"Beep! You ruined my plan, and you still dare to talk about meritorious service. How bold!" Liu Ming shouted angrily.
However, when Liu Ming saw that Zhang Fei was a little confused and Lu Bu was a little dissatisfied, he still suppressed his anger and said: "That's what I said, I will make it clear to you. The Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei tribe are my big men.
If the sores on the abdomen and back are not removed, the problem will not be solved. The harm will be worse than that of Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, etc.
Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao are both subjects of our Han Dynasty. Although they have tyranny, they are all powerful, and their people will not be trapped in death. It is the internal contradiction of our nation, and the Xiongnu and Xianbei are aggressive in nature. If they are allowed to grow,
If it is not controlled, the harm it will cause is the destruction of the nation and the country.
However, the Southern Xiongnu and the Xianbei tribe are both nomadic people outside the Great Wall. They live in no fixed place and are difficult to eradicate. For example, the grass on the Lili Plain will be burned endlessly by wildfire and regenerated by the spring breeze. We will encircle and suppress it with a large army.
, they are scattered in the wild, and we lose more than we gain. After they have cultivated for a few years, and their population is strong, they will come again to cause harm to us.
And it is not a good strategy for us to pacify and pacify them. In the past, when the Qin people were strong, they had willingly attached themselves to them. However, when the Qin Dynasty was in chaos, they no longer paid their dues and harmed our people and plundered our wealth.
.When the great ancestor conquered the world and we became strong again, they relied on us again and congratulated us.
. But later, when our swords and guns were stored in the warehouse and the horses were released in Nanshan. When their strength was slightly weaker, they rebelled again. It was not until the Han Dynasty conquered that they surrendered again. But after that, their population became slightly stronger, and
When our government was slightly in chaos, they harassed our borders again. This shows that this method is not feasible.
Now, I am trying many ways to weaken the strength of the Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes, and lead them to cannibalize each other. After they fight hard, they will become an eternal feud that can never be solved. This can limit the development of the two tribes, and at the same time, I can take advantage of them.
To attract them to us with benefits. In the end, we will absorb and assimilate the two of them into our new blood.
But now you are doing it in vain! Let the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes reconcile and stop the war. How many casualties will be reduced between them? How could you wipe out a dozen or twenty small tribes of the Southern Xiongnu?
Is it possible to offset it? There are as many small tribes as there are on the grassland. Their loss does not affect their fundamentals.
Moreover, although King Zuo Xian was the co-lord of the Southern Huns, the Southern Huns valued strong men and their tribes were composed of large clans. The moment King Zuo Xian was captured by you, he no longer
He is King Zuoxian whom everyone in the Southern Huns respects. He is a shame to the Southern Huns. Everyone wants to kill him. Then
Some big clans want to take his place instead. Those soldiers who are chasing you did not pay attention to the safety of King Zuoxian during the pursuit, which is enough to witness this. In this way, this Nan
King Zuo Xian of the Xiongnu, apart from attracting fights and revenge for us, what benefit does it have to us?
Moreover, now that the Southern Xiongnu are no longer enemies of Xianbei, if we try our best to compete with us, our strength will be weakened. While the Southern Xiongnu is weakened, it will cause the Xianbei tribe to flourish on the grassland. A unified and powerful
Nation, that is a greater threat to us than two nations that are enemies of each other. So, what credit do you have? How can your merit outweigh your fault?"
Zhang Fei and Lu Bu were both dumbfounded. Although Zhang Fei and Lu Bu were both civil and military generals, they were not the planners to coordinate the overall situation. They never expected that a simple attack and revenge would be carried out by Liu.
To clarify the above-mentioned issues has become a political issue with huge responsibilities.
Not to mention the two of them, even Guan Yu and Huang Yueying realized for the first time that the Southern Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes were such a huge threat to the descendants of Yan and Huang after hearing about it for the first time. And everything that the lord Liu Ming did,
The significance of this is of great importance to the future. And Zhang Fei and Lu Bu were reckless, and their sin was unforgivable.
As for Dian Wei and Xiong Ba, they have no opinion on this. It makes no difference whether they listen or not. Anyway, in the minds of Dian Wei and Xiong Ba, whatever the lord Liu Ming says is right. As long as Liu Ming gives an order
Come on, whoever counts, just beat him to death. There is no need to think about other things.
However, Guo Jia, who had already heard some of Liu Ming's thoughts, was secretly amused.
Zhang Fei was stunned, his head drooped, and he knelt on the ground and admitted his mistake to Liu Ming: "Brother, I was wrong. Please punish me."
At this time, Lu Bu was even more trembling in his heart. Lu Bu knew that he was not as close as Zhang Fei and Liu Minglai, and he also knew that if this caused a life-and-death fight between the Southern Huns and his lord, it would be a huge casualty and a big sin. Lu Bu had to think of
How will Liu Ming punish himself?
But Lu Bu secretly glanced at Dian Wei, Xiong Ba and the two shadow-like guards behind Liu Ming, as well as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei who were present. Lu Bu finally knelt on the ground and bowed to Liu Ming.
Ming admitted his mistake and said: "My lord, I finally realized that I was wrong. Please forgive me, my lord."
