A chill rose from the soles of his feet and instantly hit Tai Shici's forehead, making him tremble.
No, how is it possible? It can't be like that... right?
Taishi Ci swallowed hard.
Could it be that in the eyes of the eldest son of the Yuan family, thousands of human lives are as insignificant as ants?
"I know what you are thinking," Yuan Yao's voice interrupted Tai Shici's thoughts, "You must be thinking whether I really regard human life as nothing."
"But war itself is cruel. Compassion does not control troops, and emotion does not establish affairs. This is the eternal principle of military strategists!"
Yuan Yao looked coldly at the foot of the mountain: "Test it with defeat and practice it with battle. This is my Shacha selection method!"
Taishi Ci's heart trembled and he was speechless for a long time.
He was well-read in military literature and could not refute Yuan Yao's words.
"Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: If you are thick but cannot be used, if you love but cannot command, if you are chaotic but cannot be controlled, you are like a arrogant man who cannot be used.
To put it simply, it means leading the troops and running the army, and you must not give too many good looks! Otherwise, it will be easy for people to lick their faces and crawl along the pole!
Giving both grace and power, putting power first is the right way!
But establishing authority in this way is a bit...passed, right?
Have you passed?
Taishi Ci was not stupid. On the contrary, he knew very well that it would be very difficult to conquer the 8,000 Jiangdong soldiers that Yuan Yao took from Sun Ce through normal means.
Many of these eight thousand Jiangdong soldiers were veterans who had been transferred to third or even fourth hands.
Taishi Ci had just met many of his former colleagues on the battlefield, that is, Liu Yao's old soldiers.
Some people also recognized themselves and shouted to themselves for mercy.
But did Taishi Cigu look at them one more time? Aren't you going to continue the hunt?
No, Tai Shici even singled out an old employee who he knew personally!
Compassion does not command troops!
Sun Ce, who is good at using soldiers, was stabbed in the back by Niu Zhu's soldiers, and finally had to use thunder to suppress him!
But Yuan Yao chose to use strong medicine to remove the disease, first "killing power" and then "establishing power"!
It's just that he's playing with fire like this, isn't he afraid of being completely defeated?
Only then did Tai Shici realize that he didn't seem to understand the eldest son of the Yuan family at all.
"Is it necessary for the governor to select soldiers like this?"
Yuan Yao nodded: "These people's old habits are hard to get back. If they don't do this, the consequences will be endless."
"After this battle, they can be counted as my Yuan clan's soldiers!"
Taishi Ci was silent.
Yuan Yao did not want to leave an impression of being too cruel and ruthless in Tai Shici's heart, so he paused and said: "This governor also knows the method of gentle caressing, but the current situation forces us to do this."
"I don't care much whether these people can be selected into the army. I came to Jingxian County because of you, Ziyi!"
Taishi Ci understood what Yuan Yao meant.
After Lu Fan approached him and expressed his intention to come, Taishi Ci knew that Sun Ce and Yuan Shu seemed to be inseparable, especially Sun Ce and Yuan Yao, who were at odds with each other.
But he didn't know whether Yuan Yao's words of solicitation were just words, or whether he meant them sincerely.
Does he really have that much weight in Yuan Yao's heart?
Yuan Yao also saw his hesitation and confusion, and immediately walked to the side and untied Tai Shici with his own hands.
Upon seeing this, Chen Dao silently put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Taishi Ci's whole body relaxed, his fists clenched, his face darkened and he said:
"Aren't you afraid that I will do something to you?"
Yuan Yao was extremely calm: "No, I believe you won't."
"I heard people say that Taishi Ci of Donglai rode alone into the siege of Beihai to repay his mother's kindness. He was a man of faith."
"If I let you go now and you attack me, I can only say that I have misjudged the person!"
Taishi Ci frowned: "Did Liu Fujun tell you?"
Yuan Yao shook his head: "That's right, I heard what others said."
