Water Margin: Lu Bu sits on Mount Liang

"General, my subordinates inspected the Liaoyang Mansion case files and the prison situation in the city, and found something."

The serious-looking figure took out an official document and handed it over. Lu Bu took it in his hand, opened it and took a look, listening to the newly established meritorious official Cao Shi say: "Looking at the official document, I assume Xiao Bao returned it first. When he was alive, this guy should have fought against our army. After the defeat, he went directly to Liaoyang Mansion to report the news. He didn't expect to be sent to prison. Along with him were several generals of the Liao Army at that time. "

Seeing Lu Bu finish reading the official document, he raised his hand and asked: "General, what should we do with him and others?"

Snapped--

The official document was thrown on the table, and Lu Bu rubbed his neatly trimmed short beard under his chin with his hand: "Is this Yelu Ma Wu the one who killed Cui Ye in the battle formation?"

"It should be him." Pei Xuan nodded: "At that time, brothers Wen Zhongrong and Ni Gong were still sad about this."

"Generals will inevitably die on the battlefield." The figure sitting behind the table sighed, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked: "These generals of the Liao Army...Why didn't Gao Yongchang surrender them?"

"My subordinate asked the jailer." Pei Xuan straightened up and folded his hands in front of him: "After Xiao Bao died, Gao Yongchang went to recruit these people, but he hit a wall. No one was willing to join him in rebellion immediately. Some He refused verbally, and some asked him to defeat the Liao army before joining, so it was too late to this day."

"Haha - it seems that the Liao Dynasty also has a lot of internal problems." Lu Bu sneered and shook his head: "In that case, then..."

Snap, snap—

There were footsteps outside the door, and then there was a knock on the door. Xiao Haili's rough voice came through the door: "Chief, I'm in."

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The door opened on the left and right, and Xiao Haili's bald head peeked in, and then he said "hehe--" with a silly laugh and walked in. Lu Bu looked at him angrily: "You've already come in, and you're still talking about it."

Then he pointed at Pei Xuan and said, "I came just in time. Pei Xuan found some generals of the Liao army in the prison of Liaoyang Mansion. They should all be generals of Xiao Chou's army who fought with us in the south before."

"It's a good thing, chief." Xiao Haili's face turned red after drinking. He walked over quickly and said with a grin: "Xiao Chou'o is the deputy commander of the march to the east. Most of his soldiers are People from Liaodong, we have surrendered a lot before, it will be easy for them to switch over this time. "

Pei Xuan glanced at him and said calmly: "Others don't know, but there is a troublesome Yelu Mawu among them. He is the one who killed Cui Ye."

"Yelü Ma Wu? I remember correctly, this man is from the clan." Xiao Haili frowned slightly, took two steps, and suddenly raised his hand to Lu Bu: "Chief, it's best not to kill this man. If he joins our army, it will be better than killing him." Both Xiao Choubo have great reputations.”

He straightened up and said, "Moreover, the two armies are fighting each other for their own masters. Since he was a Liao general at that time, he should fight bravely against us, just like Gan Ning killed Ling Cao during the Three Kingdoms and surrendered to Soochow. ?”

Pei Xuan hesitated: "That's right."

Then he shook his head and said: "But later on, the Gan and Ling families were not in harmony. His son Ling Tong kept trying to kill Gan Ning. If Lord Wu had not stopped him, one of them would have died, which would have harmed the harmony among his subordinates."

Lu Bu raised his eyebrows, wondering what he was thinking.

Xiao Haili frowned and thought for a moment: "However, his achievements cannot be denied, otherwise Lord Wu would not have said that 'Mengde has Zhang Liao, and there is Xingba alone, and they are even enemies.'"

"Moreover, if the two armies are fighting, we will just kill Yelu Ma Wu to avenge Cui Ye. Killing a general of the clan without fighting is not a prisoner with our own hands..." The bald-headed man shook his head repeatedly. : "I'm afraid no one in Liao will be willing to rashly seek refuge with us in the future, but why don't you just push people away from you?"

Pei Xuan thought for a while and nodded: "That's right." Then he and Xiao Haili looked at Lu Bu.

"Well..." Lu Bu stood up after exhaling, walked two steps to the window and pushed it open. "In the past, Cao Cao had countless generals under his command. Zhang... Wenyuan, Zhang He, Xu Huang, Pang De all fought against him. If they were all settled one by one and failed to have the momentum later, he could tolerate them. Why can't I tolerate Yelu Ma Wu?"

Behind him, Xiao Haili let out a breath and heard Lu Bu say: "It's just that Zhang Wenyuan no longer had his old master at that time... Zhang He was falsely accused by Guo Tu, and Pound had no original master to surrender to Cao."

Looking at the scenery outside with a somewhat complicated look, Lu Bu continued to speak: "How are you sure that Yelu Mawu is sincerely loyal to him?"

Xiao Haili scratched his beard and said after a while: "This has something to do with his father. Although this guy is a member of the clan, he has always been disgusted by that idiot Yelu Yanxi because he was with the wrong person. If I go If we make peace, we should have some confidence in letting him join the general to fight against the Hunjun."

He looked up at the figure standing at the window and said, "Besides, this guy was imprisoned in Liaoyang Mansion... I can't say Xiao Bao understood Hun Jun's intention first, otherwise..."

Lu Bu waved his hand nonchalantly: "Then do it. If he doesn't surrender..." He turned around and looked at Pei Xuan: "Give him to Wen Zhongrong and Ni Gong."

"Yes." Pei Xuan bowed and accepted the order.

"Don't worry, General. This guy is a capable fighter among the younger generations. I will definitely ask him to surrender."

Xiao Haili gave his hand heavily and was about to go out. Pei Xuan quickly resigned and said to the Khitan man, "You and I will go together to save time and trouble."

As they spoke, the two took a few steps back, then turned around and opened the door.

"Gao Shun..." Lu Bu watched the door close, put his arm on the window lattice, and looked at the scenery outside: "Why didn't you surrender that day?"

The tone was bleak, and the figure in front of the window did not move for a long time.

……

The sky is gradually fading, and the midday sun is a little less warm. The shadow of a goshawk flies across the river. There are ships docking. Looking down from a high altitude, a shadowy figure walks to the dock. There are many bows and arrows standing behind the soldiers holding swords and shields. The crossbowmen all pointed at the approaching ships.

Groups of empty-handed soldiers got off the boat, lowered their heads, and allowed themselves to be connected with their comrades behind them with hemp ropes. They were then escorted to the open space surrounding the city with Juma stakes and stood there, Juma. Behind them are spears and crossbows facing this side. The soldiers of Lu Bu who are holding weapons have calm eyes, waiting for a fight that may happen in a while.

"Where are brothers Wei Zhaode?" Li Bao, who got off the ship, looked around and didn't see the familiar flag with the word "wei" and the ship.

"Back to the commander, Commander Wei took the boat out and said he was inspecting the river."

A soldier replied something, which made Li Baole speak out. He turned to look at Gao Yongchang who was being taken down, and touched Xu Wen with his shoulder: "It seems that our brothers' lives are better, otherwise this guy will probably be endangered." Brother is captured."

Xu Wen nodded and urged: "Yes, yes, hurry up and go to the general. I can't wait any longer."

Laughter could be heard in the sky. (End of chapter)