Chapter 117 Why must Ma Su be killed?
[Back in Hanzhong, Zhuge Liang imprisoned Ma Di and others who had escaped before the battle and abandoned the soldiers. 】

[In order to strictly observe the military order, he killed Ma Su, general Zhang Xiu and Li Sheng, and captured the troops of Huang Xi and others. Wang Ping was promoted because of his admonishment. 】

[Zhuge Liang himself wrote a letter of self-criticism and demoted himself to the third rank. Liu Chan accepted it, but still regarded Zhuge Liang as the right general to serve as the prime minister. Zhao Yun also asked himself to be demoted to the general of the town army, but Zhuge Liang greatly praised his contribution to the defense. 】

[Regrettably, Zhao Yun died of illness shortly after returning to Chengdu. 】

……

Big man,

Liu Bang looked at the passing Zhao Yun and made an estimate in his mind.

Among the old people who followed Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang was the only one left.

Liu Ying, who was sitting upright on the side, saw Ma Su being beheaded in the sky, and couldn't bear to say:

"Father, this Prime Minister Zhuge is too harsh? It's just a defeat, but he won't die, right?"

"If all the defeated ones die, who dares to serve loyally and die for him?"

Liu Bang looked back at his kind-hearted son and couldn't figure out why.

You said that your mother is not a kind person, but Naigong doesn't even know how to write the word "kind".

You also came out of troubled times, how could you be so naive?

Looking at his queen's seemingly unconcerned look, Liu Bang stroked his beard.

"Zhuge Liang killed Ma Su for three reasons."

"The first is the crime of defeat. Of course, this crime is just like Ying'erqian said, it does not lead to death."

"Second, it is the crime of disobeying orders..."

Liu Bang glanced at the sky and gritted his teeth.

"Ma Su's defeat had nothing to do with luck. He violated Zhuge Liang's arrangements and acted on his own initiative, which led to the defeat. He must bear the main responsibility."

"And since ancient times, in military affairs, those who disobey orders will be killed."

"The last thing is the crime of fleeing. Running away in battle is undoubtedly a capital crime."

Liu Bang looked at Liu Ying, raised his sleeves slightly, and said slowly:
"Zhuge Liang used military methods to kill Ma Di, not ordinary royal methods."

"If measured by the general king's laws, he has a glimmer of hope."

"But according to military law, his crime is unpardonable! He will die!"

"The royal law can be lenient, but the military law must punish severely!"

"If Ma Su doesn't kill him, he won't be able to convince the people in the army!"

……

Late Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian period
Look at the picture on the sky screen.

Cao Cao laughed loudly!

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Sima Yi on the side said respectfully:

"I wonder why King Wei is laughing?"

Cao Cao laughed and said:
"I laugh at Zhuge Liang's lack of wisdom! When the army is outnumbered, he actually kills one of his own generals!"

"I, the Great Wei, have no worries!"

Sima Yi responded with a smile.

……

Datang,

"Aye, there aren't many talented people in Yizhou, yet Zhuge Liang killed Ma Su... This is unavoidable..."

Li Chengqian was about to speak but stopped.

Li Shimin looked at his son with something strange in his heart.

"Well, you know the pros and cons of thinking in terms of skills, that's good."

Li Chengqian was stunned.

"Aye, what does this mean?"

Li Shimin twirled his beard and said softly:

"Zhuge Liang beheaded Ma Su in tears because he was upright and upright in using useless techniques."

"In contrast, Cao Cao killed the grain officials and abolished laws and used techniques."

"In usage, the question to consider is whether he broke the law? If so, then the law will be strictly enforced."

“When using techniques, the question to consider is whether the results of strict law enforcement outweigh the disadvantages or the disadvantages outweigh the benefits.”

"If the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, enforce the law strictly. If the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, let him go."

"Weigh the interests of those who enforce the law and ignore the independence of the law from all interests."

Li Shimin put his hands behind his back and sighed:
"Zhuge Liang killed Ma Su with tears, which is exactly the opposite. He used the law and discarded the technique, which is a model of strict law enforcement."

""Xiangyang Ji" records: 'Ming Gong regarded Su as his son, and Su regarded Ming Gong as his father.'"

"Zhuge Liang and Ma Di share the same affection as father and son."

"However, "The Book of Zhuge Liang" says: 'My heart is like a scale, and I cannot weigh people's weight.'"

"Zhuge Kongming is in charge of power, and Ma Di's life or death depends on his thoughts."

"But he withstood the pressure, controlled his emotions, and resolutely executed Ma Su."

