"What a king of Qin drinking in Longxi."
Because he had been here several times, Li Qingzhao gradually became bolder. He stood up and smiled and congratulated Li Shimin on his victory.
Lin Daiyu was still sitting there, looking at Chu Zhen from time to time.
"Thank you, Miss Li!"
Li Shimin was in a particularly good mood. When he saw a dozen sets of armor on the ground, he didn't say anything. Without waiting for Chu Zhen's signal, he sat on the sofa opposite Zhu Yuanzhang and put down the wine can.
There was still a proud look on his face.
"A great victory?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked away from the pile of armor and strange-looking weapons and glanced at Li Shimin.
He also won many battles back then, and his expression was even more excited than Li Shimin's.
"Three thousand chased and killed a hundred thousand, drove them into the city and surrounded them. This victory is so happy!"
Li Shimin sat with his big horse and golden sword, showing off his military exploits.
Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled.
"Three thousand chasing one hundred thousand to kill?! Are you sure you're not exaggerating?"
Chu Zhen didn't know how to fight in ancient times, and he also knew that Li Shimin had the title of God of War, but he still felt that it was too outrageous for three thousand people to chase and kill an army of one hundred thousand.
One hundred thousand soldiers!
That's twice as many as 50,000 pigs.
"The army was defeated like a mountain."
Li Shimin laughed and said: "Xue Qin's army was frightened out of fear by our army. One hundred thousand people fled in a hurry. They killed them like they were cutting weeds to clear the way. They rushed into the formation to kill, then chased after them, rushed into the formation and killed again, all the way." Killed to Zhecheng City!"
Just listening to his description, one can feel the smell of killing and blood filling the air.
Chu Zhen glanced at Li Qingzhao and the two to see if they were scared.
Li Qingzhao smiled at him and complimented Li Shimin:
"The King of Qin is brave, has the power of the overlord of Chu, and has the strategy of Liu Bang!"
Take a look at how talented women praise people. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu used their allusions together to make Li Shimin laugh out loud, and even said that the little lady was too much.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Chu Zhen and said, "Do you know how many people there are in the Three Thousand Cavalry? After getting into position to charge, the horses were connected together and smoke and dust were everywhere. It was impossible to see how many people were chasing behind.
The large army collapsed, those in front ran desperately, driving those behind to cut off the rear, those in the middle were pinched from the front and back, those in the back cursed, and the flanks fled to both sides, the infantry scolded the cavalry to flee first, the cavalry charged at the infantry and asked them to give way, wearing armor He hurriedly took off his clothes, and felt panic after being forced to cut off. If the terrain was narrow, thousands of hundreds of thousands of people would die just by pushing and trampling on them. "
Chu Zhen suddenly realized.
This is real combat. Zhu Yuanzhang has experienced it, so he knows very well the psychology of a defeated army.
Li Shimin's three thousand could be used as thirty thousand, but Xue Qin's defeated army of one hundred thousand hindered each other. They were in a mess and could only flee, crowded and trampled on, causing death and injury.
Once they fled the battlefield, the 100,000-strong army broke into pieces and fought independently. Li Shimin's 3,000 cavalry actually formed a strength advantage.
But even so, three thousand chasing one hundred thousand is still very brave. Once the enemy forces are integrated, Li Shimin will definitely not be able to defeat him.
"Tell me the details."
Chu Zhen smiled at Li Shimin, stood up and poured him and Zhu Yuanzhang a cup of tea, then went to wash the fruits and bring them back.
Li Shimin slowly took a sip of tea and praised: "After eating meat, drink Mr. Chu's tea. It has an indescribable sweetness and refreshing taste!"
"I just happened to come back with some tea leaves. Please tell me how to defeat Xue Ju first."
Chu Zhen went to the city yesterday and bought a lot of goods.
"Actually, it's very simple. Just strengthen the walls and clear the country! Wait for Xue Ju to die."
Li Shimin's words are very suspicious, but he has already begun to tell, and Chu Zhen and others can only listen first.
When he was the generalissimo, he led troops to go out to collect the defeated troops of the Tang Dynasty. When he saw Li Jiancheng, he buried the corpses in Jingguan and entered the city to prevent mosquitoes.
After recounting a series of events, Chu Zhen was undoubtedly impressed most by Jingguan.
The corpses of more than ten thousand Tang soldiers were piled up. It was an unimaginable horrific scene. Even after the victory, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel sad and angry again when he mentioned this matter.
"Xue Ju and his son were cruel by nature. They killed many people, cutting off their tongues and noses, or smashing their corpses. In the end, they also suffered their retribution."
Li Shimin said slowly.
"Death of illness?"
