While Zhou Yu and Ma Chao were engaged in the Battle of Weinan, Liu Qi held a letter of surrender from Zhuge Liang and Ma Chao, and personally led two pro-army teams to Bingzhou, where he wanted to surrender Pang De before Cao Cao could react.

The place guarded by Pang De belongs to the two counties of Shangjun and Xihe, but in fact, most of the land of Shangjun is occupied by Wuhuan Shan Yu Nalou with troops, and the place where Pang De is guarded is only a dozen counties in the south of the Great Wall, including the five counties of Qiyuan, Diaoyin, Dingyang, Gaonu and Fushi in Shangjun, with a population of only 28,000 Han people; Gaowolf, Lin County, Zhongyang, Zishi, Pingzhou, Yuanyin, Yuanyang and other seven counties of Xihe, the population of the Han people is only 20,000, most of the land in the north belongs to the Southern Xiongnu, other such as Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan three counties belong to Xianbei, Shuofang was entrenched by the Southern Xiongnu, these ethnic groups originally belonged to the Baosai nation, in the counties of the state were originally to defend against the Northern Xiongnu, but with the defeat of the westward migration and the decline of the Han family, these Baosai people became a threat to the Han Dynasty.

However, fortunately, the southern counties were not rich in water and grass, and the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei and other departments learned that it was useless, but would be opposed by the Han court, so they did not rush to attack, but took the way of extorting money and property from the local county magistrates to live in peace with them.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the county magistrates gave money and goods on a regular basis, they would be superficially obedient to the Han family, and they could also help the warlords entrenched there to send troops to fight, first Yuan Shao and later Liu Bei, and they did so in the face of both warlords.

Of course, there are also those who brazenly send troops to make trouble because they are not satisfied with vested interests. In the fourth year of Zhongping, Zhang Chun, the Taishou of Zhongshan, rebelled into Qiu Lijuzhong, called himself the king of Mitian Anding, and was the marshal of Karasuma in the three counties. It brought great disasters to the Han border.

This was a rebellion lured by officials of the Han Dynasty, and there were countless rebellions of several ethnic groups themselves. In May of the third year of Emperor Yuanguang of the Han Dynasty, the Southern Xiongnu left the king to rebel, and in June, Xianbei Kou Xuansu. In August of the first year of Emperor Yongjian of Hanshun, Xianbei Kodai County. Daijun Taishou Li Chao died in battle. In winter and October, Xianbei offended the side. In the spring and February of the second year, Xianbei Kou Liaodong and Xuansu. In September of the first year of Yangjia, Xianbei Kou Liaodong, and in August of the second year, Xianbei Koudai County. In April of the fifth year, the left part of the Southern Xiongnu rebelled against the left Julong Lord Wusi and Che New, and surrounded Meiji......

In fact, Pang De's military career in the two counties and twelve counties of Bingzhou was very difficult, not only to endure the exploitation of the Xiongnu and Wuhuan tribes, but also to guard against Cao Cao's sneak attack. It is also necessary to find ways to domesticate soldiers and raise grain, grass and military funds. Because these two counties and twelve counties are located in desolation, and adjacent to the Xiongnu, Xianbei and other tribes, few people are willing to immigrate here, coupled with the small population, the income tax is simply difficult to meet the daily expenses of the government and the huge military needs, in desperation, Pang De in the defense of the land in order to support himself, and organized a caravan. There is no communication with the grassland tribes, which is barely able to maintain the situation.

But Pound has been doing his job without regrets. And because of his bravery, the Xiongnu and Wuhuan tribes were very afraid of him and called him the White Horse General.

When Pang De heard the news that the army of the lord Liu Bei was trapped in Xinfeng, Zuo Fengyi counties had been occupied by Ma Chao's army, and even if Pang De wanted to rescue, he needed to break through Ma Chao's defense area. Hugh said that Ma Chao was Pang De's old master, and he was a little hesitant to fight directly on the battlefield, even if he really made up his mind to start a war with Ma Chao, with the 20,000 cavalry under him, he was definitely not the opponent of the other party, not to mention that at this time, there was also an order from the lord Liu Bei. Let him guard and merge the state, because this is the last base of Great Qin.

Therefore, although he was anxious, Pang De could only sit and wait for the news that Cao Cao rescued his lord Liu Bei from the customs.

But what he didn't expect was that he waited for the news of the fall of Great Qin.

Pound looked at the two letters of persuasion in his hand, and was a little hesitant in his heart.

One of these two letters of persuasion came from the late lord Ma Chao, and the other came from the other lord Zhuge Liang, and the content of the two letters was similar, that is, to persuade him to return to the Duke of Chu.

Until today, Pang De did not know that the Duke of Qin, who had the grace of knowing him and let him serve the death force, died of illness, and soon after, Zhuge Liang, the most prestigious military advisor in the entire Great Qin under the Duke of Qin, also chose to die, but Zhuge Liang wrote him a letter of persuasion before he died, persuading him to hand over the land of the two counties and twelve counties of the state to the Duke of Chu, and from then on be loyal to the Duke of Chu, because the Duke of Chu is the only person to restore the Han Dynasty, and he is also the most likely person to stabilize the world and benefit the people.

