Chapter 244: Don't Kill Those Who Can Be Persuaded
Lu Bu was talking on the school grounds.
The soldiers under his command lined up in a phalanx, their eyes staring at him.
"General!" Approaching, Cao Shuo shouted.
Seeing him coming, Lu Bu stopped his lecture and asked him, "Why is Zirong here?" ”
"There's a lot of chaos in the city." Cao Shuo said: "We have to think of a way to make the people settle down." ”
"I've already let Gao Shun deal with it." Lu Bu said.
"General Gao is going to kill people." Cao Shuo said: "I am not against killing, but indiscriminately killing people is not good for the general. ”
"If the people's morale is unstable, the army's morale must be unstable." Lu Bu said: "It is also useful to make an example of a hundred. ”
"Sometimes it's better not to kill." Cao Shuo said: "I have a way to calm down the people, but I need General Gao's cooperation. ”
"Do you have a way?" Lu Bu asked.
"Yes!" Cao Shuo said: "Not only can the people calm down, but also let them help the general consolidate the city defense, the key depends on how General Gao cooperates." ”
"Then you go." Lu Bu thought for a moment and said to a general on the side: "You accompany Zirong to go." ”
The general came to Cao Shuo: "Zirong Gongzi, please!" ”
Cao Shuo was already very familiar with Lu Bu's staff and generals.
The one who was ordered to accompany him to find Gao Shun was Hou Cheng, one of the eight strong generals under Lu Bu.
Leaving the barracks, Hou Cheng said to Cao Shuo: "Gongzi has a really big face, General Lu has never listened to the persuasion of others, and Gongzi made him compromise in a few words." ”
"Actually, General Lu doesn't want to kill people either." Cao Shuo said: "After all, it is the people, and if he kills too much, it is not good for his reputation." ”
"That's what Childe said!" Accompanying Cao Shuo to the street, seeing the people hurrying to the city gate, Hou Cheng said: "The people are already in chaos, I'm afraid it will not be easy to appease." ”
"There's no chaos that can't be appeased." Cao Shuo smiled slightly: "The people of Xuzhou have suffered from war in recent years, and General Lu sent Han Yin to Xudu, and the people must think that once Yuan Shu breaks the city, he will slaughter the city." They just want to live. ”
"What is the way Childe can appease the people?" Hou Cheng asked.
"It's simple." Cao Shuo said: "If the people want to live, I just need to tell them that they will definitely die if they leave Xuzhou, and there may be a way to live if they stay here, and they will no longer make trouble." ”
"Is it that simple?" Hou Cheng was stunned.
Cao Shuo smiled slightly: "It's that simple." ”
Seeing that he was about to reach the gate of the city, Cao Shuo saw from a distance that Gao Shun was waiting for the soldiers of the trapped camp, and only waited for the news that he had not persuaded Lu Bu, so he attacked the chaotic people.
Cao Shuo quickened his pace.
When he arrived behind Gao Shun, he hugged his fists and greeted: "General Gao!" ”
"What did General Zuo say?" Gao Shun asked in return.
"General Gao may not believe what I said, so please ask General Hou to say it." Cao Shuo looked at Hou Cheng.
Hou Cheng stepped forward and said: "General Gao, General Lu has an order, and the matter of pacifying the people will be handed over to Gongzi Rong, as for the general, he only needs to cooperate with Gongzi." ”
"Cooperation?" Gao Shun asked, "How to cooperate?" ”
"The general asked the soldiers to spread their bows and arrows and surround the people." Cao Shuo said: "Leave the rest to me." ”
"Or do you want to kill?" Gao Shun asked.
"Don't kill!" Cao Shuo said: "Just make a show, otherwise I won't be able to do things!" ”
"Okay!" Gao Shun asked the pro-soldiers on the side, "You also heard the words of Zirong Gongzi." Why don't you give an order and let the soldiers spread their bows and arrows to surround everyone who tries to leave the city? ”
The soldiers answered the order and went.
It didn't take long for the 700 soldiers of the camp to disperse and fan the people crowded near the city gate.
Gao Shunce immediately stepped forward and shouted at the top of his voice: "General Lu has an order, those who cause trouble in Xuzhou, kill!" ”
When the people who were making a fuss about to leave the city saw this battle, they were all frightened.
The women with the child hurriedly held the child in their arms, as if their bodies could build a barrier for the child to shoot a gun.
"Can't kill, can't kill!" As soon as Gao Shun's words fell, Cao Shuo ran out from behind and opened his arms to block Gao Shun.
"Cao Zirong, what are you going to do?" Gao Shun pretended to shout: "The general's order, do you dare to obstruct it?" ”
Cao Shuo clenched his fists and bowed down, and said to Gao Shun: "Please general, for the sake of me being General Lu's son-in-law, allow me to say a few words to the people." ”
"If you weren't General Lu's son-in-law, and you just blocked the execution of the military order, I would have been able to kill you on the spot!" Gao Shun shouted: "If you have something to say, don't delay us in carrying out military affairs!" ”
"Thank you, General Gao!" Cao Shuo thanked Gao Shun, then turned to face the frightened people, and said with a sad face: "I know that everyone is trying to find a way to live, but look at it, if you continue to make such a fuss, I'm afraid no one will survive!" ”
"Everyone, please give me a word of advice." Cao Shuo shouted: "Hurry home, don't lose your life here!" ”
"Yuan Shu is coming, sooner or later he will die!" A shout came from the crowd: "We're out of town!" Let us out! ”
"Okay!" Cao Shuo said: "As long as General Gao agrees, and the bows and arrows of his soldiers promise, you can go!" ”
The crowd that was about to boil suddenly fell silent.
No one is not afraid of life and death.
The longbows of the trapped soldiers have already been wound, and they can kill them all if they wait for an order.
"I can understand the feeling of wanting to live." Cao Shuo said: "But at the moment, Xuzhou can't be chaotic, if you are chaotic, the military will be chaotic, this battle does not need to be fought, we are all lost!" ”
"We just want to leave Xuzhou." Another voice came out: "We don't want to die here!" ”
"Good! Then you go! Cao Shuo turned to Gao Shun and said, "General, I can't persuade them to ......"
"Archer!" Gao Shun shouted.
"Childe help!" No sooner had the soldiers opened their longbows than many women shouted, "We want to go home!" ”
"I'll just say it!" Cao Shuo turned around again and said to the people: "Yuan Shu is here, and General Lu is here." All you have to do is live in peace in the city. If Xuzhou is really besieged, Yuan Shu will not be able to enter for a day or two, and when the Cao family's reinforcements arrive, can they still not withdraw? ”
"Will the Cao family really come to reinforcements?" There was a timid question from the crowd.
"You don't know who I am, do you?" Cao Shuo grinned and said, "I am the second son of the Cao family!" With me, how could the Cao family not send troops? ”
Hearing that the Cao family would send troops to help, the people were relieved.
Yuan Shubing has many generals, and in the eyes of the people of Xuzhou, Lu Bu is definitely not his opponent.
But once the Cao family intervenes, the battle situation will not be like that.
"Let's all go home and live a good life." Cao Shuo shouted: "The man under the age of fifty stays and helps build a defense, and when Yuan Shu comes, we will him well!" ”
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