After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 429 Ambitious
At this point, the subject of the waiting crime changed the subject, then sighed, and continued.

"But looking at the current situation, Qufu City does not have so many troops at all. It seems that it is even more difficult to go out of the city to fight. If this is the case, then we can only retreat and recruit brave men to guard Qufu."

"However, this will cost a lot of money and food. You must know that these warriors need to work hard at the next time. If this is the case, you must give them enough rewards, so that they can fight bravely."

"As long as the lord can give me these things, then I have the confidence to recruit [-] soldiers in Qufu City. As long as there are so many people to defend Qufu, it will definitely not be a problem."

Shusun Zhouchou frowned slightly. Naturally, he was able to produce so many things, but the problem was that he was worried about handing them over to the prisoner, so he hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Well, you recruit soldiers first, and then the money and food will be allocated to you slowly. After all, it is very troublesome to raise so much money and food, and it will take some time."

The prisoner nodded slightly, without arguing too much, but with an indifferent smile on his face.

"Since the lord has said so, let's do it first. I will immediately recruit soldiers. After all, the defense is urgent. Please hurry up, and don't ruin the big thing because of the lack of money and food."

After the matter was settled, the inmates began to recruit a large number of people and conduct simple training. Everything seemed to be on schedule, and Shusun Zhouchou's worries did not abate because of this.

He knew very well in his heart that in this way, the criminals might get out of hand in the future and become the biggest hidden danger for the Uncle Sun, but he had no other way now, but to drink poison to quench his thirst.

But although the prisoner said he was full of confidence, on the first day of the siege, he saw how sharp the bed crossbows of the Han army were. Although it was just a defense, nearly [-] people were lost in one day.

Nearly a half of them are the subordinates of the criminals, which made him realize that it may be unrealistic to resist the Han army, and he has always admired Yang Hu the most, if it wasn't because Yang Hu had an accident early.

The waiting prisoner has already learned everything, and a fierce man like Yang Hu has now taken refuge in the Marquis of Han, which shows that Meng Di is definitely superior. After thinking about it, he decided to Take a gamble on your future.

So he immediately sent people out of the city to contact the Han army. Mengdi was overjoyed when he got the news, and went out of the camp to meet the envoy himself.

After some discussion, Meng Di promised that if the prisoner-in-waiting could voluntarily surrender and open the city gate, then he would guard Qufu in the future, and wrote the appointment document himself, and asked the envoy to take it back.

This made the prisoner never expect that Meng Di would be so generous and hand over Qufu to him to guard him. Naturally, he was overjoyed, so the two sides began to cooperate with each other very tacitly.

The attack rhythm of the Han army gradually slowed down, and the prisoner took advantage of this opportunity to recruit manpower wantonly. In a short period of time, he wiped out all the young and strong in Qufu City, and then he spoke to Shusun Zhouchou.

It is said that the bed crossbows of the Han army are sharp. Under such circumstances, it is necessary to go out of the city to fight and destroy the opponent's bed crossbows. Only in this way can Qufu not fall. agree to come down.

Unexpectedly, after the prisoner-in-waiting led the army out of the city, he went directly to the camp of the Han army. After the two sides met, he directly ordered to disarm and surrender.

The main force on my side has surrendered, and the rest are just young recruits who have just been recruited, although every adult man in the Spring and Autumn Period must practice martial arts and join the army.

However, most of these people are apprentices. It is foolish to rely on these people to resist the elite Han army. Under such circumstances, Luhou had no choice but to send people out of the city to surrender to the Han army.

After Mengdi heard the news, he also let out a sigh of relief, and he said to the prisoner with a smile.

"Without the help of Hou Zi this time, this king would not be able to take Qufu so easily, so you should take the lead in this battle, Hou Zi, but there is still a fierce battle in Qufu, the army in your hands may be useless, right? "

The prisoner-in-waiting nodded without concealing it, and there was some complacency on his face.

"What the Marquis of Han said is that among the 10 troops, only 3 to [-] are capable of fighting. The rest of the soldiers were recruited temporarily. There's no fighting power."

"However, don't worry, Marquis Han. After a period of training, although they can't fight the enemy, they are more than enough to defend the city. If the coalition forces counterattack Qufu at that time, I have the confidence to defend Qufu."

At this moment, Meng Di nodded slowly, with a thoughtful look on his face, and after a moment of pondering, he spoke.

"Although that is the case, the most important thing to occupy a country's capital is to calm people's hearts, so this king decided to liberate those slaves first, so that they can be used by him, and our Han army has a lot of experience in training soldiers."

"Hou Zi will be responsible for defending the city at that time. This king will ask Boren to bring 2 troops to stay and assist you, and at the same time help you train soldiers. If this is the case, Qufu will be as stable as Mount Tai when the time comes. It also doesn’t help.”

After the prisoner heard this, he murmured in his heart. He knew very well that Meng Di used this method to control the military power in his own hands, and he also knew something about the system of the Han State. He knew that the Han State did not closed.

It is true that he surrendered to Mengdi now, but he is not satisfied with just guarding Qufu. If he chooses to give up his territory like this, the prisoner-in-waiting is still a little unwilling, and wants to use this opportunity to bargain.

"The Marquis of Han is very considerate, and I have no opinion on this, but there are still some nobles in the city, it is not suitable to move them at this time, and it will not be too late to release the slaves in their hands after Qufu is stabilized in the future. "

Meng Di snorted coldly in his heart, this time the crime is quite different from Yang Hu, at least Yang Hu has great ambitions in his chest and knows when to give up what, so he can gain his trust.

But the prisoner in front of him was different. He made this suggestion because he wanted to join hands with these nobles and try to gain control of Qufu. This was a dangerous signal.

(End of this chapter)