[Three Kingdoms] Xinghan

The battle went much smoother than Ling Han expected.

Most of the soldiers who followed Liu Guanzhang a long time ago would not be shaken by Ling Han's words, but there were not many of them.

And those soldiers who were born in Jingzhou, when they saw Ling Han's flag, they had the heart to avoid war and fear war.

After Ling Han said those words, their resistance was almost gone.

On the other hand, the Yangzhou soldiers all had a strong fighting spirit and high morale.

Their combat effectiveness was already much higher than that of the Jingzhou soldiers, but as the situation ebbed and flowed, the battle situation almost showed a one-sided trend.

And in terms of confrontation between generals.

Zhao Yun fought Guan Yu and Zhang Fei alone, and finally defeated them.

Tai Shici faced Huang Zhong, another fierce general under Liu Bei's command.The two sides fought inextricably for a long period of time, but later because Huang Zhong was old and his physical strength was slightly weak, he gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Ling Han and Liu Bei respectively sat in the middle army, and did not move from the beginning to the end.

Liu Bei's eyes were already slightly gray when the two sides started to fight.As the battle progressed, his eyes became more and more dull, even somewhat empty.

In fact, Liu Bei never thought of winning this war.

He was very confused at first, not knowing what to do, and then he gradually had a firm idea: Cao Cao in the north is still powerful, and Ma Teng, Han Sui and others in Xiliang are still in the separatist side, and it is difficult to attack because of the terrain.As long as the loss and consumption of both sides are too much, the King of Changsha will have to choose to compromise from the overall situation, withdraw the troops with gold, and pardon the second brother.

Unfortunately, it backfired.

Our own army was already on the verge of retreating in success or failure. The soldiers in Jingzhou had no intention of resisting because of what King Changsha said before the battle. They only wanted to save their lives. They were not even willing to attack the enemy.

No one can recover from this situation.

How much damage can this battle cause to the King of Changsha?

3000 people?Or 2000 people?I'm afraid it's hard to do.

The second and third younger brothers joined forces to attack a white-robed general under King Changsha's command, but they were somewhat defeated.

That white-robed general is truly unparalleled in the world. Is he the No. 1 in the world proclaimed by the king of Changsha?

For some reason, Liu Bei had a faint feeling that the elegant and handsome figure of the other party should belong to him.

It's really weird and funny.

When the other party beheaded his second younger brother, came to him bravely and knocked him off his horse, Liu Bei was not angry, but had a strong doubt in his heart.

Liu Bei asked, "Who are you?"

Zhao Yun was condescending, and his tone was indifferent: "Under Changsha King, Changshan Zhao Zilong!"

The battle ended in less than an hour.

Guan Yu died, and Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong and other generals were captured.

Ling Han entered Xiangyang City with his army.

Above the palace.

Ling Han looked at the bound generals in the hall, first he looked at two of them, and asked: "Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, do you have anything else to say?"

Liu Bei's face was very calm: "As a clan member of the Han family, I am an enemy of His Highness because of brotherhood, and I know that I have committed a serious crime."

"Liu Bei has long promised that the three of us, brothers, do not want to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day. Now that the second brother has left, Liu Bei has nothing to say, but wants to die."

Zhang Fei also said: "If you want to kill, kill, there is so much nonsense. I don't care what kind of prince you are, if you don't kill me today, I will kill you tomorrow to avenge my second brother!"

The generals in Yangzhou were very angry when they heard his rude words.

Ling Han didn't take it seriously: "Since that's the case, I won't keep you. In any case, this king respects the friendship between the three of you, and will bury you together."

Zhang Fei turned his head away and snorted unwillingly.

Liu Bei bowed his head and said, "Liu Bei thanked Your Highness."

The two of them were quickly taken down.

Ling Han stared at Liu Bei's figure for a long time, until he completely disappeared from his sight.

After all, the opponent is the master of power that constitutes one of the three kingdoms.

What kind of person is Liu Bei?

Some people say that he is the real benevolence and righteousness, while others say that he is pretending to be benevolent and righteous, but he is actually a hypocrite.

Ling Han felt that it was neither.

From a moral point of view, Liu Bei is a "normal" person.

He's an ordinary guy with a selfish heart.

Liu Bei clearly has the Han Dynasty in his heart.Under the ancient ethics, Guan Yu once chased and killed him, and he must kill Guan Yu. Under such circumstances, Liu Bei should have handed Guan Yu over as a matter of course.

But he chose to do everything possible to resist.

At the same time, he has compassion in his heart.

From the last battle, it can be seen that if Liu Bei is willing, he can pull more people to die and make himself suffer greater losses.

It stands to reason that Guan Yu is doomed to die by his own hands, and so is he himself, so Liu Bei should choose to take revenge like this.

But he didn't.When he found out that his second younger brother was lifeless today, he stopped fighting hard.

Liu Bei is not a saint that ordinary people can't imagine, nor is he a hypocrite pretending to be a saint.

He is just an ordinary person.

Ling Han shook his head lightly, not thinking about Liu Bei anymore.

He looked at Huang Zhong and said, "General Huang, what do you think?"

Huang Zhong was about to speak, when Ling Han said again: "As far as I know, Old General Huang will follow Liu Bei for a short time. As the saying goes, a son follows his father's will. This king hopes that the old general will do more for himself before he speaks." Think about it, son. This king will not implicate his son because of his father's fault, but the old general's decision will obviously affect his official career."

