Chapter 72: Recruiting Strategies
Accidentally, Li Mengxi successfully pretended to be cool again.
The little maid next to her who was responsible for holding the lamp looked at Li Mengxi and her eyes were filled with excitement.
The girl stared at Li Mengxi, which made Li Mengxi feel uncomfortable.
The adults praised Li Mengxi very much, saying that Li Mengxi was very good at respecting his elders and understanding etiquette.
Li Mengxi repeatedly said that Your Excellency was exaggerating.
At this time, Li Mengxi used his own efforts to make himself despised by someone at the beginning and thought he was ignorant and unskilled. Now his image has been transformed into a visitor who is not out of place at today's dinner.
Face is all earned by oneself.
The fat duck has been served. It's steaming hot, and it won't be good if it gets colder.
"Xuande, please!"
"Boqi, please!"
"Don't wait for the duck to cool down."
The county magistrate urged everyone to eat first before talking.
When Li Mengxi heard the word "Boqi", he knew it was the name of a general-looking figure, and the word "Bo" should mean that he was the eldest son of the family.
Bozhongshuji means boss, second, third and fourth.
For example, Jiangdong Sun Bofu is the eldest son of the Sun family, and Jiangdong Sun Zhongmou is the second eldest son of the Sun family.
Therefore, Boqi is the epitome of this person.
When Li Mengxi heard this person's words, he was so excited that he couldn't hold back and almost laughed out loud.
Fortunately, Li Mengxi reacted quickly and coughed to suppress his laughter.
And if you observe carefully, you will find that Li Mengxi lowered his head, his body was shaking slightly, and he was suffering from discomfort.
"Xi'er, come here!" Liu Bei pulled a duck leg and handed it to Li Mengxi with a smile.
Li Mengxi hurriedly rolled up his sleeves and went to get it.
After getting the duck legs, Li Mengxi then remembered, oh shit, I didn’t wash my hands!
Looking at the people at the table, they shredded the duck meat and ate it without washing their hands.
The level of hygiene in the Han Dynasty was not as bad as that of Asan in India. The ancients must have understood how to wash hands when eating, but Li Mengxi guessed that Liu Bei, that Boqi, and the county magistrate, these three big men, were not very particular.
Fortunately, the duck legs we ate were eaten with the bones in hand.
During the dinner, no one spoke, only the sound of crunching meat.
Li Mengxi was thinking, when will we talk about the Yellow Turbans? It is still unknown how much food support the county magistrate can give to appease the Yellow Turbans.
Li Mengxi was indeed hungry. With an empty belly, he devoured a fat and strong duck leg and quickly destroyed it.
One duck leg had only bones and a little bit of meat left. Before it was completely chewed, Liu Bei tore off Ling Yi's duck leg and handed it to Li Mengxi with a smile.
At this moment, Li Mengxi felt like he was back when he was a child, going out to eat with his elders. He was the only child at the table. Among the adults, there would often be a respected old man who stood up and pulled a chicken leg and handed it to him, "Here! Take it.
Chew it away!"
Then, when I was a child, I took the chicken legs and gnawed them.
Then, without the children talking about eating this and eating that, the adults can talk quietly.
At this time, Li Mengxi felt like he was following the master (Liu Bei) to the banquet, rather than coming to discuss matters as a military advisor.
Li Mengxi got his hands on the second duck leg and tried to bite it.
Then I thought of my little brother who was as thin as a stick.
Although they had known each other not long ago, after all, he was his younger brother, and he was a little man who depended on him for life. How could Li Mengxi forget his younger brother.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Mengxi secretly glanced at Liu Bei, then at the other two people, and secretly hid the duck leg in his left hand while others were not prepared, and retracted his left hand into his sleeve.
Li Mengxi thought he was hiding something, but he didn't expect it to fall completely into Liu Bei's eyes. Liu Bei secretly laughed and didn't point it out.
When Li Mengxi found that he was full and refused to eat, Liu Bei ate a duck by himself, leaving only the bones.
Then, when the county magistrate saw that everyone had almost eaten, another servant brought boiled white and greasy mutton fat together with wine.
