When Liu Bei heard that Gao Shun wanted to escort Lu Bu's wife and daughter back to Bingzhou and then come back to serve under his account, he couldn't help but hesitate.
The journey to Bingzhou is two to three thousand miles, the road is difficult to walk, and we are escorting women's family members, so we don't go very fast. We go back and forth again and again, and we don't know how long it will take to get back.
Moreover, Liu Bei didn't know much about Gao Shun. Although he knew that he was loyal to Lu Bu, it was hard to say whether he would break his promise and not reply.
When Liu Bei was hesitating, Chen Gong persuaded him: "The emperor has a reputation for benevolence, and Gao Shun is now being held in custody. If he cannot be killed and cannot be used, it is better to let him go back to his hometown."
Zhou Ping was a little surprised. Wasn't Chen Gong at odds with Gao Shun? How could he speak for Gao Shun?
After thinking about it again, I realized that Chen Gong wanted to send Gao Shun away. He might have thought that Gao Shun would not come back after he left.
Now Liu Bei attaches great importance to Chen Gong, and with his advice, it will be much easier for him to persuade him.
"What Gongtai said is that Gao Boping was ordered by Lu Bu to protect his wife and daughter when they returned home. This would not only enhance Gao Boping's reputation for loyalty, but also promote the lord's generosity. Some righteous people would be attracted by this reputation and come to join Ping.
As expected, Gao Boping is such a loyal man and he will keep his promise. He will return to the lord's account and serve the lord one day. Moreover, if this person returns to the lord, he will not have any second thoughts."
Zhou Ping believed that people like Gao Shun, like Taishi Ci, would definitely come back once they had agreed.
Guan Yu also said at this time: "Brother, a loyal man must keep his promise. Since he promised, I also believe that he will come back."
The three people in front of him all said this, and Liu Bei nodded slightly: "That's fine, then let him protect General Lu's wife and daughter when they return home."
When Gao Shun heard that Liu Bei was willing to let him escort Lu Bu's wife and daughter back to Bingzhou, he couldn't believe it: "General Liu is really willing to let me go?"
Zhou Ping responded: "General Gao has promised to return and serve, so that you can trust General Gao, of course he is willing."
"If the family members of other generals wish to return to their hometowns, they can go back with General Gao. If they want to stay here, the envoy will make appropriate arrangements for them." Zhou Ping added.
Gao Shun was greatly moved, with tears in his eyes, and he said for a long time: "Shijun Liu is so benevolent and righteous! Shun will definitely live up to your trust. As soon as he sends General Lu's wife and daughter back home, he will come back to serve you!"
Soon, Zhang Fei led his troops back to the city and scolded the soldiers for blocking his way and preventing him from catching up with Zhang Liao. Otherwise, he would have returned with Zhang Liao's head at this moment.
Zhou Ping was not surprised that Zhang Liao broke through and escaped.
Because this is a real tough guy.
Hefei broke from eight hundred thousand to one hundred thousand in the 19th year of Jian'an, which is still twenty years from now. Twenty years later, he will be in his forties, and he was still so brave at that time. What's more, Zhang Liao is only twenty-five years old now.
Years of bravery.
Moreover, Sun Quan had so many soldiers and horses at that time, and there were so many fierce generals following him, and he even let Zhang Liao fight in and out twice, which shows that this man was unusually fierce.
Although it was a pity to escape from Zhang Liao, he would not be tolerated by Zang Ba and others if he killed Sun Guan. Even if he were to catch him, he would probably not be able to be used by Liu Bei and would only be killed in the end.
This is a small regret, but the biggest gain this time is that Lu Bu was killed and a hidden danger was completely eliminated.
Without Lu Bu's cooperation, Yuan Shu was defeated again and would definitely not dare to fight for Xuzhou again.
Liu Bei led Zhou Ping and others to personally escort Gao Shun out of the city.
He held Gao Shun's hand and said, "General, be careful on your way here. Go back as soon as possible. I will sit in Xuzhou day and night, waiting for the general to return!"
Gao Shun replied sincerely: "Since Shun has promised, he will definitely live up to the envoy!"
Zhou Ping bowed his hands to Gao Shun, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei bowed his hands to Gao Shun, and even Zang Ba respected Gao Shun's loyalty and bowed his hands to him.
Only Chen Gong, who used to belong to the same camp as Gao Shun, said nothing.
Cao Xing, accompanied by Gao Shun and dozens of soldiers, escorted Lu Bu's wife, daughter, and family members of the dead general, and left Lucheng for Bingzhou.
