The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 50 Persuading Hua Xiong to Surrender
"What I'm talking about is just a fact. Today you and I fought, and I knocked you off the horse and captured you alive in seventy rounds. Isn't this a fact?" Li Yuan asked rhetorically.

"This..." Hua Xiong couldn't refute, because what Li Yuan said was true, he was indeed not as good as the opponent in terms of martial arts, and he didn't expect that there would be such a brave person in the coalition of princes.

"Hmph, don't be arrogant, there is another person under Grand Master Dong who is far better than me, and you can only catch him if you meet him." Hua Xiong snorted coldly.

"Could it be that the person you're talking about is Lu Bulu Fengxian?"

Hua Xiong looked at Li Yuan in surprise, "How do you know? Could it be that you have already fought against each other?"

"That's right." Li Yuan nodded and replied, "Today I have defeated Lu Bu twice in a row. In the first round, he led three thousand cavalry to challenge the allied forces of the princes. He wanted to frighten the heroes. He was really arrogant. I fought against him for three hundred There was no winner in this round, Gao Shun, his general, was afraid that he would lose, so he went out to flank me."

"Impossible. With Lu Bu's character, Gao Shun will not let Gao Shun attack you." Hua Xiong interrupted Li Yuan. He knew Lu Bu well. Although he didn't like Lu Bu, he admired his martial arts.

"I don't need to lie to you. Lu Bu has been invincible to me for a long time, and Gao Shun is extremely loyal to him, so he went out to attack me with Lu Bu. However, my general Xu Zhu intercepted Gao Shun, and after dozens of fights, Gao Shun was defeated. , was captured alive by Xu Zhu." Li Yuan deliberately said the four words "captured alive".

"What? Captured Gao Shun alive?" Hua Xiong's eyes were full of disbelief, "Who is Xu Zhu? Although Gao Shun is not as good as me, his martial arts are also extraordinary. It is not easy to capture him alive!"

"It's ridiculous, Hua Xiong, you are really watching the sky from a well, don't look down on the heroes of the world, don't you think you and Lu Fengxian are the only heroes in the world?" Li Yuan said disdainfully, "Besides me, there are at least three other people under my command Xu Zhu is one of them who can compete with Lu Bu, so let alone capture a little Gao Shun alive, even if he faces Lu Bu, he has the power to fight."

"Li Yuan, you are so arrogant!" Hua Xiong was dissatisfied, "Then who are the other two?"

"One is my senior brother Chang Shan Zhao Zilong, and the other is my general Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng. Both of them are brave enough to command an army, and they really need to be able to fight in rotation. How many times higher than Lu Bu." When it comes to his right-hand man Li Yuan, of course he can boast as much as he is good.

"It's really as good as you said?" Hua Xiong doubted, "What achievements do these two have?"

"You still underestimate our Kwantung heroes." Li Yuan told Hua Xiong about the battle that just happened today, "Zilong fought Zang Ba, Hou Cheng, Song Xian, Hao Meng, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu and Cao today. There are seven people, you have two deaths and five injuries. Is this a good record? Han Sheng fought Zhang Liao for more than 100 rounds. Zhang Liao was defeated and rushed back to the formation. Is this a good record? ?”

Hua Xiong was dumbfounded after hearing this. Although Zang Ba and others were not first-class generals, they were still good fighters. However, Zhao Yun killed two of them and wounded five of them. Even he was unlikely to do so well.Huang Zhong was even more powerful. He asked himself that Zhang Liao and his martial arts were on equal footing, and usually it would take two hundred rounds to decide the outcome. However, Huang Zhong was able to defeat Zhang Liao in one hundred rounds, which showed his high martial arts skills. I can't compare to myself.

Li Yuan continued: "Zhang Liao was wounded and fled, Gao Shun was captured alive, Zang Ba and others were no match for our disciple Long. Seeing that Lu Bu was so unwilling to fight, he led his troops and horses and fled back to Hulao Pass in a hurry. This was his first defeat. For a while!"

"May I ask how Lu Bu lost the second round?" Hua Xiong asked impatiently, he was being imprisoned here today, so he was very concerned about the war outside.

"Lü Bu wanted to escape back to Hulao Pass. I took advantage of the victory and pursued. Gongsun Bogui and General Ma pursued together. Lu Bu led [-] Bingzhou cavalry to fight me in front of Hulao Pass. After all, he was no match for me. Seventeen thousand were annihilated. In the end, the soldiers and horses can only lead the remaining soldiers and horses back to the gate."

