PS: Thanks to the book friend for the silly reward.
After waiting for a while, Cao Wenzhao said without waiting for his nephew's answer: "Actually, there is another option. Can we give it a try?"
"What?" Cao Bianjiao looked at his uncle in surprise and expectancy.
Cao Wenzhao said: "Give up the giant deer and take the initiative to surrender to the people of the Tiger Flag."
"Uncle, how could you think so!" Cao Bianjiao was shocked by his uncle's words. His eyes widened and he looked at his uncle in disbelief.
Cao Wenzhao turned his head and did not dare to look at Cao Bianjiao, and said in his mouth: "You and my uncle and nephew have not fought against the Tiger Character Banner once or twice. It is not difficult to capture the Julu with the strength of the Tiger Character Banner army." Regarding the matter, even if you, my uncle and my nephew stick to Julu, it will be of no use."
"But, but, we can't surrender! Doing this is not betraying the imperial court, otherwise we should abandon the city and find a way to go elsewhere. If we can't go back to Liaodong," Cao Bianjiao said.
His uncle suddenly asked him to betray Ming Dynasty, which he couldn't accept for a while.
Cao Wenzhao smiled bitterly and said: "You and my uncle and nephew only have dozens of people around us. What can we do when we return to Liaodong? It's not like you don't know the people in Liaodong. If we really want to go back, we will only end up in the hands of others." A tool is still a tool that can be sacrificed at any time.”
Cao Bianjiao was silent when he heard this.
The army is a cannibal, and only those with strength and background can stand up. People like their uncles and nephews who have no strength and no background will find it difficult to gain a foothold in Liaodong.
"There are two reasons why I want to take you to the Tiger Flag." Cao Wenzhao raised two fingers in front of Cao Bianjiao's eyes and said immediately, "The first is because you and my uncle and nephew cannot guard the giant deer. But if you lose the giant deer, you will only become someone else’s scapegoat.”
Cao Bianjiao sighed softly.
He knew that his uncle was right. Because their uncle and nephew had no background, no one in the court would speak up for them if something happened.
"Secondly," Cao Wenzhao said, "North Zhili has been unable to find any court soldiers and horses that can stop the Tiger-Character Banner army. Unless the court immediately pulls back all the Ming troops in Liaodong, it may be able to resist for a while, but it will be lost. After Shandong, the little grain and grass produced by Beizhili cannot last long, and it will be a matter of time before the Ming Dynasty falls to the Tiger Banner."
Cao Bianjiao's face showed bitterness.
Whether he wanted to admit it or not, he knew that what his uncle guessed was the truth.
After the fall of Shandong, the Ming Dynasty's only chance was to immediately mobilize troops from Liaodong to counterattack and recapture Shandong. However, the court did not do this and gave the Tiger Flag more time to prepare, so that the Tiger Flag had sufficient Time to prepare for the next battle.
Cao Wenzhao looked at Cao Bianjiao, who had been silent for a long time, and said: "You are my nephew and a close relative by blood. If you don't want to, uncle, I won't force you. At worst, I will stick to Julu or flee to another place."
"My nephew listens to my uncle." Cao Bianjiao gave the power of choice to Cao Wenzhao.
After hearing this, Cao Wenzhao understood that his nephew had accepted the choice of surrendering to the Tiger Flag, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
In his opinion, this is the wisest choice.
Of course, if Cao Bianjiao clings to the idea of finally reaching the Ming Dynasty and is unwilling to surrender to the tiger-character flag, he will also support his nephew's choice.
Choosing to surrender, the uncle and nephew began to discuss how to surrender.
There were more than just their uncle and nephew in Julu City. There were also local officials and archers from the Inspection Department in the city. There were also dozens of government officials in the third shift, and even more if they included the white servants.
In addition, when Wang Chengyin left Julu, he also left a troop of soldiers and horses, numbering about four to five hundred people.
On the contrary, their uncle and nephew had the smallest number of troops, but they were the most elite troops in the city.
The merits of leading people to surrender and surrendering a city are also different.
The uncle and nephew discussed it and decided to dedicate the city. Dedicating Julu City could be regarded as making some contributions to Tiger Character Banner, and the road to Tiger Character Banner would be easier in the future.
After all, the uncle and nephew had been in the army for so many years and never thought of returning to the wild mountains and forests.
If you want to surrender, you naturally need to send someone to contact the Tiger Flag in advance.
The goals of Cao Wenzhao and Cao Bianjiao were too obvious to leave Julu, so they arranged for a trustworthy soldier to contact the people of Tiger Flag.
The two uncles and nephews stayed behind to find a way to seize control of the giant deer.
When Wang Chengyin left Julu, although he left the matter of holding on to Julu to Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew, the commander of Julu City was the commander of the several hundred soldiers and horses that Wang Chengyin left behind.
The opponent was just a guerrilla general, not as high-ranking as Cao Wenzhao, but he had many more soldiers and horses than Cao Wenzhao. The local officials in Julu City also renewed this guerrilla general, which directly led to Cao Wenzhao's nominal rank. The highest ranking military commander, but his status is very embarrassing.
The guerrilla general left behind by Wang Chengyin was currently in the general's mansion.
The house he was in was originally the courtyard of a wealthy family in Julu City, but Wang Chengyin took it over directly after he arrived.
As soon as Wang Chengyin left, the guerrilla generals who were left behind moved here.
"General, I have given everything in accordance with your instructions. Now I have led my troops and horses to the houses in the city." A soldier under the guerrilla general said.
The guerrilla general, who was lazily leaning on the Taishi chair, nodded slightly and said: "Those who stay in the camp should not be idle. Pack your things quickly. Once we have robbed those big houses, we will leave Julu immediately." Chasing the boss."
"Yes." The soldier turned and left.
Wang Chengyin kept him here, but he never thought about defending Julu.
In his opinion, sticking to Julu was asking for death, so he decided to grab a fortune in Julu before the arrival of the Tiger Banner Army, and then evacuate from Julu with him.
As for what will happen to Julu in the end, there are still uncles and nephews from the Cao family. Even if the court blames him in the future, they will only blame the uncle and nephew from the Cao family, not him, a guerrilla.
He is not afraid of those giant deer robbed by him.
When Julu falls, it doesn't matter who robbed it, because he will blame everything on Tiger Flag, and it is normal for a rebel to rob him.
After a while, it was time for a cup of tea.
A soldier came in outside the house and announced, "General, General Cao is here."
Because Cao Wenzhao's uncle and nephew were both named Cao, and they were all generals in the army, people in the army used to call Cao Bianjiao "General Cao."
"Why is he here!" The guerrilla general on the Grand Master's chair frowned subconsciously, and he also sat upright from his chair.
The soldier who came to report knew that this sentence was not a question to him, so he did not answer and just lowered his head.
The guerrilla general sat on the Grand Master's chair and thought for a while, then said, "Bring him here!"
(End of chapter)
