Yu Yue's face turned a little pale. The horrific scene of the hundreds of corpses of Wang Yu's family neatly lined up in front of the Wang family's mansion appeared in front of his eyes, especially when he looked at Zhu Chaoshi and the murderous Beifu troops around him.
The generals were like werewolves with red eyes, which made him feel uncomfortable in his heart. He quickly waved his hands and said: "That's not what Mr. Tao meant. He just wanted to take an expedient measure, right, Mr. Tao?"
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Tao Yuanming said coldly: "General Zhu, you don't need to threaten us like this. These words were said by me, Tao Yuanming, and have nothing to do with General Yu. As for the word "involvement", let alone the word "involvement", you have to insist on this kind of thing between superiors and subordinates.
It has to be implicated. So when Marshal Liu publicly convicted the court of treason, did it implicate you? When you were trapped in the enemy camp and I didn't know you were pretending to surrender, did it implicate your Zhu family? Did it implicate your eldest brother?
? We, the Jin Dynasty, have our own laws and regulations. If my words are classified as treasonous and disrespectful remarks, it is just one person doing the work and one person is responsible. How can it implicate others? Liu Pushe, am I right? "
Liu Muzhi said calmly: "Tao Changshi's words are correct. Even if there are disrespectful words, it is only a personal crime, and there is no implication. Whether it is treason or not depends on the behavior. Moreover, now it can be regarded as our
In the quasi-dynasty meeting here in Jingzhou, the speaker is not guilty. Any method that can help eliminate the demon thieves and achieve victory can be proposed. However, whether to adopt it or not depends on whether what you say is reasonable. Tao Changshi, so far
, all the generals are strongly opposed to your proposal. They feel that it is unnecessary and will have endless consequences and will lose military morale. I also think they are right. If you don’t have a stronger reason, then your
I will not accept your suggestion."
Tao Yuanming looked at Zhu Chaoshi, who had a serious look on his face and retreated into the queue, and smiled slightly: "I think everyone is a little too optimistic now. After winning two defensive battles, they feel that the demon thief is just sitting back and waiting to be slaughtered by us.
You know, after all, they still have more than 200,000 troops, and they still occupy half of the Jin Dynasty from Guangzhou to Yuzhou. The places controlled by the court now are only Sanwu, Jiangbei, Nanyan, and Jingzhou, except for
Only a small number of states and counties are still in our hands. In addition to the demon thieves, our enemies also include the Later Qin and Qiao Shu. Even the Northern Wei Dynasty may turn against us at any time, and the newly captured land of Southern Yan cannot be said to be stable. If
The war has been going on. If external forces join the demon thieves, the result is hard to say. What's more, the shadow of the Tiandao Alliance is still there. In this battle of Jingzhou, the demons of the Tiandao Alliance appeared. This is our serious problem.
, better than the apparent way of the Heavenly Master!"
Liu Muzhi nodded: "I agree with your judgment. The Tiandao Alliance will always be our biggest threat and the most dangerous enemy. Are you afraid or worried that the Tiandao Alliance will secretly promote the collusion between these internal and external enemies?
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Tao Yuanming looked solemnly, looked at Wang Zhenzhi, and said: "The previous black robe was Murong Chui, the great Hulu from the north, and the previous doupeng was the leader of our Jin Dynasty family, the former great hero Xie Xuan! Who can do such a thing?
Can you imagine? Even the Battle of Feishui may have been a trap set up by them after colluding with each other. We were all caught up in it. In the end, the world was in chaos and millions of people died, but they almost succeeded in cultivating immortals. We
What needs to be avoided is the intervention of the Tiandao Alliance, which will drag on the war for a long time."
"Most of the more than 200,000 troops in Tianshi Dao are what you are talking about. From the tribal chiefs in Guangzhou, people like Sha Qianmo, to the local tyrants in Jiangzhou, these people are really not worthy of the imperial court.
Loyal, but what we have to do now is to stabilize them, at least, don't let them completely fall to the side of the demon thieves. Otherwise, they can restrain us and force us to divide our troops to raid various places and eradicate them, which will affect the pursuit.
Once the speed of the demon thieves makes them retreat to Guangzhou, or if they have time to take a boat to sea like last time, it will be difficult for us to destroy them."
Liu Muzhi's brows gradually wrinkled, and he nodded: "What you said does make sense. Back in Wu and Kuaiji, the reason why Marshal Liu gave up chasing the demon thieves and let them go to the sea and go away was because of the demon thieves.
They promised to correct their evil ways and return to the right path, no longer cause chaos, and never set foot on the Central Plains again. Secondly, the demon thieves also let go of a large number of people who were coerced by them, and let go of almost all the women and children. If these people can return to the Jin Dynasty, it is the Jin Dynasty.
After the Tianshi Dao Rebellion, precious manpower was extremely rare. Moreover, they offered Sun En's head to show their sincerity. At that time, the power of the imperial court was usurped by Huan Xuan. The Jingzhou military generals led by Huan Xuan
We are annexing the estates of wealthy families in the land of Sanwu, killing the veteran generals of the Beifu Army, and have replaced the demon thief as the number one national thief in the Jin Dynasty. It is precisely because of these factors that we have temporarily let go of the demon thief. This is just
It's just the lesser of two evils, and if we had to choose again today, we would still make the same choice."
Tao Yuanming laughed: "Liu Pushe said it well, it's the lesser of two evils. Now we are also facing the same choice. Should we temporarily let go of these local powerful people and tribal chiefs, or must we insist on destroying them in exchange for the demons?"
Thief, where is the breathing space given to the Tiandao Alliance? These people are just wallflowers and weaklings. Now that we have the upper hand, if we take the opportunity to pardon them and give them a way out, not only will these local snakes in Jiangzhou surrender,
Even these people in the demon thief army will abandon the demon thief. After the army's new defeat, people are in panic, which is the best time to fall apart. If we block the way for these people to escape, we will force them to
They can only follow the demon thief all the way to the end, what good does this do to us?"
Yanzhi gritted his teeth and said solemnly: "At least, we have avenged our brothers who died in the battle, the officials who died tragically who stayed at their posts, and the innocent people who died at the hands of the demon thieves."
Tao Yuanming sighed: "If we believe what the general said, do we still have to take revenge on the Shen family's five tigers? The Shen family also rebelled against demon thieves back then, and the hands of the Shen family's five tigers were also filled with soldiers and soldiers of the Jin Dynasty.
Will the blood of officials also settle old scores?"
Speaking of this, Tao Yuanming sneered and said: "And you, General Zhu, including General Hu Fan, and even Major General Lu. Several of you were once generals in the Chu army. When you were under Huan Xuan's tent, you were also with Beifu
We have had battles with each other, and we have suffered casualties with our brothers from Beifu. Is it really possible to turn over old scores like this?" (End of Chapter)