After unifying the internal opinions, all that remains is to persuade and organize the villagers.
This is not a light matter. Even though the people were so angry and crazy when they beat people just now, it was just a moment of anger. When the anger passed, everyone was left with nothing but fear.
Many people were thinking about it with earthy faces, and were afraid that the person who had just been beaten to death was an official! No, it was more terrifying than an official. As we all know, most of the official are just helpers of the officials, and of course they cannot be messed with, but
If he offends the public and is beaten to death, the officials will not have to embarrass everyone.
Doesn't the law hold the public accountable? It must be held accountable, as it can easily arouse civil unrest. Naturally, it is better to do less than to do more.
But those who are being killed and wounded now are officers and soldiers, and they are also guest troops from other places! Even if the local army is a scourge to the people, it will be somewhat restrained for the sake of local sentiment. But the guest troops from other places will be restrained.
They all have the idea of leaving after the harm is done, and the most evil intentions are evil. Now that I have killed the other party's people, how can I resist when the other party comes to retaliate?
After the rage and gratitude passed, his usual cowardice returned to him again. Now Taishi Ci was facing such a group of people.
When Taishi Ci ascended the throne and called on the people to join him in fighting against the tyrants and Zhang Yang's army, what he received was not an enthusiastic response, but dumbfounded, twitching and frightened faces.
"The general rescued the people who were in dire straits. The old man and the elders in the town were extremely grateful to the general and the heroes. They wished they could ask for the general's name right away, set up a longevity tablet in the ancestral hall, burn incense and pray morning and night, and pray for the general and everyone. However,
, this fight against the King's Master...oh, no, it's a matter of the traitor army, the traitor army, the common people will wait..."
The person who came out to answer Taishi Ci was Li Zheng of the town. Like most villages and towns in this era, Li Zheng was held by a respected old man. He was over seventy years old. Although he had not read many books, he had quite a lot of experience.
He was rich, and his conversation was very decent, but he was not very courageous, and he had no intention of following Tai Shici's call.
"Old man Wu, after living so long, how can he still be so ignorant? I came here with only three hundred soldiers. Even if I wanted to rescue him, how could I still stop Zhang Yang's ten thousand army?
You must know that God will not save you, but you should save yourself. If you don’t fight back now, when will you wait?”
Taishi Ci frowned and said in a loud voice, "Now, the Hanoi soldiers are dead, and hatred has been forged. If you are unwilling to fight side by side with me, as soon as I leave, you will be killed."
If Zhang Yang sends troops to retaliate again, how will you deal with it?"
When he thought about it, the townspeople had no way out. What else could they do if they didn't follow him? So, he simply stated the comparison of strength, thinking of using a bad situation to force the villagers to submit.
"Oh my God, an army of ten thousand!"
"The prince only sent three hundred people, what should we do?"
"It's over, it's all over now!"
"Dad, why doesn't your spirit in heaven protect my Zeng family? If the child is unfilial, the Zeng family may be wiped out at the hands of the child."
Tragedy fills the land.
Taishi Ci's wishful thinking was obviously wrong. His threats did not stimulate morale or inspire fighting spirit. Instead, they frightened the people. There are people who cry for father and mother, and there are people who call for children and women.
, there were people crying with their heads in their arms, but no one stood up and shouted: Princes, generals, and ministers have the guts to do so!
This, this is unreasonable! Tai Shici was dumbfounded. It turns out that the effect of not having a way out is not only to sink the boat and make a desperate move, but also to have this kind of...
From his point of view, this is a difficult situation to understand. If it were him, no matter how powerful the enemy was, he would always have to fight. The stronger the enemy, the stronger his fighting spirit.
And the current situation told him that either he was a different kind; or the entire town, plus the more than 200 villagers from other villages who were kidnapped, were a different kind.
Taishi Ci had no choice but to ask the deputy general: "Eleven, what is going on?"
Needless to say, General, you scared them all. You put your own courage on the people, but you don’t know that your courage may not be matched by ten thousand people. Three hundred versus ten thousand,
Even I, the captain, was frightened. What do you want these people to think? It is difficult for them to fight against Zhang Yang's army. It is not ordinary.
This was what he thought in his heart, but it was obvious that he couldn't say it like that. Li Shiyi replied in a low voice: "General, your approach may be a bit wrong, and we need to find another strategy."
"What else can we do with this?" Taishi Ci was bold, but not reckless. He would not really think that three hundred people could fight against tens of thousands of enemies. Even if he used the mobility of the cavalry to maximize his guerrilla tactics,
At best, it would just kill a few more grain transport teams, without affecting the overall situation.
Of course, the lord doesn't have much hope for himself. As long as he pretends to be Zhao Yun's army and makes Yuan Shao afraid, he has achieved his goal. Any results achieved on this basis will be an unexpected surprise. Yes,
The more the merrier; if you don’t have it, it won’t cause any loss.
If Yu Jin were to lead the army, he would probably be satisfied with the current progress and not take too many risks, but Taishi Ci is not Yu Jin. Now that he has figured out a strategy to confront and destroy Zhang Yang, he cannot settle for second best.
, completing tasks beyond the standard is his style.
