In fact, Jin Xuan can't be blamed for being cowardly for this, but there are definitely only a handful of people in this world who can defeat Cao Cao, and until now, Zhang Xiu and Lu Bu have made Cao Cao suffer a little loss, and in addition to this, he is almost invincible, but he didn't expect such a powerful figure to be defeated in the hands of Liu Qi. Jin Xuan asked himself if his military talent was too far and far worse than Cao Cao, and now that even Cao Cao was defeated in the hands of that Liu Qi, how could he resist it?

Thinking of this, Jin Xuan sighed and said slowly: "Let's surrender, with the strength of our army, we are powerless to resist the other party."

He ordered Gong Cao to tie himself up, and then led the civil and military forces out of the hall and announced his surrender.

Wei Yan, who was in charge of attacking the Taishou Mansion, had just come to the gate of the mansion, when he saw Jin Xuan and the others all tied up to him, knelt on the ground, announced his surrender, and was overjoyed, and immediately helped Jin Xuan up, untied him, and then asked Jin Xuan to give orders to the counties in the name of Wuling Taishou, ordering them to submit to Liu Qi's army.

Jin Xuan immediately agreed, and wrote a letter to the county magistrates or county magistrates, ordering them to surrender, and writing down the news that Liu Qi had defeated Cao Cao and captured him in the ban, so as to completely break their will to resist.

Within half a month, Jin Xuan's order spread throughout Wuling County, and the commanders of each county saw that Taishou had surrendered, and heard that the enemy's main general could even defeat Cao Cao, so he surrendered almost without hesitation.

When the order was passed from Linyuan to Yuannan, it was only a day's work, at that time Liu Qi was still leading the crowd to attack Yuannan, which was high and deep in Yuannan, and the enemy army resisted desperately and stubbornly defended, even if there was a wise man like Pang Tong, he was helpless for a while. What's more, Pang Tong was only nineteen years old at the time, a full ten years earlier than the time when he came out of the mountain in history, and it was not like when he helped Liu Bei attack Xichuan, the strategy he came up with every time was the most appropriate, so it still needed a long time to hone, which was also the purpose of Pang Degong to let Pang Tong defect to Liu Qi with Xu Shu.

Just when the soldiers of Yuannan were desperately defending it, they suddenly received an order from Jin Xuan asking them to surrender, and Yuannan County Ling Chulai (self-created name, I can't find the relevant information, please forgive me) had no choice but to order surrender. At this moment, a young scribe suddenly objected and said loudly: "I have tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Yuannan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is enough food and grass in the city, even if it is defended for three years, it will not be a problem, not to mention that we can order someone to go to Changsha to find Zhang Taishou to move the rescue troops, why do we surrender?" ”

Although the young scribe was reasonable, he ordered the scribe to be tied up, and then opened the city gate, leading the county officials to ask for surrender.

Liu Qi saw that the other party surrendered, his heart was naturally happy, and he comforted the cook a few words, and then led the army into Yuannan, when he came to the county office, Liu Qi ordered the cook to still be the commander of Yuannan County, and ordered Gan Ning to serve as the county lieutenant, take over the army in the city, and be responsible for the garrison and security of the city.

At this time, Liu Qi found that there was a young man who was tied up among the officials in Yuannan, and hurriedly asked what was going on, but he heard the cook say: "General Qiyu, the lower official surrendered on the order of Jin Taishou, but this person was indeed opposed, and said that our army could hold on to Changsha to reinforce the troops, so the lower official tied it up and handed it over to the general." ”

"Oh? What is this person's last name? Liu Qi couldn't help but become interested in this young man, and hurriedly asked.

But I heard the chef respond: "This person's name is Liao Li, a native of Linyuan, seventeen years old this year, on the order of Jin Taishou to assist the lower officials stationed in Linyuan, he is arrogant on weekdays, boasting of his talents, and never puts others in his eyes, even if he is a lower official, he is always despised by him." ”

"What? It turned out that this person turned out to be Liao Li? Liu Qi couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, because he knew that this Liao Li had been praised by Zhuge Liang as a genius and could be compared to Pang Tong.

But Liu Qi knew that this person was arrogant and arrogant, and it was difficult for ordinary people to control, even Zhuge Liang, who was later the prime minister of Shu Han, couldn't bear his arrogance, demoted him to a commoner, and sent him to remote areas, and later Zhuge Liang died, Jiang Wei was ready to use him, and went to visit him once, but saw that there was no humility on his face, and finally had to give up.

So Liu Qi decided to cure his arrogance and then subdue him.

