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He first affirmed his innocence, and then explained: "All the Rong rebels, none of them did not participate, even if it was the order of the chief, and the young and strong under them were all armed to rebel against the king's division, isn't it chaos? How can you indulge in it? ”

Pei Gai shouted: "Dare to quibble!" You are not more than 10,000 people, can you kill tens of thousands of enemies above the battle array? Those who have escaped have been captured and captured, and those who have surrendered, should they be dealt with by me, and how can they be killed wantonly? And I've seen a lot of white-haired heads here, can they even be old and weak soldiers, and they can't resist to death?! ”

In the era of cold weapons, even if the organization of the regular army is generally very poor, an army will collapse with casualties and two achievements, and the possibility of killing tens of thousands of enemies at every turn is very small. And even without the edification of the humanitarian spirit of later generations, Confucianism is also the mainstream of these years, paying attention to the word "benevolence", and killing prisoners and surrendering has always been whipped by public opinion. Therefore, Guo Sidao deliberately vaguely refuted Pei Gai's first two sentences, and only refuted the last sentence, saying:

"The Metropolitan Governor, please take a break from the wrath of the thunder, and Rong Mo will return. Xirong has always been fierce, Peng Lu has long refused to accept Wang Hua, no matter how old or weak, he can handle the weapon. Seeing his pale gray hair today, the governor couldn't bear it, and he knew that when he was young and strong, he had never slaughtered the Jin people? And now all the people are rebellious, and rebellion is the real ......"

In fact, on the whole, Lu Shuihu is a relatively honest one in Xirong. Its ancestors were originally Lu Fang of the Shang Dynasty and Peng people who moved west, and they mixed with the Chinese for a long time, and absorbed other Rong tribes, the main branch was in Anding, in addition to the two major branches of Linsong and Huangzhong. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lu Shuihu was edicted to conquer the Xiongnu many times, and was the main source of the Han army in Hexi.

The Penglu Rebellion was caused by Jia Kai's seduction of Peng Dangzhong, which caused Peng Fuhu, the son of Dangzhong, to raise a counter-flag, and killed Jia Yandu on the battlefield by luck - it has only been five or six years so far. However, although Peng Fuhu rebelled, he did not expand outward, nor did he wantonly kill the Jin people. Between different ethnic groups, oppression and exploitation are also the norm, and Peng Lu's bullying of Jin people is actually similar to the bullying of Peng Lu by Jin officials in the past, and it is far from the level of national vendetta.

Of course, the main purpose of Peng Fu's return to his hometown this time is to harass and loot, and there are not a few Jin people who are anointed under his knife - as for those old Rong, it may not be like Guo Mo said, "When he was young and strong, he never slaughtered the Jin people."

But Guo Mo has been calm and stable for a long time after all, and he has a better understanding of Peng Lu's situation, so he is conclusive, and Pei should not be able to cross-examine him for a while. As soon as he raised his eyebrows, he heard Guo Mo continue: "Not only the old Rong, but also the women of the Rong have many armed self-defense people, seeing that their fathers and brothers were all killed by the king, how can they have no grievances?" If the heart has a grudge, he will teach his son, and when the child grows up, it will become a disaster. In the end, on this trip, I saw many women and children, and their eyes showed hatred, which made it difficult for me to sleep peacefully. If the Rong in the territory colludes with the Rong outside the country, and the war cannot be stopped for a long time, today's events will surely reappear tomorrow, and the victims will only be ......heard."

Pei Cai drank and asked, "Do you mean that I am a woman?!" ”

Guo Mo hurriedly bowed down and said, "Don't dare." Most of the governors want to be benevolent and virtuous, but the Rong people don't know good intentions, since they can rebel today, they may not be willing to follow the king tomorrow, if they don't get rid of the roots, their grass will be reborn. I hope that the Metropolitan Governor will think twice...... And in military law, there is no law of 'no serious injury, no two hairs'......"

This is an allusion to Song Xianggong, according to the record of "Zuo Biography", Xianggong was defeated in Hongshui, and the people of the country were complaining, so he said - "The gentleman is not seriously injured, and he is not a bird." The ancients are also the army, and they are not obstructed. Although the widow is dead, he will not be able to make a ...... if he is defeated, then he has to talk about the rules, this is benevolence and righteousness - "Ermao" refers to the elderly.

What Guo Mo meant, what's wrong with the elderly, the elderly can't say that they have no combat power, if they pick up weapons to resist the king master, can't I still kill them? There's no such thing in military law, right? It's just that civilians can't be slaughtered, but these old Rong really can't be considered civilians.

Pei Gai stared at Guo Mo's eyes tightly and asked him, "But what about women and children?" ”

Guo Mo hurriedly replied: "The women and children are all taken prisoner, and they are not killed, even those who die in the chaos will not be beheaded......"

