In Liu Bei's opinion, this rebel army is indeed not a weak opponent, but an opponent with considerable combat strength.

However, everything is relative.

Compared to the weak, or the group of wastes in the Yizhou official army, the Legion of the Men is very strong and difficult to deal with, and in the same state, they are not opponents.

But compared to the strong, the army of people is the same thing.

No matter how thick the leather armor and wooden shield are, they can't be compared with the elite-level equipment of the Liangzhou Corps, and the Han army marched to the front of the formation, and Liu Bei, who condescendingly observed the situation, could see at a glance that the Han army was dominant.

The front-line commanders of this battle were Cao Ren and Cao Chun, two brothers, Liu Bei liked these two young generals very much, they had combat experience and command ability, and they were full of sharpness, which was suitable for fighting against strong enemies, so that they could be further honed.

The result of the battle was not beyond Liu Bei's expectations, the Han army was victorious, but the process was not so simple.

The people also have battle rules, as well as their unique banners and drums, and they have a basis for advancing and retreating, and there is an order of battle, which is very refined, and they will also release arrows in front of the battle, with shield soldiers in front and hand-to-hand combat troops following closely.

After coming into contact with the Han army's military formation, they will also start a charging formation, and the infantry army's combat effectiveness is extremely strong, and the individual combat ability is very strong, when the two sides are just approaching, many soldiers squatted down and rushed out of the military formation from the legs of the shield soldiers, attacking the Han army's military formation in a way similar to rat warfare.

They will rush to the front of the Han army and attack the lower three roads of the Han army's shield soldiers, as long as there is a gap, they will attack the Han army's shield soldiers with the swords in their hands, bringing them a certain amount of damage.

The Han soldiers behind them were also well-trained, and in response to the fighting methods of the people, the Han soldiers fought-for-tat, face-to-face hand-to-hand, and relied on more sophisticated weapons and equipment to defeat the people, and pushed back.

The gap in equipment will bring a gap in morale, the Han army also has spearmen, and the characteristics of the people who are used to mountain warfare make them lack the use of long weapons, and the Han army has made a gap at this level.

After a fierce battle, the people were defeated, and the Han army quickly turned into pursuit, and finally captured most of the people, except for a few scuds who ran too fast for the Han army to catch up.

After winning the frontal battle, Liu Bei further confirmed that the people were brave and disciplined, and they were not much worse than the Han army in these aspects, but the equipment was not good, and the skills of the battle formation were somewhat lacking, and they could not properly deal with the enemy they had not encountered.

So they were defeated.

In this battle, the Han army killed more than 600 people and captured more than 2,000 people, along with the leader of this rebel army, Luo Ge.

After the battle, Liu Bei discussed with his subordinates and wanted to recruit Luo Ge.

"I don't want to start a full-scale war with the people, this time the people are in trouble, there are corrupt officials and corrupt officials in it, the people have made war exploits against the Han, if this time I can clear up the misunderstanding and kill less, maybe it would be excellent, what do you think?"

Xun You thought it could be tried, but Jia Xu didn't quite agree with it.

"It is very difficult to get the enemy who is still fighting just now to surrender to Cheng unless he is completely conquered and frightened, I think it is better to destroy all these rebels, and then talk about the matter of surrender, so that they will die and dare not resist again."

Liu Bei thought about it, but decided to stick to his original opinion.

"I have been fighting in the north and south for so long, and I have made so many contributions, I think I have a little bit of fame, and my reputation is enough to be worth a series of results, and they feel desperate in advance.

If I can defeat them without bloodshed, I will be able to get their effectiveness, and I will be happy that such an elite army can be used by me, so I decided to try. ”

Jia Xu has no more opinions.

Subsequently, Liu Bei personally interrogated Luo Ge.

"Why rebel?"

Luo Ge's eyes rolled.

"The government doesn't pay attention to credibility, and it is clearly agreed that we will reduce taxes and pay rewards if we help fight the war, but the reward is not there, and the taxes will be increased, and such a treacherous thing is done, do you think that my people do not have sharp swords?"

"I see that you talk extraordinary, have you ever read a book?"

"Read."

"Oh?"

Liu Bei looked at this man who looked like he was thirty or forty years old again, and felt a little surprised.

When he was in the imperial court before, he had also heard that the people were very sinicized, and the clansmen would also have education in reading and learning characters, and they would learn some Han cultural knowledge.

In addition to the martial customs, some children of relatively high status big families will also study Confucian classics, learn scriptures, and enter the imperial court as officials because of their merits, which is no different from the Han people.

Now it seems that this Luo Ge and the family behind him should also be a very sinicized existence, and the reason for the rebellion is nothing more than the treachery of the government, the persecution of the clansmen and the like, and the reasons for the Han people to resist the government are similar.

Liu Bei then had some thoughts about him.

"The government is treacherous, you kill the official, why do you still loot the city?"

"If the government doesn't give it, I'll take it myself, if the government doesn't have enough, I'll take it in the city, take what I should take, not to mention that the city that I captured is naturally my spoils, how do I want to deal with it, do I still need to listen to you?"

Liu Bei smiled.

"In that case, you are also my trophy now, and you can only bear what I want to do with you, right?"

"Becoming a king or defeating a king, there is nothing to say, if you want to kill or scrape, it's up to you, since I decided to rebel, I didn't take my life to heart."

After Luo Ge finished speaking, he closed his eyes very shamefully and stopped talking.

Liu Bei circled around him a few times, thought about it, and slowly spoke.

"I see that you look very unconvinced, you are obviously defeated by me head-on, what else are you not convinced?"

Luo Ge opened his eyes and looked at Liu Bei.

"What is there to be proud of when you win against me by being outnumbered?"

"To fight a war is to have more people, more people, more people, in order to win more easily, if I have more people but don't use it, then I am a fool, how can anyone fight like this? Will you take the initiative to reduce my forces and fight me again because I have few soldiers? That kind of thing, no one will do it in the future Song Xianggong, and neither will I. ”

“………………”

Luo Ge was speechless, and closed his eyes again, looking like he wanted to kill or chop whatever he wanted.

Liu Bei suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.

"Do you know who I am?"

"I don't know."

"My name is Liu Bei."

"Liu Bei?"

Luo Ge opened his eyes and looked at Liu Bei in some surprise.

"Liangzhou Mu, Liu Xuande?"

"Yes, that's me."

Liu Bei stared at Luo Ge: "The Liangzhou rebels were defeated in my hands, the Xianbei people were defeated in my hands, the Qiang people were defeated in my hands, I have not been defeated since I set out on the expedition, the people who died in my hands are hundreds of thousands, my prisoners, millions, with the size of your thousands of people, if the people of the world know that you lost to me in a head-to-head confrontation, there is no shame." ”

Luo Ge was silent for a moment, and suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Hahahahahaha There is indeed no shame in dying at the hands of a hero like you! Right now, I only have one request, when you kill me, I hope that you will personally handle the knife and not let me die at the hands of the villain, in this way, even if I am beheaded, I will definitely not regret it! ”

"Do you want to die like that?"

Liu Bei said slowly: "I don't really want you to die, your ancestors and clansmen have fought for the Han Dynasty and have made meritorious contributions, if you are willing to make meritorious contributions, lead your subordinates to fight for the advance of my army, and quell the rebellion as soon as possible, then I can forgive your mistakes and avoid your capital crimes, what do you think?" ”

(End of chapter)