Guo Jia watched closely from the side and interceded with Liu Ming on behalf of Zhang Fei and Lu Bu: "My lord, he who does not know is not guilty. The three generals and Marquis Lu Wen are worried about the lord, but it is an unintentional mistake. Please forgive me."
My lord, seeing that they have returned from a journey of thousands of miles and have no merit but still have hard work, I will forgive them their mistakes and let their merits and demerits be balanced."
After Guo Jia finished speaking, Guan Yu and Huang Yueying also responded and immediately asked Liu Ming to plead for Zhang Fei and Lu Bu.
Liu Ming had no intention of punishing Zhang Fei, Lu Bu and the others. It's just that Lu Bu has been out there for so long and made so much extra money. If he doesn't give him a show of strength, just relying on rewards, I'm afraid it will be difficult to suppress him in the future.
.Therefore, Liu Mingcai adopted Guo Jia’s suggestion.
As the saying goes: Give both kindness and power. If there is kindness but no power, no matter how great the reward is, it will easily make the subordinates arrogant, unruly and unwilling to obey. If there is power but no kindness, the subordinates will be coerced by it, and they will not feel it.
Heart, heart will be divorced, it will happen sooner or later. Therefore, giving both kindness and power is the real way to control one's subordinates.
Originally, the main target of this incident was Lu Bu, and Zhang Fei was just casually eating some melons. Now Lu Bu also relented and calmed down. After Liu Ming received the plea from Guo Jia and others, he saw that the situation was about the same.
Yes, of course I borrow the donkey from the slope.
Liu Ming then said to Zhang Fei and Lu Bu: "I don't know how many Youzhou soldiers will have to be killed or injured to make up for the mistakes you and I made. Originally, our sins were unforgivable. Now I remember that they were unintentional mistakes.
Since I already knew my mistake, and everyone has interceded on your behalf, I will not pursue it this time. It can be said that your merits and demerits are equal to each other. I have not thanked the important general."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "Brother, it's okay if you don't blame me. If you don't have any credit, you won't have any credit. It's fun to kill them all." Then, Zhang Fei made another bow and said to everyone: "Thank you for your kindness to me."
Zhang begged for mercy. After a while, I, Mr. Zhang, will treat you all to a drink."
Lu Bu also fell to the ground like a stone, wiped his cold sweat secretly, and said respectfully to Liu Ming: "Thank you for your kindness, my lord." Then he also said to everyone like Zhang Fei: "Thank you for your kindness.
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Everyone also smiled and returned gifts to Zhang Fei and Lu Bu.
When they finished their work, Liu Ming said again: "Now that the matter has been settled, Yide and Fengxian's trip to Rome must not be ignored. In addition to the routine rewards, Yide was awarded the title of General Huwei and the fiefdom of Heishui City.
As a reward, I will destroy General Hu first and gain the land and level the city of Liao."
Zhang Fei and Lu Bu hurriedly thanked him again. Zhang Fei was fine. Anyway, by following his elder brother Liu Ming, the benefits would be lost sooner or later. And Zhang Fei didn't care much about these external things. But Lu Bu was too touched. Lu Bu just suffered
After being frightened, now I am frightened again
Happy, and it was the fiefdom he had longed for. This really moved Lu Bu. Especially since this was not a village hundreds of miles away, but a city, this made Lu Bu even more flattered. At the same time, he became more determined.
This convinced Lu Bu to completely follow Liu Ming.
Only rewards given under such strong pressure can make people feel extremely precious. It is a reward rather than a purchase or compromise.
Later, Liu Ming served wine to Lu Bu, Zhang Fei and the others. During the banquet, Zhang Fei talked about his bravery, how he organized mercenaries and destroyed pirates in the Mediterranean. Lu Bu also kept talking about how he used Westerners
The practice of dueling has been very profitable in the West. Everyone who listened to it and the banquet was fascinated.
After the banquet, Liu Ming told Guan Yu and Zhang Fei about their parting feelings and then fell asleep.
The next day, Liu Ming was reminded by Guo Jia and finally remembered the King Zuo Xian. Although Liu Ming told Zhang Fei, Lu Bu and others that the King Zuo Xian was useless. But no matter how useless the guy is, there is still a place to make use of the waste.
Ah. Liu Ming immediately interrogated King Zuo Xian.
However, this interrogation was not a grand interrogation. The entire interrogators were Guo Jia and Liu Ming. The rest, Dian Wei guarded the door, and Liu Ming's two shadows guarded Liu Ming.
King Zuo Xian was also a tough guy. Even though he was in this situation, he never fell down. When he saw Liu Ming, he stood up without kneeling, and even ignored Liu Ming.
Liu Ming didn't care about this. Instead, he stepped forward and loosened the rope for King Zuo Xian, leaned against a chair, and said with a smile: "My subordinates have taken the liberty of making King Xian suffer. Please sit down quickly."
I and the wise king offered tea to make amends."
King Zuo Xian did not understand what this meant, and he did not believe that Liu Ming would sincerely apologize to him. He secretly moved his blood, thinking about the possibility of subduing Liu Ming and escaping.