The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 565

Cheng Lian and Hou Cheng left together.There are not many Lubu County cavalry on the battlefield.

There were only more than 3000 people left, and 2000 people were taken away by Cheng Lian and Hou Cheng.

Most of the remaining cavalry are from the trapped camp led by Gao Shun.The trapped camp is dominated by infantry, and when there are horses, they will also be used as cavalry.

Surrounded by Liu Zheng's army on the core battlefield, it was impossible to break through for a while, and there was no way to jointly rescue Lu Bu. It was a dilemma.

Seeing that there were no enemies around, Liu Zheng walked over directly.

"Lu Bu, stop, surrender."

"Your people are already dead, and some are injured. If you continue to fight, you will just ruin your life in vain."

"Fart! Fuck your mother!"

Lu Bu I is famous, how could he surrender at this time? Of course, it's not that he won't surrender, but he didn't expect that his [-] army and [-] Bingzhou wolf riders would just disappear.

He didn't even realize it yet, why did his subordinates disappear.

There are obviously still many cavalry around, but when he saw clearly that the cavalry around here were all wearing Liu Zhengjun's uniforms, Lu Bu really believed that there were really not many of his men left.

"Surrender, I will not kill you, and I am willing to invite you to Yangzhou as my guest, even if you think about it, you don't want to die here, even though I know you are strong, you can beat these two generals under me, But can you break through the 3 people?"

Liu Zheng approached Lu Bu and didn't pay attention to Gao Shun and the hundreds of trapped soldiers next to him, but planned to persuade Lu Bu to surrender first.

Although Liu Zheng wanted to recruit Gao Shun and the soldiers behind Gao Shun who were trapped in the camp, Liu Zheng also knew that Gao Shun in history did not surrender to Cao Cao after Lu Bu's death, but died bravely.

So Liu Zheng was also worried that if he didn't handle Lu Bu's relationship well and Gao Shun didn't surrender and chose to die directly, then he would be sorry.

So I thought about recruiting Lu Bu to surrender first, and then recruiting Gao Shun and those trapped camps by the way, this is the best of both worlds.

Anyway, Lu Bu is a force value report. Although he is rebellious, it is no problem to use him as a thug. Although Lu Bu is the most brave in the world, he is still afraid of death. It's a pity that Cao Cao listened to Liu Bei's words and did not agree to Lu Bu's surrender.

"You rats want me to surrender, it's impossible!"

Even at this point, Lu Bu didn't seem to have any intention of surrendering. Holding Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand, he still fought hard and launched fierce attacks on Huang Zhong.

However, Huang Zhong was not easy to deal with, and he was not much inferior in the battle with Lu Bu. Every time Lu Bu attacked, he used his own powerful strength to block him.

In the blink of an eye, more than [-] moves passed, and Lu Bu was anxious because of external factors, so he had no intention of fighting. Naturally, he was already at a disadvantage. The longer the delay, the worse it would be for Lu Bu.

Soon he realized that not only could he not break out from here, but also as Huang Zhong and Dian Wei continued to fight him and consume his physical strength, he would still lose over time.

On the one hand, he could not break through the siege of Dian Wei and Huang Zhong by virtue of his own strength, and at the same time, there were many generals around him, who might join the battle at any time and launch a siege against him.

It is already very difficult to defeat Huang Zhong and Dian Wei.What's more, there are tens of thousands of troops gazing at the periphery. It is too difficult to break through, and it is almost a doomed situation.

Looking at the solemn expression on Lu Bu's face, Liu Zheng knew that some emotional changes had taken place in Lu Bu's heart at this time.

He should have reconsidered the matter of surrender in his heart.

So Liu Zheng immediately opened his mouth again and began to persuade Lu Bu to surrender.

"Brother Fengxian, don't make unnecessary resistance anymore, surrender, surrender to me, and it won't hurt your life, it is possible that you really want to die in battle, it is really a waste of you with such good martial arts Can't make meritorious deeds!"

"You have to know that if you die, you are really dead. This is the way it is in this life. If you are alive, at least you can keep the green hills. Don't be afraid that there will be no firewood!"

