『PS: I've been delayed today, so I'll wait for the second update."

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"Prince, you..."

On the east city gate tower, Hou Ping and Liu Zhou, two guards, looked at Cao Suo with a calm expression, and tried to speak but stopped.

They could not imagine that the Cao Duwei in front of him would believe the rebel general Xiang Xuan's strategy and turn to the rebels.

Of course, Cao Suo could see that the two guards were not calm at the moment, so he turned to Yang Yi, the guard whom Xiang Xuan left to contact, and said, "Yang Yi, that's the name? You go outside and guard. I have a few words to talk to Hou Ping and Liu Zhou."

No matter how Yang Yi thought of Cao Suo in his heart, he knew very well that Cao Suo was a very critical figure in his general Xiang Xuan's plan to plot Xuchang. Therefore, he naturally had to give Cao Suo enough respect.

"Accept the order, Cao Duwei."

With a serious clasped his fists, Yang Yi turned around and walked out of the city gate tower.

Watching Yang Yi walk out of the city gate tower and close the door, Cao Suo then turned to look at Hou Ping, Liu Zhou and the others standing on the side, and asked, "Hou Ping, Liu Zhou, how many years have you followed me?"

"I'm afraid it's not fourteen or five years." Hou Ping replied.

From the side, Liu Zhou also replied: "I have a little bit of humility, but I have been following the commander for eleven years."

Cao Suo nodded and then asked again: "How did I treat you and the other two in the past?"

Hou Ping and Liu Zhou looked at each other, clasped their fists and said, "The Duwei is generous and open-minded, and he used to treat us very well."

Cao Suo nodded again and then sighed: "It's a pity that I can't go back to the past... Zhou Hu had already bewitched the governor Li Jun. If I return to Xuchang, I will definitely lose everything. Jie Shi, I'm afraid I will be unable to bear the guards anymore..."

“…”

Hou Ping and Liu Zhou looked at each other.

Of course they understand what this means.

At this moment, Cao Suo took a breath, looked at the two of them seriously and said, "For the sake of getting along for many years, I will give you the opportunity to choose for yourself. You may be able to join others and continue to be guards, or stay to help me..."

Looking at Liu Zhou, Hou Ping clasped his fists and said, "The Chief of the Duke used to treat us well. Now the Chief of the Chief of the Force has lost its power. How can we abandon the Chief of the Force?"

Cao Suo was overjoyed when he heard this and turned to look at Liu Zhou.

Liu Zhou also clasped his fists and said, "I will follow the commander...but can I really believe that promise you announced?"

"Um."

Cao Suo nodded and said, "In order to expand the momentum, the rebels can even win over the Green Forest thief that corrupts their reputation. How can they break their trust in me?... If he breaks his trust in me, he will lose his heart to the people of the world to join the rebels."

Hou Ping and Liu Zhou nodded suddenly.

Immediately, Hou Ping asked in a low voice: "What... what is the Chief Commander going to do?"

Hearing this, Cao Suo touched the beard on his chin and fell into deep thought.

At present, he is also the commander of Yingchuan County. Although this commander is gradually becoming unworthy of his name and his authority is gradually stolen by Zhou Hu, even if he is the commander of the army and rebellion, even if he is the commander of the army, he cannot guarantee that the people below will be united with him.

Hou Ping, Liu Zhou and others were his guards. They followed him for more than ten years. Even if they were called the Guards, it would not be an exaggeration. These guards prospered with him and suffered losses. At present, they had no better family, and they also considered their love for many years and decided to accompany him to surrender to the enemy. This is not surprising.

But the problem is that these guards were unable to mobilize the county army. Cao Suo wanted to take the county army in the city to join the rebels, at least he had to convince Tian Qin, Liao Guang and Liu Jian.

The trouble is that Tian Qin, Liao Guang and Liu Jian are all officials. Even Cao Suo cannot guarantee whether these three people will betray Jin and join the rebels.

Seeing this question, Hou Ping made an idea and said, "Tian Qin, Liao Guang, and Liu Jian were not wary of the commander. The commander might as well invite him to come in the name of drinking. If the three of them refused to follow him, Liu Zhou and I would subdue him at the sight..."

"Um."

Cao Suo thought for a while and nodded slightly.

He immediately recruited Yang Yi, and the few people planned it together. Then, Yang Yi hurriedly left Yingyin in the name of Cao Suo.

After about one stick of incense, Hou Ping and Liu Zhou returned to the Dongcheng Gate Tower with a few guards.

Hou Ping whispered to Cao Suo: "The lieutenant, all the brothers are willing to follow the lieutenant."

Cao Suo looked up at the seven or eight guards, and saw them nodding one by one, with a firm look on his face, and couldn't help feeling relieved - at least, he had these loyal guards.

While feeling moved, he ordered Hou Ping to say, "Go and invite Tian Qin, Liao Guang and Liu Jian to come...... Act as planned."

"yes."

Hou Ping nodded heavily.

Around the second hour of You, Tian Qin, Liao Guang and Liu Jian were invited by Cao Suo to the Dongcheng Gate Tower.

At this time, Cao Suo had ordered people to prepare wine and food in the building.

"At this moment, the army is at the city and the enemy is facing each other, why should the captain still have the intention to invite us and some people to have a drink?"

