Chapter 1314

"Once they lose the hostage, they will be in a passive state."

"They might even be alerted because of this."

Li Xin did not favor Zhao Tuo's strategy.

This strategy was not practical now.

It was already too late to take action at this time.

It would have been easier to execute this strategy in the early stages when Ren Xiao and his men still had food.

Now, there was likely no chance; the other side would definitely guard the hostage strictly.

"Then can we only wait for them to come and threaten or exchange?"

Zhao Tuo was speechless; if this won't work and that won't work, what should be done?

Li Xin did not answer this question; he also did not know what to do.

This matter still had to be decided by Han Xin; this place was under Han Xin's command.

They could only help think of ways.

"Perhaps we can use their own strategy against them."

Han Xin raised his head and looked at the two of them.

Zhao Tuo's method might have been usable before.

But now, it was really not suitable.

Use their strategy against them?

How would that work?

Looking at the two confused men, Han Xin could only explain.

"The only way now is to go along with them; whatever they want to do, we go along with it."

"Don't forget, we still need them to clear the path."

"If they don't have food to eat, they won't have the strength to clear the path, and then we'll have to do it ourselves."

"Therefore, we must give them food; even if they don't ask us for it, I will personally give it to them."

"Otherwise, when they are exhausted or can't walk, our own people will have to clear the path."

"Therefore, food must be given to them; even if they don't come to us, we must send it personally."

"It sounds incredible, but that is the reality."

"We can only do this to keep them clearing the path."

Han Xin had thought a lot, not just about the hostage threat.

But also about the path-clearing issue.

If Ren Xiao and his men were hungry and stopped working, no one would do their job.

And he would have to dispatch his own men to continue clearing the path.

And Ren Xiao and his men couldn't be killed outright.

Perhaps he would even have to feed them and keep them in custody.

He couldn't just cruelly kill them all, could he?

There were over a hundred thousand of them; although they had rebelled, they were once comrades-in-arms.

Even if they were captured, it was impossible to kill them all.

At most, they would punish a few ringleaders.

Therefore, if they had no food to eat, they had to support them.

Li Xin and Zhao Tuo looked at each other; could they really do that?

What kind of operation was this?

Not only accept threats but also personally deliver food to them?

What was Han Xin thinking?

But upon closer inspection, it really seemed to be the case.

They had only thought about the problem of Ren Xiao using Shangqing Meng Yi as a hostage.

They hadn't thought about the subsequent path-clearing.

They still had to rely on Ren Xiao and his men to clear the path later on.

How could they let them quit so soon?