Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 900 Who Is The Thief
The original conquest outside the Great Wall may be just a pure military training in the eyes of the emperor, but now, the development of the war has completely exceeded the emperor's expectations. First of all, the number of enemies outside the Great Wall, which was originally thought to be 2 people, suddenly disappeared It has become 8 people, plus the rest of the aid that may come, the number is nearly 10. This number, the North and South Army that cannot be dispatched in full, also needs to think twice before acting.

After all, the number of big Han troops outside the Great Wall now is 1000 in the Southern Army and 3000 in the Northern Army. It seems that there are a lot of people, but these are new recruits who have never received training and the weather is extremely bad. People are not all cavalry, they have great disadvantages, and their advantages lie in the advanced weapons and the abilities of the generals.

In the cold winter of the 18th year of Yankang, Guan Yu pursued the main force of Xianbei. On a school plain, the two sides fought. After Guan Yu paid about 1000 casualties, he successfully defeated the main force, beheaded more than [-] people, and captured [-] , the rest of the thieves fled everywhere, but were still captured by many generals of the Northern and Southern Army, and brought back to Yangcheng in Hezhou, where the captives will spend this cold winter.

To put it bluntly, this may be the easiest winter for them to survive. They can survive without looting. At this time, the emperor wants to withdraw his troops, but he can't hold back. When it came to the generals of the Southern Army, especially Zhang Liao who had nothing to gain, the Southern Army launched an unprovoked conquest against the surrounding barbarians, which caused a shock in the temple.

The war has gradually become a contest between the northern and southern armies. Both sides are frantically gaining military exploits and trying to overwhelm each other. In just four months, the southern army has wiped out seventeen tribes outside the Great Wall, including Xianbei people and Ugly tribes. The Huan people, the Huns, and even the honest and responsible Sushen people did not let go. Such a move made the minister in the court furious.

The northern army also failed to hold back. Cao Situ, the son with a yellow beard, led two thousand cavalry and captured four cities of the Sushen people. After the Overseas Government received the order, Fazheng personally escorted these "coolies" to the port of Ningzhou in a steady stream. These "coolies" were naturally "thieves" suppressed overseas.

Even Xizhou transported these manpower from the northwest to Hezhou from Guishuang and other states farther away. Sima Yi was mainly responsible for these matters, and Zhuge Liang was responsible for mobilizing corvees. They all surveyed the terrain together and were responsible for the construction. When Zhuge Liang found out that these coolies were coming, it was already too late.

Different from the original agreement, when negotiating in the Hall of Houde, Zhuge Liang proposed to start construction with 140 million corvees and 20 coolies, but now the number of people sent to Ningzhou has exceeded 40. Ten thousand people, not to mention the follow-up, and those people from Xizhou, so calculated, Sima Yi actually planned to transport more than 100 million people to the frontier.

Zhuge Liang, who was discussing when the corvee should be levied in Bingzhou, was furious when he heard about these things, and hurriedly wrote to the temple.

Inside the Hall of Houde, Liu Xi looked at the letter sent by Zhuge Liang, his face became more and more gloomy, obviously, he was very angry, and Sima Yi was sitting in front of him, completely unable to see the slightest guilt, Liu Xi smashed the letter on On the case, Sima Yi, who was staring at the side, asked coldly: "Zhongda? What's going on? Didn't you say that you would transfer 20 people? How did it become 100 million?"

Sima Yi was not flustered, looked at the emperor calmly, and asked: "Is Your Majesty angry because I sent a million slaves to build the city, or because I decided something privately?"

"Hehe. What do you think?" Liu Xi's eyes were extraordinarily cold.

"Your Majesty, if one million people are to be transferred from the land of Hebei, it will cause huge damage to the Hebei region. Whether it is from agriculture or other fields, it will be affected. The governance of Hebei by three generations of Mingjun from Emperor Xiaokang can only I'm afraid it will be ruined once, this time, I would rather bear the notoriety myself than ruin this prosperous world!" Sima Yi said seriously.

"Hahaha, so I have to thank you for your self-assertion?" Liu Xi laughed angrily.

"I have never thought of this before, but I will not put my feelings above my family and country. If my thoughts are right, Zhuge Liang will definitely persuade Your Majesty to mobilize the people as much as possible, and move the people of the great Han to these areas. Instead of using those slaves to fill the outside world, is what I said right?" Sima Yi asked back.

Liu Xi narrowed his eyes, then nodded.

