Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 338
"Come here! Untie Mr. Liu! Host a banquet to calm down Mr. Liu!" Li Song invited someone to untie Liu Xian, and held a banquet to give wine to calm Liu Xian. Thank you Liu Xian!

After the surprise banquet, Li Song ordered someone to send Liu Xian into the city to persuade his father Liu Du to surrender; and told him that if he did not surrender, he would break the city and kill everyone.

Liu Du became anxious when he learned that his son Liu Xian had been captured!He intends to save his son, but he is not strong enough. If he doesn't save him, Liu Xian is his only seedling. If Liu Xian has something wrong, his branch will be finished.

"Report to the prefect, the son is back." Just when Liu Du was at a loss, a soldier rushed to report.

"Is what you said true? Where is the young master now?" Liu Du was overjoyed, but after thinking about it, he worried that this was just a dream, so he hurriedly asked.

"Back to the prefect, everything the younger one said is true, the son is coming from outside the gate of the mansion, the younger one is one step ahead of the prefect, and comes to report to the prefect." The soldier said.

"Father!" While speaking, Liu Xian came in from the outside, and waved his hand to make the soldiers who had just come to report to Liu Du back off.

Liu Du stepped forward, took Liu Xian's hands, looked back and forth carefully, couldn't help crying, and choked up: "It's good for my son to come back! My son is tired, and tonight I will clean up the dust for you for my father."

"Father, let's talk about taking over the dust later. I have something important to tell my father." Liu Xian said.

"If my son has anything to tell my father, just say it." When his son came back, Liu Du was in a good mood.

"Father, I came back this time mainly to persuade you to surrender and submit to the court." Liu Xian said, telling Liu Du about the strength of Li Song's army, Li Song's benevolence, promises, and threats, and persuaded his father to surrender.

"My son, you were the one who persuaded me to send troops to fight in the past. Why did you come to persuade me to surrender after only a few days?" Liu Du asked.

"Ah!" Liu Xian sighed, "Father, it's all because the child was young and ignorant. He listened to Xing Daorong's lies and persuaded his father to fight against the imperial army, causing his father to almost cause a catastrophe."

"Now the prime minister doesn't care about past suspicions! He is willing to accept us. Why doesn't father submit to the court again and re-establish the court? The prime minister said that it is not too late to make up for it."

After listening to Liu Xian's persuasion, Liu Du obeyed Liu Xian's persuasion to surrender. Liu Xian was overjoyed, and the father and son raised the lowered flag on the city, opened the city gate, and left the city holding the seal and ribbon, and surrendered to Li Song's Dazhai. .

"The sinful minister Liu Du paid homage to the prime minister. The former criminal minister was deceived by lard, and unexpectedly opposed the prime minister ignorantly, intending to use his arms as a chariot. He deserves death!"

"Thanks to the Prime Minister for not giving up, Liu Du is willing to present the seal and ribbon, and bring the officials and people of Lingling County to submit to the imperial court, and also ask the Prime Minister to accept the seal and ribbon." Liu Du knelt down on the ground, and after saying that, he held the tray high above his head. On the tray was the prefect's seal and ribbon .

Li Song took the tray, handed it to Xu Chu, and pronounced the sentence on Liu Du: "Lingling County will still serve as the prefect for the imperial court to protect the environment and the people, and Liu Du will take over the seal."

After all, he took Yinshou from Xu Chu, handed it to Liu Du again, and gave him a few words of encouragement. In this way, the prefect Yinshou went around between Li Song, Xu Chu and Liu Du, and returned to Liu Du's hand , Liu Du is grateful.

Li Song asked Liu Du to remain the governor of Lingling County, and his son Liu Xian followed Li Song back to Xuchang as an official.

Li Song followed Liu Du and his son into the city to appease them, and rewarded the three armies.

