On the way to Kuzhang County, Liu Bei encountered small troops of the Yellow Turban Army three times. Each of them was a team of more than a thousand people, and they were all generally disorganized.
So Liu Bei ordered Dong Huang, Guan Yu, and Xia Houyuan to attack in turn and achieved three consecutive victories.
All three times were resounding victories. The entire Yellow Turban Army was wiped out, while Liu Bei's troops suffered very little losses.
Subsequently, on the second day of April, Liu Bei led the vanguard army to attack and surround the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, which was about 5,000 people in Zhang County.
Liu Bei pressed forward with his entire army, and ordered Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Dong Huang, Xiahou Yuan, and Xiahou Dun to each lead a cavalry charge. He led the remaining main force to cover and kill. The Yellow Turban Army was suddenly attacked and did not offer much resistance. , but soon began to flee and enter a state of collapse.
The county defenders were overjoyed when they saw this. They opened the door to attack and joined forces with Liu Bei's army to attack. The Yellow Turban Army quickly collapsed. The mountains and plains were filled with fleeers, but not many who fought back were seen.
Of course, there were some who fought back hard, but not many. Zhang Fei defeated one team, Dong Huang defeated another team, and the last team carrying the banner was led by Liu Bei himself to attack. Zhen Yan, Liu Yong, and Liu Sheng They guarded Liu Bei and charged together, quickly destroying the place where the banner was.
A yellow turban officer in unusual clothing was shot down by Liu Bei and captured alive, and all his guards were killed.
After winning a resounding victory in a surprise attack with a small number, the county magistrate Qiao Wei was very grateful to Liu Bei and came to see Liu Bei in person. He was shocked when he learned that Liu Bei was the famous future star of the ancient literature school. , and quickly invited Liu Bei to the city for a talk.
Liu Bei did not enter the city immediately, but ordered the officers to restrain and restrain their own soldiers or pursue the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, or guard the prisoners, or clean the battlefield and collect the loot, and then ordered the entire army not to enter the city.
Afterwards, Liu Bei followed Qiao Wei into the city to take a look at the general situation, and asked him about the battlefield situation he knew so far, and then withdrew from the city and stayed with the soldiers.
After this great victory, because he had captured a lot of trophies, together with the trophies obtained from the previous four small victories, Liu Bei held a banquet to reward the soldiers, and asked Qiao Wei to organize the residents in the city to cook hot meals and dishes for the soldiers, and then fulfill his promise, Distribute the spoils of war to the soldiers.
What Dong Huang said was right. No amount of family and country sentiments or ambitions could compare to the heavy spoils of war that were actually handed to his hands.
The trophies include valuable gold and silver jewelry and brocade and silk cloth, as well as practical grain, salt, cloth, ironware, etc., to name a few.
Liu Bei had made an agreement with the soldiers before that all the spoils of war would be collected and kept by the general before being distributed. After a staged victory, all the spoils would be distributed.
At that time, he used his own reputation as a guarantee, and he would be thundered if he broke his promise, so the soldiers reluctantly believed him.
Now when it was time for him to fulfill his promise, he did not break it and gave all the piles of loot to the soldiers and officers. Liu Bei himself kept nothing.
After fulfilling the promise, not to mention those who had other connections with him, even those soldiers who had no other connections with him and came to fight purely for money, they looked at themselves completely differently.
There was some doubt and indifference before, but now it is full of enthusiasm.
When inspecting the military camp, everyone expressed their gratitude to Liu Bei, and their words were full of good things about Liu Bei, saying that Liu Bei kept his word and was a good boss.
Liu Bei does not have the ability to change the world now, but at least he can start from now.
He decided to be a person who was honest and trustworthy to his subordinates. After establishing such a persona and prestige, and after such a persona and prestige were widely accepted, he could do more things.
He can't change the world, but he can't allow himself to be changed. Otherwise, why would he have worked so hard to gain his current status? Aren’t your legs and feet so weak that you can’t kneel down?
The Longyou cavalry led by Dong Huang made great contributions and received a lot of spoils. He himself also gained a lot and was very happy. Looking at Liu Bei again, he felt that it was much more pleasing to the eye and much more reliable.
However, he found that Liu Bei did not leave any trophies for him, and he was curious about this.
"Liu Sima, don't you leave something for yourself?"
Liu Bei shook his head.
"Your trust in me is my greatest prize."
Dong Huang reached out and scratched his face.
Uncle, Liu Bei is indeed a capable man and a man of his word, but why does he always like to say something that seems to be very profound?
Are these the so-called Confucian disciples?
Sure enough, he is different from a rough guy like me...
After the spoils were distributed, the soldiers were able to enjoy a hot meal and hot dishes. They were in a good mood and their morale was boosted. After Liu Bei completed reporting the battle situation to Lu Zhi, he was ready to continue marching north.
Before setting off, Liu Bei handed some belongings to Qiao Wei.
"These are the thanks fees for you and the officials and residents in the city. Although it is not much, if everyone shares a little, life will be easier in the future. After the war, prices will definitely skyrocket. It will not work without money. Qiao County Ling, I will give you this money, and I trust you, you will not betray my trust, right?"
Qiao Wei blinked and his face became serious.
"Qiao is not talented, but he will not do anything that goes against his conscience. If you have this intention, Qiao will never let you down."
"That's very good."
Liu Bei smiled and rode away.
Three days after he marched north, Lu Zhi led the main force to arrive. After listening to Qiao Wei telling everything Liu Bei had done here, he was quite impressed.
"Xuan De is true to his word and has benevolence and righteousness in his heart. He is worthy of being my disciple. I did not misjudge him after all."
Dong Zhuo helped.
"Xuande has a kind heart, is good at fighting, and is capable of literature and martial arts. Such a disciple, Mr. Lu is worthy of his discerning eye!"
"Does a wise eye recognize pearls..."
Lu Zhi suddenly remembered everything that happened before he accepted Liu Bei as his disciple.
He did have a discerning eye, but he did not accept Liu Bei as his disciple because of his discerning eye. He was just talented and not up to the standard of being a disciple.
The reason why Liu Bei can be his disciple is because he is brave enough and cruel enough to himself and dares to do things that others dare not do. Otherwise, this disciple will not have his turn.
There are too many capable people, but most of them are not ruthless enough.
Lu Zhi will only hide these words in his heart and will never say them out.
Lu Zhi just looked at Dong Zhuo with a smile.
"However, this battle was fought by Xuande. A thousand people dared to fight against five thousand people. It scared me, but he happened to win. I didn't have anything to say. I just made things difficult for Captain Dong. All the way forward He came, but he didn’t achieve any success.”
Dong Zhuo chuckled and waved his hand.
"Dong is not some weirdo who likes to fight. If he can avoid fighting and enjoy a share of the credit, why not do it?"
Lu Zhi nodded and smiled: "Hahahaha, what Lieutenant Dong said is true, but the young man's limelight is about to end. Behind the small group of enemies is the main enemy force of more than ten thousand people. Even if Xuande has the courage, We won’t do things where a thousand people can impact 10,000 people.
Even if there are not 100,000 Yellow Turban thieves, there are still 60,000 or 70,000. Although they are just a mob, they are powerful in numbers. We must not underestimate them. Otherwise, if they are defeated, the emperor will be disappointed and the court will be angry. You and I cannot afford the consequences. "
Dong Zhuo nodded.
"Dong will definitely cooperate fully with Lu Gong in the next war."
Lu Zhi smiled.
"That's very good."
(End of chapter)
