Chapter 10 The Suffering of the People

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Killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred is too true. Although the siege of the city ended with Liu Bei taking the city, in this battle, Liu Bei's army suffered a lot of casualties. Starting from Jingzhou, the purpose is to assist Liu Zhang to resist Zhang Lu, Liu Bei brought about 20,000 Jingzhou soldiers when he set off, and after arriving in Yizhou, Liu Zhang's promised to give 10,000 soldiers and military rations were only given less than half in the end, and later resisted Zhang Lu in Pujia Pass for a year, during which many local young adults were also recruited into the army, and when Liu Zhang turned against him, Liu Bei's strength was about 30,000.

When attacking Liu Zhang, he brought more than 20,000 troops, because there were still enough people left to defend Pujia Pass in case of Zhang Lu's sneak attack. During the attack, many local generals and soldiers in Xichuan surrendered, and Liu Bei's army increased to about 30,000 during the attack on Luocheng. But in the battle of Yucheng, a lot of soldiers were killed!

The day after Liu Bei captured the city, he was in the city.

The autumn wind is bleak, and there is still a solemn atmosphere in the city. Early that morning, Liu Bei walked out of his room, accompanied by the guards, and walked to the place where Shiyuan was.

"Qi Qi military division, the lord is here, and now he is outside the door," said a guard when he came in. Hearing this, Shi Yuan hurriedly got up, put down the books in his hand and went to the door to greet the lord.

"When the lord himself came to my dwelling, the minister was terrified! The lord ordered the guards to report something, and the minister went to the lord's place. ”

"Alas, Shi Yuan is too polite. We talk in the house. After saying that, Liu Bei walked towards the house, and Shi Yuan followed closely behind.

"Shi Yuan, although our army has taken the city now, but in the battle of the city, our army suffered a lot of casualties?" Liu Bei said.

"Yes! My lord, I have roughly calculated that our army will be about 30,000 people when we attack the city. Although in this battle we eliminated the 20,000 Xichuan elite divisions commanded by Liu Xun, our army also suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. Later, when Liu Xunqin led the whole army to attack our army's barracks, he was defeated and fled, and our army recruited about 5,000 enemy soldiers, so that our army can only use 25,000 troops for battle now.

The lord must also know that there are about 30,000 defenders in Chengdu now, although these 30,000 people are not considered to be the elite divisions of the time, but the other party is indeed waiting for work, and our army will definitely suffer a lot of casualties in attacking Chengdu now, so this is also the reason why I did not recommend attacking Chengdu now during yesterday's discussion.

In addition, now we have laid the north gate of Chengdu, but other places near Chengdu, such as Baidi, Jiangzhou, Jiangyang and other places are still under the control of Liu Zhang's army, so if we are in a hurry to attack Chengdu and cannot capture it in a short time, then our army will be sleepy and lacking in food and grass, and our army will be defeated without a fight, so I hope that the lord will postpone the attack on Chengdu for some time. ”

Hearing the military advisor say this, Liu Bei nodded and said, "What the military advisor said is exactly what I want." ”

For Guangda, who has a full understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms, that is, Shiyuan, it is not difficult to say such a truth.

After discussing the army's actions during this period, Liu Bei called Shiyuan and accompanied him to visit the city and observe the people's feelings.

The two of them walked on the street in the city, and under the guidance of the guards, the street they were walking on now was the most prosperous street in the city, but now! The streets were almost empty, the shops on both sides of the street were closed, and there was no sound in the whole street, like a dead city. The two of them were walking on this street, and then they came to an intersection, and at the intersection of the main street were two small streets, and suddenly a person ran out of a small street, and the guards behind the two were frightened and quickly surrounded the two, because after all, they had just taken the city, and maybe there were still enemy troops.

When the two of them looked carefully at the person who suddenly came out, they saw that this person was short, with a yellow face and thin muscles, and the clothes on his body were patched from east to west, and he was holding a broken bowl with a missing horn in his hand.

"Two adults, please give me something to eat, I haven't eaten anything for two days, please." As soon as he finished speaking, the person knelt down and kept kowtowing one after another.

Hearing this person speak, Liu Bei and Shi Yuan were stunned, listening to this voice, this person turned out to be a woman, no, it should be a girl to be exact, because there was a big immature voice in her voice.

Liu Bei was originally a person who loved the people like a son, when Cao Cao attacked Xinye, when he fled because he could not resist it, the people in Xinye City fled with him, seeing the tragic situation of the fleeing people, Liu Bei wanted to jump into the river and die in pain, at this time he saw a little girl begging for him, he couldn't help but feel guilty. Liu Bei hurriedly ordered the surrounding guards to push away, then squatted down, pulled up the little girl who was still kowtowing, looking at the little girl's frightened expression, Liu Bei's tears couldn't help but flow.

At this time, Shi Yuan took a steamed bun from the guard's hand and handed it to Liu Bei's hand, and then Liu Bei handed the steamed bun to the little girl's hand, and said, "Child, don't be afraid. Give you steamed buns and eat them! ”

The little girl looked at the steamed bun in Liu Bei's hand, stuck out her tongue, and then grabbed the steamed bun and ran towards the small street that she had just come out of. Liu Bei and Shi Yuan also felt strange at this time, why did this little girl not eat but grabbed it and ran away? The two men quietly followed behind the little girl.

"Brother, brother, look at the big steamed buns, I found you a big steamed bun, hurry up and eat them." The little girl said to a man lying on the ground. At this time, a person sat up from the ground, looked at the big steamed bun, and then grabbed the big steamed bun with his dirty hand and ate it.

When the steamed bun was halfway through, the little boy said, "Sister, you can eat it too!" You haven't eaten in a long time. ”

"It's okay, my sister is not hungry, my brother eats, my brother eats more." Hearing his sister say this, the younger brother devoured it again, and soon ate all the steamed buns. Then the elder sister told the younger brother to lie down and have a good rest. Then I saw my sister lying on her stomach, looking for something carefully in the ground, and from time to time picking up something from the ground and sending it to her mouth.

Seeing this situation, Liu Bei couldn't stand it anymore, and walked out secretly, and Shi Yuan saw that the lord was gone, and he also walked out of the small street.

"Shiyuan, the people are innocent! The princes of all walks of life fought each other, and in the end it was the common people who suffered! ”

"Yes! Lord. Only when the world is peaceful can the people really live a good life! Therefore, I implore the lord to go on strongly, and wait for the day when the world is unified, that is, the day when the people begin to be happy. ”