After much consideration, Yuan Yao decided to let Liao Hua and Pei Yuanshao stay in Runan, with Liao Hua as the leader and Pei Yuanshao as the assistant.
Firstly, Liao Hua and Pei Yuanshao had been in Runan for many years and were familiar with the local situation.
Secondly, Liao Hua was a cautious person. Under the current situation where Yuan Yao did not have many people who could be used, he had no choice but to let him take charge of the situation alone.
Zhou Cang, as the commander of his personal guards, had to follow him all the time. Zhao Yun needed to fight with him in Lujiang, so he could not stay in Runan.
Therefore, Liao Hua and Pei Yuan Shao were the best candidates.
Yuan Yao handed over the Land Equalization System, the Prefectural Military System, and the Military Tun System to Liao Hua, giving him full authority to handle them.
Yuan Yao had even prepared for the worst. If Runan was captured by Cao Cao, then Liao Hua and Pei Yuanshao would fight guerrilla warfare with Cao Cao in Runan's mountainous area, dragging Cao Cao down in Runan.
"Yuanjian, if Runan really can't be defended, then you must remember Zhen's next 16 words.”
"When the enemy advances, I retreat; when the enemy stops, I harass; when the enemy is tired, I attack; when the enemy retreats, I pursue.”
Liao Hua's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he soon discovered the subtlety of the 16-word mantra.
With surprise attacks as the main means, it has a high degree of mobility, flexibility, initiative, aggressiveness, and quick decisiveness.
After all, he had been a mountain bandit for so many years and had fought many battles with the government army. The style of mountain bandits was to fight if they could win and run if they could not.
This kind of guerilla tactic was very to Liao Hua's taste.
"Your Majesty is truly a god," he praised,"to think that you could even come up with such a delicate tactic."”
Yuan Yao thought in his heart that he didn't invent this. This was the specialty of the later generation's Great Ancestor Mao. How could it not be exquisite?
After arranging everything in Runan, Yuan Yao began to return to Huainan.
…………
A few days later, the army arrived at a large mountain.
The mountain was tall and dense with forests.
In order to prevent the remaining members of the Yellow Turban Army from ambushing on the road.
Yuan Yao sent Zhou Cang to lead a team to scout the way.
Zhou Cang seemed to recall the matter of him ambushing Yuan Yao, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, but he still cupped his hands and left.
After a while, they saw a scout riding on a horse. The scout ran over and dismounted to report,""Your Majesty, we found a group of bandits ahead. The leader is a female general. Her martial arts skills are very good. General Zhou is not his match and is about to collapse.”
A trace of surprise involuntarily flashed across Yuan Yao's face when he heard these words.
Although Zhou Cang's martial arts were far inferior to his, he was still a second-rate general. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he had even captured Pang De alive. Today, he could not even defeat a female bandit.
There didn't seem to be any powerful female bandits in the Three Kingdoms.
Thinking of this, Yuan Yao was extremely curious. He personally led Zhao Yun and 500 black-armored cavalry to support Zhou Cang.
When they arrived at the battlefield, they saw more than a thousand bandits surrounding Zhou Cang's several hundred men.
Although these bandits had almost no armor on their bodies and had all kinds of weapons in their hands, their formation was orderly and orderly. It was obvious that they had been instructed by an expert.
They were probably not ordinary bandits.
Yuan Yao was getting more and more curious about this female bandit leader.
He turned his gaze to Zhou Cang and saw that he was being beaten up by a female general of eighteen or nineteen years old.
Although Zhou Cang resisted with all his might, he was already in a tight spot and was in danger.
Zhou Cang roared in anger, his heart feeling extremely stifled.
In the past, Zhou Cang was not invincible in the Yellow Turban army, but in terms of martial strength, he could be ranked in the top three.
Not long ago, he was defeated by His Majesty with a single strike, and now, he was beaten by a little girl until he could not fight back.
The anger in Zhou Cang's heart was almost driving him crazy.
"Big guy, you're not this lady's opponent. This lady thinks that you're a man, so as long as you dismount and surrender, I'll spare your life and even take you in as my little brother.”
The female general stopped for a moment and said proudly to Zhou Cang.
"I, Zhou Cang, have already pledged my loyalty to His Majesty. How can I surrender to a little girl like you? Cut the crap. I, Zhou Cang, would rather die than surrender.”Zhou Cang roared.
"If you refuse a toast and drink a forfeit, then don't blame this lady for being impolite.”
After speaking, this female general shouted out and once again charged towards Zhou Cang with her halberd, no longer showing any mercy.
Zhou Cang's heart was deathly still. He had thought that he was going to die.
Right at this moment, Yuan Yao galloped over on his horse and saved Zhou Cang's life.
"Clang!"
Sparks flew everywhere as the saber and halberd collided.
The two of them rode past each other, but Yuan Yao's figure remained motionless.
The female general's body trembled violently, and the halberd in her hand almost fell out of her hand.
A huge wave was set off in her heart. She did not expect the silver-masked man to be so powerful.
"Who are you?" The female general looked at Yuan Yao with a vigilant expression and asked.
"I am Yuan Yao, Emperor of Zhong Country!" Yuan Yao reined in his horse and stood with his saber as he replied proudly.
"What? You're Yuan Yao? Impossible! How can Yuan Yao be so strong?”The female general's face was blank as she cried out in shock.
"Hmm?" Seeing that the other party seemed to know him, Yuan Yao carefully sized him up.
The female general had shapely eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. She had a beautiful face and wore red armor and a red robe. She was riding a white horse and held a halberd. She was valiant and had an imposing aura.
What a heroine!
Yuan Yao couldn't help but praise in his heart.
Wait a minute, wielding the Heavenly Halberd, skilled in martial arts, and an eighteen or nineteen year old female general. Could she be Lu Bu's only daughter, Lu Lingqi?
After Lu Bu was destroyed, weren't his wife and daughter kidnapped by Cao Cao to Xu Capital? Why was his daughter Lu Lingqi a bandit in Runan?
Yuan Yao couldn't help but have a huge question mark flash across his mind.
However, it seemed that this Lu Lingqi was his previous fiancée.
It turned out that when Lu Bu was besieged in Xiapi by Cao Cao, he had sent someone to Yuan Shu for help and had even promised to marry his daughter, Lu Lingqi, to the Crown Prince of Zhong Kingdom, who was Yuan Yao, as the Crown Princess.
Unfortunately, before Yuan Shu could send troops to rescue him, Lu Bu was betrayed by Hou Cheng, Song Xian, and Wei Xu, and eventually died in the White Gate Tower.
Could it be that Lu Lingqi was not captured by Cao Cao, but escaped during the chaos when Xiapi City fell?
Then, she wandered all the way to Runan, where there were many bandits. She even used her superb martial arts skills to rob a mountain and became a female king. She usually robbed everywhere.
This time, it just so happened to be her ex-fiancé.
Is this my underworld girlfriend?
Yuan Yao couldn't help but imagine.
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