At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 115 The most important task of the law lies in the governance, and the governance must be punished

Thinking of this, Cheng De quickly called his confidants over.

The person called by Cheng De was originally called Zhong Sanjiu, who later joined the Sizhou Army and was promoted to partial general due to his meritorious service.

However, Cheng De sent someone to investigate, and this person came from Zhang Village, with a clean background and a trustworthy person.

In order to win over this person, Cheng De also gave him the name Zhong Yang, which means Zhong Sanjiu has a bright future in the future.

Zhong Yang was also extremely grateful to Cheng De for giving him his name, and his loyalty to Cheng De grew day by day.

After Zhong Yang arrived, Cheng De didn't waste any more nonsense, and said directly: "From now on, you quickly collect five thousand soldiers from the barracks, and go to Andong Prefecture to support Zhou Dexing."

Zhong Yang also knew that the matter was urgent, so he replied without hesitation: "This subordinate obeys the order!"

After finishing speaking, Zhong Yang was about to leave, but Cheng De stopped him in time, "Wait!"

Zhong Yang turned around and looked into Cheng De's eyes, revealing his bewilderment.

"Go here, be careful. If Andong Prefecture is really undefendable, you and Zhou Dexing will withdraw from Andong Prefecture. Remember, only when people are in the city! Keep the green hills here without worrying about no firewood!" Cheng De urged Zhong Yang said.

After hearing this, Zhong Yang felt a little moved, so he nodded emphatically.

After that, Zhong Yang bowed to Cheng De and left quickly.

Afterwards, Cheng De looked in the direction of Gaoyou City, feeling a little unwilling.

Liu Bowen's proposal could not take effect due to various accidents, which also made Cheng De quite helpless.

It's not that the strategy is not good, but that various changes have disrupted the arrangement.

Thinking of this, Cheng De returned to the big tent to continue processing the paperwork.

When he turned to one of the documents, Cheng De fell into deep thought.

Zhu Sheng said in the document that many scholars in Sizhou City wrote letters, hoping that Cheng De would adopt the rule of man, that is, the rule of sages, rather than the rule of law.

This undoubtedly made Cheng Xian extremely angry.

Are these scholars all stupid?

It's a troubled time now, and the rule of man is still advocated. Could it be that we are living in a dream?
Maybe Sizhou City has lived in peace for too long, and I don't know the sufferings of the people in other places.

In Cheng De's view, although the rule of law is not an optimal way to deal with it, it is a second choice to avoid the worst outcome.

Especially in this chaotic world, the rule of law is needed to ensure the maintenance of order.

The most important spirit of the rule of law, according to Cheng De, is the restriction of power. Only in this way can the interests of many people be guaranteed and he can gain more support from the people.

Whoever advocates the rule of man is doing him harm.

Those scholars, why don't they go to the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty and ask them to implement the rule of man?

It is ridiculous to write a letter to let oneself implement the rule of man.

It seems that, all along, the outside world spread his name of benevolence and righteousness, which really made them put their noses in the face.

You know, hasn't he earned his reputation of benevolence and righteousness with one blow?

Have these people forgotten?

Or do you think you can be bullied?

Why did he force Zhu Sheng, Lu Qi and others to write a set of "Sizhou Law"?
It's not because Cheng De wants power to operate under the rules, so as to protect the rights and interests of the people.

Unrestricted power is terrible, and it corrupts those who possess it.

Furthermore, Cheng De has always believed in Xunzi's theory that nature is evil.

Human nature cannot resist the temptation of power, which Cheng De has always believed in.

If the way of governance simply relies on the natural goodness and morality of human nature, then such governance will undoubtedly be eroded by privileges and will not be so reliable.

Besides, taking ten thousand steps back, what is the purpose of our own people fighting on the front line?It's not for the peace of the world.

Cheng De was really angry with those people who were holding him back.

Is it true that you can't see the reality clearly, or are you bewitched by others?Regarding this, Cheng De didn't want to delve into it, he only knew that he would not reuse these scholars.

A person who can't see the situation clearly, what can he be expected to accomplish?

Thinking of this, Cheng De immediately sent a letter back to Zhu Sheng:

The law is the ritual of the world, so it is also the order of the people to resolve doubts and clarify right and wrong.Those who have the law don't need it, and those who can't wait
A sage can create laws, but cannot rule a country by abolishing laws.

The governance of Sizhou depends on the law, and it can be guaranteed that it will not be chaotic, and I will be safe in front of the army.

If the law is not cherished, it will affect the hearts of the people.

Remarks (What do those Sizhou army scholars know? They are just full-fledged people who don’t know how to govern a country at all. If you really listen to them and rely on the rule of sages, the Sizhou army will be in chaos. How can we talk about expelling the Hulu , restore China?)
After Cheng De finished writing, he was still a little worried, so he wrote another letter to Shi Naian.

The content of the letter is as follows:

The laws of Sizhou must be enforced, and you must not listen to the sages and sages, otherwise the Sizhou army will be defeated for a day, and the Propaganda Department can use this as a threat, especially to spread its benefits, so that the people under it will know the law and abide by the law, so that they can protect themselves profit.

The major task of the law lies in governance, and governance must involve punishment.

Remember, remember.

After finishing writing, Cheng De immediately sent someone to send it to Sizhou City eight hundred miles away.

After completing these, Cheng De felt relieved.

He sighed in his heart: There is nothing easy for those who are superior and those who want to be good.

At this moment, the scouts rushed towards Cheng De's big tent.

"Report, General Qi, the front gate of Gaoyou City, Gong Buban, has opened the city gate, and has brought [-] troops, and is heading towards our camp!"

