Chapter 644 Dispute

  The next day, Zhuge Liang led the army to the city of Xiangwu, held Hao Zhaoshuai's flag and golden drums under the city, and persuaded you to surrender to Chu.

  When You Chu saw the various flags under the city, and heard that Hao Zhao had fled in defeat, his face turned pale.

  He said to Chang Shi Ma Yong and Gongsun Zheng who joined the army, "Xiangwu is already an isolated city and must not be defended. I am the prefect of Longxi and have the responsibility to guard the land. If I can defend it, I will defend it to the death."

   "However, the city cannot be defended now. If we forcibly reject the Shu captives, it will only cause the people in the city to suffer from the chaos of war. I cannot bear to do that."

  So he personally shouted to the city, "Please ask someone to appease the people in the city first, and then open the door and surrender later."

The soldiers under the city passed You Chu's words back to the Han army camp. Wei Yan was very annoyed when he heard the words, so he persuaded Zhuge Liang, "Prime Minister, he also said before that he would surrender in a month. Four months."

   "Now the three counties in the east have already been decided. Only Longxi still wants to resist the heavenly soldiers. The general feels that his words are just delaying time. I don't know what tricks he has. The general asks for orders and directly attacks the city."

  Zhuge Liang did not agree immediately, he looked at the city not far away, and suddenly asked, "Feng Mingwen, what do you think?"

  Feng Yong heard this, and quickly said, "In the opinion of General Mo, the prime minister might as well agree to him, it's just a matter of waiting for two more days."

   Wei Yan on the side heard Feng Yong's words, immediately held the handle of the knife, and glared at Feng Yong, "How does Lizi know?"

  Feng Yong squinted at the old man Wei, and sneered, "At the beginning, General Wei wanted to lead an army out of the Xiegu, let the prime minister go out of Longyou, and threatened that he would be able to go all the way to Tongguan in Chang'an. According to the current situation, is it possible?"

  Old thief Wei, are you still the same as I was when you first arrived in Hanzhong?

  You can’t even capture Xiangwu City, so you still want to attack Chang’an to take Tongguan? Big mouth Wei!

  Cao Zhen in Meicheng is enough for you to drink a pot!

  Wei Yan was furious, and stepped forward, with a "clang" sound, the long knife was half out, and he wanted to force him up, and shouted, "Zhuzi, how dare you insult me? Are you looking for death?"

  Feng Yong saw Wei Yan's appearance of wanting to choose someone and devour him, he was slightly startled, and couldn't help taking a step back.

  Guan Xing saw that something was wrong, so he quickly stood in front of Feng Yong, and said to Wei Yan, "General Wei has something to say!"

  Feng Yong felt relieved, looked around, and thought that Lao Tzu's wife Guan Ji is not here, otherwise let's see how she will deal with you!

  Zhuge Liang knew that the two had resentment, and he felt a little headache, so he immediately reprimanded, "Before the army, what do you look like like this? Could it be that the military law is not strict?"

   Wei Yan snorted, then put the knife back into its sheath, angrily returned to its original position.

   Guan Xing also retreated.

   "Feng Yong, tell me, what is the reason for agreeing to the opposite party? If you can't say one, two, three, let's see how I deal with you."

  Zhuge Liang turned to Feng Yong again, with a bad expression on his face.

  Feng Yong naturally knew why Wei Yan wanted to attack the city.

  He hurried to Longxi with light soldiers, intending to take Xiangwu without a fight, but he didn't expect to be caught off guard, and was forced to retreat by You Chu.

   Then Hao Zhao led the army to arrive, so he could only retreat to the Bindao in Nan'an County.

  A few days ago, Zhuge Liang led the army to join him, and he took the initiative to ask for orders to attack the city, but Hao Zhao burned him to death.

  Continuously suffered setbacks under Xiangwu City, I'm afraid he hated this Xiangwu City long ago.

  In addition to the Northern Expedition, he is the only one who has not made any contributions along the way.

   Seeing that Xiangwu was already the final battle of the Northern Expedition, he still hadn't accomplished an inch. With his arrogant personality with eyes on his head, he felt that he had lost all face.

  So he is naturally unwilling to let Xiangwu, the last place to get credit for it.

  But how could Feng Yong let him do what he wanted?

  I could only hear him say slowly, "Prime Minister, now it seems that Xiangwu will be defeated. It just depends on whether it will be broken sooner or later. If it is attacked by force, it will definitely be taken in three to five days."

