Hearing this, Xu Zhi slightly raised his eyebrows and thought to himself.
In terms of personal bravery, he is more confident than Zhang Te, but in terms of strategy, he is not as good as Duo.
Therefore, after a while, he moved closer and asked in a low voice, "I can't understand what Zichan said, so please don't hesitate to elaborate."
"Hey, that's because brother Yin Zhong was never in Shu."
Zhang Te smiled sternly and lowered his voice, "You and I both know that the general is not a cruel person. He killed the traitor Ke Wu and other members of his clan to build a temple in the capital before, so he deserved his crime. Based on this, the general is not a cruel person now.
The purpose of massacring Li Shu was to cause the rebellious Wei Dynasty to fall into the situation where Liu Jiyu, the former powerful general, could not ban the Dongzhou soldiers."
After saying this, without waiting for Xu Zhi to ask questions, he explained in detail.
The Dongzhou soldiers incident was caused by Liu Yan taking in the refugees from Nanyang and Sanfu who had fled to Yizhou as soldiers.
Later, his son Liu Zhang succeeded to take charge of Yizhou, but due to his weak and lack of dignity, the Dongzhou army caused chaos to the old people of Bashu, and finally triggered the rebellion of the old tribe Zhao Wei.
Zheng Pu sent them to invade Anding County under the Wei Dynasty, in order to expel all the Li Shu and Qiang Hu tribes outside the city walls into Zuo Fengyi, causing a rebellion of "old and new people" to break out in the rear of Guanzhong against the Wei Dynasty.
And this possibility is very high.
In the past, when Dong Zhuo's old army was in trouble, Guanzhong was already in ruins, and when there was a great famine, there were not many Li Shu people left.
The Li Shu people in Guanzhong today, apart from the old Guanzhong people who spontaneously returned to their hometown, can be divided into three parts.
First, Cao Cao of the Wei Dynasty moved to Hanzhong and the people of Wudu County; second, the Bayi and Xi people who were moved to Guanzhong following the surrender of Yi Wang Puhu and Siyi Marquis Du Yi to Cao Cao; and finally, Cao Rui's migration from Jizhou
Li Shu came here.
In the world where township parties and clans are united, conflicts will inevitably break out every time new people and old people merge.
At the time when Han and Wei were confronting each other with large armies, the corvées in the rear of Wei were bound to be heavier. If a dispute between the "old and the new" broke out among Li Shu, it would be like a fire starting a prairie fire.
Yes, Zheng Pu's plan was to destabilize Wei's rear and bring disaster to Xiao Qiang.
Having said this, Zhang Te spoke solemnly.
"Brother Zizhong, the general's order is 'If you encounter a stubborn person, you can't help but kill him'. What is the evil of a stubborn person? I secretly thought that they were the Qianghu tribe who rebelled against the Wei Dynasty. If they don't accept the king's rule, they will fight against it.
The Hulu tribe who are enemies of the Han Dynasty can't help but kill them, so how can they not be benevolent and righteous?"
"But the general said that you and I should do it according to the circumstances. What does discretion mean? I secretly think that it is not allowed to kill the common people of the Han family indiscriminately! You and I ordered the soldiers to burn their houses and the grain they cultivated this year.
, causing them to have food and clothing in Longdong, it means that they spontaneously migrate to Guanzhong."
"Moreover, for Li Shu, it is a good deed by the general to drive the people away like this."
Well........
Xu Zhi, who was listening quietly and nodding frequently, couldn't help but look confused again when he heard Zhang Te's last sentence.
He could understand the attack on the Qianghu tribe attached to the Wei Dynasty, and the expulsion of the Han people and Li Shu, but he could not understand why it was called a good deed to force the people to move without food and clothing.
How can there be such a kind act in the world!?
If this can be called a good deed, how will the evil deed be defined?
Therefore, he couldn't help but ask, "Burning huts and destroying fields is a way to bring trouble to the common people, and driving the people away is even more evil! I also believe that the general is not a cruel person, but it is actually the result of the war. However, why did Zichan do it?
