Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 337 Capture Lingling
After thanking Cai Mao for his kindness, he left the tent. Li Song summoned Xue Tong, Guan Sheng, Xiang Yu, and Luo Cheng to attack Changsha and other four counties.

Li Song mobilized troops and Luo Cheng to take Lingling together, and sent Xiao Mahe as the vanguard. After Xu Huang joined forces, Yang Xiu and Sima Yi followed Li Song as the central army, with [-] troops; they stayed in Jingzhou, Hou Cheng, Zang Ba Guard Jiangling.

Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling, learned of the arrival of Li Song's army and horses, and immediately discussed with his son Liu Xian.Liu Xian was overjoyed after hearing this, with a look of indifference and the arrogance of a dandy: "Father, don't worry, although Li Song has enough soldiers and food, there are only a few of his men who can fight. There are thousands of enemies, you can fight against him."

"But! After all, Li Song is the prime minister of the imperial court, and he was ordered by the emperor to go to war. Not long after he defeated Jiangdong, even Jiangdong, who is stronger than us, is no match. How can he fight against him." Liu Du worried.

"Father is worrying too much. Jiangdong is all bragging and incompetent! Being defeated by Li Song is not a big deal. With children around, how can our army be comparable to Jiangdong's wine bags and rice bags?" Liu Xian said disdainfully.

Although Liu Du did not agree with his son's statement, he was unwilling to surrender. Being a younger brother would not be as comfortable as being the boss.

"Okay! You and Xing Daorong will lead [-] soldiers, prepare to meet the enemy, and arrange all the supplies for your father." Liu Du said.

Liu Du ordered Liu Xian and Xing Daorong to lead more than [-] troops, [-] miles away from the city, close to the mountain and the underwater village, Liu Xian immediately sent out the spies to inquire about the news, and the formation of troops seemed to be in good shape.

As soon as the camp was set up, Tanma flew to report: "Sima Yi and Xu Huang led an army to attack our army."

"Xing Daorong, you lead the troops to battle immediately, and bring back the heads of these two people. I will reward you very much." Liu Xian said.

As a dude, Liu Xian didn't know how to fight, so he had to let the general Xing Daorong go and promise a big reward. Naturally, he would not be stingy with money if he came from a good background, on the contrary he would be generous.

"Promise!" Xing Daorong led the army to fight. This is a great opportunity for him to show himself. After the two battles, Daorong stepped out, wielding a mountain-breaking axe, and shouted loudly: "How dare you invade my realm! Don't hurry up!" Get back quickly, if not, ask me if I will answer with the mountain-breaking ax in my hand."

As soon as Xing Daorong finished speaking, he saw a bunch of blue flags coming out from the opponent's formation, where the flags opened, two horses came out side by side, one person on each horse, both of them were wearing armor, one of them was handsome, and stepped forward half a step.

Pointing to Xing Daorong, he said, "I am Sima Yi, the marching army under the command of Prime Minister Li. The prime minister was ordered by the emperor to attract millions of people to conquer the rebels in the southern counties. Even if the six counties in Jiangdong are not defeated, do you still want to fight against the imperial court?" , Against the Son of Heaven? If you know the times, you will surrender quickly."

Xing Daorong laughed loudly and said: "Although the six counties in Jiangdong have a large number of people, they are nothing more than wine bags and rice bags. How can they be compared with me? You, the courtiers who oppress the emperor, dare to make us and other loyal people surrender. It's ridiculous!"

Sima Yi and Xu Huang looked at each other, who gave you the confidence, how dare you not know the heights of heaven and earth.

Xing Daorong came to attack Sima Yi and Sima Yi with a big axe, Sima Yi and two retreated into the formation, the gate of the formation closed immediately, Xing Daorong rushed over regardless, the formation split into two and left.

Xing Daorong looked at a cluster of blue flags in the center. It was expected to be Sima Yi. He charged in the direction of the blue flags and wiped across the foot of the mountain. , shouted, and went straight to Dao Rong, it was Jin Wushu.