The young man kneeling beside Huang Zhong was named Huang Xu, and he was Huang Zhong's only son.And because it was born in Huang Zhong's middle age, Huang Zhong dotes on him very much on weekdays.

Like Huang Zhong, Huang Xu didn't have any thoughts of being loyal to the Han Dynasty.But different from his father, he admired the young and famous Changsha King a long time ago, and during the battle just now, he was paddling the whole time.

Even when he had to fight Yangzhou soldiers, Huang Xu chose to knock them down with the back of his knife to make sure that his hands were not stained with the blood of a Yangzhou soldier.

Hearing what His Highness said, Huang Xu quickly began to persuade his father: "Father, then Liu Xuande also admitted just now that it was his fault that he insisted on being an enemy of His Highness. His Highness has achieved great things at a young age and made many world-famous achievements. The thing that attracts the attention of the world is the one who is expected by all the people in the world, and my son has the heart to follow him a long time ago. Father, if you choose to die for Liu Xuande today, even if His Highness is kind, you are still willing to appoint the boy as a general. But how can the boy have face in the future? Work in Yangzhou? Father, you have always loved me, even if you don’t care about the people of the world, please submit to His Highness for the sake of your child.”

These words, in this era, are enough to be called extraordinary.

Ling Han felt that it was unusual.

In the feudal era of monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons, Huang Xu was able to openly say to his father, "Don't miss the people in the world, for the sake of the children."

The name Huang Xu seems to have died young in history, and there are not many records.

Ling Han decided to wait until he returned to Yangzhou, and asked Hua Tuo to take a look for Huang Xu, and pay more attention to him in the future.

Huang Zhong looked at his son, but did not speak.

After a long time, he finally bowed his head to Ling Han and said, "If Your Highness doesn't think the old minister is old, and there is still room for him, the old minister is willing to do his best for His Highness."

Ling Han grinned: "It's so good."

For the remaining generals, Ling Han didn't bother to ask them one by one.

He handed over the matter to Xun Yu who came with him and was mainly in charge of coordinating the transportation of grain and grass for screening.

With Xun Yu's character, since he has voluntarily expressed his allegiance, he is worthy of trust.

Anyone who is unwilling to surrender will be killed directly without mercy.Those who are willing to surrender will be recorded separately.

Xun Yu will recommend a position for them to arrange, and then hand it over to Ling Han to make a decision.

Just as they were waved away, someone under his command came to report that it was Liu Qi who asked for an interview.

Only then did Ling Han know that Liu Qi was not in Jiangxia, but in Xiangyang, and was put under house arrest by Liu Bei before.

Ling Han agreed to Liu Qi's request.

Liu Qi hurried inside, saluted respectfully and said, "I pay homage to Your Highness."

"Get up."

Ling Han asked: "I heard that you were previously under house arrest by Liu Bei because you opposed Liu Bei's going to war?"

Liu Qi hurriedly said: "Your Highness, it is true that this happened. I heard that Emperor Liu... Liu Xuande wanted to fight His Highness with Xiangyang soldiers, so he rushed to Xiangyang from Jiangxia immediately, trying to persuade him to return. I'm imprisoned!"

He was very worried that the king of Changsha would think that he had rebelled against him.You know, my father was an enemy of the King of Changsha earlier; Cai Mao, who later participated in the robbery and killing of the King of Changsha, was still his father's subordinate even though he did it behind his back; The Lord of Jingzhou, how can he get away with this battle?

Ling Han smiled, "I see."

Liu Qi raised his head in confusion.

His Highness is known for benevolence and righteousness, so he probably wouldn't take his own life because of it.

Ling Han said: "Although you say so, it is difficult to verify the truth. How about this, I will give you two choices."

Liu Qi was a little anxious when he heard this, and wanted to say that His Highness could ask the people in Liu Xuande's house, but also thought that only two soldiers knew what happened, and they were both Liu Xuande's confidantes, so what they said was really hard to win people's trust.

Then he said tremblingly: "Please show me, Your Highness."

Ling Han said: "First, stay in Xiangyang and hand over Jiang Xia's seal, and this king will order someone to take over your seal to take over Jiang Xia. After this king conquers the entire territory of Jingzhou, I will give you wealth and set you free."

Liu Qi heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.

He thought to himself: According to his father's wishes, as long as the King of Changsha is not dead, Jingzhou should be handed over to His Highness.As for how His Highness will arrange himself after taking over Jingzhou, as long as he saves his life and allows himself to be a rich and idle person, it is quite a good thing.

Now that he has made a mistake, His Highness still gives himself such a choice, there is nothing better.

Liu Qi was about to speak, when Ling Han said again: "Secondly, you take this king's seal and go to the other counties in Jingzhou to persuade you to surrender, and this king will send generals to protect you. After this is done, this king will take away half of Jiang Xia's soldiers and horses. I formally seal you as the governor of Jiangxia. As long as you follow this king's order and do not act rebelliously, you can rule Jiangxia for generations."

Liu Qi blinked when he heard this.

It wasn't long before Liu Bei took over Jingzhou. Except for Xiangyang, most of the other counties were still his father's old ministries.

The king of Changsha has such a great reputation, and just after a big victory, he took a letter from his highness to persuade him to surrender, this matter couldn't be easier.

Liu Qi hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I choose the second option."

Although he has no ambitions, nor does he intend to make a career.But it is always better to be able to command a county.

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