223 Differentiation, Compromise

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This is a Zhuangbao where the Cao family surnamed Wang lived, and the Cao family has always been very united and xenophobic.

They didn't even give face to the government, and it was normal for them to resist so strongly in the face of the White Dragon Army.

Moreover, this Cao family is also said to be from a poor background, but their ancestors were good at hard work in their early years, and they were good at careful planning, so they gradually accumulated this family property.

The ancestor of the landlord surnamed Cao was not only good at management, but also took good care of his relatives, and after taking over Caojiazhuang, he gradually moved his relatives here.

In the early years, when they first came here, they had no foundation and were always bullied by the big families around them.

Therefore, the ancestor of the Cao family took his sons and nephews to build Caojiazhuang into a fort brick by brick.

It is said that two years ago, there were thousands of rebels who came to attack this Caojiazhuang.

As a result, after attacking for more than ten days, they failed to capture this Caojiazhuang, but under the desperate resistance of the Cao family, the losses were very heavy.

In the end, the group of rebels had to give up attacking Caojiazhuang and withdraw their troops in a gloomy manner.

And the Cao family basically cultivates all their land by their own people, and rarely hires tenants.

Over the years, I have never heard of the landlord surnamed Cao doing any evil things that have brought disaster to the township and disregarded people's lives.

However, in the first two years of famine, their Cao family also took out a lot of grain, opened a porridge shed in the county seat, and helped a lot of victims, and they were not considered evildoers.

The local people still have a good impression of this Cao family landlord and call him Cao Dashan.

After listening to the explanation of the locals, Wei Hong and the others suddenly realized.

It turns out that the owner of this Caojiazhuang to Zhuang Ding is all a family.

This makes the White Dragon Army's method of dividing the landlords and tenants simply not work here.

Everyone is a family, how can they help the White Dragon Army, no wonder the people of Caojiazhuang resist so fiercely, it turns out that everyone in the village is protecting their own land and property!

In this way, Wei Hong and others felt that it seemed a little inappropriate to continue to deal with Caojiazhuang by treating other landlords and old money.

People neither provoked their White Dragon Army, nor did they oppress the good, squeezing the blood and sweat of the common people, but now they are coming to attack other people's homes, if they are replaced by themselves, they have to resist desperately!

At the same time, although this Caojiazhuang is not very large, the village wall built is very strong.

There are also strong enemy towers in the four corners, and there are watchtowers in the village, otherwise Zhou Dazhu would not have attacked several times in a row, and he did not take it down, and he also paid a lot of casualties.

In this way, no matter how Wei Hong and the others look at it, they feel that it is not appropriate to attack Caojiazhuang.

However, privately changing Li Zixiao's action strategy for the White Dragon Army, Wei Hong and others did not have the courage.

So after Wei Hong, Zhou Dazhu and Luo Chao discussed, they temporarily stopped the attack, wrote a letter, and sent a fast horse to Li Zixiao, asking for instructions on how to deal with this matter.

Soon, Li Zixiao received a letter from Wei Hong and others, and he frowned after reading it.

He had actually thought of such a thing before, after all, the thousands of landlords everywhere in Huaxia at this time could not all be black crows.

Alternatives like Caojiazhuang are estimated to still exist, before Li Zixiao was because of the small territory, and he didn't meet such a good landlord, and he was too busy, so he didn't take care of this aspect.

Now, since Wei Hong and others have encountered this situation, Li Zixiao immediately wrote a reply to them, informing them of their policy towards such good landlords.

To put it bluntly, it is a simple four words, treat them differently.

On the premise that they must not be enemies of the White Dragon Army, they should be distinguished from other landlords, not ruthless, and try to negotiate with them to solve the problem.

At the same time, Li Zixiao also listed some specific requirements for them in the letter, as long as they agreed to these requests, the White Dragon Army could guarantee not to attack them.

After Wei Hong and others received Li Zixiao's reply, they also knew what to do.

They used arrows to shoot a letter written by Wei Hong into Caojiazhuang, and invited the people in charge of their village to come out and talk about it, which was to put it bluntly, that is, to negotiate a settlement.

Of course, the people in Caojiazhuang have also heard of the power of the White Dragon Army, and at this time, the news that Wu Laiyun's 10,000-strong imperial army was defeated by the White Dragon Army has already spread all over this area.

Tens of thousands of officers and troops were beaten to pieces by two or three thousand white dragon troops in just half a day in front of the White Dragon Army, which shows that this White Dragon Army is indeed not easy to mess with.

