Chapter 390 Substitution Conditions
Zhu Yueyue was the first to arrive. She was about to rescue Yu Ren alone, but Ruolan hurriedly came to inform her that Yu Ren was back.
Not long after Zhu Yueyue arrived, Ma Dacheng and Liang Zongyi also arrived. When they heard that a Jurchen man came outside the city, he said that Yu Ren was in their hands and asked them to withdraw from Zhenjiang in order to save Yu Ren's life, everyone couldn't help but feel headaches.
It is indeed very important to say that Zhenjiang City is indeed, and their capture of the city this time was not as smooth as they imagined. If they give up and want to take it back, it would be too difficult. But if they don’t retreat, what if the Jurchens really kill Yu Ren!
They dare not take this risk. Although the strategic significance of Zhenjiang City is important, its value in each person's heart is very different compared to Yu Ren's life. In Zhu Yueyue's heart, although nothing can be compared with Yu Ren's life; for Liang Zongyi, Zhenjiang City is important, it cannot be compared with Yu Ren's life.
However, in his eyes, although the life of Yu Ren, the son-in-law, is important, at the moment when the family and country are in danger, a Zhenjiang City may be able to reverse the passiveness of the Ming Dynasty, thus turning the Ming Dynasty into an offensive in the battle with the Jurchens. Therefore, compared with Yu Ren's life, Ma Dacheng still believes that Zhenjiang City is more important.
When Mao Fugui saw that everyone was coming, he stopped talking. Zhu Yueyue clamored to go out of the city to take a look, but Liang Zongyi stopped her.
"Princess, don't worry. Since the Jurchens are here, if the gentleman is in their hands and they want to exchange the city for the gentleman, they will naturally not hurt the gentleman easily. If the gentleman is not in the hands of the Jurchens and they just lie to us in empty words, then we don't have to worry.
Now we have to discuss a solution first. Even if we exchange Zhenjiang City, we have to leave a backup plan."
After hearing Liang Zongyi's words, Zhu Yueyue sat down again. Yu Ren is not here, and everything is under the leadership of Liang Zongyi. Although she is Yu Ren's wife, she is obviously not as careful as Liang Zongyi's consideration in these major events. The reason why she quarreled last night was mainly because she didn't know Yu Ren's life and death. Now that she knew that he was fine for the time being, she calmed down.
"In my opinion, if the Jurchens are really willing to use Zhenjiang City to exchange for our husbands, there is nothing wrong with it. Anyway, we are controlling Zhenjiang City at the moment. Although we have withdrawn, we can quietly leave a group of people and hide them in the city. When Mr. Yu comes back, we will kill them again. With these people as internal support, I believe it is not difficult to retake Zhenjiang again.
As far as I know, there are no important Jurchen strongholds around Zhenjiang. If they want to dispatch troops from Liaoyang, it will take at least seven days to arrive. By then, we will have already taken back Zhenjiang."
Liang Zongyi spoke first.
"I think Brother Liang's analysis makes sense, but we should confirm first whether Mr. Yu is really in their hands. In addition, the Jurchens are afraid that they will not be so stupid. They are afraid that they will return to Zhenjiang but will not let the gentleman go, and wait until reinforcements arrive before fulfilling their promise. If that is the case, then our Zhenjiang city will be really lost."
The person who spoke was Ma Dacheng. The night before yesterday, he took more than 100 people to take advantage of the Zhenjiang City defense, and pretended to be Yu Gege's guards to trick the city gate and then rushed into the city and seize Zhenjiang. Ma Dacheng's meaning was very obvious, and he didn't want to use Zhenjiang City to take this risk.
Although Ma Dacheng is only a hundred households, he is the representative of officers and soldiers. Now nearly half of the troops in Zhenjiang are officers and soldiers. If Yu Ren is not there, Ma Dacheng naturally becomes the representative of those half of officers and soldiers. Therefore, when Liang Zongyi heard Ma Dacheng's words, he frowned.
Zhu Yueyue listened to the discussion here, but did not come up with a feasible solution, so she couldn't help but get anxious. "What's the use of talking about here? Why not go and see my husband first and see what the Jurchens are reflecting, and then act according to their requirements!"
Liang Zongyi thought about it and nodded, "There is no other way to do this first."
