Dahan: A 100-year-old veteran, I will build the strongest family

Chapter 122 Li Hong's move: delaying the enemy and taking advantage of the enemy's strategy
Jia Xu was shocked by Peng Tuo's ruthlessness towards the Yellow Turbans, and the Yellow Turbans no longer had a place for Peng Tuo.

Xun You, Xi Zhicai, and little Guo Jia also nodded.

However, they were also temporarily controlled by Peng Tuo's methods. Not to mention Bo Cai, the two thousand heads of the diehard Yellow Turbans alone showed Peng Tuo's determination to surrender to the government soldiers.

"Peng Tuo is one of the Yellow Turban leaders and a high-ranking member of the Yellow Turbans. His joining our army will naturally deal a blow to the morale of the Yellow Turbans. At this time, we need to increase publicity."

Li Hong stroked his beard and smiled, then added: "However, Peng Tuo's influence is still not as great as Bo Cai's. If Bo Cai surrenders, it will be a big blow to the morale of the Yellow Turbans."

"Didn't they say that Bo Cai had one of his arms chopped off by Peng Tuo and that he's not sure whether he's alive or dead? Take me over to have a look!"

Li Hong's words gave Huangfu Song a boost of energy. He knew that Bo Cai could still be of great use, so he hurriedly said, "Bo Cai has been captured. Old General, please follow me!"

Huangfu Song immediately led the way and took Li Hong to see Bo Cai.

It is no secret that Li Hong is an excellent doctor and often treats soldiers.

Jia Xu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, and little Guo Jia also followed.

Because there were too many Yellow Turbans surrendering under the leadership of Peng Tuo, the Beiwei Army directly accepted them at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, Peng Tuo and a large number of Yellow Turban surrendered soldiers were standing aside with their heads in their hands, surrounded by the Beiwei army who were armed to the teeth with sharp weapons.

Rumble~
The smoke and dust were stirred up, and Li Hong and his men rode over on horseback.

Yan Liang's eyes lit up and he hurried to greet Li Hong.

"My lord, you are here." Yan Liang greeted Li Hong respectfully.

Peng Tuo and the surrendered Yellow Turbans were surprised to see an old general with gray hair, but a majestic and strong appearance, and Yan Liang was still so respectful to them.

I immediately realized that this was the famous Li Hong in Han Dynasty.

"Li Hong..." Peng Tuo saw a flash of murderous intent in the depths of Li Hong's eyes.

This time, the surrendering officers and soldiers turned the fake play into reality, and he reluctantly killed many loyal Taiping Dao brothers.

Every time he killed someone, he felt pain in his heart.

How could he not be filled with murderous intent when he saw Li Hong?
"Ok?"

As an unrivaled military commander, Li Hong was extremely sensitive to the energy of the qi and immediately sensed the murderous intent towards him.

Li Hong looked towards the source of the murderous intent, but saw a bald man among the surrendered Huang Zhong.

Li Hong narrowed his eyes slightly and asked Yan Liang calmly:
"Are these all the surrendered Yellow Turbans? Who is the Yellow Turban leader Peng Tuo who made great contributions?"

Yan Liang did not dare to neglect and hurriedly said to Li Hong: "My lord, these are the surrendered Yellow Turbans."

"Peng Tuo, the old general wants to see you, why don't you come here quickly!" Yan Liang shouted to the surrendered Yellow Turban soldiers.

"Hey, here I come, here I come." The sturdy bald man hurriedly stood up, bowed and said to Li Hong:
"Peng Tuo pays his respects to General Li. Peng Tuo had heard of General Li's reputation a few years ago. He defeated the Xianbei, abducted the Xianbei Chanyu and brought him south, intimidating foreign tribes. Today, I see that General Li is still strong and healthy. Peng Tuo wishes General Li good health and a long life."

Peng Tuo was quite open-minded, and he flattered Li Hong. Jia Xu, Xi Zhicai, Xun You, and young Guo Jia who were standing behind Li Hong couldn't help but look at each other and nodded. They all classified Peng Tuo as a greedy and unscrupulous villain.