Just as Li Song and the others were setting up a banquet, the spies flew over to report: "The Prime Minister! The three counties of Guiyang, Changsha, and Wuling have been captured. The prefect of Guiyang surrendered without resistance. The other two counties resisted a little. The prefect of Wuling, Jin Xuan, and the prefect of Changsha, Han Xuan, have both subdued the law, and General Guan Shengguan ordered the humble officer to send a letter."

Xu Chu went forward to take the letter, and handed it to Li Song when he came back. Li Song waved his hand to make the spies retreat, and the spies bowed and retreated.

Li Song opened and read the letter, which explained the situation of the three counties. Guiyang prefect Zhao Fan led Guanjun Xiaowei Chen Ying, Bao Long and other officials to open the city and surrender. Xue Tong asked for instructions on how to deal with Zhao Fan and others.

Second, Jin Xuan, the prefect of Wuling, was shot and killed by his subordinates because he fought against the imperial army. He was engaged in Gong Zhi's opening of the city to surrender. Xiang Yu received the prefect's seal and ribbon, and asked for instructions on how to deal with this matter.

Thirdly, Han Xuan, the prefect of Changsha, was beheaded by his subordinates. Now Changsha County lacks a candidate for prefect, please Li Song to decide.

It also mentioned above that Huang Zhong, a veteran of Changsha prefect Han Xuan, was fooled out of Changsha by Zhuge Liang early in the morning, and joined Liu Zhang in Yizhou with Cao Ang.

Li Song really didn't understand why Huang Zhong was easily fooled away by Zhuge Liang, what did they want?Get rid of Liu Zhang and become the boss himself, and by the way, replay the scene of beheading Xia Houyuan on Dingjun Mountain?
pity!Such a thing is impossible to happen, Xia Houyuan can't compare to any one of his powerful generals, not to mention, it is still unknown whether he can fight on this Dingjun Mountain.

"Congratulations, Prime Minister! The four counties of Lingling, Guiyang, Wuling, and Changsha have been conquered." Everyone hurriedly cupped their hands in congratulations.

Li Song laughed and said: "Everyone rejoices! Let's drink this cup together!" Li Song raised his wine glass high and drank it all in one gulp.

After the banquet, the crowd retreated, and Li Song said to Xu Chu, "Zhongkang! Order someone to send a letter to Xue Tong, Guan Sheng, and Xiang Yu. Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guiyang, will still be the prefect of Guiyang."

"Jin Xuan, the prefect of Wuling, is dead, so Gong Zhi will take over the post of prefect. He can shoot and kill Jin Xuan at a critical moment, and he can be used. He is a man who knows the current affairs and is a hero."

"Promise!" Xu Chu clasped his fists to accept the order, looked at Li Song who was in deep thought, Xu Chu stood still and waited for Li Song's order without saying a word.

"I don't know who should take up the position of prefect of Changsha. Does Zhongkang have any suitable candidates?" Li Song thought for a while, then told Xu Chu about his confusion, and asked for his opinion.

"Prime Minister, I have heard that Liu Biao's nephew, Liu Pan, now lives in You County and has some reputation in Jingzhou. Liu Biao is the lord of Jingzhou, and this Liu Pan is Liu Biao's nephew. It is better to let him be the prefect of Changsha."

"Okay! As long as Liu Pan can submit to me and serve me, it's fine to let him be the prefect of Changsha! Order someone to do it!" Li Song said.

"No! The last general takes orders!" Xu Chu clasped his fists and saluted, then turned and left.

Li Song thought about it and thought it was feasible, so he ordered someone to find Liu Pan and let him work for him and take charge of Changsha County.The four prefectures have been flattened, and Li Song made some arrangements for Jingzhou, changing Youjiangkou into a police station. Since then, money and food have flourished, and wise men have returned; generals and horses have been scattered around the pass.

Using Jingzhou as the rear base for attacking Jiangdong, training naval forces, recruiting soldiers, etc., can all be obtained from nearby sources. It is most suitable to use southern soldiers and horses to deal with southern soldiers and horses.

In this case, he can bring the elite soldiers from the north back to the north.

(End of this chapter)