"You're talking about dying in battle? There's no need to go to that trouble, I can chop off your head right now!" Ullman leaned on his chair and sneered at Lin Han, and he was telling the truth.
"Then there's no need for Boss Xiao Chen to take action. I can just kill myself." Lin Han was not afraid of death, and as he said, he had no choice at all.
"Death can be heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather. If you, Lin Handong, die like this, you are lighter than a feather and worthless." Dugulou said, "Besides, you don't regret your death, so why don't you consider the lives of the soldiers under your command? You only have more than 10,000 people, and we have 100,000 troops. You should know the result of a fight."
"Haha, can you still take care of so much now?" Lin Han smiled bitterly.
"It's still possible." Xiao Chen said, "I know that you, Handong, actually don't want to be my enemy, and I won't just watch you and your brothers die needlessly. Let's do this. When you return, you will report it to Fengyang, just say that you are ready to lead more than 10,000 soldiers to fight to the death with Xiao Chen, I think the emperor will have a decree for us."
"Boss Xiao Chen, what do you mean by this?" Lin Han was confused.
"What I mean is that after you go back, gather all the soldiers and horses under your command scattered around, pack your luggage, prepare your travels, and be ready to withdraw at any time. I will send a ship to take you back by then," Xiao Chen said.
"Boss Xiao, do you want me to gather all the brothers together and catch them all in one fell swoop?" Lin Han frowned.
"You, Lin Handong, are a smart man, how can you still say such stupid things?" Dugu Lou said, "If we want to annihilate you, do we have to wait for you to gather together? Wouldn't it be easier to divide and encircle each other and defeat them individually? Mr. Xiao just doesn't want to You just suffered unnecessary casualties, how come you treat this kind person like a donkey?"
Lin Han was speechless, because when he thought about it, what Dugulou said made sense...
"I won't let Handong go back empty-handed. We have captured a lot of prisoners. It would be nice for you to bring some for business. Just say they are your own captives... In fact, as long as you can bring your brothers safely, When you go back, even if you have done a great job, the emperor will never punish you, and he may even seal you." Xiao Chen said.
Lin Han didn't quite believe it, but he soon had to believe it...
Xiao Chen neither killed him nor made things difficult for him. Instead, he held a sumptuous banquet, treated him to a feast, and then sent someone to escort him back.
He knew that there was a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, so he did not dare to act rashly after returning. He discussed it with a few of his close men, but unexpectedly, several of his men agreed with Xiao Chen's opinion and praised Mr. Xiao for his kindness and righteousness!
That's him, right? If it were another person, he would just go ahead and talk so much nonsense to us? First of all, general, you can't even come back safely...
The situation between Yanyun County and our Da Zhou is very complicated, and the relationship between the Emperor and Lord Xiao is also extremely delicate. It is best for us people not to mess around.
It is said that Fengyang King Li Feng and Xue Jinshan led hundreds of thousands of elites to Yanyun but returned without success, not to mention our small number of miscellaneous troops?
General, haven't you seen those warships moored in the harbor? How does it compare with our Great Zhou Navy?
So we don’t have to hold on to the idea of resisting to the end and waiting for reinforcements. There is no reinforcements coming at all. If they could come, they would have come long ago. Why would we let the Yanyun Navy come all the way?
And General Lin, have you noticed? Not only the Yanyun Navy came, but also the Japanese Navy and the Southern Xinjiang Fleet...
It's thanks to you, Mr. Lin, that you have a friendship with Mr. Xiao. If it had been anyone else, we wouldn't be able to sit here and talk now, for fear that we would have been crushed into powder by others!
Of course, if the emperor comes down with a strict order and orders us to fight to the end, then there is nothing to say. If there is any chance, we must go with the trend, at least we can preserve our strength...
As expected by Xiao Chen, an order came from above a few days later, ordering them not to confront Yan Yun's army, and to immediately evacuate Yizhou and return to Jiangdong to rest.
As a result, a vicious battle disappeared, and the tense situation between the two sides immediately eased. Lin Han personally led his generals to contact Xiao Chen for a defense change. Both parties were very friendly during the change of defense.
The Yanyun soldiers expressed their apologies and asked the Yizhou brothers to move to a different place. The roads have been cleared and lead directly to the dock. The ships on the dock are also ready. You can just board the ship.
The soldiers of Yizhou said that it would be troublesome for the brothers. Actually, we have stayed in this poor place enough. It is very cold in winter, very hot in summer, and we are not used to all kinds of things... Now that we are leaving, the brothers have to stay and endure the hardships. I feel very regretful and very embarrassed.
Xu Hai Mingzhao informed the people of Yizhou and announced that he would be appointed as the magistrate of Yizhou. His rank was directly reduced several levels, and the word "Yan Yun" was added before Yizhou...
From then on, Yizhou County became a province of Yanyun.
Local official Xu Haiming tried his best to persuade him to stay, but he did not force him to stay.
Those who are willing to stay can continue to hold their original duties. Although the official position may be reduced by a few levels, the salary is the same as that of Yanyun County, and the salaries of Yanyun County officials are extremely high.
Those who are unwilling to stay will be given travel expenses and gifts out of the country!
Many officials who came to Yizhou came with their families in order to express their determination to take root here.
And to be honest, no one wants to come to Yizhou, a ghost place, so when the officials were selected, they were all unsatisfied people with no background. These people knew that they would be in trouble if they returned to Dazhou, and they might even be accused. .
In addition, it was very pleasant to work with Xu Haiming before, and he tried his best to persuade them to stay, so most of them chose to stay.
In this way, everything went very smoothly. Many people in Yizhou didn't even understand what happened?
I knew that Master Xu Haiming was back again, and Yizhou had returned to Yanyun...
This should be considered a good thing, right?
It goes without saying that Mr. Xu was a Qingming official, and it is also a well-known fact that Yanyun County is the most fertile place in the Zhou Dynasty.
But I heard that they in Yanyun don’t have any excessive taxes or labor services at all, right? So do we? Same thing? What else is there to say, support! Let's set off firecrackers...
Only Luzhou Prefecture... now renamed Hecheng Prefecture, the officials and the people are very dissatisfied. Why the hell is it that other places belong to Yanyun, but we belong to the Japanese little devils?
Lease? What lease? When the Japanese little Japanese came here, they said it was a lease, but in fact it was simply an occupation!
They also ask us to pay rent and taxes to support their army, and our fishermen are not allowed to go out to sea to fish at will, and...
Fortunately, the emperor later drove them all away. Now, Boss Xiao Chen, are you serious about bringing them back?
And isn’t your boss the grandfather of the Japanese little devils? I heard you beat them like grandchildren...
So what now?
