"Didn't the lord expect that Fan Lixiang would surrender to the lord?"
"Not sure, but it's not surprising."
Liu Zhang propped up his body again. In spring, he often gets sleepy, so he thought it would be more comfortable to rest his head on his fist.
"I just didn't expect that Fan Lixiang's methods, including fake surrender, searching for grain, burning grain, civil uprising, and taking the lead in rebellion, were all done in one go. His methods were much better than ours. When we left Jingnan, the people were numb. Now in Jingnan,
The people of Nannan should hate Liu Biao to the core and be grateful to us, and she, Fan Lixiang, has rightfully become the leader of the farmers in Jingnan, killing three birds with one stone, and I am ashamed of myself."
Fa Zheng smiled and said disapprovingly: "This Fan Lixiang is indeed quite capable. She betrayed Liu Biao completely and finally brought three counties to surrender to us. And because she is a peasant leader, the lord will not appoint her to an important position."
Maybe, she is very skilled in scheming, but what she plays is art, while the master is playing Tao. Art is a small art, and Tao is the great road."
"Oh, how do you say that?" Liu Zhang himself became curious.
Fazheng said with emotion: "The people's support in Jingnan is entirely due to Fan Lixiang's deception. How long can this kind of deception last? If Fan Lixiang cannot make the people in Jingnan rich, they will lose the people's support sooner or later, and this method is not universal.
, On the contrary, what the lord did in Yizhou can be described as outrageous and resentful under the pen of the family, but is that really the case?
The Four Imperial Examinations gave countless lower-class people the hope of getting ahead. The Land Order saved many poor people who sold their children and daughters and their families were ruined. They are the ones who are truly grateful to their lord. Although the power of the family is huge, the support of these lower-class people has no effect.
It’s not obvious, but as long as we persist, sooner or later the people will feed us back. Fazheng firmly believes in this, and this is the real way.”
Liu Zhang smiled faintly and tapped the wooden table with his fingers. He still knew the people's sentiments in Yizhou, but as Fa Zheng said, the power of the clan was too strong. If the clan was in turmoil, these people's sentiments would not have much effect, and
The propaganda tools are all in the hands of the noble families, and people in other states think that the people of Yizhou are living under the butcher's knife.
That's why the people in Jingnan heard about the arrival of the Sichuan army and immediately helped the elderly and children to leave their hometowns.
Now in Jingbei, the same is true. Those small towns and counties know that they are outnumbered. The city defenders and soldiers do not dare to surrender, so they can only abandon the city and flee. Many people have also fled. The Sichuan army is probably just a bunch of people under the pen of the family.
A demon that kills people and violently attacks women at sight, drinks human blood and cooks human flesh. It doesn't look like the arrival of an army, but rather like the arrival of an army of ferocious beasts.
"That's all, Yizhou is still in the stage of breaking out of its cocoon and is facing many difficulties. I would like to use Fan Lixiang's technique more often. You don't have to comfort me if it's a great way. Let's talk about the battle situation in Jingbei."
"yes."
Fazheng picked up a pen and circled the map, and stated the strategy in his mouth. Liu Zhang listened with his eyes closed.
A fast horse galloped up and stopped outside Liu Zhang's carriage.
"I am reporting to my lord that there are soldiers trampling on the people's rice fields. I ask my lord to take action."
Liu Zhang didn't reply in the carriage. After a while, Yan Yan, who was riding a horse beside the carriage, said to the young general: "Didn't we have a military order a long time ago that you are not allowed to trample on the rice fields? Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed? Why bother my lord for such a trivial matter? Kill him.
That’s it.”
"Yes, I will eventually be convicted of my crime and I will retire."
The young general bowed and was about to leave when Liu Zhang poked his head out of the carriage window. The light outside made his eyes narrow to the slits: "Bring up the prisoners."
Just now I was talking to Fazheng about the people's sentiments, but there were people trampling on the rice fields. In addition, the carriage was so stuffy that the jolting of the carriage was more tiring than riding a horse. Liu Zhang also wanted to come out for some air.
