Maoyi is located in the upper reaches of the Luoshui River, because it is located in the south of the Zhou Dynasty, so it has been called "the south of Zhou" since hundreds of years ago. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info people here do not compete with the world, life here is quiet and comfortable, it is the spring of March, the sun is shining, the grass is green, the willows are hanging low, everything is so beautiful, just as the beautiful poem sings:

"Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island. My Fair Lady, Gentleman. ”

"Jagged wattles, flowing left and right. My Fair Lady, I covet it. ”

It floats on the surface of the water, swaying from side to side with the flow of Luoshui, small and unique bright yellow flowers stand out from the water, and a dragonfly stands on it, its wings tremble slightly.

The fishing boat rowed across the Luo water, and the fisherwoman sang and smiled at her husband, who was tanned and casting his nets, as the fishing boat rowed through the Naka.

The fisherman also laughed, with one arm, and the big net was scattered towards the sparkling river, and the luck of the day was very good, and the first net was a heavy receipt.

"It's a big fish." The fisherman and the fisherwoman are happy.

But when the fisherman pulled the net up, and the two of them saw what was inside, their smiles were fixed on their faces.

Dead man, it was a dead man soaked white......

The fisherwoman was startled, screamed, and sat down in the boat, while the fisherman hurriedly loosened the net. After wiping away the cold sweat, he looked over, but saw countless floating corpses floating on the Luoshui River.

By night, there were three or four hundred bodies of people who were not terrible, and the total number of bodies that had been stranded or sunk along the way might be even more.

Judging from the traces of arrow wounds on the recovered corpses, they should have been killed in the battle, but their hands tied to their backs with straw ropes indicate that this was a one-sided massacre......

And so it passed, and by mid-March, the fishermen were still afraid to go into the water to fish, and even to eat fish was disgusting, while the Maoyi people were still talking about the floating corpses that had crossed the border a few days ago. But what they didn't expect was still to come, and on March 16, a Zhao army of up to 5,000 people once again took advantage of Chengzhou to pass through Maoyi and increase troops to the upper reaches of Luoshui.

After the army, some people began to speculate that those corpses may have been the Zheng people who fought with the Zhao army upstream. But regardless of whether this speculation is correct or not, Maoyi, Zhou Nan, and even the entire Chengzhou Dynasty have been completely broken in this spring.

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Because of the closed news, the matter of the thief killing Zheng prisoner of 5,000 in Luoshui has not yet spread all over the world.

Initially, it was Zheng Guoren who learned the news from the captives who escaped by luck, and they called this incident "the difficulty of Luoshui", and in the whole country, "the son cries for his father, the father cries for his son, the brother cries for his brother, the elder cries for his brother, the ancestor cries for his grandson, the wife cries for his husband, and the streets are full of cities, and the sound of pain is endless".

Since then, the name of stealing the foot is extremely vicious, and it can stop Xinzheng Xiaoer's night crying, and his old rumors of eating people's hearts and livers have been turned out again, adding more and more oil and vinegar.

The Zhao family also learned about the victory or defeat of the Battle of Luoshui and the theft and killing of prisoners at the first time, and it was not surprising that the Zhao family's hometown camp really set off an uproar.

"Five thousand, that's five thousand lives!" Zixia was very angry, and he directly called it "outrageous" and "miserable" for what the thief did on the bank of Luoshui.

After Zheng Guoren Deng Xi was shocked to hear about this, he also wrote to Zhao Wuxian, saying: "Shangshu says that the crime is only light, and the merit is doubtful. Rather than kill innocent, it is better to lose. The trial also recommended a lenient sentence, let alone the treatment of prisoners? "Deng Xi is Dali, the head of many Zheng people who worked for the Zhao family, with a high status, and his book also represents the anger of the Zheng scholars against the thieves.

As for those Confucian disciples who already had prejudices against thieves, they even jointly wrote to Zhao Wuxian, Yan Gao said that if he was under the hands of thieves, he would rather be killed himself, and he would never attack an unarmed captive.

And his brothers and sisters pointed directly at the thief himself, saying: "Sima Fa once said that in the land of sinners, even if you meet a strong person, you will not be able to defeat the enemy, and if the enemy is injured, the medicine will return to you." Liu Xia was originally a thief of the rivers and oceans, he didn't know what benevolence and righteousness were, he killed prisoners indiscriminately, and Luoshui didn't flow for it, if this matter was known to the world, it would definitely insult the name of Shangqing's benevolence! I also hope that Shangqing will severely punish and kill the soul of Luoshui to set an example! ”

After reading this joint letter, Zhao Wuxian laughed at himself: "I have never had the name of benevolence among the princes. Having said that, deep down he was still a little annoyed by the thief's behavior.

Although there were reasons for the thieves, such as the inconvenience of marching with the captives, the prisoners were released for fear that they would continue to help You Su resist, or that they would be recruited again after returning to Zheng State......

But if Zhao Wuxian is himself, in the face of these situations, there are many flexible ways to deal with them. Bishang's strategy was to directly send people to escort the captives into Chengzhou, and treat these people as "gifts" to Zhou Tianzi and the nobles of the Zhou family, and the Zhou family would definitely accept them with joy, so that during the war, these prisoners could no longer be enemies of the Zhao family. And it kills two birds with one stone, bribing the king of Zhou, and it is more convenient for Zhao Jun to borrow grain and even borrow people's husbands, but it's a pity......

