And Wen Chou's side, when he received Yuan Shao's letter, he was ashamed and ashamed, and at the same time moved. He fought like this battle, but the lord not only did not blame himself, but also comforted himself in the letter.

At the same time, Yuan Shao also sent Guo Tu as a member of the army to help Wen Chou, along with the 10,000 troops sent by Yuan Shaoxin.

What a virtuous and forgiving lord this is!

This kindness of knowledge, I am violent and swear to repay it!

Wen Chou folded the letter neatly, and then put it into a brocade box, in which he placed it in a regular manner.

A few days later, when the army was resting, Wen Chou asked Guo Tu for advice on the art of war, Guo Tu was not annoyed by Wen Chou, but answered all questions, and quipped, "I didn't expect General Meng to start learning the art of war, hahahahaha!" ”

Wen Chou scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly, "Strategist, don't make fun of me." I am a general of a defeated army, and I am bent on making meritorious contributions. ”

Guo Tu nodded secretly about Wen Chou's attitude.

Hebei Shuangxiong Yan Liang and Wen Chou are actually arrogant people. Except for Han Rong, the gun god of Hebei, the two of them have fought all over Hebei invincible, who wouldn't be proud? But later, during the battle of Jieqiao, they encountered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were much stronger than them, and the two of them couldn't take him against Zhao Yun, which hit the arrogance of the two of them once. Later, when they saw Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who were inseparable from Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, they were hit again. And the heavy loss suffered by Wen Chou this time completely made him let go of the arrogance in his heart and became humble to seek advice.

However, although Guo Tu recognized Wen Chou's attitude of humbly seeking advice, it did not mean that he supported Wen Chou to put down all arrogance and always face the whole army in this way.

"Tyranny, where did you lose? You've won! And it's a small win! An army of 50,000 has conquered White Horse City, an important town on the front line of the Cao army! Great work! There are losses, but they are only the price that must be paid. ”

Wen Chou was stunned, is the military advisor crazy? How do you talk nonsense with your eyes open?

"Storm! If you, the commander of the first army, feel that you have been defeated, how can the officers and men in the army restore their morale? Especially the group of people who were defeated. Guo Tu reprimanded angrily.

Wen Chou's heart was shocked, yes, I, the commander, can't cheer up, how can I ask the soldiers to cheer up?

However, no matter how much the two of them tried to boost their morale, the group of men and horses who had been responsible for attacking the north gate of White Horse City and had experienced the fire could not rebuild their morale and go into battle again.

Guo Tu hesitated for a long time, and finally proposed a vicious strategy - "Eleven Killing Law"!

This was the method he had seen from the book, called the "Law of Eleven Killings", and this method could restore the morale of the defeated army as quickly as possible.

The troops to be punished by the "Law of Eleven Killing" were to be divided into groups of 10 and one person to be executed, usually by stoning or beating with clubs. Survivors will only be able to spend the night outside the Roman army garrison and will not be protected by the Roman army. At the same time, its rations were no longer wheat and rice, but black beans, which were usually used to feed livestock.

In the enforcement of the "Eleventh Lottery Law", all members of the punished unit are required to participate in the drawing of lots, so regardless of the rank or previous honors received by the person, and whether or not they escaped from the battlefield, they may be selected for execution.

The purpose of adopting the "11th Killing Law" is to eliminate panic and cowardice among the troops and strengthen the soldiers' determination to fight.

When the 10,000 soldiers received Guo Tu's order, everyone was confused, and some even thought that Guo Tu's order was conveyed incorrectly, or that Guo Tu was crazy.

Then, Guo Tu sent a large army to surround the 10,000 men, saying that if any of them in any group did not respect the military order, then Guo Tu would execute all the people in that group!

Everyone divided into groups in half-belief and drew lots. The person who won the death lottery naturally did not want to die, and in front of the living face, everyone had the mind to resist. As a robe on the battlefield, Sergeant Yuan Jun naturally couldn't attack his comrades, so all ten people in a group were beheaded by Guo Tu's soldiers.

With the appearance of the slaughtered chicken, the other sergeants of the Yuan army were naturally much more honest, and they killed those soldiers who won the lottery but resisted and were unwilling to die. Before life and death, even if they were comrades-in-arms in Paoze, they still waved the butcher's knife. Who wants to die inexplicably while others live! Not to mention dying with someone else, or being buried with you!

The 10,000-strong team that adopted the "Eleventh Killing Method" was instantly reduced to 1,000 people. Although the army lost one-tenth of its men and horses before the battle, the morale of the army became higher and higher, and the killing intent in the hearts of this 10,000-strong team became deeper and deeper.

At the same time, soldiers are demoralized or lose trust in their commanders and a sense of belonging to their own camp as they face their comrades being slaughtered by their own people rather than the enemy. Therefore, Guo Tu gave the order in his own name, not in the name of Wen Chou, and he couldn't let Wen Chou lose the heart of the army and the trust of the soldiers.

The earliest documentation of the "Law of Eleven Killings" is that in 471 B.C., during the battle between Rome and the Walszies, the Roman legions first implemented the "Law of Eleven Killings".

In 71 B.C., Crassus, one of the former triumvirate of Rome, executed the "Law of Eleven" in the suppression of the Spartacus uprising. In order to dispel the fear of the Roman legions against the rebels, Crassus implemented the "Law of Eleven", when a total of 4,000 soldiers were executed, so that the Roman soldiers' fear of Crassus outweighed the fear of the Spartacus rebels, and they became heroic and fearless in later battles.

Antony, a close friend of Julius Caesar, in the conquest of Parthia, also executed the "Law of Eleven" for the Roman legions that escaped. Caesar was also rumored to have enforced the "Law of Eleven Smashing", and in the course of the battle against Pompey, one of the Big Three, Caesar enforced the "Law of Eleven Smashing" against the 9th Legion. In fact, Julius Caesar only disbanded the 9th Army on the spot after executing a few first offenses.

After the morale of the army was completely restored, Wen Chou praised with satisfaction, and an angry shout came out of his mouth.

"Sons! Follow me, Puyang! ”

"Roar! Kill, kill, kill! ”

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