The Pingbei Army ordered their troops to retreat, and a large number of soldiers received the signal and retreated in unison.
Although the well-trained Pingbei Army had not fired a single sword or arrow, it shocked the entire Piaoxue City.
The Pingbei Army retreated to the main camp, and the crisis under the city gate was relieved. Many Piaoxue Sect members just breathed a sigh of relief.
When the Pingbei Army was closest just now, it was only two hundred steps away from the city.
At a distance of two hundred steps, it was almost ready for shooting arrows.
Fortunately, the disciples of Piaoxue Sect also withstood the pressure and did not act rashly, otherwise it would have caused a catastrophe.
As Great Elder Lan Yu arrived in Piaoxue City, the news of peace negotiations with the Pingbei Army spread instantly.
Negotiating peace is a term of high emotional intelligence, and it can also be called "surrender".
But Jianghu people do not have the word "surrender", and the term "peace" is very decent.
Lan Yu did not announce the "peace terms" on the city tower. Only after he returned to the sect's headquarters did many elders know what peace terms had been reached by the Northern Army.
"Ten million taels of silver? Do you want to set up a city lord's palace?"
Mr. Ge was the first to jump out. He blushed and pointed at Lan Yu, but he didn't dare to really accuse him.
I couldn't hold back my words for a long time, so I clapped my hands in annoyance: "Great Elder, Hutu!
"
How dare you speak to the Great Elder Hu Tu? Only a person with the temper of Elder Ge dares to speak.
Although the people below also thought so, they did not speak.
"Hutu?"
Lan Yu was also angry. Do these people know what kind of psychological pressure he suffered inside?
He suddenly slammed the table and said angrily: "Then what do you think we should do? Let's fight Cao Suyu to the death?"
"You couldn't defeat the bronze masked man last night, and now you have to fight Cao Su? Cao Su is not alone. You have all seen his elite soldiers and generals. Can you win?"
The great elder roared several times as if he wanted to vent his emotions.
Everyone was frightened by the great elder's sudden hysteria, and even Elder Ge, who had the most explosive temper, fell silent.
After everyone calmed down, they also felt that what the great elder said was reasonable.
What else can be done?
Today's Piaoxue Sect is in a precarious situation, and it is good to be able to guarantee a way of survival. As for the price paid for this way of survival, it doesn't matter.
Living a solid life is the best way out.
"Great Elder, we have no other intention. We just feel that even our Piaoxue Sect cannot afford these ten million taels of silver!"
Mr. Lu acted as peacemaker and spoke from the side to ease the atmosphere on the court.
Under Mr. Lu's mediation, the two of them looked better.
"This matter does not need to be discussed further. If you are not convinced, go directly to Cao Su. Anyway, Cao Su will enter the city in two days."
Looking for Cao Su?
The faces of many elders suddenly changed.
Who dares to look for Cao Su now?
If you don't look for Cao Su, you can still live steadily. If you look for Cao Su, you might be killed by Cao Su.
You must know that Cao Su is now the number one master in Youzhou who killed Yun Zhengxin. After all, when they meet Cao Su, they will definitely not be able to escape defeat.
Therefore, after everyone thought about it, they felt that it would be better to stay in this situation.
Looking for Cao Su, isn't this like jumping into a pit of fire?
Lan Yu snorted coldly, and when she saw that the old men were softened, she walked away directly.
All the elders looked at each other, and then Mr. Lu stood up and spoke.
"It's all gone."
"At least now, I can still save my life..."
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Two days later, Cao's army was ready.
Cao Su personally led three thousand tiger cavalry and successfully entered Piaoxue City.
The Piaoxue Sect simply converted a certain family's house in the city into a temporary city lord's mansion for Cao Su's official use.
In Piaoxue City, countless people watched the murderous Tiger Cavalry step into the city.
The leader, Cao Su, also appeared in the eyes of the residents of Piaoxue City for the first time.
Everyone looked at the man who trampled Piaoxue City to the ground with different expressions.
There is hatred, anger, helplessness, fear, curiosity... All kinds of expressions are almost invisible under the realm of Cao Su's Heart Sword.
When people within the area of Cao Su's Heart Sword approached him, they all felt a rush of emotion.
As Cao Su glanced around, no one dared to look at him.
"hehe......."
Cao Su smiled faintly, and thus completed his great cause of unifying Youzhou.
After entering the city lord's palace, Huqi took over the city defense affairs of Piaoxue City, and the Piaoxue Sect disciples all returned to the sect in accordance with the order.
Later, Lan Yu, Ge, and Lu came to the City Lord's Mansion to discuss matters on behalf of the Elders Council of Piaoxue Sect.
Mr. Ge and Mr. Lu are also the heads of two families in the city, representing the interests of some of the landlords in the city.
In fact, neither of them wanted to come to see Cao Su, so they were dragged over by Lan Yu.
He walked into the meeting hall of the city lord's palace nervously, but before he saw Cao Su, he saw a familiar figure.