And then, Ma Chao's letter of persuasion was full of old friendship, Ma Chao did not persuade him to surrender as the old master, but like an old friend, he talked about how he was fooled by Liu Bei, how he returned to the Duke of Chu, how he lost weight to the trust of the Duke of Chu, etc., and talked about what kind of treatment the Duke of Chu gave to the other party after Liu Bei's death, how he persuaded Zhuge Liang to surrender at the beginning, and the courtesy given by Zhuge Liang after his death, etc.

Pang De couldn't help but feel confused after reading it, Ma Chao and Zhuge Liang were one of the generals of the Duke of Chu, and the other was the place of death of the Duke of Chu, but they all spared no effort to persuade him to join the Duke of Chu, in fact, he also felt that the Duke of Chu was a master, otherwise there would not be so many talents under his command, and Da Chu would not have developed from a corner of Jingzhou to a huge force today. But the biggest problem now is that this Duke of Chu is also the enemy who forced his old lord Duke Qin to death and destroyed his homeland Great Qin.

Let yourself commit to the enemy, which makes Pang De really a little unwilling, but since even Zhuge Liang recommended Chu Gong to him, if he doesn't listen, will it be regarded as disobeying the order?

What's more, Ma Chao also pointed out in the letter: "Cao Cao is the culprit who killed his father, no matter what, my father also had the grace of knowing you at the beginning, and promoted you from an ordinary military marquis to a captain, and later promoted to a general, so you should also have the grace of knowing it, if you don't choose the Duke of Chu but choose to take refuge in Cao Cao, can you be worthy of your father's kindness to you?" What's more, although the Duke of Qin died, he was crowned king by the table, a body of glory, enough to last for a hundred generations, and the prince Chan was even more courteous, perhaps it is so, Zhuge Kongming strongly recommended Ling Ming to defect to the Duke of Chu, in fact, now the Duke of Chu has led a large army to attack Hongnong, I believe that it will be able to win in the near future, and after Cao Cao was defeated, he was even more unintentional and unable to receive, the Duke of Chu with hundreds of thousands of troops in Guanzhong, even if it is to storm your two counties, it is also easy, and now he is so courteous to Ling Ming, it can be seen that sincerity. ”

Although it is difficult for Ma Chao to say such reasonable and affectionate words, but these words really make Pang De feel very reasonable, besides, Pang De was originally a native of Hanyang County, and his hometown was under the rule of Liu Qi, the Duke of Chu, and his ethnic group lived there, if he defected to Cao Cao like this, it would be unreasonable, so after thinking about it for a while, Pang De decided to accept Liu Qi's solicitation and lead his troops to surrender.

At this moment, I heard the general Dong Chao say: "General Qiyu, Duke Chu personally led more than ten soldiers and soldiers, and waited outside the camp for a long time. ”

"What? You said that Duke Chu only brought a few dozen people and waited outside the camp for a long time? Pound couldn't help but change color and asked in surprise.

"Exactly, there are indeed only a dozen people, and his army is twenty miles away, it is really unimaginable that such a strong strength as him dares to come to our camp like this, isn't he afraid that the general has any evil intentions?" Dong Chao sighed and said slowly.

Pang De's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he just wanted to say something, but he heard another general named Dong Heng next to him suddenly shout: "What kind of nonsense are you talking about?" Don't you see who our general is? What's more, that person is the Duke of Chu who is the mighty of the world, even if more than a dozen people follow, we may not be able to do anything to Duke Chu? What's more, since people took the initiative to come, and they were so sincere, how could the general have any ill intentions towards people? ”

Dong Heng is Dong Chao's elder brother, the two brothers have followed Pang De since childhood, and they are two powerful generals under Pang De, although the official position is about the same size, and because Dong Heng is the elder brother and the commander of the army, he is much stronger than his brother Dong Chao in terms of power, so he didn't dare to fight back this reprimand, and Nuo Nuo's nod said yes.

In fact, how did Pound not know? These two boys are their fellow villagers, and when they saw that Duke Chu was the master of the land in their hometown, they naturally hoped that Pang De would also agree to surrender to Duke Chu, and they would not return to Cao Cao in a negative mood, so what they said just now also had a bit of a flavor of agitation.

However, Pang De still understood these two boys, and he had actually decided to surrender, so he did not express his disgust at the words of the two brothers, but said with respect: "Dong Heng is right, we can't do such a shameful thing, now that Chu Gong is waiting outside the camp, we naturally can't lose our manners, Dong Heng Dong Chao, you go with Ben Jiang to see Chu Gong, hehe, don't hide what you said, today Ben Jiang really wants to see this hero-like character." ”

Dong Heng and Dong Chao couldn't help but be relatively happy when they heard this, because from Pang De's tone, it seemed that Pang De at least did not have a hostile attitude towards Liu Qi, so the possibility of their surrender was naturally much greater, and this was naturally a situation they were happy to see, so they all lifted their spirits and followed Pang De to see Chu Gong.

Dong Heng and Dong Chao followed Pang De to the outside of the camp, only to see Pang De say with a stern face: "Duke Chu is here, I don't know what you are doing?" ”

Next, Dong Heng and Dong Chao saw a general who was not inferior to Ma Chao in any way in terms of heroism, and said kindly: "General Pang, in fact, it has been written very clearly in the two letters sent to you by Lone, that is, to persuade the general to surrender to Lonely, now although the Great Qin is dead, the Han family still exists, although Qinchuan is fixed, the world is not peaceful, the big husband has the talent to help the world and the people, when he is the Fusheji, the next An Lishu, and the matter of asking General Pang to join our army, I don't know what Ling Ming is thinking about?" (To be continued......)