Chapter 137: Ji Ling's Surrender

"In the festival of Mr., he should not be greedy for life and afraid of death, but now he is committed to serving me, I am afraid that there is a plan!" Lu Bu said with a smile. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Shu Shao was seen through by Lu Bu and did not dare to act rashly, his expression was stiff, and cold sweat flowed on his face. He is not afraid of his own life, but he is worried about affecting his family and clansmen.

"My husband and I have the same ambition, and my life's wish is that there will be no hungry people in the world. If Mr. is willing to be sincere, I will worship Mr. as the captain of Tuntian, and set up a special division to grow food, military food in wartime, and disaster relief food in times of famine. If the gentleman is unwilling to surrender, I will send someone to escort him to the place he wants to go. Lu Bu said sincerely, there are too few people who treat the people as human beings in this era. No matter what Shu Shao's ability is, at least his heart is for the people of the world.

Guanzhong has ten rooms and nine emptiness, the population is sparse, and if you want food, in addition to tuntian, you can only reclaim a lot of barren land and send soldiers to tuntian.

"Do you really care about the people of the world?"

"I am using military rations to help the people who have migrated with Guangling." Lu Bu nodded and said.

"If General Lu is sincere to the people, Shao is willing to serve his life. In the future, if I find out that General Lu is just fooling me, then I don't know if I will leave. Shu Shao thought about it and decided to observe Lu Bu for a while.

"It's a deal." Lu Bu replied briskly. He sincerely hopes that the people of the world can eat as much as he remembers.

"This is Xun Gan, Shang Shucheng of Yuan Highway Palace."

Seeing Lu Bu coming, Xun Gan hurriedly bowed down and said, "I am willing to surrender..."

"Okay, there is a shortage of official positions under my command, and I will arrange it when I enter Shouchun."

"This shogi, Chen Cheng, Yuan Zhi ......" Under Lei Xu's introduction, Lu Bu arranged all these willing to surrender to their posts.

After introducing the people who came out to surrender, in the end, there was only one Ji Ling who had been silent, and Lu Bu asked Lei Xu: "I don't know where my general Sun Guan is?" ”

Lei Xu's face turned red, and he secretly regretted why he didn't send someone to release Sun Guan, and said weakly: "I am in prison." ”

Lu Bu heard that Sun Guan was fine, so he decided to surrender Ji Ling, if Ji Ling killed Sun Guan, Ji Ling would not be able to leave him even if he was as fierce as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. killed Sun Guan, Lu Bu would not forgive Ji Ling for the sake of the unity of his soldiers.

"I have met General Ji several times, I don't know if I want to surrender?"

Ji Ling never said a word, but his expression was a little loose. Seeing his expression, Lu Bu knew what to do, didn't he just can't let go of his face and needs a step down? Lu Bu personally untied the ropes on Ji Ling's body: "How can such a loyal and righteous person be killed, send the wound medicine quickly." ”

Ji Ling waited for Lu Bu to smear a bunch of herbs on his body, and then got up and said, "If General Lu agrees that I will not interfere in the battle between the general and Yuan Gong, I am willing to serve the general." ”

"I'm lucky to have a fierce general today."

Ji Ling is weak, but he can take Guan Yu's first three knives, and he can barely be regarded as a second-rate lackey if he can still escape for thirty rounds. Lu Bu is also very happy to be able to recruit a second-rate general, there are only a few first-class generals, they are all a group of people who are above the top, and people are willing to serve.

As long as he has the 20,000 or 30,000 troops in Tuzhong City, whether he goes west to Shouchun or goes south to support Zhang Liao, and has an army in his hands, Lu Bu will have confidence. Anyway, Yuan Shu will not live far away, Ji Ling is injured again, and by the time he recovers from his injury, Yuan Shu has already been defeated, and whether he is willing to fight Yuan Shu or not has little impact on the overall situation.

"General, the last general is willing to fight the vanguard and open the gate of Chengde City." Lei Xu stepped forward to ask for help. Yuan Shu's army didn't know about Tu Zhongcheng's destruction, and it was easy to open the city gate.