In the past ten days, more than a dozen landlord forts in the north of Caojiazhuang have been conquered by the White Dragon Army, and now it is naturally their turn to Caojiazhuang.

Although they had repelled several attacks by the White Dragon Army in a row, they could also see that the White Dragon Army had not used all its strength at all, and had only made a few tentative attacks.

If the White Dragon Army is determined to capture their Caojiazhuang, then Caojiazhuang will not be able to stop the White Dragon Army's onslaught even if all the old and young masters go into battle.

In the end, it will definitely be broken by the White Dragon Army, and the whole village will probably suffer.

When their Zhuang Ding received a letter from the White Dragon Army that had been shot into the fort from outside the fort, he did not dare to slack off and hurriedly handed it over to the patriarch of the clan.

This landlord surnamed Cao, who is now the head of the Cao family, Cao Xing, opened the letter and read it carefully.

Then he frowned and thought for a while, sighed and said to the clansmen around him, "Now the leader of the White Dragon Bandits outside the village invited me to go out of the fort for a while.

They said that our Caojiazhuang has not done anything evil, is not among their targets, and the words are kind and kind, not like fake.

Prepare me five hundred taels of silver, and thirty horses of cloth and five hundred stones of grain, and slaughter some pigs and sheep.

I'm going out to meet these famous White Dragon Bandits. ”

After hearing this, the Cao family members were all taken aback, and immediately persuaded one after another: "The patriarch should not listen to the words of those bandits.

They must be trying to trick you out, using you as a threat to force us to open the door and surrender, absolutely unacceptable! ”

Cao Xing, the patriarch of the Cao family in his fifties, raised his hand to stop the advice of the clansmen, and said to them: "So far, it doesn't matter if this group of white dragon bandits is lying to us or not.

I can only go out and meet him, otherwise do you think we can really stop the attack of this group of white dragon bandits?

Think about it, tens of thousands of imperial armies have been defeated by them, just with our one hundred and ten men in Caojiazhuang, how long can we resist.

In the past two days, we have all seen that this white dragon bandit is indeed strictly disciplined, advancing and retreating in a measured manner, and it is not a rabble at all.

Moreover, the soldiers and generals under him are very brave, and none of them are greedy for life and afraid of death, anyway, they are much stronger than the officers and soldiers I have seen who are more greedy and ruthless than bandits.

If this group of white dragon bandits really occupies our area in the future, can we still be alone? Sooner or later is something that needs to be faced.

Although this group of white dragon bandits has done a lot of things to rob houses and houses, they have a good reputation, but they are too ruthless to landlords like us.

However, this time the group of white dragon bandits said in the letter that they only deal with those bad landlords who oppress the people and do all kinds of evil, and in this regard, our Cao family still has confidence.

Although we have not done much good deeds in Caojiazhuang over the years, we have definitely not done anything, and I am sorry for the evil things in the surrounding townships.

I'll go out and meet this group of white dragon bandits and see what kind of medicine they sell in their gourds.

It's best to say it, don't make enemies with these white dragon bandits, if you can give some money and food, it's best for them to retreat, and it can be regarded as saving our hundreds of people in Caojiazhuang.

But let's also prepare for the worst, and when I go out, don't let up, continue to wait in the village, and don't care about my life and death.

If he really wants to take me hostage and force you to wait for the door to surrender, you don't bother to pay attention to it, my old bones, I will die.

Our Cao family is also bloody, and when the time comes, we would rather fight with them and defend our homeland to the death. ”

Cao Xing can be the patriarch, in the end, he is still a person with vision, and he is decisive and courageous, so he is trusted by the clansmen.

Although the people of the Cao family were worried about his safety, they saw that he had made up his mind, and Cao Xing's words did convince everyone.

The Cao family hurriedly prepared a gift list according to Cao Xing's instructions, and sent the gifts to the village, ready to send them out at any time.

And Cao Xing didn't bring anyone with him, he left Zhuangzi alone, and walked towards the camp where the White Dragon Army was stationed outside Zhuang.

After Cao Xing came to the White Dragon Barracks, he was introduced to the big account to meet Wei Hong, Zhou Dazhu and Luo Chao.

After the two sides met, they quickly got to the point.

Wei Hong followed Li Zixiao's instructions and made his attitude clear like Cao Xing.

Tell Cao Xing that the White Dragon Army can not attack Caojiazhuang, and if their Cao family wants to stay here in the future and keep their fields, it is not impossible.

Even the White Dragon Army will not touch his property and fields, but they must pay taxes to the White Dragon Army and submit to the White Dragon Army's management of them.

