Because the sky was dark, Lei Yuan sat by the window and moved another copper lamp to see clearly.
The military newspaper is full of words, which is much more detailed than what you usually see, and it is about the complete process of attacking Chengdu before. In addition, it also mentions a strange incident during the siege.
On that day, Zhang Song recommended himself to Chengdu to persuade the surrender of the young master Liu Xun. However, as soon as he entered the city, he was captured by a group of defeated soldiers who had retreated from Mianzhu. The defeated soldiers captured Zhang Song regardless of concern and passed Liu Xun's order to behead him and showed him public. Duke Xuande was furious about this and ordered the attack on the city.
The military strategy was circulated by ten people. At that time, the Jingyi coalition forces outside the city had a total of 50,000, and the defenders had a total of 30,000. In the case of emergency, a large number of strong men could be recruited. If they were determined to defend, they would not have been overthrown. However, the officials in Yizhou have been used to being civil and military for many years, and the few generals were also disloyal. Therefore, the fierce offensive and defense lasted for only one day and the city was destroyed.
After the army entered the city, it was inevitable that the method of arresting hostile and killing the unsatisfied means would be inevitable. After everything was restored to stability, everyone was amused and found that Zhang Song was not dead. It is said that because the guards at the top of the city falsely passed the orders of Prince Liu Xun, they recognized the wrong person in a panic, killed an irrelevant Yizhou civil servant, and regarded Zhang Song as an ordinary person and detained him as a civilian who transported earth and stone.
Is it a misunderstanding? Everyone was confused in an instant.
But there is nothing to worry about. Since Chengdu has been conquered, the winners must enjoy the joy of victory, and the loser must be stepped on by ten thousand feet and cannot turn over... Who is still interested in tangling with Zhang Song's adventure?
Only Duke Xuande was overjoyed by Zhang Song's safe return, and even asked someone to find the leader of the defeated Mianzhu army, intending to give him a lot of rewards. Unfortunately, it was found out later that they were all dead in battle.
Lei Yuanhe started the military newspaper and slowly calculated.
He was a general who led a single line of troops. Among the military men in Jingzhou, he had a very high status, so he could receive military newspapers that gathered military information from all parties every few days. Generally speaking, the military newspaper was brief and only introduced the general situation. However, this one in Lei Yuan's hand wrote in a rich and colorful way that had nothing to do with the situation.
There is no doubt that the situation about Zhang Song is what Pang Tong wanted Lei Yuan to see.
What's the point of Zhang Song's life or death? That's why Pang Tong had to write such a special text?
The experience he walked to Chengdu City was in vain and he was unable to do anything?
Can't figure it out.
Lei Yuan asked Fu Xu: "My brother was ordered to come. What special instructions does Military Advisor Pang have?"
Fu Zu only pushed another letter forward.
After removing the seal, I found that this was a letter written by Pang Tong, with only a few lines of text. Only half of it was seen, Lei Yuan's face changed.
He held the letter in his hand, pondered for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Bo Si, when the Jingzhou army entered Chengdu, is the killing serious?"
Fu Xu said frankly: "After all, the enemy's resistance is stubborn, and it is inevitable to be punished and killed. When siege, the Yizhou generals who dared to resist, such as Fujin, Xiang Cun and others, died in battle. After entering the city, according to Liu Jiyu's wishes, the civil and military officials who had previously relied on Prince Liu Xun and tried to fight against the Jingyi coalition forces, killed another group and dealt with a group. However, the lord, benevolent, did not kill and arrest indiscriminately, and quickly appeased the people. At this time, Chengdu was settled."
Lei Yuan nodded slightly.
I see.
This is the purpose of Zhang Song's trip. He asked him to go to Chengdu not to surrender, but to use his head to create an excuse for Xuandegong to attack the city.
With this excuse, Duke Xuande no longer had to wait for Liu Jiyu to negotiate with his son. Duke Xuande, who was furious about Zhang Song's death, could launch an attack with confidence, and then deal with the civil and military personnel in the entire Chengdu city with the might of the winner.
The result was that Fu Zu said that a group of people were killed and a group of people were disposed of.
How many are the so-called batches? Dozens, hundreds, or thousands?
Those people are naturally those who are recognized by Xuande as difficult to cooperate with Jingzhou. They will either die or be demoted, which will free up many official positions and benefits for the upstarts.
Perhaps this time, the entry into Sichuan was so smooth that the dust and filth in the room were too late to clean, so before Duke Xuande officially entered, he deliberately used his swords and weapons to clean it up. This method was decisive and ruthless.
The problem is that although these people are obstacles to the Jingzhou Group's path forward, they are not guilty. Even if they are guilty, they will not be guilty!
Lei Yuan sighed in a low voice: Duke Xuande shouldn't have done this.
Lei Yuan is not a weak scholar. He also understands that he is the reason for fighting for the world and striving for the first place. Sometimes he is afraid of being unhappy because he is a little slower, and he may die and die. But Lei Yuan is not a winner in the world. As a subordinate, he also has the position of subordinates.
