Chapter 1262 Conquer without attacking(2/2)
I was still thinking about sending a few camp prostitutes to entertain the general, but when I heard that the other party didn't even drink, I had to put aside this thought for the time being.
When the news that the army was not entering the city reached the city gate, all the officials and people cheered like thunder.
The Han iron cavalry approached the city. Not to mention the wealthy families in the city, even ordinary people felt a little panicked.
Welcoming thieves into the pass, the Shangdang surrendered and the chaos resumed, although it had little to do with ordinary people.
But in troubled times, who would really reason with untouchables like them?
Not to mention troubled times, even in times of peace, when a large army conquers and quells chaos, a circle is drawn with a certain city as the center, and then the people in the circle, regardless of gender, regardless of humans or animals, are all considered thieves.
The size of the circle depends on the mood of the person in charge of drawing the circle in the court.
How could he be so kind-hearted as the General Guan in front of him? It was simply rare in the world!
"The general is wise!"
"The general is wise!"
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Seeing the village elders rushing to tell each other among the crowd, and listening to the officials and people in Huguan shouting "the general is wise", it really was like "eating a pot of pulp to welcome the king's army".
Zhu Ju's eyes flickered and he couldn't help but said to General Guan:
"The general is a famous general of the Han Dynasty. He should know the principle of benevolence and not command the army. Don't you know that the same principle applies to governing the people?"
General Guan was a little confused: "Oh, what do you mean by this?"
Zhu Ju replied:
"Shangdang counties and cities surrendered and then rebelled, and rebelled and surrendered again, but now they don't have to pay any price, not even a little punishment."
"If this is the case, how can the Shangdang officials and the people have any respect for the imperial court? The imperial court probably has no prestige towards the Shangdang."
"The superior party is like this. If others see it, won't they have different intentions? Therefore, foreign generals think that this sincerity is inappropriate."
The Shangdang took the initiative to rebel with the traitors, and the army came to quell the rebellion, but they did not even enter the city. This is not loving the people, but actually condoning the rebellion of the traitors!
General Guan heard this and asked with a smile:
"If such things were dealt with in Wu State, how should they be dealt with?"
Zhu Ju replied without hesitation:
"Even if you don't let the soldiers wash the city and take the men and women in the city as servants, you should at least kill the culprits and let those who come after you take a lesson."
The city washing that Zhu Ju mentioned was naturally not the kind of massacre that Cao Cao liked.
Naturally, there are some differences between the two.
Needless to say, massacres of cities are mostly done in such a way that no chickens or dogs are spared.
Washing the city means grabbing some money to enrich one's pockets, and looting some people to enrich one's personal tribe.
However, whether it is massacring or washing the city, it can be considered a normal operation in this troubled world.
After all, since the world has been in chaos for decades, how many princes have not massacred the city or massacred the people?
So Zhu is said to be very confident.
Why is your Han country special?
Can we still let the officials and the common people eat their food and paddles?
Obviously after Liu Bei captured Chengdu, he also took the gold and silver from the city and gave it to the soldiers - although he returned the grain and silk - but didn't he just take the gold and silver?
After hearing Zhu Ju's persuasion, General Guan took a serious look at him and then shook his head:
"Governing the people is not my specialty. As for punishing the evildoers and punishing the rebellious, it is also outside the scope of my responsibilities."
"The military order given to me by the imperial court is to recover Shangdang. Now that Shangdang has been recovered, what happens next is beyond my control."
"Now, I am acting according to the imperial court's orders."
If all the Wei thieves ran away, and the culprit was not a fool, how could he still stay in the city, waiting to be liquidated?
Where to kill the evildoer?
If you really want to arrest people in the city and extract confessions from the culprit in order to achieve meritorious service, you might even be laughed at by the real culprit.
When Zhu Ju heard what General Guan said, he could only suppress his inner thoughts and did not dare to persuade him any more, so he surrendered his hands and stepped back.
After returning to the commander's tent, General Guan's face darkened and he immediately ordered:
"Go, send someone immediately to the eldest son to see what the situation is over there."
"If General Shi Zhonglang has recovered his eldest son, let him come to Huguan as quickly as possible."
"Here!"
Huguan is a Shangdang county, and the Wei thieves can abandon it at will.
General Guan did not believe that the Wei thief would stay with the eldest son and wait for death.
So according to his estimation, Shi Bao might be able to win the eldest son one step ahead of him.
After thinking about this, General Guan's lips curled into a sneer:
"Kill the evildoer? What are you thinking about?"
Do you know what Alang’s name is?
Do you understand what it means to be cruel and ruthless Xiao Wenhe?
Even if the Shu family didn't cause any big trouble, Alang would be ranked at the top of their black book.
After the Shangdang caused such a big incident, they still wanted to punish only the culprit?
Go ahead and dream!
Having slept in the same bed with Mr. Feng for more than ten years, General Guan can be said to be the person who best understands Mr. Feng's thoughts in the world.
Even Madam You, Feng is still tight-lipped about some things.
But he treated Mrs. Zuo with all his heart.
After Changzi City and Huguan City were defeated one after another, the Han Dynasty finally completely recovered Shangdang County.
At the same time, Feng Duhu also led the Wuqian Army who had finished resting in Gaodu City to the foot of Tianjing Pass.
Tianjingguan was built in the third year of Yangshuo in the Western Han Dynasty (22 BC). It was an important gateway between the north and the south in ancient times.
It is named because there are three unfathomable patio springs in front of the pass.
The steepness of Chi Taihang is a danger created by nature. The surrounding mountains are numerous, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the ancient passes are clustered together. The situation is extremely majestic.
Due to the steepness around Tianjing Pass, many forts were built to protect the main pass.
Even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be difficult to capture the defense of ten thousand people.
However, the danger of the pass lies in the people rather than the place.
Sima Shi lost two games in a row at Gaoping Pass. His left eyeball popped out of the socket and he was seriously ill.
As a result, the morale of the military was greatly shaken.
When he learned that Feng Duhu was personally leading an army of 50,000 men and that Luoyang was under great threat, Sima Division made a prompt decision and led most of the main force back to Luoyang to aid Luoyang.
The Wei army left behind to guard Tianjing Pass only numbered 3,000 people, and the guarding general was even more unknown.
Facing the notorious Feng Gui King, if his family had not been involved in Luoyang, the Wei army at Tianjing Pass would have surrendered immediately.
Putting down the telescope in his hand and looking at the extremely dangerous Tianjing Pass, Feng Duhu showed a happy look on his face:
"I see that the Wei thieves' garrison in the pass is not large in number. Whether we can make a contribution without the front troops depends on today."
After saying this, he turned his head and signaled with his eyes that he would leave.
Zhang already held his breath, cupped his hands and said:
"The final general will definitely not disappoint the Protector of China!"
"Well, go ahead." Feng Duhu nodded, "Go down and tell the soldiers whether the Wuqian Army is truly one of the eight armies of Guanzhong depends on their performance."
"Here!"
Feng Duhu put his hands behind his back and looked at the clouds and mist in the distance with a relaxed expression.
In this battle, he was just supervising the battle and had no intention of intervening.
Zhang is the commander-in-chief of the army, and he will arrange all the specific tactics.
Whether the fight can be won or not in the end is not important to Feng Duhu.
Chapter completed!