Chapter 394: Dong Cheng enters the palace
Tu Yi is a crime, Tu Wan is a male, and he slaughtered nine million, and Fang is the male of the male.
Although Yuan Shu is naturally inclined to the kindness of modern people, he is not a virgin. It's okay to be merciful when it's inconsequential, and when it's in his own interests, Yuan Shu never relents.
Letting go of hundreds of thousands of people at this time may need to sacrifice the lives of more people and soldiers in the future to make up for it, and the pace of unifying the world may be slowed down a lot, after all, these hundreds of thousands of people are not a small force.
In the eyes of a ruler like Yuan Shu, population is nothing more than a string of numbers. Sacrificing one person in exchange for the survival of two people is earned, there are no moral obstacles, there is only a trade-off of interests. In the education of the children of the family, ruthlessness is also a part of it, and sacrificing tens of thousands of people is nothing in Yuan Shu's opinion, because if he does not sacrifice these people, he may lose more.
Therefore, Yuan Shu did not directly reject Jia Xu's plan as Lu Su thought, but ambiguously vetoed it temporarily.
After Jia Xu heard this, he smiled understandingly. Yuan Shu did not disappoint him, Yuan Shu must not bear the atrocity of burning Luoyang, even if it can't be planted on Cao Liu, Yuan Shu can't give a direct order, and in the end it's nothing more than Jia Xu's own "arbitrariness" to take the blame.
Jia Xu doesn't care about this, what he seeks is not fame and fortune, and power is just a means of self-preservation in his eyes, and a little stigma is nothing to him, meaningless.
"The situation of the Northern Expedition is not optimistic, and all kinds of materials and ordnance must be prepared in advance, so as not to fall short by then." Yuan Shu said solemnly.
Yuan Shu's army has never worried about logistics, at most it is worried that the dry food on the march is not as good as the hot food specially made when defending the city. No way, Yuan Shu is too rich, and there has never been a shortage of grain and grass. As long as you are not afraid of death, can maintain combat effectiveness, open for you to eat, and let you taste some meat from time to time, the weapons and equipment are also extremely sophisticated, and the quantity is varied, I am afraid that you will not be able to use it.
If Cao Cao and Liu Bei knew about this, it is estimated that they would have the heart to hit the wall. Especially Cao Cao, who fought again and again without the help of the family, the grain in the treasury was eager to be used as two grains, and the porridge drunk by the soldiers was crystal clear.
This is also the reason why Yuan Shu has always restricted the sale of grain to the Central Plains. Because no matter how much grain he sold, it basically fell into the hands of Cao Cao and Liu Bei in the end, and was used by them to expand the army, and the people of the Central Plains could get very little.
"Understand!" Lu Su nodded solemnly, Yuan Shu had never worried about logistics before, because there was enough food, and it was basically foolproof to transport food through the navy, and there was no possibility of being intercepted.
But now that Yuan Shu is attacking Xiliang, the navy army is completely useless, which is equivalent to cutting off one of Yuan Shu's arms, making him lose the advantage he relies on the most. Many of the things you didn't have to worry about before now have to be carefully planned.
"If the lord wants to abandon Chang'an, then our marching arrangements?"
"No change!" Yuan Shu said: "It is enough to destroy Ma Teng Han Sui's 100,000 army, Wei Yan and Tai Shici will assist the people and the army to evacuate in Chang'an!" ”
If Yuan Shu really didn't send troops to support Chang'an, it is estimated that Cao Cao and Liu Bei would immediately become suspicious, and Jia Xu's calculations would probably fail, so he simply let Wei Yan and Tai Shici bluff.
"Wenhe, don't stop the cleaning in Chang'an City, everything is business as usual. Don't let Cao Mengde and Liu Xuande notice the change. ”
"No!"
After arranging everything, Yuan Shu slowly turned his back and looked at the map of Liangzhou on the wall.
