When Huang Xin led the army out of the city in a hurry, the camp of the Chinese army was broken, and the news that Chao Gai, Wu Yong and others were in critical condition completely spread in Dongping City. Only then did the Liangshan army, which was still burning and killing and plundering around in the city, stop, and regrouped under the shouts and restraints of the leaders.

But by this time, it was already too late. After seeing the changes in the camp in Shangcheng, Ruan Xiaoer immediately made a decision, and he would come forward to negotiate with the officials and soldiers, while the others stayed in the city and tried to capture the people in the city, thinking that they were bargaining chips to threaten the government. As for how many innocent people will be killed in this way, and Liang Shanbo's reputation will be drastically reduced, it is not for them to consider.

At this moment, Ruan Xiaoer's initial plan really worked, and as the people who were held hostage at the head of the city appeared, Sun Tu was no longer as tough as before. Hearing this, Ruan Xiaoer's black face showed a smug smile, and he immediately made his own conditions: "It's very simple, you let go of the Heavenly King and the military advisor, as well as other brothers, and then retreat twenty miles." As long as we do this, I can guarantee that our Liangshan brothers will not attack the people! ”

"It can't be!" As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Tu immediately shook his head, and said without a little hesitation: "Release everyone, what else can I use to make you retreat?" Besides, if you renege and we have no choice at all, I will never agree to such a ridiculous request! ”

"Then release the Heavenly King and the military advisor, I can swear in the name of the brothers of Liangshan, and I will not regret it when the time comes." Ruan Xiaoer also knew that his requirements just now were too harsh, so he had already taken a step back.

But Sun Tu still shook his head: "Chao Gai and Wu Yong are the key to my ability to contain you and the people of Liangshan, and I will never let them go at this time." ”

"Then you don't even have the sincerity to negotiate? In that case, don't blame our brothers for killing all the people in the city! Ruan Xiaoer threatened again.

"Sun Dujian, you can't let them kill innocent people anymore, let's agree to their request......" Sun Tu hadn't said yet, and Cheng Wanli, who was being pressed on the side, was already frightened. Once there are really large-scale casualties among the people of Dongping, the responsibility of his Taishou will inevitably be extremely heavy, and the court will investigate it, and the loss of officials will be light, and he can't afford it.

But how could Sun Tu care about his thoughts, he just sneered: "Dongping is not under my rule, you really want to kill all the people in the city, and I am powerless to stop it at this time." But don't forget what you Liangshanbo has been able to rely on to grow rapidly in the past few years, once you do this, the matter spreads, your foothold will be completely gone, and you can afford the consequences? Also, if you dare to kill the people, I will dare to kill the Chao Gai people and others, and kill them all, I want to see if you still have the courage to fight with the officials and soldiers! ”

Not only did he not have the slightest intention of compromise, but he also threatened Ruan Xiaoer instead. Sun Tu is such a person, he is not frightened, these bandit methods are of little use in front of him at all. On the other side, Ruan Xiaoer, seeing him so tough, he really couldn't cope with it for a while, and he really didn't have the courage and courage to dare to risk the world's condemnation to let people slaughter the city and kill all the people of Dongping.

Seeing that he was shaken and hesitated, Sun Tu took the opportunity to say: "Now that we both have chips, we should exchange them, and I can return Chao Gai and others, but you must also show your sincerity and withdraw the soldiers and horses from the city first!" "If it doesn't work out, what if you regret it?" Ruan Xiaoer immediately shook his head.

"Don't you still have hostages?" Sun Tu glanced at Cheng Wanli not far away, and when he heard this, his body trembled, but he didn't dare to say anything. As the Taishou of Dongping, he does have the responsibility to ensure the safety of the people, not to mention that the city was easily destroyed, in the final analysis, it is also his responsibility.

Seeing that Ruan Xiaoer was still silent, Sun Tu said again: "In addition, you can also bring some people out as bargaining chips and guarantees, and as long as we refuse to release them, you can still kill them to vent your anger." And instead of being trapped in the city, wouldn't it be more convenient for you to evacuate this place when you see the opportunity? ”

Ruan Xiaoer suddenly fell into weighing and hesitating, and he really couldn't make up his mind for a while. He was just a martial artist, he didn't use his brain well, and he was just chasing ducks to the shelves just now, but now that Sun Tu put forward such an idea, it really made him a little decided.

Fortunately, there was Huang Xin on the side, and when he heard this, he stepped forward and whispered: "Second Brother Ruan, I thought this matter was feasible, otherwise the officials and troops would definitely refuse to compromise, and then the Heavenly King would be in danger." What's more, our real purpose this time is not to take Dongping City, and this step is already a great achievement. ”

A word to wake up the person in the dream, until he reminded him, Ruan Xiaoer thought of the real purpose of this dispatch, and now the breakthrough of Dongping City is actually considered to have overfulfilled the task. The most important thing now is to protect the king and return them to the cottage safely.

