Yuan Yao heard Liu Xun say that it was the opportunity to march into Jiangdong at this time, and he nodded excitedly: "This is also the reason why I am so anxious to gather you, just to ask you, can we organize an attack immediately, now is indeed the best opportunity, otherwise in the future, when Liu Biaojun reacts, I am afraid that it will be a trouble to cross the river again." ”

Lu Su frowned and replied: "If we want to attack, we can organize a landing battle of 20,000 people as soon as possible, but the premise must be solved one trouble, that is, prisoners!" The subordinates roughly estimated that the total number of soldiers who captured Er Liu in our battle was almost 30,000, which was about the same as the number of our original soldiers, and we could not do anything unless this matter was resolved. ”

Yuan Yao also frowned and nodded, "I'm also worried about this, what can we do to get rid of these captives as soon as possible?" How long will it take to co-opt? ”

Lu Su replied: "If it's just a co-optation, it will be enough in a few days." But if you don't train, it's just a group of Wuhe, and because it's a surrender army, the morale can be imagined. ”

Yuan Yao hurriedly asked, "Then how long will it take to recover your combat strength?" ”

Lu Su said: "If you want to recover to your previous combat strength, I'm afraid ...... It takes a month. ”

"A month?" Yuan Yao was taken aback, "Why is it taking so long?" Jingzhou water may not give us such a long time to prepare! ”

Lu Su replied: "Because the families of the soldiers surrendered in Jingzhou are still in Jingzhou, and they are not under our rule, there is no benefit to them in serving the Lord, they cannot be exempted from military service, and they cannot be reduced, in case they die in battle, their families will not even get a pension, so it is very difficult to subdue their hearts, and they can only be forced to use high-pressure means to use them for our side, which requires high-intensity training until they are numb to practice, so it is very time-consuming." The subordinate said that one month is already a conservative estimate. ”

Yuan Yao said unwillingly when he heard this: "I didn't expect it to be so troublesome, is there any other way, or let them all go, anyway, our General Zuo's Mansion is not short of soldiers and horses." ”

Lu Su continued: "My subordinates heard Ziyang say that the lord once mentioned a sentence called: 'A thief is like a comb, and a soldier is like a grate.'" Presumably, the lord should know the dangers of the war. If these more than 30,000 people are released, then the people of Lujiang will face the danger of being ruined. Unless we send a large number of troops to escort us out of the country, it will take at least ten days to waste time back and forth, so I am afraid that the best time to attack will be missed......"

When Lu Su said this, he saw that Yuan Yao's face had become gloomy, so he changed his words and continued: "If you want to solve the trouble of the captives immediately, there is still a way......

Yuan Yao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "Tell me quickly, what is the solution?" ”

Yuan Yao was already impatient about crossing the river, and he couldn't wait to fly over immediately, if there was a way to solve the matter of the prisoners immediately, then he could organize a battle to cross the river tomorrow, and the victory rate was very high, so he was naturally excited when he heard Lu Su say that there was a way, and hurriedly asked.

Although Lu Su saw Yuan Yao's very anxious expression, he still hesitated for a long time, until Yuan Yao was about to open his mouth to ask again, he said helplessly: "There is only one way to solve the prisoner's trouble immediately, and that is - pit killing!" ”

“！！！”

"What ???"

"Pit Kills ???"

The word pit killing instantly made Yuan Yao have goosebumps all over his body, and he was stunned for a long time before he said, "What you said about pit killing...... Could it be...... Bury alive...... These 30,000 people? ”

"Exactly." After Lu Su replied in a very certain tone, he lowered his head and closed his eyes silently, waiting for Yuan Yao to make a decision.

The rest of the people looked at each other, their expressions slowly gloomy, and they all lowered their heads and stopped talking.

The entire council chamber suddenly fell silent, and the heartbeat was audible.

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"It is a crime to kill one person, and it is a crime to slaughter ten thousand. Qin killed 400,000 Zhao troops in Baiqi, and ended up with the name of killing gods; Huangpu Songkeng killed tens of thousands of yellow scarves, and in the end, it was not the official worship of the three dukes! Although we killed 30,000 soldiers today, if we can land in Jiangdong in exchange, the lower officials feel that it is still worth it. Besides, the grain production in Lujiang alone can't support so many soldiers and horses, so it's better to kill them! ”

After everyone was silent for a while, Liu Xun saw that Yuan Yao didn't mean to give an order immediately, so he couldn't help but say something instigating.

If you want to say that the person present who wants to fight Jiangdong the most, except for Yuan Yao himself, it may be the Liu Xun Liu Taishou in front of him, because then he can immediately take back the power of Lujiang Taishou from Yuan Yao, so he seems a little impatient.

Seeing this, Lu Su said: "If the prince feels embarrassed about the matter of grain and grass, the lower officials can find a way to solve tens of thousands of Hu in their private capacity." ”

When Liu Xun heard this, his face showed displeasure, but he didn't say anything.

At this time, the veteran Zhang Xun said: "In today's battle, I am afraid that the number of dead and disabled people in our army will exceed 5,000, and minor injuries will not be counted. Even if it is revenge, it is not indispensable to kill these more than 30,000 soldiers. Besides, it can also deter the surrounding Xiaoxiao, so as not to always think that our General Zuo's Mansion is easy to bully. ”

Liu Ye interjected: "Since you have lost so many soldiers and horses, shouldn't you bring in the troops to replenish them!" ”

"Replenish with surrenders, don't you still have to retrain! Isn't this a waste of time, a missed opportunity? Liu Xun argued.

