Chapter 12: The Faith of the Heart
Whether it is in history, or after Gongsun Xu crossed, Gongsun Xu knew very well that Zhao Yun could not be reused, and a big factor was that he was born in cloth clothes and was not from a famous family.
This has a considerable relationship with the ancient gate lord clan system.
In the Han Dynasty, the famous family had a lot more advantages than Buyi, as long as it was obtained within the famous family, as long as it was out of it, most of them would be valued by the major forces.
In the final analysis, these are nothing more than the poor people who do not have access to systematic education, have no culture, and cannot become the pillars of talent in the eyes of the major powers.
Zhao Yun is a native of Changshan, and he is also from a large family.
However, Zhao Yun's family is not a prestigious family, and he has not been valued by the generals since he joined the army, even if Zhao Yun's martial arts are strong, he is not recognized by most people.
Although the late Han Dynasty attached great importance to military force at this time, it was the generals who were recognized by everyone for their superior military strength after the famous family.
The master of the poor family, even if you are a dragon, you have to coil.
Over the past thousands of years, the experience summed up by later generations is that Zhao Yun has no backer behind him, although he has the ability that ordinary people can't reach, but there is no way to become a higher existence, even after following Liu Bei to Shudi.
In the camp, Gongsun Xu and Zhao Yun, a famous general in later generations, exchanged pleasantries and briefly exchanged opinions on the handling of prisoners of war and Qiu Liju Zhang Chun's personality, and suddenly felt that his mind was open.
After sending Zhao Yun away, Gongsun Xu thought about it slightly, he told Gongsun Da to get him a pen and paper, and began to write a pen: "Lord Qiu Liju and Zhang Chunmingjian...... (The flashy greetings are omitted here) Erfang's captured people are pitiful, and my Han Wang Shi decided to let them go.
As long as you take out 2,000 stone of grain, you can ransom these people.
Heaven has the virtue of a good life, and I hope that you will redeem the prisoners of war for the sake of your birth and death.
As soon as the 2,000 stone of food arrives, I will release the prisoners of war.
Gongsun continued the book. ”
The corners of Gongsun Xu's mouth curled slightly, and he went to Gongsun Zhan's camp with high interest to show the cheap Lao Tzu, and asked for the big seal of the cheap Lao Tzu, and stamped it on this document.
Gongsun Xu knew in his heart that when Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun saw such a letter, they were afraid that their intestines would be angry.
The big nonsense sprinkled in front of him is basically false and exaggerated, but in the end, it can be put forward so that Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun can redeem the prisoners.
If it is a letter signed by Gongsun Zhan, the degree of credibility can still be a little bit, and now that it is actually Gongsun Xu, no matter what they think, they will not believe that this thing is true.
After writing this document, which Gongsun Xu himself did not believe could be effective, Gongsun Xu confidently led several of Gongsun Da's guards out of the camp and began to ask the people below to gather all the prisoners of war together.
Seeing that all the prisoners of war had arrived here, Gongsun continued to walk in all directions, and he slowly walked up to a high platform built for him by his own soldiers.
Gongsun continued to look at the prisoners of war below, and after clearing his throat, he said aloud with a solemn expression: "Most of you and the others are the former children of the Han Dynasty, and now they are just being bewitched and each is its own master.
God has the virtue of a good life, Nian Er and others are all loyal and brave people who have been bewitched, and there are not many evil deeds under his hands, and my Han Gongsun General has decided to give you a chance to live.
If I send someone to Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun's camp of traitors, you will not believe the result.
What now! I will ask you to choose five representatives from among you to go back to Chuliju, and if Chuliju can give us two thousand stone of food, then I will let you return to your team immediately and safely.
When we meet on the battlefield, I don't need your men to show mercy, after all, they have all been the people of the Han Dynasty, and the general is ready to give you a way to live, I have ......"
Gongsun continued to say these things very ordinarily, and he had a rather indifferent attitude, and even took out two thousand stone of grain to him lightly, and let these captives leave safely.
However, Gongsun Xu's heart is very clear, if the two thousand stone grain is left when Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun just rebelled before, let alone two thousand stone grain, it is five thousand stone and ten thousand stone grain for Qiu Liju to take out, and Qiu Liju will not flash his waist or be angry.
The situation is different now, Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun have been defeated and retreated, and there is no extra food, so asking them to take out two thousand stone of grain at this time is almost the same as asking for the lives of the two of them.
What's more, Gongsun Xu captured the psychology of Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun, even if these prisoners of war were really put back, Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun would never dare to rest assured of these people.
What suspicious people don't need to be used or not suspicious, it's all, most of these soldiers were coerced by Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun to become rebels, and their loyalty is not high.