However, when Li Hong looked at Peng Tuo in front of him, his eyes were slightly narrowed.

The Peng Tuo he saw was different from the Peng Tuo seen by Huangfu Song, Yan Liang, Jia Xu, Xi Zhicai, Xun You, and young Guo Jia.

【Name: Peng Tuo】

【Age: 27/53 years old】

[Martial Arts: 78, three-star qualification. Second-rate martial arts realm, brave and fierce, a dozen ordinary men can't get close to him. )]

[Commander: 66, two-star qualification. The commander's qualification is ultimately insufficient, and he cannot become a first-class commander or a super-first-class commander.]

[Favourability: -46 (Hostile, still in the hostile camp, has no favourable feelings towards the host, and may even kill the host without hesitation if given the chance.)]

【Entry】：
[Bewitching]: Good at using deception, inducement, empty promises, etc. to confuse people and mess up their thoughts. (Orange quality)

Li Hong looked at Peng Tuo's attribute panel clearly, favorability: -46 (hostility, still in the hostile camp), which made Li Hong's mouth slightly rise.

He said that Zhang Jue was good at confusing people, and the leaders of the Yellow Turbans were all Zhang Jue's disciples, so their minds would not be so unstable. How could Peng Tuo be so cruel that he killed two thousand Yellow Turbans and then surrendered to the government soldiers?

It turned out to be waiting for him here.

"Are you Peng Tuo? One of the Yellow Turban leaders. Do you want to surrender to me?" Li Hong asked as he looked at Peng Tuo who saluted him respectfully.

"Yes, yes, General Li thinks highly of me. Just one word from me and I'm willing to charge into battle for him!" Peng Tuo patted his chest loudly.

"Well, good. This is what I need. Someone like you who knows current affairs and understands the trends." Li Hong stroked his gray beard, smiled and said admiringly.

"Thank you, General Li." Peng Tuo said happily when he saw that he seemed to have gained Li Hong's trust.

"Well, what about Bo Cai? Bo Cai is the chief leader of the Yellow Turbans, commanding the Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan. We can't let him die easily!" Li Hong turned to Yan Liang and asked.

Yan Liang did not dare to delay and quickly asked someone to carry Bo Cai up.

A stretcher was brought up. One of Bo Cai's arms had been chopped off and the bleeding had stopped. However, Bo Cai's face was pale and bloodless, and he was in a coma. It was clear that he would not live long and his life was already in countdown.

Seeing Bo Cai act like this, all the Yellow Turban surrendered soldiers became restless.

Li Hong saw it clearly with his peripheral vision. Peng Tuo couldn't help revealing heartache and regret in his eyes as he looked at the unconscious Bo Cai.

"Bring me the silver needle!"

Li Hong shouted, and the military doctor hurriedly brought the acupuncture box.

Li Hong moved his hands very quickly, stabbing Bo Cai with silver needles.

Soon, Bo Cai's body was covered with silver needles.

"Hmm, hiss~" A sound came out of Bocai's mouth unconsciously.

"Alive, alive!" Everyone around was amazed by Li Hong's medical skills.

"Ahem...you are...Li Hong."

After opening his eyes, Bo Cai looked at Li Hong in front of him weakly and said through gritted teeth.

"Yes, it is me. You are a good general, but it's a pity that you met me."

Li Hong stroked his gray beard and looked at Bo Cai, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

[Name: Bo Cai] [Age: 25/68 years old]

[Martial Arts: 77, three-star qualification. Second-rate martial arts realm, brave and fierce, a dozen ordinary men can't get close to him. )]

[Commander: 83, four-star qualification. The commander's qualification is outstanding, but unfortunately he has not studied enough military books. He is far from being a top-notch commander and lacks the understanding of military tactics.]

[Favourability: -59 (Hostile, still in the hostile camp, has no favourable feelings towards the host, and is even plotting an opportunity to backstab the host.)]

