Guo Jia and the others bowed their hands together and said, "Please ask the lord (eldest brother) to command." ”

Liu Xin nodded and said, "After the war here is over, you must arrange a group of elite soldiers to rush to the various villages of the Meng family as quickly as possible to settle the old and weak women and children of the Meng family." All the family members of the patriarchs, regardless of the age of the man, were beheaded by men who were taller than the wheels, and all the women, girls and children were used as official slaves. The rest of the people were incorporated into the tribes, and the women were remarried, and the men were enslaved. ”

Where is this placement, it is clearly naked repression. Guo Jia and the others didn't have much of a good impression of the alien race, so they agreed in unison. Because his wife was a barbarian, Dian Wei did not discriminate against foreigners. But the Meng family is different, in Dian Wei's eyes, Meng Shu raised troops mostly for the reason of Zhu Rong, how can he tolerate others snatching women with his eldest brother, naturally even the entire Meng family hates.

Feng Lie was taken aback when he heard this, this is to exterminate the Meng family! He hurriedly bowed and said, "Lord......"

Before he could say it any longer, Liu Xin waved his hand decisively and said, "Feng Lie, you don't have to intercede for them, I'm doing this for their good." As you said earlier, if we don't attack, other tribes will bully you. Rather than letting them live in fear, it is better to settle them in place as soon as possible. ”

For such a far-fetched reason, even Liu Xin himself felt a little thick-skinned. However, he also understands that there are many bloody lessons in history, and some nations often burst out with great potential in adversity, not to mention that they are very weak now, but maybe in a few decades they will be strong enough to trample the people who used to oppress them under their feet. Being merciful to the enemy is cruelty to oneself, this kind of truth, Feng Lie can not understand, but Liu Xin must not know.

Looking at Feng Lie with a gloomy face, Liu Xin patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Liu is not a person who likes to kill, but for the long-term peace and stability of the entire Nanzhong, and for the Han and Barbarian clans to coexist peacefully forever, a choice must be made." ”

Guo Jia was resourceful, and after listening to Liu Xin's arrangement, he naturally understood what his purpose was, and said in a loud voice: "In order to revive the Han family, the lord would rather bear this notoriety himself, which is really admired by his subordinates." ”

Liu Xin was stunned when she heard this, and then said with a smile: "Fengxiao, you are wrong, it is not me who bears this notoriety." ”

Guo Jia asked puzzledly: "If it's not the lord, then who will it be?" ”

Liu Xin pointed at him and said seriously: "That's you!" ”

Guo Jia couldn't figure it out, and said with a wry smile: "How can it be a subordinate?" ”

Liu Xin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Fengxiao, there is no other reason, I just need you to carry this black cauldron for me." How? Difficult? ”

Guo Jia has always been dissolute and uninhibited, he is a famous Langzi, and he doesn't attach much importance to his reputation, but when he heard Liu Xin ask him to carry this black cauldron, he laughed instead, and said: "It's the subordinates who don't notice, and the lord shoulders the great cause of rejuvenation, how can he bear this notoriety?" Carry this black cauldron, and your subordinates should not let it! What's the difficulty! ”

Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, and Wen Ping also laughed. In their opinion, the purge of foreign tribes that rebelled against the imperial court was not a serious name, although it had to bear some notoriety. In fact, this kind of situation has happened many times in all dynasties, especially when there is a change of dynasty. For example, Zheng He, the famous eunuch of the Three Treasures of the Ming Dynasty, was originally the child of a small tribe on the border of Yunnan, and the people of this tribe were exterminated because of their resistance to the attack of the Ming army. Zheng He was only ten years old at the time, and was sent to the palace of King Yan as a slave, and two years later he was sentenced by the palace to become a eunuch. The imperial court used this tactic to consolidate its rule, although it was somewhat bloody, but it was also the most effective. Therefore, in the eyes of Guo Jia and others, it is a matter of course to do so. Compared with others, Liu Xin is already relatively merciful in doing this, except for the patriarch, ordinary people have not been wantonly killed, and Guo Jia and they will not have too many ideas.

In the troubled times, which person who climbed to a high position was not covered with blood on his hands? Liu Xin originally had the mentality of "a thousand years of merit is free for others to comment", where would he care if he had a bad reputation, not to mention that where he was beyond his reach, he already had a lot of notoriety, and he didn't care about one or two more. At first, he didn't think of finding someone to carry this black cauldron, otherwise he would not have summoned Zhao Yun and the others to discuss, but could have handed it over to Guo Jia in private. He heard Guo Jia mention "notoriety" and remembered Zhu Rong's feelings, so he had this idea temporarily.

