Ma Teng must be said to be a descendant of the founding father of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he is quite famous in Xiliang. Suddenly, he played such an emotional card in front of tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers. Not only the generals looked sideways, but also the onlookers.
They couldn't help but talk among themselves.
Zhang Wen couldn't help being stunned, but after all, he was the third prince of the imperial court, and he had seen the world. He quickly reacted, stretched out his hands, held Ma Teng's wrist, lifted him up and said in an understanding tone: "General Ma
, what crime is there? The defeat of Lingzheng is not your fault. It is human nature to worry about your wife and family at a critical moment of life and death. However, the general can still repent in time, wipe out the first few Qiang, and atone for his sins. This merit is greater than his fault. Quickly
Please get up quickly."
"Thank you, General Chariot." Ma Teng stood up following Zhang Wen's hands and thanked him.
After helping Ma Teng up, he saw Zhu Kuishang kneeling on the ground and said calmly: "General Zhu, please get up too."
In the military camp in the city, in the commander's tent, all the meritorious soldiers of Ping and Qiang gathered together.
It took three months and fourteen days to go deep into the Xiqiang grassland and set off from Wuwei. During this period, Zhang Wen quickly recovered the counties that the rebel Qiang had attacked one by one, and at the same time ordered inspections of all counties in Yongliang.
He promoted talents and re-appointed many young officials and county magistrates.
Seeing that there was no news about Zhu Kui after he went deep into Xiqiang, he thought he would never return, so he sighed and secretly rejoiced. Then Zhang Wen was benevolent and wrote a pertinent letter to Emperor Ling.
What happened a month ago made Emperor Ling feel regretful.
The death of the emperor did not cause much turmoil in the court. Everything was as calm as water, and the reward decision was issued as scheduled.
Now that he had returned from a great victory over the Xiqiang, it was supposed to be a celebration banquet, but under Zhang Wen's guidance, it slowly turned into a meeting for him to discuss his achievements.
At the beginning of the banquet, Zhang Wen did not ask Zhu Kui, but asked Ma Teng the overall story and details of the battle. He always ignored him, the real hero of the battle.
Therefore, Zhu Kui has been watching with a smile. All the generals and lieutenants present probably know some rumors about "Zhang Wen and Zhu Kui are not at odds", and their thoughts are: a three-gong, a minister who has just made great achievements, and a man who has made great achievements in recent years.
The Holy Family will definitely remain intact for two years, so why should I get involved? Today's matter has nothing to do with me, I just watch the ceremony.
"Not only that, after successively attacking Shaodang, Baima and other scattered small Qiang tribes, we crossed a large desolate land, and then came to the rear of the West Sea and found the Xianling Qiang tribe. As expected, it was not comparable to the small tribes in front. This
The battle started with an early morning raid and continued with massacres until sunset. They were chased all over the grassland and all men taller than a wheel were killed. The blood dyed the water of the West Sea and the Lake red."
As Ma Teng talked and drank, he kept recounting how resourceful Zhu Kui was, how he used his troops like a god, anticipated the enemy's opportunities, and was able to avoid danger in advance every time.
Among them, when they first entered the grassland, they wiped out the second Shaodang Qiang tribe. It was a small tribe of only 3,000 people. There were only a thousand warriors who could fight. Naturally, there was no need to use tactics. 20,000 cavalry passed by with their troops, but they frightened the snake.
, a Shaodang Qiang tribe of 30,000 people united with some small Baima Ye Qiang tribes to form a cavalry team of nearly 40,000 people to encircle and kill.
In fact, the Han army is not strong in terms of strength. Forty thousand versus twenty thousand, cavalry versus cavalry. Even if there are many strong generals on our side, we will win in the end. If there are only a few thousand people left, we have to retreat. If we go deep alone, every time
Every soldier is precious, and the most fearful thing is that the number of soldiers will be reduced as the war progresses. Zhu Kui relies on the evil power of the Xuanyuan Sword to use guerrilla warfare to defeat the medium-sized Qiang tribes that can compete with him every time.
As for the Xianling Qiang tribe in the end, the same was true. Attacking them unprepared was the key military strategy for achieving a great victory across the Western Qiang grassland.
Ma Teng praised Zhu Kui so much that he could succeed in guerrilla attacks every time and attack him unprepared every time. This was too exaggerated, but everyone did not believe it. The nearly 300,000 cattle, sheep and horses were real or not.
, and the cavalry losses were only about 2,000 people. This is all true...
But Zhang Wen didn't believe it. Zhu Kui was young and came from a poor family. How could he dominate Xiliang? It was all true, but he didn't know the art of war better than Han Xin and his like? There must be something fishy in it that he didn't know.
Yes, it's a pity that he couldn't think of the reason for Xuanyuan Sword.
Until the end, Zhang Wen thought that Zhu Kui was too easy to kill. Even the children who were taller than a wheel were killed. Even though they were foreigners, they violated Confucian principles. This gave him an opportunity to attack Zhu Kui.