Liu Zheng threw out another sentence. He only guaranteed one thing to Lu Bu, that is, he could guarantee that Lu Bu's life would not hurt Lu Bu.

This satisfied Lu Bu's biggest appeal. After all, Lu Bu didn't want to die. He was also ambitious. A capable person like him was naturally not willing to die like this. He also wanted to build something in this troubled world. Merit, and then Liu Zheng threw out the bait of meritorious deeds, which made Lu Bu even more unwilling to choose to die in battle at this time.

Kong has a lot of ability, but his ambition has not yet been displayed, but he is in a dangerous situation and may die at any time. How can he bear it with Lu Bu.

Amidst Liu Zheng's successive persuasion to surrender, Lu Bu still thought of surrendering. Only by surrendering can he continue to live, otherwise, making unnecessary resistance here will only lead to death.

Liu Zheng looked at the expression on Lu Bu's face, fell into deep thought, and stopped attacking, knowing that at this time Lu Bu was already thinking about surrendering.

Liu Zheng continued to speak, wanting to give Lu Bu a step down, so that he could be more sure of his intention to surrender in his heart.

"Don't worry, as long as you surrender, I will not embarrass the soldiers and horses who are still alive behind you. If you surrender, they will all be able to live. You are not thinking about yourself, you are thinking about the more than 1000 brothers behind you !"

The reason why Liu Zheng wanted to say this last sentence was actually to let the people behind Lu Bu understand that Lu Bu surrendered for them, not for himself, and to make Lu Bu's reputation slightly better.

Sure enough, under Liu Zheng's successive offensives to persuade him to surrender, Lu Bu uttered those righteous words after pondering for a while.

"Can you really guarantee their safety?"

"It seems that you still don't understand me, Liu Zheng. I, Liu Zheng, have always been serious about what I said. I said that I wouldn't kill you if I didn't kill you."

"Well, you now order your men to back off."

Lu Bu made a concession.

Liu Zheng knew that Lu Bu was considering surrendering, so he immediately ordered his men to retreat, within a range of a few meters, to join Lu Bu, Gao Shun and the others. They surrounded the battlefield.

Lu Bu approached Gao Shun, and the remaining 1000 men leaned against each other, watching Liu Zheng's men warily.

They were discussing something in a low voice, which seemed to be arguing, but in the end Lu Bu spoke to unify everyone's opinions, and then stopped the arguing.

Chapter 566 Toast to Drink

After a moment.

"Okay, Liu Zheng, we're done discussing, we can surrender, but you have to remember what you said."

After Lu Bu finished talking to the more than 1000 soldiers behind him, he turned around and glanced at Liu Zheng. With a wave of his hand, he thrust the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand into the ground, put down his weapon, and then he went from The war horse came down and made a look of being caught without a fight.

As Lu Bu discarded his weapon and was captured without a fight, the more than 1000 soldiers behind him were finally dejected, and followed Lu Bu, putting down their weapons.

Although this part of the soldiers and horses were not afraid of death, and were even extremely brave, they faced the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under Liu Zheng.It was futile for them to continue to resist. After Lu Bu chose to surrender, these people could only follow suit.

There is a gloomy look on everyone's face. No one will be happy because they can surrender at this moment. After losing a battle and becoming a prisoner, it is always a very disgraceful moment in life. Saving their lives is just a fluke.

After these people discarded their weapons and chose to surrender, Liu Zheng really didn't make it too difficult for them.After ordering his men to go up and collect their weapons, he didn't even put chains on them.

Instead, they were temporarily detained and given a certain amount of freedom.On the other hand, generals like Lu Bu and Gao Shun temporarily housed them in a large tent alone, and they were not imprisoned in dungeons, and there was no dungeon to detain them at this time.

Liu Zheng quickly cleaned up the battlefield, and then led his troops to build camps and some defensive measures on the spot.

The reason why he had to take defensive measures so quickly was also because Liu Zheng was worried that those fleeing cavalry would attract large troops from Dingyuan in the county town to come to support, and it would be another tough battle. As far as these remaining soldiers and horses are concerned, it is very bad.

The reason why Liu Zheng chose to fight ten miles away from the county was because he wanted to make a time difference. Once Ding Yuan in the county found out that something was wrong, it would take time for him to lead his troops to rush over.

