"After all, we are fighting against foreign tribes. Your Majesty said that Longcheng can provide food, grass, and supplies for your soldiers. The only requirement is that the Shadow Tiger Army must no longer participate in the war between Chu and Longcheng!" Wu Rui said it as expected!
The conditions given by Longcheng.
"Envoy, please move to the side room and wait!" Ji Bu motioned to the deputy general to take Wu Rui to the next door to rest.
"Please!" Wu Rui did not ask Ji Bu and the others to express their stance on the spot. This kind of thing was not something Ji Bu could decide alone.
Therefore, Wu Rui also left with the deputy general.
Only Ji Bu and the generals of the Shadow Tiger Legion were left in the entire tent.
"Let's talk about it!" Ji Bu also stepped down from the general position and looked at the generals around him.
It is true that this matter cannot be decided by him alone, and the entire Shadow Tiger Legion also has different factions, and it is not his decision.
There were even people sent by the King of Chu to monitor him.
"Do we still have any choice?" the capitulationists decisively stated their position.
Going back is death, and staying here is death. Why seek death when you can live?
Moreover, the conditions given by the other party also saved their face to the greatest extent. They did not ask them to surrender, but just asked them to fight in another place, which was still a nominal war.
No matter whether Chu State loses or wins in the future, they can say that they are fighting against foreign barbarians and have no time to worry about the country.
"Don't forget, we are Chu people, we are soldiers of the Chu State, and we receive the salary of the Chu State!" The Chu King faction also began to rebuke the generals who wanted to surrender.
Ji Bu just watched quietly, not expressing his opinion, but looking at the composition of the people under his command!
Soon, the two factions became clearly differentiated, but none of Ji Bu's cronies spoke, quietly waiting for Ji Bu's decision.
"What do you think?" Ji Bu asked his cronies in a low voice.
"What will happen to our families if we go to Cangwu?" Although the cronies also want to go to Cangwu, their families are still in Chu State!
They can lie to themselves that they are going to fight against foreigners, but Shouchun will not think so and will definitely take action on their family members.
Ji Bu thought the same thing, but he was not thinking about Ji's family. He even said that Ji's life and death had little to do with him, and he himself was not popular in Ji's family.
It wasn't until he became the commander of the Shadow Tigers that Ji had his place.
Even after he was wiped out last time, it was not Ji who spoke for him, but him who was left behind by King Kaolie, and Ji was the most vicious person who shouted at him.
Because he is not a direct descendant of the Ji family, the Ji family has always wanted his direct descendant to take his place.
"Even if we go back, Shouchun will let us go?" Ji Bu asked.
What Wu Rui said was not wrong. Either he would die here, at the hands of Long Wei, or he would die in Shouchun, in a court dispute.
"On the contrary, if the army is still in our hands, our families will be safe!" Ji Bu continued.
The choice given by Longcheng happened to be stuck in the most subtle place. They did not surrender, but they did not join the war, and became a neutral force and army in Chu.
If the Chu State killed their family members, it would be equivalent to forcing them to the side of Longcheng.
Therefore, if they go to Cangwu, their family will be the safest.
In order to win over them, Shouchun could only treat their families with courtesy and encourage them to return!
"So, kill them!" Ji Bu whispered, but his eyes were directed at the group of Chu kings who were still talking to the surrendering faction.
The cronies naturally obeyed Ji Bu's words, so after Ji Bu finished speaking, they decisively drew their swords and sent the King of Chu to kill him on the spot while he was still talking.
Wu Rui on the other side naturally heard the sound of killing in the tent, but he did not panic at all. He calmly sipped tea and chatted with the lieutenant.
"Aren't you afraid, Chang Shi?" The deputy general was a little shocked by Wu Rui's calmness.
"Why should you be afraid? If I die here, I will be buried with fifty thousand troops. It's not a loss!" Wu Rui said with a dull smile.
"I admire you, general!" the deputy general bowed and saluted.
Sure enough, people who have seen big scenes are different. If it were him, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so calm!
"How does Chang Shi think the general will choose?" the deputy general asked in a low voice.
"You need to take a longer view!" Wu Rui smiled and pointed into the distance.
"When you're in your position, it's hard to take another step forward, but it's easy to go down, so people, you have to learn to think!"
"Is this the end of the battle between Longcheng and the Chu army?"
"No, even if Dragon City is defeated, Chu State still has bigger enemies!"
"The State of Qin has already extended its claws. The demise of Han and Wei is just a small goal of the State of Qin. The next one is the State of Chu!"
"So, what really determines your life or death is not the battle between Dragon City and Chu State, but the battle between Qin Army and Chu State!"
"Do you think Chu can defeat Qin?"
The deputy general listened to Wu Rui's words quietly, and then also fell into thinking.
Between Chu and Qin, who is stronger and who is weaker? Normal people know the result.
Chu State is struggling to even build a dragon city. If the Qin army launches a massive attack, what will Chu State do to resist it?
He didn't think Xiang Yan could defeat Li Mu or the Dragon King of Jiujiang.
There are even too many famous generals in the Qin State, such as Wang Jian, Wang Bi, Yang Duanhe, Meng Wu, and Meng Tian. If you pick just one of them, Xiang Yan may not be able to defeat him.
"So, sometimes, you have to learn to think for yourself and leave a way out for yourself. If Ji Bu doesn't want to go to Cangwu, why can't you take his place?" Wu Rui also started his own counterintuitive plan.
The lieutenant lowered his head and fell silent.
The Dragon King of Jiujiang is the king of Qin and the younger brother of Qin Wangzheng.
If they defect to the Dragon King of Jiujiang now, even if Chu is destroyed and Qin is liquidated in the future, they will still be able to avoid the purge.
"There is a vacant position in Dragon City, the general will choose himself!" Wu Rui said no more.
People are selfish animals, but because of moral constraints, people learn to control themselves.
But selfish psychology can also be induced. If someone induces it, it is easy for people to fall into the abyss of selfishness.
What Wu Rui has to do is to amplify this selfishness!
"I understand!" The deputy general nodded, walked out of the side room, and walked towards the main tent.
By the time the lieutenant returned to the big tent, the fighting in the big tent had ended, leaving corpses and messes all over the floor.
"Go and invite the envoy!" Ji Bu wiped the blood on his sword with a cloth and said calmly.
The deputy general glanced at the generals who had fallen on the ground, who were their own robes a moment ago but were now corpses. He also recognized their identities, guessed Ji Bu's choice, and turned around to return to the side room.
"The general invites you!" the deputy general returned to Wu Rui and said again, "I'm afraid the general has already decided and agrees to the envoy's suggestion!"
Wu Rui looked at the deputy general with a smile on his lips.
In fact, Longcheng did not believe that the Shadow Tiger Legion would go to Cangwu honestly.
What is more likely is that he would take the opportunity to escape from the ambush, and then launch a surprise attack on Dragon City to make up for his previous mistakes.
But now, the shadow tiger army's general has been persuaded by him, so this possibility no longer exists.