Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 854 Insatiable Greed (please subscribe!)
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The terms offered by Li Renxiao were so generous that even Ren Dejing was very tempted. Furthermore, Ren Dejing invited Li Renli down first, and then called his younger brothers Ren Decong and Ren Degong to discuss countermeasures.

After Ren Dejing told Ren Decong and Ren Degong about Li Renxiao's offer, Ren Decong and Ren Degong were very excited—they thought the Ren family's adventure against Xia was worth it, and now their Ren family could at least get Xixia Half of the country.

but--

The question now is, should the Ren family accept it as soon as they are good?

After pondering for a while, Ren Degong spoke first: "I think you can agree to Lord Xia's conditions. Lord Xia is already very sincere. Even Lingzhou, the foundation stone of Great Xia, is willing to give us the Ren family. receive."

Ren Decong also said: "It's really good to have such a result, but what about the agreement between us and Dazhong? I'm afraid that once we breach the contract, Dazhong may use this as an excuse to send troops to punish us. Otherwise, I dare Certainly, Wu Jie already has the heart to support the army and stand on his own feet. Under such circumstances, if we can win Xixia, there will be unlimited possibilities." ——If Wu Jie can really support the Western Army to occupy Sichuan and Shaanxi, and stand on his own in Longyou, it will be a great help to the Ren family. Speaking of him, there are really many possibilities in the future, maybe one day, Ren Dejing will be able to replace Li Yan.

Ren Degong was quite calm, and he said: "It is better to have a bird in the hand than a thousand birds in the forest. After all, Wu Jie's self-respect is still far away. It is better to get half of Xixia first, and then make a long-term plan. As for Dazhong... think about it again." The solution, the big deal, let's pay tribute to Dazhong first, or call Dazhong a vassal?"

Ren Dejing thought for a while, and said, "Can I make a compromise?"

Ren Decong and Ren Degong asked together: "How to compromise?"

Greed flashed in Ren Dejing's eyes, and he said, "Let Mrs. Li go to Guazhou and Shazhou, and our Ren family will occupy Lingzhou, Xiazhou and other places. What do you think?"

The most prosperous areas in Xixia are the central areas such as Lingzhou and Xiazhou.

This Lingzhou is the Lingwu of Ningxia in later generations. This place is located in the Hetao Plain. "The Yellow River has nine bends, but one is rich." According to the upper reaches of the various sources, the location is very important to control the key point of the western frontier. If any regime occupies this place, it will be of great benefit to the development and growth of this regime. In the Tang Dynasty, Lingzhou was still inland. At the extreme edge, Li Jiqian acquired Lingzhou in the beginning, and now Xixia is here. Moreover, this Lingzhou is the transportation hub between the Central Plains and the Hexi Corridor. Occupying Lingzhou can control the Silk Road to promote international trade.

Xiazhou is equally important. Xiazhou can be said to be the birthplace of Dangxiang people, at least the place where Dangxiang people made their fortunes.

Lingzhou and Xiazhou have [-]% to [-]% of Xixia's population, as well as most of Xixia's important facilities.

If Xixia is divided according to Ren Dejing's idea, then the Li family of Xixia, which only occupies the northwest border land, may degenerate into an ordinary tribe on the grassland in a short time, while the Ren family occupying the Lingzhou and Xiazhou areas, It doesn't affect their alliance with Wu Jie, who "is about to stand on his own feet", and there are still infinite possibilities in the future. This is Ren Dejing's compromise.

It can be said that Ren Dejing had a good plan.

Although both Ren Decong and Ren Degong felt that Li Renxiao would not agree to such an excessive condition from Ren Dejing, the greedy Ren Dejing still told Li Renli what he thought.

After hearing this, Li Renli couldn't bear the anger in his heart anymore, and yelled at Ren Dejing, scolding Ren Dejing bloody.

Ren Dejing, furious and angry, ordered Li Renli's nose to be cut off, and then beat him out. He also claimed that if Li Renxiao didn't divide Xixia according to his ideas, he would lead an army to Xingqing Mansion, and then destroy Li's family. full door.

After Li Renli returned to Xiazhou, he told Brother Li Cha about Ren Dejing's greed, and Brother Li Cha was furious, saying that he would fight Ren Dejing to death.

Li Renli bandaged the wound briefly, then returned to Xingqing Mansion, and then told Li Renxiao and others about Ren Dejing's greed.

After listening to Li Renli's words, from Li Renxiao down, everyone in Xixia was filled with righteous indignation, clamoring that even if they gave Xixia to Dazhong, they would never teach the insatiable respect to go!
but--

Sending Xixia to Dazhong was just a moment of anger. Unless it was really desperate, how could the Li family of Xixia take such an extreme step?
Soon, Brother Li Cha sent someone to Li Renxiao with his suggestion.

Brother Li Cha's suggestion is very simple, that is to call once.

Brother Li Cha tactfully proposed that things that cannot be obtained on the battlefield will never be obtained on the negotiating table. Ren Dejing must now think that he has the chance to win, so he dares to ask for prices. Only when Ren Dejing is in pain, will he put away his greed. If he can defeat Ren Dejing, it will be even better. At that time, even Lingzhou can not give Ren Dejing, let Ren Dejing just go away to the northwest.

Of course, there is also a huge risk in Brother Li Cha's suggestion, that is, once Brother Li Cha is defeated, the Li family of Xixia may face annihilation. Will snipe and clam fight to teach big and medium fisherman to benefit.

But then again, Ren Dejing was too greedy, so he didn't give Xi Xia Li Shi any other choice.

Often this kind of moment is the moment to test a monarch's decision-making ability. Li Yan has experienced countless such moments to get to where he is today. Now it is Li Renxiao's turn to experience such moments.

Li Renxiao locked himself in the room for more than three hours, then opened the door and walked out, and then said to all his cronies: "Let's fight, we will talk about winning, if we lose, I will recognize Dazhong and take it out." The "personal letter" written by me is written by myself."

In other words, if Brother Li Cha can win this battle, Li Renxiao will then find a way to clean up the mess according to the situation. If Brother Li Cha loses this battle, then Li Renxiao is going to give Xixia to Dazhong , Giving it to Li Yan, to protect the wealth of the Li family, and Xixia will completely become history.

It is conceivable how difficult it was for Li Renxiao to make this decision, especially since Li Renxiao is only a child under 13 years old.

But Li Renxiao finally made this difficult decision.

Soon, Li Renxiao's decision was sent to Brother Li Cha.

After watching Li Renxiao's order, Brother Li Cha wept bitterly, and then spread Li Renxiao's order to the whole army, Xia Jun wailed from top to bottom.

After the wailing, Xia's army erupted with unprecedented morale. Brother Li Cha personally deployed, and then led the army to a decisive battle with Ren Dejing's rebels.

In fact, Ren Dejing felt a little bad, and even regretted not accepting Li Renxiao's proposal.

But it's too late to say anything now, Brother Li Cha has already led an army to attack, Ren Dejing can only fight, otherwise, the Ren family will lose all previous efforts, so Ren Dejing can only suppress bad feelings and regrets, Personally organize an army to face the Xia army...

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(End of this chapter)