After saying this, Xiao Qiao felt that she had spoken very sincerely.
Unexpectedly, this caused a wide range of emotions to appear on the faces of Sun Quan and Sun Yi.
This time, Zhang Zhao was smarter. He suppressed his turbulent inner world and waited for Sun Bofu to lose his temper.
But Sun Bofu didn't get angry.
Sun Ce glanced at Qiao Jingjing with a leisurely look.
Qiao Jingjing didn't react, acting like a dead pig that wasn't afraid of boiling water, neither speaking nor explaining.
In this situation, everyone fell silent again, creating an awkward silence.
Qiao Manman looked at everyone.
Finally, she suddenly knelt down in front of Zhou Yu.
"Please, General, let my sister and me go back, let us reunite with our families."
Zhou Yu was born into a wealthy and privileged family and received an excellent education. Given that such a beautiful woman bowed gracefully and earnestly begged him, he was somewhat inclined to agree.
“Please rise, young lady! Although I am unaware of your plight, I cannot stand idly by now that I know you are separated from your family by death. However, we cannot enter Lujiang City at the moment, so please wait here peacefully for a few days.”
Wait patiently for them to breach Lujiang City, remove Lu Kang and his family from their positions as governors, and then Sun Ce will become the governor of Lujiang.
Ordinary people will continue with whatever they were doing.
After Zhou Yu said this, everyone in the room fell silent again.
After a moment of silence, everyone was about to leave, signaling the start of another fierce attack.
When Sun Yi walked up to Xiao Qiao, he even stopped to talk to her.
"You two sisters are truly extraordinary! The elder sister has infuriated my elder brother, and now you're pestering Zhou Gongjin to send you back! Hey, do you think this world belongs to just the two of you? You think you can just reunite whenever you want? Girl, look over there in that corner of the city wall, aren't those people working the hardest surnamed Qiao?"
Xiao Qiao suddenly remembered that incident.
Aren't Father and my two older brothers guarding the city wall of Lujiang?
Xiao Qiao covered her mouth awkwardly.
Sun Yi, however, gave her the right direction.
“Young lady, if I were you, and if you still wish to reunite with your family as soon as possible, why not write a letter immediately? I will send it to you by flying arrow! Tell your father and your brothers to lay down their weapons and stop resisting. It’s only a matter of time before our eldest brother breaks through the city. What difference does half a day earlier or later make to Lujiang City?”
The brothers had already left, but Zhang Zhao, in a serious manner, found paper and pen and forced Qiao Jingjing and her sister to write a letter to their father immediately.
Get Old Man Joe to surrender first, and then persuade the people around him to surrender.
Qiao Manman held the pen with great difficulty, looking at Qiao Jingjing and then at Zhang Zhao.
Zhang Zhao had a serious expression, coupled with a threatening look in his eyes.
Qiao Manman looked into the distance again at the Lujiang city gate, where the sound of drums was deafening and shouts of battle were echoing.
"Hurry up and write it, the sooner you write it, the sooner you'll be free. Do you think we want to keep you two sisters locked up here? Your older sister, she single-handedly broke Bo Fu's heart, and Bo Fu doesn't want to see her even once. Hurry up and write it, finish the letter, and the war in Lujiang will be over. Then your family will be reunited, and we won't have to see her anymore. From now on, we'll never see each other again."
Urged by Zhang Zhao, Qiao Manman wrote a letter to her father, Qiao Laodi, and also took off her and Qiao Jingjing's jewelry as tokens of their love.
The letter was then delivered to the city wall at breakneck speed.
Sun Yi's precise sword strike landed right at Qiao Er's feet.
Qiao Er was so frightened that he trembled and picked up the letter with trembling hands. When he read the contents of the letter, Qiao Er was terrified and quickly handed the letter to his father.
After reading the letter, Old Man Joe, though not trembling with fear, understood something.
Both of Qiao's daughters are currently in Sun Ce's hands!
He and his sons dared not act rashly again. Besides, he was also responsible for persuading anyone he could to leave. Otherwise, his two daughters' lives would be in danger.
Having personally experienced this war, Old Man Joe's mindset has changed considerably.
Sun Ce's offensive momentum was fierce, but Lu Kang stubbornly resisted and refused to give an inch.
Many were killed or wounded, but most were ordinary soldiers; those with rank and grade were unharmed.
This war went on and on, and in the end, it was hard to say who won or lost, or who was right or wrong.
Yuan Shu did indeed send Sun Ce to attack Lujiang, and Lu Kang had reason to resist. However, if he truly cared for the people and wanted to appease them and minimize losses, Lu Kang only needed to lead his family out of Lujiang, return to his hometown in Wu Commandery, and resign from his official post.
Lujiang City can be spared from the ravages of war, and the people will be spared from suffering.
In this world, heroes clash fiercely.
But no warlord slaughtered the people, because everyone was fighting for territory and for population and economy.
After this battle, Qiao Xuan realized that Lu Kang's stubborn resistance was not only to protect the peace of the region, but more importantly, to protect the status of his Lu family and his position as the prefect of Lujiang City.
What Lu Kang didn't know was that the times made heroes.
Sun Ce was as brave as a tiger. His family, starting with his father Sun Jian, had been soldiers since birth, skilled in both fighting and wrestling. The Lu family, on the other hand, had been officials for generations, living a life of luxury and indulging in empty talk and theoretical discussions. If it weren't for the strong walls of Lujiang City and the fact that many people were blinded by the prefect's prestige and came to defend the city, Lujiang City would probably have fallen long ago.
Qiao Er and Qiao San stood there blankly, asking Old Man Qiao what to do.
Old Man Joe said, "What else can we do?"
“Your lives are in the hands of others! My son, I only hate my own incompetence. If I could also ride the battlefield amidst thousands of troops, I would have rescued you sisters myself. Why do we have to wait for others to threaten us?”
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