Li Chengqian looked at the sky and then at Li Shimin.

"So, the reason for killing Ma Su with tears is not because of Ma Su, but because of the tears?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian in surprise, then calmed down the emotion on his face.

"Yes, being selfless does not mean that Zhuge Liang has no emotions."

"Beheading Ma Su with tears shows deep love and true feelings."

"It is precisely because Zhuge Liang is such a true-hearted man that Liu Bei and Ma Di asked him to be their orphans one after another."

"Zeng Zi said: You can entrust an orphan six feet away, you can send your life a hundred miles away, and you can't take it away when it comes to important festivals. A gentleman will give you something? A gentleman will do it."

"This is Zhuge Liang."

"A gentleman."

"To fulfill Liu Bei's legacy and support the prosperity of the Han Dynasty."

"Be able to bow down and do your best, and die." "Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, the two of them can be passed down through the ages as losers."

"They rely on the consistent morality in their hearts!"

With tears in his eyes, Li Shimin raised his head and said with a smile:
"That's what people want."

……

The play continues on the marquee,

Wearing a crown that reaches the sky and a blue cloak.

Zhuge Liang, who looked a bit older again, bowed his hands in salute, bowed to Liu Chan who was sitting above him and said sadly:

"The late emperor was concerned that the Han and the traitors would not stand together and that the royal family would not be in peace, so he asked his ministers to fight against the thieves."

"..."

"But if we don't attack the thieves, the royal family will also perish. If we just sit and wait for death, who will attack them?"

"..."

"I will do my best and die."

Liu Chan looked at the tearful old man below and hesitated to speak.

"Everything is according to the will of the father."

……

[In November 228 AD, the Wei State marched heavily into Soochow. General Wei Zhengdong's general Cao Xiu was defeated by Lu Xun, the governor of Soochow. Zhang He marched eastward, and Guanzhong was extremely weak. 】

[Zhuge Liang believed that the time had come to attack and prepared to send out all his troops to attack Wei. 】

[However, many ministers in Shu were content with their own leisure and had doubts about the march, which caused a lot of criticism. 】

[For this reason, Zhuge Liang once again went to the table and worked hard to express his determination to conquer. Later generations called it "The Later Disciple"]

[In the winter of December 228 AD, Zhuge Liang returned to disperse his troops. 】

……

Ji Han,

"Kong Ming!"

Looking at Liu Bei who started crying from "Departure from the Master", Zhuge Liang was really at a loss.

"Lord..."

……

[Early after the failure of the first Northern Expedition and the withdrawal of the Han army, Cao Zhen, the governor of Cao Wei, believed that the Han army's attack on Qishan failed, and the Baoxie Road was burned down and eroded by floods by Zhao Yun's troops, and Chencang would be targeted next time. 】

[He then sent generals Hao Zhao, Wang Sheng and more than a thousand men to garrison Chencang and build a city for defense. 】

[Seeing that Chencang City was impregnable, Zhuge Liang sent Hao Zhao's fellow countryman Jin Xiang to lobby Hao Zhao several times outside the city, but Hao Zhao resolutely refused to surrender. Zhuge Liang led his army to surround Chencang. 】

……

On the canopy

Outside Chencang City,

The Han army was building ladders and rushing chariots to attack the city.

In the city, rockets were fired at the ladder, and the ladder suddenly burst into flames.

The soldiers on the ladder were covered in flames and fell down in panic.

Stone mills tied with ropes were pushed down from the city wall, crushing the chariots under the city.

The well outside the city shot arrows into the city from a hundred feet away.

An inner wall was built within the city, rendering the well barrier ineffective.

Tunnels were dug outside the city and horizontal ditches were dug inside the city.

The sun and moon alternate more than twenty times.

Outside the city, the Han army ordered gold to retreat.

The old man holding the feather fan looked at the pursuers behind him and shook his head.

Then he sighed again:
"Cao Zidan..."

……

[Outside Chencang City, Han and Wei fought fiercely for more than 20 days without a victory. Cao Zhen sent Fei Yao and other troops to rescue him, and sent Zhang He to attack Zhuge Liang. 】

[Zhang He traveled day and night, but before he could reach Chencang, Zhuge Liang withdrew his troops because he had run out of food. 】

[Wang Shuang, the general of the Wei State, thought that the Shu army had returned without success and must have low morale. He wanted to pursue and achieve great success, but was killed by Zhuge Liang in one fell swoop. 】

[The Second Northern Expedition returned without success, but Zhuge Liang also used practical actions to tell the generals of Wei for the first time: If you dare to chase me, you will die! 】

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