When the wine and meat were presented, Li Mengxi took one look at the greasy mutton fat and didn't want to eat it.
In ancient times, there was little fat and oil was precious, so fat was the most delicious.
If he was still hungry, Li Mengxi might be able to eat, but now he is full and can't eat at all.
I have seen what it means to eat meat in big mouths and drink wine in big bowls.
There were two large bowls, one bigger than Li Mengxi's head. Liu Bei arranged the bowls, picked up the open wine jar, and poured half a bowl of wine into each bowl.
Li Mengxi understood that by this time, it was probably time to drink and talk.
Sure enough, the county magistrate picked up the wine bowl and saluted Liu Bei, "This wine is to congratulate Xuande on his great victory, please!"
Liu Bei also held the bowl and said, "Please!"
The wine bowl was held in honor of the county magistrate from afar, and the general Boqi was held in honour, not even missing Li Mengxi, who lightly touched the wine bowl with Li Mengxi.
The wine bowl was big and heavy. Li Mengxi held the wine bowl and took a small sip.
The wine was not strong in the mouth, and Li Mengxi could still drink it.
"Xuande, we are going out to fight against thieves this time. How many thieves are there and how many are dead and injured? Let us tell you."
The superior officer asked.
Liu Bei straightened up and bowed his hands to the county magistrate.
"We are here to fight against the thieves. My three brothers and five hundred local warriors left Zhuozhou and traveled more than two hundred miles. We met the Yellow Turbans halfway."
"The Yellow Turbans had a large number of people. At that time, the Yellow Turbans set up a formation in the middle of the road. People were crowded against each other, and tens of thousands of people were suppressed by the darkness. It was impossible to look at them."
"Yeah!" The county magistrate was surprised, leaned forward, and asked, "There are so many thieves, and you only have four or five hundred men, how can you win?"
"I dare to let the superior know that the enemy is strong and we are weak, but the victory depends entirely on the soldiers' lives."
"At that time, the enemy general will take advantage of his bravery and go out to pick a fight.
How can there be no one in our army?" Liu Bei snorted and knocked on his dwarf, "He dares to scold the formation. My third brother Yide has a fiery temperament. How can I endure it and ride straight out to attack the enemy general?"
"If the battle is not three-in-one, the enemy general will be killed by Yide."
"The enemy's morale was greatly reduced. Taking advantage of this moment, I and Yun Chang led the troops to press forward, only to attack the enemy's center and then retreat."
"After a fierce battle, with swords and spears coming and going, my soldiers sacrificed their lives and pressed forward step by step, eventually causing chaos in the enemy's formation."
"A certain third brother, Yide, killed the Yellow Turban deputy general before the rebellious army. At this point, the Yellow Turbans were leaderless and collapsed like a tide."
"Afraid that the Yellow Turbans would be defeated and regroup, the three of us led the troops and pursued them for two more hours, until noon, before the Yellow Turbans could no longer organize their troops.
In this battle, we captured the heads of thieves, yellow turban flags and other items, as well as hundreds of prisoners."
"The next day, sentry cavalry discovered that the Yellow Turban troops had retreated to the old village of Fengming Mountain and gathered several hundred people.
In another two days, our army went to attack it, attacked the mountain and descended in one fell swoop, and all the remaining Yellow Turban troops on the mountain surrendered."
"In the two battles before and after, in our territory of Zhuozhou, if the Yellow Turbans no longer become a thing, Shangguan will not have to worry about the Yellow Turbans."
As he said this, Liu Bei glanced at Li Mengxi beside him, "Later, Mengxi remonstrated, saying that the Yellow Turbans were defeated but could not be destroyed. Tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans were defeated and fled to the four realms. The Qing Dynasty could not be accomplished in a day.
Therefore, Meng Xi said that the method of recruitment can be used, and it will take more than a month and a half to eliminate the enemy's traces. However, the method of recruitment may not cost a single soldier, but the potential of the thieves can be eliminated."
"I would like to ask, does the Shangguan think the method of appeasement mentioned by Meng Xi may be effective?"
Chapter completed!