Lei Yuan was not Liu Bei's Yuan Cong. He led his subordinates from Mount Yu to Jingzhou, which was a result of comprehensive consideration of his own interests, the interests of the Lei clan and the interests of tens of thousands of subordinates. The primary prerequisite for protecting these interests is that Liu Bei is the benevolent master.
Over the years, Liu Bei's footprints have gone from Hebei to Central Plains, and then to Jingchu. There have been so many ups and downs, and many of the choices are right or wrong or unclear. But one thing is, no matter where he is, Xuande Gong is kind and loving the people, and has won the hearts of the people because of his kindness. No matter where he gained a foothold, he relied on decades of kindness and people's almost unreserved trust in his character.
However, Liu Bei is acting like this now?
In order to gain profit, we will use weird means to expand the war and kill for the sake of killing?
Such a thing can be done by Grand Master Dong and Prime Minister Cao, how can Liu Bei?
Even if you can hide this rough method from others for a while, it will inevitably be seen through by discerning people. By then, how should every subordinate who knows the inside story view Liu Bei's banner of benevolence and morality?
Lei Yuan came from later memories, and some of the consequences of the moral collapse of the ruling group. If the lord could break through the bottom line, how could the minister not feel wary? Thousands of words were summed up in two common sayings: one is that a thousand miles of dike collapsed in an ant hole; the other is, you are on the first day of the first day, and I am on the fifteenth day.
Of course, at that time, there will naturally be rules for the monarch and ministers to get along with each other. Since ancient times, power and political strategies will inevitably be used one by one. The connotation of the four words "monarch and ministers" is so rich.
However, Xuande Gong didn't have to do this.
Perhaps it was because he had been upholding morality for decades, but he always achieved nothing. Once he decided to take a fierce approach, Yizhou would get it in a moment. The gains this time were too rich, so even Xuande Gong could not help but eat the taste of the marrow.
Or maybe it was because of Pang Tong's influence. At this time, Zhuge Liang was in Jiangzhou, responsible for the transfer of military supplies between Jingyi and Yi, and the major plans of the front enemies were all planned by Pang Tong. This is probably what Pang Tong's style of conduct?
In this way, Lei Yuan wrote this letter written by Pang Shiyuan in his hand.
The letter first said that Yizhou has been established, but Liu Zhang, as the governor of Yizhou, has always been a barrier between Xuande Gong and Yizhou. On the other hand, Zhang Lu was captured in Hanzhong, but his religious appeal is actually not beneficial to the stability of the regime in the long run.
Then the writing style changed and he said that recently, Duke Xuande placed Liu Zhang and a small number of servants in a manor east of Mianzhu City because there was still riots in Chengdu. Considering that Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang had a grudge against killing their mother, they were irreconcilable to each other, Lei Yuan led Zhang Lu and his close subordinates to Chengdu on the way to Chengdu, it would be best to bypass this manor.
Judging from this, I hope Lei Yuan creates a coincidence. Since Duke Xuande entered Sichuan, many various coincidences have happened, and Pang Shiyuan is not monotonous. Lei Yuan could imagine that as soon as Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu met, there would be something wrong, and even deaths would occur. At that time, Duke Xuande came forward as an arbitration, and no matter what decision he made, it would be beneficial to control Yizhou.
However, Lei Yuan was only angry.
This military advisor Pang is indeed smart and powerful, but what he always thinks about is such a way to be unable to get the stage? Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu are all very high-ranking people, but they can be placed slowly. I am so eager to attack them, Pang Tong really doesn't consider the kindness of Xuande Gong at all?
Lei Yuan led Zhang Lu and others to Chengdu. If something happened on the way, what kind of attack would he endure? What can Pang Shiyuan use to compensate?
Lei Yuan asked, "Bo Si, was this letter given to you in person by Pang Shiyuan?"
Fu Xu nodded and said, "Yes. When Military Advisor Pang wrote to me, he said, if Xu Zhi understood, please help me. If he didn't understand, it would be okay, he would find another way."
"Where is the lord? Do you know?"
"When Pang Shiyuan delivered the letter, the lord was there. It was the lord who ordered me to deliver it to avoid any mistakes on the way." Fu Hu said quickly. He paused. He felt Lei Yuan's expression unwilling and couldn't help asking: "Is there anything wrong with it?"
Lei Yuan was silent for a long time.
The rain outside had stopped and the sky was getting darker, but Lei Yuan's face became more and more calm, so that Fu Zu did not dare to urge him. It is true that he was Liu Bei's close subordinate, but Lei Yuan, a military general who was backed by powerful clan power, had a status beyond Fu Zu's ability.
After a long time, Lei Yuan sighed and put away both documents.
Fu Ci was excited: "Continue it?"
Lei Yuan was about to speak, and there was another rumbling sound of horse hooves on the official road outside the post station, accompanied by the dense sound of iron hooves shattering the road. There have been chaos in Yizhou recently, and people dare not travel at will. There were no pedestrians on this official road for a day or two, but I didn't expect it to be so lively.
But I don’t know who was passing by now? Hearing the rushing sound of hooves, they also had urgent matters.
Just as he thought of this, the new cavalry team stopped outside the post station. Amid the neighing of the horse, someone asked loudly: "Can General Fenwei be here?"
Lei Yuan and Fu Hu were so familiar with the sound.
Chapter completed!