Chapter 757: I won't give it to me, I will take it to my own army

"Receiving the leadership of Dingzhou politically and accepting the adaptation of Dingzhou militarily is a prerequisite for negotiation." Li Qing sat down after the big case, leaned forward slightly, staring at Xiao Yuanshan, and said affirmatively: "Only when we agree to these two conditions in Youyan area, we have the possibility of continuing to talk."

Xiao Yuanshan suppressed his anger and said, "Mr. Li, you must negotiate first. It is too difficult for you to set prerequisites like this. Since I came here, the Marshal can see my sincerity of Youyan, but the Marshal is aggressive. Wouldn't he be sincere in keeping others from thousands of miles away?"

Li Qing laughed, walked down from the big case, paced back and forth a few steps in the house, and said, "Captain Xiao, the Great Chu has lasted for hundreds of years and has been prosperous for a while. Why has the government orders not been available in Luoyang for hundreds of miles in name only over the years?"

Without waiting for Xiao Yuanshan to answer, Li Qing continued: "The great families of all aristocratic families are too big to lose their heads. They will be divided into one side and have their own troops. If they are in line with their own interests, they will listen to the central government's orders that are not in line with their own interests, and they will be disobeying the yin and the Yang. The lessons of the past are ahead, how can I repeat the same mistake?"

"You want to..."

"Not bad!" Li Qing said decisively: "Military power can only belong to the central government, and no chief official can have military power. I set up the Governor's Office of the Five Army, and this is the intention."

"So, since you Xiao wants to surrender to me, Li Qing, the first thing you do is to hand over the military power!"

"In this way, how can I protect myself?" Xiao Yuanshan asked back.

"Protect yourself?" Li Qing asked back, "Since you Xiao surrendered to me, Li Qing, who else dares to touch you easily? Why do you need to protect yourself?"

"What if you, Li Dashuai, cross the river and burn the bridge, and the rabbit is dead and the dog is cooked?" Xiao Yuanshan pointed directly at the center of the problem.

Li Qing laughed, "Captain Xiao, General Xiao, when you were still in power in Dingzhou, you conspired to plot against me, and after failure, you fell into my hands. Have I ever made things difficult for you?"

"At that time, you were concerned about the Xiao power and worried that Xiao Li would turn against each other, so you naturally didn't dare to take action."

"You Xiao family fell into the trap of Apocalypse. When the entire army was about to be destroyed in Qingzhou, who was the one who could use you to lead tens of thousands of elite troops back to Youyan? I won't let you go. Can you still stand in front of me and talk about it today?"

"At that time, you still have to rely on me, Youyan, to restrain the power of the Apocalypse, and naturally you are willing to use it. Otherwise, Youyan will be defeated and Luoyang's troops occupy Youyan, and you will be unable to sleep or eat!" Xiao Yuanshan refused to let go. "And now, your situation has come true. If the Xiao family handed over the only military power that could protect themselves, it would be useless. If you are ruthless, wouldn't we be able to kill you?"

Li Qing walked to Xiao Yuanshan and leaned over to stare at him, "Since you, Xiao, are you no longer threatening, what's the point of touching you?"

Xiao Yuanshan couldn't help but choke.

Standing up straight, Li Qing sneered, "I, Li Qing, are in the world. I am a mere Xiao family. Now I am in a tiger falling into the sun. How can I be resentful? Besides, there is no hatred between you and Dingzhou and I. On the contrary, without your Xiao family's actions, how can I get the fire of Dingzhou today? So, to a certain extent, I even want to thank you!"

Looking at Li Qing who was laughing loudly, Xiao Yuanshan's face turned into a pig's liver, his hands clenched into fists, and he made a sound. Li Wen, who was on one side, took a step forward and had already supported the hilt of the knife.

Li Qing suddenly stopped laughing, looked at Xiao Yuanshan coldly, and said, "If you don't give me, I will take it myself. But by that time, your Xiao family will be destroyed and there will be no more eggs."

With a bang, Xiao Yuanshan slapped the table and Li Wen immediately took a step forward and stopped Li Qing.

Li Qing reached out and pulled Li Wen away, looking at Xiao Yuanshan who was trembling all over, "This is an era where the strong are respected. Without strength, there is no right to speak. Clan leader Xiao, since you have resisted the invasion of barbarians in Dingzhou for several years, I will tell you the truth. Now that the Xiao family surrenders, they can still maintain their family's wealth and honor forever. In a while, we will have nothing to talk about before."

Xiao Yuanshan was shocked. Although Li Qing's tone was plain, a major message was revealed from his words, that is, Li had the possibility of using troops against Youyan.

Taking a long breath, calmed down his mood, clasped his fists with both hands, and said, "Mr. Li, you are very troubled, and Xiao has no right to make a decision. Please let me report to the Duke and reply again."

Li Qingzhan smiled and said, "It's all right. Please have tea." Returning to his seat, Li Qing picked up the teacup and raised his glass from afar to signal.

Seeing Xiao Yuanshan's Qilino's departure, Yan Nanfei said with some concern: "Lord, you are too aggressive today. If Xiao Yuanshan leaves in anger, the negotiations will completely break down. The key is, lord, you actually revealed that our army has a plan to attack Youyan. Isn't this what they have prepared for?"

Li Qing smiled and said, "What's the matter? Didn't Yang Yidao's Central Army be scheduled to conduct a military exercise in the middle of this month? We asked Yang Yidao to advance to three days later, and we warmly invite the clan leader Xiao Yuanshan to attend the inspection!"

