In the first year of Chuping of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty (190), Dong Zhuo rebelled in the Central Plains and was forced to move the capital to Chang'an. When warlords from all over the country were busy with conquests and had no time to go eastward, Gongsun Du lived with his eldest son Gongsun Kang, his second son Gongsun Gong, his ministers Liu Yi, and Yang Yi. Under the instigation of others, he took the opportunity to establish himself as Marquis of Liaodong and Mu of Pingzhou. He then attacked Goguryeo in the east, Wuhuan in the west, took the Shandong Peninsula in the south, expanded his territory, recruited talented people, opened schools, and recruited refugees. He is so powerful overseas that he considers himself the King of Liaodong!
After Chen Deng finished telling everything, Zuo Aoran was very calm after listening to it, unusually calm. After a long time, Zuo Aoran took out a long breath and said word by word: "O Yuanlong! With your talent, It's not a problem to pacify Bingzhou. Although Bingzhou is now reduced to seven or eight from ten, the losses are still heavy! Although all the generals are rebellious people, I and you have the right... Why don't you use it!? Yuanlong! My heart aches! My heart aches so much!”
Chen Deng fell to his knees with a "plop", and a dignified man cried with tears on his face: "It is unfavorable for Deng to leave the army, and he will damage the three tiger generals under the lord's command. Deng is willing to be punished, and I beg the lord to punish him severely!"
Zuo Aoran turned his back to Chen Deng without saying a word, while Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Shen Dan, Chang Diao, Zeng Xuan, Su Yong, and Chen Taiqi filed out and knelt behind Chen Deng one after another, asking for forgiveness. : "The death of the three generals was not the fault of the military advisors. It was all caused by us disobeying orders, advancing after hearing the drums, and refusing to retreat after hearing the gold. Please punish me, my lord!"
Zuo Aoran still didn't turn around, and asked word by word: "You can't advance when you hear the drum, you can't stop when you hear the gold, you can't raise the flag, you can't lay down the flag. This is called rebelling against the army. What should the offender do?"
"Behead!" Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Shen Dan, Chang Diao, Zeng Xuan, Su Yong, and Chen Tai said in unison.
"To complain a lot, to make the general angry, not to obey the restraints, and to be more difficult to control. This is called disorganizing the army. What should the offender do?" Zuo Aoran asked again.
Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Shen Dan, Chang Diao, Zeng Xuan, Su Yong, and Chen Tai said in unison: "Behead!"
Zuo Aoran slowly turned around, looked at Chen Deng and asked: "Light army, slow army, what should happen to those who miss the army?"
"Behead!" Chen Deng said.
"He Yi, where are He Man?!" Zuo Aoran shouted loudly.
He Yi and He Man walked out of the tent one after another, clasping their fists and saying, "Here we are!"
"Drag these idle military commanders out and kill them!" Zuo Aoran said with an angry look on his face.
He Yi and He Man felt a little stupid when they heard this. After thinking for a while, they knelt down and said: "The generals followed the lord to fight in the east and west. There is no credit but hard work! Please think twice, lord!"
"Lord! The fault lies not with all the generals, but with Deng. Deng was the military advisor and the commander-in-chief of the three armies who pacified Bingzhou. With my lord's prestige, he should have conquered Bingzhou and Zhan without spending a single soldier, but Deng failed. He was eager to seek merit, and all the generals were also eager to perform meritorious service. They agreed to every request to fight, and eventually three generals were killed. The blame fell on one of them. Please kill one of them, leaving all the generals to challenge the Central Plains and revive the Han Dynasty. !”
Shamoke, Liao Li, Hua Xin, Juhu, Wu Ba and others had been listening at the entrance of the tent. As soon as they heard this, they all filed out and knelt in front of Zuo Aoran to ask for orders. Liao Li said: "My lord! Everyone. The general has been following the lord for many years, not to mention the wounds he has suffered, and the contributions he has made are countless! Can't the merits and demerits be offset by the sacrifice of all the generals?!"
Zuo Aoran still didn't say a word, a smile appeared on Hua Xin's face, and he knelt down a few steps forward: "My lord, before the great cause was accomplished, he killed the hero first. Not only did it chill the hearts of all the soldiers, but also...
It is unwise for a hero to lose his arms! What's more, now is the time when the lord is employing people. If he kills his own general, wouldn't it be a stupid thing that will make his enemies happy and hurt his relatives? The lord can ask all the generals to take the blame and perform meritorious service.
