In the middle of the night, Hong Ding woke up from his sleep.
Suddenly, shouts came from outside the village.
The Tuxian Village in the crevices of the mountain suddenly became noisy.
"It's gone, it's gone!"
People in the village were running around in panic. Hong Ding quickly put on his coat and walked out of the village.
In the northwest corner, flames shot into the sky, and for some reason, water suddenly filled the Tuxian Village.
"what happened?"
Hong Ding was horrified and quickly ran towards the place where the water was flowing.
After walking only a few steps, I suddenly realized that my feet seemed to be filled with lead and I was struggling to walk.
The fire, which was far away just now, suddenly gathered in front of him like a long dragon.
A dark figure appeared from the firelight.
Those glowing purple eyes stared at him without any trace of anger.
"Cao Su!"
Hong Ding was confused, why was Cao Su here?
His mind was in chaos, and as he watched those eyes getting brighter and brighter, it seemed that only these purple eyes were left in the whole world.
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"Brother, big brother!"
Hong Ding was pushed drowsily and heard calls from the outside world.
However, his eyelids were so heavy that he couldn't open them no matter what.
"Brother, wake up quickly!"
The sounds from the outside world were getting louder and louder, and he could feel that his sworn brother was trying to wake him up.
However, this method of awakening was in vain. He still couldn't open his eyes and his whole body became more and more drowsy.
"puff!
"
Suddenly, a basin of cold water was poured on his face.
Hong Ding suddenly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.
As soon as he woke up, he was breathing heavily, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"Brother!"
Hong Ding felt as if his head was exploding and he had a severe headache. However, the cold water he felt did not exist, and there were no water stains on his face.
Two sworn brothers, Fu Biao and Duan Xuan, stood beside his bed anxiously.
It's already getting light outside.
"Brother, it's bad, something happened!"
Fu Biao lowered his voice and helped Hong Ding get up.
Hong Ding had a nightmare and was confused. After hearing what Fu Biao said something happened, his head became slightly clearer: "What's going on?"
"The village owners of several villages did not come this morning. The village owner of Luojia Village said that he suddenly caught a cold wind last night and it is inconvenient to come to Tuxian Village today."
Being let go?
Hong Ding was stunned on the spot.
These old neighbors who have been together for more than ten years are still unreliable when they should be unreliable.
He hurriedly walked out of the house and saw village residents everywhere outside the courtyard, looking at him with expectant eyes.
"Brother, this is the letter of surrender just issued by Cao Sugu."
Duan Xuan took out the letters of surrender that were distributed all over the village in the village this morning.
Hong Ding quickly took over the surrender letter and looked at it. He saw it said: "Tuxian Village has been in disrepair for a long time and is not suitable for the survival of too many residents in the village. Today, officers and soldiers from the Qianyuan court are here. The residents of the village can follow General Pingbei.
, enter life in Youzhou Prefecture.”
"The three heroes of Tuxian Village have made great contributions to protecting the safety of the residents on the mountain for a long time. General Cao Su of Pingbei is willing to commend the three heroes as official officials of the imperial court."
"If you continue to be stubborn and stubborn, trying to use your small family against everyone, the day when the stronghold is broken will be the time for everyone to atone for their sins!"
Cao Su also learned the skills of a lobbyist overnight, giving him dessert first and then threatening him.
He took out the name of the Qianyuan court.
The imperial court had been around for some time, although its reputation was not very good.
But the word Qianyuan has lasted for thousands of years in this land and has its own unique influence.
Hong Ding quickly read the letter of persuasion to surrender, with an ugly expression on his face: "Who else has received this letter of persuasion to surrender?"
Duan Xuan told the truth: "Brother, they are all in the village."
"Cao Su sneaked in silently and sent a letter of persuasion to every household. Now the whole village is in a state of confusion. In addition, the big village outside has not come to help, and everyone's morale is very low."
Cao Su is a master of time management and does a lot of things in one night.
But Duan Xuan guessed wrong about the surrender letter.
