Chapter 387

Upon hearing this, Wang Dahu was overjoyed. Originally, this had just been a test.

He hadn't expected the other party to actually agree. He was naturally very happy, but one must know that a person's greed has its limits.

Yet, once that greed is ignited, an uncontrollable phenomenon occurs.

Thus, Wang Dahu was in exactly such a situation, and he nodded with a smile.

In reality, however, he was already planning to kill the other party once they got out. He had a whole gang of brothers with him, while the other side only had two people.

Wouldn't it be a simple matter to seize all that wealth?

So, he smiled and said, "Then don't worry, County Magistrate, I will definitely get you out this time."

"Why don't you come outside with me now to observe the situation? We'll find an opportunity to charge out. Charging out right now might not be a wise decision."

Upon hearing this, the County Magistrate shook his head repeatedly.

His eyes were filled with extreme fear as he said, "What if I go out now and get hit by an arrow from outside?"

"I heard that the Xishan Small Camp has come, and there are archers among their troops. What if they are very accurate? You should go out and check the situation for me first..."

Hearing this, Wang Dahu felt incredibly helpless. He had been outside the whole time and had never seen any archers.

Moreover, the surrounding walls were so high, and the outside was blocked off with stones.

How could it be difficult for the enemy to get in, and how could arrows possibly get in?

Besides, his brothers were guarding the perimeter. He felt very frustrated; he knew the man was a coward, but he couldn't be bothered with that now.

He walked straight toward the outside, muttering to himself, "To be this afraid of death and yet possess so much wealth."

"It's simply a waste. Someone like you doesn't deserve such wealth. Once we're out, all this wealth will be mine. We'll see what you do then."

Wang Dahu was extremely excited. Driven by greed, he had decided to rebel. In truth, it wasn't really a rebellion; after all, he just wanted the money.

And he had promised to help the other party escape, so it could only be said that he was taking a portion of the wealth.

Under normal circumstances, he shouldn't have taken this money, but "men die for wealth, birds die for food," so Wang Dahu didn't feel it was wrong.

On the contrary, he felt it was perfectly normal. It would be abnormal if he didn't take the money.

Under these circumstances, he walked straight to the main gate.

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He asked his deputy commander nearby, "How is the situation outside?"

The deputy commander of the troops gave a bitter smile and said, "The situation outside is very grim. We just had our brothers look through the wall slits."

"The outside is packed densely with the enemy's soldiers. If we start a fight..."

"It's basically impossible for us to get out. We are surrounded here; it's very difficult to leave."

The deputy commander wasn't lying at all.

He honestly laid out the entire ins and outs of the situation.

Upon hearing this, Wang Dahu's expression turned ugly. He felt a sense of unease.

If he were truly trapped inside, it would be a threat. He pulled the deputy commander aside and told him about what had just happened.

The deputy commander was cut from the same cloth as him; upon hearing this, he naturally became excited, knowing the County Magistrate was very wealthy.

Half of that property would be more than they could ever spend, so the two of them were birds of a feather.

After they had finished discussing, the deputy commander said:

"Then, Big Brother, when we escape with this County Magistrate, we'll just kill them or dump them. Either way, we're taking all their money."

Hearing this, the group burst into laughter.

Both of them lived lives of licking blood off the edge of a blade.

But the difference was that some people could make a lot of money licking blood off a blade, while others couldn't.

Not only did they fail to make money, but they also lost their lives. So, they never looked at how high the risk was; they only looked at how much profit they could gain.

Clearly, in this matter, they believed the profit was sufficient, so they decided to go through with it.

Meanwhile, outside the County Government Office, Ying Mo sat on a chair, and the commander of the Xishan Small Camp stood by his side.

This commander was named Li Ming.

Li Ming said, "Young Master, how can we just keep guarding outside?"

"If we wait until they have no food, my conservative estimate is that we'll have to guard for at least seven to eight days."

Hearing this, Ying Mo nodded slightly and began to ponder.

His troops had already surrounded the area so tightly that not even a mosquito could fly out.

At the same time, he had driven away the commoners who wanted to come and watch, so the encirclement was very successful; the enemy was completely trapped.

He shook his head and said, "That would indeed be a waste of time. Dealing with this small county magistrate doesn't require such a strategy."

"Let me go and persuade them to surrender personally."

Ying Mo thought it over and decided to go persuade them to surrender himself.

The main reason was that Ying Mo had just heard from Wu Mian about the origin of that army.

So he had formulated a better plan. Wu Mian was a very capable person.

Although he wasn't omnipotent, he had his own channels for many orders and pieces of information.

More importantly, Ying Mo had handed over the intelligence agency he obtained from the Mohist School to Wu Mian.

Wu Mian executed this task, and they quickly discovered that the private army under the County Magistrate was actually converted from a group of mountain bandits.

Ying Mo was very familiar with such bandits; these people had no loyalty.

In these matters, they acted entirely based on their own personal interests.

So Ying Mo was very confident; he believed there was no need to use the seven-day siege strategy.

Doing so would be too damaging to his troops.

Therefore, Ying Mo said, "Try to break in and see if you have the ability to breach this place."

Hearing this, Li Ming nodded and headed toward the front; he had been prepared before coming.

He was wearing heavy armor capable of resisting arrows, so he led his troops to try and climb over the wall.

But just as he climbed up, he saw an arrow aimed at him from below, and he jumped down violently.

A sharp pain shot through his leg, but he successfully dodged the arrow. Seeing this,

he couldn't help but be shocked. He hadn't expected the enemy to be so well-prepared.

He immediately ran back to Ying Mo and said, "Wait a moment, Young Master. I don't think it's possible to fight like this. If we want to force our way in..."

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"The final result will be that we might win, but we will also suffer heavy losses. So, I don't think this is a good plan."

"Why don't we change the plan?"

Ying Mo raised an eyebrow upon hearing this; he hadn't expected the enemy to have such strong defensive capabilities.

Then he heard Li Ming say, "I jumped up and observed just now. I found that there are at least a hundred soldiers inside."

"They have arranged defenses everywhere, and they have archers guarding below. We only brought five hundred men this time."

"So if we can't break in, we will suffer huge losses. This is likely dangerous. I think we should switch to a more stable method or just wear them down first."

"Let them run out of energy, and then we attack. That would be excellent. What do you think?"

Li Ming had always been a cautious person when it came to fighting.

So he made the suggestion. Ying Mo shook his head; he naturally wouldn't agree.

Ying Mo hoped this war would end as quickly as possible, so he reached out, stood up, and headed toward the front.

When Ying Mo arrived in front of the County Government Office, he shouted loudly, "May I ask who is in charge inside?"

Wang Dahu, standing inside the gate, heard this and immediately...

He trembled in fear. His soldiers had just had their first conflict with the enemy, and he thought the enemy was going to charge in on a large scale.

He had even already picked up the blade in his hand, but only after seeing that the other party was merely testing him did he set his heart at ease; now that he heard these words, he was naturally very nervous once again.

He replied, "I don't change my name when I stand or sit. I am Wang Dahu. Who are you? Can you answer?"

Ying Mo naturally replied, "I am Ying Mo. Can you open the gate?"

Ying Mo shouted loudly. The content of his call was naturally very simple; he just asked them to open the gate.

Upon hearing this, everyone was dumbfounded.

They hadn't expected Ying Mo to persuade them to surrender in such a way—just asking them to open the gate.

This made them feel a bit awkward; they wanted to laugh but couldn't.

Because they had to respect Ying Mo, but this method made it hard for them to hold it in. After all, they had never seen a surrender persuaded like this before.