64 vs. Sun Jian. Mrs. Guo's clever plan

Lü Bu led his army back to Xincheng, and the sun had begun to set in the west.

On the banks of the Yishui River, the traces left after a fierce battle have not had time to be cleaned up, but the corpses everywhere have been distinguished, and large areas of blood stains have soaked in the grass with just a few green shoots in the river valley, like thick ink, or they have been splashed wantonly in an orderly manner.

In this battle, Sun Jian was not defeated in the battle of strength, but when the offensive of the front army was blocked, and there were ambushes behind him, the Yuzhou soldiers, Jingzhou soldiers and Nanyang soldiers who had just been included in the account collapsed without a fight, causing the elite Changsha army he brought to lose morale greatly, and if the battle continued to fight to the death, it would only cause greater damage.

Comparatively speaking, the Chinese army led by Li Daoqin suffered the greatest damage, and they faced the most fierce offensive of Sun Jian's Changsha army, and it was foot soldier against foot soldier, except for the subsequent pursuit stage, the battle loss ratio was almost the same. Lu Bu's Bingzhou fine cavalry, Ma Chao's Xiliang fine cavalry, the battle damage was not so big, and they were all between more than 100 casualties.

But Sun Jian's 30,000 army, in the end, can escape back to Yangrenju and Liang County, I am afraid that there are not even 10,000, but most of the people who can escape back are the most elite Changsha soldiers under Sun Jian, and the remaining Yuzhou soldiers, Jingzhou soldiers, and Nanyang soldiers will basically choose to surrender.

As soon as Lu Bu rushed back, he was taken to the county government by Li Dao, and the first temporary meeting after the war was held here.

After such a long time, he kept washing his eyes with water halfway, Lu Bu's eyes were still red, and with continuous wiping, they became faintly red and swollen, but compared to the sour tears at the beginning, now they are much more comfortable.

Everyone took their seats one after another, Li Jizhi was full of hahadaxiao, and briefly said the results of the battle, killing thousands, capturing more than 10,000 people, and the rest were scattered, and many routs did not choose the way to flee, and did not flee to the direction of Yangrenju and Liang County, but fled to the direction of Yique Pass and the upper reaches of Yishui.

The biggest result was the capture of Sun Jian's generals Huang Gai and Zu Mao.

"It turns out that it's really Zu Mao!"

Lu Bu secretly sighed.

Although he didn't know Huang Gai and Zu Mao and others, in his memory, Huang Gai was a veteran, and at the beginning of the war, there was a general who led the army to rush over, just looking at his white beard, Lu Bu knew that he must be Huang Gai.

Lu Bu took a lot of effort, and he also caused the red rabbit horse and his eyes to be red and swollen, but what he caught turned out to be Li Daitao's stiff Zu Mao, not the main son, Sun Jian, especially Lu Bu himself clearly remembered that there was such a stubble, which made him even more depressed.

"......, tell me what to do with the captured Huang Gai and Zu Mao, as well as the soldiers who should be surrendered?"

Lu Bu was secretly depressed there, and he didn't bother to think about it, although there were many captured soldiers, they were all southerners, even if he selected some of them to bring back to Bingzhou, most of them could not bear the dry and cold there, and it was difficult to exert their strength.

There was silence in the hall for a moment, and Lu Bu was closing his eyes to recuperate, when he suddenly heard someone suggest: "Since you dare to rebel against the imperial court, why don't you just kill them all!" ”

Before he finished listening, Lu Bu's heart jumped, and he opened his eyes slightly, and saw that it was the young general Ma Chao who was speaking, with a bloody face and a look of course, and he didn't realize that his proposal decided the life and death of more than 10,000 captives.

"No!"

Zhang Xiu stood up excitedly, stopped it, and then turned to Li Dao and Guo Tai on the main seat, and arched his hand: "More than 10,000 soldiers, kill them all, it's too unkind, this move will only make the world uproar, but there is no effect." Xiu thought that the soldiers were innocent, but they were manipulated by people like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to participate in the rebellion, why not only punish the first evil, but also deal with these ordinary soldiers leniently, so as to declare the magnanimity of the imperial court to the world? ”

Two proposals, two extremes, Lu Bu looked at Zhang Xiu and Ma Chao with interest, and felt that from such a small matter, the personality and behavioral principles of the two could be glimpsed to some extent.

This is not to say that Ma Chao is cruel and unkind, but he is still young, but he has already shown signs of not caring about the lives of those who are enemies of him, which is of course related to his long-term experience of fighting with the Qianghu tribes.

