the bright future. The lord of Sanzhai concluded, "In the future, this area will not be a confrontation between Aoshan City and Yucheng, but a white suppression of the two cities." ”
"It seems that the army of White Town is very strong!" The main road of Dazhai.
"Yes, along the way, I also heard that the development of this Baizhen is largely dependent on surrendered prisoners of war, that is to say, many people in Baizhen have been bandits before, and now there is a force of 500 bandits, that is, the Aoshan Cottage in Aoshan, which has long been subdued by Baizhen."
"Also, they also have a powerful general, very powerful, although I don't know the specific situation, but it is definitely above the 4th order." Sanzhai said, "Without further ado, if the eldest brother decides to surrender, I will reply." ”
"No, you wait, let's go together, so that we can appear sincere, otherwise there is no evidence, how can people believe it." Dazhai said, "Fourth brother, the cottage depends on you for the time being." ”
Since he had decided to surrender, the lord of the village was very decisive, and immediately went down the mountain secretly with the master of the three villages to meet Liu Feng. Liu Feng, who had been preparing all night, was really satisfied with the sincerity of the lord of Dazhai, and after some conversation to determine the charter of surrender, Liu Feng also expressed his sincerity, and let the lord of Sanzhai and the lord of Dazhai return to the mountain together to command tomorrow's battle, and the army of Baizhen will kill the battlefield at a critical time and defeat the Yucheng army in one fell swoop.
"Take out your strength to fight, tomorrow will be the last day, give Yucheng a little color." This is Liu Feng's last words, and it is also the last effort of Snow Cottage before joining Baizhen.
Tossing back and forth like this, it was already the second half of the night, and Liu Feng didn't feel a long rest in the big tent before someone reported that the battle had begun. Liu Feng walked out to take a look, and the sky was already bright.
"These two really can't wait!" Liu Feng said with a smile. Now is not the time for them to make a move, but the spies have already been sent out to clean up the spies in Jade City and investigate the situation on the battlefield.
The Snow Mountain Cottage is not in a hurry, and it is the commander of the Yucheng Army who is really in a hurry. He has already received the news that Yucheng is organizing reinforcements to come to support, if he doesn't take the snow cottage before the reinforcements arrive, then not only will he have no credit, but he will also have to bear the responsibility of losing the army, which he is unwilling, so he wants to quickly defeat the snow cottage. Of course, coveting the wealth accumulated in the years of Snow Cottage is also one of the important reasons, and it is also a huge fortune to share a little bit casually.
In the middle of the night, Baizhen's army began to move, gradually running out of the battlefield, and at this time, the killing on the mountain was already in full swing.
The three owners of the Snow Mountain Village, who had been worried about Baizhen's breaking of the contract, were relieved, and on the other hand, the commander of the Snow Mountain Village, who was proud of commanding the siege, was shocked. I had already made a mistake in intelligence before, but I didn't expect that before my own reinforcements arrived, the enemy would come to reinforcements again.
"Who are you waiting for, my Jade City is suppressing bandits here, please make it convenient." Although he could guess a few points of who the other party was, and knew why the other party came, he still wanted to make one last effort without tearing his face.
"I'm here to grudge against the tens of thousands of people in the Snow Mountain Village!" Liu Feng sighed in his heart, but he did not hesitate, seeing that the attack formation had been arranged, he ordered: "Kill!" ”