Five days later, Lu Bu arrived at the military camp.
Zhang Liao presented a tray covered with red cloth to Lu Bu and said, "Brother, this is the head of Liu Yi, the governor of Yingzhou who was appointed by Gongsun Du himself.
During the confrontation, Liu Yi was hit in the vital part by a shotgun and died.
So his deputy general Xu Jie beheaded him and led his soldiers to surrender.
How to deal with it, please let me know! "
Xu Jie also took advantage of the situation and prostrated himself in the tunnel: "The guilty minister Xu Jie comes to see Marquis Wen!"
Lu Bu actually despised these people who chopped off his boss's head to claim credit.
He could chop off Liu Yi's head today, but maybe when he encounters another difficulty or someone offers a higher price, he might turn around and chop off his own head.
But since he has surrendered, and he surrendered with tens of thousands of people, Lu Bu can't kill him.
If Xu Jie is really killed and the reputation of killing surrendered generals spreads, who will surrender to him in the future?
Yin nodded with a very satisfied look and said to Xu Jie: "Get up and talk!"
"Thank you, Marquis Wen..." Xu Jie stood up.
Lu Bu said: "He who knows the current situation is a hero! It is really a wise move for you to lead your soldiers to surrender! This is good!"
Xu Jie said: "I don't dare to praise Marquis Wen. It's really because Marquis Wen's thunder was so powerful, the army was short of food and grass, and the general was seriously injured and died.
If we continue to resist in vain, it will only increase useless casualties. In the end, it will be the soldiers who suffer. "
This was said very cleverly. He named himself and surrendered out of helplessness and out of love for the lives of the soldiers!
Lu Bu nodded and said, "It's really rare for you to consider the lives of our soldiers!
But since you served as a general under Gongsun Du and now you have come to join me, aren't you afraid that Gongsun Du will embarrass your family? "
This sentence obviously touched Xu Jie's sore spot, and Xu Jie had no choice but to grit his teeth and say against his will:
"If it can save thousands of paozes, it will be worth the death of my whole family..."
Lu Bu couldn't help but clapped his hands and said: "Okay! He is a man who puts aside his small family for the sake of righteousness! Don't worry, since you come to vote sincerely, I will definitely live up to you!"
When you get back, I will first arrange a few state slaves for you, and then I will marry you a beautiful wife.
It would be fine if Gongsun Du doesn't embarrass your family, otherwise, sooner or later, his dog's head will be used to commemorate your family! "
"Thank you, Marquis Wen!" Xu Jie hurriedly bowed down and thanked him.
This time Lu Bu helped Xu Jie up with his own hands and said: "A man has ambitions in all directions. If you follow me in the future, you will be of great use!"
But there is one thing that I have to deal with right now. "
Xu Jie said: "Marquis Wen just gives orders!"
Lu Bu said: "I heard that there are many civilians in the camp who were recruited by Liu Yi to transport grain and build the camp. You organize them all, give each of them ten days of rations, and let them go home.
Spring is coming soon, don’t delay spring plowing.
As for other soldiers, if they are willing to follow me, I welcome them.
I didn't force them to go back to their hometown, and I also gave them some food.
Those who are accustomed to taking boats will be selected first and I will put them to good use.
Ji Ling, help General Xu implement this matter! "
"Yes!" The two agreed.
Ji Ling was recruited not long ago. Lu Bu's method of recruiting and re-selecting talents after surrendering, then breaking them up and training them again in various armies was very familiar to him.
After Xu Jie retreated first, Lu Bu began to hold a meeting with everyone again.
Post-war summaries are a good tradition and are of great benefit to generals in improving their experience.
Not only do you need to summarize the meeting, but you also need to carefully record the meeting, and even draw simple images, which will be shared with other generals who did not participate in the war in the future.
Lu Bu first gave a general account of his surprise attack on Huang County.
The key to victory is naturally to attack thousands of miles by surprise. The enemy takes it lightly. There are not many soldiers defending the city and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled.
The shortcomings were naturally due to lack of training. It was the first time for most of the soldiers to go to sea on a boat, and seasickness was a serious problem.
In addition, there are issues such as the living environment, food, medicine and doctor configuration on the ship that need to be improved.
After all, this time it was a matter of rushing a duck to put it on the shelves, and a temporary "Marine Corps" was assembled.
However, Lu Bu was determined to train a powerful navy army.
Zhang Liao and others speculated that if it was just to go to sea to rob slaves, Lu Bu would definitely not spend such a large sum of money.
Could this be preparation for crossing the sea to fight Gongsun Du in the future?
Thinking of this, everyone felt itchy again. I wonder who Lu Bu would send to cross the ocean to fight against Liaodong!
After Lu Bu finished speaking, Taishi Ci once again told the general story of how he served as a vanguard to support Kong Rong this time.
After hearing this, Lu Bu nodded frequently and gave Tai Shici a high degree of approval.
It was Zhang Liao's turn, but Zhang Liao had nothing to say.
He seemed to feel that he had done nothing, he just pushed the cannon in front of the formation and fired a few shots, and then chased it to the enemy camp and fired a few more shots, and then the enemy surrendered.
The other infantry and cavalry seemed to have become soy sauce.
"Brother, I think we should give priority to the development of artillery. We should build less iron plowshares and more artillery!
Whether it is defending a city, attacking a city, or fighting in the field, artillery is indestructible and invincible!
As for other arms, some may be abolished appropriately according to the situation..."
Lu Bu smiled and said, "What the fourth brother said is true. Artillery is indeed powerful, but the power of the current artillery is still a little insufficient. There is little point in equipping it on a large scale!"
"Ah?" Everyone was confused: Isn't this powerful?
Could it be that Lu Bu still wanted to be satisfied with destroying a city wall with one cannon?
Lu Bu seemed to understand the doubts in his heart, and added: "Although the power of current artillery is terrifying, there is a lot of room for improvement in terms of accuracy, range, and power.
It won't be too late to perfect it and then cast it in large quantities.
Now, the reason why you think artillery is so powerful that after just firing a few cannons, the enemies will open up the city, leave the stronghold and surrender, one of the important reasons is that they have never seen or even dared to imagine that there is such a magical weapon in the world!
However, the last southern expedition to Shouchun and the artillery for saving the North Sea have already been unveiled. I believe that it will not be long before everyone in the world knows that there is such a weapon.
Since ancient times, when there was a spear, there was a shield.
Similarly, with artillery, some people will think of ways to deal with this big killer! "
Taishi Ci couldn't help but said: "Lord! The artillery is so powerful that it can easily penetrate shields, armor, and even wooden fences. How can we defend against it?
Is it possible to carry bricks and stones everywhere and build a thick wall to resist artillery? "