Five soldiers were escorted over and knelt in front of Liu Zhang, kowtowing and begging for mercy. Liu Zhang looked at it as if they were not Sichuan soldiers, but newly surrendered Jingzhou soldiers.
Liu Zhang stretched out, walked up to several soldiers, and asked casually: "Why are you trampling on the people's crops?"
The five soldiers looked at each other, and one of them said urgently: "My lord, my lord, we didn't do it on purpose. We were escorting the cart, and the horses were diarrhea and the smell was terrible. The road was too narrow, so we left."
A few steps into the mountains and fields, begging the lord for mercy, begging the lord for mercy.”
"Please, Lord, spare your life. The little ones will never dare to do it again."
"Please, Lord, have mercy on me."
"Oh." Liu Zhang nodded, rubbed his hands, looked around, and said word by word: "The horses are escorting the cart, and the road is narrow, so the rice fields are trampled, right?"
Liu Zhang looked at several Jingzhou soldiers, who nodded hurriedly.
"Kill." Liu Zhang said two words lightly, turned around and walked towards the carriage. Several tiger and wolf sergeants immediately stepped forward. Five Jingzhou soldiers screamed for mercy. At this moment, a sharp voice came from the military column.
out.
"Oh, it's wonderful, it's wonderful, I'm sorry that Uncle Liu's military law was specially formulated for our Jingzhou soldiers. If we manage the army like this, it's no wonder that we can win every battle. No wonder, no wonder."
The voice was too high-pitched, as if it was made by a eunuch, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention. Everyone followed the sound, and saw a soldier wearing cloth armor and a bamboo helmet. He couldn't be smaller, and he had a pestle as long as
Spear, his body was motionless, but his face was full of expressions, and all his expressions combined into one word: disdain.
Liu Zhang turned around and saw a small soldier speaking loudly. He immediately aroused curiosity and looked at the soldier. Normally, if a soldier was looked at directly by Liu Zhang, he would lower his head. However, this soldier's expression remained unchanged, his head slightly raised, his eyes
He looked at the sky at forty-five degrees without even looking at Liu Zhang. Perhaps if he hadn't been a private and couldn't move, he would have raised his head at ninety degrees.
"Pang Yuan, what nonsense are you talking about?" General Gao Pei immediately scolded him and bowed to Liu Zhang: "My lord, this man is a Jingzhou soldier who surrendered a few days ago. Although he is not strong in body, he can speak well, so he will stay with you.
I have become a private soldier, but I didn't expect that this guy is too talkative. My lord, if you don't want to be like him, I will definitely punish him severely when you go down."
Since occupying Jiangling, Gao Pei has been depressed. Several brothers who used to follow Zhang Ren, Deng Xian, Liu Xu, and Yang Huaidu were guarding one side, while Lei Tong commanded the cavalry. He was left to fight behind his lord.
, nothing came of it. Leng Bao was originally the same as him, but now he died in the battle against Jiangdong and was about to enter the Hall of Heroes. He was the only one left. Gao Pei was extremely anxious.
Gao Pei figured out that Wei Yan could be promoted to general only because of his ability to command troops. First, he took Jiameng Pass and scared off the Hanzhong soldiers. Later, in Bailongjiang, he was outnumbered and defeated 20,000 Hanzhong elites with 7,000 tired soldiers.
, it all relied on strategy and command on the battlefield, so Gao Pei wanted to find someone to learn the art of war.
Hey, not to mention, when you are really thirsty, someone will bring you water, and when you are sleepy, someone will make a bed. The generals of the Sichuan Army are recruiting troops in Jiangling. Not many of them come to serve, but they recruit one who is eloquent and talks about the art of war.
The mountains are covered with clouds and fog, but I always feel that’s what it’s like.
So Gao Pei kept the man by his side and asked for advice every day, but he didn't expect that this man didn't know how to be high-minded and was very nagging in front of the lord. He was afraid that Liu Zhang would kill his military adviser if his face turned solemn. Gao Pei almost frightened Leng Sweat.