Thinking about all this, he finally nodded: "Just do what you want, I just hope that Sun Dujian can be a man of his word, and don't play any tricks." ”

"Of course, I am an official of the imperial court, how can I break my word? As long as you go out of the city and stop doing this, people, I will definitely let you go. Sun Tu nodded with a straight face, and looked up at the frightened people in the city in front of him, and the decision in his heart was already a little deeper, Liang Shanbo must indeed be eradicated as soon as possible.

Since a consensus was reached, Ruan Xiaoer went back to the city again, and after a long time, the Liangshan army drove more than 2,000 people out of the city, including both officials and soldiers in the city, and many innocent people, but everyone was the same at this time, panicked and trembling.

"Qi wins, you lead a thousand men into the city to prevent them from rebelling." Sun Tu immediately gave the order.

Qi Desheng received the military order first, and then he was a little worried: "Then there are only a thousand people left outside the city, can you suppress them?" ”

"Don't worry, as long as Chao covers them, they won't dare to mess around." Sun Tu smiled, and it seemed that he didn't pay attention to the thousands of Liang Shanjun.

Qi Desheng did not dare to slack off, and immediately led five hundred male and female soldiers to slowly walk towards the city gate. Seeing this, the Liangshan army had no intention of stopping them, since they had already left the city, it meant that they had already abandoned Dongping City. Anyway, they had already gained a lot of benefits from plundering around the city, and the city was not so attractive to them.

When Qi Desheng led his army into the city, he saw a large area of ruins and broken walls, as well as the streets full of messes and the corpses of innocent dead, and they were so angry that they really hated to go out of the city now to avenge the dead people.

However, at this time, Huang Xin outside the city did not have such a consciousness, and when he saw the official army entering the city, he looked at Sun Tu again: "Sun Dujian, our brother has withdrawn from the city according to your wishes, and now it's time for you to fulfill your promise, right?" ”

Sun Tu looked at the thousands of captives who were still under the control of the enemy, sighed softly, and waved his hand: "Release them!" ”

Without much hesitation, the generals had already pushed the hundreds of Liangshan army prisoners out of the formation. There was a burst of ecstasy that these people were not killed by this, and they immediately stumbled towards their own team, regardless of the ropes still tied to their bodies, until they came to the brothers, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Sun Tu didn't put everyone back, but Chao Gai and Wu Yong were still holding on to him. Seeing this, Huang Xin's brows furrowed: "Sun Dujian, what do you mean by this?" ”

"It's not interesting, just in case. I've shown my sincerity, and it's up to you next. ”

At this point, the people of Liangshan could only follow his wishes, so they also let the people in front of them go, and as soon as they were free, they hurried back to the city, but they didn't even have time to say thank Sun Tu. And Sun Tu didn't care about these little things, and took this opportunity to lead the army slowly towards the city gate. Because there were two people in front of the team, Chao Gai and Wu Yong, and the Liangshan army on the opposite side did not dare to send troops to obstruct it, but Huang Xin was very dissatisfied: "Sun Dujian, we have released people, are you still unwilling to let go of the king and the military advisor?" ”

"Just in case, I have to make sure I'm safe before I release them." Sun Tu said as he led the army forward, but he didn't stop. After a while, they finally arrived in front of the city gate, Sun Tu and others escorted Chao Gai and them to stay in front of the gate, and the other horses entered the city one after another.

It was only at this time that Sun Tu looked at the more than 100 Dongping officials who were still under the control of the Liangshan Army and said, "Now we can release each of us." I'll count to ten, let's release them together, how about it? ”

"Okay." Huang Xin didn't say anything more, turned his head and glanced at his subordinates, and made a gesture to let them go.

As Sun Tu counted one by one, all the prisoners were pushed to the front of their respective teams, and Wu Yong also helped the weak Chao Gai to come to the front of the official army and stood with Sun Tu.

Looking at him as if he was in control, Wu Yong suddenly smiled and said, "Sun Dujian is really powerful, Wu Yong admires it." ”

"Well, your Liangshan army is not bad, and it is really beyond my expectations that you can break through Dongping in such a short time." When he said this, Sun Tu's eyes also swept over the captured Dongping officials in front of him, but he didn't find Dong Ping, who had a relationship with each other, which made him a little surprised, where was this Dongping Metropolitan Eunuch? Could it be that the destruction of the city has something to do with him? Could it be that he has already surrendered to Liangshanbo?

Wu Yong didn't know what he was thinking, he just sneered: "Do you think you really won this time?" Now I'm not afraid to tell you the fact that this time, whether you win or lose here, your grandson will lose! Speaking of which, Sun Tu just reported the last cross, and Wu Yong did not hesitate any longer, and immediately supported Chao Gai and walked towards his own army in front.

He didn't dare to elaborate on his strategy, for fear that Sun Tu would be angry and attack him.

But at this moment, Sun Tu's faint voice came from behind him: "Wu Xuexue refers to your strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain to send people to attack my Qingzhou?" It's just a small skill of carving insects, do you really think my Sun Tu won't be able to see it? ”