In fact, there is nothing difficult about Qu Cheng's side, it is nothing more than that the Wei soldiers will select the Chu army generals and officers above the positions among the 50,000 Chu army captives, and then let Qu Cheng, Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji go through the motions, put on a show, and infect these Guishun Great Wei.

I believe that with the examples of Qu Cheng, Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji, those Chu generals will not have much backlash.

In order to make people more convinced, Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji were the first to stand up and put on a show, and they were not very surprised by their surrender to the Great Wei, but when even Qu Cheng showed his willingness to surrender, the will of the many Chu generals was greatly shaken, and they were very surprised.

No, Yan Mo, the three thousand generals of the Chu army, looked at Qu Cheng in disbelief with a look of horror on his face.

"You...... General Qu Cheng, you want to surrender to Wei? ”

Qu Cheng looked at Yan Mo when he heard this, deliberately pretended to smile bitterly, and sighed: "...... I don't want to die yet. …… Moreover, there is a wife and children in a certain family......"

His brief remarks seemed to express the hearts of all the Chu generals and officers present.

Today's forced surrender, Zhao Hongrun said very clearly: those who are willing to submit to the Great Wei will live, and those who are unwilling to submit to the Great Wei will die in the pit, and there is no third choice.

Under this threat, Qu Cheng's submission seemed logical, even if he was a nobleman of the Chu State.

"I didn't expect you to ......" Chu Jiang Yanmo's eyes flashed with a look of wavering, but he immediately sighed and bowed his head silently.

Seeing this, Li Qi, the general of the Junshui Battalion, who was in charge of monitoring the surrender signal, was about to take Yan Mo, a 3,000-strong general, to establish his authority, but he just wanted to make a move, but he suddenly saw Qu Cheng's eyes hinting at him, so Li Qi did not act rashly.

After all, Zhao Hongrun handed over the task of surrendering these Chu generals to Qu Cheng, and the generals of the Junshui Battalion like Li Qi were at most just scaring props in this matter.

"Why can't these 3,000 people be killed? Isn't he a general?'

Li Qi looked at the gang expressionlessly. But there was a faint curiosity in my heart.

He guessed right.

You must know that three thousand generals are already quite remarkable generals, and they are only one step away from generals, such as Qu Cheng, and then this Yan Mo.

Is it because Qu Cheng and Yan Mo are not as talented as the generals such as Zai Father Qian, Zi Che Yu, and Lian Bi Na, so they are in the position of 3,000 generals?

Of course not.

Because in the state of Chu. The promotion of military ranks depends on many factors such as seniority, trust, and merit, and there is no direct link with the number of non-commissioned officers under his command.

Take the two generals who have died in battle, Shen Kang and Ugan under the command of Xiong Hu, who once served as Pingyu Jun, they are only 3,000 generals, but the army they are in charge far exceeds their ranks, ranging from four or five thousand to seven or eight thousand, or even tens of thousands. After all, in the state of Chu, soldiers are quite worthless consumables.

Besides, the generals under the command of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, Zaifu Qian, Zicheyu, and Lian Bi, are only 5,000 generals, but the army they are in charge is several times their rank. "Note: Generally speaking, there is no such thing as a 5,000-man general who can command more than 5,000 troops alone. can be called a general. And according to this statement, 3,000 generals are equivalent to quasi-generals. The real middle-level generals refer to the 1,000 generals and the 2,000 generals. These two generally do not have the authority to lead troops alone.'"

Therefore, the rank of the military in Chu cannot be used as a basis for judging the number of corporals under the general, at most it can only be inferred in turn the degree of trust of the general.

Take Qu Cheng as an example, it is undeniable that Zhao Hongrun's vision is not bad, this is indeed a talent that is comparable to Li Qi, Gong Yuan and others in the Junshui Battalion. But under the command of Pingyujun Xiong Hu, even if he is trusted by Pingyujun Xiong Hu, it is difficult to become a first-line general, the reason is that he is a side of the "Xiong family surname", as long as the current Chu State is still the head of the "Xiong family surname". It is difficult for generals like Qu Cheng to be promoted, which is an unwritten hard and fast rule in Chu.

After all, in the Chu State back then, the "Xiong Qu surname" and the "Xiong Mi surname" were quite powerful, and everyone biting themselves to death was the orthodoxy of the Xiong family, but now, how can the surname of the King of Chu be Mi, and those surnamed Qu can still turn the sky upside down? can only obediently swallow the pain and honestly lie on his stomach in his nest.

Yan Mo's recent situation is different, he is not a nobleman from the Chu State, and being able to climb to the status of three thousand generals is enough to prove his talent, but the problem is that he still has Zaifu Gan, Zicheyu, Lian Bi and others above, after all, Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, is not the king of Chu, and he cannot arbitrarily crown the generals under his command.

For example, let Yan Mo, who is only 3,000 generals, be in charge of tens of thousands of troops alone, and the Chu court will ignore it, but if Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, promotes a general like Yan Mo to a general, I believe that there will be gossip about this in the Chu court: You Xiong Tuo is not the king of Chu, what do you want to do to promote a large group of generals?

Therefore, the average Yi Jun is at most to promote one or two generals, and the rest are limited to three thousand generals, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the Chu court, anyway, it is just a military position, how many soldiers can be or how much, as long as you can afford it, the Chu court will not take care of you.

Because of this, Yan Mo has been unable to be promoted to general because of the number of generals, but this does not affect his status in the Chu army at all, thinking that when Zhao Hongrun released the 30,000 former Xiong Amber army prisoners of war, Yan Mo was responsible for the entire battalion defense, which was already a military affairs in the category of generals.

Giving such an important task to Yan Mo is enough to prove the trust of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, in him, and it is also enough to prove Yan Mo's talent.

