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Chapter 160 Wu Dingcan's Struggle
If it is really based on strength, although the main force was killed with the help of Sun Jiajun, if the defenders in the various mines and farms unite to resist, it will not be so easy for Wu Dingcan to win in the end, and there may even be a reversal.

But human wars are like this. The decisive factor of victory or failure has never been the number of troops, but the morale and fighting spirit of the army!
After Gongchai and a group of high-level officers were gone, although there were many remaining enemy troops, they were all frightened and had no intention of resisting. It is not surprising that they all retreated in the end.

After confirming that all the enemy troops on the site had evacuated, Wu Dingcan quickly dispatched half of his troops, driving a few jeeps and broken tricycles thrown in the mine, and rushed back to the temporary cottage to bring the remaining soldiers and their families.

The rest of the troops were dispersed to various mines and farms, temporarily organizing the workers to defend.Because of the lack of manpower, even Sun Jiajun was kindly asked by Wu Dingcan to participate in this work.

Fortunately, the laborers were not courageous or ambitious, and they all knew that these soldiers had just won a big battle, and everyone cooperated honestly. Only a few soldiers could command dozens or hundreds of people.

After noon, when all the people in the cottage arrived, the situation here was completely stabilized, so Wu Dingcan began to send people around to spread the news of victory.

Especially for other nearby forces, Wu Dingcan even sent people generously to send invitations, asking them to attend the liberation celebration in three days.On the surface, it looks like this is announcing the good news, but in fact it is deliberately promoting the military prestige, in order to frighten them before they can gain a firm foothold.

Some of those big and small forces heard that Wu Dingcan had taken back the territory, and they were still thinking about whether to take advantage of the chaos to cut a piece of meat or something.But after receiving the invitation, especially after listening to the eloquent description of yesterday's battle situation by the sender of the invitation, they all gave up this idea.

On the first night, the defenders were all in high spirits, but nothing happened in the end.By the morning of the next day, the soldiers who defected when they were defeated in the past began to defect again after getting the news.

According to ordinary people's thinking, even if these sloppy traitors are not dealt with by military law, they should never be accepted back.But the reality is that no warlord cares about this in this ghostly place where wars have been raging for years.

The situation is stronger than the people. In the unprecedented modernization of the 21st century, there are only a few hundred thousand people who are willing or forced to stay in northern Myanmar.Those who had a way out had fled to China and other countries long ago, and the people who stayed behind had a very slow population growth because of the war.

Strong soldiers are even more difficult to find here. As long as they are not aliens who are irreconcilable, no one will severely punish the rebels, and even rush to get them.

The same goes for Wu Dingcan, if these people don't come back to join him, he won't be able to hold on to the territory for a long time.In one day, nearly half of the former subordinates came back, so he can finally feel completely relieved.

There is a golden five-pointed star in the middle of the red flag, surrounded by seven golden circles that surround each other. This is the flag of the Wu family army in Wacheng, Kachin Prefecture.The star in the middle represents Wu Dingcan, and the seven circles around it represent the number of mining farms in his heyday.

At the same time, the color of the flag is deliberately close to the Chinese national flag in the north, indicating the blood and origin of the Wu family army.

On the third day of the Restoration Ceremony, the seven flags of the Wu family's army flew over the mines and farms such as Jiama again, announcing that Commander Wu Dingcan, who owned these seven territories, had returned to his former peak.

Although the territory had been occupied by the enemy for several months, the four farms were not abandoned, and due to the embarrassment of the enemy's retreat, they did not have time to destroy the poppies in the field—they were all planted by them.

Now the poppies in the field have been pulped, and in more than half a month, they can be collected and boiled directly.In other words, this victory not only regained the territory, but also just happened to be able to retrieve a large number of ready-made goods!

This matter made Wu Dingcan's excited mood even more joyful, but Sun Hao was not interested in it at all.All he valued was the three emerald mines. If he didn't know the reality here, he would still want to persuade Wu Dingcan to give up the poppy farm.

Regarding Sun Hao and his dozen or so subordinates, even if Wu Dingcan now has hundreds of troops again, he dare not underestimate them.

The verbal agreement made by the two sides before the war, if viewed normally, would actually cause Wu Dingcan to lose a lot of benefits.Because of the particularity of emerald ore, the transaction method is different from other gold mines or diamond jewelry, and it is mixed with a lot of gambling elements.

Many people who have read stone gambling novels know that when the raw jadeite is dug out, it is basically a piece of pebbles.Only a small part can be found with crystal clear emeralds after being cut open, and most of them are just pure stones.

However, due to the scarcity of emerald mines, people who own mines will not cut out emeralds and sell them in order to maximize their profits.Instead, regardless of whether there is jade in it, all the rough stones are mixed together, and the pebbles are directly auctioned!

It is precisely because of this that the act of buying and selling rough jadeite is vividly called stone gambling-it is really like gambling. Many people use their life savings to buy a stone.

Regardless of the buyer, anyway, this transaction method ensures the maximum benefit of the mine and the middleman.And according to Sun Hao's agreement, he only needs the dissected jadeite, not the rough stone!
In terms of the price of jadeite, Sun Hao would not let Wu Dingcan suffer, but in fact it reduced his income from the mine by more than half.Because the jade production rate of raw jadeite mines is really too low, selling jade is indeed not as profitable as selling stones for the total price.

