Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 9 Guan Hai
"Big brother!"

"Lord!"

Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei were fully clothed, and hurried to the government office to meet Liu Bei and Guan Yu.When they arrived, Liu Bei and Guan Yu were also fully armed and ready to go.

"My lord, the four doors are closed now. I see that the other party's banner is Guan Hai, who is setting up camp, and a letter just came in." Liu Bei was about to greet Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng, when a small school hurried in with He was also holding an arrow with a letter tied to it.

"Present." Liu Bei took the arrow from the schoolboy, took off the letter and read through it, with a strange expression on his face, and finally stared at Zhao Feng for a long time, making Zhao Feng feel hairy.

"Brother, what did Guan Hai say in his letter?" Zhang Fei was impatient, seeing that Liu Bei didn't say a word, he asked quickly.

"This Guan Hai said he heard that Pingyuan County had a bumper harvest this year, so he wanted to borrow [-] dans of grain." Liu Bei passed the letter to everyone, and everyone looked at Zhao Feng with a half-smile after reading it.Pingyuan County used to be short of food, but now with Zhao Feng's help, the production has increased greatly, but Guan Hai was attracted.

"Hey!" Zhao Feng was also very helpless about the butterfly effect he caused, and then he raised his head and asked Liu Bei, "Then what do you want, my lord?"

"What else can we do? Food is the lifeline of a country. How can we deliver it to these thieves? Although Bei hasn't fought against the Yellow Turbans for a long time, he hasn't forgotten how to fight." Liu Bei said lightly, but the murderous look in his tone was obvious. A thrill, I didn't expect that Lao Liu, who has always been amiable, would show his sharpness like this.

"Then if that's the case, what are we waiting for? Big Brother and Second Brother, I, Lao Zhang, haven't made a profit for a long time, and I'll leave the Guanhai to me today." Zhang Fei was excitedly gearing up, looking really suffocated. broken.Zhao Feng saw that this was not going to work, if you were to follow the old habit of chopping up Guan Hai and killing a few of his subordinates at most, the yellow scarves of the mob would naturally scatter like birds and beasts.When Lao Cao incorporated the Qingzhou Army in the future, it would not be in vain to take advantage of him, which is not acceptable.

"Wait a minute, three generals, my lord, if we just disperse this group of Yellow Turbans, sooner or later they will harass other places, and we have to think of a perfect solution to cure this problem." Zhao Feng put forward his point of view somewhat tactfully.He knew that if he directly said to recruit the Yellow Turban, even if Liu Bei could accept it, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu probably couldn't either.Especially the latter, in history Liao Hua had admired his prestige for a long time and ran to join him, but Guan Yu took a long time to investigate before accepting him.Not for anything else, just because this buddy has done yellow scarves.

I don't want Liu Bei to have misunderstood Zhao Feng's meaning: "What does Bo Tao mean by this? Could it be that he wants me to wipe out all these tens of thousands of yellow scarves?" His tone was actually a little displeased.When Liu Bei followed Huangfusong to destroy the Yellow Turban, Huangfusong killed [-] prisoners of war.Both Liu Bei and Cao Cao tried to persuade them, but they all returned because of their low positions and insignificant words.

"My lord, calm down. What Feng means is that these yellow scarves are a group of mobs. They only took risks because of the rampant corruption of officials, which made them hungry and cold. Zhang Jiao is dead now, and the rest are just some local remnants. Why don't we recruit them?" , can eliminate banditry, and increase tens of thousands of elite soldiers." Seeing that Liu Bei had misunderstood, Zhao Feng didn't dare to play tricks anymore, and simply stated his thoughts.

"Recruitment?" Liu Guanzhang immediately looked at each other after hearing Zhao Feng's words. Zhao Feng's suggestion was too shocking for them.You must know that at the end of the Han Dynasty, killing officials and rebelling was a way of no return, and officials and bandits could only die endlessly.Of course, they don't even know that after a thousand years, there will be a group of bandits on the land of Shandong who are eager for the imperial court to recruit them.

"Recruiting security is also a good way, but how can we recruit these yellow scarves?" Liu Bei is worthy of being Liu Bei. Although Zhao Feng's proposal is a bit novel, he can understand the benefits of doing so after a little thought.Especially once the opponent is recruited, it will add tens of thousands of horses.Although they are all mobs now, after being trained by his brothers and Zhao Feng, they will definitely be able to train tens of thousands of elite soldiers. This temptation is too great for Liu Bei.

"This matter is easy, the Yellow Turbans are all mobs, we just need to capture their leader alive and persuade him to surrender." Zhao Feng laughed.Zhao Feng is quite confident in Liu Bei's ability to persuade Liu Bei to surrender. Looking at the entire Romance of the Three Kingdoms, apart from Xichuan's Zhang Ren, there is really no one that Liu Bei can't persuade.

"It makes sense, second brother, you will go out to fight later, and you must capture Guan Hai alive." Liu Bei understood a lot after hearing Zhao Feng's words. "Promise!" Guan Yu accepted the order with cupped fists.The people had nothing else to discuss, so they went to the top of the city to meet the enemy together.

At this time, the yellow scarves outside the city had set up camp, Zhao Feng followed Liu Bei to stand on the top of the city, and saw that the other party's camp was boundless, with tens of thousands of horses, it was indeed a spectacular scene.At this time, in the largest tent of the Chinese army, several important leaders of the Yellow Turban Army were gathering to discuss countermeasures.

