Guo Dundun chuckled. "Having them here only makes things worse. The enemy will fight tooth and nail to rescue them. Aside from fetching some money, these women are nothing but burdens. If we can use them to drive a wedge between the enemy, why wouldn't we?"
Yu Guangguang was puzzled. "Please enlighten me, General Guo."
"It's simple. These fifty thousand troops were raised by those Grand Lords. They all have different interests. On the surface, they follow Wang Chongqing's orders, but in reality, each runs his own show. If I refused to return these women, I would only enrage them and unite them against us."
"Then aren't they worried we'll kill these women?"
"Are you stupid, or are they? Since we've already brought the captives out, that shows we don't intend to take their lives. Naturally, they saw that before agreeing to deal with us. If we wanted to kill them, we would have done it already. Why wait until now? Besides, killing these women would only inflame their outrage."
"I understand. We can't kill these women, nor can we afford to. Naturally, sending them away saves us trouble, and we can squeeze some money out of the enemy too. A brilliant move, General Guo."
"I wouldn't call it brilliant. I learned it all from following Brother Hao. If he were here, he might do even better than me!"
Sure enough, three days meant three days. The moment the deadline arrived, the ransoms came in on time. The largest was the Yang Clan's ransom of fifty thousand rare beast crystals. Guo Dundun had merely tossed out the figure, yet Sichen handed it over without hesitation. There really was no faulting that decisiveness.
Yu Guangguang could hardly believe his eyes. Fifty thousand rare beast crystals, handed over just like that. Just