"General Liu Xia is not Shangqing, he has such a personality, such a vision, and such a pattern, he can't think of such a good solution." Kan Zhi is the only person in the Zhao family's decision-making circle who still understands the actions of thieves.

"No matter how bad it is, you can also release it with its little finger, although it is cruel, but it is much better than slaughtering 5,000 people in one go, and we will not face such a passive situation......" But Kan Zhi is right, the reason why this happened was because it was the thief who was in battle, not Zhao Wuxian himself.

Zhao Wuxian didn't expect that since the Zhou people slaughtered tens of thousands of Yin people after breaking Dayi Shang, the latest massacre on the land of China was actually the hand of his own army. I believe that it will not be long before this matter will spread out, and the public opinion in the world will be very unfavorable to the Zhao family, in addition to the Zheng people will hate the Zhao family to the core, the princes and scholars will also regard the Zhao family as a brutal regime that only focuses on the first merit, it seems that it is inevitable that he will be severely recorded in the history books......

It's not right to blame all the thieves, because the thieves are generals, not juns, as generals, he only needs to think about how to defeat the enemy, fulfill the requirements of the sovereign, kill the prisoners, pursue the Zheng army, and rescue the Han clan as soon as possible, which was indeed the most efficient method at that time.

But Zhao Wuxian's moral concept of later generations could not accept this kind of ruthless treatment.

He rubbed his temples in some annoyance.

Kan Zhi leaned over again and whispered: "Although General Liuxia himself has nothing to blame for considering this matter, at this time, there is no other way than to blame Liuxia and protect Shangqing's reputation. ”

"And the five thousand will come back to life?"

Kan Zhi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that Zhao Wuxian was more concerned with the lives of those 5,000 people than his reputation.

As the so-called "poor and uncertain riverside bones, like people in the dream of spring", 5,000 people, even if they are put in the future generations, it is not a small number, and the family members involved in it are as many as tens of thousands.

Zhao Wuxian waved his hand, told Kan to stop, and invited Sun Wu over.

"Sir's suggestion made me design a strategy of detouring the southern and western fronts and annihilating the enemy in the east of the river, although the southern front is now progressing smoothly, but the thieves have caused me a big disaster, and Mr. feels that how to deal with it is the most appropriate."

Sun Wu has been in Wu for many years, and the morality and concepts in the south are far more barbaric and radical than those in the Central Plains, and there is no etiquette and benevolence in it, especially when Wu attacked Chu State, because of the urgency of obeying the power and killing prisoners, Sun Wu has also experienced more than once, although most of them are orders given by Wu Wang Lu, Wu Zixu, Fu Ji and others, but he watched and acquiesced, and was also an accomplice.

But seeing too much doesn't mean that you will be accustomed to this kind of thing and take it right.

He stroked his beard lightly and said, "The ancients, based on benevolence, and righteousness is the right ......."

Sun Wu also thinks that it is necessary to blame the thief completely? Zhao Wuxian thought.

However, Sun Tzu's voice changed, and he said: "However, if you don't get the will, the right comes from the war, not from the middle." Therefore, killing people is peaceful, and it is okay to kill them; Attack its country, love its people, and attack it; Stop the war with war, although it is okay to fight! ”

"Shangqing must have begun to have some doubts about the matter of Luoshui, if the purpose of Shangqing's killing is really to calm the people, the purpose of attacking the country is really to further love the people of other countries, the purpose of creating wars, and it is really to stop the war after the rest of the day, then it is enough to insist on going his own way to the end! As for what Yanagi did, although the old man would not approve of it, but in order to see this, he did everything he had to do. For the person who died unjustly, this person is a butcher, and there has been, but for Shangqing, he is a good general and has merit. ”

Zhao Wuxian suddenly opened, and after Sun Wu left, he asked the scribe to come in and draft the order.

A few days ago, he asked Zishi to kill 5,000 prisoners in Luoshui, and Yu was also shocked, remembering your loyalty and bravery, and also sighing that you acted violently without thinking. Killing prisoners violates the peace of heaven, and everyone can no longer be generals under the clouds, but changing generals in battle is also taboo for soldiers. In wartime, he was in power, and he was still a general on the southern front, waving his army to save the siege of Hanqing outside the river, and not to cause another incident. ”

After sending this order, which seemed to be reprimanded and praised, and still let the thief continue to lead the army, to the southern front, Zhao Wuxian wrote a letter to Deng Xi, expressing his shock and grief over this matter, he passionately denounced the killing of prisoners as a loss of conscience, and believed that Zhao's military mana should be added to the "killing prisoners for no reason is the same crime as the loss of the army"!

But as for the disposal of the thieves, he only promised that he would give everyone an explanation after the war.

After suppressing this matter, what Zhao Wuxian thought in his heart was that there were still some soldiers on the southern front who were only loyal to themselves, and Wen County had already had 5,000 more people to support the thieves, and with them in their containment, the thieves could no longer insist on going their own way like this time.

"When the war is over, even if you don't kill him, you have to hide the resentment of the world. Zishi, this battle is your last battle, do your best......" Zhao Wuxian sighed, a little pity. When he made his first contribution in the army, he may have begun to expect such a day, and he only hoped that this would be the last brutality before the world was war-free.

The curtain has been slowly opened, as the thieves open up the situation on the southern front, the Hedong side is also ready, two-thirds of the Zhao family's strength, 100,000 troops from various counties have been assembled on the Hedong front, and this net is slowly tightening.

Now, Zhao Wuxian is waiting for news from Hexi, and he believes that his flying general Yu Xi will never let him down!

(To be continued.) )