No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 496 Surrender or Die
When the Qingzhou rebels and the remnants of Zhamuhe's Iron Caltrop soldiers fought together, Gu Jue and Jiang Yan, who had rushed to join the army, led their troops out from the left and right, and just rightly caught the troops on both sides by surprise.

The Qingzhou rebels were okay, some people responded and retreated in embarrassment.

Gao Yu's soldiers were truly defeated, and Jamuka also fought hard to the death.

So far, the tens of thousands of barbed wire soldiers who had followed He Ruomuti into the pass were almost wiped out, except for scattered scattered soldiers who escaped.

When the news came, He Ruomuti was silent for a long time, shutting himself in the room without saying a word.

Luo Junyao also knew that his heart was heavy, so he didn't continue to provoke him anymore.

"Princess." Xie Xiao looked at Luo Junyao, his young eyes filled with joy.

Although he did not personally go to the battlefield to suppress the rebellion, he was really happy for his side's victory.

Luo Junyao patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Gu Jue and Jiang Yan will settle matters on the battlefield, and it's time for us to do what we can."

"What are we going to do? Princess, please tell me." Xie Xiao said respectfully, with some longing and anticipation.

Although the concubine kept saying that she needed his help, he actually didn't do anything these days except help with some chores.

As a young man, even if Xie Xiao didn't care much about his official career, he still felt a little helpless in this situation.

Luo Junyao took out a long scroll and handed it to Xie Xiao. Xie Xiao took it with some doubts and opened it, "The list of generals of the rebel army?"

Not just the list, but all their net worth information.

From the number of people in the family to the property and the interests and hobbies, they are very detailed. Obviously, they cannot be collected and sorted out overnight.

Luo Junyao asked under his puzzled gaze: "Look, who do you think can instigate rebellion?"

"Instigating rebellion?" Xie Xiao looked it over carefully, pointed to two of them and said, "Our Ancheng Palace has a little friendship with the two of them. I have met both of them. If the princess wants to instigate them, I can give it a try." try."

"Aren't you afraid?" Luo Jun raised his eyebrows and said, it would be life-threatening if he was not careful.

Xie Xiao said with a smile: "Princess, don't worry, I know. Even if it doesn't work, they may not dare to kill me, I can try."

Luo Jun said, "I'll go with you."

Xie Xiao was taken aback, and quickly said: "That's not okay!" If something happened to him, it's fine.If the princess regent had an accident with him, it would be a real trouble.

Luo Junyao glanced at him and said, "I'm not going to ask for your permission, I'm just showing you because I'm completely unfamiliar with these people, and I'm not sure who to start with for a moment."

"..." You don't want to listen to my opinion, it's just that I throw the dice, right?

Xie Xiao wanted to persuade him again, but Luo Junyao had already summoned Qin Yao'er.

Qin Yao'er had been bored for the past two days, and when Luo Junyao said that she had something to do, she immediately agreed cheerfully.

"Do you have any other comments?"

Seeing the staring eyes of the two beautiful girls, Xie Xiao could only shake his head embarrassingly, "No...no more."

Not to mention using his status to suppress people, he is a scholar, and he can't beat either of these two.

Because they were attacked by the Zhen Guo army during the battle with Gao Yuren, the atmosphere of the rebel army has been very low and dignified these days.

Cao Jie was forced to retreat dozens of miles to distance himself from the Zhen Guo army.

But after all, the rebel soldiers and horses had the upper hand. After the attack, Gu Jue and Jiang Yan were also exposed to the eyes of the rebels, and the two sides could only confront each other openly.

Gu Jue and Xie Yan had [-] soldiers and horses, of which only [-] were the Zhen Guojun, and the remaining [-] were the military guards who were dispatched urgently.Almost none of them have been on the battlefield, and their combat effectiveness is far less than that of the Zhen Guojun, which has experienced many battles.

And even though the Cao family was played around by Gu Jue and Luo Junyao, after deducting the previous losses, there were still more than 10 troops.

The two sides confronted each other dozens of miles away, and neither of them acted rashly.

Cao Hong was a lieutenant general under the command of the former Qingzhou General. Because his surname was Cao, he had a good relationship with the Cao family, but he himself had no blood relationship with the Cao family.

Cao Hong only surrendered after the Cao family raised an army. After all, the knife is on your neck. If you don’t want to die heroically, the only way is to surrender.