   "However, if the city is forcibly attacked, the people in the city will suffer from military disasters. At that time, the father and son will live and die, and there will be resentment. If this is the case, won't it only increase the difficulty of governing Longxi in the future?"

   "Furthermore, even if you use a catapult to break the city wall, don't you still have to break into the city to fight with soldiers, wouldn't there be more casualties?"

   "So from Yiyong's point of view, if you don't agree to him first, wait for two days. If he doesn't surrender after two days, it will be a breach of trust. We have no choice but to attack the city."

   "At that time, the people in the city will be in trouble, and the crime will be attributed to him, not me. It would be even better if he surrendered as scheduled. The big man can not only save the lives of the soldiers, but also the people in the city."

   "Take two days in exchange for such benefits, why not do it?"

   After Feng Yong finished speaking, before Zhuge Liang could speak, Wei Yan said again, "Since we start a war, how can we avoid casualties of soldiers? If we are afraid of casualties, how can we command soldiers? It is better to go back to the rear and raise pigs."

   Feng Yong glared at him immediately, this old man!

"Furthermore, in Xiangwu City, it first practiced deceit, and then stubbornly refused to surrender. Now that it can't do anything, it is really abominable. If you don't use military power, someone will follow suit in the future. "

  Wei Yan Zhenzhen has a saying, "So it is better to take this opportunity, not to be surrendered, to break into the city, so as to deter those who come later."

  Feng Yong did not give in, and retorted:

  "When the first emperor raised his troops, the princes of the world used to slaughter cities as a common thing, especially the Cao bandits, who slaughtered countless cities. Only the first emperor, acting with benevolence, can continue Hanzuo by weaving mats and selling shoes."

   "Why? It's just because the first emperor regarded the people of the world as the people of the big man, so he couldn't bear to harm them. However, the Cao thief regarded the people of the world as pigs and dogs, so he drove them away and slaughtered them without mercy."

   "If you can protect the people, but you deliberately break into the city, how is it different from the Cao thief?"

   It is said that the population dropped significantly during the Three Kingdoms period. In fact, to be precise, it should be the wars, hunger, cold, and plague before the Three Kingdoms, which were the main factors for the population decline.

  Cao Cao is undeniably powerful. He unified the north and ended the war in the north.

   But at the same time, the stain on him that likes to slaughter cities can never be washed away.

  The people who were massacred by him are really shocking.

  After the Three Kingdoms came to power, the country was partially unified, the economy recovered, but the population did not decline any more, and even increased slightly.

   Now that Feng Yongyi heard that Wei Yan wanted to break into the city, he was immediately annoyed.

   Breaking the city and breaking the city is easy to say, but in fact it just wants to break into the city and vent your anger.

  Because according to the ancient practice, if the defending party resists for more than a certain period of time, or the casualties suffered by the attacking party exceed a certain level, then the attacking party is very likely to massacre the city after breaking through the city.

   It's just the difference between massacre, small massacre, all massacre, or partial massacre.

  Seeing that Wei Yan was going to press Feng Yongjin again, Zhuge Liang shouted loudly, "Okay!"

   This stopped the two arguing.

"General Wei is worried that the other party has plans and wants to enter the city as soon as possible. Feng Mingwen, you care about the people and don't want to attack. Both are justified. It's just that Feng Mingwen, as a junior, can't you be more polite to General Wei? "

   Zhuge Liang reprimanded Feng Yong.

  Feng Yong curled his lips and glanced at Zhuge Liang.

   Zhuge Liang stared back at him.

  Feng Yong resentfully remained silent, muttering in his heart, his son is still my disciple, and he and I are of the same generation, how come we are the younger generation?

  Although Zhuge Liang was reprimanding Feng Yong on the surface, in the eyes of Jiang Wei and other sharp-eyed people, it was clear at a glance who the prime minister was closer to when he said this.

  I heard Zhuge Liang say again, "But what you said is also reasonable. The people of Xiangwu are also the people of the Han Dynasty. How can I not treat them well? If they can avoid the disaster of war, that would be the best."

   "So I not only have to agree to wait two more days, but also restore the flow of the Wei River, so as to avoid the worry of water shortage in the city, and at the same time, it can also amplify the virtue of the emperor of Han."

  After the discussion was finalized, Zhuge Liang asked people to go back to the city and conveyed his meaning in detail.

  You Chu heard this and sighed, "In this way, the people in the city will all feel the virtues of Ji Han, and Zhuge Liang won the hearts of the people of Xiangwu without a single soldier!"

  (end of this chapter)