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Lord is going to give him a warning?"

"That's right, let him see that I, Dingzhou, have no troops. Lu Dalin Group, go back to Yang Yidao's Central Army. Just imagine what Xiao can resist?" Li Qing said with a smile.

"It's a pity that Changsheng Camp and Tornado Camp may not be able to come back in three days. If these two main cavalrymen were there, Xiao Yuanshan would probably be even more disgusted!" Luo Daoming smacked his lips and said with regret.

"It's okay, just let Xiao Yuanshan know that I have transferred back to Changsheng Camp and Tornado Camp from Quanzhou. The Xiao family can no longer fight. They fought the battle with Luoyang with our support. Now they are struggling, with the people's livelihood in vain, the army is in a state of no time, and there is no morale to speak of." Li Qing said.

"Lord, Xiao Yuanshan will not leave with anger?" Lu Yiming said.

"Of course!" Li Qing said: "I'm just going to kill Xiao. If they are really stubborn, then Lu Dalin Group and Yang Yidao must gather their strength to take Youyan with thunder and lightning. Then Lu Dalin Group immediately goes north to Weizhou, and Yang Yidao Group stations Youyan to guard against Luoyang."

"I'm afraid that after the defenders of the Xiegu knew that our army attacked Youyan, we would be passive!" Yan Nanfei said.

Li Qing laughed, "The guard of Xiegu has been rebelled by the Supervision Bureau, don't worry, the Supervision Bureau has sent a large number of special service members to sneak to Xiegu. If you take it seriously, these special service members will assist the guards in the control of the situation there as soon as possible."

"It turns out that the lord was prepared!" Yan Nanfei exclaimed.

"This is the best solution!" Li Qing shook his head and said, "If Xiao can surrender, we can mobilize Lu Dalin's troops quietly, and even make some illusions to deceive Luoyang, so that they think we are still in a confrontation and even in danger of taking war, that would be the best."

Everyone understood that if the Xiao family could surrender, then Dingzhou could make a series of strategic deceptions after mobilizing the Lu Dalin group to cause misunderstandings, thereby delaying Luoyang's attack on Youyan, thus avoiding Dingzhou from going to war in four directions at the same time. If the fight with Youyan was started, even if it was successfully won, Luoyang would definitely respond as soon as possible and send troops to Youyan, which would not be the best result for Dingzhou.

"I hope Xiao can understand the current affairs!" Li Qing said.

Three days later, the weather was not good, and it was raining heavily. Outside Dingzhou City, which was originally scheduled for military exercise, was already muddy. The rainwater washed the ground out of the water and water. The water flowed together, flowing to the lower places, forming small ponds in the depression. From a distance, the sight was blocked by the dense rain curtains and could not see much far away.

"Master, is it delaying the exercise?" Lu Yiming advised looking at the bad weather outside.

"No!" Li Qing stood up, "Notify Yang Yidao and proceed as usual!" After saying that, he walked out, and Tiebao, who was waiting by the door, quickly opened a big umbrella for Li Qing.

"Take it away!" Li Qing said.

"Lord!" Tie Bao hesitated for a moment and looked at the big guys behind Li Qing.

"Take it away!" Li Qing shouted sternly.

"Yes!" Seeing Li Qing's gaze swept over, Tiebao obediently threw the umbrella aside. He watched Li Qing step into the heavy rain like a splatter, and quickly followed.

Behind him, Lu Yiming, Yan Nanfei, Luo Daoming and others followed Li Qing and walked into the dense rain curtain.

At this time, from the city tower and in the room on the other side, the crowd who were invited to watch the ceremony also came out. Seeing Li Qing and his group standing on the top of the city in the rain, slightly stunned, Xiao Yuanshan, the leader, also removed his umbrella and walked forward.

Hearing the footsteps, Li Qing turned around and saw Xiao Yuanshan coming in the rain. He couldn't help but waved with a smile: "Captain Xiao, please come here!" Xiao Yuanshan walked to Li Qing with heavy steps and stood there. Li Qing invited himself to participate in the military exercise of the Dingzhou Central Army. The intention of the demonstration was self-evident. But he had to come, even if he took the opportunity to spy on the strength of the Dingzhou Central Army, it was good.

"Let's start!" Li Qing waved at Tiebao.

Tiebao bowed slightly, retreated aside, walked to the top of the city, and shouted loudly: "Lord has orders, the military exercise begins!"

With a "dong", a dull drum sounded, and then, hundreds of big drums on the top of the city sounded in unison. Hundreds of large horns also sounded a long sound.

After about half a stick of incense, the drums stopped suddenly and the horn stopped ringing. In the rain curtain, neat footsteps came. Apart from the rain, there were only one footsteps that seemed to step on everyone's hearts. Through the rain curtain, you could vaguely see the black shadow walking towards this side.

The sound of horse hooves sounded in the rain, and several fast horses broke through the rain and fog and rushed to the city of Dingzhou. Yang Yidao, who was full of armor, turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee under the city head, and shouted loudly: "The Supreme Commander of Dingzhou Central Army, Yang Yidao, the General of Dingzhou, asked the lord to tell the military exercise to begin?"

Li Qing held the wall with both hands. Because it was raining too heavily, he could only shout at the top of his throat: "Start!"

"I will obey the order!" Yang Yidao stood up, turned over and sank into the rain.
Chapter completed!