Cao Hong didn't think he was a righteous and loyal person, so he didn't feel any guilt or uneasiness in submitting to the Cao family.

Naturally, the Cao family's lobbyists are too eloquent and convincing.

But as these days passed, Cao Hong realized that he had probably been cheated.

He really doubted how long the Cao family could last.

From the beginning of the army, Cao Mian has not shown his face.

Although Cao Jie said that Cao Mian has more important things to do, Cao Hong has always been suspicious.

They are about to rebel, what is more important than this?

These days, he and the Cao family's direct lineage have been fighting fiercely, and to some extent they have found out a little bit of the truth.

Cao Mian didn't have important things to do, something happened!

The Cao family was not ready to rebel with confidence, but the court found out that they had disobedience, so they had to rush to raise troops before the arrival of the court soldiers.

After these two days, Cao Hong became more firm in his opinion.

The Cao family can't do anything at all, he must find a way out for himself as soon as possible!
"Report to the general, there is a son outside asking to see him, he says he is the general's old friend." A guard outside the door reported respectfully.

Cao Hong was feeling depressed, and said angrily, "Where is this general's old friend from Yannan? Let him go!"

The guard should be respectful, but was stopped by Cao Hong when he was about to leave.

"Wait, who is it?" Cao Hong asked.

The guard said: "It is said to be a handsome young scholar, who looks around twenty."

"What else?" Cao Hong frowned, it was too vague, and he couldn't figure out who it was.

"Also... there is a beautiful young man and a young girl by his side, both about fourteen or fifteen years old."

"What a mess!" Cao Hong said angrily, "Let them in!"

"Yes!"

After a while, three young men walked into the room led by the guards.

Cao Hong squinted his eyes and looked at the three people in front of him, and finally his eyes fell on Xie Xiao, the eldest, "You said you are the old friend of this general? It is indeed somewhat familiar. Who are you?"

Xie Xiao smiled softly, cupped his hands and said, "I have met General Cao. Six years ago, the younger generation met General Cao with my father in Shangyong."

Beijing?

Cao Hong immediately became more vigilant, "My father is..."

The smile on Xie Xiao's face deepened, and he said, "Xie He."

"Prince Ancheng?!" Cao Hong's face changed drastically, and he reached out to pull out the saber at his waist, and at the same time wanted to call for someone.

Just as soon as he made a move, the young man in white beside Xie Xiao had already arrived in front of him in a blink of an eye, with a slender and small short blade resting on his neck.

Standing by the side, seeing that something was wrong, he also wanted to make a move.

But Qin Yao'er held down his arm, "Little brother, don't move around."

The guard was horrified to find that the little hand on his arm obviously didn't use any strength, but his arm couldn't exert any strength.

Not to mention lifting it up, I can't even move it.

Cao Hong's expression changed a few times, and it took him a while to calm down.

Looking at Xie Xiao, he said, "So it's the prince of Ancheng County, no wonder I look familiar."

Xie Xiao said with a helpless smile: "General Cao, if my father knows that you are helping the king, I will feel sad in my heart."

Cao Hong remained silent. He was once a subordinate of Prince Ancheng.It's just that Ancheng County King left the army early, so naturally there is no contact these years.

Six years ago, when he returned to Beijing to report on his work, he visited King Ancheng. He remembered that Xie Xiao was with King Ancheng at that time.

But at that time, the young man in front of him was still a childish boy.

"Sure enough, the tiger father has no sons." Cao Hongdao: "What does the son want? If you expect to hold me hostage so that you can order troops, then I advise you to give up. The Cao family doesn't trust me very much. The soldiers stationed here now , not the people who originally followed me. Even I can’t do it, let them do whatever they want.”

Xie Xiao didn't care, and said with a smile, "General Cao is too worried."

Cao Hongdao: "Then what do you want to do? Kill me?"

Xie Xiao shrugged and motioned for Luo Junyao to speak.

Cao Hong immediately noticed his attitude, and turned to look at the boy beside him, "Who is this young master?"

Luo Jun took out a token and put it on the table in front of Cao Hong. Cao Hong looked down, his face became silent and he stopped talking.

There was a long period of silence in the room, and the guard beside Qin Yao'er had been knocked down by her at some point.

Cao Hong looked at the three young men in the room, feeling a little depressed suddenly.

Luo Junyao let go of Cao Hong, walked up to him, faced him face to face, and asked, "General Cao, I just want to ask one question."

Cao Hong said: "Please."

"Surrender or die?"

