Chapter 434: A Show of Military Strength
In Shu Han's leaflet, this simple short paragraph, in addition to competing with the Wei State for the hearts of the people, also caused a side effect, that is, the people who were arrested by the Wei army began to be passive and slack off.
In the past, the people didn't think that there was anything to defend the city and work for the Wei army, because it was like this in all dynasties, but now they saw the leaflet of Shu Han, which advised the people to stay at home and not come out, and they suddenly felt that Shu Han's proposal was very reasonable.
As a result, a thought began to arise in their hearts: Why do we come out to work hard or even die for the Wei State? Can't we just stay at home and be beautiful men in peace?
Under the "reminder" of the leaflets of the Shu army, they awakened their self-consciousness and began to think about whether they should pay the price for this war. As a result, many people began to evade the Wei army's labor and military service, and tried their best to evade the Wei army's arrest of strong men under strange excuses such as stomach pain, diarrhea, broken feet, fever, and the birth of sows at home.
It is such a small passage that has brought great trouble to the defense of the city of Wei, which is the charm of language and the power of propaganda work. Compared with the great results achieved by this small passage aimed at the common people, the two passages written at the back of the leaflet to the generals and officials and the royal family were of average effect.
The words written to the generals and officials are completely different from the words to the people, they are the persuasion of Chiguoguo, and the persuasion to surrender with affection and profit. It's a cliché to say that you are emotional, so I won't say much here, and it's very simple to lure them to profit, it's nothing more than a promise to surrender anyway, open the city gate to welcome the heavenly army or capture and kill the generals, you can be knighted.
Moreover, the specific behavior of how many levels of officials to be promoted and what titles to be awarded are clearly written, and it can be said that the price is clearly marked. Originally, this was a very tempting ~ confusing rhetoric, but the current situation in Wei is that those who are willing to surrender have already jumped out to form a surrender faction, and strongly persuaded Cao Pi to surrender in the court, and these benefits in the leaflets of the Shu army are just icing on the cake for them.
And those who refuse to surrender are diehards, and naturally they will not be moved by these promised benefits. The same is true for the persuasion of Cao Pi and other royal families, many people understand that as the royal family of Wei State, they must be the first object of dictatorship, and surrender is really not a good choice for them.
Therefore, on the second day, the court was still clearly divided into two factions quarreling, and the situation did not change much. Of course, it is said that the effect is average, but in fact, it is still somewhat effective.
The biggest effect is that the generals at all levels are panicked, and they always feel that their subordinates look at them strangely. In the leaflets, the Shu army called on soldiers at all levels to kill their Shangguan uprising, and promised to reward them.
It is no wonder that in the eyes of some people, the heads of those generals are official hats, and they are titles one by one. Although not every subordinate dares to do that, but the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, in this extraordinary period, every general feels that his subordinates look at him with bad intentions, they have to be cautious, everyone wakes up the spirit of twelve, and tries their best to do a good job of prevention.
As a result, the morale of the Wei army in the whole city is unstable, and the atmosphere in the army is very strange and depressing, as if this peerless monster is lurking, and it will jump out at any time to choose people to devour. Fortunately, these Wei troops were all elite, and the discipline was still very strong, and the generals at all levels had taken sufficient precautions to prevent the situation from getting worse further.
However, the interest of everyone's arguments in the court is obviously not as high as yesterday, and everyone wants to end this senseless debate as soon as possible, so that they can quickly call it a day and watch a good show. The ticket for the show is on that leaflet, and there is a sentence at the end of the leaflet: The Han army will display its military strength at the west gate at three o'clock in the afternoon tomorrow, and please stay away from the city gate fifty zhang away, so as not to be injured by mistake.
People are curious, even the bigwigs in the court are no exception, everyone wants to see how the Shu army shows their military strength. Of course, as far as their responsibilities are concerned, they also need to take a look, because knowing themselves and knowing their opponents can not be defeated in a hundred battles, and as one of the managers and decision-makers of this country, it is indeed necessary for them to know more about the enemy.
Therefore, at noon, many officials and generals gathered together and waited about seventy zhang away from the west gate. These people are all arrogant and expensive, so naturally it is impossible for them to get into danger, so they are far away.
However, those soldiers and strong men were not so lucky, although most of them also read the leaflets of the Shu army, and they were also very scared, but under the drive of Shangguan, they had to go up to the city wall to continue to guard.
Nonsense, if you are too scared by a word from the Shu army to go up to the city wall, then won't this city be considered broken? Therefore, although the Shu army has issued a warning, the Wei army and some auxiliary people are still standing within 50 zhang of the west gate.
And in order to prevent the Shu army from taking the opportunity to break into the city from here, Wei also mobilized some reserve teams and asked them to wait fifty zhang away, ready to fill in at any time after the soldiers on the city wall died~ light.
War is so cruel, it needs to be filled with human lives at any time, of course, it is always the lowest and most unqualified soldiers who go to fill the pits, and those officials and high-ranking generals with status and status will only hide behind and give orders.
This move by the Wei generals made them further lose the hearts of the people and the army. After the leaflets of the Shu army were scattered in the city, the authorities of Wei found out that something was wrong, and they ordered the whole city to confiscate these leaflets as soon as possible, and forbade anyone to collect, circulate, or talk about these leaflets.
However, the number of leaflets was so great and the spread was so widespread that by the time the soldiers reported to the senior officials, a short period of time had passed, and their response was still a little late.
Most of the people in the city already knew the contents of this leaflet, even the soldiers and people who were guarding the city on the city walls, some of them also knew. And then through word of mouth, more and more people will know about it.
It is conceivable that those soldiers and people who are standing on the wall of the West Gate, knowing that it will be dangerous to stand here, they are still forced to go up the city wall, what their mood will be.
Although their hearts are like ashes, other soldiers who know about this situation also have a feeling of sadness and sadness like rabbits and foxes, and they don't know when they will be like these people, being pushed to the brink of death as cannon fodder.
The most felt were the reserves waiting fifty feet away, and they silently prayed in their hearts that nothing would happen to those in front of them. It's not that they are kind, they are very good at thinking about others and worrying about their colleagues, but they know that once something happens to the people in front of them, the next group will be their turn.