Zhang Dakui said this, it was clearly a joke to expand Timur. If Timur really entered the city, and the Ming army rushed up, wouldn't it be said that the heavens should not be called the earth?

Timur tore the letter to shreds and threw it on the ground with shaking hands.

The military Agoura said: "Don't worry, general, the people who built this city are still imprisoned in the city, we only need to leave skilled craftsmen, and the rest of the people are driven to the city of Lanzhou, and our soldiers are mixed among the people to attack the city, and see how those Ming troops will deal with it!"

"Capturing the people to repair the city is really a last resort. If you use them as cannon fodder, won't you lose the hearts of the people even more?"

I never thought that Agoura actually coughed lightly, and then continued: "The general has been through ups and downs for a long time, and how can he not know the people's hearts is a false word, and the world of those who win the hearts of the people is just to deceive those ordinary Confucian students. ”

Hearing this, Timur not only asked in a cold voice: "What are vain words?"

Agoura smiled lightly, and then said: "The Chinese have gone through ups and downs, and the dynasty has changed. This new dynasty has always flaunted the banner of asking for the people's lives, but what is the actual situation? Mencius said: The people are precious, and the monarch is light. When the common people were hungry, they would not be hungry to the emperor. ”

Seeing that Timur's face was gloomy, Agula was not shy about it. Even if Timur was angry, as long as it was not a serious crime, it would be fine. Because he was a Mongol, and the Mongols were superior people, even if they killed people and set fires, they would not be guilty of death, so Agour was not afraid of Kokor Timur, because Kokor Timur could not kill him.

Agoura asked: "At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms competed for power, and Liu Bei Rende was known to the world, but why did the Cao family win the world?"

Kuangku Timur argued strongly: "That's because Liu Bei is indecisive, so it is naturally difficult to become a big weapon." ”

Agoura smiled and said: "No, Liu Bei will be defeated because of his will." Without waiting for Timur to speak, Agula continued: "Success is also Taoyuan, and defeat is Taoyuan." If Liu Bei hadn't been reckless to attack Eastern Wu, why would Shu Han have collapsed and finally been defeated?"

Timur was stunned for a moment, but he felt that Agoura's words made some sense.

When Agoura saw the change in Timur's expression, he couldn't help but feel proud. Then he said: "At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Dou Jiande supported the army, but he paid taxes lightly and loved the people. But the Li family has taken over the world, what is the fate of this Dou Jiande? Is it not inevitable that he will die? Take the matter in front of him as an example, Zhang Shicheng and Fang Guozhen are even more benevolent and righteous than Dou Jiande, who among the people of Suzhou does not praise Zhang Shicheng? Who of the people of Zhejiang does not remember Fang Guozhen? Now that Zhang Shicheng has been defeated and hanged himself, Fang Guozhen has been placed under house arrest. Why? Because they win the hearts and minds of the people, they lose because they care too much about the people's hearts. ”

Timur pondered for a long time, but remained speechless.

Agoura continued to blow the wind and said: "Today's Ming court has promulgated the "Great Ming Law" and strictly investigated the words and deeds of the people. But whoever talks about the government in vain will be beheaded, and those who are well-dressed and over-the-top will be beheaded...... All of this is overkill. It can be seen that although the Ming Court is unpopular, those with different hearts are all killed. Does the general know what to call it?"

Then Timur asked, "What is the matter?"

Agoura said meaningfully: "As long as the soldiers are strong and the horses take over the world, the people's will will naturally be." ”

Timur sighed: "The people are suffering, and the people are also suffering. ”

Agoura's old words were mentioned, and he instigated: "If the siege of the city is not driven by the people, I am afraid that this Lanzhou city will not be able to be taken." Timur slowly walked to the handsome seat and sat down, but still did not say a word on the matter.

Agoura not only said eagerly: "General, you must not be indecisive in everything you are in power. ”

For this Agoura, Timur was extremely disgusted and wanted to find an excuse to kill him, but because he was blind, he could not be killed. Now that Agoura is aggressive, Timur not only gritted his teeth and said: "The military advisor has the idea of this matter." ”

Agoura was overjoyed when he heard this, bowed down and said, "My subordinates will arrange it." ”

"Wait. Timur waved his hand and said, "Before leaving, let them eat to their heart's content." ”

Agoura shook his head and said, "General, these nearly 10,000 people are dying, why waste food." ”

When Kuangkhor Timur heard Agoura say this, his disgust was even worse, and he smiled with a murderous look in his eyes: "It is difficult to convince the people, but they need to be strictly guarded by military divisions." When attacking the city, the military division can lead people to drive the people away with whips, and other generals are not at ease, and they need to be done by the military division himself. ”

"Huh?" Agoura heard what Timur said, and only then did he understand what Timur meant: This is his life. Thinking that when the city was attacked, the artillery fire was flying like arrows in the sky, if it was mixed with the people, wouldn't it be sent to death?

Agoura knelt on the ground with a 'poof' and kowtowed like pounding garlic: "The general spares his life." ”

Timur said in a cold voice: "If you disobey my military orders, I will pull you out and behead you now." ”

Agoura cried for a long time, and Timur suddenly felt noisy, and immediately asked someone to drag Agoura out. When there was only Timur himself in the tent, Timur looked at the top of the tent and said leisurely: "Whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world." ”

Lanzhou has been quiet for a few days, and Zhang Wen will come to visit Dakui when he has a little leisure. Now Da Kui drinks tiger bone wine every day, and has good food nourishment, and his body has improved greatly.