This is also the policy formulated by Li Zixiao to treat these good landlords in the future.

To sum up, there are two things, pay taxes and obey management.

"This ...... I'm afraid that the old man will have to think about this matter. ”

Cao Xing said to Wei Hong and them with a pale face.

It is no wonder that Cao Xing hesitated, because once he agreed to the two conditions of the White Dragon Army, it was equivalent to tying up the chariot of the White Dragon Army.

If one day in the future, the White Dragon Army is exterminated by the government, then their Cao family will also be unlucky at that time, and this is what makes Cao Xing embarrassed.

"Of course, Cao Yuanwai can think about it, but thousands of our White Dragon Army are stationed here, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for you for long.

It's better for Cao Yuanwai to make up his mind quickly, otherwise, I'm afraid that my subordinates can't help it and will do something to your Zhuangzi. ”

Wei Hong's tone revealed a strong smell of threat.

After saying that, Wei Hong stilted Erlang's legs, drank tea leisurely, and waited for Cao Xing to give an answer.

Cao Xing sat in the lower position, with a chill on his body, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

With the expansion of the White Dragon Army, Caojiazhuang has been brought under the control of the White Dragon Army.

According to Li Zixiao's meaning, the White Dragon Army controls the territory and will never allow anyone to disobey their management.

Therefore, at the beginning, Li Zixiao gave the Cao family, a good landlord, two choices.

One is to simply bow down to the White Dragon Army, obey the management of the White Dragon Army, be honest and obedient to the people, and pay taxes to the White Dragon Army, so as to obtain the right to continue to live here.

Second, it's simple, Li Zixiao just said one sentence, pack and roll, people go, and the land stays.

These two paths are very risky, and for a while, Cao Xing repeatedly weighed in his mind and tried to choose the most beneficial path for them to take in Caojiazhuang.

Of course, Cao Xing didn't think of a third way.

The third way, in fact, is that their Cao family did not agree to the two conditions offered by Li Zixiao, and did not plan to leave here, but chose to stick to the village to the end.

But if they do that, I'm afraid there is only one possibility in the end.

That is, if Zhuangzi is completely defeated by the White Dragon Army, I am afraid that the whole clan will not have a good end.

Even the White Dragon Army didn't even need to attack the village, as long as they leveled the surrounding area, their Cao family would be completely trapped in this Cao family village.

After a while, they will all starve to death in the village.

No matter which of these three paths you take, it can be said that there is a lot of risk.

There is no need to think about the third way, he doesn't want hundreds of people in the village to be wiped out like this, so he doesn't have to think about it directly.

The remaining two roads, he thought about it, and in the end, this Cao Xing still gritted his teeth ruthlessly, and said in his heart that now they are people under the eaves and have to bow their heads, so they can only take one step at a time.

Only after getting through the great tribulation in front of us first, the rest of the matter will be talked about slowly.

So he stood up and said to Wei Hong, clasped his fists and said: "Cao is willing to accept your army's conditions, and I hope that your army can also keep its promises." ”

After listening to Cao Xing's words, Wei Hong, Zhou Dazhu and Luo Chao glanced at each other, and they all saw joy in each other's eyes.

Wei Hong laughed, walked up to Cao Xing, and said seriously: "Okay, Cao Yuanwai is really a reasonable person, since this is the case, then it is decided."

Our White Dragon Army counts, and I will temporarily send a team into your Caojiazhuang to garrison.

At the same time, you should also hand over the cannons and birds in your hands, which are extremely powerful weapons, and leave some ordinary swords, guns and armor to use.

We allow you to form your own team to guard the fort and take care of the day-to-day security of the fort.

In the future, you will live in the territory controlled by our White Dragon Army, obey the management, pay taxes, and you will be protected by our White Dragon Army. ”

In the end, Cao Xing still chose to compromise.

After Cao Xing returned to Zhuangzhong, it only took half a day to convince the people of Zhuangzhong.

Before dark, they opened the gate of the village and sent their crossbows, as well as more than a dozen bird guns, three-eyed guns and other weapons, plus two old cannons, to the White Dragon military camp outside the village.

Only some of the swords, guns, and bows and arrows were left in the village as their basic defensive weapons to form their team to protect the village.

Even, Cao Xing is still very happy to be able to keep his Zhuangzi this time.

In order to improve the relationship with the White Dragon Army, Cao Xing still gave the money and food gifts prepared in their village to the White Dragon Army.

Subsequently, Wei Hong kept his promise and ordered the White Dragon Army to withdraw their troops, leave Caojiazhuang, and move towards the next goal.