Recalling today's battle with Lu Bu, Li Yuan was also filled with emotion. He won a disastrous victory with the soldiers and horses in Runan. Fortunately, Gongsun Zan gave [-] white horses for free, and Ma Teng also gave [-] good horses from Xiliang. What a loss.

"Impossible, it's impossible at all. I guess you don't have too many cavalry in Runan, but Lu Bu's [-] Bingzhou troops are all iron cavalry. How can you win on the plain?" Hua Xiong knew very well. Lu Bu's Bingzhou iron cavalry is powerful, even compared with his Xiliang iron cavalry, they are not inferior at all.

"If he hadn't met me before, he was indeed invincible, but he would have failed if he met me." Li Yuan said proudly, "I sent Brother Bogui's [-] white horse Yicong to use cavalry and archery to restrain his cavalry from the side. , let General Ma’s [-] iron cavalry cut off his army, and my Runan army used tripping ropes and heavy dragon spears to block the charge of Bingzhou iron cavalry, and Lu Bu’s army was defeated by me in this way.”

"What is this heavy dragon gun?" Hua Xiong asked puzzled.

"This is a weapon that I spent a year building. It is specially used to deal with you cavalry. Each dragon spear is two feet long and supported by a bracket at the end of the gun. It can go deep into the ground. It is controlled by three soldiers. It can be said that the iron cavalry in Xiabingzhou suffered heavy losses." Speaking of his great achievements, Li Yuan couldn't help but feel a little elated.

Hua Xiong closed his eyes, and imagined the battle scene in his mind according to what Li Yuan said. Gongsun Zan's White Horse Yicong was indeed difficult to deal with, even if compared with their cavalry, it might still be slightly better. Ma Teng's Xiliang cavalry he I understand even more, because Dong Zhuo's command is also Xiliang cavalry, and as for the heavy dragon gun that Li Yuan said, it made him break out in cold sweat. If the cavalry charged so fast, if they really ran into each other, there would only be a dead end.

After a long time, Hua Xiong sighed: "Oh, I didn't expect Lu Bu's army to be defeated once in his life, but in the end he lost two battles in a row at your hands."

"That's why I said you don't have to watch the sky from a well. Apart from me, Li Yuan, there are many people who can defeat him, Lu Bu. There are so many heroes in the world. Wars cannot be won by bravery. Strategy, the way of using troops, and timing. Geography, people and harmony are all factors that determine victory, but Lu Fengxian only has bravery, but knows nothing about other things, in my opinion, he is just reckless."

In "history", Lu Bu had lost to Cao Cao many times, and was eventually killed by Cao Cao.

"Why do you have to tell me so much?" Hua Xiong asked doubtfully.

"I think you are also a strong general, but it's a pity to serve under Dong Zhuo's command. Now Dong Zhuo has become a thorn in the side of the princes of the world. If you continue to follow him, there will be no good results. Why don't you vote for me." Li Yuan said so much tonight In fact, it was just to persuade Hua Xiong to surrender. Hua Xiong is also a strong general. It would be a pity to kill him.

"I, Hua Xiong, am I a person who is always on the go, Taishi Dong has a great kindness to me, and I will not betray him and surrender to others." Hua Xiong refused without thinking.

"Then what will you do if Dong Zhuo dies?"

"Li Yuan, don't overestimate the coalition of princes. Although you have a large number of people, Hulao Pass is so easy to break. What's more, you are not united, but each has your own heart. Once the Hulao pass is broken, they will disperse." Hua Xiong simply lay down and told Li Yuan that being tied up all over his body made him very uncomfortable, but this is also the treatment of prisoners, and it is very good to be able to live in this camp now.

Li Yuan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that although Hua Xiong looked reckless, he was also rough and detailed. He could see that the allied forces of the princes were not a piece of discus, but he still said to himself: "Hua Xiong, I will put the words aside." Here it is, within seven days the Hulao Pass will be broken."

"Why are you so sure?"

"It's none of your business, just let me watch it." Li Yuan suddenly thought of Lu Bu, and said, "Even if I let you go back, do you think Dong Zhuo will value you more or Lu Bu more?"

Hearing this, Hua Xiong couldn't help showing a strange expression on his face. Seeing this, Li Yuan knew that there was something going on, so he continued to alienate, "I have heard for a long time that you are Dong Zhuo's most trusted general, but ever since Lv Bu joined Dong Zhuo, he has regarded him as a confidant, and even more so. Adopted as a adopted son, and gave him the most precious red rabbit horse, Dong Zhuo treated him so well before Lv Bu established any credit, but you have followed Dong Zhuo for more than ten years but you have not received any rewards, he treats you so unfairly, and why What deserves your allegiance?"

(End of this chapter)