Everyone hugged "Mao Wenlong" and came outside the city. Seeing Yang Gutai waiting under the city, Ma Dacheng shouted first, "The Jurchen, do you say General Yu is in your hands, where is the person? Let's take a look!"
Yang Gutai raised his head and said to the city, "I know you don't give up." After that, Yang Gutai reached into his mouth and let out a scream. Yu Qier, who was hiding in the dense forest not far away, heard the roar, and took Yu Ren to the city with his horse.
She knew that she had guessed correctly. Mao Wenlong must have a great relationship with Yu Ren. It seems that as long as Yu Ren is in hand, it is easy to regain Zhenjiang City. However, Yu Qier did not intend to get Zhenjiang City back immediately. Because there were too few people at their hands, even if Yu Ren exchanged Zhenjiang City for him, she still couldn't defend it. Liang Zongyi thought of this, and she thought of it too.
With Yu Ren, a heavyweight player, Yu Qier felt that Zhenjiang City had become unimportant. So she also took Yu Ren to the city, but she wanted to let Yu Ren see how she exposed his lies.
Yu Qier brought Yu Ren, who was "tortured" to the city. Everyone felt relieved when they saw that it was Yu Ren. Yu Ren was missing before, and although they were probably sure they were captured by the Jurchens, their lives and deaths were uncertain. Although he became a prisoner at this time, at least everyone knows that he is still alive.
Yu Ren was already the soul of this place and the backbone of everyone. If he died, they really didn't know what to do next.
When Zhu Yueyue saw Yu Ren's "miserable" appearance, she couldn't help but feel an unknown anger in her heart. Especially when she saw Yu Qier holding Yu Ren's neck with a knife, she almost couldn't help but lift her sword and rushed down the city.
Ruolan, who was beside her, also felt Zhu Yueyue's murderous aura, and quickly pulled her back a few steps and whispered, "Princess, don't be angry. The gentleman is still in their hands. We must not anger them, so as not to hurt the gentleman. Let's exchange the city for the gentleman first, and then slowly deal with the Jurchen princess." Ruolan is a smart person and has been with Zhu Yueyue for a long time. In addition, she was deliberately careful and had a clear understanding of Zhu Yueyue's temper.
After hearing Ruolan's advice, Zhu Yueyue forced her anger and stood behind everyone.
Yu Qier under the city had a sense at this time. She felt the "Long Yuan" in her hand tremble gently in the sheath and let out a low sound. Although Yu Qier didn't know the origin of this sword, she knew that it was a magic sword.
Such a magic weapon will be in harmony with the master. Since the sword is low, it means that its master is not far away at this time, and he has obviously had a murderous intent on himself. Only the master's murderous intent can trigger the sword to be low. Yu Qier has heard someone talk about it before.
Yu Qier is a smart person. She knows that she is definitely not the opponent of this mysterious person. If she doesn't leave, she will be afraid she will be dead. So, without waiting for everyone in the city to say more, Yu Qier decisively shouted to the city, "Give you a day, I will bring people to collect the city tomorrow. If you haven't withdrawn from Zhenjiang yet, don't blame me for being ruthless."
As he said that, Yu Qier deliberately moved the knife to Yu Ren's neck a few inches.
"Okay. Then let's just say that. Tomorrow, we will fight with each other and the city." Under Liang Zongyi's instruction, Mao Fugui replied loudly to the city.
Before Mao Fugui finished his words, Yu Qier turned her horse's head and rushed to the place where she came.
When he came to the forest where everyone was gathering, Yu Qier called Yang Gutai to his side, asked him to find a subordinate with a similar figure to him to pretend to be himself, and then he found someone to pretend to be Yu Ren, and he also left his mount to them. Then she changed Yu Ren and herself into the clothes of farmers who had stolen from the Han village, rode a mule, and walked around a large circle towards the east of Zhenjiang.
Yu Ren kept watching Yu Qier do all this silently until Yu Qier took him to ride the mule alone to the east, and then he sighed. "Everyone said that we Han people are treacherous. I think Yu Ge Ge is even better than us Han people!"
Yu Qier smiled softly, "I don't understand what my brother-in-law said. You have been cheating on me all the time. Why do you say that I'm cheating on me now?"
Chapter completed!