Liu Bei called him into the room and asked his name. It turned out that he was from Yuyuan, Jianning. His surname was Li Minghui and his courtesy name was De'ang. Liu Bei smiled and said: "You tried so hard to persuade Liu Zhang before, why did you come to surrender to me now?"
He replied: "I heard that a good bird finds a good tree to make its home, and a good minister also chooses a good master to serve. I advised Liu Zhang before, which was to fulfill the wishes of the minister. Since he did not obey, I know he will definitely fail, but now the general’s benevolence and righteousness are spread throughout Shu, and I know that things can be accomplished, so I came to join him!”
Liu Bei nodded and said, "Sir, coming here this time will definitely be good for me!"
Li Huidao: "I heard that Ma Chao is now in a dilemma. I had an acquaintance with him in Longxi. I can be a lobbyist to persuade Ma Chao to surrender. How about it?"
Kong Ming said: "I just need someone to go on my behalf and persuade Ma Chao to surrender. I hope I can hear how you plan to persuade?" So he explained his thoughts in detail next to Kong Ming's ear. Kong Ming was very happy after hearing this. Let him move forward immediately.
Li Hui rode to Ma Chao's camp and asked someone to tell him his name first. Ma Chao said: "I know Li Hui is a famous person, and he must come to persuade me to surrender now!"
So he summoned more than twenty swordsmen and axemen to ambush him in the camp, and told him: "If I give the order to kill him, you will just kill him with random swords!"
Soon, Li Hui came in. Ma Chao sat in the tent and scolded: "What are you doing here?"
Replied: “I’m specifically acting as a lobbyist.”
Ma Chao said: "The sword in my hand has just been sharpened. Please try to tell me. If it doesn't work, then I will use you to test whether the sword is sharp!"
Li Hui smiled and said: "The general's trouble is not far away. I'm afraid the newly sharpened sword cannot kill me, but will kill myself."
Ma Chao said: "What trouble can I cause?"
He replied: "I heard that people who are good at destroying cannot be perfect, people who are good at expressing beauty cannot hide their ugliness, and the moon will start to lose its weight when it is full. This is a daily truth. Now the general and Cao Cao have killed their fathers. I have hatred for Longxi. I was unable to save Liu Zhang and drive back Jingzhou's troops. I was unable to stop Yang Song from meeting Zhang Lu. There is no place in the world that can accommodate you. There is no lord in my body. If there is another Weiqiao like that The disastrous defeat and the loss of Jicheng, how can you show your face to the people of the world?"
After being reminded, Ma Chao finally figured it out and said: "What you said makes sense, but I have no way out."
Li Huidao: "Since you are going to follow my advice, why do you still want to ambush the swordsman in the camp?"
Ma Chao felt very ashamed and quickly dismissed the sword and axemen.
Li Huidao: "Li Xian, Corporal Liu Huangshu, I know he will succeed, so I abandoned Liu Zhang and joined him. Your father once worked with Liu Huangshu to defeat the traitor Cao Cao. Why don't you abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side? In this way, you can retaliate against your father." With hatred, how can I make great achievements?"
Ma Chao was very happy after hearing this, and immediately let Yang Bai enter, beheaded him with a sword, and then took his head to the gate to surrender to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was very happy when he found out. He welcomed him personally and treated him as a distinguished guest. Ma Chao said: "Today I met a wise lord, it is like meeting the blue sky in the clouds and mist."
Sun Qian had already returned, so Liu Bei asked Huo Jun and Meng Da to guard the pass, withdraw his troops and go to Chengdu.
Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong welcomed them into Mianzhu. Someone reported that Shu generals Liu Huan and Ma Han had arrived with the Han army. Zhao Yun said: "I am willing to capture these two people!" After saying that, he mounted his horse and led his troops out.
Liu Bei entertained Ma Chao in the city. Before the banquet was fully prepared, Zhao Yun had already chopped off their heads and presented them to Liu Bei.
Ma Chao was very surprised when he saw it and respected Liu Bei even more.
Ma Chao said: "There is no need for my lord to come to Chengdu to fight. I will personally call Liu Zhang out. If he refuses to surrender, my brother Ma Dai and I will take Chengdu together and dedicate our hands to you!"
Liu Bei was very happy after hearing this and held banquets every day to celebrate.
After the defeated army returned to Yizhou, they reported the situation to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang was so surprised that he could only stay behind closed doors. Suddenly someone reported that reinforcements from Ma Chao in the north of the city had arrived, and Liu Zhang dared to go up the city wall to check the situation.
Seeing Ma Chao and Ma Dai standing under the city wall, they shouted: "Please come out and answer Liu Zhang."
Liu Zhang asked on the city wall. Ma Chao pointed his whip at Liu Zhang and said, "I originally brought the soldiers and horses sent by Zhang Lu to rescue Yizhou. Unfortunately, Zhang Lu listened to the villain Yang Song's slander and plotted to kill me." , I have surrendered to Liu Bei now, you can also surrender to avoid the suffering of living beings, if you still persist in your stubbornness, I will prepare to attack your city!"
After hearing this, Liu Zhang was so angry that he fainted on the city wall. Everyone stepped forward to rescue him. Liu Zhang said: "I was unwise. It's too late to regret now. It's better to open the door and surrender directly, lest the people follow us and suffer disaster." "
Dong He said: "There are still more than 30,000 soldiers in the city, and the money and food can be used for another year. How can we surrender now?"
Liu Zhang said: "We, father and son, have been in Shu for more than 20 years. We have no kindness to the people. After three years of fighting, the corpses are still lying in the wild. It is all my fault. How can I feel stable?" What? Why not surrender to appease the people?"
After hearing this, everyone shed tears. Suddenly, someone said: "My lord's words are exactly in line with the meaning of God." Everyone looked and saw that the man was a native of Xichong, Brazil. His surname was Qiao, his given name was Zhou, and his given name was Yunnan. He is a famous person in the city who is proficient in astronomy.
Liu Zhang then asked further, "Why do you say that?"
He replied: "I watched the sky at night and saw many stars gathering around Shu County. The big star shines like the sun. That is a sight only seen by emperors. What's more, a year ago, there were rumors about Xiao Er. , if you want to eat new food, you must wait until the new lord arrives, this is a sign, you must not go against the will!"
Huang Quan and Liu Ba were very angry after hearing this and were about to kill him, but Liu Zhang blocked it and suddenly received a report: Xu Jing, the governor of Shu County, bypassed the city and surrendered to Liu Bei. Liu Zhang cried loudly and returned to his mansion after hearing this. .
On the second day, someone reported that Liu Bei sent his retainer Jian Yong to call at the gate of Yong City. Liu Zhang ordered the door to be opened to greet him. He was sitting in the car, looking very proud of himself.
Suddenly a man pulled out his sword and shouted: "The villain has succeeded. If there are no others, how dare you despise our heroes in Sichuan!"
Jian Yong hurriedly got out of the car to greet him. The man was from Mianzhu, Guanghan. His surname was Qin, his name was Mi, and his courtesy name was Zichi.
Jian Yong smiled and said: "Please don't blame me for not recognizing my brother!"
