captured Shouchun, although Yuan Shu had already fled to the south of the Huai River, it could be regarded as a great victory, which shocked the princes of the world.

Originally, he was hesitant to chase after the Huai River and kill Yuan Shu. But in fact, neither Cao Cao nor Liu Yu wanted to chase the Huai River in their hearts.

For Liu Yu, the water network south of the Huai River is dense, all he brings is cavalry, and the south of the Huai River is getting farther and farther away from Guanzhong, and it is pointless to continue fighting.

For Cao Cao, the south of the Huai River is also too far away from Xudu, Lu Bu is not destroyed, Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu threaten Xu Du at all times, Yuan Shao also has the intention of peeping south, Cao Cao does not dare to chase across the Huai River at all, plus the grain and grass are exhausted, and it is extremely difficult to mobilize extra.

Suddenly, a piece of news came, making Cao Cao and Liu Yu go down the stairs.

Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu united, and after recovering Nanyang County, they let Zhang Xiu garrison Nanyang County, and joined forces with Zhang Xiu to commit Xu Du, wanting to seize the Son of Heaven.

Cao Hong, who guarded Xudu, could not refuse Zhang Xiu's alliance with Liu Biao, and had lost several battles in a row, seeing that Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao's combined forces were about to kill under the city of Xudu, Cao Cao must immediately return to help Xudu.

So Cao Cao discussed with Liu Yu and Liu Bei about returning to the army.

Liu Yu and Liu Bei had no objections, and the army immediately returned from Shouchun.

Liu Yu went to Guanzhong, and Liu Bei was still arranged by Cao Cao in the county seat adjacent to Xuzhou, and only said that after repelling Zhang Xiu and Liu Biao, he would be rewarded for his meritorious deeds.

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Liu Yu led the army all the way back to Guanzhong, in addition to the remaining more than 35,000 Guanzhong iron cavalry after thousands of casualties, there were also more than 60,000 Yuan Shujun prisoners captured in successive battles, a group of 100,000 people.

There is no doubt that Liu Yu's biggest gain in this battle is not the territory, but the 200,000 grains and grass and the more than 60,000 Yuan Shujun soldiers from Yuan Shao.

After bringing these more than 60,000 young captives back to Guanzhong, with a little reorganization and training, he could easily expand his army to 300,000 without affecting the agricultural and other production in Guanzhong.

Riding on the horse, Liu Yu suddenly asked Guo Jia: "What does Feng Xiao think of Cao Cao's beheading of the grain official Wang Gao in the battle of Shouchun?" ”

Guo Jia paused and said affirmatively: "Cao Cao is the hero of the world, if you talk about the ruthlessness of the means and the hardness of the heart, no one can compare with Cao Cao." Without a big brother, Cao Cao is most likely to eventually dominate the world. ”

At the beginning, the grain manager Wang Gao, ordinary soldiers may only think that it was really Wang Yu who deliberately made Xiao Hu and embezzle military rations, but really wise people would never believe that Wang Yuan was a grain officer, if he didn't get an order from above, how could he dare to deliberately make Xiao Hu distribute grain and embezzle military rations, is that something that a small grain manager can do alone?

Whether it is Guo Jia or Cheng Yu, Xun Yu and others in Cao Cao's own camp, they can all see it, but no one will question it.

From this incident, coupled with the killing of Lu Bohao's family back then, we can see how ruthless Cao Cao's heart is, how hard it is, what is a hero, a traitor, and Cao Cao is the most standard representative.

If Liu Yu was jealous of Cao Cao before, then after witnessing this incident with his own eyes, Liu Yu was even more jealous of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao really deserved to be a great enemy in his eyes far greater than Sun Quan and Liu Bei in the future.

The army marched all the way to Guanzhong, and it was the season of wheat ripening.

Liu Yu suddenly saw a group of people who were harvesting wheat and saw his army coming, and they avoided it and took it home, and even the wheat did not dare to continue harvesting.

Such a scene made Liu Yu think of an extremely famous allusion.

Liu Yu smiled at first, and then became serious, he passed down the military order: "The people take food as the sky, and food is the foundation of survival. He ordered all the generals and colonels of the army, as well as the prisoners, to behead all those who crossed the wheat fields but trampled on them. Military law is strict, so that the people can harvest wheat with peace of mind and do not have to worry. ”

When the military order was passed down, the people around heard it and praised it with joy.