Actually, this is nonsense. In fact, after Guo Mo returned to the county, he immediately distributed troops and horses to raid the Rong people of various tribes, and the young and strong people of some tribes were killed or fled at the foot of Liupan Mountain, and the young and strong people of some tribes followed Peng Fuhu to attack the Wu clan, so most of the gains were old and weak women and children. Guo Mo inspected the capture, and when he turned his head slightly, he saw a ten-year-old Xiao Rong staring at him with a fierce look in his eyes, and then he picked up a stone and threw it at Guo Mo......

The nearby Rong people were all shocked, and hurriedly rushed over, pressed the bear child to the ground, and asked him to kowtow to Guo Mo and ask for guilt. There was a woman, who did not know whether it was the child's mother or grandmother, who also knelt beside her, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and pleading for help. However, Guo Mo was not benevolent, and he was annoyed, so he immediately drew his knife and stepped forward, slashing the two women and children to the ground, splashing blood.

immediately ordered to cut down all these arrested Rong people, regardless of age and gender!

It was Sima Pei Du who grabbed Guo Mo and admonished: "Most of the military overseers have strict laws and prohibit killing, so be careful not to violate them." Guo Mo glanced at him and said, "Most of the governors are here, and there must be no kindness of this woman......

In fact, this should be understood in reverse, and his original intention was to say: It seems to me that most of the governors have a little bit of a woman's kindness.

"The chaos in the world is all because of Hu Rong, if you can kill all your peers, the world will naturally be safe. If you can't kill all of them in the past, there will be today's rebellion, and if you kill them all today, there will be no trouble tomorrow! However, those who do not kill before the inspection are because Yongzhou has not yet been decided, and Qinzhou is not in control, so I am afraid that it will be chaotic again, and it will be delayed for a long time, which is harmful to the strategy. Now that Yong and Qin are all under the governor, and Pifang rebels again, he will not kill at this time, but when? ! ”

Then he raised his whip and said sharply: "All traitors should be killed!" Kill this clan today, all the soldiers are afraid, and only then can we ensure the long-term peace and stability of the western region! ”

Pei Du pulled Guo Mo's arm and said Please take a few steps from the general, I have a few words to say.

So the two of them avoided aside, and Pei Du lowered his voice and said: "I am a slave of the metropolitan governor, and I am taken care of by the metropolitan governor, and I am released as a citizen, and I am given the surname Pei, which is equal to my son and nephew." In the past, in Jiangdong and Xufang, he served the metropolitan governor for several years, and the metropolitan governor's mind can know a little bit about it - is the general willing to listen? ”

Guo Mo said Okay, what does the Metropolitan Governor think, and please give me advice.

Pei Du said: "Most of the governors have the heart of a benevolent person, regardless of Jinrong, they are all people. And the general is talented, and the one who messes with the world is Hu Rong? I don't think so. The Metropolitan Governor once said to us, those who mess with the world are really all vassals, and Hu Rong just took advantage of the chaos to rise up......"

When Guo Mo heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he lowered his head thoughtfully.

Pei Du continued: "Since benevolence and virtue are turned into quilts, regardless of Jin Rong, I will not want to see the general kill too much. If you slaughter young and strong, there is still something to say, if you kill women and children, I am afraid that most of the governors will find out and will definitely punish the generals, but why bother? What can he do with his women and children, and why should he kill them all? ”

Seeing that Guo Mo still had a disapproving expression, Pei Du changed his words and persuaded: "And it is stable as a side stopper, the land is close to Rong, Liu Yao covets it on the side, the household registration is originally not rich, if the Rong people are killed, it will be barren, and the soldiers and horses stationed in it must be supported by grain and straw elsewhere, and the cost will be huge...... The general thinks twice. ”

Pei Du repeatedly persuaded Guo Mo to put away the butcher's knife and said that all the men over the age of fifteen in the Rong people would be singled out and beheaded; The rest of the women and children, let them be confined for the time being, so that they can be released in the future.

Now he came to see Pei Gai, but he saw Pei Gai thunder and anger, and said that it was dangerous, but fortunately I listened to what Pei Sima said that day, and I withdrew it slightly...... So he reported: "The women and children are all taken prisoner, and they are not killed, that is, those who die in the rebellion are not beheaded." "As for the two I killed with my own hands, there was a reason for the incident, and it was inevitable that there would be a small number of killings among the subordinates, and the proportion was too low, so I would simply be vague and forget it.

Pei Cai stopped talking, but stared at Guo Mo for a long time, until Guo Mo lowered his head, his eyes flickered, then he sighed softly and admonished: "Sidao, the so-called 'soldier is a murder weapon, and the saint has to use it as a last resort', only with benevolence, he is the pillar of the country, if he is greedy for killing, stop a butcher's ear." Military law is not forbidden, and it cannot be said that Qing is guilty, but Qing asked himself, the killing was a last resort, or did it happen intentionally?