"If we suffer such heavy losses, if we don't rest and start the battle immediately, will we be able to defeat Liu Xuanjun?"

"Isn't Liu Xuanjun more seriously injured than us? Besides, doesn't our general have a way to persuade Zhang Ying to act as an internal response? There is naturally no problem in crossing the Yangtze River in this way! ”

"Liu Miao is a person who makes good use of power, after Zhang Ying and the lord jointly defeated the Jingzhou Water Army, do you think Liu Miao will still trust Zhang Ying? Liu Fujun couldn't help but think of the enemy too simply. ”

"Isn't that just the right time to step up the attack, before Liu Miao can react, hurry up and use Zhang Ying to take it down, otherwise it will be too late to regret it."

"Ridiculous, do you think it's so simple to rebel against one person, you will raise troops when you talk about the army, and he will rebel when he says it?"

"How do you know if you don't try!"

"But you can save 30,000 lives in this attempt!"

"I said Liu Lingjun, are you looking for so many excuses because you are the same Han clan relatives as Liu Xuan, and you don't want our general Zhengdong to fight across the Yangtze River?"

"You're just vexatious!"

"Hmph, I'll see ......"

"Alright, stop arguing!" Liu Xun wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Yuan Yao.

What Liu Xun and Liu Ye argued about before was quite substantial, but now it is a pure quarrel, and there is no point in letting them continue to talk about it.

However, Yuan Yao also understood, he is now facing three choices-

One: Kill the prisoners, and immediately lead all the veterans who have just finished the battle and are in high morale to attack Jiangdong. If we put aside the emotional and moral aspects, this strategy is the best time and can be the best policy;

Two: Collect the prisoners, and then a few days later lead a rabble of more than 50,000 to attack Jiangdong. This strategy missed the best time, but in exchange for a lot of cannon fodder, it is also a feasible strategy, so it can be the middle strategy.

Three: Train prisoners, and a month later lead more than 50,000 combatable troops to attack Jiangdong. This strategy is the safest, but it is too passive, and there is a danger of being taken advantage of by the Jingzhou navy, so it can be the next policy.

Yuan Yao lowered his head and thought carefully, then took a deep breath, and finally made up his mind to say to everyone: "I think it's not appropriate to kill and surrender troops, don't they all say that killing prisoners is ominous, or take it in first, and then attack immediately." The Jingzhou Navy is known as 100,000 people, even if we capture 20,000 or 30,000 people, I don't think they will give us time to grind, so we need to cross the river as soon as possible! ”

After Yuan Yao ordered not to kill the prisoners, he suddenly felt relieved, and his eyes were much brighter.

He didn't know what kind of person he would be in a few years in this troubled world, whether he would kill people like Bai Qi and treat human life like a dog, but at least now let him order tens of thousands of people to be killed, make a mass grave or something, it is absolutely impossible, so Yuan Yao finally decided to give up this excellent opportunity to attack.

Between human life and opportunity, Yuan Yao finally chose the former.

"If the lord knows that Gongzi gave up a chance to enter Jiangdong for the sake of tens of thousands of troops, I am afraid that he will blame Gongzi for the kindness of his wife."

The veteran Zhang Xun suddenly said that even Yuan Yao's title was deliberately changed from a general to a son, obviously very dissatisfied with Yuan Yao's decision.

Yuan Yao frowned when he heard this, and blurted out: "They are all Chinese, what are they doing so hard in internal fighting!" ”

Even if you haven't read "Huaxia is for China" in "Zuo Chuan", the Han Dynasty people can understand the word China, but they may not agree with the comparison of the dispute between the princes to internal fighting, because in their eyes there is no distinction between China and foreign countries.

Later generations said that the Chinese were "insiders and outsiders".

Yuan Yao felt that the comment "Waidou Layman" might be a bit hasty, at most he was just a novice in Waidou, because the geographical environment in ancient China was too closed, and there was no opportunity to fight with foreigners, and he was inexperienced.

However, Yuan Yao, who is an expert in infighting, feels that it is indeed real, and it is the Han people themselves who slaughter the most Han people in the world.

However, it was a bit early to discuss this topic with the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Yao decided to wait until he had the opportunity to take them to do foreigners in the future, as for now, it could only be enforced.

“……”

Yuan Yao got up and solemnly and categorically ordered: "Not only prisoners, but all Han people, Chinese people, and Chinese people in the future must not be slaughtered at will!" This is a military order, and it must not be violated! ”

“……”

At first, everyone did not react to the difference between Han Chinese, Chinese and Chinese, and did not understand the meaning of this military order, but immediately realized that Yuan Yao was serious, so no matter what the meaning was, they could only promise.

Lu Su suddenly stood up and came to Yuan Yao, and solemnly saluted him: "The subordinate ancestors of these tens of thousands of Jing Yang creatures, thank you for the mercy of the lord!" ”

Although the strategy of pit killing was proposed by Lu Su, it was his responsibility as a vassal, and it did not mean that he wanted to do so.

"The lord (general) is merciful!"

Everyone had to compliment Lu Su together, regardless of whether they disagreed with Yuan Yao's decision or not, this was polite.

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