"My lord, if you act like this, the people will definitely be frightened, and it will affect your lord's reputation for kindness."
Seeing that Zhao Yun was only worried about scaring the people and affecting his reputation, Liu Xiang was in a good mood and explained: "I have only recently realized that we cannot just do benevolent things, but need to be kind and powerful at the same time. If there is kindness but not power, there will be no reverence."
If you have any thoughts of being disrespectful, if you only have majesty without kindness and kindness, you will not win the hearts of the people and you will definitely be ruined."
Zhao Yun thought about it for a while. There were many people who knew this truth, but few could truly understand it. It was a good thing that the lord had such knowledge. He stopped admonishing him and just killed everyone, beheading them. It was no big deal.
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"My lord, rest in peace, Zhao will go and take care of it now."
Liu Xiang nodded and thought to himself: He was worrying too much. For those who are determined to join the army, it is not a big deal for them to kill the enemy and behead them. There is also a tradition in the army of beheading to reward merit.
"Zilong, reinforcements are on the way. We need to send someone to contact you so that no one can take advantage of us."
"Follow orders."
Zhao Yun went to arrange many chores, and Liu Xiang was really tired, so he lay down on the soft couch to rest.
People in the city are cleaning battlefields, clearing fire sites, and rescuing victims.
The execution ground outside the city has been set up, and heads are piled around the high platform.
The time soon reached noon.
There were not many people in the execution ground, far less than the number of heads placed around the high platform. There were more than 4,000 heads, which silenced the people who came to watch the execution.
Reinforcements have arrived and are standing at the execution ground. They were originally intended to maintain order, but there were more of them than the common people, and the common people were too frightened to move, so they had nothing to do.
Liu Xiang climbed up to the high platform and looked at the sparsely populated people with their families and families. She felt that she was doing useless work and was flirting with the blind man. These people looked more like they were here to beg for food.
Looking at it like this, the situation in various rural pavilions was more serious than he imagined. The war killed some people, the famine killed some people, and those who didn't run away starved to death. I'm afraid there won't be many people left.
Once the frame is set up, the play must go on.
He pointed at the heads in the audience and said loudly: "Folks, don't be afraid. The heads in the audience are bandits who looted the countryside. The Anping Army sent troops to destroy the bandits, cut off their heads, and showed them to you.
I want to tell you that our army has avenged you."
The people finally started to move. Every village and pavilion experienced military disasters. Every house was injured and dead. When I heard that the bandits were being wiped out and looked at the piled heads, I couldn't help but cry out.
"Good kill."
"Damn thief, have mercy on my son..."
"The sky has eyes, these thieves should all die."
When the people were crying, Liu Xiang said to the guards beside him: "Bring the prisoners up."
The county magistrate, county captain and more than twenty powerful direct descendants were brought to the high platform.
After the people vented their grief, Liu Xiang said loudly: "These people, for their own selfish interests, set off armies and plundered. Every village and pavilion was massacred, and many people's homes were destroyed. Such beastly behavior is outrageous. I am today
, beheaded them in public, and comforted the spirits of the dead people in heaven.”
The hatred in the hearts of the people was aroused again, and they cried loudly:
"Kill them, kill them!"
"It's these dog officials, it's them...it's them who harmed me and my family!"
Liu Xiang stepped aside, waved his hand and ordered: "Execution."
Twenty-three heads were chopped off one by one. Every time one was chopped off, the people shouted for a while:
"Good kill."
"happy."
"The great revenge has been avenged, and you can rest in peace."
After the execution, Su Wei kicked the head and body off the platform and received another round of applause.
Liu Xiang looked at the people who had completely vented their emotions. Although they were a little tired, their expressions were no longer as numb as before. He said loudly: "I would like to listen to the order and give a bushel of corn to each person who comes here to watch the execution.
As a reward."
When they heard that rice grains were distributed, these people became energetic. A bushel of corn was not much, but a province of it was enough to feed the family for five or six days. Moreover, each person was given a bushel of corn, so they could last for many days.
.In this time of famine, a bushel of rice can really save lives. The daughter of the family cannot sell a bushel of rice.
Fearing that Liu Xiang would regret it, they quickly thanked him: "Thank you, general."
"General benevolence."
Do these people hate those who plundered them? They certainly do.
There is a question mark as to how many people came to watch the execution out of hatred. Most of them were more likely to come out to look for food and watch the excitement on the way, but were frightened by the heads and soldiers and did not dare to escape.
Liu Xiang felt that he had guessed the truth.
When he first arrived at the execution ground, he felt that something was wrong. Beixin City was a city that he easily captured through a clumsy trick of surrender without sending troops to the city or inciting the people in the countryside. He was in the hearts of the people in Beixin City.
, has neither prestige nor kindness, and indeed overestimates his influence.
Therefore, I had the idea of imitating Yimu Lixin and sent people to transport food a long time ago.
There are less than 3,000 people in the execution ground and only more than 200 stones of food. Why not give it a try?
When the head was beheaded, six carts and three hundred shi of grain had already arrived. With an order, the people were organized into six teams and began to distribute the grain.
A bushel of corn weighed only six kilograms in modern times, so there was no need to worry about people not being able to carry it away.
Liu Xiang stood on the stage and looked at these people happily sharing food beside a pile of heads. He felt quite ridiculous. This was the end of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. It was cold and mosquitoes and flies were scarce. Otherwise, a plague would definitely break out.
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The three elements of war, famine, plague, and the end of the world are now complete.
Putting aside the sighs in his heart, he said loudly to the people who were sharing the food: "People who are short of food can come to the county to work. The Anping Army is recruiting soldiers. Civilians, old and weak women and children can also come. There will always be something for you to eat."
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My name is Liu Xiang, General Anping. Follow me and you will have food to eat."
"General benevolence."
This time, I felt a lot more sincere.
After the grain was distributed, people came to apply, and the scribes registered their names and placed them in different categories.
The rest of the people scattered and returned home. Liu Xiang didn't know what they were thinking or whether they would come back on their own initiative.
Everyone has their own ambitions, and he doesn't want to force it, at least not now. When the situation is established, these people will not be able to escape.
Liu Xiang didn't say anything about returning money and food, and these people didn't dare to ask. Facing the army at the side, and the general standing on the heads and corpses, they didn't dare to speak.
But this is a hidden danger after all. I hope Sun Yi will act quickly, and I hope he is capable and can solve this problem. Liu Xiang does not need to use his head to ease the conflict with the people.
He frowned and walked down the high platform, leaving some soldiers to finish up, and led the rest back to the city.
The reinforcements included 400 soldiers, 4,600 infantry, and more than 130 scribes and cavalry to monitor them.
After entering the city, first distribute weapons to the infantry. At least everyone has a weapon that can fight and no longer has to hang around with a wooden gun.
With more than 8,000 soldiers and horses on his side, Liu Xiang relaxed a lot and arranged for his soldiers to change defenses and rest.
In fact, they are all exhausted, and so is Liu Xiang. Let's rest first. Even if you have thoughts, you must have sufficient physical strength before you can act.
Liu Xiang glanced outside the city and then returned to the county government office to rest.