Hearing what the scout soldiers said, Cheng De narrowed his eyes slightly, and said calmly: "Our Sizhou army will win this battle! Go down and have a good rest first!"

Cheng De quickly gathered [-] cavalry, led [-] gunfire soldiers, [-] crossbowmen, and [-] infantry, and formed a formation outside the barracks, ready to fight.

At the very front, there are six cannons.

One person behind each cannon.

The remaining 6000 people guarded the barracks in four directions.

Cheng De rode a horse and stood at the forefront of the Chinese army, looking calmly at the attacking men and horses not far away from Gong Buban, with a serious expression on his face.

He slowly drew out the long knife hanging from his waist, his eyes silently calculating the distance from his side.

"Three hundred steps, two hundred steps"

Cheng De ordered the artillery to fire.

"Boom"

At one hundred paces, Cheng De ordered the firecrackers to fire their guns and the crossbowmen to fire their arrows.

The firecrackers and crossbowmen are released first in the first row, squat down immediately after they are released, in the second row, after the second row, squat down immediately, and in the third row
When many yuan soldiers on horseback were shot or shot and fell into a pool of blood, Cheng De watched with a blank expression.

Although the firecrackers and crossbowmen of our own side wiped out many successive Yuan troops, there were still many cavalry of the Yuan army charging up. Seeing this, Cheng De led the cavalry to rush over quickly.

"Kill! Kill the Yuan thief!"

Cheng De roared, and the cavalry behind him shouted: "Kill the Yuan thief!"

The sound was earth-shattering.

As soon as Cheng De stepped forward, the cavalry was instantly divided into three groups of left, middle and right, each with a thousand.

The guards on the left and right stopped the Yuan army who wanted to cross the front and go to the rear to kill.

Cheng De was in the middle, and he led the cavalry, like a sharp knife, cutting a huge hole in the middle of Gong Buban's army.

That's right, a crazy idea came up in his mind, he wanted to kill Gong Buban among tens of thousands of troops.

Gong Buban seemed to be aware of Cheng De's intentions, but he didn't take it seriously at first.

But what he didn't expect was that this Cheng De became more and more courageous as he fought. Seeing that Cheng De led the cavalry and killed many of his men who approached him, he was getting closer and closer to him. Panic.

He felt a little terrified in his heart.

For the first time, he felt that death was so close to him.

At the same time, he was also extremely afraid of Cheng De's personal courage.

So, in a panic, he immediately ordered in a panic: "Quickly retreat!"

After giving an order, Gong Buban rode his horse first and retreated to the rear.

Seeing this, the cavalry general beside Gong Buban had no choice but to lead his troops back, and followed Gong Buban back to Gaoyou City in embarrassment.

After all, the main generals have all retreated. If they do not retreat, they will be disobeying the military order and will be severely punished.

But Cheng De chased them all the way to Gaoyou City, and didn't stop there until they entered the city.

In this battle, Gong Buban was defeated.

Previously, he had suffered a disastrous defeat against Liu Futong's Red Turban rebel army.

This time, facing the Sizhou army, he lost again in an upright battle.

He fought against the rebel army of Liu Futong's Red Scarf Army, but he was defeated by a drinking accident.

This time, in the battle with the Sizhou army, he was defeated by greed for life and fear of death, and lack of courage.

After the Sizhou army saw that the Yuan army had been repelled, the Sizhou army shouted: "General Conquer! General!"

At this moment, Cheng De enjoyed the warm cheers from the soldiers of the Sizhou Army.

He was riding on a tall horse, and the soldiers of the Sizhou Army on the left and right gave way one after another. Cheng De rode slowly back to the big tent from the middle.

Soon, after cleaning the battlefield, Cheng De seized some wounded or dead horses, some armored swords and guns, and even some intact horses.

In this battle, Gong Buban lost 7000 to [-] troops, while his Sizhou army had less than [-], which can be regarded as a beautiful battle.

The soldiers of the Sizhou Army who died were all recorded in the book, and they would be engraved on the stele of heroic spirits, and Cheng De would also sympathize with them.

The dead soldiers of the Sizhou Army will be immortalized forever!

For those horses that were injured or died on the spot, Cheng De ordered the whole army to slaughter the horse meat and distribute it to the Sizhou army.

Because he was on the battlefield and it was inconvenient to drink alcohol, Cheng De could only reward him with slaughtered horse meat, but this also made the soldiers of the Sizhou Army very happy.

After all, I have been eating dry food, and the birds have faded out of my mouth.

With meat, plus the special method of cooking horse meat taught by the general, the taste is unbelievably delicious.

That night, the morale of the Sizhou Army reached an unprecedented high.

While the soldiers were celebrating this victory, Cheng De came to a lake not far from Gaoyou City.

He was followed by dozens of people including Liu Chongwu.

Cheng De stood silently by the lake, silent.

Liu Chongwu stood not far from Cheng De, carefully surveying the surroundings, and glanced around sharply.

In the blink of an eye, another few days passed, and the time has come to NO.12 in February 20.

Cheng De still came to stand by the lake for a while after dealing with some official business.

These days, he has always maintained such a habit.

As for why?Cheng De thought that sitting for a long time was not good for him, and that some exercise would be good for him.

Liu Chongwu stood aside as usual, scanning his surroundings sharply.

Beside Liu Chongwu, there were more than a dozen people scattered around, intentionally or unintentionally, protecting Cheng De in the middle.

suddenly.

A sudden change occurred in the field.

And this changed Liu Chongwu's face drastically, he immediately reminded Cheng De: "General, be careful—"

At the same time, Liu Chongwu and others rushed up one after another.

(End of this chapter)