On this day, a banquet was set up in the garden pavilion of Da Kui's residence, and Da Kui and Zhang Wen talked about wine. Meng Ge, Ou Da Hammer, and Yang Xiaohu were accompanied, and everyone talked about speculation.

After three rounds of drinking, the soldiers came to report: the Yuan soldiers drove a large number of people to approach Lanzhou.

Da Kui couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the report, but Zhang Wen seemed to take a sip of wine, put down the wine cup and said slowly: "Pass on my order, no matter who dares to approach Lanzhou City, he will be killed." ”

"No, you can't. Da Kui stretched out his hand and said, "How can we harm the people because of our duty to defend the land?"

Zhang Wen smiled bitterly: "Lord Zhang, if the Yuan soldiers are mixed among the people and take the opportunity to attack the city, what should we do?"

Da Kui said strongly: "The soldiers will block the water and come to Tutun, what are you afraid of?"

Zhang Wen smiled slightly, and then said: "There are 200,000 enemy soldiers, even if there are less than 200,000, there are 1780,000. Our army has only 20,000 horses, so how can we defeat it in hand-to-hand combat? Once Lanzhou falls, what will happen to the more than 100,000 people in the city? The Yuan soldiers will definitely slaughter the city to vent their anger. ”

Da Kui was not only anxious, but Yang Xiaohu got up and advised: "Father-in-law, don't be anxious, you might as well sit down and discuss countermeasures with General Zhang." ”

Da Kui shook his head categorically and said, "This matter is not negotiable, and the people are not allowed to kill in vain." ”

Zhang Wen was silent for a moment, but stood up and said, "I am the chief general of Lanzhou, and Lord Zhang is a civilian. Without the general's tiger talisman, all troop movements are rebellious. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and patted Meng Ge's shoulder, but said to Meng Ge: "Persuade Master Zhang." With that, he strode out of the pavilion.

Da Kui only felt weak, and sat down on the stone bench in the pavilion, looking at the delicious food in the seat without saying a word.

Meng Ge coughed at this time, and then said, "Lord Zhang, you might as well listen to me tell a story." ”

Da Kui didn't hear it, but Meng Ge said alone: "My parents died early, and I only have one sister with me, her name is Meng Yu. At the time of the Jiangnan melee, I accompanied General Chang Yuchun to fight against Chen Youliang, and Chen Youliang was defeated and retreated. Later, King Wu heard that King Xiao Ming was trapped in Anfeng, so he sent troops to rescue him, and he wanted Chen Youliang to take the opportunity to attack Hongdu (now Nanchang). ”

When Da Kui heard this, not only did he go to see Meng Ge, Meng Ge sighed and said, "Chen Youliang sent spies to enter Hongdu City first among the refugees. On the day of the siege, the enemy army should join forces inside and outside, and Hongdu almost fell into the enemy's hands. Later, Chen Youliang was repelled by General Zhu Wenzheng, but my sister died in the chaos. Speaking of this, Meng Ge was already in tears.

There was wine on the stone table, Meng Ge grabbed the wine jar and drank it bitterly, but the wine was dripping but could not extinguish the depression in his heart.

Da Kui only now knew why Meng Ge was so drunk back then, it turned out that there was something sad. Da Kui took over the wine jar on the singer Meng, and then persuaded: "Brother Meng, don't be like this, the festival is obedient." ”

Ou Da Hammer sighed: "After so many years, Meng Ge still can't forget it. With that, he took a jar of wine again, opened it, and poured a few sips of spirits. wiped his mouth and said, "What Master Zhang said is right, don't mention the things that were unhappy in the past." ”

Yang Xiaohu said on the side at this time: "Father-in-law, the Yuan army is coercing the people, which means that they have nothing to do. General Zhang Wen was right, there were still more than 100,000 people in the city. Let's choose the lesser of two evils. ”

Da Kui stood up and looked at the white snow in the middle of winter, and said quietly: "In the troubled times, who really cares about the life and death of the people?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was speechless.

At this time, Master Feng hurriedly entered the garden, and shouted from afar: "Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang." Two hundred new guards were added outside the gate of the house, claiming that no one was allowed to enter or leave without General Zhang Wen's order. ”

Da Kui smiled bitterly: "If you don't let you in, you won't go in or out, come on, come on, drink together." ”

Master Feng walked in front of him, looked around, and then said in a low voice: "Lord Zhang is cautious, be careful that the wall has ears." ”

Da Kui fortunately sat down and said: "If you say too much, you will lose, this truth is still known to the official." Come, fill it up for Master Feng. If you are late, you should be punished with three glasses of wine. Yang Xiaohu saw that Da Kui no longer insisted on what he saw, so he took the wine jar and found an empty cup and filled a glass of wine for Master Feng.

Officialdom rises and falls, and it is those who can't be human beings. Say three points to people, don't throw away all your heart. To the court and the people, it is as good as it. As for whether it is a corrupt official or a clean official, it no longer matters. If it weren't for Da Kui's greed for 300,000 taels of silver, I'm afraid that he would have already fallen to the ground at this moment.

The so-called water is clear, there is no fish, and Emperor Taizu taboos people with high popularity, especially those who can fight well and are expected by everyone. Da Kui is glad for himself at the beginning, not only did he not die when he made a mistake, but he was appointed again. Presumably, few people can grasp the mystery.