What do you call good deeds?”
Upon hearing the question, Zhang Te did not answer immediately, but showed a smile and asked, "In my opinion, in the future when our army reaches Linjing County, will Hu Zun rebel against Wei and surrender the city?"
Of course not!
Hu Zun, who rebelled against Wei, was a general in Sima Yi's heart. How could he offer the city and surrender?
Xu Zhi answered in his heart and shook his head slightly.
And Zhang Te asked again, "Do you think that because of Wei Wei's behavior of treating the common people like grass and grass, when our army approaches the city, will Hu Zun force the young men to defend the city?"
Uh~~
This time, Xu Zhi had a look of surprise on his face.
Because he knew that the Wei army would definitely force Li Shu to help defend the city!
Moreover, he also knew that once the Li people went up to the city wall to fight, they would "not teach the people to fight, which means abandoning them"!
Therefore, he hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Zi Chan means, is the general's strategy to drive the people away? It's not that he doesn't pity the common people, but he doesn't want them to be attacked by swords?"
"Of course!"
Zhang Te raised his palms and praised, and said in a slow tone, "In the past, when the slaves of Lu were redeemed and returned without taking the gold, Confucius blamed him; Zilu saved a drowning man and accepted his ox, Confucius praised him. Why? This is the trend.
Benefit is the nature of the world and cannot be contradicted. Therefore, it can be said that 'small kindness is like great evil, and great kindness is like ruthlessness'; it can also be said that the general's orders may seem unkind, but in fact they do not want to see the lives of people in ruins, so the pioneer Li Shu avoids
Let’s start a war with Fire Ears.”
Xu Zhi responded silently.
It wasn't just that Zhang Te's words were so inspiring to him.
Even more because he knew that the decisive battle between Han and Wei must be in Chang'an City.
Once the city of Chang'an was captured by the Han army, the rest of the undefeated areas in Guanzhong would also be decided by propaganda, which would also save the common people who were driven into Zuofengyi from the fire of war.
After a while, he sighed loudly, "I am afraid that I will misunderstand the general's order if it is not what Zichan said."
"Ha, that's not necessarily the case."
Unexpectedly, Zhang Te retorted again and said with a smile, "I thought the general would have a letter to warn you and me before the troops were sent out the next day! If brother Zizhong doesn't believe it, you can make a bet with me. Well, if brother loses,
Give me a bag of grape wine from home; if I lose, I will lead my brother's horse for a month, and I am willing..."
But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xu Zhi raising his hand.
"No."
His tone was somewhat indignant, "Zi Chan actually made an appointment with me when we were sure to win. How cunning he is!"
"Hahaha~~"
Zhang Te laughed and didn't take it seriously.
Immediately, as if he remembered something, he said to Xu Zhi again, "The general didn't say what he said about us, but he knew that Wuhuan's cavalry had already entered the pass. If you and I go to invade Longdong, they will definitely go north to fight.
"Our army is outnumbered but Wuhuan's cavalry are numerous, so the general uses his words to encourage the soldiers to be energetic and fight bravely."
"Well, even if you don't talk about it, I can understand it."
Xu Zhi nodded, and then sighed, "But if this happens, the reputation of the general will be criticized by others!"
This time, Zhang Te was silent.
After all, what Xu Zhi is worried about will inevitably turn into reality.
Moreover, Zheng Pu was still unable to defend himself.
I don't even bother to defend myself.
"A general never cares about his feathers."
After being silent for a long time, he sighed leisurely, "The general has a very strong temperament, and it is not you or I who can persuade him, so he will not do this. We are about to leave the next day, so we should seize the time to urge the soldiers to prepare."
"good."
.............
Things went as Zhang Te expected.
That night, Zheng Pu summoned the two of them to the central military tent and gave detailed instructions on how to implement the strategy of "driving out the people."
However, he could let Xu Zhi and Zhang Te curb the banditry of Xiliang's cavalry, but he could not tell another person - Li Tang Mang, who had already moved to Xihe County, Bingzhou.