Chapter 38: Persuading Zhang Xiu to surrender starts with saving his son! Wei Yan’s bed-warming gift!
Zhang Quan?

Son of Zhang Xiu?

"General Yide, you actually captured Zhang Xiu's son. Why haven't I heard you mention it before?"

Xiao Fang's eyes lit up and he turned to look at Zhang Fei.

"The boy was stabbed seven or eight times, and he was half dead. I thought he was the son of Zhang Xiu, so he died, so I didn't care too much."

Zhang Fei scratched the back of his head and replied disapprovingly.

Xiao Fang shook his head and sighed, then bowed to Liu Bei:

"General Yide's capture of Zhang Quan was an unexpected bonus."

"What Aliang said is correct. Perhaps we can start with Zhang Quan and persuade Zhang Xiu to surrender."

"My Lord, let Fang try to save Zhang Quan."

Liu Bei immediately understood Xiao Fang's intention and nodded in agreement.

So he ordered Zhang Fei to send people to the prisoner camp to carry Zhang Quan into the tent.

After a while.

A young warrior covered in blood and stabbed several times appeared in front of Xiao Fang.

"Brother-in-law, this man is only a breath away, can he still be saved?"

Zhuge Liang was not very optimistic.

Xiao Fang did not answer. After checking it up and down, Fang said:
"Most of his wounds did not hit vital parts, only two of them were in dangerous locations."

"I can only say that I'll do my best. Whether he can be saved depends on his luck."

So Xiao Fang rolled up his sleeves, asked Zhuge Liang to bring the medicine box, and started to help him.

It was in this big tent that the surgery on Zhang Quan was performed using simple homemade instruments.

Before I knew it, an hour had passed.

Xiao Fang rolled up his sleeves and walked out of the tent looking a little tired.

"Jinglue, can Zhang Quan be saved?"

Liu Bei came forward and personally served Xiao Fang a cup of tea.

Xiao Fang drank it all in one gulp, and then replied:

"This kid is really lucky. He actually made it through this."

"Don't worry, my lord. His life is saved."

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart finally settled down.

"He was injured so badly, but he was saved?"

"Military Advisor, I told you that you must be the reincarnation of Bian Que. Just admit it!"

Zhang Fei opened his eyes wide, gave a thumbs up and expressed his admiration.

Xiao Fang smiled and looked at Liu Bei:
"When he wakes up, my lord can tell him that he wants to be recruited, and ask him to write a personal letter to persuade Zhang Xiu to surrender."

Liu Bei nodded heavily and said happily:

"If the military advisor's plan succeeds, and if I can recruit Zhang Xiu, this fierce general, to serve me, it will be a pleasant surprise!"

The little episode came to an end and the military decision was finalized.

Liu Bei then urged his generals to set up camps outside the four gates of Wancheng, while at the same time he sent his troops south to capture the cities of Yuyang.

After the military meeting was over, Xiao Fang said goodbye and left the tent with a slightly tired body.

"Military advisor, please stay!"

However, Wei Yan stopped Xiao Fang outside the tent.

Xiao Fang stopped and looked at this fellow from Yi Yang.

"If it weren't for the military advisor, Yan would still be just a sergeant under Liu Biao. How could he be so valued by the lord now?"

"Yan has no way to repay the military advisor for his recommendation, so he prepared a small gift for him as a token of his appreciation."

Wei Yan was grateful at first, then a sly smile flashed across his eyes:
"As for this gift, I have already sent it to the military advisor's tent. I believe the military advisor will like it."

After saying this, Wei Yan turned around and left without waiting for Xiao Fang to ask any more questions.

Xiao Fang nodded slightly, and thought that Wei Yan was not an ungrateful boy. He remembered his kindness and knew how to give gifts to express his gratitude.

Well, understanding some human relationships would be beneficial to Wei Yan.

It’s better than the arrogant and arrogant Wei Yan in history who offended all his colleagues in Shu Han…

"I wonder what gift this kid will give me. It will probably be gold, silver, pearls, jade, etc..."

