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Chapter 71 The highest state of chicken is to be dumbfounded
Under the attention of all the people, Shen Shuren uttered such a high opinion in front of the soldiers of the two armies, which really made Liu Xiyao dumbfounded, and he didn't know how to respond for a while.

How can scholars in this world be so shameless?The point is that such a person who doesn't care about morality and reputation, how did he read the Four Books and Five Classics and was admitted to the two list of Jinshi?
Meeting such an opponent who is not afraid of boiling water is a bad luck for eight lifetimes.

After being surprised, there was anger at being humiliated. Liu Xiyao couldn't bear it at all. He directly grabbed the knife and chopped off a distant nephew of Yuan Jixian's Daotai who was tied by Wuhuada with his backhand.

The blood on the hostage's neck was soaring up to a foot high, and Liu Xiyao's face was splattered, and he kept cutting the second one with his hands.If he wasn't alone, and he didn't think of ordering the soldiers to cut him down in his rage, the rows of hostages would have died instantly on the spot.

Fortunately, his generals begged for mercy one after another, and his adopted son Liu Sandao also grabbed his shoulders and reminded him in a low voice:

"Father, don't be reckless. It was agreed yesterday that some hostages cannot be killed! We want to threaten Shen Shuren and kill a few every day. It's enough to ruin his reputation with a blunt knife. There's no need to use up all the handles at once!"

Only then did Liu Xiyao calm down a bit, put away the knife and roared at the top of the wall:

"Officer Shen Gou! Don't think your trick is easy to use! Xiang Yu wants face, but I don't have face! Kill as soon as you say! Kill [-]% of the sacrificial knife today! Later, I will let the soldiers spread your domineering reputation everywhere! The rest Send it to the next day and then kill it! Kill it until you come out to fight!"

The last few sentences were purely harsh words. After finding out that killing the hostages was useless, Liu Xiyao couldn't really kill them all, otherwise he would be making more enemies for himself in vain.

……

Seeing the retreat of the bandit army, the expressions of the soldiers at the head of the city became more and more sad and angry, and their morale rose a little bit.

Shen Shuren saw it, and was secretly satisfied, knowing that the army's morale was available.

The military generals like Zuo Zixiong didn't have much mind, they just expressed their absolute support for Shen Tongzhi, and also hinted that "if the adults want us to go out to fight in the city, we will definitely fight with our lives".

Of course Shen Shuren persuaded them, saying that they should not raise troops out of anger.

Whether to fight or not to fight can only be considered purely from a military point of view. We must be responsible for the lives of the soldiers and should not be disturbed by factors outside the market.

This statement naturally made him win the hearts of the soldiers even more.

Many soldiers were moved, especially those who were a little bit knowledgeable and knew how deceitful the current emperor was, and how easy it was to blame the local guards for the killing of important people.They know best how much pressure Master Tongzhi has actually endured.

After sending the military officer away, only Zhao Yunfan, Zhang Huangyan, Gu Yanwu and other literati remained beside Shen Shuren.

Zhao Yunfan has the worst personal relationship with him, so he couldn't help but take the opportunity to remind him:

"My lord, what I said just now, although Liu Xiyao was dismissed for the time being, is still a bit of a hindrance. In the future, don't mention Liu Bang's example casually. Even if you want to explain our army's position, you can change the wording. Those relatives of the ministers in the court , was caught and killed by bandits on the boundary of Huangzhou, after all, it will be detrimental to your political achievements."

Shen Shuren didn't take it seriously: "I'm rushing to power, for the sake of military interests. If Liu Bang didn't say that at the beginning and chose to fight against Xiang Yu, wouldn't it be able to improve the situation? He would only sacrifice in vain and save everything. no.

What's more, the two armies are fronted by uneducated warriors with empty words, who would talk about what happened today?Liu Xiyao wants to ruin my reputation, does the court need to believe me?
Even if people who don't like me believe me after hearing the thief's report, they still sow discord.As long as we say the same thing and say we didn't hear it, then those who sued me will frame Zhongliang and be the mouthpiece of thieves!I'd like to see how many shameless people in Qizhou County dare not know what's good or what's wrong. "

Shen Shuren is not worried at all, it is now October 13th in Chongzhen, even if there is trouble in the future, it will take half a year, and this kind of verbal lawsuit cannot be cleared up.

