He said concedingly, "This prince is indeed not qualified to tie up the general. So, what does the general mean now? Tell me."
Seeing Dongfang Ming's concession, General Zuo's attitude softened. He addressed the Nanyue forces, "First, the Crown Prince should first inspect General Chai's military seal. Second, the Crown Prince should send someone into the city to investigate whether Pei Zhong's head should be taken. Third, since General Chai has control of the situation, he should first release the bodies of 50,000 soldiers to show us his sincerity!"
When General Zuo said this, General Chai immediately quit.
"General Zuo, right?" He then pulled out Chai Jing's seal from his bosom and said, "This is my seal. General Zuo, you can check it immediately. Pei Zhong's head is hanging in the city. General Zuo, you can send someone to check it immediately. But it is absolutely impossible for me to abandon the bodies of 50,000 soldiers."
"Why not?"
"No matter whether these soldiers followed Pei Zhong or someone else before, they are still soldiers of Nanyue. They can only die in battle, or commit suicide if they don't submit to me. But I will never kill any of them at will!"
After saying that, Tie Shicheng sneered: "To put it bluntly, this general and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Dongxiang are only in a temporary cooperative relationship. Once the cooperation is completed and everyone gets what they need, we will go back to our own homes and look after our mothers. The next time we meet, we may be enemies.
General Zuo, let me ask you, if you want to cooperate with me, and I ask you to kill 50,000 of your soldiers as a token of my sincerity, would you agree? Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself. If General Zuo cannot do something, and you ask me to do it, is that inappropriate?"
"General Chai is now trying to borrow Dongxiang's troops, but he's unwilling to show even this little bit of sincerity. So, what about this cooperation..."
"Hmph! This is a collaboration between this general and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. What does it have to do with you? If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also thinks this is feasible and that I must kill 50,000 soldiers to show my sincerity, then I can only apologize to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Although I am weak, Xiliang has already sent 500,000 troops to aid His Majesty Prince Li, and they are ready to depart. I will work hard for a few days. If I can recruit more than 200,000 troops, I will not care whether this cooperation is accepted or not.
Tie Shicheng's words instantly made Dongfang Ming anxious. His only hope was to reclaim the gold mine and, after entering South Vietnam, carve up a few cities, taking advantage of the fact that it was easier to summon than to send them away. If Chai Jing refused to cooperate with him, what would his starting point be like when he returned?
Before Dongfang Ming could say anything, General Zuo spoke again, "Most of these soldiers were originally Pei Zhong's men. Now that you've killed Pei Zhong, you've at least killed at least 10,000 of his personal soldiers, right? Adding those who refused to surrender, that would mean at least 40,000, right?"
The 50,000 yuan this general mentioned does not mean to embarrass General Chai at all! If General Chai is not willing to show even this little sincerity, then this cooperation will be cancelled..."
"Prince...you..."
General Zuo's mind was completely focused on Tie Shicheng across from him. As the military supervisor, if this cooperation really fell into the opponent's trap, he would be blamed for his death. Therefore, he had to be extremely cautious.
But General Zuo never figured it out until his death. No matter how much he hated it, he was still a general of Dongxiang, right?
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