Chapter 190: Surrender or War!

While Zhang Jie was thinking, on the other side, out of etiquette,

he didn't forget to order the maids to serve hot tea to Du Xing and Hu Sanniang.

This tea was collected by Zhang Jie on the spot from the spoils of war, specially treasured by Old Master Zhu,

and was a good tea that he couldn't bear to take out except during festivals or when entertaining distinguished guests.

This tea was fragrant after being brewed with hot water, slightly bitter at the entrance,

but had a lingering sweetness afterward, making people have an endless aftertaste.

But facing such good tea, Du Xing and Hu Sanniang had no intention of tasting it carefully.

Seeing Zhang Jie calm and composed, as if he could consume them until the end of time,

Hu Sanniang, who was still a young girl, couldn't help it, and asked straight to the point:

"Zhang Zhaizhu Zhang, what conditions do you want to let Li Family Manor and Hu Family Manor go?"

'My dear mother!'

Du Xing on the side shouted badly in his heart.

Although the two of them were originally here to beg for mercy on behalf of Li Family Manor and Hu Family Manor,

how could they put themselves in such a weak position from the beginning?

Wasn't this letting the Liang Shan Zhang Zhaizhu above see their bottom line, and thus open his mouth like a lion?

He hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand, stood up from the chair, and bowed respectfully:

"Zhang Zhaizhu, your Liang Shan broke through the Zhu Family Manor, and the soldiers must be tired.

Our Li Family Manor and Hu Family Manor are willing to offer military supplies to reward the army!"

Zhang Jie smiled: Didn't Du Xing's so-called rewarding the army mean the same thing as Hu Sanniang's meaning?

They were all offering grain and money as protection fees in exchange for Liang Shan no longer attacking them.

Zhang Jie took a light sip of tea before speaking slowly:

"I heard that the Zhu Family Manor, Hu Family Manor, and

Li Family Manor on Dulong Ridge were of one mind and had always been consistent in dealing with the outside world.

Today our Liang Shan broke through the Zhu Family Manor; why,

do you two families have no thoughts of avenging them?"

Du Xing smiled apologetically: "Zhang Zhaizhu,

your Liang Shan mobilized the masses to attack the Zhu Family Manor, it must be that they were wrong first.

Since that is the case, our two families have no position to avenge them."

"Interesting."

Zhang Jie looked at Du Xing and Hu Sanniang, who were unmoved by this question.

It seems that the three families on Dulong Ridge were not without grievances!

Seeing Zhang Jie keep talking about other things and not giving a definite answer, Hu Sanniang still asked directly:

"Zhang Zhaizhu Zhang, you haven't said what you want to do to let us go!"

Du Xing was helpless and could only remain silent.

If their strength is not as good as others, what can they do?

Now the initiative was in the hands of Zhang Jie, who was the strong one,

and they, as the weak ones, could only listen carefully to the strong one's conditions,

and try their best to satisfy them in exchange for space to survive.

Facing the frank and cute Hu Sanniang, Zhang Jie stroked the teacup in his hand and gave an answer:

"Li Family Manor and Hu Family Manor, either submit to my Liang Shan,

or like the Zhu Family Manor, be destroyed by war; there is no third choice!"

"You!"

Hu Sanniang's willow eyebrows stood up. She knew that Zhang Jie's appetite would definitely be very big;

but she didn't expect Zhang Jie's appetite to be so big!

This was no longer opening his mouth like a lion, but directly swallowing her Li and

Hu families skin and bones together like the Zhu Family Manor!

She could imagine that after hearing this condition,

her father, Old Master Hu, and her brother, Hu Cheng, would be furious.

"Zhang Zhaizhu, please forgive me for not being able to agree to this condition for now."

Du Xing was also in a dilemma. This condition was too big,

far higher than the bottom line Li Ying gave him before coming, and he couldn't make the decision.

Zhang Jie said indifferently: "I know you two can't make the decision,

so I will give you a chance to discuss it with your respective masters."

"One night!"

Then, he stretched out a finger: "I will only give you one night.

If you haven't given me an answer by tomorrow, I will send troops to attack Li Family Manor and Hu Family Manor!