Xiao Fang did not hold out much hope, so he turned around and went back to his tent. Outside the tent, Xu Chu and other guards were talking among themselves.

Seeing Xiao Fang arriving, everyone fell silent immediately, but there seemed to be a smile between their brows.

"Zhongkang, Wenchang said he would give me a gift, and it has been delivered to my tent. Is this true?"

"A gift...a gift?"

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment before he reacted and said with a silly smile:
"Wei Wenchang did send a gift. It is in the tent. Military Advisor, please go in and take a look."

There was a hint of suspicion in Xiao Fang's eyes, and he thought to himself that there seemed to be something wrong with Tiger Chi's expression today.

So without thinking much, he lifted the curtain and stepped into the tent.

The moment he entered the tent, Xiao Fang was suddenly stunned.

There was a young woman sitting in the tent.

She has a beautiful and fair face, skin as white as snow, and a graceful figure. She is truly a beauty.

The key point is that this beauty is wearing a wedding dress!
It's a bride!
A beautiful bride in wedding dress suddenly fell into his tent?
What is this ghost?

"Zhongkang, come in!"

Xiao Fang came back to his senses and shouted loudly.

Xu Chu took a step forward, the sword at his waist half unsheathed, and shouted:

"You bitch, you dare to murder the military advisor, you are courting death!"

The bride was already nervous, with anxiety and tension written all over her pretty face.

Xu Chu's sudden roar and the flash of his knife frightened her so much that she turned pale and collapsed to the ground.

"Calm down, no one wants to murder me."

Xiao Fang pressed Xu Chu's knife back and glanced at the beauty:

"I asked you to come in so that you could explain what this means?"

Xu Chu was stunned for a moment, then he put away his murderous intent and said with a silly smile:

"That Wei Yan said that he robbed this girl near Wancheng."

"He said that this woman is protected by Xiliang soldiers and should be entering the city to marry a Xiliang army officer."

"Wei Yan originally wanted to kill her, but seeing her beauty, he sent her back to serve the military advisor and warm his bed!"

Xiao Fang understood.

Wei Yan did not give gold, silver or pearls or jade, but instead came up with a new idea and gave himself a woman!

And this woman was kidnapped?

However, Wei Yan's move was not excessive.

In this chaotic world, human life is worthless, let alone women's.

In most cases, women's status is just like food, fodder, cattle and sheep, that is, they are just spoils of war.

It was common for various princes to allow their soldiers to plunder women after conquering cities and seizing lands.

Relatively speaking, Lao Liu was much gentler towards the people. He repeatedly ordered his soldiers not to disturb or rob the people.

But this kind of restriction only applies to the common people.

Hence, there was the example of Zhang Fei snatching Xiahou Yuan's niece who was out chopping wood and forcibly taking her as his wife.

And as Xu Chu said, the woman in front of him was protected by the Xiliang Army and was obviously not among the common people.

Wei Yan captured it as a trophy and gave it to himself as a thank-you gift, which could not be considered as a violation of Lao Liu's military orders.

"This Wei Wenchang, why didn't he tell me in advance and just snatched a woman away..."

Xiao Fang murmured to himself, with a hint of embarrassment between his brows.

It’s not that he is pretentious or pretending to be serious.

The beauty of the country, fame, fortune and wealth, aren’t these the things that heroes all over the world are chasing after?

The key is his identity, which is different from military generals such as Wei Yan and Xu Chu.

As Lao Liu's strategist and the head of the civil servants, it was somewhat inappropriate for him to forcibly marry a female relative of the enemy without informing Lao Liu.

Although this woman was forcibly snatched back by Wei Yan and forced upon him.

Seeing that Xiao Fang seemed to be hesitating, Xu Chu's face darkened and he drew his sword again.

"Military Advisor, if you don't like this woman, I will chop her to pieces!"

(End of this chapter)