"Humph!" Ji Ling snorted coldly at Lei Xu.

Lu Bu suddenly found that his team was growing now, but it was no longer the same iron plate that it was before. There may be a faction under his command soon, and there will be constant disputes in the future, Lu Bu feels confused, but it is imperative to recruit talents under Yuan Shu's command, and Lu Bu does not know how to deal with the faction under his command for the time being.

"Yuan Shu has withdrawn, and it is a foregone conclusion that Chengde will break the city." Lu Bu said.

Lei Xu and the others weren't too surprised by what Lu Bu said, they had guessed it when Ji Ling read the secret letter before. But Lu Bu was not sure if Yuan Shu had retreated, or if the secret letter itself was specially used by Yuan Shu to deceive him. Lu Bu was also not sure how many defenders Chengde had left, and planned to let Lei Xu go to the city, but he was not at ease to let Lei Xu take the army, he was waiting for Sun Guan to leave the city.

Moreover, it's not that you can cheat if you want to, the soldiers in this city lack food, they have no physical strength after being hungry for a few days, and the soldiers won't obey the arrangement at all, and they march hungry, how does Lei Xu want to cheat?

"The guilty general Sun Guan visited the lord, and asked the lord to punish the last general for dereliction of duty." Sun Guan knelt down far away and pleaded guilty.

"No guilt. I also hope that Zhongtai will be cautious in the future, and he will be able to save his life today, all thanks to General Ji's noble hands, and his luck may not be so good next time. Lu Bu reminded Sun Guan to be more cautious in the future march, and at the same time persuaded Sun Guan to be in his heart after being captured by Ji Wei. Lu Bu could only try his best not to have a faction under his command.

"Sun Guan, Lei Xu, and Shu Shao advanced to the city to reorganize the army, and gathered out of the city for dinner." Lu Bu didn't wait for Sun Guan to get close to him, and ordered. Lu Bu would not let Lei Xu lead this army. Lei Xu's subordinate Lu Bu will not exploit it for the time being, and it may not be in the future.

"We want to force Shouchun with the fastest progress." Lu Bu couldn't tell the soldiers who had just surrendered that Yuan Shu might have gone south to attack the main force, and many of these dissident generals saw that Yuan Shu still had hope, and maybe they would betray themselves again and return to Yuan Shu.

If Yuan Shu really went south, Lu Bu would pursue Yuan Shu with a surrendered army, and he might not be able to rescue Zhang Liao's army, and he would not directly attack Shouchun to force Yuan Shu to return to the army to rescue. If Yuan Shu didn't go south, Lu Bu could just contain Yuan Shu in Shouchun, let Zhang Liao free up his hand to clean up Zheng Bao, and then flank Yuan Shu.

"Wei Yue sent someone to order General Zang to send the stolen grain and grass to Tuzhong." They robbed a lot of Yuan Shu's grain and grass, but compared to Tu Zhong's 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers, it was really only enough for them to stuff their teeth.

Lu Bu was careful to let Sun Guan, Lei Xu, and Shu Shao enter the city to reorganize the army, and he led people to wait outside the city. In the past, the problem of food and grass was Ji Ling's headache, but now Ji Ling was leisurely letting the soldiers carry it on the side, closing his eyes and recuperating. It was Lu Bu's turn to have a headache with this hot potato.

Lu Bu summoned a group of staff members who had just voted and asked, "Do you know where there is grain and grass?" I'll send someone to borrow some. If you send grain and grass from Tutang, I am afraid that the water will not be able to quench the thirst of the near. ”

Lu Bu didn't want to send grain and grass from the Tu Tang base camp, first, there were not so many soldiers to guard the grain and grass from the north, and second, he was worried that Sun Ce's army in Huailing City would cross the river and rob him. The staff also had no idea, if they had a way, they would not be blocked in the city and starved to the point that the soldiers collapsed.

