Chapter 85: Long-awaited Prime Minister's Demeanor
When Cai Erhu thought of this, he began to seriously consider a possibility, that is: should he also join the Tang Dynasty?
Anyway, he was defeated and surrounded. If he didn't surrender, it seemed impossible to leave here alive.
And I heard that Huang Xueren from Shuilongzhai just surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. It seems that he is doing well now. Why can't he surrender and become a general?
As for whether he would lose his moral integrity by doing so, Cai Erhu said that it didn't matter.
He was a bandit, and he didn't care about whether he would rather die than surrender. As long as he could continue to eat meat and drink wine, it would be nothing even if he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty. It would be even better if his subordinates could continue to lead people to rob homes and homes.
Others will never know that in this short moment, Cai Erhu has already had countless thoughts. The thoughts are changing again and again, from the tenacious resistance at the beginning, to the despair after seeing all his comrades fleeing, to
Now my heart feels like surrender.
He has completed many psychological changes that are difficult for others to experience in a lifetime. In terms of this strong psychological quality, there are probably not many people in the mountains with a radius of hundreds of miles who can match him.
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At this time, Butcher Chen took two steps forward and looked at Cai Erhu, who was half-kneeling on the ground and surrounded by more than a dozen bandits including Huang Zhushan, and said: "Humph, it's unbearable..."
Naturally, others would not know why he suddenly said the words "unbearable", but if Liu Bagou and Qian Mengjiu were around, they would definitely understand and help him connect the two words:
Vulnerable!
But now, the bandits who were also illiterate around him would naturally not help Butcher Chen pick up this idiom, but Butcher Chen didn't care either.
Although Cai Erhu didn't understand only half of this idiom, the word "unbearable" was not a good word in the first place, and he could naturally tell that what the butcher Chen in front of him said was not a good word.
But he was under the knife, and Cai Erhu was not a fool, so although his mouth moved, he did not directly refute anything stupidly.
Instead, they continued to stare at Butcher Chen and the others!
Seeing that he was still staring at him, Butcher Chen's face immediately changed slightly: "What are you looking at? If you look at me again, I'll dig out your eyeballs!"
Cai Erhu immediately snorted coldly and withdrew his eyes with disdain!
At this time, Fang Dongquan and the others from behind also followed up. When they saw Cai Erhu being besieged, Fang Dongquan had not yet spoken. Qian Mengjiu on the side said: "You thieves, how dare you make an enemy of my Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty?
Guilty!"
Cai Erhu was slightly stunned when he heard this. Then he looked closely at Qian Mengjiu and found that the speaker was a bit strange. Not only was his temperament completely different from the bandits around him, but his clothes were also different from ordinary people. He was wearing
Wearing a t-shirt, a square scarf on the head, and square-toed shoes on the feet, this outfit is very recognizable because this kind of clothing is usually worn by scholars.
There was a strong contrast with Fang Dongquan, Chen Tufu and the others beside him. Cai Erhu immediately asked: "Who are you?"
Before Qian Mengjiu could speak, a bandit next to him said: "This is Qian Gong, the left prime minister of our Tang Dynasty!"
As soon as he heard the word "prime minister", Cai Erhu rolled his eyes, and then threw the water mill Zen staff in his hand in front of everyone's surprised eyes, and fell to his knees directly: "Cao Erhu, a common man, pays homage to the prime minister!"
As he spoke, he raised his head slightly, then looked at Qian Mengjiu and said: "The common people have admired the Prime Minister's grace for a long time. They are willing to work for the Prime Minister and be a pioneer of the Tang Dynasty. Please take him under your wing!"
Hearing Cai Erhu's words, Fang Dongquan and Chen Tufu were extremely surprised. Cai Erhu's surrender must have been too simple.
Before they even asked for surrender, they took the initiative to volunteer for the Tang Dynasty.
I remember that when the Tang Dynasty recruited other bandits, it was not so easy. Huang Xueren of Shuilong Village was forced to surrender and join the Tang Dynasty because he ran out of food.
Several subsequent small villages were forced to join after threats and inducements.
When they arrived at Jiguan Mountain, they fought a battle. After conquering Jiguan Mountain, the bandits from Jiguan Mountain had to surrender.
But even so, when they surrendered, they spent a lot of time and even conducted negotiations. After promising official positions and benefits, they officially surrendered.
According to the plan, after defeating the troops in Black Tiger Village, the captives should be captured, and then negotiations should be held, promising official positions and other benefits, and then the captives would formally surrender.
But now, this Cai Erhu surrendered directly without even discussing it, which completely skipped the previous plan made by everyone in Huangzhushan.
Although he was surprised, Qian Mengjiu was still the prime minister of a country, and he still had the necessary qualities. After hearing what Cai Erhu said, he immediately showed a kind smile unique to literati: "For a fierce general like General Cai, I
The Tang Dynasty wishes for it, and Your Majesty will surely be very pleased when he learns that General Cai has come to surrender. By then, the high-ranking officials and generous salaries will definitely be without General Cai!"
Unlike several other bandit leaders who only know how to kill and rob, Qian Mengjiu is a civil servant. He and Liu Bagou have the same characteristics as a civil servant, that is, their eyes are not limited to defeating many people, but what they want is to grow and develop.
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The fundamental purpose of attacking Jiguan Mountain before and now attacking Black Tiger Village and Huanggui Mountain was not to eliminate many enemies, but to regain them and increase the strength of the Tang Dynasty itself.
Now it is best to say that Cai Erhu took the initiative to surrender, and it also saved Mengjiu money and wasted breath.
After cleaning the battlefield, Huang Zhushan and others also tallied up the results of the battle. In this battle, the Tang Dynasty killed two rebels, wounded six, and captured more than ten people. These prisoners included Cai Erhu.
Only two of them were injured.
In addition, a batch of swords, spears, etc., and several flags were also seized!
Although this victory was not as good as the previous battles of Luohu Valley and Jiguan Mountain, it was not bad either. The main thing was the capture of Cai Erhu and his surrender.
Later, they will lead Cai Erhu to continue chasing the escaped bandits of Black Tiger Village, all the way to Black Tiger Village, Huang Guishan's lair. Presumably, with the personal persuasion of Cai Erhu, the head of Black Tiger Village, there is hope that there will be no need to fight.
You can take down the entire Black Tiger Village.
Even if the remnants of Black Tiger Village continue to resist stubbornly, but now that the Tang Dynasty King's Division, with the power of victory, wants to break through Black Tiger Village and Huanggui Mountain, Fang Dongquan and the others believe that they will be able to capture them easily without any effort!
But when Fang Dongquan and the others, who were full of confidence, continued to Black Tiger Village with their people, they didn't know that at this moment in Feng's Village outside the mountain, a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe and a pointed chin was standing on a high platform, facing
Looking down at the dozen or so well-dressed men with swords in their hands, he said in a male voice:
"That group of rebels in Huangzhushan dared to rob our Feng family's property. If we don't show them how powerful they are, they don't know that they can provoke anyone in the four counties of this government, but they can't provoke our Feng family!