Chapter 656: Return to Peace

In the end, all the soldiers of the Cao army in Song County were all killed by the Liu army led by Lu Bu.

It was useless for Cao Jun to resist, they had no weapons and could not resist, so they could only be pushed into the pit by Liu Jun. It's just that some of them began to regret it, if they hadn't done too much in Yanzhou, maybe there wouldn't have been a matter of being killed.

Killing prisoners was a common occurrence in ancient wars, and during World War II, little Japan also liked to treat prisoners in this way. But whether in ancient times or now, this kind of thing is not treated well by others, and often those who give this order do not end well.

But Lu Bu dared to act boldly, conveyed this matter back to Luoyang, and explained the reasons why he killed the prisoners.

After Lu Bu finished this matter, he handed over Song County to Ma Chao to guard, and then led the Bingzhou wolf cavalry south to attack the other checkpoints of Cao's army.

The Cao army, which was closest to Song County, knew about Lu Bu's killing of Cao Jun's prisoners, and people were panicked for a while, especially the Cao soldiers who had participated in the scourge of the people of Yanzhou, and their hearts were even more frightened, worried that Lu Bu would kill them and kill them as well.

With a fearful mentality, how can you defend with peace of mind.

Lu Bu took advantage of this murderous spirit to break through several walled cities and checkpoints, and Cao Jun fled in despair.

It wasn't until the appearance of another city that Lu Bu led his troops back to the nearest checkpoint to garrison, and he well implemented Liu Yu's order to beat him hard.

Song County was destroyed and various walled cities were defeated one after another, which made Cao Cao of Shouchun see the crisis.

After the investigation made it clear that the main reason was that after the Song County lord Xiahoulan abandoned the city and fled, Cao Cao immediately ordered someone to behead Xiahoulan.

Xiahou Lan knew that he could not escape Cao Cao's sanctions after hearing that Cao Jun in Song County had been killed, and he had no other place to go now, and it was even more impossible to betray Cao Cao, so he calmly chose to accept his fate.

When Xia Houlan was about to be beheaded,

Xiahoulan has followed Xiahoudun for many years, Xiahoudun attaches great importance to the young generation of the Xiahou family's generals, he pulled Xiahouyuan to intercede bitterly in front of Cao Cao, and he didn't want Xiahoulan to die like this.

Cao Cao also understood that it would be a pity if he killed Xiahou Lan in the current situation, and he didn't want to do anything to the people of the Xiahou family in his heart. With Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan's intercession, Cao Cao pretended to scold, and finally pushed Xiahoulan to the end, became a small soldier, and threw it back to Xiahoudun to see.

Xia Houlan was lucky enough to survive death.

Although Xia Houlan's capital crime was pardoned, the mess mess that was messed up by Lu Bu must be cleaned up, otherwise Liu Yu will increase his troops again, and the entire Yuzhou will be in danger.

Cao Cao divided his existing forces into four parts. Part was led by Xiahou Yuan to hold the defense line of Yanzhou and Yuzhou. The first was headed by Cao Ren to defend Runan and prevent the attack of Liu's army in the direction of Yingchuan. The other let the brave general Le garrison in the south to prevent Sun Ce in the south, Cao Cao was not so at ease with Sun Ce.

The last part is to guard Shouchun and stabilize the center. The nominal commander was Xiahoudun, but he was directly under the jurisdiction of Cao Cao.

Cao Cao now had no other choice, he could only order Cao Jun to strengthen the fortifications, and never let anything like Lu Bu happen again.

In fact, Cao Cao is very envious of Liu Yu's command of so many brave generals, think about Lu Bu, Dian Wei, Ma Chao, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, all of them are peerless generals, if Cao Cao has so many generals, he believes that he will definitely be able to achieve the same results as Liu Yu.

If Liu Yu knew Cao Cao's inner thoughts, he would definitely give Cao Cao a big thumbs up. If it weren't for Cao Cao's peace in the Central Plains, Liu Yu would have directly unified the Central Plains, and he would still be fighting to the death with Cao Cao like this now.

Cao Cao began his own way of coping, but Liu Yu killed the prisoners for Lu Bu, and the entire court was boiling.

Liu Yu had also killed captives before, but at that time it was for foreigners, and subconsciously, the Han people would not have an opinion, and some people thought Liu Yu was too benevolent. But this time it's different, now it's the Han people who are killed, although they are enemies, but they are all the same nation.

Some people in the DPRK began to impeach Lu Bu for being ruthless and ruining Liu Yurende's reputation. Among them, Luoyang made You Heng the most emotional, and he had a posture that he would not be able to extinguish this matter without Lu Bu correcting the law.

Liu Yu's face was black, this You Heng is really a pot, don't mention which pot.

After You Heng, many Qingliu officials in the court regarded him as their idol, and they really wanted to show their faces in front of Liu Yu like You Heng, so they followed in the footsteps of Luoyang Ling You Heng and continued to impeach Lu Bu towards His Majesty.

You Heng actually became the representative of Liu Yu's Qingliu officials in the court, which Liu Yu did not expect.

In the face of the impeachment of so many Qingliu officials, Lu Bu's father-in-law, the general Huang Zhong, didn't know what to do. He can only say that there is a reason to shirk the matter, but this reason is not enough in front of Qingliu.

Liu Yu naturally wanted to keep Lu Bu, he felt that he would be almost the same as Lu Bu in a situation like Lu Bu.

Liu Yu asked a Li Gui to read a specific situation about Yanzhou. Li Gui is a talent, and the situation in Yanzhou has become very bleak in his mouth, and in fact it is also true. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty could feel the tragic situation of Yanzhou where all industries withered and the people were hungry.

You Heng and the other Qingliu were silent, they understood what Liu Yu meant, and the current situation in Yanzhou was caused by Cao Jun. Lu Bu's battle report also stated that the Cao army that was killed this time was all the army that harmed the people of Yanzhou, and he was to avenge the people of Yanzhou. Of course, there is also the testimony of Liu Jun, a soldier from Yanzhou, to confirm Lu Bu's innocence.

"I don't think what Feng Xian did was right!" Liu Yu finally spoke.

Huang Zhongdu closed his eyes, it seemed that Lu Bu was going to be unlucky this time.

You Heng also came to the spirit, and it seems that His Majesty agrees with their suggestion.

Liu Yu changed his words and said again: "Feng Xian was too merciful, and he actually just killed them. If I'm here, I'll let them cut them with a thousand cuts! ”

Liu Yu's tone was very flat, but it made everyone feel a little cool.

Huang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Lu Bu was fine.

Liu Yu ordered: "Spread my will!" Those who harm the people in wartime, regardless of military merit and official position, must be severely punished! If there is a person who kills the good and the meritorious, there is no forgiveness for killing! ”

"Your Majesty! Obey the order! The ministers of the court said respectfully.

The matter of killing the prisoners was calmed down under Liu Yu's compulsory order.

Although You Heng and the other Qingliu are unwilling, they are all loyal, and Liu Yu's decision is not too wrong, they can only choose to obey.