"Zhou Hu wants our army to exchange 150 trucks of grain for Ju Sheng and more than 500 prisoners?"

Around the Si hour, the rebel general Liu De learned about this and even personally interrogated the ten prisoners released by Kunyang.

Under his questioning, the ten prisoners all said: "Yes, according to a 'black scarf' leader, as long as my righteous teacher answered a hundred and fifty carts of grain exchange, they promised to release Ju Qu and more than 500 brothers with us."

After hearing this, Liu De remained silent.

After a long time, he nodded and said, "Okay, I understand this matter, but this matter is of great importance. Although Liu also hopes to exchange Ju Sheng and the more than 500 soldiers, this matter needs to be reported to Guan Shuai and he will decide... You go down and rest first, and I will arrange your residence for you."

"Thank you, General."

The ten rebel soldiers who escaped from the heavens quickly hurriedly hugged their fists and thanked them.

After these people left, Liu De turned around and ordered the guards beside him and said, "Report this matter to Guan Shuai immediately. In addition, the ten people just now will send someone to guard me, so don't let them contact the soldiers."

"yes!"

His two confidants clasped their fists and turned their heads to walk out of the tent.

About half an hour later, the guards sent by Liu De came to Guan Shuo and Chen Xu's main business and informed Qu Shuo about this.

After hearing this, Chen Xu said in surprise: "When Zhou Hu actually negotiated with us with the prisoners, is it because the food and grass in Kunyang have been exhausted?"

"..." Guan Shuo frowned deeply.

He was not sure about Chen Xu's words.

If Kunyang's food is indeed exhausted, he will be really grateful.

Naturally, it became increasingly impossible for him to exchange food for his captured soldiers.

Yes, as a general situation, as the siege party that has been besieged and helped Kunyang, he would not agree to such conditions.

After all, his purpose was to siege Kunyang and to make the water and food exhausted. How could he use the food to exchange for his captured soldiers and commit such a "investoring the enemy" behavior?

One hundred and fifty carts of food, this is not a small amount.

Usually, a grain truck can transport ten stones of rice. This amount can be eaten by about 900 people for one day and five people for half a year.

Zhou Hu proposed to exchange "five prisoners for a truck of food", which is undeniable, but from a secular perspective, it is not unacceptable - is the lives of the five soldiers worth the rations of half a year for these five people?

However, Guan Shuo is unable to accept it when he besieged Kunyang County.

After all, the total number is 150 trucks of grain. After exchange, it is equivalent to allowing 10,000 people to eat for thirteen and a half days, nearly half a month.

He wished that Kunyang would be exhausted immediately, so how could he give Kunyang this batch of food in vain?

Especially now it is early October, so it is more likely that the other side will last until November. When it is snowing heavily, it is becoming less and less likely that he will conquer Kunyang.

But the problem is that if he refused to agree and refused Zhou Hu's negotiations on the other side, once this matter spread, his morale in the army would inevitably be seriously affected - as for the captured Ju Sheng and the more than 500 surrendered soldiers, there is no need to say more.

"That Zhou Hu really gave us a difficult problem."

Chen Xu sighed.

Listening to Chen Xu's words, Guan Shuo frowned and paced back and forth in the straw hut, weighing the pros and cons.

After a long time, he ordered in a deep voice: "Send Liu De to block the news."

“…”

Chen Xu turned his head and looked at Guan Shuo, frowned slightly, but said nothing.

Because he could understand Guan Shuo's dilemma at this moment.

He knew that Guan Shuo didn't want to exchange Ju Sheng and the more than 500 captured soldiers. Maybe he didn't care about this force, but he just needed to consider whether this matter would affect the morale of the army. But at this critical moment, Guan Shuo would never be able to "sponsor" Kunyang's food to help Kunyang County continue to fight.

Under this circumstance, Guan Shuo had to give up the captured soldiers and ordered Liu De to order this news. Just as they had never received the news from Zhou Hu, Ju Sheng and more than 500 soldiers had died in Kunyang County in battle.

This is based on a decision that takes into account the overall situation.

Around noon, Liu De received the message from Guan Shuo and immediately ordered his confidants to say, "Secretly execute the ten soldiers released by Kunyang, and don't disturb the soldiers in the camp."

Someone from the left and right asked, "General, what should I do if Ju Sheng and Ju Qu are?"

Liu De said silently.

I have to say that those who can become Qu General are undoubtedly capable people. For the sake of the overall situation, Liu De naturally feels regretful.

But this does not mean that he will disobey the orders of Coach Qu. After all, he also feels that he will not act like a "investor in the enemy" just because of Ju Sheng and the more than 500 prisoners.

Seeing that he was silent, someone from the left and right said, "Why not exchange it for Ju Qu General alone?"

Liu De's heart moved slightly, but he quickly threw this idea behind his head.

Swap Ju Sheng alone and give up the other 500 captured soldiers? What if Ju Sheng said the wrong thing in the future?

When Liu De thought of Ju Sheng's behavior of "disobeying and disrespectfulness" when he directed the attack on the southern city wall, he thought about it and thought that it was better not to do extra things.

Thinking of this, Liu De said in a deep voice: "Since Guan Shuai has given an order, then follow Guan Shuai's order!"

"yes!"

The left and right didn't dare to talk anymore.

At the same time, in Kunyang County, the county magistrate Li Xu had also received a report from the county soldiers. When he learned that Zhao Yu had ordered the release of ten prisoners and intended to negotiate with the more than 500 prisoners with the rebels, he hurriedly came to ask Zhao Yu about the reason.

Facing Li Xu who was coming hurriedly, Zhao Yu admitted the matter and said with a smile: "This move is just to make things difficult for Guan Shuo and to crack down on the morale of the rebels..."

