One hundred and ninety-six chapters alone are the people of Yangzhou
"Sir, sir..."
Liu Bei shouted twice before Zhou Ping came back to his senses.
Gan Ning was the person he recommended. Liu Bei wanted to hear his thoughts on what to do now.
"My lord, Xingba is violating the law by sending troops to rob the people. However, it is a big enemy and it is not appropriate to punish him severely. You can make him make up for his mistakes. Xingba is a general who rushes into battle and is not suitable for commanding troops. You can exchange him with Boping and let him
Command the trapped camp, and Boping will lead the forward army."
Zhou Ping thought for a moment and continued: "As for the things that Xingba robbed from the people, we can order them to be handed over and return them all to the people. In this way, the people will believe in the kindness of the Lord towards the people and will be more understanding of the Lord."
This is how the drama is played. The subordinates rob the people's property, and then the superiors punish the subordinates and return all the stolen things. In this way, it can show the goodwill of the superiors to the people, and it will be more
Win the hearts and minds of the people.
Liu Bei was secretly happy after hearing this. It was difficult for him to show his kindness to the people in the first place. Now that Gan Ning committed an offense, he just took this opportunity to show his will to protect the people to the people of Lujiang.
The only worry is whether Gan Ning will feel resentful because of this.
"Sir, if the position of Xingba is changed, will he feel resentful?"
Zhou Ping shook his head and said: "Although Xingba is rough and easy to kill, he is also a generous person. My lord understands him with reason and is moved with emotion. He should be able to understand."
Liu Bei thought for a moment and felt that this was the only way for now, so he sent someone to call Gan Ning and Gao Shun.
"Greetings, my lord!"
Gan Ning and Gao Shun arrived and bowed to Liu Bei.
Gan Ning already knew that the people came to complain, and he also knew that Liu Bei must have called him here for this matter.
I also know that Liu Bei is very kind to the people. Now in order to let his brothers eat and drink well, Liu Bei will definitely punish himself if he robs the people's things.
For this, Gan Ning was ready to be punished.
As far as he knows, those who kill people indiscriminately may be beheaded, but if they rob people's things, they will receive fifty rods.
"Captain Gan, do you know why you sent out your own troops to attack Yuan Shu and Sun Ce?"
Liu Bei looked at Gan Ning and asked.
"Of course it's to capture Yangzhou." Gan Ning replied.
Zhou Ping shook his head secretly, but Zhang Fei gritted his teeth and glared at Gan Ning, as if he was ready to rush forward and fight at any time.
Liu Bei also shook his head: "No, I am doing it for the people of Yangzhou, but also for the people of the world. Yuan Shu was extravagant and rebellious, and Sun Ce relied on his courage to help. First the people of Nanyang, then the people of Huainan, and now the people of Lujiang have suffered greatly.
Following the emperor's edict and obeying the will of heaven, we raise troops to fight against him, in order to destroy him and allow the people of Lujiang to return to peace as soon as possible and no longer suffer from him!"
Liu Bei recalled that when he was young, he and his mother weaved mats and sold shoes together.
As ordinary people, only those who have tasted it can know the bitterness of it. And if this is true for my grandfather and father who were both officials, it is even more difficult for other lower-class people.
It is precisely because Liu Bei is well aware of the suffering of the people that he treats the people more kindly on weekdays. Even when he goes deep into enemy territory and has to harvest the people's rice and wheat, he also asks the soldiers not to harvest all the rice and wheat, leaving some life-saving food for the people.
Thinking of his late mother, Liu Bei felt his eyes heat up, and tears came out of his eyes and ran down his cheeks.
When Gan Ning saw this, he knelt down with a plop, clasped his hands and cried: "My lord, I would rather know that you are wrong. If you are guilty, you must be punished. Please punish me, lord!"
Liu Bei quickly wiped away his tears, stood up, stepped forward to help Gan Ning up, and said: "To promote hegemony, the people are the foundation of a country. A country without people cannot be a country. And food is the foundation of the people, and people without food cannot last long.
Cun, you have robbed all the people’s food, and the people may starve to death because of it. If you are short of money and food, you can tell me, and I will try my best to give it to you, and you must not rob people of money and food again in the future!”
"Lord, Ning will never harm the people again!" Gan Ning said with tears.
Liu Bei's heartfelt words moved Gan Ning greatly.
"It's good if you have this intention. However, all the things robbed this time must be handed over and returned to the people. If you are short of something, I can give it to you. The punishment is temporarily exempted from the military rod this time. You
You can atone for your past mistakes. You are brave and courageous, with extraordinary force and the ability to trap enemies. I want you to lead the enemy camp and rush into battle to kill the enemy. What do you think?"
Gan Ning was overjoyed. He thought he was going to suffer a lot of physical pain, but he didn't expect that Liu Bei just asked him to lead the trapped camp instead. This was considered a kind of forgiveness.
He immediately raised his hands in thanks and said, "I would rather fall into battle and kill the enemy in order to repay my lord's mercy!"
Zhou Ping immediately said: "Xingba, my lord is merciful and will not punish you, but you must not make any mistakes again in the future. If you do it again, I'm afraid I won't be able to save you."
"Ning keep it in mind!" Gan Ning answered with cupped hands.
Zhou Ping smiled and said, it is really hard to say that a person like Gan Ning will not commit the same crime again. Now he can only prevent him from leading the army alone and let him follow Liu Bei at all times, so that there is no chance of making mistakes.
Gan Ning asked his men to hand over all the plundered goods and tell them the number of things that had been used. Liu Bei took out supplies from the army to replace them.
They also found the chief clerk of the county officials in the city. The county magistrate had fled with Sun Jing, but the chief clerk was still there.
Liu Bei asked the chief clerk to lead people to return all the robbed things to the people who had been robbed, and also posted a notice for the people to be robbed. Anyone who had been robbed could file a complaint. If it was true, he would be severely punished.
Some people came to take back all the things they had robbed, and they preached Liu Bei's virtues all the way, saying that they had finally met a benevolent master.
Some people were unwilling to come and take back the robbed things, saying that they wanted to give those things to Liu Bei for military use.
The people in Shu City also knew that Gan Ning, who had led troops to rob the city first, had been demoted from a general in charge of 5,000 men to a general in charge of 800 men.
The people were very satisfied with Liu Bei's handling of this situation and praised Liu Bei's benevolence everywhere.
In fact, since Liu Bei led his troops into the city, the people in the city were no longer frightened and all lived in peace without worrying about being killed or robbed.
Gan Ning went to lead the trapped camp that had been trained by Gao Shun, and Gao Shun went to lead the troops that Gan Ning led to rob the people.
This can be regarded as a kind of complementarity. The troops and horses that Gan Ning previously commanded are now commanded by Gao Shun, and there will definitely be no more harm to the people.
The matter was resolved, but the scouts reported that there was almost no movement from Liyang. Only a few hundred cavalry left for Chaohu, but Sun Ce stayed quietly in the city and had no intention of sending troops to rescue Shucheng.
Sun Ce did not come, and Sun Jing abandoned the city and retreated. The strategy of siege and reinforcements could no longer be used.
Liu Bei felt that he was in an awkward position at this time. He didn't know whether he should continue to advance towards Juchao or return to attack Liyang.
If he went back to attack Liyang now, he would be leading 30,000 troops in a large circle, which would be very detrimental to morale.
At present, it seems that the only option is to continue heading south and attack Juchao.