In this way, he can also strive to eliminate Lu Bu's troops in a short time.

Just as Liu Zheng had just finished building the defensive measures, not far away, there was a real sound of horseshoes.Tens of thousands of war horses galloped over, and soon confronted Liu Zheng's men again.

If these people had come earlier, perhaps Liu Zheng would have suffered a tragic battle, but now Liu Zheng, who has completed the deployment of defense facilities, has the ability to fight again.

They were no longer afraid of these men and horses, took countermeasures, and prepared to launch a big battle, but the cavalry led by Ding Yuan saw that Lu Bu's men and horses had been completely wiped out, the fighting had stopped here, and they did not attack rashly, but the distance between the two sides They stopped a few hundred meters away and began to wait and see.

The cavalry who rushed over hesitated for a while, and finally chose to leave.

In this way, Liu Zheng, who was still somewhat excited, immediately felt regretful.If Ding Yuan charged the remaining [-] cavalry at this time, Liu Zheng would suffer heavy losses and lose part of his troops.But it is also possible to use the remaining troops to completely destroy the enemy.

Perhaps Ding Yuan can be left here directly, and the enemy can be eliminated in one fell swoop, once and for all.

It's a pity that Ding Yuan was still more cautious, he didn't choose to charge, but chose to retreat, and continued to return to the county.

This made Liu Zheng dare not attack rashly. After all, the enemy's [-] cavalry is still a great threat.

Relying on some defensive measures to fight the defensive battle, Liu Zheng still has a slight chance of winning, but if it is a pursuit, a charge of the opponent's cavalry on the plain is likely to cause Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses to suffer a big defeat.

In this way, Liu Zheng can only temporarily postpone the plan to eradicate Ding Yuan, and first stabilize the existing advantages.

Liu Zheng was not in a hurry to attack. After dealing with Lu Bu, Ding Yuan changed from active to more passive. Liu Zheng was also happy to do so. After ordering Xu Huang to pay attention to the surrounding situation, he withdrew his troops back to Baling County.

Liu Zheng wanted to surrender Lu Bu and the soldiers behind Lu Bu first, and then deal with Ding Yuan and the remaining cavalry.

Back to Baling County.Liu Zheng asked someone to take Lu Bu to his mansion alone. For safety's sake, Liu Zheng asked Dian Wei to protect him.

Although there is only one Dianwei, Liu Zheng is not afraid of Lu Bu.

Although Lu Bu is strong, he is only strong on horseback.Without horses and weapons, Lu Bu is a toothless tiger, which cannot make Liu Zheng fearful. At the same time, Dian Wei is always on the sidelines to protect him. With some confidence, Lu Bu could be killed in a short time.

Lu Bu was led by the guards to the reception hall of Liu Zheng's temporary residence.

As soon as he saw Liu Zheng who had been waiting here, the deep expression on Lu Bu's face showed a bit of solemnity, and he was already wondering what Liu Zheng meant by calling him over.

Before Lu Bu could speak, Liu Zheng went up to greet him with a smile.

"Brother Fengxian, I said that we had the opportunity to sit together and have a drink and chat. You see, it came true so quickly. Come, please sit down. I will toast you first."

Liu Zheng picked up the wine glass on the table, gestured to Lu Bu once or twice, and then put it to his mouth and drank it down.

When he met Lu Bu for the first time that day, he said that they would sit and drink together if they had the opportunity in the future, but Liu Zheng never thought that this day would come so soon.

Lu Bu looked around the hall, there were only a few guards besides Liu Zheng, and Dian Wei standing beside Liu Zheng.

After there were no other people around, Lu Bu became more courageous. He took a few steps forward and sat down opposite Liu Zheng.

After finishing a glass of wine, Lu Bu let out a sigh of relief.

"Good wine, I didn't expect to be able to drink such fine wine at this time."

"Of course it's good wine. Only my subordinates have this wine. You can't drink it in other places."

When Liu Zheng saw that Lu Bu praised his wine, he immediately affirmed that these wines were made by using modern knowledge and distillation method.Water wine produced by improving the wine-making technology of the Three Kingdoms period.