Li Xu was not stupid either. After Zhao Yu said this, he immediately understood and said worriedly: "What if Guan Shuo agreed?"

"That's OK."

Zhao Yu spread his hands and said with a smile: "We cannot support these more than 500 prisoners. Before, even Chen Mo said he would execute them. Now, we will not suffer any loss by using these people to exchange for 150 trucks of food."

"With that being said..." Li Xu still felt that Zhao Yu's 'utilitarian thinking' was difficult to accept.

As the party of Jin State, they can only fight against the rebels to the end. How can they negotiate with the rebels?

In response, Zhao Yu smiled and said, "Please rest assured, County Magistrate Li, it's just a general and a mere 500 rebel soldiers. We have already removed their armor. What if we let them go back? Use these more than 500 people to exchange 150 trucks of food and grass. Our food can be more abundant. Even, maybe we can fool Guan Shuo and make him mistakenly think that my food and grass in Kunyang is close. This is a trick of killing three birds with one stone."

"All right."

Li Xu was convinced with a wry smile.

He must believe that it was Zhou Hu's "bandit utilitarian thinking" that was one of the main reasons why he has been persisting in Kunyang to this day.

However, the rebels have not sent a reply for a long time.

As dusk approached, Le Gui, the guardian of the North City Gate, suddenly received a report from the county soldiers: "Lebianmu, the prisoners in the city are in trouble."

"What?" Le Gui was shocked and hurriedly led a team of black tiger thieves down the city gate tower and arrived at the place where the prisoners were imprisoned.

Only then did he learn that the captured rebel soldiers saw that the released people had not come back for a long time, and Kunyang did not give them food. When they were hungry, some of them began to curse, scolding the county soldiers and the black tiger thieves to deceive them.

When Legui arrived, more than a dozen black tiger thieves were punching and kicking several prisoners.

"What's going on?!"

Le Gui frowned and stopped and said.

After he stopped drinking, the dozen black tiger thieves stopped. One of them explained to Legui: "These guys said we deceived them. They seemed to let the ten people go to pass on the message, but secretly killed them to deceive the captives... We didn't want to pay attention to it, but these guys were not clean, so the brothers dragged them out and taught them a lesson."

Le Gui suddenly realized and sneered at the group of prisoners with different expressions, "Stop being self-righteous. Do you think you are worth my thoughts? When we release those ten people, you also saw it. Don't say anything about intercepting them halfway, the hier wolf in our Luben camp has long been recalled to the city and has not left the city for several nights. Where are the people from Kunyang outside the city? I think, either the ten people ran away on their own, or your general refused to exchange food for your captives, and secretly killed the ten people who reported the news..."

"impossible!"

One of the prisoners flatly denied.

But more prisoners looked anxious, afraid that their general would give them up.

Le Gui sneered and glanced at the group of prisoners, turned to several black tiger thieves and said, "Go and report to the great leader, just say that so far, the rebels have not responded to it. Let's see how the great leader dealt with the prisoners..."

Before he finished speaking, a black tiger thief from beside him said, "I want me to tell you that you can kill me, and keep them and take up space."

"Stop talking nonsense, go and report!" Le Gui shouted.

A moment later, Zhao Yu received the news sent by someone from Legui.

At this time, Zhao Yu was having a meal with Jingnv and Niu Heng. After learning the news, he sneered faintly: "Sure enough... it seems that Guan Shuo secretly executed the ten soldiers."

Speaking of this, he summoned a black tiger thief and ordered: "Bring Ju Sheng."

"yes!"

Under Zhao Yu's order, Ju Sheng was once again taken to the Heihu Yishe by several Black Tiger Thieves.

Zhao Yu didn't say nonsense, and looked at Ju Sheng with regret and said, "I just received the news from the North City Gate. As of now, we have not received any response from your army about the 'replacement of prisoners'..."

“…”

Ju Sheng was silent after hearing this.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu asked in surprise: "You don't seem to be surprised? Why? Can you tell me about it?"

Ju Sheng smiled bitterly, looked up at Zhao Yu, who was sitting in the main seat, and said calmly: "Why should the leader Zhou ask clearly? You knew from the beginning that my righteous army... would not agree to the request of the leader Zhou. The so-called "exchange grain for prisoners" by the leader Zhou was just to take the opportunity to attack the morale of our rebel army... Obviously, Guan Shuai and the generals saw through the intention of the leader Zhou and executed the ten soldiers privately."

"Ha ha."

Zhao Yu chuckled, looked up and down with admiring eyes, nodded and praised: "Smart! It's worthy of being the general who commands two thousand soldiers... I'll tell you why you didn't say anything at that time? It seems that you knew the fate of you guys long ago... How about it? The facts prove that your guess is correct, are you disappointed?"

“…”

Ju Sheng said nothing, his eyes fluttered at the wooden board under his feet, but his expression inevitably showed a little loneliness.

Think about it, how can you not be disappointed or despaired by your own people?

Seeing this, Zhao Yu stood up, slowly approached Ju Sheng, stretched out his right hand to him, and asked quietly: "Since you have guessed Zhou's intentions, I must have guessed that Zhou not only wants to damage the morale of your righteous master, but also makes you, the group of people, give up on the righteous master outside the city... How about it, should you turn to Zhou?"

“…”

Ju Sheng looked at Zhao Yu with some surprise and frowned and said, "Captain Zhou is really bold...Aren't you afraid of pretending to surrender and waiting for an opportunity to betray you?"

"Ha ha."

Zhao Yu smiled and said in an exaggerated tone: "You mean, you are going to betray the only person who accepts you when you are desperate to help those who abandon you and intend to force you to a dead end?"

"..." Ju Sheng's eyes floated unconsciously.

"Please allow me to... think about it."
Chapter completed!