The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 30 Recruiting surrendered generals
In this battle, more than 300 enemy soldiers were beheaded, more than 800 enemy soldiers were injured, and the rest surrendered. However, Li Yuan's army only suffered minor injuries to more than 200 people, and no one died in the battle. There is nothing better than Xi Zhicai. If Xi Zhicai hadn't seen through the enemy's strategy, Runan might have been captured.

The second credit is Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong fought hard to capture Liu Pi and Xidu. This bravery has already made all the soldiers admire. Xu Zhu even wanted to compete with Huang Zhong. For people like him who are addicted to martial arts, only Only a master like Huang Zhong can arouse his interest.

Li Yuan also kept his word, and immediately rewarded Huang Zhong with a thousand gold after returning to the city. Although Huang Zhong refused, Li Yuan still let him accept it.The rest, Chen Qun and Xu Zhu, all had rewards. Although Li Yuan really wanted to promote their official positions, he was only a partial general and concurrently served as the prefect of Runan. It can only be improved in the future. After the battle, he sent someone to send the battle report to Kong Ni immediately after the battle, and sent someone outside the city to pick up Zhang Ji and others.

In the prefect's mansion, all the important people under Li Yuan's command had arrived. Xu Zhu, Huang Zhong and Wang Wu stood on the right hand side, Xi Zhicai and Chen Qun stood on the left hand side, and Liu Pi and Xi Du were kneeling below.

Li Yuan looked at the dejected two and said, "You two are both yellow scarf chieftains, right? Report your name."

Liu Pi snorted coldly: "I am Liu Pi, the leader of the Yellow Turban, are you that Li Yuan?"

"Boldly, how can you call my lord's name directly!" Wang Wu stood up and shouted.

"It doesn't matter," Li Yuan waved his hand and looked at the other person, "Yes, I am Li Yuan, what's the other person's name?"

"I'm the leader of the two heads." Xidu looked at Li Yuan with a very surprised look, because he didn't expect Li Yuan to be so young, he seemed to be only seventeen or eight years old at most.

Knowing that the two people in front of him were Liu Pi and Xidu, Li Yuan didn't want to embarrass them, but also wanted to accept them. There was no other reason, because these two were very loyal generals in history.

Liu Pi was born in the Yellow Turban Army and occupied Runan after the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Later, he wanted to follow Liu Bei and gave Runan to Liu Bei. Later, when fighting Cao Cao's general Gao Lan, Liu Pi died protecting Liu Bei.

Xidu was also a general of the Yellow Turban, and later became a general of Liu Bei. He was extremely loyal to Liu Bei. Although he had no courage, no plan, and a passion for blood, his loyalty was beyond the reach of many people.

"Liu Pi, attacking the capital, it was your fault to attack Runan this time, and now you are defeated by me?"

"We planned you with the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain, why did you see through it? Could it be that General Li, you left Runan, and the army went to Pingyu County just to create a false impression for us to attack the city?" Can't figure out why.

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Actually, your strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain is very good. It is true that I left Runan for Nanyang, but I came back early because things went too smoothly. As for the army going to Pingyu County to lure you, it is indeed my military advisor. Xi Zhicai's plan, he has already seen through your plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so he just came up with a plan."

After listening to Li Yuan's words, they finally understood where they lost, and sighed: "Oh, I am not capable enough, since I have been captured by you, I will let you deal with it. I have no complaints."

"I, Liu Pi, are not as good as others. I have nothing to say when I am defeated by you. You are free to kill or cut. But my subordinates are all poor people. They follow me to do some business without money because they have nowhere to go. I hope you can do it." Let the net forgive them and let them go home and farm.”

Liu Pi knew that there was only a dead end today, so he didn't think too much about it. He just hoped to let his subordinates go. His remark made everyone feel good about him. Before he died, he could still think of his subordinates. Attitude is not something everyone can have.

Li Yuan stared at them closely, and after a long time, he laughed loudly and said: "Hahahaha, you are right, most of the Yellow Turbans do business without money, I don't think you are the most vicious I will give you two choices now, the first one is to behead your head and show it to the public, as a warning to others."

"What about the second one?" Liu Pi and Xi Du asked at the same time.

