Hearing his slightly soliciting tone, Shen Xu was slightly surprised and replied: "I am a married woman. If you win, I will die to apologize."
Seeing that he didn't answer, he continued: "The third thing is, I bet you...
Within three days, you will come to me to discuss surrender terms."
Xue Yan stared at her face intently and asked her gently, "What are your terms of surrender?"
Shen Xu said seriously: "Unconditional surrender, no one from your northern army will be dealt with, the Xue family will still be a famous family in the north, you can still have an army of 200,000 and garrison the three northern prefectures.
The rebels were recruited and dismissed, each returning to their home regions. Disaster-stricken areas were reported to the imperial court, which allocated funds for disaster relief. All unreasonable policies promulgated by the imperial preceptor were abolished.
But everyone must swear allegiance to the court until death."
Xue Yan smiled faintly and said, "The conditions you offer are really tempting. I want to agree to it right now. But it seems that there will be no severe punishment for making a big fuss. I might as well take a gamble. Maybe I can conquer the world and win the heart of a beautiful woman."
Shen Xu replied, "Making a big fuss will only lead to casualties. If we stubbornly resist, we will surely die.
If you irritate me, I won't treat you like a gentleman."
"What if I don't bet with you?"
"General Xue is unwilling to surrender. Whether we gamble or not, we must fight to the death. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. I don't need to explain the price of being a rebel."
Xue Yan said in a gentle tone, "Okay, I'm actually looking forward to seeing how Miss Nuxiang will use five days to break through three of our passes and directly attack Yuji Pass."
"General Xue, tomorrow's battle report will include news of your failure in capturing the second pass of Tianmen Yudu."
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