Under Lu Bu's coercion, Chu Ba and others did not dare to disobey Lu Bu's will. Everyone left with pale faces. Their faces were heavy, as if they were wondering how they could raise so much food and grass.

Taking a step forward, Li Ru was still a little puzzled by Lu Bu's approach, "Lord, these people in Shanan, the lord can kill them and plunder their property." Why let them raise their own? Moreover, the lord of these grains and grasses said that they were borrowed, and if our army really wins in the future, will these grains and grasses be returned? ”

Perhaps it was under the influence of the Xiliang Army that some of Li Ru's practices still had some of the thinking of the Xiliang Army. In Li Ru's eyes, Lu Bu is undoubtedly covering his ears and stealing the bell. These grains and grasses are said to be borrowed, but in fact, they are just open-minded plunder. Moreover, the plundering is not ruthless enough! These people are all tribal leaders and various squires in Shanan. It is common sense to destroy them and take their possessions captive. But Lu Bu didn't do this, he just asked them to raise grain and grass on their own, and he called it "borrowing." This made Li Ru really incomprehensible.

"Wen You, kill them, this Shanan will be in chaos! Even if they are killed, the benefits for our army will not be great. ”

Lu Bu shook his head and said, "Our purpose is to get grain and grass, and then capture Shaling and defeat Tuli. Keep them here, at least this Shanan will not be chaotic, and it won't take much effort from our army to clean it up. Indeed, I could kill them and take their possessions captive. But if you do this, you will make everyone hate our Han army......"

"All along, my attitude towards them Zhuhu has been very tough, even cold-blooded! Even if it is the slaughter of a family, there have been many ...... It's just that others don't know, doesn't Wenyou still understand my intentions? ”

Turning his gaze on Li Ru's body, Lu Bu said in a deep voice, "I'm not good at killing!" But there are some things that have to be done! I told Wen You that if you are not of my race, your heart is not the same...... I have set off a huge slaughter in this northern land, and that is also for the stability of my Han land and the protection of my Han people from being plundered......"

"I understand the Lord's thoughts......"

Li Ru sighed, "These Hu people are indeed repeated abnormalities, if we don't have that iron-blooded killing, we can't deter them." If you can't deter them, you will make them rebel again, and the losses will be even greater......"

"That's right."

Lu Bu nodded, "Wen You should also know about the hundred-year-long Qiang rebellion of my Great Han, right?" ”

Seeing that Lu Bu mentioned the rebellion of the Qiang people, Li Ru continued, "The rebellion of the Qiang people is the reason why my Han country is shaken. The hundred-year Qiang rebellion has cost the imperial court countless dollars, and I don't know how much manpower and material resources are ......"

The Qiang chaos can definitely be said to have shaken the foundation of the Han Dynasty. If we talk about the reasons for the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty, we can first say that the struggle between the party and the government is the dispute, and secondly, it can be said that it is chaotic. As for the Yellow Turban Uprising, natural and man-made disasters, they can all be put at the back.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu, the Qiang people in Hexi also submitted to the Han. Later, the Xiongnu gradually weakened, but the Qiang people took advantage of the situation like Xianbei. This race can even be said to be more jumpy than Xianbei. Its harm is also much greater than that of Xianbei. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Qiang people were rebelling. Later, Emperor Guangwu established a state and sent horse aid to subdue them. But only twenty years later, Shen Wolf Qiang rebelled again and killed the captain of the Han Dynasty to protect Qiang. This move made Han Ting furious. The great general Dou Gu resolutely sent troops and suppressed these Qiang people again. But these Qiang people are still unrepentant and stubbornly resisting. From then on, the fixed script of the Han Dynasty and the Qiang people was, rebellion, suppression, rebellion, and suppression.

Lingqiang was destroyed first, the wolf Qiang rebelled, Zhongqiang was finished, and Dongqiang was chaotic again. Since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Qiang Rebellion has lasted for more than a century, and it has taken the hard work and honor of several generations of famous generals!

There is a folk song that says, "The wheat is green and the barley is withered, who should be the wife and aunt of the recipient." Zhangren is hitting Hu in the west, the officials buy horses, and the gentleman has a car, please shoot Hu for the kings. ”

In order to pacify this chaos, I don't know how many hot-blooded men threw their heads, spilled blood, said goodbye to their wives and children and old men, and went to the battlefield. For the glory of the Han Dynasty and the tranquility of the border, these warriors resolutely set out on the expedition! Under the leadership of several generations of famous generals, these rebellious Qiang people were repeatedly suppressed. But this problem has still not been solved. Until the emergence of the "Sanming" in Liangzhou, the three famous generals (Huangfu Gui, Zhang Huan and Duan Cheng) joined forces to pacify the third vigorous Qiang Rebellion. And among them, Duan Cheng's record is even more terrifying. In the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, the biography of Duan Cheng recorded Duan Cheng's astonishing results, 118 large and small battles, beheading more than 38,000 enemies, capturing 420,000 cattle, horses and livestock, and his own losses, only more than 400 people, costing more than 4 billion.

Behind the glorious victory, there is iron-blooded killing! Different from other famous generals, Duan Cheng's personality can be said to be very similar to Bai Qi! The number is "human slaughter." "Other famous generals, on the issue of Qiang chaos, have always been coercive. It has always been the consistent practice of the Han people to intimidate them militarily, but to move their subjugated Qiang people inward, withdraw them from the Han people, and let them "sinicize". But Duan Cheng is different, what he advocates is a policy of genocide! Aren't the Qiang people rebelling? Then kill! Kill them all and see how they rebel! Under Duan Cheng's hands, those Qiang people can be described as frightened and fearful like tigers.

When Duan Cheng was the captain of the Qiang Guard, he slaughtered more than ten Qiang tribes successively, as long as those Qiang people who dared to rebel, even if they surrendered, Duan Cheng would still slaughter them. Under his men, there were almost no prisoners! Because of the captive, he still let him kill him. Under Duan Cheng's killing, the Qiang plague has indeed calmed down a lot. But this method is not very humane, and it also makes Duan Cheng criticized by the majority of scholars. In contrast, the coercion advocated by Zhang Huan and Huang Fu Gui has been approved by many people. However, the Han Dynasty did not choose Duan Cheng's decision, and second, did not listen to Zhang Huan's advice and did not formulate a good policy for the Qiang people. It still exists. In 185, Liangzhou Bianzhang Han Sui rebelled again, broke out the fourth Qiang Rebellion, and eventually became the gravedigger of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

This period of history, whether it is Lu Bu or Li Ru, understands it very clearly. Therefore, Lu Bu used this Qiang rebellion to explain to Li Ru the relationship with the Xiongnu.

If it were from the perspective of the Han court, Lu Bu would definitely support this genocidal policy. In a short period of time, this is definitely the best solution to the chaos! Even such an approach is inhumane.

But in war, how can there be any humanity?