Pei Du's talent is not very high, but he has indeed followed Pei Gai for many years, and he can feel the pulse of some of the Grand Governors. Guo Mo killed the young and strong people of Rong, he didn't persuade much, until Guo Sidao wanted to raise the butcher's knife to the women and children, and then he hurriedly pulled it - because he knew that it was Pei Gai's psychological bottom line, and it must not be broken.

Pei Gai pretended to be a woman without kindness, and he appreciated Confucius's words more, "repay grievances with straightforwardness, and repay virtue with virtue." So what is "straight"? If you act against me, I will kill them, but if you only seek self-defense, that is another matter. As Guo Mo said, Rong women are generally more fierce than Jin women, and they also have a certain ability to copy guys to fight, but ability alone is not a crime, right? Even among the nomads, there were very few women who went out to plunder, and in most cases, women were forced to take up arms only to protect their relatives and property.

There is still something to say about killing Lao Rong - all the people are soldiers, and Lao Rong is indeed likely to go into battle - killing women and children is a heinous crime, and Pei Gai's bottom line is absolutely untouchable.

There is no such thing as not killing and surrendering or killing prisoners in the Pei family's military law, because in fact, Pei Gai has also killed many times, but the number is very small. Depending on the specific situation, either to deter the enemy, or to facilitate the captivity of prisoners, sometimes this atrocity has to be committed, so it is impossible to draw a clear line, and it is strictly prohibited. So in this case, before an in-depth investigation, it cannot be said that Guo Mo violated military law.

Unless Guo Mo really killed women and children, then the crime is unforgivable - because military law strictly prohibits the killing of civilians, regardless of Jin Rong, and women and children cannot theoretically be counted as military personnel.

So he could only temporarily suppress the anger in his chest, and instead taught Guo Mo earnestly-

"And Qing has traveled all the way, and he is not allowed to surrender to the Rong Army, so he will inevitably fight, isn't it better to hand over the weapons to the other side first, and then use this to judge the crime, and deliberately trap him? And kill his pawn and destroy his clan, it can still deter him, if even the old and weak are killed, who will dare to surrender? How is the West State determined? How can the community be restored? ”

In later generations, there were many clamors on the Internet to kill a certain ethnic group, and this kind of extreme racist remarks have always been despised by Pei Gai. Of course, even the Chinese nation is not purely benevolent and virtuous - that is just a beautiful ideal - the huge territory is not given away by the phone bill, and the history of the bloody slaughter of other ethnic groups is endless. But what exists may not be reasonable, and even if it is reasonable, it is not moral, and things that are not moral must leave a great hidden danger.

Genocide has never been able to make a country rich and strong, on the contrary, it is only after a country is rich and strong that there is capital for genocide, and at the same time, for a rich and powerful country, genocide is the most unsuccessful means of expansion. Some stupid or lazy people do not analyze the current social situation at all, disdain to study the complex and changeable national and class issues, but only activate their smooth brain circuits, grasp the surface status quo that may not be true, and then want to solve all the problems with a simple "slaughter" - how can it be so easy and comfortable to engage in politics?

Even today, if genocide could really accelerate the pace of China's reunification and prosperity, then Pei would rather have his conscience and be reviled by eternity, and would have tried to adopt this policy. But that's an unrealistic delusion at all, there are tens of millions of Hurong in Yong and Qin, how can you kill it? How long and how much does it cost to be killed? Isn't the other party just going to let you kill him? If you slaughter Penghu, then the other clan is frightened, will they turn their necks and let you cut them off, or will they simply get up and fight?

"Gou Xi, Wang Mi and others killed the people, and what they have done is broken, and they are safe now? Isn't it possible to kill all of Jin, and Hu Ke to kill them all? I don't want Qing to be a white start, a loan, and a name for death, can Qing know my hard work? ”

Guo Mo listened to Pei Gai's tone relaxed, but he accepted it when he saw it, no longer quibbled, but just pleaded guilty again and again, saying that since the order of the Dadu Governor, I have not used the butcher's knife again......

But he has already killed a lot, and after the count, the Rong people in the three counties, and the Tai half slaughtered, there were no less than 30,000 people! Pei should be tightly blocked, and only more than 10,000 young people are left, as well as a large group of women and children.

Moreover, after Peng Fuhu's trouble, Dulu has become an empty city, and the Jin people are basically scattered, so Pei Gai had no choice but to destroy Dulu City and move all the remaining Jin people to Wushi.

For the captured Rong people, most of them were sent to Fufeng Country and mixed with the Jin people to live in Tunken, among which the Rong women were of appropriate age, all of whom were worthy of the Jin people—half of them were divided among the former army soldiers—Xiao Rong selected orphans under the age of ten and sent them to Chang'an into the orphanage camp.

For Guo Mo, Pei should first reprimand, and then admonish, not severely punished for the time being, and remember his major mistake once - and inform the generals of this matter as a warning. Guo Mo escaped and deeply felt the grace of Pei Du's advice......