"Second, rely on me as my subordinate. I can ignore the past, but you must serve faithfully. If you have two intentions, don't blame me for being cruel."

When Li Yuan made the second choice, not to mention Liu Pi and Xidu, even Xi Zhicai and Xu Zhu were surprised, because they really couldn't think of why Li Yuan took in the Yellow Turban Bandit. I'm afraid it will leave a bad reputation in the ears of others.

Chen Qun stood up and said, "My lord, it's probably not appropriate to take in the Yellow Turban thief."

Li Yuan waved his hand and said: "As the so-called heroes don't ask where they come from, I, Li Yuan, have always been eclectic in hiring people, as long as they are talented and loyal, I will take in them, not to mention that they are all forced by the situation to become yellow scarf thieves. And they didn’t do anything that harmed the people or committed any heinous crimes, so they should be given a chance to reform themselves.”

Both Liu Pi and Xi were moved by Li Yuan's remark. They were both from the Yellow Turban family and had intended to seek refuge with other forces, but they were all rejected because of their identities. Unexpectedly, Li Yuan did not dislike them at all. Their identities, and their willingness to take them in after the attack on Runan, are enough to convince them.

Liu Pi and Xi both said at the same time: "General Li's mind is what I have seen in my life, we are willing to surrender!"

"Okay, you will serve as deputy generals under Xu Zhu for the time being, and you will be promoted to other official positions after you have made meritorious service in the future." Li Yuan was very happy and asked to let Liu Pi and Xidu loose their bonds.

In fact, Li Yuan's remark just now not only convinced Liu Pi and Xidu, but also Xi Zhicai and Huang Zhong admired Li Yuan. A person who can reduce talents without sticking to one pattern will definitely be a master , everyone felt very lucky that they were able to work for Li Yuan.

Li Yuan suddenly thought of something and asked: "Liu Pi, the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain used in the attack on Runan this time should not have been done by the two of you?"

Liu Pi and Xi Du looked at each other, and asked in surprise, "My lord, how do you know?"

"Hahahaha, I think you are all military commanders. Maybe your martial arts skills are not bad, but you may not be very good at tricks. I think this trick should come from someone else." None of them would have such resourcefulness, that's why they said so.

Hearing this, both Liu Pi and Xi were in admiration, and felt that they could not hide anything from Li Yuan. Liu Pi replied, "As my lord said, both Xi and I are not good at strategy. Mister's hand, if it wasn't for his advice, we wouldn't dare to attack Runan easily."

"Mr. Xu? Which Mr. Xu is it?" Not only Li Yuan was curious, but Xi Zhicai and Chen Qun were also curious about which Mr. Xu had such a strategy. If Xi Zhicai was not there, who would win this Runan guard battle? It's hard to say who is responsible.

Liu Pi shook his head, "We don't know his name either, he just said that his surname is Xu. We rescued him on the edge of the cliff, and he offered this plan to repay him. We wanted to keep him, but he didn't want to. , After his injuries recovered, he left the cottage and went to Jingzhou."

After Li Yuan heard this, he frowned and thought about it, and kept thinking about it. In his mind, there were only two people named Xu in the Three Kingdoms. One was Xu Huang, the fifth son of Cao Wei, and the other was Xu Shu, a military adviser under Liu Bei. , Reminiscent of Liu Pi saying that Mr. Xu is going to Jingzhou, Li Yuan is almost sure that the so-called Mr. Xu is Xu Shu, because Xu Shu is from Changshe County, Yingchuan County, Jingzhou.

After thinking about it, Li Yuan couldn't help but feel a little pity. If Xu Shu stayed in the Yellow Turban Army, he could take him in together. You must know that Xu Shu is a counselor who is not inferior to Xi Zhicai. Before Liu Bei recruited Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu was the most powerful under him. Military division, also once helped Liu Bei defeat Cao Cao in Xinye.

Although he missed Xu Shu, Li Yuan's harvest this time was not bad. He recruited two loyal generals, and their subordinates also joined together. Except for those who were killed and seriously injured and those who wanted to go home to farm, the final total was 300 Three Yellow Turban soldiers were willing to surrender to Li Yuan, plus the original 4000 soldiers and [-] Tiger Guard soldiers, Li Yuan had [-] troops at this time.

(End of this chapter)