please make me king

Chapter 1210 sacrifice
Zhang Shun didn't know that after his time travel, a new term called "cognitive warfare" appeared on the Internet in his previous life.

The so-called "cognitive warfare" is to attack people's will, spirit, psychology, etc., through actions in the physical domain, use of the information domain, and offensive and defensive in the cognitive domain, to continuously destroy the enemy's cognitive foundation and achieve the goal of attacking the mind. The strategic purpose of a kind of psychological warfare.

Its characteristics are based on material change, with information media as the link, with value judgment as the key, and with the destruction of will as the focus.

Although Zhang Shun had never heard of this concept, after being deeply influenced by the "public opinion war" in his previous life, it did not prevent him from using similar methods in combination with his practice in this life.

The basis for Zhang Shun's ability to launch "cognitive warfare" is that he has [-] troops under his command.

In fact, based on the production capacity of Shaanxi, which does not include Hanzhong, plus the two prefectures, one prefecture and two regions in western Henan, the rebel army can raise at most [-] troops.

If the defenders everywhere were eliminated, the rebels would only be able to pull out [-] troops to attack in at least two or three years. This is the consensus of the Ming Dynasty.

However, everyone ignored Zhang Shun's original decision to buy five million shi of grain against all opinions.

But this decision ensured that the rebel army could burst out an army that exceeded the carrying capacity of Shaanxi and Western Henan in a short period of time at a critical moment.

One step wrong, step by step wrong.

Da Ming and Hou Jin made mistakes in their judgment on key issues, so they would naturally be caught off guard on strategic issues.

And what Zhang Shun has to do is to infinitely magnify the impact on the original cognition of the Ming government and the public on the basis of this "unprepared" material basis.

When a person finds that there is a huge deviation between his cognition and reality, the subconscious will repair it in the opposite direction, which leaves room for "cognitive warfare".

Zhang Shun's "cognitive warfare" against Puzhou City is very simple. It is to benefit the information gap between the inside and outside of the city. a broken one.

Sure enough, when everyone in the city heard this unexpected news, they were shocked and pale, and a stone as heavy as Mount Tai was pressed on their hearts.

"Could it be that he's cheating on us?" He Fu couldn't help but panic when he heard the words.

Originally, He Fu had made so many preparations in advance, thinking that he was no longer afraid of "King Shun", but he did not expect that "King Shun" would hit his vital point as soon as he made a move.

"No!" Han Yu, the chief assistant of Yuan Daming, shook his head with a sullen face, and said in a low voice.

"Although Puzhou City is besieged, it is not airtight. Just send a few people to inquire about it, and you will know the truth."

"Although Shun thief is treacherous, he probably wouldn't lie about something so easy to expose!"

After all, Han Yu has a lot of experience, he is old and mature, and he still keeps a little clarity in his mind.

It turned out that although Sun Shoufa, the general of the rebel army, besieged Puzhou City, he had only [-] soldiers under his command.

The walls of Puzhou City are strange, how can the rebels besiege them to death?

It's just that Puzhou City has been in peace for a long time, and it was suddenly attacked by war. Many citizens fled in a hurry.

"Then what should we do now?" Seeing that Han Yu did not support his point of view, He Fu couldn't help but be confused.

"First respond to his three animals, table incense and candles, etc., and wait until the enemy's situation is found out before making any calculations!" Han Yu frowned.

In addition, everyone responded to Zhang Shun, and quickly sent scouts and spies to nearby towns to investigate the movement of the rebel army.

The situation was urgent, so they couldn't help them to investigate carefully. They just visited the nearby counties casually, but they heard rumors that the rebel army descended from heaven and took a certain state and a certain city.

When all these information gathered in one place, they were enemies on all sides.Immediately, Han Yu and He Fu were stunned, and the shock in their hearts can be imagined.

This is the "information as a link" in "cognitive warfare".

Whether Zhang Shun took the initiative to reveal the military situation, or the Ming army passively investigated, they would get an unbelievable news: hundreds of miles are full of "thieves", countless cities have fallen, and my way is alone!
Of course, if it's just these, it's nothing.

Since ancient times, countless people have been guarding the lonely city alone. Who can conclude that Han Yu and He Fu must be exceptions?

However, when the scouts and spies were investigating the situation of the rebel army, they not only partially confirmed what Zhang Shun said, but also heard that foolish men and women said one after another: "This 'King Shun' was originally the emperor Shun, the holy king in ancient times, because he could not see the suffering of the people." , so I descended to the world to reincarnate and save the world!"

Originally, these words were just random associations by dull people to find reasons for things beyond their own cognition.

However, this rumor spread from ten to ten, and it spread to half of Shanxi in a short time, which immediately left Han Yu and He Fu speechless.

This incident seems to be just a small matter, but at the critical moment, it has the effect of making a difference.

Because this matter happens to involve the item of "value judgment as the key" in "cognitive warfare".

Regardless of whether it is Han Yu or He Fu, they are all scholars, and more precisely they are Confucian believers.

Although Confucian believers emphasize the monarch and ministers, they also agree with the ancient sayings of "the rule of three generations" and "the people are the most important, the society is second, and the emperor is the least".

Compared with Daming, which is dark in officialdom, the idealistic and legendary "King Shun" is obviously more in line with their identity.

One can be against anyone, but one cannot be against oneself.

Confucianism has always advocated the rule of three generations, and advocated benevolence, filial piety and righteousness. Countless idealistic Confucian scholars have followed suit and regarded death as home.

However, all these bumped into the "King Shun" who prided himself on benevolence and righteousness, a king who was close to the ideal of Confucianism, and everything seemed to be in chaos.

This is the dilemma that Han Yu and He Fu are facing now: on the one hand, the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, and on the other hand, the ideal of self-cultivation, family governance, state governance and world peace.

Which one is more important, how to decide?

At this point, even Han Yu began to hesitate.

If we talk about it carefully, whether it is loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, monarch or minister, apart from the habits since birth, in the final analysis, most of them are for the sake of leaving a name in history.

However, now Han Yu has a vague feeling that if he really dies abiding by chastity, he may not even have the reputation of a loyal minister this time.

As a man of many talents, Han Yu is already familiar with the allusions of Yu Shun.

Although the ancient sage Emperor Shun ruled the world with virtue, he still had the act of "punishing traitors and prostitutes, and chasing out the four evils".

If today's "King Shun" is finally worthy of the name of the ancient sage king, then what is the behavior of himself and others?
Fei Lian came to be loyal to the merchants, but in the end, didn't he get the notoriety of "helping the evildoers"?

How could He Fu think that as the elder of the four dynasties, Han Yu, who served as the chief assistant for two terms, would have been shaken in his heart?
He struggled with it for a long time, and finally he said: "King Shun is so powerful, I really can't compete with him!"

"Nowadays, Puzhou City is besieged on all sides, and many foolish men and women are troubled by it."

"In my opinion, the only way to take advantage of the sacrifice is to send brave men to kill him in one fell swoop, and then the world will be safe. I wonder what Prime Minister Han thinks?"

"This..." Han Yu was stunned when he heard the words, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: If the fruit is killed again, it's because of luck but not fate, it's just God's will; Can beat the sky?

Thinking of this, Han Yu, the former chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, couldn't help laughing and said: "Prefect He is indeed very resourceful and courageous!"

"There is a saying: when you shoot a man, you shoot the horse first, and when you capture a thief, you first capture the king. Since the prefect He wants to die and live later, I should be the prefect He!"

(End of this chapter)