Liao Guang frowned, but said nothing after all.

After all, the experience of not being able to break through the two days also made him understand that the rebels outside the city were determined to trap them in Yingyin. Unless Xuchang sent reinforcements, their strength alone would probably not be enough to escape unscathed.

"Maybe the commander understands this, so he enjoys suffering, right?"

Tian Qin also thought to himself.

Several people ate a few glasses of wine in silence.

After three rounds of drinking, Liao Guang stood up first, clasped his fists and said, "Prince, it's the turn of the Mok to be on the night of the night today. It's really not advisable to get drunk. It's better to call Tian Qin and Liu Jian and the other two to accompany him. Mok to leave first."

How could Cao Suo let Liao Guang leave? Hearing this, he pressed his hands and said, "Sit down first, I invite you three to come today, not only to drink, but also to discuss a major event with you guys..."

Hearing this, Hou Ping took advantage of Tian Qin, Liao Guang and Liu Jian's three people not paying attention and slowly walked out of the city gate tower, recruiting two guards, and at the same time ordered other guards to guard in front of the city gate tower, and no one was allowed to enter.

"event?"

Liao Guang and others looked surprised.

"Um."

Cao Suo hesitated for a moment, and said slowly: "Today, Xiang Xuan sent an envoy, and he mixed in with the escort of the envoy..."

"What?"

Tian Qin, Liao Guang and Liu Jian looked at each other without notice that Yi Hou Ping and the other two guards had quietly come behind them.

"Where are others? Didn't the lieutenant take the opportunity to take him down?" Liao Guang asked in surprise.

Cao Suo did not answer, but said to himself: "He told me that as long as I was willing to surrender to the rebels, he would recommend me to be the commander of Yingchuan Qu...I decided to agree to him."

"Prince?!"

Among the three, Liao Guang reacted the most intensely and he had to stand up when he acted.

And at this moment, with a clang, a sharp sword was placed on his shoulder.

At the same time, someone behind him said in a deep voice: "Shili Liao, we have known each other for many years, please don't be impulsive."

Not only did Liao Guang's expression change drastically, but Tian Qin and Liu Jian also changed drastically, because they were also suppressed by Hou Ping and another guard of Cao Suo.

“…”

Looking at the sharp sword on his shoulders, and then looking at Cao Suo who looked calm not far away, Liao Guang couldn't believe his eyes.

From the side, Tian Qin and Liu Jian also showed incredible expressions.

The three of them never expected that Cao Suo would treat them like this.

"well."

A sigh sounded in the building, which was Cao Suo's sigh.

He said bitterly: "It's not me who wanted to do this, it was Zhou Hu who forced me..."

He drank all the wine in the bowl in one mouthful and said with some inexplicable hatred: "In the past two days, we have fought to break through the siege, but in fact, I knew from the very beginning that even if I led this county army to fight to the death and retreated to Xuchang, Xuchang would not have my place to stay. The status, reputation, and authority I once had will be taken away by Zhou Hu... But Xiang Xuan's appearance gave me another opportunity."

"A chance to surrender to the enemy, betray the enemy?" A little bit of mockery appeared on Liao Guang's face.

In the past few days, he was unhappy with Cao Su's repeated shirks to Zhou Hu's behavior, but he was at least willing to live and die with Cao Suo. However, he never expected that Cao Suo would actually commit shameful acts of surrendering to the enemy.

"...You three are all my old subordinates, and I sincerely hope that you three can help me."

Cao Suo looked at Tian Qin and the other two and said.

"I……"

Liu Jian was the first to resist and begged repeatedly: "Master, our family members are all in Xuchang. If we rebel, we will inevitably involve our family..."

Seeing this, Cao Suo said what Xiang Xuan used to persuade him just now and comforted him: "This matter is not difficult. We only need to help the rebels capture Xuchang..."

After hearing this, Tian Qin and Liao Guang became terrified.

They never expected that Cao Suo himself was not sure of surrendering to the enemy, but actually wanted to help the rebels capture Xuchang.

"Shameless!"

Liao Guang sneered sarcastically: "It's only now that I know that you, Cao Suo, are not only incompetent, afraid of death, but also despicable and shameless..."

“…”

Cao Suo looked a little ugly when he was scolded, so he turned to look at Tian Qin.

Tian Qin stared at Cao Suo for a while, shook his head and said, "Prince, please think twice before you make a big mistake."

As he said that he refused to follow Cao Suo to rebel.

Seeing this, Cao Suo's face showed a little disappointment, and he looked at Tian Qin with a complicated expression. Liao Guang and the others said, "You two can rest assured. I will not harm you, but for the time being, I will make you both feel wronged..."

As he said that, he winked at Hou Ping.

At this moment, Liao Guang suddenly saw him holding the arm of the guard behind him, and shouting loudly outside the building: "Cao Suo is going to surrender! Cao Suo is going to surrender..."

"Bang."

Hou Ping rushed over quickly and smashed Liao Guang's head with the hilt of the sword, knocking the latter unconscious to the ground.

"Tiened."

He gave another guard an order, Hou Ping turned around and looked at Tian Qin and said seriously: "Tian Shili, even if you refuse to help the commander, please don't act like Liao Shili..."
Chapter completed!