【Entry】：
[Bewitching]: Good at using deception, inducement, empty promises, etc. to confuse people and mess up their thoughts. (Orange quality)

[Cavalry Warrior]: Has the talent to lead cavalry in battle. When leading cavalry in battle, he is smart and good at seizing opportunities to make decisions. (Red quality)

Taking in the entire attribute panel of Bo Cai, at this moment, Li Hong understood that Bo Cai and Peng Tuo were probably staging a self-torture trick.

Li Hong was not too surprised by this.

On the battlefield, any strategy will appear.

If you can't see it, you can't blame others, but if you can take advantage of the situation, that's another matter.

However, when Li Hong saw Bo Cai's first-class commander qualifications and the red quality entry that showed he was good at cavalry command, a hint of appreciation for his talent flashed in his eyes.

If he could get Bo Cai to sincerely surrender, he would be a good general.

"Ahem... General Tian Gong will definitely overthrow the imperial court." Bo Cai heard Li Hong say that he was also a good general, but unfortunately he met me. Bo Cai became angry and said with gritted teeth.

"Haha, I don't know whether Zhang Jiao will overthrow the court, but you definitely don't have a chance." Li Hong sneered, turned to look at Peng Tuo, and said:
"Peng Tuo, I'll leave this wave of talent to you. If you can convince him to surrender to me, I'll count you as a great achievement."

"There are no less than 100,000 Yellow Turbans who have surrendered to me. I plan to hand them over to you who have surrendered and made great contributions to the cause."

"However, I will set up an ideological education class. You all need to enter and receive education. The prerequisite is that you need to receive ideological education from the court and pass the assessment before you can take up an official position. Do you understand?"

Li Hong's words reached Peng Tuo's ears, which shocked him and a look of deep joy flashed in his eyes.

Li Hong said, not only would Bo Cai be handed over to him, but the 100,000 Yellow Turbans who had surrendered to him would also be handed over to him to command?

The prerequisite is to receive ideological education and pass the assessment?

Peng Tuo hurriedly bowed to Li Hong and said excitedly: "Don't worry, old general, Peng Tuo will persuade Bo Cai to surrender, and will accept ideological education and pass the assessment, and live up to the trust of old General Li!"

Peng Tuo expressed his feelings excitedly, and even Bo Cai, who was pierced with silver needles, stopped making a fuss. Instead, he looked at Li Hong in surprise and suspicion, wondering whether Li Hong was sincere in his intention.

"Well, I will treat Bocai first." Li Hong stroked his beard, then gave Bocai some acupuncture and then prescribed some medicine.

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After returning to Xu County and the county magistrate's residence, Jia Xu immediately asked Li Hong impatiently:

"My lord, what you just said about handing over the surrendered Yellow Turbans to Commander Peng Tuo, I'm afraid it's just a delaying tactic? My lord, do you think Peng Tuo is pretending to surrender?"

Jia Xu asked Li Hong. Huangfu Song, Yan Liang, Xi Zhicai, Xun You, and Little Guo Jia were all shocked when they heard this, and they all looked at Li Hong and Jia Xu in surprise.

A delaying tactic? Was Peng Tuo pretending to surrender?

Li Hong looked at Jia Xu with admiration in his eyes and said, "Tell me, why do you guess this?"

Upon hearing this, Jia Xu frowned and said without hesitation:
"At the beginning, Xu also thought that Peng Tuo was a sinister villain who chose to kill the Yellow Turbans and surrender when faced with a life-and-death crisis. But the lord later said that he would hand over the 100,000 Yellow Turbans who surrendered in Yingchuan to Peng Tuo to lead, and that he would also receive ideological education and pass an assessment before he could do so."

"Xu felt something was wrong. Peng Tuo is not a great general, but he has some courage. There are many stronger soldiers than him in the army under the lord's command. There are more than 20 commanders and more loyal soldiers than Peng Tuo. There is no need to hand over these Yellow Turbans who may surrender to him."

