The three countries are very nuclear

Regarding Lin Chao's arrangement, Liu Bei had the same doubts as Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.

Such a once-in-a-lifetime battle, why not have my share?
Zichu, the idea of ​​favoring one over another is outrageous!
However, Liu Bei today is obviously more self-aware than before, and he didn't express this question that would be so sprayed by everyone that he couldn't find the north.

After the meeting, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun did not leave, but turned their attention to Lin Chao.

Of course Lin Chao understood the doubts of the two of them. He had already thought of the reason for not appointing them to fight this time, so he did not leave, and only waited for the two to raise questions.

Guan Yu had a thin face after all, so after a long silence, it was Zhao Yun who said: "Supervisor, this battle...why can't the last general and Yun Chang be appointed?"

Hearing this, Liu Bei on the side also became interested, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Gu also has this doubt. Yunchang and Zilong are the first generals in Xuzhou, and they are natural talents. Why did Zichu abandon him?" Need not?"

Liu Da'er, you deliberately set fire to me, didn't you?
Lin Chao gave Liu Bei a white look, but then smiled at Zhao Yun and Guan Yu: "Zilong, it's not that a certain person doesn't want to appoint you two, but this time the northward conquest of Xianbei is too special, and you two are not suitable to lead the army."

"Why?" Guan Yu finally couldn't help but said, "Conquering alien races, the first heavy cavalry, Zilong has been in charge of commanding my Xuzhou cavalry for many years, why can't he go north? Moreover, a certain self-proclaimed man is also quite good at battle, leading an army all the way. Not a problem."

When Guan Yu said this, he was already very humble.

When it comes to the method of battle, not to mention Xuzhou, even if you look at the big man, no one can surpass Guan Yu.

But even so, Lin Chao was still unwilling to appoint the two of them.

Lin Chao stretched out two fingers, and said with a smile: "There are two reasons. First, although it is a bluff to attack Yuan Shu in the south, but I will not have one or two generals in Xuzhou, I am afraid that I will not be able to convince the world. Yun Chang and Zilong With a reputation resounding all over the country, he is the best candidate to intimidate Yuan Shu!"

Although this sentence flattered the two of them, it still couldn't completely convince them.

Zhao Yun said: "Dare to ask the supervisor, what's the second reason?"

"As for the second reason..."

The smile on Lin Chao's face suddenly subsided, his eyes flickered with complicated and difficult light, and he said slowly: "Just now I said that this time is not a conquest, but revenge. Do you two understand what revenge is?"

"This……"

Hearing this, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun frowned.

"It's easy to say, four words, kill everything!"

Lin Chao raised his hand and said slowly but firmly.

"Beheaded to death?"

Guan Yu said with a puzzled face.

Combined with what Lin Chao had done before, it was hard for him to imagine that these four words would come out of Lin Chao's mouth.

"That's right, it's all about killing!" Lin Chao's eyes were full of firm light, "Zi said: Repay grievances directly. As a certain person said before, the blood feud of more than twenty years must come to an end. The wronged souls of the people are all watching us from the sky. Therefore, we don't need to be polite to these barbarians.

Wherever the army goes, all men who pass over the wheel will be beheaded!

When women and children were young, people were moved to the Central Plains, and then slowly educated with the way of sages and sages.

In addition, the army should also feed on the enemy.Killing all their cattle, sheep and horses as military rations will also relieve the pressure on logistics supplies, and our Tian Shangshu will not be forced to bite people everywhere. "

Although Lin Chao made a joke at the end of the conversation, the three present did not find it funny, but looked at Lin Chao in shock.

There is nothing to say about eating from the enemy, and it is all right to relocate the Xianbei people to the Central Plains to teach...

It's just that the sentence that all men who pass the wheel and above will be beheaded is really hard for the three of them to accept.

After recovering, Zhao Yun immediately cupped his fists and said: "Supervisor, there are nearly a million barbarians in Saiwan, and there are hundreds of thousands of men who have passed the wheel. Are we going to kill them all? That's hundreds of thousands of lives!
This method is too cruel, and I will not agree with it in the end. "

That's why I don't need you!
A trace of helplessness appeared on Lin Chao's face, people with too high a moral bottom line have such troubles.

However, Lin Chao had thought about this question a long time ago, and immediately said with a smile: "Zilong, let me ask you, barbarians... are they considered human beings?"

Hearing this, Zhao Yun shuddered, his eyes full of chaos.

Guan Yu asked with a puzzled face, "A barbarian...can't be considered a human being?"

"This is natural." Lin Chao said with a face of reason, "What is a person? Propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame. The sages have said: Propriety, justice, integrity and shame have four dimensions in a country. If the four dimensions are not stretched, the country will perish. If a country is like this, let alone people?

Look at those barbarians, who are ashamed and drink blood, shameless, how can they be called human beings?

If someone wants to educate his mind, he must conquer his body first. For these barbarians, this is also a great gift. "

Zhao Yun shook his head and sighed, "But... in the end, hundreds of thousands of lives..."

