Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 102 Arriving at Bodao County

Liu Zhang, who was going down the river, arrived at Bodao County, where the army gathered on this trip, and was about to begin his journey to conquer Nanzhong.

Bodao County was later named Yibin City in Sichuan.

"Book of Han??Biao of Officials and Officials" makes it very clear: "The county where the princes live is called the country, the place where the empress dowager, empress, and princess live is called the city, and the barbarians who live there are called the road." Because the barbarians who lived in Yibin at that time were called "bo" People', so it was named Bodao County.

Liu Zhang, who had just arrived in Bodao County, received a good start. As a pioneer, Lou Fa sent a victory document from Anshang County, informing Liu Zhang that Gaoyuan, the king of Yi in Yueqi County, was sent to capture Anshang County, which entered the main road of Yueqi County. The army led by Niu Yi King Lang Tan captured [-] heads under the combined attack of him and Shen Mi.

The heads of six thousand barbarians?

Liu Zhang was a little confused at first. According to the information, Lou Fa only led more than a thousand people to garrison in Anshang County. Shen Mi's reinforcements were only 800 people. 2000 people hacked to death 6000 people?

In addition, the Jauniu Yi are a group of large and small tribes living on the Jauniu Road. The total number of households is only ten or twenty thousand. If these young men killed six thousand Jauniu Yi on the battlefield, I'm afraid there won't be any tribe bearing the title of Yanniu Yi in the future.

But he soon figured out what was going on.

Making fuss about numbers during wartime is a very common phenomenon at all times and in all countries.

Some exaggerate the number of one's own troops to gain a head start in order to deter the enemy and win without a fight. This is generally used when going on an expedition.

For example, before the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao sent a letter to Sun Quan, threatening Sun Shiwan and saying: "Those who are close to me will attack the enemy. Jing Hui points to the south, and Liu Cong restrains his hands. Now that the navy is under control of 80 people, Fang and the general will join forces to hunt in Wu."

Some exaggerate the achievements of the battle in order to intimidate the enemy and make them afraid to resist any more.

Although the Qin State implemented a policy of rewarding military merit after Shang Yang's reform, military merit was calculated based on the number of enemy heads captured, and rewards were given based on merit.

This system of calculating merit based on head level was used by later generations, but it was quite difficult in practice to accurately count the number of enemies killed, and gradually some common and less serious methods were formed.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the custom of "breaking thieves' documents and counting one as ten" has been formed, or it is an unspoken rule.

This point is clearly recorded in the "Three Kingdoms??Wei Zhi??Guoyuan Biography": "In documents about breaking thieves, one was used to count ten, and the number of heads up to Yuan was the same as the actual number. When Taizu asked why, Yuan said: 'My husband conquered The foreign invaders, those who have captured more than their share, want to use great martial arts to show off to the people. Hejian is within the confines of the territory, and Yin and others are rebellious. Although they have achieved great success, they will be shamed by theft.'"

Guoyuan was ashamed of the civil war in the River Land. He did not report the number of enemy kills to ten times as much as usual, which was regarded as a strange thing by Cao Cao. From this, we can see that the phenomenon of false reporting of military achievements was common in the late Han Dynasty, and it seemed that those in power A fair amount of tolerance was given to this.

The document handed over by Lou Fa and Shen Mi said that six thousand barbarians were killed, but if you divide it by ten, it would be more than 600 people. This is a relatively normal figure.

"In addition, Lieutenant Lou asked for instructions in the document on how to deal with the Jauniu barbarians captured in Anshang County. Should they be supervised first?" Zhang Yi, who followed Liu Zhang in the expedition to Nanzhong, was responsible for receiving and delivering documents. He asked Liu Zhang Report other contents in the document.

"Why keep it? It's a waste of rice."

Liu Zhang, who was engrossed in looking at the map of Nanzhong, without raising his head, said a casual sentence, giving the captured Yanniu Yi a desperate sentence.Zhang Yi frowned, hesitated for a moment, and admonished: "Ming Gong, as the old saying goes: 'You cannot surrender by killing, especially by killing prisoners.' Furthermore, 'Kill and surrender cannot be done with force.' Ming Gong's trip is to stabilize Nanzhong." , maybe it can appease the hearts of the surrendered foreigners and prevent them from causing chaos in the future."

"No, what Mr. Zhang said is totally wrong."

Before Liu Zhang could reply, Peng Yi stood up and refuted Zhang Yi: "Barbarians don't know poetry and books, and they don't have any kindness. He takes it for granted that you are good to him. On the contrary, he thinks you owe him something, so that's why you treat him so well." He is so good that he even thinks you are not good enough for him.???

"So even if Duke Ming has benevolence towards the barbarians and does not kill the captured barbarians, these barbarians will not be grateful to Duke Ming. They are just temporarily afraid of Duke Ming's military power and will obey him for a while. Time, when the army leaves Nanzhong in the future, there will inevitably be chaos again."

Peng Yi warned Zhang Yi with sincerity: "Yi Di are just like beasts. They are afraid of power but have no morals."

"When these barbarians are weak, they will humble themselves in front of my Han family, but when they are strong, they will definitely rob my Han family."

"For the Soyi tribes who dare to reach out to our Han family, we can only destroy their species and exterminate their descendants. Use these rebellious blood to warn other Soyi tribes in the south, so that they will never dare to act rashly."

"Besides, the land in Nanzhong is also the territory of our Han family. Although these Sou Yi people are outsiders, they are still subjects in our territory of Han Dynasty. They should abide by the laws of our Han Dynasty. Those who conspire to rebel should belong to the Yi tribe. Now Not implicating these three clans is already considered a mercy outside the law."

"Ming Gong, not only do these captured Soyi people need to be killed, but it is best to build a Jingguan in order to frighten other Souyi people in Nanzhong."

"If there are any foreigners who dare to resist the officers and soldiers in the future, they should be killed regardless of whether they are surrendered or captured."

'This is a bit extreme. Liu Zhang complained to Peng Yi in his heart.

The reason why he planned to kill the captured Ye Niu Yi was just to warn other small tribes of Ye Niu Yi who were incited by Gao Yuan and came from the vassal state of Shu County to Yue Xi County to help out, as well as the Qing Yi Qiang in the Qing Yi River Basin. They were so frightened that they abandoned Gao Yuan and ran back to Shu County.

But what Peng Yi said was a bit crazy, he actually wanted to fight all the way to the end.

Killing one group, pulling another group, using carrots and sticks together is the best policy. Blind killing will not solve the problem in South China.
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Yizhou County, Dianchi County.

"Thanks to Lou Sima who attacked the enemy camp and burned down the nest carts and ladders built by the enemy, otherwise Dianchi County would have been in danger." Gao Yi, the prefect of Yizhou County standing on the city tower, cupped his hands and thanked Lou Qi.

He had a good impression of Lou Qi, a military commander. Lou Qi was highly skilled in martial arts. He led a few men to break through the pursuit of the barbarians in the besieged city, and conveyed the news to him that the Chengdu army would soon move south, which greatly boosted the morale of the military in Dianchi County. I was shocked, and my determination to stand firm and wait for help was extremely strong.

In addition, after Lou Qi conveyed the news that the army was about to move south, he did not leave Dianchi County, but stayed with him in Dianchi County. Lou Qi had the ability to lead troops in combat, and made a good response to the current lack of good generals in Dianchi County. of supplement.

"Mr. Gaofu is so complimentary. I'm just doing what I should do." Lou Qi didn't dare to blame him. He was born in the capital of Guizhou, and he respected the scholars, not to mention the loyalty of Gao Yi. man of.

(End of this chapter)