Liu Qi thought about it for a while, and did not untie Liao Li, but said loudly: "Everyone else is in favor of surrendering to the general, why are you the only one who refuses?" ”

Liao Li blurted out: "You are just a yellow-mouthed child, what can you do?" If it weren't for the surrender of the city, Liao would have promised to let you be trapped here for three years. ”

Liu Qi laughed: "You're too confident when you say this, right?" Hugh said that there are only 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers in your city, even if it is doubled, the general will be sure to take this city lightly, but the general will not bear to kill and injure living beings. ”

Liao Li sneered and said, "Who wouldn't say big words?" I want to see, what are you capable of General Liu? Can you break my Yuannan City? ”

Liu Qi said with a smile: "It's the rainy season, and the water level of Yuanshui is rising, as long as the water will be diverted to irrigate the southern city, how long can you hold on?" What's more, do you dare to predict that your men will be able to flee to Changsha from the siege of our army? Even if he escapes, do you dare to guarantee that Changsha Zhang Xian will dare to come here to support? To tell you the truth, Ben Jiang is looking forward to Zhang Xian coming to support, as long as he dares to come, Ben will dare to guarantee that he will definitely go and never return. ”

The county magistrate and the officials of Yuannan all gasped, and they all broke out in a cold sweat, secretly glad that they accepted the advice of Taishou and decisively surrendered to this killing star, otherwise, once he really let him irrigate Yuannan, I am afraid that all the fifty or sixty thousand people in the city will suffer.

"If I really listen to Liao Li's words, I'm afraid I will die in the future." These officials, including Chu Lai, all looked at Liao Li with disdain, and when they came out, they snorted: "Mr. originally boasted of being talented, but his original idea was so clumsy that he almost killed me and the others, sir, you are not from this county, you can ignore the survival of the people in this county, but we don't dare to be so crazy." ”

Liao Li's face was even pale, and cold sweat flowed together. He never thought that the other party could use such a vicious strategy, it can be seen that the other party is not a kind-hearted person, so he hurriedly pleaded guilty: "It's Meng Lang who was born later, and he only cares about loyalty and righteousness, but he didn't expect that he would be killed by the people of the whole city, it's really ashamed." ”

Liu Qi snorted: "Loyalty? Do you mean loyalty to Zhang Xian or to Cao Cao? ”

Liao Li didn't budge this time, and raised his head and said: "The late life is loyal to the Han Dynasty, not Cao Gong personally. ”

"Hehe, now Cao Cao is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and all the major affairs of the court are left to him, what is the difference between your allegiance to the court and your allegiance to him? Now Cao Cao deceived the Son of Heaven internally, and the princes outside, named Han Xiang, is actually a Han thief, if he didn't care about the princes from all walks of life, I'm afraid he would have stolen my Han Dynasty a long time ago. What's more, the four counties of Jingnan are all the land of the imperial court, and they belong to the hands of my Jingzhou Thorn History Department, you can't wait for the state pastor, but instead take refuge in the Han thieves, causing the originally calm and peaceful Jingnan to rise again. Are you worthy of the rulers or the people? Is this what you call loyalty? ”

Liu Qi's words suddenly made Liao Li speechless, his face turned red and white, white and red, and finally he had to say ashamedly: "This qiē is all caused by arbitrary behavior, it is really ashamed of the officials and the people, please forgive me." In the future, we must reform ourselves, be a new person, get rid of the fault of arrogance and arrogance, and be a modest and studious young talent. ”

Liu Qi saw that he had admitted his mistake to the other party, so he no longer pursued it, his face became soft, and he said slowly: "Actually, your knowledge is not bad, but once you become arrogant, you can't tolerate people, you can't listen to correct opinions, so you can only become obstinate, and at the same time, you look down on your colleagues, and the final result can only be to isolate yourself, in this way, although you are talented, you will definitely be jealous of your colleagues and officials, and you can only end up depressed. This is also the reason why those who have talent cannot achieve revenge in their hearts in the end. What's more, the truly talented person should be open-minded, not ashamed to ask, and will learn from others' strengths and make up for their own shortcomings anytime and anywhere. There is a saying that the world is full of knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is an article, and society is a big book, which is worth learning from each of us. ”

After Liu Qi finished saying this, people, including Pang Tong and Gan Ning, nodded frequently. Hurriedly said respectfully: "I have been taught." ”

Liao Li saw that what Liu Qi said was very reasonable, and his words were profound, as if the elders were encouraging the juniors, and he couldn't help but admire in his heart, and said secretly: "This Liu Dagongzi doesn't even look twenty years old, at most one or two years older than me, it looks so old and stable, if I can take refuge in this person, I will be able to become a great weapon in the future." ”

Thinking of this, Liao Li hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "Just now, I was instructed by the general, and I made Limao suddenly open, and I was willing to join the general's command and do some real things for the country and the people, I don't know if the general is willing to accommodate it?" ”

Liu Qi was overjoyed, but he still said seriously: "Since Mr. Liao is willing to defect to this general, this general is naturally willing to accept it, but you also said just now that you have to do something real, so this general decided to appoint you as the county governor of Yuannan County first, and follow Master Chu to learn how to deal with civil affairs and how to unite colleagues, I don't know what you think?" ”

Liao Li was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed: "The general's arrangement can be described as well-intentioned, if Liru doesn't obey his orders again, then he really doesn't know what to do." ”

After finishing speaking, he got up and saw the county chef to come to his colleagues, and apologized to them for his past behavior. When the chef and the others saw that the other party was appointed by Liu Qi, and saw that Liao Liken had reformed himself, they were naturally very happy, and they also accepted Liao Lishen.