"Luo Wu, why are you here?"
In the meeting hall, Luo Wu, who was wearing black armor, stood there. When he saw Lan Yu and several other elders of Piaoxue Sect, his face showed a hint of embarrassment. He didn't expect that he had just agreed to Cao Su to be the city lord.
An old acquaintance arrived.
He is not the kind of person who is very scheming, and the embarrassed expression on his face betrayed him immediately.
Lan Yu frowned and immediately responded: "Are you the deputy city lord?"
A few days ago, when Cao Su was talking to him, he revealed that he would set up an executive deputy city lord in Piaoxue City. On weekdays, the executive deputy city lord is the person who takes charge of all matters in Piaoxue City on his behalf. To a certain extent, he also represents
Cao Su’s identity in Piaoxue City.
In the past few days, Lan Yu has been thinking about the candidate for the executive deputy city lord.
He felt that the most likely person was Hong Ding under Cao Su.
On the one hand, it is because Hong Ding himself has strong martial arts skills, and on the other hand, Hong Ding is also one of the few Youzhou people under Cao Su. If Hong Ding manages Piaoxue City, it can best reduce the rebellious psychology of Piaoxue City.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He never expected that the person in the end was not Hong Ding, but Luo Wu who disappeared on the battlefield.
"The missing Luo Wu" appeared in front of them, transformed and put on the black armor of the Pingbei Army.
"Pooh!"
Mr. Ge had a hot temper and immediately showed a look of contempt.
His master was beheaded, his senior brother was also killed, and he turned around and became the enemy's subordinate. This Luo Wu used to be known as "Crazy Luo". He only practiced martial arts all day long, but he didn't expect to be the first to surrender to Cao Cao.
He is the thief, what a court eagle dog!
Although Luo Wu is obsessed with practicing martial arts, he doesn't understand everything.
The expressions on the faces of Mr. Ge and Mr. Lu said everything.
His face suddenly turned red, and he wanted to explain, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything.
He recalled what Cao Su had said to him before.
A few hours ago, Cao Su found him.
Luo Wu, who was brought to Cao Su, still looked tough.
However, in the past few days, while he was in prison, he repeatedly rehearsed the battle with Cao Su, and found that he was still unable to defeat Cao Su no matter what.
Cao Su's martial arts was higher, stronger and faster than his, and his master and brothers all fell into trouble here.
He actually has no feelings for his master and brother, but he has deep feelings for Piaoxue City, where he was born and raised.
The Luo family is also a small family in Piaoxue City. His younger brothers and sisters are all in the city now. He has to protect Piaoxue City. If he doesn't protect Piaoxue City, he will really have no roots.
"Luo Wu, life and death in Piaoxue City depend on your thoughts."
Cao Su went straight to the point when faced with a single-minded martial arts madman like Luo Wu.
Luo Wu looked at Cao Su in surprise: "What do you mean?"
Cao Su said calmly: "It's very simple. Now I want to set up a deputy city lord of Piaoxue City. I am going to find someone to be the deputy city lord as my spokesperson in Piaoxue City."
"I thought you were very talented and could be my deputy city leader."
"but........"
Cao Su turned around and looked at Luo Wudao: "Now there is a mixed crowd in Piaoxue City. There are people with ulterior motives trying to subvert the imperial court everywhere. There are bad people among the civilians!"
"So I think you might not be able to."
Luo Wu became very angry after hearing this. Before he even did it, Cao Su directly denied it.
Why do you think he can't do it anymore? In all his life, he has never been humiliated like this.
Luo Wu was very unconvinced. Is this Cao Su's method of provoking generals?
"Of course, the final decision is still in your hands. If you don't become the deputy city lord, then I will apply to the court for another general to be the deputy city lord here. Of course, it does not rule out that I will be in charge of Piaoxue City in the short term.
, I heard that there are several secret realms in Piaoxue Sect that are very good and worthy of in-depth study."
Cao Su showed his cards to Luo Wu. If Luo Wu doesn't become the deputy city lord, there will be another Zhao Wu and Zhou Wu who will be the city lord here.
By then there is no guarantee that everyone will be in a good temper.
If Cao Su was in charge, the situation would probably be even worse. Cao Su still seems to be obsessed with the secret realm of Piaoxue Sect.
That is a secret realm that has been excavated by generations of people from the Piaoxue Sect. How could it be easily defiled by an outsider?
Luo Wu felt bitter and confused for a while, not knowing what to do.
At the critical moment, Cao Su made another move: "Your Great Elder Lan Yu has reached a cooperation agreement with me. All affairs within the sect will be controlled by him. Now we are missing a stable person to manage all matters in Piaoxue City."
matters."
"Has Great Elder Lan Yu compromised?"
Luo Wu looked at Cao Su in shock.
There is no need for an existence of Cao Su's level to deceive Luo Wu.
Therefore, Luo Wu had no doubt at all.
With a leader, he can no longer support himself.