"Zhuge Liang thinks this way entirely because of his master, who is just a barbarian. That's why he values ​​those barbarians so much. Your Majesty, tell me, are the big men and the people more important, or the captives? It also needs to be sacrificed, why not let those captives sacrifice?" Sima Yi asked, and he said angrily: "As a minister, but he doesn't do things for the sake of the big man, the minister can replace him!"

Liu Xi was silent for a long time, looking at Zhuge Liang's documents on the case, he didn't know what he was thinking about. This time, I will fine you three months' salary!"

"Honestly!", hearing the emperor's words, Sima Yi felt relieved immediately, and bowed to the emperor, but a smile appeared on his face, Mr. Zhuge, it's your own stupidity, don't blame the old man Ah, I can do better than you in the position of Shang Shuling!

"What?? Everything as usual?! Just fined him three months' salary?!" In the study, Zhuge Zhan, who came to Bingzhou with his father, exclaimed in surprise. Zhuge Liang sat not far away, frowned. Frowning, without saying a word, Zhuge Zhan looked at it seriously for a while, and then said: "Father, it seems that there is no way to change this matter, and what the emperor said is not unreasonable."

"The people have already been sent here. Wouldn't it cost more to send them back?"

Zhuge Liang still had no words.

Zhuge Zhan was a little helpless, sat beside his father, and persuaded: "Father, I know about the ancestors, but these people are different from the ancestors, they are all captives, they are prisoners of war, anyway, people need to pay. Let these people come."

"Shut up!!" Zhuge Liang suddenly raised his head, looked at Zhuge Zhan sternly, with a bit of disappointment in his eyes, and asked back, "You also think that I am a person who cares about my feelings and can sacrifice my family and country? "

"Of course not. Then...why does Father object so much?" Zhuge Zhan lowered his head, not daring to meet Father's gaze, but asked cautiously.

"Hey, let me ask you, I beat you, scolded you, if one day you become stronger and I am old, what will you do?"

"Naturally, I like to be filial to my father and take care of my father," said Zhuge Zhan.

"Yes, but if I robbed a child and beat and scolded me on weekdays, and one day, I am old and weak, what do you think will happen?" Zhuge Liang asked again.

Zhuge Zhan was taken aback, and immediately understood what Father was thinking, and said in surprise: "How is this possible? The Han Dynasty has gone through three generations of Ming emperors, and it is so powerful. What can it do with just a few million captives? Father, worry too much." It's gone!"

"I hope that the big man will always be strong... but... alas... I am not the one who ignores his family and country for his own sake. On the contrary, Sima Yi is a thief who disregards his family and country for his own future." Zhuge Liang said angrily.

"Then, Father thinks, how should other people's children be raised?"

"Raise him as your own child, teach him etiquette, righteousness and shame, let him learn filial piety or... kill him when he is still weak." Zhuge Liang said, his face became more and more uneasy, and he sat helplessly. He got down, looked into the distance, and slowly lost his mind.

"I just hope that there won't be a day when I'm old and weak."

"But. Is there really no such thing?"

"His Majesty."

In the cold winter of Yankang for 18 years, countless poor people who were in fear landed on the land of Ningzhou. With the sound of long whips breaking through the air, these people wiped their tears and limped towards the outside of the Great Wall. Some people died on the road, and they missed their overseas life very much. They remembered the young governor who made countless good promises to them.

As long as they work hard, he promises to give them houses and treat them as human beings, but after they have worked hard for a whole year, they are hidden in the cabin like livestock, and there are heavy casualties along the way , After arriving in Ningzhou, they were dressed in rags, and they, who had never seen a cold winter, saw their hell for the first time.

Everyone was terrified. Looking at the snowflakes and feeling the biting winter, this is probably the world after death?
Ma Jun personally came to the outside of the Great Wall and designed sixteen cities. These coolies didn't even have a moment to rest, they put on heavy shackles and went to work. An order from the emperor, sometimes, can kill countless people. In order to achieve their political achievements, officials constantly spur them and make them work every day and night. In this cold winter, more and more people have become sculptures.

Sure enough, in the summer of the 19th year of Yankang, there were already many prototypes of cities outside the Great Wall, and the Northern and Southern Army did not leave. They were still arresting people outside the Great Wall, and they were still monitoring these captives. Their daily drills, It can shock the coolies here, so that they know that the officials here are fully capable of destroying all of them, and if they want to survive, they can be obedient.

And even in the face of such a powerful army, the eyes of these people who died in the cold winter still sparkled with hatred.

(End of this chapter)