He even hoped that the imperial court would send Jin Yiwei to investigate in the future, so he would just take a look at how many people in the Huangzhou territory did not agree with him, and then they would be completely eliminated physically.

His subordinates should gradually get used to it. For the benefit of everyone, they have to act in a hurry and cover up for the superiors in some matters.

Zhao Yunfan also has some experience, and after a little thought, he realized that Master Tongzhi was trying to win over the interests of a small group. In this apocalyptic world, this kind of thinking is not an aspiration, for example, Zuo Liangyu next door is also like this.

Of the three present, he was the most distant relative, so of course he had to be a little more sensible.Soon he found an excuse and typed a few words of haha, expressing that he still had some work to do, so he flashed away.

……

After Zhao Yunfan and Gu Yanwu left, only his cousin Zhang Huangyan was left behind, and he seemed to have a few words to say.

Zhang Huangyan had led troops to fight in battle, unlike those purely civilian officials.He organized his wording and persuaded:

"Cousin, you really don't intend to pursue Liu Xiyao? The imperial court sent you to be the co-prefect of Huangzhou. The purpose is to allow you to recover the entire territory of Huangzhou. Liu Xiyao will fight sooner or later.

If you let him go back, even if you can't quickly recruit troops to restore your strength, at least in the future, if we attack the door, our army will have to bear the disadvantages of the attacking party.Now he has lost most of his elite, although there are many people, there is nothing to fear!

The morale of our army is high again, even if our troops are less than half of the enemy, we can still fight!You and I are both familiar with military history books. In my opinion, today's situation is very similar to riding robbery and attacking Qi!

In the past, Qi Jie, on behalf of Le Yi, executed all the Qi army captives outside Jimo city (cut their noses), and even dug up the ancestral graves of Qi people to intimidate the Qi army.But what happened?It just attracted the Qi army to become more and more united with the enemy, willing to fight to the death for Tian Dan, and wipe out the Yan army with the fire bull formation.

Now Liu Xiyao is going against the grain, taking hostages outside the city, killing innocent people indiscriminately, and even burning, killing and looting, the cruelty is far more cruel than robbery, the morale of the army is good! "

Hearing this, Shen Shuren finally showed a somewhat gratified smile: "Among the three of you, you are the only cousin who is considered versatile in both civil and military affairs. Yes, Zhao Yunfan and Gu Yanwu didn't see this. I am familiar with the art of war, how could I not know it?" This truth.

However, Tian Dan didn't use the fire ox formation, he didn't do it immediately as soon as Qi Jie scratched his nose.People who have just finished violence are excited and fearless, so they need to be exhausted, let them exhaust themselves again and again.When he is exhausted and feels that he will no longer fight, he will come suddenly to achieve the best effect.

In the same way, although our army is angry now, if I raise troops because of anger, there will always be a knot in the hearts of the soldiers, thinking that our army was forced by Liu Xiyao, and by extension, they will feel that the general is incompetent and has fallen into Liu Xiyao plan.

Using recruits, the most important thing is to attack the mind, it is to manipulate people's hearts, let our soldiers feel that the enemy has been tricked before the battle, and let the enemy feel that they have been tricked before the battle, which is much more important than really being tricked.Don't worry, I have my own rhythm. "

Only then did Zhang Huangyan heave a sigh of relief, completely relieved.

It seems that my cousin already has a plan.

……

In the next few days, Liu Xiyao really followed the persuasion of his adopted son and the generals, and wanted to kill a few hostages in the city every day to force a fight.Shen Shuren still put on a hob meat look.

It's just that after serving the hob meat, Shen Shuren treated the civil, military, military and civilians in the city with another attitude.

For example, Shen Shuren will make people think of ways to publicize and spread news to the outside world, emphasizing his notoriety of Shen Shuren, saying how cowardly he is, and he just wants to search for himself.

