Liu Qi saw that Fu Wei's confidence was not so sufficient, so he knew that what he said had worked, but he knew the truth of striking while the iron was hot, so he didn't give the other party enough time to think, and then Zhengse said: "Speaking of which, the general should not blame the official for criticizing you first." As a native of Jingzhou, you don't serve your hometown, but live here and suffer from the exclusion of others, and you are not wise, the general is a subject of my Han Dynasty, but he is not loyal to my Han Dynasty, and he takes it as his responsibility to quell the rebellions of warlords everywhere, but with Liu Zhang's seizure of the land of Yizhou, he is a chaotic minister and thief, and he is not wise; The good minister should choose the master and do things, Liu Zhang is weak and suspicious, he is not the master, the general follows him, and he can only end up with a loss of family and death in the future, but he is laughed at by others, unwise three, the general has these three unwise, is not also sad? ”

Fu Wei sighed quietly and remained silent.

Liu Qi smiled faintly, and then continued: "Now is a troubled time, every qiē relies on his fists to speak, even if he does the way of Yao Shun, there is no way to keep Xichuan, there are no examples like this in history, King Xu Yan is an example." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Qi sighed secretly in his heart, because what he actually wanted to say most was his father Liu Biao and the Liu Zhang he was going to attack, these two people are real living examples, benevolent to the people, but lack of a clear understanding of the war, as a result, the guide zhì was finally defeated, if he didn't come to this world and changed the traces of history, in another five years, the huge Jingzhou foundation would have been lost at the hands of his brother Liu Cong and the powerful minister Cai Mao and others.

I can change the trajectory of history, that is because I am a traverser, I can clearly know my own destiny, and I know a lot of historical knowledge, but Liu Zhang can't change it at all, he will be attacked sooner or later, it's just the difference between being destroyed by Liu Bei and being destroyed by himself.

Secretly sighed, Liu Qi said lightly: "King Xu Yan did benevolent government and died in the country, Liu Jiyu is not as good as King Xu Yan, he is weak and suspicious, he is not the master, can the general have any future with him?" As a lieutenant of this dynasty, this official has always been thirsty for talent, and he has tried his best to promote virtue for the country, if a talent like a general came to my Jingzhou, he would have been a general a long time ago, but you are still a small lieutenant now, which is really sighing. In my opinion, it is better for the general to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, submit to me, devote himself to the prosperity of the homeland and the country, protect the country and the people, and make immortal achievements. ”

Fu Wei thought for a moment, suddenly fell to the ground, and said respectfully: "The last general is stupid, ignorant of human feelings, now I think about it, Lord Taiwei has a fist to love the country and love the people, and the last general admires, if the adult does not give up, the last general is willing to swear to the death to follow the adult, and help the master to achieve a great cause." ”

Liu Qi was overjoyed, immediately helped Fu Wei up, and said with a smile: "It is the luck of the official to have the uncle to complement him, so let's do it, the official first worships you as the central protector, and orders you to command my three thousand personal soldiers, I don't know if the uncle is willing to obey?" ”

Fu Wei was naturally overjoyed, but he didn't expect that as soon as he defected to the other party, he was so trusted and became a pro-soldier general, so he hurriedly bowed respectfully to the ground and thanked Liu Qi.

Liu Qi smiled, helped Fu Wei up, and introduced the general Liu Shi and the leading general Zhang Tong to him, these two are the governors of the pro-military camp and his top boss, so he naturally respectfully saluted the two.

After Fu Wei finished greeting Liu Shi and Zhang Tong, Liu Qi asked again: "Shuye, I don't know who the guard of Shangyong City is in front of you?" What is this person's abilities? Shuye can introduce me to it. ”

Fu Wei hurriedly said respectfully: "No." Do not hide from the lord, the guard of Shangyong City is named Shen Tan, the word righteousness, is the origin of the Shangyong family, the reputation of the Shangyong is unmatched, the end of the general has long heard of this humanistic and military all-rounder, and it is rare to return to the Han family, the end of the general for the first time to vote for the lord, no size of the merit, today I am willing to Shangyong to persuade this person. ”

"Oh? That's great. Liu Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed, rewarded Fu Wei heavily, and then ordered Fu Wei to go to persuade Shen Tan to surrender.

And the development of things is indeed gratifying, because only half a day later, I saw a report from my own soldiers: "Lord Qiqi, Lord Fu is back, and with him comes a general and some chariot soldiers, Lord Fu said that Shangyong City Shen Yiju came to defect, and asked the Lord to invite them to meet him." ”

Liu Qi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately led all the civil and military forces out of the camp to greet him.

After Liu Qi left the camp, he saw a man in his thirties, wearing a virtuous crown, wearing a robe, and a fair complexion, who was smiling and saying something to Fu Wei, he knew that this person should be Shen Tan, and hurriedly walked over.

As Liu Qi expected, that person is indeed Shen Tan, this person is the absolute authority of Shangyong City, since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, he has been holding the position of Shangyong Chief, for more than ten years, Shangyong City is like an independent separatist force, beyond Liu Zhang's Yizhou power, even if Liu Zhang, as the lord of the entire Yizhou, can only win over Shen Tan to ensure that he has the right to rule in name.