"Zilong's words, I think it's inappropriate. Since ancient times, debts are repaid, and murder is paid for life. The law of heaven is clear, and retribution is reincarnated." Lin Chao laughed, "Go to the borderlands and ask those people who are slaughtered by barbarians every year. Do they want to take revenge on the barbarians? Should the barbarians be exterminated?
We are in the hinterland of the Central Plains, so what qualifications do we have to decide the way to punish the barbarians for the sufferer? "

After hearing this sentence, Zhao Yun was completely silent, and he had nothing to say.

After a long while, Guan Yu sighed, bowed to Lin Chao and said: "It's a good way to repay your complaints... Thank you Zichu for clarifying the confusion, but this kind of thing of relying on the strong and bullying the weak, someone will not do it. This time the Northern Expedition, a certain no longer participate.”

Zhao Yun also nodded.

They could not refute Lin Chao's actions, and the only thing they could do was not to participate in the massacre.

It is precisely because the Northern Expedition focused on massacres that Lin Chao appointed some generals from all over the world, such as Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others.

They had a deep hatred with the barbarians since they were young. In the eyes of Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, the strategy of extermination was a natural act of revenge in their eyes, and there would be no psychological burden to implement it.

To be honest, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were indeed the most important generals in Lin Chao's heart, because they were almost perfect in being generals.

Guan Yu is proud of the superior but not bullying the inferior, bullying the strong but not the weak, emphasizing ability but not recognizing his background.For the soldiers under his command, he has even achieved the level of loving soldiers like children.

In the original history, after the entire Xiangfan battle, Guan Yu's style of play was an upright manly behavior.

Compared with Cao Ren's massacre of Wancheng, Guan Yu also calmly dealt with the combined attack of the world's heroes in the critical situation of Sun Keji's betrayal of the covenant.

He neither killed prisoners nor surrendered, and truly achieved no loss of personal morality. Even if he died unfortunately in the end, his name will go down in history!
So Guan Yu is not only loyal and brave, but also benevolent and righteous!
Needless to say, Zhao Yun, although his commanding ability is a little worse than Guan Yu, but in other respects, he is more strict with the moral bottom line than Guan Yu, otherwise he would not become the incarnation of the perfect general in the novel.

Letting such people carry out the plan of extermination is not only useless, but also an insult to them.

Seeing that Guan Yu and Zhao Yun had no objections, Liu Bei said, "Zichu, the three armies are going northward, but they can't be supervised by no one. I'm lonely, please stay in the northern border with integrity, coordinate the dispatch, and take charge of the northern border." Ask for everything."

This time Lin Chao didn't refuse any more, but stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I obey!"

Hearing this, Liu Bei laughed, and then took out the ax hanging from behind him: "Zichu, I will give you the ax again today, just like seven years ago, the military and government of the four states will participate in the decision in the future."

After all, the ax belonged to the Son of Heaven. Even Lin Chaodang knelt down and raised his hands above his head before taking the ax from Liu Bei.

After receiving the axe, Liu Bei smiled again: "Zichu, although the position of prime minister is important, it is only an official position with a rank of two thousand stones, and it is not easy to lead a hundred officials. Wait for Gu to write a letter, and I will add an official to you, That would be justifiable.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the promotion!"

……

It takes time to dispatch grain and grass, and it takes even more time to recruit civilian workers.

It is now the beginning of March, and the Lin Dynasty plans to complete the recruitment of food, fodder and civilian husbands within two months, then march northward in early May, and end the war before the end of October.

Because once winter comes, the bitter cold land in northern Xinjiang will show its power, and the soldiers who have been in the north may be able to withstand it, but the civilians recruited from the hinterland of the Central Plains in the four states will inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and may even die Plague broke out.

War is not a trivial matter, and it has always been a matter of success and failure first. Even if it can't be done once and for all, it can't be a heavy loss.

After the government affairs hall meeting, Lin Chao received the axe from Liu Bei, and then formed a temporary staff department with members Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Shen Pei, and Xin Ping.

Today's five ministers all have important positions and cannot be used easily, but with these five people, it is enough to deal with the war in northern Xinjiang.

Liu Bei's actions were also considered quick, and he fulfilled his promise half a month later, and he went to the court to obtain an official title for the Lin Dynasty.

In terms of titles, the Lin Dynasty was already a lieutenant before, and now there is no way to advance, so Liu Bei increased the Lin Dynasty's Shiyi by [-] households, and the previous [-] households, for a total of [-] households.

This reward is not insignificant. You must know that the current General of the Left, Guan Yu, has only just reached a thousand households.

Since the credit for the previous battle of the Three States could not help but not be rewarded, but was dismissed from office, this time Liu Bei counted the previous credit together, and it is reasonable to add two thousand households in the city of food.

The title Lin Chao has no objections, but the new official position... After Lin Chao received the appointment, he wanted to resign on the spot again.

Because this new official position is Situ who is the third official of the dynasty!
Sangong is the ultimate dream of a minister, and Lin Chao is no exception, but the position of Situ...