Of course, if you feel that your two mountain manors combined are stronger than the Zhu Family Manor,

it is not impossible if you want to resist stubbornly.

But then there won't be such favorable conditions."

He would not give the Li and Hu families a chance to connect with other forces.

If it weren't for the fact that Liang Shan's troops were really stretched thin and couldn't spare troops,

according to his original idea, he would have attacked the Zhu, Li, and Hu families together!

As for the fact that there were still many troops on Liang Shan?

Those were all new recruits and the old, weak, sick, and disabled. It was okay to let them cooperate with a few elites to guard the house;

if they were allowed to travel long distances to fight a tough battle, I'm afraid that before they walked halfway,

people would have already scattered and fallen by more than half.

I'm afraid that by then, it wouldn't be them attacking Li Family Manor and Hu Family Manor,

but Hu Family Manor and Li Family Manor attacking them!

Rather than having to divide troops to save them by then, it is better to let them guard the house on Liang Shan,

to prevent the county government's possible "besieging Wei to save Zhao," or even taking the opportunity to pull the firewood from under the cauldron and attack Liang Shan.

Although the Great Song is incompetent, that is relative to dynasties like the Great Liao, Great Tang, and Great Ming.

On the land of the current Great Song, it is still the undisputed strongest force.

Zhang Jie has never relaxed his vigilance against the Great Song. As the great man said,

you must despise the enemy in strategy, but you must value the enemy in specific tactics.

Back to Li Family Manor and Hu Family Manor, at this time, Du

and Hu, who were sent, although they were both core figures of their respective families,

were not figures who could make the final decision in their manors.

First, let's talk about Hu Family Manor. Although Hu Sanniang was Old Master Hu's daughter born in his old age and was very favored,

even if she didn't love red makeup but loved military gear, and danced with knives and guns all day, Old Master Hu let her go,

and even sent war armor, precious horses, and found martial arts teachers for her, cultivating her.

And Hu Sanniang did not live up to expectations and achieved success, her martial arts could be called the number one person in Hu Family Manor,

but the next generation's manor master of the Hu family was undoubtedly her brother, Hu Cheng!

In this era where men hold most of the power and the right to speak,

a female manor master is something that most people in Hu Family Manor find difficult to accept.

And from Hu Sanniang's simple and city-less performance just now,

Old Master Hu had never cultivated her in the direction of the future successor of Hu Family Manor.

And Li Family Manor is even simpler. Although Du Xing is the "General Manager" of Li Family Manor, he is not surnamed Li.

The power of Li Family Manor has always been firmly grasped in the hands of the Li Family Manor Master, Li Ying.

The reason why they sent these people who were both core and not absolutely impossible to give up

as representatives was on the one hand to show the sincerity of the Li and Hu families,

and on the other hand, I am afraid it was also because they were afraid that Zhang Jie would directly detain core successors like Hu Cheng to threaten each family.

"Zhang Zhaizhu Zhang..."

Du Xing still wanted to say something.

"You two go back first."

Zhang Jie had no intention of listening to the nonsense of a person who didn't have the final decision-making power, and waved his hand directly.

Even if Du Xing spoke with lotus flowers blooming from his tongue, the person who made the decision was ultimately Li Ying and Old Master Hu.

"Ming Dynasty" Emperor Wan Shou, Emperor Zhongxiao,

Emperor Feiyuan Jiajing was not a good person, but he taught his grandson,

that is, the future Emperor Wanli who was even better at slacking off than him, a sentence that was good:

Anything anyone promises you doesn't count; only things you can decide yourself count!

And obviously, whether it was Hu Sanniang or Du Xing, they couldn't decide for their Hu Family Manor and Li Family Manor.

"Two, please!"

Wu Song, who was like an iron tower, came to Du Xing and Hu Sanniang after getting Zhang Jie's signal.

"Zhang Zhaizhu, we take our leave."

Du Xing and Hu Sanniang couldn't help it, so they could only take their leave and leave.

"Drive, drive!"

The two left the Zhu Family Manor and hurriedly rode their horses back to report. ===== CHAPTER 191 =====