Chapter 3543 Just once

There is nothing wrong with Cao Cao's words, and at this time, such remarks are indeed needed to boost morale. However, the battle in Kunyang is still a battle where Liu Xiu had to sacrifice his life, and it is not possible to win the final victory by lying there.

Things are often like this, and after doing it, others will feel that they are really capable.

Before the Battle of Kunyang, Liu Xiu was unknown. After the Battle of Kunyang, the world was shocked. Not only was Wang Mang's group afraid, but also Emperor Gengshi was suspicious. He also killed Liu Xiu's brother in an attempt to demonstrate his majesty.

Who can't kill someone?

But in fact, killing is just the last resort.

Only when people are alive will they be afraid. If people are dead, then what’s the point of being afraid of?

Dong Zhuo just didn't understand this truth. He ordered the massacre of Yangcheng, which had his own unclear side and attempted to use it to scare people from Shandong. However, after he really took action, people from Shandong were no longer afraid-

It turns out that Old Dong only knows how to kill people!

Those people in Shandong were relieved immediately.

In politics, what is most scary is not the bright knives, but the shadows behind the scenes.

Old Dong only knows how to put the knife in the light, so what’s there to be afraid of? So when a group of people sing and drinking together, they really don’t take this old Dong seriously.

But Fei Qian is different...

Fei Qian is not sure of killing people, but Fei Qian is even more capable of cheating people.

This scares people from Shandong.

Jizhou and Yuzhou are the core area of ​​the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty. They are the Han royal family and powerful forces. Some young gentry children may still have some favorable feelings for Fei Qian, but most elderly people have particularly strong resistance to Fei Qian.

Older people do not like changes, but rather hope to be stable and harmonious, and their foundation will not be shaken.

In politics, people who only kill people at any time are often at the lowest level of the contempt chain, and anyone can come up to mock them. Whether in the early stages of establishing a regime or in the process of the regime's rule, high-pressure means, including large-scale killing, will not only not effectively suppress the people, but will instead arouse stronger resistance.

Although Cao Cao raised his butcher's knife when he was still moving, he would find that the people Cao Cao killed were all "Subjects of the Han Dynasty" and "local gentry". Cao Cao did not attack the royal relatives and nobles of the Liu family in the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao once attacked the royal family in history, that was, he killed Queen Fu and the son of Queen Fu, which to some extent was also a battle between relatives and relatives.

There are two solutions to the emperor's loss of power in the ancient Chinese concept. One is that the destiny of heaven is transferred. If the emperor is unrighteous, he will be abandoned by heaven and the emperor can be replaced; the other is that the ministers correct the emperor's behavior through persuasion and make the emperor go from unrighteous to righteousness. Confucianism obviously advocates the second plan more, and the first plan is difficult for "subjects" to adopt!

If an ordinary citizen who has never been an official rises up, others will not criticize him, because although the people are subjects of the emperor, they have not received the emperor's salary, which is not a betrayal in their behavior.

It’s different for ministers.

If you have been a minister of the emperor, and if you usurp the throne or even kill the throne, you will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

Confucianism praised Zhou, but the sage of Zhou was King Wen of Zhou rather than King Wu of Zhou. A large part of the reason was that although King Wen's Zhou's strength surpassed the Shang Dynasty, he did not rebel against Yin.

In history, Cao Cao once said that he wanted to be King Wen of Zhou, which is what he meant.

This can also explain why Cao Pi was able to become independent on behalf of the Han Dynasty, because Cao Pi was an official from the Wei State from childhood to adulthood, and received the salary given by the King of Wei, and was not a minister of the Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao killed Xuzhou and Jizhou, but Fei Qian did not kill Hedong, Longxi, and Sichuan? Cao Cao was a minister of the Han Dynasty, so was Fei Qian not a minister of the Han Dynasty?

After these reasons, everyone gradually became more relaxed.

Immediately, Cao Cao announced some "力" policies, pardoned some family members implicated by the Cui family, and mainly stabilized the basic markets such as Yuzhou and Yanzhou, emphasized the ownership of these landlords and powerful people in their own land, so as to increase the differences in policies between Cao Cao and Fei Qian, emphasized the nobleness of the Han Dynasty, and once again condemned Fei Qian's failure to abide by the imperial edict and soldier without voluntarily...

At the same time, preferential policies for light taxes and low taxes in the controlled areas are also issued to encourage the restoration of agricultural production and rapid stability of social order. Reliefs are distributed to the affected areas to alleviate famine and fundamentally reduce the contradictions of resistance.

After Cao Cao's several measures were issued one after another, the situation in Xu County was somewhat stable, but it was just stable, which was still not enough, and a victory was needed.

After all, it is completely different to say that you can get it or do it.

However, what Cao Cao said is right and the other is wrong.

Indeed, most of the civilizations of China or other contemporary times are in land development and do not involve the HNA level. Therefore, a country with stable land for agricultural and sericulture production will undoubtedly have greater advantages. This is also a fundamental reason why Cao Cao and people from Shandong feel that they still have opportunities in their hearts.

This kind of agricultural advantage, which was deflected in the early days, was concentrated in the Yellow River Basin, that is, Jizhou and Yuzhou, and other areas with flat terrain, fertile soil, and distinct four seasons, suitable for dry farming development such as millet and sorghum.