The wine of the Three Kingdoms period is actually a bit reluctant to say that it is wine. The alcohol content is too low. It is estimated to be similar to beer. Astringent taste.

This is also impossible, after all, there is no distilled wine at this time, only some fermented wine.

As a modern person, Liu Zheng naturally likes to tinker when he has nothing to do. He uses distillation to purify the fermented wine. Although it is not distilled wine, it makes the alcohol more pure and tastes better. Some are still perfectly doable.

Chapter 567 Wuliangye

In this way, the water wine he improved is not only rice wine, but also other flavors, such as wine suitable for women, bayberry wine, etc.

The alcohol content of the purified wine is much higher than that of the water wines from the Three Kingdoms period, and the taste is naturally much better than those water wines that cannot be called wine.

Liu Zheng never discloses the method of making this kind of wine, and only brews a small amount every year for the people around him to drink.Zhou Cang, Gan Ning and others who are addicted to alcohol often come to Liu Zheng to beg for these wines.

Liu Zheng will only give them a little bit, unless it is on a happy day, or even when they have made military exploits, they will be rewarded as rewards.

Many times they don't even want monetary rewards, just to ask Liu Zheng for some wine.

"What's the name of this wine?"

Lu Bu only thought that the wine tasted good, but he didn't know the name of the wine, so he asked Liu Zhengxun out of curiosity.

Liu Zheng was taken aback by Lu Bu's sudden question, because he hadn't named the wine before. When Lu Bu asked him, he didn't have time to think of a name, so he immediately thought of the most famous wine in later generations. Immediately answered a sentence.

"Wuliangye!"

"Wuliangye? Good name, is it brewed with five kinds of grains?"

As the saying goes, Lu Bu is naturally aware of the saying that it is Wuliangye. When Liu Zheng said it was Wuliangye, he immediately guessed it.

Liu Zheng didn't know what kinds of grains the water wine was made from. Seeing that Lu Bu became curious, he didn't say much, just echoed.

"Well, no one else has this wine. Even I can brew a little in a year. If I didn't appreciate Brother Feng Xian's martial arts, ordinary people, I wouldn't drink it for him."

Liu Zheng deliberately inflated the value of the wine.

When Lu Bu heard Liu Zheng's flattering words, he felt a little complacent. He was indeed quite confident in his own strength, but he couldn't stand Liu Zheng's flattery. If you flatter him more, Lu Bu still has some smug.

No one can bear flattery.

Especially when someone with a higher status than you comes to praise you, I feel even more happy. For example, if a third-rate general praises Lu Bu's martial arts, Lu Bu may not think there is anything wrong with it, but someone with a status like Liu Zheng comes to praise Lu Bu. If he is strong, Lu Bu will really feel that he is strong, and he will be a little proud.

After drinking a glass of wine, the relationship between Liu Zheng and Lu Bu became much closer.

There are no enemies at the wine table.

Liu Zheng was well aware of this truth, and after the bragging was over, Liu Zheng started talking about serious matters with Lu Bu.

"Brother Fengxian, how are you doing under Ding Yuan?"

"Ding Yuan treats me well and treats me like his own son. To tell the truth, I am not willing to surrender. The main reason is that I don't want to make him an enemy."

"That's right. After all, it's your boss. My brother, let's change the question. What do you think of the Han Dynasty?"

Liu Zheng originally wanted to attack Ding Yuan, and asked Lu Bu if he did not do well under Ding Yuan, otherwise why would he kill Ding Yuan and vote for Dong Zhuo in history.

But when he heard Lu Bu say that Ding Yuan treated him like his own son, Liu Zheng knew that Lu Bu didn't hate Ding Yuan even if he wanted to.

Although it is said in history that Lu Bu took refuge in Dong Zhuo and killed Ding Yuan.But Liu Zheng accidentally read another version of the records from some unofficial histories.

It is said that when Emperor Ling of Han died, the troops of Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan all arrived in Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo was the shepherd of Bingzhou at that time, and Ding Yuan was the governor of Bingzhou. The two would not deal with each other. In order to completely control the power in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo only needed to get rid of Ding Yuan. He sent Li Su to lobby Lv Bu, but Lv Bu refused.