Seeing that everyone had no choice, Lu Bu said helplessly: "I have a full meal today, and I rushed to Chengde overnight, I hope Yuan Shu has not finished transporting all the grain and grass." ”

Xun Gan said: "The Chengde army will march for at least three days. The army is fed, and the soldiers are afraid that they will not listen. ”

"This..." There was another way, but Lu Bu didn't want to do that. It was the cavalry who went to Chengde to delay Yuan Shu to transport all the grain and grass, once the cavalry under Lu Bu left, this army that had just surrendered had no power to deter, and Lu Bu did not believe that they would die. But the grain and grass that Lu Bu snatched can barely support one day at most, even if they are willing to follow Chengde, they will be hungry for two days.

LΓΌ Bu decided to give Ji Ling a chance, since this army was unable to feed without Chengde's grain and grass, and the live horse was a dead horse, then hand over this army to Ji Ling, let Ji Ling lead the troops to Chengde, and LΓΌ Bu first led the cavalry to harass Yuan Shu's soldiers to avoid the grain and grass being transported away. If Ji Ling took the opportunity to flee with the soldiers, Lu Bu would treat this army as if the army was starving to death.

"I want to go to Chengde first to drag Yuan Shu's grain and grass, and Yongyi is willing to lead the soldiers in the city to come later?" Lu Bu called Ji Ling's words, and asked Ji Ling, who closed his eyes and recuperated.

Hearing this, Ji Ling opened his eyes that were pretending to be recuperated, and looked at Lu Bu in disbelief: "Ming Gongxin? ”

"Don't use suspicious people, don't use suspicious people. If I want to reuse you, how can I doubt it? Lu Bu didn't tell Ji Ling honestly, he didn't have a choice. Sun Guan is not a material who can command tens of thousands of troops, let alone in the absence of food. Now in addition to Ji Ling, only Zang Ba can do it, but Zang Ba only has 2,000 infantry, and he can't suppress the 30,000 soldiers who surrendered at all, and Lu Bu will not throw Zang Ba to a dangerous post, in case he is killed, there will be few generals, and Lu Bu will not even have time to regret it. Ji Lingjiu led this soldier, with a high prestige, and it was the best person to let him lead Chengde under the lack of food and grass.

Ji Ling listened to Lu Bu's words, and could no longer calmly close his eyes on the stretcher, and rolled over: "If you have the trust of Ming Gong, Ling will not betray Ming Gong." May the commander descend and arrive in Chengde three days later. ”

"Good. Courage and righteousness are those who believe in righteousness, and they will not turn their backs on me. Lu Bu didn't know what Ji Ling was thinking at all, anyway, he was already mentally prepared for Ji Ling to run away with his soldiers.

Lu Bu continued: "But I only have less than a day's food and grass. ”

Ji Ling said: "In the past, Cao Gong looked at Mei to quench his thirst. I only need to send an order to the soldiers, telling them that there is a large amount of grain in Chengde City, and as long as they rush to Chengde to have enough food, I will ensure that the soldiers will try their best to rush to Chengde, and it can also reduce the escape of the soldiers. ”

"Good." Ji Ling can be reused by Yuan Shu, but he still has a little ability, and he can flexibly learn from other people's strategies.

Lu Bu entrusted all the surrender and pacification to Ji Ling, and there were still sporadic generals in the city who were unwilling to surrender, and with Ji Ling coming out, he should be able to surrender all the soldiers in the city as soon as possible.

Without waiting for Zang Ba to arrive in Tuzhong, Lu Bu sent Xun Gan to take people to help in the middle of the road. Lu Bu took the lead with the bow and cavalry battalion to Chengde.

Yuan Shu thought that when he returned to Shouchun, there would be a large army to fortify, and the crisis would be resolved, but he did not expect that Lu Bu's army in the south would have taken Hefei down long ago, and Hefei would raise the city to surrender to the enemy, and Shouchun would face enemy troops in the east, west and south. The haze of breaking the city overwhelmed the generals under Yuan Shu's command.

Yuan Shu had never been so thirsty, he longed for Liu Ye to really kill Lu Bu as he said. Only Lu Bu was killed, and the enemy army on the east road of Shouchun and the enemy army on the south road collapsed without a fight, and then freed up their hands to clean up Xu Xuan's army in the west.