These people really wanted to defect back to Dahan, but they took these prisoners of war back, and when the time came, they would definitely shoot themselves in the foot.
If it is said that it is to come up with 20,000 stones or make more requests, Qiu Liju may still be able to believe in the sincerity of Gongsun Zhan's side.
However, Gongsun Xu only offered a price of 2,000 stones, and they would not believe such a fact no matter what.
It was precisely for several reasons that Gongsun Xuan concluded that Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun would not believe that Gongsun Chan could have such good intentions, and the two of them would not take out food to save these captives.
Gongsun Xu did this, nothing more than to let these soldiers who rebelled with Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun, let them see the true faces of Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun.
If this is done, it will be able to further divide Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun's subordinates, making their military morale unstable.
After Gongsun continued to talk freely, he looked at the captives below who had fallen into a stupor, paused and said sharply: "I will give you half a pillar of incense time to discuss in a whisper, and then I will stay honest." If not, I will kill them. ”
Gongsun Xu's last voice was very different from the voice of other times, and it had a penetrating power, which immediately caused great pressure on the captives below.
With a simple hope of survival, they didn't want to be killed at this time for a trivial matter.
At this time, Gongsun Xu had an idea in his heart, that is, he began to establish his prestige among these rebels at this time, and planted the seeds of his orders that could not be disobeyed.
"Two thousand stone of grain will let us go back, is this true?"
"This young general looks like Gongsun Zhan, is he the son of Gongsun Zhan? I haven't heard that Gongsun Chan has such a son! ”
"Don't talk nonsense, this is really the son of Gongsun Zhan, I saw it once when I was in Youbeiping. The credibility of what he said was still very high.
Don't you know that we were all executed by General Gongsun before, and it was Young Master Gongsun who saved us? If it weren't for Young Master Gongsun making a military order in front of the general, I'm afraid we would have fallen to the ground now. ”
"Let's study it at this time, and see which people to send together to Shan Yu (after Qiu Liju got up, his subordinates called Qiu Liju as Shan Yu), and begged Shan Yu to take out two thousand stones of grain to let us go back."
This time, Gongsun Xu gathered all the captured prisoners of war in the center of the camp, and the prisoners of war who had never seen Gongsun Xu began to have a certain confidence in Gongsun Xu after listening to the explanations of the other prisoners of war.
If it weren't for the young man in front of them, they would have lost their lives a long time ago, and their lives were saved by this person, so there was no need for such a character to lie to them and play tricks on them.
They firmly believed in their hearts that as long as Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun, who they followed, took out the food, they could return to the place they wanted.
Just as the captives below were discussing each other, Gongsun continued to say in a cold voice: "The great Han Tianwei can't be offended, you are all people who treat crimes, give me peace and guard yourself, if not, don't blame me for killing." ”
Giving these people a chance to live and give them a new lease of life does not mean that Gongsun will indulge them.
As long as they select a few leaders to go to the Chuliju side to ask for help, the rest of the prisoners of war will be divided into the front and rear barracks according to the place where they were previously held.
Give them half a pillar of incense time, which is also what Gongsun Xu has thought through.
After a long time, there are some ill-intentioned people who will engage in some tricks and even organize riots.
And the time of half a pillar of incense is to let them unify their thoughts and find out the most trusted person among them.
Only those who are locked up together, who are trusted by these people, will be convinced by everyone.
Once these people come back here and say that Qiu Liju will not even give out 2,000 stone of grain, then more than half of these prisoners of war will not work for Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun.
A stone of better liang rice is only 400 yuan, and 2,000 stone of grain is nothing more than 800,000 yuan, which is equivalent to the price of forty war horses.
The daily food of their two thousand prisoners of war was nearly 300 stones, which was nothing more than seven days' food for them.
A look of ecstasy crossed the hearts of all the rebel soldiers, and they were sure that their leader would not abandon them, and that the two thousand stone grain would soon be sent to Gongsun Zhan's camp.
After the rebel soldiers elected the five representatives, Gongsun Xu took the documents that had been written to the five people, and asked the officer with the most authority among them to read out the documents he had written.
Gongsun Xu saw that the captives below were waiting eagerly, showing a relieved expression, and his belly was about to burst with laughter.
These prisoners of war were destined to be abandoned by Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun, no matter how these five people lobbied Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun, they would not send a grain of grain to the Han army.
If Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun could bring two thousand stone grain, Gongsun Xu felt that he would directly swallow the two thousand stone grain into his stomach.
After Gongsun Xu saw the reading, he immediately ordered five mules and horses to be brought to the left and right, opened the gate of the camp, and let the five men gallop away.