As soon as he heard that it was the Han clan, Jingzhou Mu, and Taiwei Liu Qi led the army to come, on the one hand, he was intimidated by Liu Qi's prestige and strong military strength for so many years, on the other hand, it was also because he was a member of the Han family, committed to sweeping away the rebellion in the world, respecting the orthodoxy of the Han family, and heard Fu Wei say that the lord Liu Qi has always been thirsty for talent, knows people well, and is a rare master, so he agreed without hesitation.

In fact, over the years, although Shen Tan has been in Shangyong City, he has always cared about the affairs of the world, knowing that Liu Qi has pacified Jingnan, dominated Jiangdong, expanded Jiaozhou, and crisscrossed Xuzhou for so many years, and is really the first male lord in the world, even if it is much more popular than Cao Cao, plus the other party was born in the Han family, and his identity is orthodox and noble, far from Cao Cao's identity as a eunuch can be compared, and he has long had the heart to take refuge, but because of the separation of a Fangling City, he has not been able to get it, and now since Fu Wei came to persuade him to surrender, It was exactly what he wanted, and of course he agreed in a hurry.

However, despite this, Shen Tan did not expect Liu Qi to lead the cultural relics generals under his command to greet him in person, and he couldn't help but be flattered, and said respectfully: "The last general Shen Tan saw Lord Taiwei, and the last general heard for a long time that the Lord was a corporal of Lixian, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation." ”

Liu Qi smiled, picked up Shen Tan, took his hand and said: "Righteous deeds, there is no need to be polite, this official is also a long-admired righteous act, and it is a blessing to see it today." ”

At that moment, he was polite and polite, and then cut off Fangling and Shangyong counties and became Shangyong County, which was under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou.

Shen Tan didn't expect Liu Qi to be so kind to him, he couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked him again, and at the same time offered to let his family members go to Xiangyang as hostages, although Liu Qi smiled and said no, but he insisted on doing it as if he was iron-hearted.

Liu Qi saw that the other party was so insistent, and he was afraid of disobeying the other party's sincerity, so he nodded and agreed.

"Lord, you are too kind to Shen Tan, according to the last general's opinion, the lord just let him be the mediocre chief, there is no need to get him a mediocre position, right? This person was already in charge, and now the lord has entrusted Fang Ling to him, once there is a change, I am afraid that even Xiangyang will be in danger. ”

After Shen Tan left, Tian Feng couldn't help frowning and admonished Liu Qi.

Liu Qi listened to Tian Feng's words, and couldn't help but secretly shake his head in his heart, because what Tian Feng said was indeed not good, especially if anything changed, Xiangyang was in danger, these words were in the hands of some masters with intentions, and it was obvious that they were bad luck words to confuse the army's heart, and Tian Feng could be imprisoned just by relying on this sentence.

But Liu Qi didn't believe in any auspiciousness at all, he just knew that if he punished Tian Feng, the next situation would definitely be much more unlucky than just listening to bad luck.

So Liu Qi didn't get angry, and smiled slowly: "I'm still worried that the courtesy to him is not high enough, Yuan Hao also knows that Shen Tan, as a Shangyong surname, has an unparalleled influence in Shangyong, it is precisely because of this that both Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang are doing their best to win us over, and surrender to us in the opposite direction, the official will naturally treat him well, and only in this way can he strengthen this person's loyalty to the official, which is actually very important, at least as long as Shen Tan still belongs to my Jingzhou in name, that is, my Jingzhou defense Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang is even a barrier for Liu Bei in Guanzhong, not to mention, I also believe that since Shen Tan took the initiative to move his family to Xiangyang, it is to show his loyalty and trust in me, since the other party trusts this official so much, how can this official not trust him? ”

Tian Feng listened to Liu Qi's words, and couldn't help but be speechless, because he saw that the lord was not suspicious, and if he continued to persuade him, he would be a little suspicious of the lord's employment policy and skills, so he could only temporarily suppress his worries and slight dissatisfaction in his heart, and secretly made up his mind to persuade Liu Qi when he was in a good mood in the future.

After that, Liu Qi ordered Shen Tan to lead the garrison in the city to defend Shangyong, defend Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, and he recruited Shen Tan's brother Shen Yi as a partial general, and allocated him 3,000 soldiers and horses, and ordered him to follow his own expedition to Yizhou.

As for why Liu Qi recruited Shen Yi, all the civil and military generals had speculations, only Liu Qi knew that this person had led the army to rebel in history and forced Shen Tan to surrender to Cao Wei, which caused Liu Bei a great loss, so he decided to bring Shen Yi to the army and let him personally monitor it, so as to prevent this person from inciting his brother Shen Tan to rebel like in history.

At the same time, the Gan Ning and Wenpin armies in Wuxian County also set off one after another, and the 50,000 army attacked by land and water, captured Yufu in one go, and then advanced towards Quren non-stop.