All this is to make Liu Xiyao believe that "Shen Shuren doesn't care about the life and death of the people at all" and to prevent the people from being harmed more——

Of course, the spread of Shen Shuren to the outside of the city is another way of saying it to the inside of the city.How could ordinary people think of such a far-sighted and twisted heart attack strategy without an explanation?

Therefore, another person needs to be arranged to spread the gossip at a deeper level.Within a few days, all the soldiers and civilians in the city were moved: "Your Majesty Tongzhi is such a rare blue sky in ancient and modern times! He smeared his name to protect us!"

At the same time, Shen Shuren was also ready to fight at any time.

He also ordered Zhang Huangyan and Zuo Zixiong to reform the captives as soon as possible, and then singled out the angry young people in the city, and taught them some simple defensive tactics - when Shen Shuren went out to pursue the city, most of the task of defending the city would be done by These people took it, just in case something happened.

The time dragged on until mid-October, and Liu Xiyao had already harvested the land in the two frontier counties that he could harm, as well as the grain that had not been harvested before.Even for the convenience of transportation, even the threshing has been done.

The 8000 people under him, after discovering that the officers and soldiers would not come out to fight, have been forced by the officers to do farm work day and night, harvesting and grabbing crops. They are exhausted every day, but they dare not complain.

Everyone knew that the war would not continue. The purpose of coming to Qizhou this time was to steal the food. With more food, we could expand the army after returning to Huanggang County.

Some of the potatoes and corn planted by Shen Shuren were also within the scope of being harvested and robbed by the thieves, all were packed and shipped, and then brought back to Huanggang first.

……

Today, it is the twelfth of October.

In the early morning, Shen Shuren had just received a report from the scout ship that flew back from the upper reaches of the river last night, saying that it had discovered Liu Xiyao's troops and was preparing to withdraw.

However, the soldiers and horses did not move, and the food and grass went first. Before the combat troops withdrew, Liu Xiyao had already ordered the chariots and horses that transported the looted food to go on the road ahead of time, and the combat troops stopped to protect them.

Shen Shuren had been doing psychological work for so many days, and he was waiting for this day.

In the middle of the day, he immediately asked Zuo Zixiong to order the entire battalion to assemble.

The officers and soldiers who had been holding back their anger for many days reacted very quickly, and it was time for two cups of tea.

Shen Shuren walked around the front row in a stern and silent manner, just like before the head of state gave a speech, he first used the tool of "silence" to grasp people's hearts.

When the atmosphere became solemn and everyone was afraid to make any noise, he spoke slowly but firmly:
"Soldiers, my officer has always put everyone's life and the well-being of the people first, and never dared to let everyone fight uncertain battles for nothing for the sake of personal reputation and official career.

These days, even if Liu Xiyao killed so many family members of high-ranking and middle-ranking officials and threatened me with my official career, I would not be moved, and even smeared my name!
However, today Liu Xiyao has snatched up the grain and grass in the three counties of Qishui, and also snatched up the potatoes and corn seeds that we originally planned to promote in the counties next year.

Let Liu Xiyao go back, and he will coerce more good people to become thieves and bring disaster to Daming!And many of you will not be able to survive this winter and next year's spring famine because of being robbed of autumn grain, and will starve to death in the end!
It's not that I'm warlike, but that the matter has come to this point, we can't bear it, we have no choice - I have prepared enough sand boats for you, our army can take the Yangtze River waterway, detour from Qishui to Xishui, and intercept Liu Xiyao's grain and grass Front of the convoy.

Liu Xiyao has completely let go now, and never thought that our army would retreat for so long, and finally dare to go out to fight, and even dare to detour to kill him, so he must be panicked. As long as he dares to fight this battle, our army will surely win!It is up to you to decide whether to win great meritorious service and regain food and grass, or starve to death in vain and let others laugh at you!Set off! "

"Swear to kill Liu thief! Swear to kill Liu thief! Swear to kill Liu thief!" Zuo Zixiong was the first to take the lead and shouted, and then more than 3000 soldiers in the whole guard followed suit.

(End of this chapter)