At this time, in the camp of Anzhong, Liu Qi had already handed over the matter of collecting and surrendering troops and stabilizing the hearts of the troops to Wang Cang, because he found that the poet's romantic feelings were most suitable for pacifying and other work, and he always used his own experience and poems to infect those soldiers who surrendered, so that they could strengthen their belief in reviving the Han Dynasty and pacifying the world. And the matter of counting the military equipment will be handed over to Fanqin, for this, Fanqin can be regarded as handy and easy.

Sima Zhi was responsible for recording and reviewing the merits of the soldiers in this battle, and Pei Qian was mainly responsible for drawing maps of the Anzhong area, although he did not have the cartographic skills of his future son Pei Xiu, but he also had a family history and had a unique talent for drawing maps.

Wei Yan's main task was naturally to train recruits and arrange garrisons. As for Liu Qi, accompanied by Liu Shi and his own soldiers, he came to the only tent in the camp that served as a temporary prison.

Here, the famous generals in Cao Cao's army, who were praised by Chen Shou as one of the five good generals of the later generations, Yu Ban and Yu Wenze.

Liu Qi came to Yu Ban and asked with a smile: "General Yu, are the soldiers under my command slack?" If there is something wrong with what they do, you can tell the general, and the freedom will be the decision for you. ”

Yu Ban raised his eyes and looked at Liu Qi, and then closed his eyes and said nothing.

At this moment, I heard Liu Shi beside him shouting: "Bold, our general asked you, you actually ignored it, who do you think you are, just a captive, believe it or not, Lao Tzu cut you down with a knife?" ”

After finishing speaking, Liu Shi pulled out his saber and was about to kill Yu Ban, but Liu Qi shouted: "Stop, Liu Shi, this matter will be dealt with by itself, and you will step aside." ”

"No." Liu Shi had no choice but to withdraw the saber, but he still stayed by Liu Qi's side, for fear that this Yu Ban would fight back and hurt Liu Qi.

Liu Qi glanced at Liu Shi with satisfaction, and didn't say anything more, but gently untied Yu Ban's bindings, let him put on his clothes, invited him to sit on the upper seat, and then arched his hand and said: "Under Liu Qi, I have heard that the general is famous, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation." To tell you the truth, I captured the general in the army last night, and I was really surprised in my heart, because such an excellent general as the general is rare in the daily press form, and this day the general has been wronged, all of them are Qi's, and I apologized to the general here. ”

While apologizing, Liu Qi ordered a personal soldier to go out to suppress the shock of Yu Ban's drinking.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the fragrant dishes and fragrant wine were served, Liu Qi personally filled a big bowl for Yu Ban, poured a big bowl for himself, and said with a smile: "It is also my honor Liu Qi to invite the general to drink with me today, in order to show my sincerity, I drank this bowl first." After saying that, he picked up the big bowl and drank it all.

Yu Ban's face became a little softer, and he said lightly: "Forbidden is a prisoner under the ranks, how dare you accept such a great gift from the general?" ”

Liu Qi clenched his fists and said: "With the talent of the general, you can completely deserve the general's worship, and the general's worship is the admiration of the general's talent, and I also hope that the general can ignore the past suspicions, assist the general to protect the country and the people, and fight the royal family." ”

Yu Ban sighed: "The general knows that he will be defeated in your hands, but he has repeatedly praised a certain talent, is it sarcastic to me?" ”

Liu Qi hurriedly said: "Why did General Wen Ze say this? This general is sincerely praising the general's talent, to the year Cao Gong to conquer Zhang Xiu, because of the humiliation of General Zhang Xiu, the guide to General Zhang surrendered and rebelled, when all the armies are in chaos, only the general restricts his subordinates, the army is neat, after the general saw the original Qingzhou troops taking the opportunity to rob, he led the troops to pursue, the thieves were invincible, so he went to Cao Gong to falsely accuse the general, but the general was not in a hurry to justify, calmly built a defense before going to see Cao Gong, such a demeanor, even those ancient good generals are just so, such a good general, how can it not be worth my Liu Qi's worship? ”

Yu Ban's eyes showed a hint of complexity, and he said with a wry smile: "This is all because Yu believes that the prime minister will never wronged me, so he is not in a hurry to defend himself." It's just a pity that Yu will never be able to hear the prime minister's teachings in the future. ”

After a pause, Yu Ban said again: "Yu is not a person who doesn't know what to do, the general treats me like this, I will do my best to repay the general's kindness, but I don't know how to deal with Yu when he meets the prime minister in the future?" ”

Liu Qi patted Yu Ban's shoulder and said, "Wen Ze is so affectionate, how can this general not be fulfilled?" In this way, Ben will promise you that he will never force you to attack Cao Gong, how about it? ”

Yu Ban hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you for the general's success, I will serve the general in **." ”

Liu Qi hurriedly helped Yu Ban up, and said with a smile: "The general doesn't like to defeat Cao Gong, but he likes to get the ears of General Wen." In the ban on listening to the order, Ben will make you the captain of the right army, and he will be in charge of the 3,000 infantry under Ben General's account. ”

Yu Ban thanked him again.

Liu Qi held Yu Ban, recruited all the generals, announced Yu Ban's surrender, and appointed him as the lieutenant of the Right Army. At the same time, Liu Qi announced the promotion of Wei Yan to the rank of captain of the flying cavalry, commanding all the cavalry in the army, and because the number of cavalry was insufficient, he ordered him to command 3,000 infantry; Wang Cang was the secretary of the book, the commander of the left army, not only responsible for the drafting of the text, but also commanded 3,000 infantry; Liu Shi was the lieutenant of the Chinese army, commanding the pro-soldiers, and expanding the pro-soldier team to 3,000; Sima Zhi was a military leader, a former military captain, and was in charge of 3,000 infantry; In addition to recording merits, he is also in charge of money and grain.

