Xuande

Chapter 152 After all, I am just a hypocrite
Lu Zhi's main army moved northward along Liu Bei's marching route on the fifth day of April, and the front reached Julu County.

And just as Lu Zhi expected, when Liu Bei approached Julu County, he learned through sentries that there were signs of a large number of garrison activities in Julu County, and he needed to be careful, so Liu Bei slowed down his marching speed and did not deliberately approach Julu County. county.

However, the Yellow Turban Army in Julu County tried to take the initiative to attack after learning that the Han army was approaching. A cavalry force of more than [-] people took the initiative to attack, as if they wanted to eat Liu Bei.

After Liu Bei personally observed the state of this team, he decided to attack.

The results were no surprise.

This "infantry" with only a few dozen cavalry was broken up after Liu Bei used the classic cavalry and shooting tactics. It became a Shura field where cavalry slaughtered infantry.

The outcome of the battle is obvious at a glance.

Looking at the one-sided battlefield, Liu Bei on the hill not far away sighed to Zhen Yan beside him.

"I can see it clearly. These people don't know how to fight at all. They just rely on their momentum before. In addition, the people from the Jizhou government don't know how to fight. When two groups meet, whoever has the stronger momentum will win. , has nothing to do with fighting."

Zhen Yan chuckled.

However, the cost of doing so seems to be quite high. Is it Liu Bei's personal contribution?

He took the lead, and all the officers and soldiers took off their helmets, observed a moment of silence around the bodies of the dead, and then put on their helmets to send them off for the last time.

what is this?
If Liu Bei is considered a hypocrite, are there still good people in the world?
Zhen Yan even felt that Liu Bei's heart was not cruel enough. If he was cruel enough, he should kill all the people here, cut off all the heads, and build it into a Beijing temple to shock people, and let them know the fate of disobedience. That's called ruthless.

Lu Zhi thought it was wonderful, so he authorized Liu Bei to do this. Liu Bei found many Julu locals, gave them money and food, and selected the loudest among them to shout at Julu County every day.

To show reverence for life and reverence for the dead.

Whether you know it or not, whether you have personal grievances or not, since a person is dead, everything returns to dust.

Even the carefree Dong Juan felt it, but he couldn't tell what kind of atmosphere it was. He only knew that his soldiers in Liangzhou were full of admiration when they talked about Liu Bei.

For all the dead in the previous four battles, Liu Bei presided over the memorial ceremony in person, and asked all soldiers of the army to participate in the memorial ceremony.

After that, he personally watched the car escorting their bodies and belongings leave the barracks and gallop towards their hometown.

"Military merit is of course good, but it would be great if so many people don't have to die."

Such people cannot be tolerated in my barracks.

Liu Bei didn't take the initiative to attack either, he only had more than 1000 people, and it was not bad if he could beat the opponent so hard that he could not dare to fight in the wild.

Following such a Shangguan, you can get money while you are alive, and no one will exploit you. When you die, you don't have to worry about the property you worked so hard for being embezzled privately.

After commanding the army, Liu Bei made a rule that after each battle, the living must hold a memorial ceremony for the dead comrades in arms, and send their bodies, their relics, trophies, and comfort money back to their hometowns , to their families.

Everyone sacrifices their lives to earn money, and it is not a good thing to plunder this kind of hard work for money.

After the defeat this time, the Yellow Turban Army never took the initiative to attack again. It seemed that they knew that they could not win in the field and gave up.

Did Zhang Jiao really want to go to Huang Tian, ​​just watched the Yellow Turban Army's defeat without any expression?

Zhen Yan just smiled and said nothing, obviously not taking this matter seriously.

Zhen Yan shook her head and said: "You are just too kind-hearted. You don't care about it at ordinary times. It shouldn't be like this on the battlefield. They say that kindness doesn't command soldiers. Unnecessary kindness will kill yourself, so you shouldn't have such thoughts."

"Isn't that a good thing? Military achievements come to you one after another. For you, isn't the more the better? The greater the contribution, the more rewards."

"They're not innocent, they're thieves, damn it."

He suggested that Lu Zhi speak out, saying that the goal of the Han army was to capture Julu County, and then dig up the coffins of the three brothers Zhang Jiao, open them up and kill them, destroy their bones and ashes, and destroy the Zhang family so that they Never be reborn.

He led the troops to cut trees and set up camps in the surrounding area, and built camps for his troops and the coming main force to face the ensuing siege.

On the ninth day of April, Lu Zhi led an army to the south of Julu County, and then surrounded the county, taking the route of siege without attacking, preparing to encircle and fight for aid.

Why not himself?
He didn't know about the others, but he felt that the act of presiding over the memorial ceremony in person and sending someone to send the soldiers' corpses back to their hometowns was really meaningful. If it was him, he definitely didn't want to have corpses left in the wilderness after he died. I hope that the fallen leaves will return to their roots, otherwise I will become a lonely ghost, how uncomfortable would that be?

Then, Liu Bei began to play psychological tactics.

Such a superior is worth following.

At the same time, on the issue of the ownership of spoils of war, Liu Bei strictly restrained the officers of the various armies, demanded that the interests of the soldiers be protected, and strictly prohibited officers from blackmailing or embezzling soldiers' property. Once discovered, they would be severely punished.

Liu Bei shook his head and sighed.

He personally supervised and treated the corpses of the war dead with lime to avoid premature decay. The two soldiers escorted them back to their hometown and handed them over to their relatives.

An inexplicable atmosphere permeated the barracks.

Liu Bei laughed at himself and said, "Only when I have such spare time, I will sigh hypocritically, but I will not be weak when I strike. In the end, I am just a hypocrite."

A ranger who admired his reputation and followed him was beheaded by Liu Bei in front of the whole army because he extorted property from his soldiers.

"I know, so when it's time to strike, have you ever seen me be soft?"

Where is this?
Of course, the Han army won a complete victory in this battle.

After a series of procedures, all the soldiers believed that Liu Bei was a reasonable and honest superior.

Dong Juan didn't know.

The Yellow Turban Army attacked rashly, and the entire army was wiped out. Liu Bei's troops beheaded more than 2000 people and captured nearly [-] people. It was another military exploit.

The content is that Zhang Jiao didn't go to Huang Tian at all, he just died, Tai Ping Dao has no future at all, their superiors are just deceiving them, hoping that they will die in exchange for glory and wealth, so they must not be deceived.

hypocritical?

For the dead in this battle, Liu Bei also presided over the memorial ceremony in person, and led the whole army to take off their helmets, with the officers first and the soldiers behind, in a collective silent mourning.

That's not enough, but it is necessary to completely destroy the rhetoric of the Taiping Daoist sticks, saying that Zhang Jiao is dead, died together with his brothers, or was killed by others, and everything about going to Huangtian and so on is all fake , otherwise how could the Yellow Turban Army be defeated?

In addition, he once again personally presided over the memorial ceremony for the soldiers who died in battle.

The next step is to persuade them to surrender, saying that as long as Kaesong surrenders, the Han army promises not to harm their lives and property, and only kill the culprit.

In addition to the psychological offensive against Julu County, Liu Bei also "hired" these displaced locals to go everywhere to publicize what the Han army is going to do. Let's see if his so-called God of Yellow Heaven is real or not.

There is no way, there is no Internet these days, so the news can only be spread by word of mouth, so that the Taiping Taoists all over Jizhou know about this matter.

This can be regarded as a serious round of aid.

(End of this chapter)