"Where is Lord Liu Fu now?"
"I sent him to Jingzhou. Liu Biao should be pretty good to him."
Yuan Yao said indifferently.
Taishi Ci stared at Yuan Yao closely, and he judged that Yuan Yao was not telling lies.
This kind of lie can be easily exposed by verification.
Taishi Ci fell silent again, and Yuan Yao also waited patiently.
Being famous is not as good as meeting him. Even if he was face to face with Yuan Yao now, Tai Shici felt that he knew too little about Yuan Yao.
But there is no doubt that this boy is by no means ignorant, incompetent, greedy for life and afraid of death, as he thought before!
He had such a plan at such a young age. Although it was a bit bold and vicious, it also proved that this person was no ordinary person!
What a great success? There is no such thing as a great success when selecting soldiers based on a miserable victory.
Afraid of death? This is even more wrong!
When the three armies were defeated, they still sat firmly on the mountain, motionless as a rock!
It's like Mount Tai collapsed in front of me without changing his expression!
Even turn the tide!
But do I really want to surrender to this person?
Sun Ce's figure suddenly flashed in Taishi Ci's mind.
It's not that he never thought that one day he would be defeated and die, or that he would be captured alive like today.
But he thought that the one who would defeat him would be Sun Ce, and only he could defeat him!
But I didn't expect...
No choice.
This was Tai Shici's last thought.
"I...will surrender..."
These words came out of Tai Shici's mouth, which was very awkward.
Yuan Yao didn't care about this, and couldn't hide the joy on his face: "Really?"
"But I have one more condition!"
"Tell me, I am the least afraid of people making conditions!"
Yuan Yao said confidently, patting his chest.
There is no way, who told us to have a good family background and a strong family background?
"You have to let me go first before I surrender!"
"no problem!"
Yuan Yao agreed without hesitation.
"Aren't you going to ask me what I'm going to do?"
"You said you were willing to follow me, and that's what I heard!"
"But" Yuan Yao quickly came back to his senses and showed an imperceptible smile, "I know what you are going to do."
"you know?"
"You are going to recruit those retreating Jing County soldiers and Shanyue soldiers, right?"
"Jingxian County has been lost. They can't go back. From now on, they will either surrender or become bandits. You want to appease them for me!"
"You, you, you...how do you know?"
Taishi Ci's face was full of astonishment, and he couldn't understand how Yuan Yao could tell what he was thinking!
"If you want to go, just go!"
Yuan Yao waved his hand, and the soldiers quickly moved out of the way.
"Aren't you afraid that I'll never come back?"
"Don't be afraid!"
Yuan Yao approached Tai Shici again: "I said, I believe you!"
"Even if you run away and you can't fight, we just have to fight again!"
Yuan Yao pretended to be relaxed.
Of course Tai Shi Ci knew that Yuan Yao was joking, and a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously.
"So, I have gone and will return at noon tomorrow!"
Taishi Ci cupped his hands and turned around to leave.
"Wait..." Yuan Yao suddenly called him again, "You don't have a mount now, I'll give you my mount."
Taishi Ci didn't know what to say, so he clasped his fists and said solemnly: "Thank you, Governor, for the gift of the horse!"
"No thanks, no thanks." Yuan Yao scratched his head, "After all, I shot your horse to death, so just treat it as if I compensated you with a horse."
Taishi Ci: "???"
Leading the horse down the mountain, he passed by the body of his mount.
Taishi Ci took a look and took a breath.
No wonder his beloved horse fell to the ground after being hit by an arrow.
This arrow actually hit the center of the two horse's eyes, sinking several inches under the horse's head!
With such accuracy and arrow power, Taishi Ci naturally didn't believe that Yuan Yao could shoot it.
But it doesn't matter anymore.
Starting from tomorrow, I, Tai Shici, will definitely become the strongest and most accurate arrow under Yuan Yao!