Li Qingzhao asked, if history books record Xue Ju’s death, then Xue Ju is really dead. Is this retribution?
"no."
Li Shimin continued to narrate: "I strictly ordered mosquito control in the city. Xue Qin's army camped in the wild and was close to the mountains and forests. Mosquitoes were rampant. After I accepted their surrender, I inquired and learned that a large number of people in their army were suffering from malaria at that time, so I tried to lure them. They couldn't wait to raise their troops to attack.
I was no longer in a hurry and returned to the city to continue to hold on... More than a month later, Xue Qin's army retreated. I led the troops out of the city and asked half of the army to camp and wait for them to come back. I led the cavalry to circle back..."
The final result was that Xue Qin's army led by Xue Rengao was killed and defeated. Li Shimin led the pursuit and chased all the way to Zheqian, where they confronted Xue Rengao across the Jing River.
"Xue Rengao was more cruel than his father and was extremely harsh on his generals."
Li Shimin said: "I was on the other side of the river, and there were actually many generals of Xue Qin's army, plus thousands of soldiers, crossing the river to surrender in front of Xue Rengao. Xue Rengao was so frightened that he returned to the city to defend. Half a day later, Yin Kaishan and Qu Tutong led them The army came and surrounded Zheqian, and the soldiers of Xue and Qin's army descended to the city with ropes to surrender."
Li Shimin smiled, "I surrounded him for less than ten days, and there were more than 20 surrendered generals gathered. Every night, some surrendered. Isn't this caused by what Xue Qin and his son did in the past? So? I say, his father and son are cruel and unkind, and they will suffer from this today!"
Chu Zhen was amazed.
The siege surrounded the opponent until it collapsed.
One can imagine the scene of Xue Qinjun scrambling to climb down the city wall along the rope at night.
Maybe even the city gate was almost opened. Xue Rengao could only send his personal guards to guard the city gate. He was furious in the city and had no choice but to go out of the city and surrender, allowing Li Shimin to go into the city to drink and celebrate the victory.
No, does it count as Longxi?
"He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world."
Lin Daiyu said a common saying, which shows that although she seldom speaks, she is always listening.
Li Qingzhao thought for a moment and asked her: "Did Mencius say that? I remember the original sentence is: To win the world, you have a way to win the people, and this is how you win the world."
She had never heard of this saying, but she knew the allusion.
"He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world..."
Li Shimin slowly chewed on this popular saying of the Dashun Dynasty. It was simple and easy to understand. The defeat of Xue Ju and his son was just proof, which made him particularly emotional.
If Xue Ju and his son were kind to the people of Longxi and the soldiers would return home, Xue Rengao would be able to hold on even if he surrounded Qi for two months.
"The people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the most important."
Chu Zhen said, looking at Zhu Yuanzhang.
The Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty once expelled Mencius from the Confucian Temple, which caused an uproar among scholars all over the world. Some officials carried the coffin to the court to remonstrate with him!
Now that Chu Zhen was talking about him in the words of Mencius, he just took a slow sip of tea and said: "If Mencius had lived in our Ming Dynasty, he would have been stabbed by me!"
As soon as these words came out, the four people looked sideways.
Kill Mencius with one sword?
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What did Mencius say? If a king treats his ministers like dirt, his ministers will regard him as a bandit. I want to kill a few corrupt and cliquey ministers, but those ministers still regard me as a bandit?! Who will give them? Courage!"
Li Shimin wanted to avoid him. Is this person one of those lunatics from the Sixteen Kingdoms of Wei and Jin?
Chu Zhen laughed and said, "It's not enough to just criticize Mencius. We have to knock down the temple of Confucius. We have to take out his memorial tablet of the most holy master in Qufu and put it in the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers to wash it. Pick it up and see if it's dirty." , if it’s still dirty, smash it and burn it!”
As soon as these words came out, the four people present were truly shocked.
Kongqiu, whose courtesy name was Zhongni, was ranked according to seniority according to uncle, middle, and uncle. Confucius was the second oldest.
But the title Kong Laoer...
Even Lin Daiyu, who personally presented Chu Zhen with glutinous rice balls, could not help but be stunned at this moment.
After a long while, she suddenly said: "The Yangtze River and the Yellow River... What does Uncle Chu mean by letting the world's scholars judge the faults of the most holy teacher?"
"As expected of Miss Lin!"
Chu Zhen smiled and praised her, then corrected: "But it's not the scholars of the world, but the people of the world. It's the temple of the sage who overthrew the sages, not Confucius."
Is Confucius’ knowledge good?
From a modern perspective, there are good and bad, but most of them are good.
Should Confucius’ temple be demolished?
Should!
It’s so timely!