"General Zhu, why are you so cruel to kill all these Qiang children one by one? You have gone too far. There is a saint's way of benevolence, and children are so innocent!" Zhang Wen turned his head and looked at Zhu Kui,
There was a look of compassion on his face, as if he was heartbroken for the Qiang children.
He did not directly say to Zhu Kui, "Hey, you are killing too much. You are wrong and you need to change it." Instead, he used his tears to infect the people around him and create dissatisfaction with Zhu Kui's actions.
At the same time, I also remind everyone from the side that they should keep this in mind. If you count your sins, you should use them to offset your merits.
Sure enough, when everyone began to discuss whether Tianhe was hurt, the killing seemed to be excessive. More than 100,000 Xianling Qiang were slaughtered, leaving only women and infants, and even the elderly men were killed.
Seeing all this, Zhang Wen and Yuan Pang had a smile on their faces.
At this time, Zhu Kui sneered, knowing that this was Zhang Wen's soft attack, so he stood up, looked at each one one by one, and finally stared at Zhang Wen, and said: "The general is guilty, but he violated the way of a saint.
, but for the sake of my Yongliang Han people’s plan, even if it happens again, the general will not care about wearing a bad reputation, why?”
"This world belongs to me, the Han people. The Han people are above all else. Bai Qi is easy to kill, but he laid the foundation for Qin to defeat Zhao. My intention is the same as Lord Wu'an. I want to eliminate his men. The wild Qiang will never be able to recover, but Anxi
It will be safe for decades."
This is the truth of sacrificing one's life to become a benevolent person. When everyone thought about it, it actually made some sense, and the voices of doubt turned into voices of agreement.
I originally wanted to reduce Zhu Kui's reputation by citing excessive killings; I didn't want him to describe him as a great hero who worked for the good of the nation regardless of personal fame and fortune.
Yuan Pang saw that Zhang Wen failed to catch the chicken and instead lost a lot of rice. Not only did it not damage the opponent's reputation, but it also improved him, so he wanted to talk about the military system and undermine Zhu Kui's achievements. He stood up and said: "Chariots, Zhu Kui
Although Kui has made great achievements, he did not receive military orders and sent out troops privately. He should not be meritorious, but should be guilty. Once this example comes out, there will probably be no successors. If the leading generals in the future rush to imitate it, wouldn't it be chaos in the world?"
"The general will think that the merits and demerits are equal to each other, so just show it to the emperor!"
If you want to incriminate yourself, why bother?
What's more, Zhu Kui did commit the crime of sending troops without authorization. This is also a place where he is deeply criticized. Especially Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo, who are trying to get credit, but they also have in mind that if there is a war next time, they will not report it and take the credit first.
Say it again.
But this is also risky. If it succeeds, it will be overwhelming, but if it fails, the nine clans will be implicated.
Yuan Pang forgot the old saying, "A wise man will make a mistake after thinking a lot!"
There are already precedents for those who send troops without authorization and then return with great achievements.
That is the man who said "Anyone who openly offends a strong man will be punished no matter how far away!" This famous saying has been passed down for thousands of years - Chen Tang.
Chen Tang falsely conveyed the imperial edict, sent troops to the Western Regions, killed Zhizhi Chanyu, and made the strong man famous in the Western Regions, achieving thousands of years of merit. At that time, Zhongshu ordered Shi Xian, Kuang Heng's merits should not be counted, and the merits and demerits should be balanced.
, finally, after Zongzheng and Liu Xiang made several attempts, the imperial court finally granted Chen Tangguan the title of Marquis.
In the feudal dynasty, there is actually a very strange system, which is the ancestral system. Starting from Taizu, successive emperors go down, and the political affairs handled by each emperor will be recorded. If the current emperor encounters controversial decisions,
, if the ministers have differences, then they should respect the ancestral system. Whatever the late emperor decided, it must be right. You are wise, and you can learn from it.
Just as Zhang Wen was looking at everyone and seeking opinions, a loud shout suddenly sounded in the big tent: "Yuan Pang! As a son of the Yuan family, don't you hear about Chen Tang?"
Seeing Fu Xie getting angry and accusing himself in public, Yuan Pang's face turned extremely ugly. His words were simply scolding him and embarrassing the Yuan family. He had not even read the Chen Tang case during the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty.
"Nan Rong, today is a banquet for General Zhu to receive the wind, how can you yell and scream at will?" Zhang Wen tried hard to suppress the resentment in his heart and pretended to be calm. This Fu Xie was too presumptuous. He roared at the court before,
This made Cui Lie lose all face. This time he yelled and screamed in front of all the generals. Naturally, he, a cavalry general, felt ashamed.
Huh!" Fu Xie didn't appreciate it at all. He pointed at Zhang Wen coldly and said, "What? Does the rider want to be Shi Xian or Kuang Heng?"
"I dare to ask the charioteer, who is not allowed to make meritorious deeds despite the bloodbath on the battlefield. Do the merits all come from the smell of copper?"