"Plus, the ideological education assessment takes time. Whether he passes or not is up to the lord. So, Xu felt that this was a delaying tactic of the lord, and he also suspected that Peng Tuo was pretending to surrender!"

Jia Xu stated his speculation, then looked at Li Hong without blinking.

When everyone heard Jia Xu's analysis, they all felt it made sense and couldn't help but look at Li Hong.

"Haha, what a great military advisor Jia! He has a smart mind." Li Hong stroked his gray beard and looked at Jia Xu with satisfaction.

Jia Xu doesn't have a system, so he can't see the favorability of Bo Cai and Peng Tuo.

But based on a small detail, Jia Xu guessed something, which was enough to make people feel amazing.

Li Hong did not hide anything and said:

"Yes, I suspect that Peng Tuo and Bo Cai are pretending to surrender, and then instigating these surrendered Yellow Turbans to stab my officers and soldiers in the back."

"The first reason is that I saw Peng Tuo's murderous intention towards me."

"The second reason is that Peng Tuo did not kill Bo Cai. Although Bo Cai had one arm chopped off by Peng Tuo, why should he spare Bo Cai's life? So, this is like a self-torture trick."

"Of course, these are all my speculations. I don't really need to care whether Bo Cai and Peng Tuo are pretending to surrender. As long as Bo Cai and Peng Tuo surrender, then my plan will be effective. I can spread the news that the Yellow Turbans' leaders Bo Cai and Peng Tuo have surrendered to the court to the world, and deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Yellow Turbans!"

"Educating Peng Tuo and Bo Cai is a delaying tactic to keep them alive and prevent them from committing suicide. It is also an ideological education for Peng Tuo and Bo Cai. If they can really surrender to me, then I will have two more generals under my command. Wouldn't that be great?"

Li Hong stroked his gray beard and said.

Another sentence, Li Hong did not say explicitly, not only Bo Cai and Peng Tuo, but if he later captured the Yellow Turban leader Zhang Mancheng as well, and threw him into an ideological education class, he would use a delaying tactic and publicize to the outside world that the Yellow Turban leader Zhang Mancheng had also surrendered, then the blow to the Yellow Turbans' morale would be even more powerful.

Jia Xu, Huangfu Song, Yan Liang, Xi Zhicai, Xun You, and young Guo Jia were shocked and amazed when they heard what Li Hong said.

"The old general has used the strategy against the enemy and has made thorough considerations. I admire you!" Huangfu Song was the first to express his respect and admiration to Li Hong.

Jia Xu was also shocked by Li Hong's strategy and calculations, and bowed to Li Hong.

Li Hong understood that he had benefited from the system's ability to identify the enemy's favorability, so he waved his hand and said:
"Okay, you guys plan it out, come up with a charter, select people and form an ideological education team. Gather all the meritorious Yellow Turban surrendered soldiers and conduct a unified ideological education. You have to put on a complete show to paralyze Bo Cai and Peng Tuo, and make them think that I really want to hand over the Yellow Turbans to them."

"Yes!" Jia Xu, Xi Zhicai and Xun You looked at each other, nodded and said in unison.

"The situation of the Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan is almost like this. Let someone spread the news. Say that the 200,000 Yellow Turbans in Yingchuan were defeated, more than 100,000 were captured, and the Yellow Turban leader Bo Cai and leader Peng Tuo killed 2,000 loyal Yellow Turban warriors and surrendered to the Beiwei Army!"

"Register the surrendered Yellow Turbans and send a cavalry of 10,000 people to Bingzhou. Let Bingzhou prepare to receive them. These Yellow Turbans will be the cornerstone of Bingzhou's population in the future."

"Also, mobilize 30,000 Beiwei cavalry, with Huang Zhong as the vanguard, to march to Nanyang first to intimidate Zhang Mancheng!"

Li Hong turned his head, his face cold, and gave the order again.

"promise!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard Li Hong's words, and they all bowed in agreement.

(End of this chapter)