Although the Guanzhong Plain is also very good, Guanzhong is inherently limited by the surrounding mountains and cannot be continuously developed. In the Yangtze River Basin and the southern region, there are damp, heat, rainy, swamps everywhere, and it is difficult to develop. It was not until the popularization of iron tools and the development of water conservancy technology after the Han Dynasty that the agricultural potential in the south was gradually released. With farmland and crops, there are the possibility of dense populations, taxes, and money and grain to establish a country and form an army. Therefore, Cao Cao looked down on Jiangdong and felt that Guanzhong lacked potential. This is the truth.

But the other point that Cao Cao did not say or realized was that these areas on the northern border have long been threatened by nomadic peoples, forcing these areas to adapt to the militarized system of "integrated farming and warfare", and also gave birth to more organized and combat-oriented troops.

At the same time, Liu Xiu was able to march into Guanzhong back then, not only the men and soldiers from Jizhou, Yuzhou, but also the Bingzhou soldiers at that time...

If Cao Cao wants to gather people's hearts again and boost morale, he must find a breakthrough.

Now, Cao Cao has not found an effective breakthrough, but in Shunyang in northern Jingzhou, Cao's defense line has almost been broken...

On the front line of Danshui, there were many battles.

The original main soldiers and auxiliary soldiers in Shunyang City had a total of five or six thousand, but now the casualties have exceeded one-third. Moreover, this is a loss caused by Liao Hua's use of a large amount of gunpowder, which is just a loss caused by the ordinary siege mode.

Now it is impossible to defend Shunyang with only the remaining soldiers.

As the casualties of soldiers increased, the morale of the Cao army defenders also increased.

After a day of hard battle, Niu Jin stood on the city wall and looked at the messy battlefield and remained silent. The battles of people's armor for several consecutive days made Niu Jin extremely tired. Even if he stood like this, his legs could not help but tremble...

Niu Jin reached out to support the wall, supporting his body, and his fingers touched it was sticky.

That is blood that is already semi-coagulated.

The inner layer has penetrated into the cracks of bricks and rocks, and the outside has not yet been completely solidified.

This time, Niu Jin learned from the last lesson from Danshui, guarded the city gates strictly, and focused on strengthening the defense and personnel management of the city gates, and indeed achieved certain results. At least he did not break through the city gates as easily as the last time.

But……

It's still very difficult.

The equipment guarding the city was consumed so much that there was not enough gold juice, so I could only use boiling water to resist it. All kinds of decayed odor and strong bloody smell were mixed together, and it seemed that even the wind could not blow.

Niu Jin even had a feeling that Liao Hua didn't use all his strength at all, but was training troops...

This Shunyang City is like a whetstone. In the past few days, Liao Hua has been brushing the whetstone with a whetstone. Niu Jin is like the powder that has been ground down, which seems to be still on the stone, but it has actually fallen off.

"The general's side... have there been no reinforcements yet?"

The guard beside Niu Jin whispered.

It was not that I was whispering on purpose, but that after fighting these days, my voice became hoarse and I had to lower my heart.

Niu Jin remained silent.

Before, when Cao's army had not sent reinforcements to Wen Pin, Niu Jin just smiled and didn't think there was anything wrong, but now Niu Jin couldn't laugh.

Niu Jin knew that the gap in strength between the two sides was becoming more and more obvious. Perhaps today or tomorrow, Shunyang would definitely not be able to defend it!

But at the same time, Niu Jin also understood what would happen if Shunyang was lost again!

what to do?

You can't beat it.

Keep it, can't hold it.

Escape, but it won't end up if you run away.

"The Lord... is not as good as..." The guard looked at Niu Jin, "It's not as good as..."

"What's worse?" Niu Jin asked.

The guard grinned and squeezed out a few words, "Why... vote......"

Niu Jin's eyes immediately crossed.

The guard's body trembled.

『Before we were laughing at those who surrendered…』 Niu Jin looked at the guard and his cheeks twitched, 『If we surrender, what kind of face will we have?!"

Whether face is important or life is important, perhaps everyone has a different answer.

When Niu Jin said this, he felt a little upset.

Because he really wanted to surrender.

He is very conflicted.

Before the war started, Niu Jin had thought about these things. But he didn't expect the war to develop so quickly, and Cao Ren obviously didn't care about him anymore...

Perhaps Cao Ren's situation is the same as his, or perhaps the situation is even worse.

"Something...Mong Prime Minister was promoted to the team..." Niu Jin said slowly, "This is like a recreation! The lamb still knows how to kneel down. If someone surrenders... wouldn't he be worse than a beast?"

The guard was also silent for a long time, "The Lord... But... But others in the city may not be as thoughtful as the Lord..."

Although Liao Hua did not fight slowly and did not fight hard, who could know what would happen tomorrow?

What if Liao Hua was just waiting for subsequent reinforcements?

What if the subsequent troops from Guanzhong arrived?

if……

If you cannot surrender, then what about retreating?

It seems simple to go to Xiangyang to go down the Dan Water, but it is not easy to retreat.

Liao Hua also has cavalry under his command. The infantry used when siege the city, and the cavalry kept raising their strength. When it was time to pursue, these cavalry would definitely pursue them. Being chased by the Hussar cavalry along the way was definitely not a good idea. Even if Niu Jin wanted to protect the soldiers, none of these thousands of remaining soldiers might be able to return to Jingzhou.

Including himself.

If only someone would come and cover up...
To be continued...