However, no matter how active he was, it was useless. The villagers were afraid of him, and even more afraid of Zhang Yang's army. They couldn't listen to what he said, let alone fight with him.
When he was embarrassed, Pei Yuanshao came up and said, "General, please take a step to speak."
Seeing Pei Yuanshao, Taishi Ci's eyes suddenly lit up. He grabbed him with his backhand and asked urgently: "Old Pei, you are a yellow turban. You should have done this before. Come on, give me some advice. Just now they clearly knew
He was so fierce. Why did he become like this now? It's really puzzling."
Although he was born in the Yellow Turban, Pei Yuanshao didn't like this identity very much, especially after he and Zhou Cang had the idea of joining Wang Yu. The rebels who were recruited were definitely treated differently from the regular generals. He was born in the rebel army and was born with it.
A dwarf, right?
However, after getting along with him, he became familiar with Tai Shi Ci's style. He knew that the other person had a bold and informal temperament. He now said that he was a Yellow Turban, purely out of joy and without the slightest hint of contempt.
Think about it, aren't the Yellow Turbans an organization that is best at inspiring people and rising up in this era? It can make the people fight against the most powerful regular army of the Han Dynasty with bamboo poles and wooden sticks, so what does Zhang Yang's threat mean?
In fact, this is what Pei Yuanshao wants to say. This is a rare opportunity for him to make meritorious deeds. How can he not seize it?
"General, what you said is generally correct. The main reason why it does not have the effect of breaking the boat and forcing the people to fight against the odds is because they do not only have the only option to rise up and fight, they also have a way to retreat."
"A way out? Can they still seek refuge with Zhang Yang? Will Zhang Yang be willing to accept it?" Tai Shici asked doubtfully. Zhang Yang is not interested in the people. All he wants is money and food. If the people take refuge in him, at most only a few will be able to benefit from it.
, most people still have to provide people and food, which is no different from before.
"That's not true." Pei Yuanshao shook his head and said confidently: "But they can run away."
"Run? Where are you running to?" Tai Shici's eyes widened.
"That's a lot." Pei Yuanshao counted them one by one with his fingers: "You can hide in the mountains, or you can seek refuge with relatives in other counties, or..."
"At this time of year, so many people are hiding in the mountains?" Taishi Ci found it incredible. He had also had the experience of escaping from disasters, but it was obviously different from the current situation. When he went to Liaodong, he had a boat ride and there were people to help him. That's it.
, he can only leave my mother at home. Now in the middle of winter, running to the mountains, is this suicide?
"No, the old and the weak can stay in the village and leave just enough rations. The young men and young women will go up the mountain with most of their belongings and come down from time to time. If Zhang Yang comes again, at most he can only give the old and the weak the rations.
Take them away and then send them back down the mountain. As long as they can survive the winter and the war is over, they will be safe."
Pei Yuanshao described a rather cruel possibility in a calm tone, but the probability of this possibility becoming a reality was quite high. Tai Shi Ci felt chills when he heard it.
How many people will die after all this trouble? Some freeze to death on the mountain, some starve to death at the bottom of the mountain. The food collection team cannot complete the task, and they may have to vent their anger. God knows what methods those guys will use to retaliate.
"They would rather do this than resist? Then what happened to Brother Zhang Jiao back then..." Taishi Ci really couldn't figure it out. Fighting is indeed very dangerous, but aren't the methods Pei Yuanshao said equally fatal? If they are not
If you are willing to resist, how did the Yellow Turban Uprising happen?
"In those days," Pei Yuanshao sighed quietly, and explained softly: "The great sage and good teacher took a long time to prepare. He had followers all over the world, more than one million, although there were very few soldiers among them. A brave general like the general and you
These heroic warriors under my command are all unique, but the words "million" are enough to give people confidence."
Taishi Ci understood where he had made a mistake. He was not facing soldiers. The bad situation would not help to inspire fighting spirit, but would only have the opposite effect. To inspire the people's fighting spirit, one could not use the methods commonly used in the military to analyze the situation.
These methods of explaining strategy are useless. The best way is to exaggerate one's own strength, and bluffing is also applicable to one's own people.
Pei Yuanshao suddenly strengthened his tone and his eyes became solemn: "Besides, the most important thing is to find a way to cut off their escape route."
"What should we do?" Tai Shici asked subconsciously, and then he followed Pei Yuanshao's gaze and saw that he was looking at those large cars. He suddenly realized: "So that's it..."
Turning his head, he suddenly sighed deeply: "No wonder my lord often said: There are specialties in martial arts. Lao Pei, when it comes to martial arts and military strategy, you are not as good as me. Compared to leading people to rebel, your ability is a hundred times better than mine!" This matter has been entrusted to you with full authority. Work hard and when you succeed, I will definitely ask for credit for you in front of the Lord!"
General, are you complimenting me? Pei Yuanshao rolled his eyes and could only take this as a compliment.
It's funny to say that after I surrendered, I had two opportunities to make meritorious deeds. The first time was to have a drinking contest with others, and this time I returned to my old business and led people to rebel. It was nothing like what I expected. It has nothing to do with it. But as long as it can achieve merit, it doesn’t matter what method he uses?
In this regard, Pei Yuanshao was very open-minded. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)