Daorong came to meet him with a big axe, and after a few rounds of battle, he pulled his horse and left. Jin Wushu came after him, shouting loudly.

A general in front blocked the way and shouted: "Thief, do you recognize Luo Cheng, the general of our town army!"

Xing Daorong saw that he couldn't beat him and couldn't walk away. As the saying goes, a good man doesn't suffer from immediate losses, so he got off his horse and asked to surrender. Luo Cheng had Xing Daorong tied up and escorted to the village to meet Li Song.

"Push it out and chop it up for me." Li Song ordered someone to push Xing Daorong out and chop him up. Xing Daorong was so frightened that he was half dead. When he was about to ask for mercy, Sima Yi stepped forward to stop him.

Asked Rong: "If you can help the Prime Minister capture Liu Xian, you will be allowed to surrender."

"I am willing, I am willing! Capture Liu Xian alive for the prime minister and dedicate it to the prime minister." Daorong repeatedly expressed his willingness to go.

Li Song asked: "What method are you going to use to catch him?"

Daorong immediately stated: "As long as the prime minister lets me go back, I have my own way. Tonight, the prime minister will only dispatch troops to rob the stronghold. I will serve as an internal response to capture Liu Xian alive and dedicate it to the prime minister. As long as Liu Xian is captured, Liu Du's side will naturally Will obediently surrender."

Li Song said: "Okay! I hope General Xing will not break his promise." Then he let Daorong go back.

Daorong had to be released back to the village, told Liu Xian the previous facts, and bragged about Li Songjun, scaring Liu Xian, a dude, to his wits.

Liu Xian broke into a cold sweat, grabbed Xing Daorong and asked, "What should we do now? Why don't we surrender."

For Liu Xian, a dude, nothing compares to his own life. Even Xing Daorong, an enemy of ten thousand people, was captured alive, so cleaning himself up is not a piece of cake.

Surrendering was not his original intention, Daorong said: "No, we can follow our plan, put our soldiers outside the stronghold tonight, set up flags and banners in the middle of the stronghold, and when Li Song comes to rob the stronghold, we will catch them all in one go."

How could Liu Xian be willing to do it? Under Xing Daorong's persuasion and coercion, Liu Xian had no choice but to act according to Xing Daorong's plan.

At the second watch of the night, a Biao army came to the gate of the village, each with a straw handle, and set fire together. Liu Xian and Daorong killed them twice, and the arsonist army retreated. After Yu Li, it was discovered that the enemy had been driven away.

Liu Xian and Daorong were shocked and hurried back to the village, only to see that the fire was still on, and a general stood out from the village, it was Chen Qingzhi, the ghost general in white robe.

Liu Xian was at a loss for a moment, and Daorong said to Liu Xian, "Don't enter the stronghold, for fear of an ambush, my son and I will go and rob Li Song's stronghold." So they returned to the army.

After walking less than ten miles, Luo Cheng led an army out diagonally, stabbing Dao Rong under his horse with one shot.Liu Xian hurriedly galloped away with his horse, and Jin Wushu came behind him, captured the horse alive, and tied him up to see Li Song.Liu Xian begged for mercy immediately: "Xing Daorong taught me to do this, not because I wanted to be an enemy of the prime minister, but because I was just confused for a while, please spare my life."

"It's not impossible to forgive you." Li Song said.

"Thank you Prime Minister for not killing! Liu Xian will never forget the great kindness and virtue of Prime Minister." Liu Xian kowtowed to thank.

"Don't be too busy thanking me first! I have something for you to do. As long as you do it well, your life will be spared." Li Song said.

"Prime Minister, just give orders! Liu Xian has to do what the Prime Minister has ordered with all his heart and soul," Liu Xian said.

"Go back and persuade your father, Liu Du, to open the city and surrender, so as to avoid the disaster of war and save the lives of the people in the city." Li Song said.

"Prime Minister, please don't worry! After I go back, I will definitely let my father submit to the court and submit to the Prime Minister!" Liu Xian said as he wrapped the ticket.

(End of this chapter)