Liu Xin blinked an eye, and saw Feng Lie's strange expression on his face, knowing that he still had some knots in his heart that had not been untied, and sighed: "Alas, in fact, Liu doesn't want to kill the Meng family, after all, three years ago, Liu had a very happy conversation with Meng Yu's father, Meng Dan, and everyone can be regarded as old friends." It's just that last night, the golden armor god entrusted me with a dream, this time, even if the Meng family can be obedient, it will not be out of sincerity, and it will be reversed after a long time, and he told me to get rid of it as soon as possible. Think about it, if ten or twenty years later, the people of the Han and Barbarian tribes live in harmony and live a happy and peaceful life, and the Meng family suddenly rebels, it is bound to be ruined again, and I don't know how many barbarian people will be ruined because of this. Now sacrificing the Meng family, it will be many years later, hundreds of large and small barbarian tribes and hundreds of thousands of Han people will suffer, which is more important, you must not ignore it! ”

Feng Lie was silent for a long time, then suddenly turned over and knelt down, and said loudly: "Lord, the last general knows that he is wrong, let the last man carry this black cauldron!" ”

Liu Xin knew that what he had just said had completely moved Feng Lie, and he didn't have to worry about him revealing the matter discussed today to Zhu Rong, so he stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile: "General Feng, you are not wrong. For the way of the general, in addition to martial courage and resourcefulness, you also need to have benevolence, and I am very satisfied with your performance! The Meng family and your Feng family were originally close friends, and they were of the same clan, it is not appropriate for you to carry this black cauldron, so it is better for Fengxiao to come. ”

Feng Lie said firmly: "Back to the lord, the last general thinks that there is nothing inappropriate. The Feng, Zhu, and Meng families once advanced and retreated together, but the Meng family first violated the covenant and treacherously, and the last general was angry, and it was understandable that he killed the Meng family. In fact, the barbarian tribes also killed each other from time to time, and if their Meng family hadn't kept annexing those small tribes, they would not have developed such a powerful force today. After listening to the lord's words, the last general realized that the Meng family must have been planning for a long time. ”

Since he became the commander of the barbarian legion, Feng Lie has been forced to read a lot of books, and he only knows a little about the content of the book, and he can actually connect Liu Xin's nonsense with the development of the Meng family, and he also speaks eloquently. Liu Xin was speechless for a while, so he had to touch his slippery chin and said, "Yes, not bad, General Feng has made a lot of progress recently!" I will leave the affairs of the Meng family to you, and you will continue to study more in the future, and you must not relax! ”

After coming to this era, Liu Xin has always maintained the habit of shaving, and he has not grown a beard like others, so his chin is always bare.

After explaining these two things, Liu Xin left Guo Jia's camp and patrolled around the barracks. After all, it is impossible for an ordinary soldier's tent to be like the camp of him, Guo Jia and others, with beds, tables and chairs, and many soldiers sleep on the ground. The dampness of the autumn rain filled the air, and the soldiers who slept on such a ground can imagine the sins they suffered. At this time, Liu Xin's simple condolences, an encouraging smile, and a casual handshake could make the soldiers excited, and they didn't feel tired at all. After this circle, the morale of the soldiers was raised to a new peak, and laughter filled the entire barracks.

When he came to Guo Jia's tent again, Guo Jia had already handed over the defense map back to Liu Xin with a smile, and he had already copied it. Although the defense map drawn by Lu Kai is detailed, the lines are very simple, to copy such a picture, for Guo Jia, it is naturally a trivial matter, and his energy is more focused on how to wipe out Meng Huo's 30,000 horses.

Stuffing the defense map into his sleeve again, Liu Xin could finally return to his big tent with confidence. It was originally a big tent of the Chinese army to discuss important military matters, but because Zhu Rong "Lai" did not leave inside, and there were Hou Qinu patrolling from time to time, no soldiers approached for two days, and Zhu Rong's four cousins were also responsible for delivering three meals a day.

Liu Xin looked up at the sky, the red sun, which had been missing for two days, suddenly appeared among the clouds, it seemed that this day was going to be opened, and in a day or two he would be able to use troops against the South Central Alliance. Liu Xin walked while thinking about finding a reason to let Zhu Rong go back to his tent, and suddenly looked up and saw that the four little sisters of the Zhu family were standing outside the tent door whispering, their faces were flushed, and they didn't know what happy things they were talking about.

Until Liu Xin approached, the four of them were still unaware. Liu Xin coughed dryly twice and asked, "Why don't you go in and stand outside what are you doing?" ”

Only then did the four of them come to their senses and hurriedly saluted. Zhu Yu was young and grinned: "We are afraid of arguing with Sister A, so we don't dare to go in." ”

The barbarian daughter is precocious, and although the oldest Zhu Yan is only fourteen years old, she can already be regarded as a "leftover girl" among barbarian women, and when she saw that Zhu Rong hadn't gotten up until now, she understood everything. She glanced at Liu Xin meaningfully, and said faintly: "The slave family went in just now to see it, and Sister Ah is sleeping soundly." ”

Zhu Yan's eyes were hot and bold, and a little teasing, Liu Xin was trembling when he saw it, and hurriedly said, "Oh, I haven't woken up yet, I'll go in and have a look." ”

Zhu Ding originally chose the purpose of these four girls of the same clan to accompany Zhu Rong, these four girls are all well aware, and now seeing Zhu Rong's performance, they know that Liu Xin is not ordinary strong, and his "sexual happiness" is guaranteed. The barbarian daughter has always been generous and does not hide her emotions. Zhu Yan's eyes full of resentment were clearly a silent protest to Liu Xin, since Sister couldn't bear it, why didn't you call me in!