After the incident in Lucheng was over, Liu Bei led his troops back to Xiapi, followed by all the generals.
In Xiapi, Sun Guan and Cao Bao were buried.
This time, they first defeated Yuan Shu and then destroyed Lu Bu. It was a great victory and there were many meritorious generals.
Sun Guan died in the battle. In order to appease the people of Mount Tai, Liu Bei appointed his brother Sun Kang as the school captain and the magistrate of Ju County. He commanded three thousand Taishan soldiers to garrison in Ju County and guarded Langya together with Zang Ba.
With Zang Ba and others guarding Langya, the north of Xuzhou can be worry-free.
Zang Ba had already been promoted to the rank of Zhonglang General before, so he was rewarded first without any merit. This time he did not actually participate in the battle, and his merit was not great, so he was not rewarded again.
Cao Bao and Xu Dan in Danyang are both dead. The Danyang soldiers have now been disintegrated. Not only are they no longer a threat to Liu Bei, but they can actually be used by Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Cao and became the General of Zhonglang in order to reward Cao Bao for his service. However, he actually commanded only 5,000 Danyang soldiers.
Regardless of whether Cao Bao really rebelled or pretended to surrender to Lu Bu, in short he was dead, and died at the hands of Lu Bu, so his final conclusion can only be that he conspired with Zhou Wen'an and pretended to surrender to Lu Bu. His death was a great achievement.
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Tian Yu and Xu Chu also contributed to the robbery and burning of Yuan Shu's army. Liu Bei asked Tian Yu to serve as the magistrate of Pengcheng County. Tian Yu has the talent to defend the territory and govern, and he has the ability to lead troops to resist the enemy. Pengcheng is the gateway to Xuzhou and is extremely important. It is more important for him to serve
suitable.
Xu Chu was promoted to Sima of another department and still commanded the Hushi Camp. Liu Bei asked him to select warriors from the army and enrich the Hushi Camp so that the number of Hushi Camp would reach 300 people.
Guan Yu had the merit of killing Yuan Shu's general Lejiu, but Zhang Fei had the merit of killing the enemy general Ji Ling during the battle with Yuan Shu. He also stabbed Lu Bu in Xiapi and killed the enemy general Cheng Lian Wei Yue. His merits are
maximum.
Because Guan Yu had been promoted to Zhonglang General without merit before, and he was not promoted again this time, even if he wanted to be promoted to Liu Bei, he would not be able to appoint him.
Liu Bei can only promote them to the rank of Zhonglang General at the most, but cannot directly let them serve as generals, nor can they be generals, because even Liu Bei's current general Anton is not a real official.
However, Cao Bao, the Prime Minister of Xia Pi, died, so Liu Bei asked Guan Yu to try to guard the Prime Minister of Xia Pi, that is, to act as Prime Minister of Xia Pi.
With Guan Yu's qualifications, it is difficult to directly appoint him as the Prime Minister of a county now. The only way is to test the defense first, and then after he has made meritorious service, he will be presented to the court as the real Prime Minister of Xia Pi.
Zhang Fei was promoted from a school captain to a general named Yangwu Zhonglang.
Other soldiers were also rewarded according to their merit.
Zhang Wu shot and wounded Lu Bu, and his merits were great or small. Zhou Ping asked him to give the red rabbit horse to Liu Bei, and was thinking about how to get the red rabbit horse for him.
Liu Bei had long known that Zhang Wu had this horse and loved it very much. Before Zhou Ping could say anything, he took the initiative to reward Zhang Wu with the red rabbit horse and made him a military prince.
As for Zhou Ping, he was able to defeat Yuan Shu, eliminate Lu Bu, and save Xuzhou this time mainly because of Zhou Ping's strategy.
If we talk about merit, he should be the first to do so.
Liu Bei wanted to appoint him as the commander of the army, but Zhou Ping repeatedly insisted that although he had meritorious service, his contribution was very small. The victory at Xuyi and Xiapi was mainly due to the soldiers trapping the enemy in battle.
However, Liu Bei said: "If merit is not rewarded, the rewards and punishments are unknown. If the rewards and punishments are unclear, how can the soldiers do their best?"
Zhou Ping had no choice but to be appointed as military advisor Zhonglang General.
Now that Xuzhou is stable, he needs to plan for future development.
On this point, Chen Gong disagreed with him.
Chen Gong wanted to take advantage of Cao Cao's siege on Zhang Chao to send troops to capture Yanzhou.
Zhou Ping, however, set his sights on Jiangdong, believing that he should first seek the land of Jiangdong, and then capture Yanzhou after having the power of Xu and Yang states. This was also his original strategic plan.