I have heard about Lin Situ's life. You lived in the hinterland of Zhongshan, and you became an official with filial piety for the first time... The crime is serious, the world will not tolerate it... I have never seen such a brazen person!
Just after receiving the appointment, this famous scene appeared in Lin Chao's mind.

In the original history, the previous Situ since the end of Han Dynasty did not end well!
Now I have become Situ...

Moreover, the title Lin Situ sounds a bit unlucky no matter how it sounds.

But at least he was promoted, so Lin Chao has nothing to complain about.

Lin Chao, who is 35 years old this year, has already grown a beard on his chin. Although he is a little younger to be a Sangong, it makes sense.

But before leaving, Lin Chao still found his apprentice Zhuge Liang, and the master and apprentice had a long talk all night.

Today's Zhuge Liang has already been promoted by Liu Bei to be the Prime Minister of the Inner Mansion, and has the right to participate in the council. He is somewhat of a successor to Xun Yu, but he is envied by the second generation of Xuzhou.

You know, Guan Ping is still just a general of Zhonglang, Yang Xiu is just a servant of the Ministry of Rites, and even Zhuge Jin, who is the oldest, is only a servant of the Ministry of Households.

It is worth mentioning that Lin Chao's other brother-in-law, Chen Dao, Chen's younger brother, has replaced Dian Wei's previous position in the past seven years and became Liu Bei's new bodyguard.

Less than half a year after Lin Chao resigned, Zhuge Liang also went to Zhongshan. He studied with Lin Chao for four full years before returning to Tan County. After that, he began to participate in government affairs, and now he has obtained sufficient training.

But today, Lin Chao wanted to give him a choice.

"Kong Ming, you have experienced some experience in the government affairs hall now. I wonder if you intend to participate in military affairs?"

Hearing this, a gleam of joy flashed in Zhuge Liang's eyes, but it disappeared in a flash.

"Disciples follow the teacher's orders." Zhuge Liang cupped his hands and said.

Lin Chao waved his hand with a smile and said, "What do you order or not? As a teacher, I am just chatting with you, so there is no need to be so polite."

"Teacher, are you planning to let your disciple join the army?"

Lin Chao nodded and said, "That's right, I believe you can see that there haven't been wars in this world for a few years. After the Northern Expedition is over, in the coming year, as a teacher, I plan to persuade the king to use troops in the south. There are not many heroes left in this world. If you don’t join the army, I’m afraid you won’t have a chance in the future.”

In fact, Lin Chao has another purpose, which is to take the opportunity to exercise Zhuge Liang's ability to lead the army.

If the process of unifying the world goes well, that's okay, but if it doesn't go well, maybe the original historical pattern of three-part world will happen.

Even if I can't unify the world in my lifetime, I can't let Xuzhou have no successors.

Zhuge Liang cupped his hands and said, "Teacher, I am willing to join the army."

"Well, south or north?"

Although it was just a show to Yuan Shu, he still had to send troops.

After Zhuge Liang thought for a while, he cupped his hands again and said, "Teacher, this disciple chooses the south."

"Oh, why?"

Lin Chao originally thought that Zhuge Liang would choose to go to northern Xinjiang with him, but he didn't expect him to do the opposite.

Zhuge Liang replied: "With the teacher in the north, there is nothing to worry about barbarians. I still want to go to the south."

"You bastard, you are quite ambitious!"

Lin Chao scolded with a smile.

"The teacher's wisdom is outstanding in the world, and he is famous all over the world. Although the disciple is stupid, he dare not fall into the teacher's prestige and make the world ridicule."

When Zhuge Liang said these words, he was respectful and polite, with the appearance of a modest gentleman.But Lin Chao could see the arrogance and confidence in his eyes at a glance.

Be proud!

How can a truly talented person not have his own edge?
The disciple has already made a choice, and as a teacher, he can only help him.

"Since my apprentice has great ambitions, I will fulfill you as a teacher."

As he said that, Lin Chao took out a booklet from his pocket, handed it to Zhuge Liang and said, "Kong Ming, you are not very good at being a teacher. You have already learned almost all the talents in this body, so I will give this book to you now." .”

Zhuge Liang took the booklet and said with a puzzled face: "Dare to ask the teacher, this is..."

When I returned from Zhongshan three years ago, didn’t the teacher say that he had passed on all his knowledge to me?
I don't want to hide some...

"This thing is not very unusual. It is a military book summed up by my teacher after observing all the tactics that my generals in Xuzhou are good at over the years. It includes formation warfare, water warfare, fire attack, and siege methods. You take it It will definitely be of great benefit to study well.”

It is true that Zhuge Liang is a genius, but these things cannot be learned in books. You have to go to the front line to understand them.

Lin Chao's actions made him stand on the shoulders of giants.

"Thank you teacher!"

Zhuge Liang quickly put the booklet into his arms, and then thanked Lin Chaodao.

At the end of March in the 11th year of Chuping, Lin Chao led the staff he formed, and officially went north to recover Youzhou and crusade against aliens!