"Taking Liangzhou is our first step into the north, and we must not afford to lose. And..."Yuan Shu looked at the Western Regions region adjacent to Xiliang: "After this step is taken, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are the turtles in the urn, and there is no chance to turn over!" ”
To the south and to the north, Liangzhou is a crucial step. Now Yuan Shu's command has crushed the north in all directions in terms of population, money and food, and the difference is to take the step out of the south, and Xiliang is the best breakthrough.
When he left Gangluoyang, Yuan Shu thought of a road for himself, a simple, seemingly dead road, to unify the south and fight for the world. Because Yuan Shu knew the results of the frequent wars in the north, under the ten rooms and nine emptiness, the south that he managed with his heart was definitely no worse than the north. Unifying the south was very easy for Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and Liu Yan were both mediocre masters, so Yuan Shu quickly completed the unification of the south.
The unification of the South has already laid the foundation for undefeat, and if you take one more step, the situation of the whole world will be completely tilted towards you. This is Yuan Shu's self-confidence!
People's ambitions are based on their abilities, insights, and achievements. Yuan Shu is an extremely timid, but proud and domineering person, at the beginning of choosing an undefeated path for himself, Yuan Shu also chose a difficult road.
That is, he was born as the son-in-law of the Yuan family, and he has a huge foundation for him to squander, which is enough for him to make a comeback, so he can afford to play, and he has overwhelmed people with his power, and has come to this day smoothly step by step. If he is born as a grassroots, he will definitely choose to find a thigh to hold, and choose to live his life comfortably like Jia Xu.
In essence, Yuan Shu is very similar to Jia Xu, capable and pursuing comfort and self-preservation, but he can't stand up to having a good background and a golden finger, relying on his foresight and modern people's insight to paddle the water, and he has also played such a huge force now.
"I've come this far, so I'm going to keep going. I want to see where I can go. Yuan Shu raised his eyes to the west, and his heart was full of ambition.
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Chang'an, Weiyang Palace. Liu Cheng, the emperor of the Han Dynasty at this time, was sitting calmly on the main seat, looking at the palace door with a little nervousness.
"Haven't you come yet?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry, there is still a quarter of an hour until the appointed time, General Wei will always come." Liu Cheng's personal little eunuch whispered in his ear.
As he spoke, a figure appeared at the door.
"I am the uncle of today's country, will I still frame the Son of Heaven? You are so unscrupulous, believe it or not, let the emperor punish you nine clans? Dong Cheng looked at the two guards in front of him who were unceremoniously groping on him with an angry face, and scolded.
The guards were not alarmed, and replied without being salty: "Recently, there are many premeditated people in Chang'an City, and the general of the Che Cavalry is worried about the safety of His Majesty, so he specially asks us to strictly investigate the people who enter and leave the palace. We are also acting on orders, otherwise we don't need to speak from Uncle Guo, and the general will punish us, and I hope Uncle Guo will forgive me. ”
When he spoke, he didn't relax his inspection at all, and turned Dong Cheng's coat and belt over. Only then did he smile and said, "Okay, Uncle Guo really didn't carry a murder weapon on his body, so he can go in." ”
"Humph!" Dong Cheng snorted coldly with an extremely ugly face, and walked up the steps of Weiyang Palace angrily. He is not a stupid person, there is no need to get along with a group of guards, and Li Dao and Guo Yan have been killing people like crazy recently, and it will be miserable if they don't hit the muzzle of the gun.
Seeing that there was no one in Dong Cheng's eyes, the guard spat unhappily: "Phew! What is it, it's just a waste who relies on the identity of a relative to make a fortune, so no one in his eyes! ”
"Okay, less to say. It's been a sensitive time lately, and it's not good for the general to hear it, so you go up to the window and watch and listen to what they're saying. Another older guard whispered.
"No!" The young guard bowed his head and said. Then he swaggered up the steps and stood by the wall to listen.