, if he commits the crime again, he will be punished for both crimes again, what do you think, my lord?" As soon as Hua Xin said this, all the generals immediately agreed, and the voices of admonishment came one after another. Zuo Aoran glanced at Hua Xin and thought to himself: "Hua Xin is worthy of being called.
Celebrity, you are really eloquent!"
Does Zuo Aoran really have the heart to kill his beloved generals? Of course he can't! Zuo Aoran still understands that people cannot be resurrected after death, so how could he move the capital to someone else?! Zuo Aoran did this first for
To establish prestige, to kill these old generals with vigor, and secondly to make the relationship between the generals further, Zuo Aoran has good intentions! Seeing everyone begging for mercy, Zuo Aoran got off the slope.
"Forget it! I won't kill them for now!" Zuo Aoran said, pretending to be still angry.
The generals kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Lord, for not killing me!"
Zuo Aoran angrily scolded: "I'm telling you! If it weren't for me, commander-in-chief, I wouldn't kill you. Thanks to the generals who will intercede for you, the death penalty will be spared, but the living crime will not be avoided. Each of you has ten military sticks. If you can't take down the entire Shangdang County tomorrow, we will kill you."
If you can’t defeat the thief Zhang Yan, I will kill you two times for the same crime!”
Immediately afterwards, eight people, Chen Deng, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Shen Dan, Chang Diao, Zeng Xuan, Su Yong, and Chen Tai, were stripped of their pants and beaten. Zuo Aoran had already asked He Yi to secretly instruct the executioners to do their best.
Okay, after the beating, these people looked at me and I looked at you. They were all in a miserable state, but none of their skin, flesh or muscles were injured. They returned to the camp to keep vigil.
Early the next morning, Zuo Aoran had just been promoted and was preparing to mobilize troops to attack Changzi County when the Yuanmen Primary School came to report: "There is a subordinate of Zhang Yang outside the Yuanmen who is working for Dong Zhao and wants to see him!"
Zuo Aoran laughed and said: "Haha! It's just the right time! I'm missing a human head sacrifice flag!"
After a while, the soldiers led a middle-aged man dressed as a scribe into the big tent. Dong Zhao held his head high, with an attitude of dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction. After looking around at Zuo Aoran's generals, he turned to the left.
Ao Ran gave a slight salute and said: "I am working in Shangdang County, my surname is Dong, my last name is Zhao, and my courtesy name is Gongren. I would like to pay my respects to Marshal Zuo."
Zuo Aoran looked Dong Zhao up and down, and said coldly: "Drag him out and behead him! Sacrifice the flag!"
Dong Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then a mocking smile appeared on his face. This did not escape Zuo Aoran's keen eyes, but Zuo Aoran did not speak. Zuo Aoran wanted to see how much this guy weighed.
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"No!" He Yi and He Man said, and they were just about to fight each other while dragging Dong Zhao out of the tent. They saw that Dong Zhao didn't laugh loudly, cursed, or knelt down to beg for mercy. Dong Zhao didn't do anything.
Without saying anything, he turned around and walked out of the tent.
Seeing this scene, Hua Xin secretly gave a thumbs-up to his brother and said decisively: "Stop, my lord, wait a minute, no matter what, after all, the old saying goes: When two parties are fighting, don't kill the envoy. You see..."
Zuo Aoran nodded and said: "Well, Ziyu is right, let's see what he says first and then decide!"
"My lord is wise!" Hua Xin said.
The two brothers He Yi and He Man retreated to their positions. Dong Zhao turned around with his head held high and chuckled: "Why did the marshal raise troops to attack my Shangdang County? Are the troops surrounding my eldest son's county? I am stupid, so please give me a clear explanation from the marshal."
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"Haha! My lord led the army into Bingzhou because the Black Mountain bandits in Bingzhou were causing trouble, making it difficult for the people to live in peace. My lord's move was actually to share the worries of the imperial court! And the reason why my lord led the army into Shangdang soldiers to surround Changzi County, then
It's because someone under Zhang Taishou's command has an affair with the leader of the Montenegrin bandits and has taken in the remnants of the Montenegrin bandits. If Zhang Taishou can hand over the person who has an affair with the Montenegrin bandits and the leaders of the Montenegrin bandits, my marshal will naturally withdraw his troops." Hua Xin laughed.