Cao Hong was silent, Luo Junyao smiled and said, "I have already asked two people this question."

Cao Hong looked up at her, "Who are the two people in front? What happened to them?"

Xie Xiao quickly reported the two names and said, "They are dead."

And die quickly.

Xie Xiao even suspected that they didn't really want to die, they might just want to negotiate terms with the princess regent.

But the regent princess had already killed the man first.

Thinking of the inextricable relationship between those two people and his family, Xie Xiao felt that they were so unlucky because of him.

So it was rare to persuade him kindly: "General Cao, this... is quick to attack, you'd better think carefully."

Don't negotiate terms with her, and don't waste time with her.

Cao Hong naturally understood what he meant, and when he heard Xie Xiao say that those two people were dead, his face turned pale.

As if thinking that he didn't believe it, Luo Junyao threw out two more things.

It landed on the table with two bangs, and it was the two tokens of Qingzhou rebel generals.

Cao Hong took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "I surrender!"

Luo Jun shook his face with a smile, nodded and said: "That's good, I don't want to kill any more."

Cao Hong remained expressionless, and said, "What do you guys want from me? These soldiers and horses..."

Luo Jun said: "I know, it is impossible for you to bring these soldiers and horses directly to the court. So... at the moment of Xu, it is okay to bring your soldiers and horses to this place?"

The Youyue thorn in his hand held a beautiful knife flower, and the tip of the knife was nailed to a certain position on the map spread out on the table.

What Cao Hong wanted to say, but Luo Junyao didn't give him this chance, "There will always be a way, if you think about it."

Cao Hong raised his head and looked at her for a long time, finally sighed and lowered his head, "Yes."

Luo Junyao pulled out the Youyue thorn and said with a smile: "That's very good, we are waiting for the general's good news. General Cao should think about his family more, and leave."

After finishing speaking, he gestured to Xie Xiao and Qin Yao'er, and the two nodded and walked out together.

At the end, Luo Junyao looked at Cao Hong who was still in a daze, and said with a smile, "By the way, General Cao. I forgot to introduce myself. My surname is Luo, and my father is Luo Yun."

Cao Hong stared blankly at the three of them disappearing outside the door. He came back to his senses and rushed to the door. There was no one in the yard outside.

Surname Luo?Luo Yun's son?

No, Luo Yun's two sons are not the same age at all!

Cao Hong thought of the handsome and fair face of the young man, and the badge belonging to the Zhen Guojun in her hand, and suddenly his eyes widened!
That's a girl? !

That boy is the princess regent? !
"Why did the princess tell Cao Hong your identity?" Xie Xiao couldn't help asking in a small secluded courtyard in the small town.

Luo Jun smiled and said: "If you don't tell him my identity, how can you make him behave obediently? You don't want to go back and assassinate him again, do you?"

Xie Xiao raised his eyebrows and said: "But he may also betray you, if he can capture the Regent Princess..." The Cao family will probably spare no effort at all costs, it is not a problem to capture the Regent Princess and directly exchange Cao Mian.

Luo Jun said: "If he is the first one to be found by us, maybe he will. But two friends died before him, so he has to weigh it more or less. What's more, didn't you also say it? He was forced to surrender to the Cao family, and he never fought against the court. If he can make a great contribution, he may not be able to make his contribution. How do you know that we went to find him right now, just to help him? ? I'm helping him make up his mind faster."

"So, the first two died so quickly, did the princess do it on purpose?"

Luo Jun said, "Those two are a bit different from him."

Indeed, those two had already defected to the Cao family.

"Princess, General Gu has a letter." Duoying came in from the outside and handed over a letter.

Luo Junyao took the letter and opened it, a smile appeared on his face.

Xie Xiao said: "What's wrong?"

Luo Junyao waved the letter in his hand and said, "The reinforcements from the imperial court have arrived."

Hearing this, Xie Xiao was also taken aback, and then showed a relaxed smile.

Gu Jue and Jiang Yan didn't go to war with the rebels for a long time because they didn't have the upper hand.

Now that the reinforcements have arrived, as long as there are no accidents, there should be no suspense in the war in the north.

Thinking about it this way, Xie Xiao couldn't help but feel somewhat dull. The Cao family's rebellion was really sloppy.

Soon he cursed himself in his heart again, of course the war should end as soon as possible, what kind of mentality is this?
What's the point of fighting?Naturally, the world is at peace.

(End of this chapter)