On the other hand, Zhang Xiu is a little too benevolent, showing the kindness and mercy in his heart, and to put it mildly, it is the benevolence of some women, in this kind of world of great contention, it is okay to defend a city and a place, but it is difficult to conquer everywhere and create a foundation.

Lu Bu didn't find that now he doesn't look like a young man who has not yet passed his life, but like an old man who has experienced the vicissitudes of the world.

"Fengxian, what do you think?"

When Lu Bu saw that Li Dao asked about him, he had to bow slightly, and replied: "This, Bu thought, just compromise the proposal of the two." ”

"Feng Xian's words are wonderful!"

General Guo Tai took over the conversation and nodded at Lu Bu again and again, as if what Lu Bu said was not a vague proposal, but a brilliant idea.

Facing everyone's eyes, Mrs. Guo was calm and explained: "Kill them all, the killing is too heavy, but it is too much; All of them were forgiven, and the soldiers thought that they were not guilty, and the people of the world knew about it, and they would not see the benevolence of the court and the monarchs, but thought that the court was weak and could be bullied. Only by punishing the evildoers, killing the loyalists, and pardoning the blind followers, can the world know that the court's benevolence and righteousness are spread all over the world, but it also has its own thunderous means. ”

To be honest, Lu Bu had always been a little unkind to the thief Mrs. Guo before, but today's words shocked him, and he felt that it was necessary to re-evaluate Mrs. Guo.

This method of disposition can be described as a combination of rigidity and softness, and in a famous saying of later generations, it is "to perform thunderbolt means to show the heart of the Bodhisattva." ”

The so-called benevolence and righteousness can only be more deeply understood and cherished more when they are juxtaposed with crime and punishment. And if there is only punishment and no benevolence, it is very easy to fall into the situation of excessive killing, which will only make people frightened and afraid, but will not make people return.

A thief Guo Tai, can have this opinion, Lu Bu can understand why he can persuade Li Dao and Guo Yan to willingly join forces with him, attack Luoyang, and control the Luoyang government.

And more, Lu Bu also knew that after attacking Luoyang at that time, he insisted not to kill the courtiers on a large scale, but only to execute a few people directly related to the death of the Taiwei Dong Zhuo.

In this way, Situ Wang Yuncai saved his life and stayed in Situ Mansion.

Just as everyone was pondering, Mrs. Guo continued to tell: "As for Huang Gai and Zu Mao, whether they live or die, why don't they hand it over to Sun Jian?" ”

"Huh?!"

Li Dao was puzzled, everyone was the same, Lu Bu felt a little clear in his heart, but it was like a layer of fog, faintly understanding, but he didn't understand.

"But quickly ask the Holy Decree that if Sun Jian proclaims to all the states and counties in the world, quit the rebels, return to the imperial court, and join forces with the army of the general of the chariot cavalry to fight against the rebels, then the previous great rebellion can be blamed in the past; If you insist on going your own way and continue to deal with yourself as rebellious, then Sun Jian and his followers will be punished as a major crime of rebellion, and the crime is unforgivable. ”

Lu Bu was silent, after Mrs. Guo said it in detail, he immediately understood, and he seemed to have realized that it was Mrs. Guo's method.

The magic of this method lies in not only occupying the name of righteousness, but also forcing Sun Jian into a corner.

If he adheres to the so-called "righteousness" and continues to crusade against Li Dao and others, he will be rebellious by the imperial court, and Huang Gai and Zu Mao will of course also be punished for the crime of rebellion, and it is natural to kill their heads. In this way, Sun Jian abandoned his faith and righteousness with "great righteousness", causing Huang Gai and Zu Mao, who followed him, to die.

But if he obeys the holy decree and withdraws from the Kwantung Coalition Army and returns to the imperial court, the people of the world will not be able to criticize him for anything, but for the Kwantung Coalition Army led by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, this blow will be too big, not only to disintegrate the offensive of the army on the Nanyang side, but also to slap them hard in front of the whole world, and make the grievances in their hearts have nowhere to complain.

It's just that in this way, Sun Jian has completely offended Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and others, and no matter how he maneuvers in the future, there is no possibility of repair.

The hall was silent again, not because everyone had their own opinions, but because of Mrs. Guo's method, there was really no way to come up with a more haode method.

After pondering for a long time, Lu Bu raised his head and said: "General Wei's method is extremely good, but we have to prevent Huang Gai and Zu Mao from knowing, and we must take good care of them, otherwise, with their temperament, most of them will definitely commit suicide, so as not to force Sun Jian into a dilemma." ”

"Good! That's it! ”

Li Dao made the final decision and stood up freely, the excitement on his face and the joy in his heart were beyond words.