It was Cao Su who hurriedly sent it over in the morning. Relying on his excellent Qinggong skills, he walked in the stronghold like walking on flat ground and scattered numerous letters of persuasion to surrender.
In fact, there were only more than twenty copies in total, but the residents were curious and spread the word by word of mouth, and soon the whole village knew about it.
"The whole village knows, and I'm the last one to know?"
Hong Ding was dumbfounded. Why did he suddenly have a nightmare last night?
He remembered that he had not had a dream for decades, which was too strange and coincidental.
Is this also Cao Su's method?
His heart felt cold and he looked at the people under his command.
At this moment, both Duan Xuan and Fu Biao seemed very silent and their morale was low.
"Madam is here."
At this moment, Li Nanyan arrived outside the courtyard.
Her face was pale and she had just recovered from the illness of cutting off her pulse and becoming a god.
Following Li Nanyan were two maids, holding up their skirts and following quickly.
"Hong Ding, what are you waiting for?"
Li Nanyan shouted loudly, waking up Hong Ding who was still hesitating.
Hong Ding suddenly woke up, just like he woke up from his dream this morning. If he could open his eyes, he would find that everything is false.
"Hong Ding!"
A majestic voice came to Hong Ding's ears.
He was startled and looked up to see a tall black figure appearing on the roof.
The figure, wearing a heavy armor, appeared alone in front of everyone, with a horizontal sword across his waist, and went deep into the enemy camp alone.
"Cao Su!"
Hong Ding never expected that Cao Su would appear in Tuxian Village again.
And in such an upright and upright manner, it seems that he really came alone.
Fu Biao, Duan Xuan and others beside Hong Ding subconsciously drew their weapons to defend themselves, and their hearts were filled with caution for Cao Su who suddenly appeared.
How could he not be on guard? This was a top-level master whose combat power was comparable to that of a second-level warrior. In such a narrow place, if they all swarmed up together, they might not be able to defeat him.
Cao Su was not here to take action. He laughed loudly and said: "Madam is right, don't hesitate any more."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I have always heard that Master Hong loves the people like his own son. Today, Master Hong asks to surrender for the people. It is also a matter of loyalty and righteousness. I will leave the body of a tiger to serve the court. Wouldn't it be wrong?"
Are you happy?"
Cao Su jumped off the roof with a "boom" sound.
The two girls beside Li Nanyan turned pale with fear and subconsciously took two steps back.
Hong Ding's two sworn brothers were facing a formidable enemy. Fu Biao, who had always been opposed to surrender, could not say a word at this moment.
Cao Su's power was too great. After entering the upper level, even if he learned the breath-holding technique, ordinary people who were not familiar with him would still not dare to get close to him.
Cao Su smiled and nodded to Li Nanyan: "I, Cao, will bear in mind what the madam said. If Master Hong Da doesn't believe me, Cao, or does he not believe that my sword is bad?"
There were a lot of people at the moment, so Cao Su spoke a little more cryptically.
But Hong Ding heard everything and immediately understood.
What Cao Su was talking about was revenge for Li Nanyan's former husband Kuang Yuanzhou. Too few people knew about this matter, and those who didn't know the situation could only be confused.
The second half of Cao Su's sentence was to say that he was very good at martial arts. Even if he couldn't defeat Captain Rong in the court for a while, with Cao Su's sword, it would be possible to solve problems in the future with pure force.
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Cao Su is only twenty years old and is much stronger than Hong Ding.
After a long time, Hong Ding let out a long sigh, turned around, bowed his hands, and knelt down on one knee.
"Thanks to General Pingbei for not giving up, Hong Ding is willing to surrender."
As Hong Ding knelt down, all the people in Tuxian Village in the courtyard knelt down, except Li Nanyan.
Just when Li Nanyan was about to kneel down, Cao Su stretched out his hand and spat out his inner energy, stopping Li Nanyan: "Why do you need to be so polite, madam?"
His words were just ordinary words, but in many people's ears, they sounded like a storm.
The two "personal maids" who often complained and despised Li Nanyan were so frightened that they trembled and buried their heads deeply in the ground.
