Emperor Shuang: The counterattack started from the Gaopingling Incident Chapter 113: The importance of treating soldiers well, the Luoyang guard who dare not neglect it!
Chapter 113: The importance of treating soldiers well, the Luoyang guard who dare not neglect it!
Yang Zong, the chief clerk, rode out of the Prime Minister's Mansion. The servants had already opened the door to the backyard. As the whip slapped the black horse's rear, "Drive..."
After a while, Yang Zong walked out of the backyard, followed by more than a dozen of Cao Shuang's soldiers, all of whom were highly skilled in martial arts and had experienced hundreds of battles in the blood and fire of cruel battlefields.
They all still have some murderous aura in them, and they are very loyal and loving to Cao Shuang, and their families are firmly in the hands of Cao Shuang.
Sufficient money, food and supplies are distributed on time every month, allowing their families to live a prosperous life that only a few people can live in this troubled world.
After all, it is okay to make these civilians and even slaves willing to work hard for themselves and give them some benefits.
Just like the saying goes, you have to give the horse grass to eat and make the horse run fast. If you just let people work for you but don't want to give some generous rewards,
In the end, something will happen, and there may even be regicide among the soldiers. Therefore, very few people dare to treat the soldiers and generals under their command harshly.
The key combat forces around you still need to be treated favorably. After all, your own wealth and life are at stake. You cannot be careless, let alone far away.
The most recent incident happened twenty-eight years ago, when Shu Han general Zhang Fei was plotted against by his generals. This was a bloody evidence of harsh treatment of his generals, and it was worth taking as a warning to the people at that time.
The foreshadowing of Zhang Fei's death was laid early. The clues had already emerged when Tao Qian, the former Xuzhou shepherd, handed over Xuzhou to his eldest brother Liu Bei. He also got drunk and beat him wantonly due to personal grudges. He was married to a slave named Lu Bu.
The old Cao Bao,
This former subordinate couldn't bear it anymore, so he opened the gates of Xuzhou City and went to seek refuge with his relative Lu Bu. At this time, Zhang Fei was still drunk and sleeping soundly, so Cao Bao ransacked his home and gave Xuzhou City to Lu Bu, a slave of the third surname.
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Zhang Fei had no choice but to flee. Fortunately, Lu Bu still didn't want to completely fall out with Liu Bei. After all, Liu Bei had been very good to him before.
When he was down and out, he gave Xiaopei a place to stay, and now he could only seize the city of Xuzhou. He couldn't kill Zhang Fei completely, but left this thread so that he could meet Liu Bei in the future.
It was Lu Bu's temporary kindness and unwillingness to do anything too serious that saved Zhang Fei's life, and did not kill Liu Bei's family members in the city.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, these two brothers followed Liu Bei when Liu Bei started from scratch. They never left Liu Bei when Liu Bei was in decline, and finally helped Liu Bei establish the Shu Han regime.
After Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, Zhang Fei was also granted the title of General of Chariots and Cavalry for his meritorious service, and was granted the title of Lieutenant of Sili School. At the same time, he was granted the title of Marquis of Xixiang.
It can be said that at this time, Zhang Fei not only reached the peak of power and prestige, but the next step was to continue to make greater contributions to Shu Han. Then at that time, Zhang Fei's life came to an end, and the way he died was still...
Very frustrating.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, that is, in December 219 AD, the general Guan Yu who guarded Jingzhou was killed in the hands of Soochow. The land in Jingzhou that originally belonged to the Shu Han regime was also annexed by Soochow.
The fall of Guan Yu and the fall of Jingzhou greatly weakened the Shu Han regime. Both Liu Bei and Zhang Fei wanted to attack Soochow to avenge Guan Yu and recapture Jingzhou.
However, Liu Bei had just fought with Cao Cao in the Hanzhong War before. At this time, the Shu Han did not have the strength to deal with Soochow, so they could only choose to swallow their anger and slowly accumulate strength.
In 221 AD, Liu Bei officially proclaimed himself emperor, and the Shu Han's national strength also recovered. So in June of that year, Liu Bei sent troops to attack Wu, and Zhang Fei sent troops to Jiangzhou from Langzhong.
Because Guan Yu's death made Zhang Fei very upset. After all, they were brothers who had been through life and death for many years, so Zhang Fei wanted to kill all the people in Soochow during this trip to avenge Guan Yu.
Zhang Fei had a fiery personality, and this time he went out with hatred, so he was very rude to his subordinates, and was eventually assassinated by Zhang Da and Fan Qiang.
Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are called "enemies of ten thousand people", but their characters have serious flaws, especially Zhang Fei's character. According to historical records: "Fei loves to respect gentlemen but does not care about villains." What is this?
What does it mean?
That is to say, Zhang Fei himself has outstanding talents, so he only likes to be friends with talented people. For example, ordinary soldiers with no talents, Zhang Fei does not have to look at them.
And Zhang Fei's arrogance and rudeness were infinitely magnified when he treated soldiers. Liu Bei had been with Zhang Fei for a long time. He knew Zhang Fei's shortcomings, so he once persuaded Zhang Fei to change them.
Liu Bei said this: "Your punishment and execution are too bad, and you also whip the healthy children every day, but you have orders on your left and right. This is the way to bring disaster."
Zhang Fei treated his subordinates too roughly on weekdays, punishing them at every turn and beating them with whips. After whipping his subordinates, Zhang Fei asked them to stay by his side. Naturally, these subordinates didn't like Zhang Fei and wanted to find him.
Opportunity to get rid of Zhang Fei.
And just before the battle of Yiling started, Zhang Fei beat Zhang Da and Fan Qiang again. The two men could no longer stand Zhang Fei, and they killed Zhang Fei while Zhang Fei was sleeping.
Zhang Fei, as a peerless general during the Three Kingdoms period, did not lose his life on the battlefield, but lost his life because of his character flaws. It is really a pity.
Unlike his second brother Guan Yu, he did not enjoy the benefits of Liu Bei, the sworn eldest brother in Taoyuan, after he became emperor, and he died tragically before his eldest brother Liu Bei.
Liu Bei did not continue to be the emperor of Shu Han for a long time, enjoying the pleasure of being the supreme king in the world. After only one year, he went to accompany his two sworn brothers. He was really a good brother with deep love and righteousness.
In 222, Liu Bei personally led a large army to conquer Soochow, but suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Yiling. "The land collapsed, tens of thousands of people died" and "the corpses flooded the river."
Liu Bei was almost captured and had to climb mountains and ridges before he got rid of his pursuers and arrived at Baidi City. From then on, Liu Bei never left Baidi City again until he died of illness here a year later.
Zhang Fei's drunken abuse of his subordinates further led to the decline of the Shu Han's strength. Although the Shu Han was able to establish a large family business due to the three brothers, Prime Minister Zhuge and others were able to establish a large family business in Nuo, but it was also due to the departure of the three brothers.
Strength is greatly reduced.
Therefore, the personal soldiers and the trusted generals around them cannot be treated harshly at will. After all, they are good at assassination and protection tasks.
Moments like now are the time to make great use of them. If you use them well, they will be of great help to you. You can save yourself and your family's lives in times of crisis.
The chief secretary Yang Zong brought Prime Minister Cao's command to the general in charge of Luoyang city defense. The general did not dare to neglect and immediately led his soldiers to patrol various places in Luoyang city.
In case the people who went to the Prime Minister's Mansion for the banquet made mistakes on the way back, if these people made a mistake and the Prime Minister blamed them, he couldn't afford it. After all, in the current Wei Dynasty, Prime Minister Cao has become a powerful man...