In the past few days, because of this problem, many high-level officials have persuaded Wu Dingcan.No matter whether these people spoke tactfully or harshly, they all expressed the same meaning: to persuade him to simply take advantage of his current strength, turn his back on his face and start negotiating with Sun Hao again.

Wu Dingcan is not a good person, it would be a lie if he said he was not moved, after all, this is a lot of money.And it's not a one-off deal, the two parties want to trade for a long time, the longer the cooperation, the more losses, it hurts to think about it!
But thinking about it the other way around, without Sun Jiajun's help, Wu Dingcan would lose power sooner or later.If he got to that stage, let alone how much profit he lost, he would be extravagant if he wanted to have a full stomach.

If he wanted to turn against Sun Hao, wouldn't Wu Dingcan become an ungrateful villain?In this ghostly place where there is no law, the personal credit of the warlords is the decisive factor in how much they can do.

After much deliberation, I really can't make up my mind. It seems that it is already the fourth day after the war, and Wu Dingcan is still using the reason of celebrating the victory to keep Sun Hao and his party for a while...

In the middle of the night, in the most magnificent army commander's dormitory in Badingzhai—actually not as grand as the village committee in Huaxia—army commander Wu Dingcan was frowning and pacing back and forth in the office.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and after getting permission, Ba Lai opened the door and walked in.

Looking at the cigarette butts all over the floor, Ba Lai coughed and fanned vigorously with his hands for a while, and came to Wu Dingcan from the smoke around the room.

"Brother Balai is still up so late, what's the matter with coming to see me?" Wu Dingcan asked with a smile on his face.While speaking, he also personally made a cup of tea for Ba Lai, because Ba Lai's loyalty and bravery made him feel the need to be extra courteous.

Ba Lai hastily accepted the thank you, and made a look of gratitude, but in his heart, he didn't take seriously the commander's wooing methods.

After taking his seat, Ba Lai thought about it and asked: "Commander, the situation is completely stable now, why do you still worry about keeping Mr. Sun? As the saying goes, there is always a banquet in the world. Time, it’s not good for us to keep people around, right?”

"Hey!" Wu Dingcan frowned again: "Brother Balai, we are like brothers, so I won't be hypocritical with you. How can I be reluctant to part with Mr. Sun? The reason why I keep him is really ..."

Seeing that he stopped talking halfway, Ba Lai's face was normal, but he curled his lips in disapproval in his heart: "You also said that he was like my brother, so why are you still hesitating?
And what calculations are you making, what am I not clear about?Is it true that I look like Li Kui and have no brains like him?I came to you for this! "

But Wu Dingcan is the boss after all, you should be more tactful when talking to him, there is no need to touch his bad luck for nothing, and he will put on small shoes in the future.

Thinking about it in his mind, Ba Lai said, "Commander, I know someone has said something to you these days, but haven't you noticed that Mr. Sun is a little abnormal these days?"

"What do you mean? Speak straight, don't beat around the bush." ​​Wu Dingcan asked hastily.

Ba Lai: "Mr. Sun is very smart and strong. You don't deny it, Commander, do you? But these days, every time you try to persuade you to stay, he always agrees with a smile, no objection at all, and never says he's in a hurry to go home. Don't you think it's weird?"

Wu Dingcan thought about it carefully, and it was really the case, but he had something on his mind, so he ignored it!
Now being pointed out by Ba Lai, Wu Dingcan broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly asked: "You mean, Mr. Sun has already guessed the reason why I want to keep him, and what plans are he already making?"

Looking at Wu Dingcan's red and white complexion, Ba Lai knew that he had realized the power, and finally heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.In the past few days, he watched the army commander become swollen under the big victory, but he really worried a lot.

After organizing the words, Ba Lai continued his persuasion: "As far as I know, Mr. Sun probably hasn't made any plans yet. But from the battles of the past few days, I know that the Sun family's army, especially Mr. Sun's ability, must not be underestimated." !
Our current power is indeed coming back to its peak, and you are resourceful, Commander, but our territory is a big piece of fat, and there are so many coveted people nearby, what if..."

In case Ba Lai didn't say anything later, Wu Dingcan had already figured it out: In case Sun Hao was annoyed, and he took Sun Jiajun to help others, would he really be able to defend his side?

Wu Dingcan is really not sure about this point, and think about it in another way. If he is a nearby warlord, as long as he can get the territory here and the benefits of the farm, he would be willing to give the emerald to Sun Hao for nothing, let alone he would pay for it. money?

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, Wu Dingcan repeatedly patted his forehead, cursing in his heart that he was covered in lard, and was almost killed by those short-sighted men.

These days, he only focused on calculating the pros and cons, but he never thought about the consequences of being so negligent and fooling others with Sun Hao's smart decision!
Huo Ran stood up, and Wu Dingcan wanted to go to Sun Hao overnight to finalize the agreement, but he thought that the loss was really not a small amount, and he really felt distressed!
Looking at the row of dark guest rooms in the distance through the glass window, Wu Dingcan suddenly had an idea in his heart: "Why don't we just keep doing nothing, gather your cronies now, and kill them directly?"

(End of this chapter)