"If you become the lord of this city, you can also protect your family. In the future, in our Pingbei Army, I can also help you report your merits to the court, give you martial arts, and give you precious armor...
"
Cao Su cupped his hands and raised his head, revealing clearly the style of the court boss.
After all kinds of coercion and inducement, Luo Wu finally compromised with Cao Su.
After Cao Su waited for Luo Wu to compromise, he said with a smile: "But if you become the city lord, I'm afraid you will be a little cold-eyed, but you must resist it."
Luo Wu didn't understand Cao Su's words at that time.
Now that I saw many elders in the meeting hall, I immediately understood the meaning of Cao Su's words.
Unlike the elders, Luo Wu is Yun Zhengxin's direct disciple.
People in the outside world don't know how close or distant they are, they only know that Luo Wu is a direct disciple of Youyun Zhengxin.
As the news of Yun Zhengxin's death spread, Yun Zhengxin's lineage should theoretically be in a state of never-ending struggle with Cao Su. If they can't even avenge the murder of their master, then what kind of direct disciples are they? They are simply better than ordinary ones.
The inner disciples are not as good as that.
"Bah, Zha Luo..."
Ge Lao and Lu Lao felt contempt in their hearts, and just as they were about to say a few sarcastic words, both of them felt a feeling of sadness.
This feeling of heartache is just like the bronze masked man I met that night, which makes me feel powerless.
They quickly silenced themselves, and at this moment Cao Su, who had changed into a black robe, appeared in front of everyone.
Cao Su is tall. The meeting hall in this place is a remodel of the main hall of an ordinary house. It has not been completely built. The overall structure of the hall is relatively exquisite and the space is relatively small. When Cao Su stood inside, he felt that his whole body was reaching the sky.
Already.
"Everyone, please take a seat."
Cao Su stretched out his hand and saw that a seat had been prepared underneath.
In fact, there are only two seats in total, one on the left and one on the right below.
Lan Yu was not polite and sat on the right-hand seat, while Luo Wu could only sit on the left. The two elders behind Lan Yu had no seats to sit on, so they stood awkwardly behind Lan Yu.
"Shi Yong!"
When Cao Su saw this, he scolded him in a low voice.
Immediately outside the house, a young general walked in: "The general is here."
"What's going on? There are only two seats prepared?"
Cao Su said dissatisfied.
Shi Yong was stunned. Wasn't it the two seats you always arranged?
He paused speechlessly, not knowing how to answer.
Cao Su shouted in a low voice: "Why don't you go and move two more seats? Didn't you see that our two elders have no place to sit?"
Shi Yong immediately clasped his fists and accepted the order and left.
"It's not in the way, it's not in the way."
Mr. Lu, who had a gentler temperament, suddenly felt that he was taken seriously by others, and his view of Cao Su immediately changed.
Elder Ge's face immediately softened a lot, thinking that Cao Su was not as domineering as he thought.
After the two elders also sat down, the atmosphere in the hall became much better.
Cao Su looked at Lan Yu: "Great Elder, I asked you to come here today just for one thing."
"It's about changing the name of Piaoxue City."
Change name?
What should I change my name to?
The four people in the hall were stunned.
Lan Yu was the first to jump out and waved her hands quickly: "General, Piaoxue City has been called Piaoxue City since ancient times. Why did it suddenly change its name?"
Yes, why did you suddenly change your name?
Several people were dumbfounded. They didn't expect Cao Su to call them over. The first important thing was to change the name of Piaoxue City.
This move was clearly done deliberately to eliminate the influence of Piaoxue City in the past.
After a few people thought about it for a while, they guessed some of the meaning behind Cao Su's move.
"General, no, Piaoxue City..."
Mr. Ge, who was more impatient, also stood up and spoke to refute Cao Su.
Unexpectedly, Cao Su, who was gentle and elegant just now, suddenly glared at him.
He sat high above him, his whole body was like a demon god. Just a look in his eyes made Mr. Ge feel as if he was facing an abyss. His whole body felt as if a basin of cold water had been splashed on him. Half of his words were choked in his mouth and he could not say any more.
.
Cao Su just looked at him coldly.
Elder Ge sat down again awkwardly.
There was silence in the hall.
After a while, Cao Su said calmly: "The name change was a decision made by Cao after careful consideration."
"The name Piaoxue City is too abstract, not specific enough, and it can even be said to have no characteristics."
"You can call it Piaoxue City in Youzhou, you can also call it Piaoxue City in Liaozhou, and you can even call it Piaoxue City anywhere in the north. It is very common and does not suit the development of the times, so it must be
I need to change my name."
Several people were confused by Cao Su. It is not yet clear what the development of the times is. After the name of Piaoxue City is changed, I am afraid that in another few decades or hundreds of years, this place will really no longer have the concept of Piaoxue City.
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Although there may still be Piaoxue Sect in the world in the future, I am afraid that no one will know about Piaoxue City at all...