According to Qu Cheng's understanding, this is a general who is good at coordinating camp affairs, good at defense and meticulous, and is a rare general.

Because of this, Qu Cheng was reluctant to let Li Qi kill Yan Mo, a rare general, in order to establish his authority, and he hoped to recruit Yan Mo as his deputy general.

After all, Qu Cheng has now surrendered to the Great Wei, and since this is the case, he naturally wants to build his own team.

To put it in layman's terms, next to the big tree of Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, does he really plan to move to Wei to unload his armor and return to the field after this battle is over?

He believed that as long as he made meritorious deeds, he would be in charge of an army alone under the name of the Junshui Battalion. Whether it is Zhao Hongrun or the general of the Junshui Battalion, Bailiba, will not have any objections.

Of course, the premise is that he Qu Cheng has to gain the complete trust of Zhao Hongrun and Bailiba.

But no matter what, now that there is an opportunity to recruit the team, Qu Cheng will never let it go.

Therefore, he whispered to Yan Mo: "Is General Yan Mo planning to be buried here?" ”

Qu Cheng guessed correctly, in fact, Yan Mo was also struggling in his heart. Especially after seeing that even a noble-born general like Qu Cheng was interested in surrendering to the Wei State, his heart was even more wavering, but after pondering for a long time, he still shook his head and said: "Lord Xiong Tuo treats a certain person well......

"It's none of my business." Qu Cheng whispered and persuaded: "When I was under the command of Lord Xiong Hu, I was also wholeheartedly, and after returning to Lord Xiong Tuo, I also made suggestions many times...... It's a pity that Lord Xiong Tuo is still defeated, this is the destiny of heaven. Since we have fulfilled our duties as generals. Now, in such a situation, it is time to consider for yourself...... I'm still behind my wife and children, aren't we? If I can't wait, what will happen to them, I believe that General Yan Mo and everyone here can predict it. ”

Yan Mo and the rest of the nearby Chu army generals were silent when they heard this.

You must know that in the state of Chu. But there is no so-called post-war pension, just take those Chu soldiers as an example. The "settling-in allowance" given by Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, was equivalent to buying out the lives of these Chu soldiers.

If these Chu soldiers stubbornly survived this battle, it would be good, so that when they fight next time, they can get another "settlement fee", but those Chu soldiers who died in battle. But you can't get even a copper coin, unless you are like Wu Ji's family, your father dies and your brother goes into battle, and your brother dies and your brother goes into battle, and one after another enlists in the army and sets foot on the battlefield.

As for generals like Qu Cheng, Yan Mo, and Zi Cheyu. Maybe Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, regretted giving an extra pension, after all, in the Chu State, Xiong Tuo can indeed be called an outstanding Yi Jun, but how long can this pension last the expenses of the entire family?

It is no exaggeration to say that if Yan Mo dies in battle, even if Xiong Tuo gives his family a pension afterwards, when that pension is exhausted, Yan Mo's family will never be much better off than the ordinary poor people of Chu State, his wife sells himself cheaply to serve, and his children become slaves, this kind of thing is not uncommon in Chu State.

No, anticipating this possibility, Yan Mo clenched his fists, his face pale.

After a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded towards Qu Cheng.

Seeing that he finally nodded, Qu Cheng was really happy in his heart, after all, recruiting Yan Mo as his deputy general was also a good thing for him.

However, although he had made up his mind to surrender to the Chu State, Yan Mo couldn't help but be a little suspicious of Qu Cheng's seemingly unsparing efforts to persuade him to surrender to the Wei State, and asked in a low voice: "Could it be that General Qu Cheng has already returned to the Wei State?" ”

You must know that as far as Yan Mo knows, generals such as Xiong Tuo and Zaifu Gan, Zi Cheyu, and Lian Bi have guessed this possibility more than once, but unfortunately Qu Cheng is so well concealed that the four of them have never found out.

However, in the current situation, in order to appease Yan Mo's heart, Qu Cheng felt that it would not hurt to hint at it a little.

"I hope you won't shirk as a lieutenant." Qu Cheng whispered.

"......" Yan Mo's eyes widened in astonishment when he heard this, of course he could understand Qu Cheng's words.

Qu Cheng's words made him extraordinary, saying that he had already returned to the Wei State, and also revealed that he was quite good on the Wei army's side.

This message made Yan Mo's heart feel at ease.

After all, the most difficult thing for ordinary generals is that they don't have a big tree to rely on, and now that Qu Cheng has climbed the big tree of the Wei army, then he Yan Mo can obviously get shelter in the shade of the tree, so that he will not be hostile and provoked by some generals of the Wei army for no reason.

"In this case, among these people, Yan also has some ...... who have good friendships."

Yan Mo glanced vaguely at the Chu generals behind him, and whispered to Qu Cheng.

"Well, it's time to work."

Qu Cheng smiled slightly.

After saying that Yan Mo was demoted, Qu Cheng's persuasion work progressed more rapidly.

It didn't take long for the dozens of Chu generals above the rank of thousands of generals to be persuaded by Qu Cheng and Yan Mo, and Yan Mo made a great effort.

After all, carefully speaking, Qu Cheng, Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji were all from Xiong Hu's army, and the generals who persuaded these Xiong Tuojun were naturally not as convincing as Yan Mo, who was also from Xiong Tuojun.

Excluding a few people who were so grumpy that they were unwilling to surrender to death, most of the generals of the Chu State chose to surrender, and in the choice between life and death, they chose life.

And after this matter was settled, Qu Cheng, who heard about Zhao Hongrun's summons, immediately went to see this King Su and conveyed the good news to him by the way. (To be continued.) )