After Liu Qi's appointment, all the generals were happy and thanked him.

"Hehe, tonight, General Zhang Xiu invited the general to the banquet, Wen Xing and Liu Shi accompanied him, and the others reorganized the camp, packed up, and prepared to evacuate tomorrow.

"No." The other generals except Pei Qian and Liu Shi all stood up, and after receiving the order, they went to their respective places.

Liu Qi took Pei Qian and Liu Shi to Zhang Xiu's camp.

Zhang Xiu has already stood outside the camp gate to greet him, and there are two people around him, one of them is a very handsome general, Liu Qi knows that this person is Zhang Xiu's favorite general Hu Che'er, and the other is a scribe dressed as a crane, with a white face and beard, and is naturally the world-famous ghost Jia Xu.

"Hehe, the arrival of the eldest prince is really brilliant." Zhang Xiu laughed, said a few polite words, and introduced the two people around him to Liu Qi, and the two were really Hu Che'er and Jia Xu, which were exactly what Liu Qi expected.

Liu Qi said a few kind words to the two of them, especially for Jia Xu, who was even more respectful, and said a lot of words of praise, Jia Xu was also very happy to see that the other party was so enthusiastic, and the distance between the two was shortened a lot.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Qi introduced Pei Qian and Liu Shi to each other, and naturally they were indispensable to be polite.

After a few people entered the table, they didn't say a few words, they pushed the cup and changed it, after three rounds of wine, they even fought the amount of wine, Hu Che'er and Liu Shi fought inseparably, Zhang Xiu also pulled Liu Qi to fight wine, Jia Xu and Pei Qian, two scribes, talked about it.

Although Liu Qi drank a lot, he was not the opponent of Zhang Xiu, a big man in Guanzhong, fortunately, he kept an eye on it, and he fought with the other party without fighting wits and strength, and soon poured Zhang Xiu down.

Liu Qi looked at Zhang Xiu, who was drunk, and asked Jia Xu to send Zhang Xiu's personal soldiers to help him into the camp tent.

At this time, Liu Shi and Hu Che'er were almost drunk, so Liu Qi ordered Pei Qian to send Liu Shi back to the camp first, and Jia Xu also ordered someone to help Hu Che'er down.

All of a sudden, only Liu Qi and Jia Xu were left in the originally lively Chinese army tent.

"Mr. Wenhe, Mr. Qi Jiuwen is resourceful, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary. Seeing Mr. today is enough to comfort his life, Qi has something to ask Mr., and I hope Mr. will give advice. Liu Qi first broke the dullness, waved at Jia Xu, and then said solemnly.

"Xu knows what Childe wants to ask, but Xu can't say it, and I ask Childe to forgive me." With Jia Xu's ingenuity, he had already guessed Liu Qi's intentions tonight, but he still refused directly.

Liu Qi was determined to ask Jia Xu's opinion today, so he said with a smile: "Why should Mr. refuse people thousands of miles away? This time, it was Qi who sincerely asked for advice, and asked Mr. to set up a plan for Qi. ”

Jia Xu refused again and again, but Liu Qi asked again and again, and finally Jia Xu was helpless, so he had to say: "Xu knows that Gongzi is for the reunification, and Xu has also heard a little about the situation in Xiangyang, in fact, Gongzi doesn't have to worry, the law of succession has the difference between establishing a successor and establishing a virtuous, but with the virtue of a son, no matter what a succession and a virtuous person will win, why bother?" ”

Liu Qi smiled bitterly and said: "Sir doesn't know, the daughter of the Cai family who has been promised to the general of Zhennan, my father is influenced by the pillow wind and the Cai family, and he must like this person in the end." ”

"Hehe, the entire Jingxiang clan is not only the Cai family, why bother the son?" Jia Xu was still unhurried and said calmly.

Liu Qi naturally heard the other party's meaning, and wanted to let himself move closer to the Xiangyang Kuai clan, so he couldn't help frowning and said: "Keqi is not familiar with other big clans, and there is no need for those big clans to turn their faces with the Cai clan for the sake of mere reasons, right?" ”

"Hehe, this qiē depends on the son himself." Jia Xu took a sip of wine, and then said: "As long as you can let everyone see hope, Hugh wants to say that it is those big clans, even if it is the Xiangyang Cai family, it is not impossible to fall to you, and even if General Zhang Xiu, once Cao Cao's army is in the city, he may defect to Gongzi if he cannot resist." ”

Liu Qi was shocked when he heard this, knowing that Jia Xu was secretly promising himself that once he could not keep the county in the future, he would persuade Zhang Xiu to take refuge in himself, and he was happy in his heart, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Qi understands, thank you sir." ”

Jia Xu said with a straight face: "Why did the son say this? He didn't say anything. ”

Liu Qi nodded and smiled: "What Mr. said is right, Mr. did not say anything." A qiē is nothing more than speculation. It's just that I want to ask a question, the wolves are around, although the tiger is brave, the people will be injured by it, how can this tiger avoid disaster? ”

Jia Xu smiled and said, "Doesn't the prince hear about Shen Sheng and heavy ears?" Shen Sheng died inside, and Chong'er was at peace outside. ”

Liu Qi was immediately convinced, not that this idea was beyond imagination, but that the wise men in the world saw exactly the same. If he hadn't crossed over, the original Liu Qi would have received the same answer a few years later, but that answer would have been Zhuge Liang, the representative of the wisdom of the Three Kingdoms. Now Jia Xu can think of this plan, which is enough to show that for Liu Qi, external military merits and internal alliance are the only way for him to win in the battle for inheritance with his second brother Liu Cong.