Another old man obsessed with beauty, seems to be somewhat interested in Mrs. Nan Yan?
He's going to die, this is General Pingbei...
The two of them had a lot of thoughts in mind and didn't dare to make any changes.
Cao Su, on the other hand, moved forward and helped everyone in Tuxian Village up one by one.
Mainly the three Hong Ding brothers.
Hong Ding was a little better. When he helped Fu Biao and Duan Xuan up, their legs and feet were a little weak.
Coming into close contact with Cao Su, the terrifying pressure on Cao Su hit their faces, as if what was in front of them was not a person, but a ferocious tiger.
"I know General Hong is loyal and loyal, and having General Hong help me today is like adding more wings to a tiger."
Cao Su laughed heartily, and after helping everyone up, he praised Hong Ding, and named Fu Biao and Duan Xuan, saying that the two sworn brothers were also very brave and could be regarded as generals in the army.
Several leaders suddenly became officers and soldiers.
"Without further ado, please follow me down the mountain!"
Hong Ding was originally planning to arrange a dinner, but Cao Su had no intention of staying at Tuxian Village.
Conquering these three brothers is only the first step. There are still many things to do behind him.
"General Duan can stay in the stronghold to arrange matters one by one. General Hong and General Fu can go down the mountain with me. The brothers in the stronghold who are willing to come down from the mountain with their leaders will all be assigned as sergeants under the two generals and join our Pingbei army.
"
The Pingbei army is composed of the Forbidden Army as the main force. In the future, it will definitely absorb the government army, militia, new army, rebels and other sources of troops.
After Cao Su eagerly recruited Hong Ding down the mountain, he could send three thousand elite soldiers into the mountain and completely control Tuxian Village.
Hong Ding, Fu Biao and others had no objections, and under Cao Su's arrangement, they began to prepare for the descent.
After everyone left, Cao Su looked at Li Nanyan and said softly: "Madam, thank you very much."
Li Nanyan made great efforts to persuade Hong Ding to surrender.
If Li Nanyan hadn't persuaded him to surrender first, it wouldn't have been so easy for the opposition general to be included under his command.
Although Hong Ding has been lowered now, it is only half lowered.
Only if Cao Su can deal with Captain Rong in the future will he be able to completely win over Hong Ding.
Li Nanyan opened her red lips slightly, shook her head and said: "General, there is no need to say thank you. I just hope that the general will not forget our agreement."
Cao Su laughed loudly: "Madam, don't worry, Cao Su will definitely keep it in mind."
The two of them openly talked about "collusion".
The maid below was even more upset after hearing this.
Secretly guessing that there was some shady going on between the two.
A habitual offender, a habitual offender at first glance...
No wonder Master Hong doesn’t like such a beautiful wife. He must have been intolerable to his wife’s behavior, right?
Cao Su glanced at the maid lying underneath in surprise.
What's going on with these Nanyan maids, all of them are breathing rapidly, their heartbeats are pounding, and their eyes are erratic?
Are they the two arrogant maids he saw before?
He smiled at Li Nanyan and said, "Madam, after today, it will be difficult to return to Tuxian Village."
"These two girls are very loyal and will never leave you. Why don't we take them down the mountain too?"
The two maids were stunned when their names were suddenly called.
Li Nanyan glanced at the two maids. Although the two maids were often quarrelsome and didn't respect her very much, they were indeed very responsible. Once she got sick, these two were the first to find medicine for her.
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"Okay, but I don't know if Zizhu and Lanhua are willing to go to Youzhou Mansion with me."
The two maids looked overjoyed and kowtowed quickly: "I would like to go to Youzhou Mansion. Thank you, madam, thank you madam!"
Compared with the bitter cold in the mountains, Youzhou Mansion is, after all, the capital of a state and a real big city. The two of them are homeless, so they are naturally willing to go to Youzhou Mansion to see the world.
Li Nan smiled faintly. This was the first time in so many years that she heard these two snobbish little girls thank her.