Zhao Yun, Guo Jia, Ma Chao, Pang De, etc. all admired Liu Yu Aimin.

That is, there was a military order, and the soldiers passed through the wheat field, and they all dismounted to hold the wheat with their hands, and passed by one by one, and did not dare to trample on it. Only a few people, including the commander Liu Yu, were still riding under the guarded guard of the soldiers.

Guo Jia didn't think much about it, but he saw that Liu Yu was riding a horse, and suddenly stabbed the sitting war horse in a place where no one else could notice, which suddenly frightened the horse, and drove Liu Yu into the wheat field, trampling a large piece of wheat.

Guo Jia saw Liu Yu looking at the wheat field that was trampled by him with a sad face, and all the soldiers also looked at Liu Yu one by one, he couldn't help but twitch on his face.

"Where is the marching master's book?" At this time, Liu Yu called expressionlessly.

The marching master immediately came out of the column and responded: "The lower officer is here." ”

Liu Yu asked: "What crime should I punish if my horse tramples on the wheat field?" ”

The marching master was shocked, Qin Hou had just passed down the military order before, and those who trampled on the wheat field should be beheaded for public display, and now Qin Hou himself trampled on the wheat field, is it possible to be beheaded?

"How can the Marquis of Qin be guilty?" The marching master responded.

Liu Yu's eyes suddenly burst into tears, and he said solemnly: "I have violated the law, if I don't punish the crime, how can I serve the public?" ”

After that, Liu Yu also pulled out his portable sword and put it across his neck, as if he wanted to kill himself.

Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Pang De and others were shocked and wanted to rush forward to stop Liu Yu.

Liu Yu hurriedly shouted loudly: "Everyone take a break, don't violate my military orders again." ”

Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Pang De and others stopped suddenly, and all knelt down on the edge of the wheat field, begging Liu Yu.

Guo Jia opened his mouth and said: "Big brother, the ancients said in the Spring and Autumn Period, the law is not respected, the eldest brother is the commander of the army, the Qin Marquis of Guanzhong, how can he kill himself?" ”

Liu Yu was waiting for Guo Jia's words, but his eyes still had tears, and he muttered for a long time, as if he was thinking about what to do.

Finally, Liu Yu sighed helplessly and said: "Since there is a law in the Spring and Autumn Period, my aunt can avoid death." ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yu's voice was strong again, and he said loudly: "However, the military order is like a mountain, you must not disrespect, although I am exempted from the death penalty, I should also cut off my hair to show the three armies." ”

Immediately, Liu Yu looked at everyone, with tears in his eyes, cut his hair with a sword, and handed it to the commander, he said: "Send my hair bun to three days to warn the three armies." ”

The so-called parents of the body, Liu Yu is a modern comer, and he doesn't care about these, but in the eyes of Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Pang De and all the generals, Liu Yu's move is really an example and strict with himself, which makes the whole army admire.

Ma Chao, Pang De and others only felt that they were really following the right lord, if such a lord did not achieve a great cause, who else in the world could achieve a great cause.

Liu Yu's hair bun was revealed, the whole army was terrified, and even the more than 60,000 prisoners were admired, and they were careful not to offend Liu Yu's military order in the slightest.

At the same time, the matter spread back to Guanzhong, and the whole Guanzhong was also awe-inspiring, Liu Ye already felt that Liu Yu had the potential of Guangwu, and even felt that Liu Yu was the rebirth of Guangwu, and the whole Guanzhong was because of Liu Yu's move, and the politics and law were several levels clearer than before.

Xu Du, Cao Cao, who had just rested for two days and was about to go to Zhang Xiu immediately, didn't know how to get the news, he was so frightened that he was cold, and his eyes were extremely gloomy and jealous: "Liu Shimin, it will really be the biggest enemy in my life, and I will have a battle with him sooner or later." ”

While being jealous in his heart, Cao Cao couldn't help but admire Liu Yu, and secretly felt sorry, why didn't he think of this method earlier to harsh military law, but he was preempted by Liu Yu, it's a pity, it's a pity!

In the following year, Cao Cao marched to Zhang Xiu.

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