"Shuai Qu, are we really going to fight Liu Xuande?" A leader cautiously asked the big man sitting on a table in the middle, he was the leader of the yellow scarf——Guan Hai.

"Can we not fight? Those old and young in our mountains are still waiting for us to get food for the winter." Guan Hai also said angrily.The personnel composition of the Yellow Turban Army is very complicated, and they are often rebels who drag their families along.Young and middle-aged people joined the army to fight, while the old and weak, women and children hid in the mountains.

"But that's Liu Xuande." The leader didn't continue, but the faces of the few people in the tent were not very good-looking. The name Liu Xuande was more terrifying to them than any demon.Guan Hai is no exception. He personally remembers his senior brother Cheng Yuanzhi who was hacked after less than ten rounds under Guan Yu's men; Zhang Bao, the third-ranking member of the Yellow Turban Army, led more than [-] people to confront Liu Bei, but was shot to death by the latter.

"We have tens of thousands of people, what are we afraid of!" Guan Hai shook his head, cheering up his subordinates.At this moment, the sentry came to report, and the officers and soldiers in the city went out to fight.

"Bring my sword." Guan Hai let out a sigh of relief, and his subordinates hurriedly carried the sword for him to prepare for the battle.At this time, Guan Yu had already descended from the top of the city, and led 500 school swordsmen under his command to call the formation in front of the opponent's camp, while Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Feng were all watching the battle from the top of the city.

"Guan Yu!" Guan Hai, who had just rushed out of the camp on horseback, saw the red face of the officer and general, and suddenly felt a chill down his back.But now the arrow is on the string, and he has no choice but to attack. Guan Hai has no choice but to grit his teeth and step forward to call for battle.

As for why it is necessary to fight the general before the melee, Zhao Feng also asked Zhang Fei, in his opinion, wouldn't it be more enjoyable to just rely on the number of people?But Zhang Fei only said two words: morale.Zhao Feng immediately understood that in this age of cold weapons, the role of personal ability, especially spiritually, is more obvious than in the age of firearms. Once a general wins, his morale will be greatly boosted, otherwise it will be greatly reduced. The effect of melee fighting is different from that of direct fighting.

Not to mention Zhao Feng's calculations in his mind, Guan Yu and Guan Hai had already started fighting.Guan Hai's martial arts is not bad, he wields a ghost knife like a tiger, and most people probably can't cover him.However, Guan Yu is not an ordinary person. Facing Guan Hai's almost desperate fighting style, after more than ten rounds of fighting, Guan Yu finally found an opening, smashed Guan Hai off the horse with the back of the knife, and then pressed the tip of the knife against his chest , Until the soldiers behind him came forward and tied him up and escorted him back to the city.

With a "creak", the gate was closed again, and the suspension bridge was pulled up, leaving tens of thousands of leaderless Yellow Turban soldiers at a loss below the city.

"Are you Guan Hai?" At this moment, Liu Bei was sitting in the main hall of the Pingyuan County Government Office, looking at the big man in front of him who did not kneel and asked.

"The general of the defeated army should be killed if he wants to. If he dies at the hands of Liu Xuande, it will not be regarded as an insult to my name, Guan Hai I." Guan Hai said quite proudly, but unexpectedly, as soon as his words fell, there was a burst of laughter in the lobby .

Guan Hai was furious, but when he turned his head, he saw that the person who was laughing was a young general, and immediately retorted furiously: "Who are you? I, Guan Hai, swear to die, what's so ridiculous?"

This young general is naturally Zhao Feng, he took a look at Guan Hai and said: "I am Zhao Feng, the captain of Liu Shijun's tent, dare to ask the leader Guan, you Yellow Turban Army claim to be a righteous man, why have you been everywhere all these years? But the people are in dire straits, and mourning is everywhere? People in the world hate the Yellow Turban deeply. How can such an act be famous?"

"This..." Guan Hai was not good at words, and was immediately speechless when he was asked. It was really difficult for him to open his eyes and tell nonsense.Liu Bei and the others all looked at Guan Hai with amused faces at this moment, they knew Zhao Feng's powerful mouth very well.

"We are also forced to do so. If everyone doesn't rely on plundering, how can they survive?" Guan Hai held back for a long time, and only uttered this sentence.

"There is a door!" Zhao Feng knew immediately when he heard this sentence that it would not be too difficult for Lao Liu to surrender this time.Sure enough, Liu Bei said a few words of relief first, and then made a promise to pat his chest, promising to take them in after they were recruited.After being fooled by Liu Bei, Guan Hai burst into tears of gratitude, and in the end, just like the book said, "I will bow to you if you accept the head". Zhao Feng really had to sigh, Liu Bei seems to have a unique charm in his skills, which can always make people willing to serve him. He works hard.

Guan Hai is willing to surrender, then the next step will be easier.He went up to the top of the city by himself, told his subordinates to put down their weapons and surrender, and then Liu Bei sent Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhao Feng to receive the troops and reorganize them. At the same time, he sent people to inform the rest of the old and young hidden in the deep mountains, so as to fool them all. come over.

"Damn, isn't this a bit of a joke?" Early the next morning, Zhao Feng looked at the more than 20 people who came continuously from the top of the city, and he couldn't help being a little shocked: I really didn't expect that Guan Haituo's family would bring them together. There are so many people talking.Pingyuan County originally had a population of less than 9, but now Guan Hai has brought in [-] troops, and there are more than [-] old and young women and children, and the population has almost doubled at once.

Therefore, the very realistic problem of eating was immediately placed in front of Liu Bei.

(End of this chapter)