Jushou left, feeling a little lost.
This time out of the city, the goal was achieved, or it could be said that it was not achieved.
Speaking of which, on the one hand, he has protected his own reputation; on the other hand, he has understood the other party's intentions. As long as he does not resist, his wife and children will have no worries.
Not achieved? People are still determined to win Guangchang City. If they open the city, they will not be able to escape the guilt of joining the bandits. If they do not open the city, they will not be able to escape the guilt of losing the city and the land.
"Mr. Lang, if you let Jugongda go back, will he open the city gate?" Zhou Chuang asked, looking at the ox cart going away.
"Haha, Lao Chuang, if he could open the city gate, he wouldn't have to make this trip." Zhang Sheng replied lightly.
A person like Jushu is a vested interest in the Confucian education. To put it bluntly, he came here just to clear away some charges, so as to maintain his reputation as a celebrity and to save his family from the evils of the world.
If he were Liu Daer, or Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Zhao Zilong, he would definitely open the city gate, because people can beautify this kind of thing and say it is righteousness and serving the people.
Unfortunately, since he is a bandit, Jushou will never open the city gate for him.
"Lang Jun, since he can't open the city gate, isn't your suggestion just now superfluous?" Zhou Chuang was full of doubts.
"Hahaha, Lao Chuang, the second half of what I just said to him is the key point. He can continue to be his Xiaoyao County King to calm his mind. Jugongda is a smart man. Now, we are not strong enough. I don’t want to force this smart man too much, lest he see the flaw in our siege, do something detrimental to us, and delay our progress in taking over Guangchang. I believe that after the contact just now, Duke Ju Da will definitely be entangled in his situation now, and he has no time to think about how to defend the city." Zhang Sheng took the trouble to solve the mystery in Zhou Chuang's heart.
"Brother, why didn't you just keep him?" Yu Zhong beside him asked, expressing his doubts.
Zhang Sheng knew what Yu Zhong meant by leaving him behind.
"A-Zhong, sometimes killing can't solve the problem. We can't really live our lives as thieves and robbers. We have to have our own territory. To develop and grow, we have to have our bottom line and keep it. For those who touch the We will kill everyone who is on my bottom line, but what about those who have not touched our bottom line? Let’s not kill them if we can. Jushou, although he is our opponent now, so far, this person has not If it does not cause too much threat or harm to us, we must keep our bottom line and not let ourselves get lost in the pleasure of killing and be unable to extricate ourselves." Zhang Sheng patiently explained to his brother.
As the saying goes: It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
The same goes for killing people. A human life can be easily disappeared with a touch of the upper lip to the lower lip, a flick of a spear or a flick of a steel knife. But, what if the killing goes smoothly? In the future, when encountering problems, I will just kill them. In the end, people like myself will only end up being killed.
People can be killed, but killing must have names, and these names must be slowly fixed and turned into agreed-upon rules, until they finally evolve into laws, and these evolved laws must become a The group's code of conduct is a long-term development path.
Killing is just a means, not an end. It is not easy to establish a new code of conduct. Just do it slowly...
When night fell, Sun Fu's pursuit mission was successfully completed. Three to four hundred people were driven into Yang Mazi's ambush area to make dumplings. After some interrogation, they were found to be members of the Zhang and Chen clans in the city. Some elite disciples let these people out of the city while Zhang's servants were guarding the south gate.
The Zhang family and the Chen family wanted to join forces and send elites to escort some elites from the clan to escape. Unexpectedly, they stepped directly into the trap set by Zhang Sheng and were caught by him.
"Lang Jun, since the alliance in the city has broken down, it can be used by us. We can use these people to send messages to the city and force them to open the door." Zhou Chuang expressed his thoughts.
"Now is not the time. Doing this now will show that we are not confident enough to attack the city. Let's take a look at the situation and wait for two days. Pay attention to confidentiality and don't let the opponents in the city know that all their people who left the city have been captured. I hope they Get out of the city more. Old Niu, how long can we maintain our offensive state of throwing rocks and filling trenches?" Zhang Sheng rejected Zhou Chuang's idea and asked Zeng Niu next to him.
"Come back to the commander, according to your previous instructions, although we secretly slowed down, we can only maintain it for one day and night. Uncle Shitou Bao and his people have been unable to keep up. Although the old and weak are rotated, However, the heavy work these days has made them very tired." Zeng Niu answered truthfully.
There are still fewer people!
"Old Niu, the enemy has no guts to go out of the city to fight now. Tonight, you can leave only enough manpower to control the catapult. Pull out all the others and replace them with Uncle Shitou Bao and the others. Tomorrow, the heavy work of carrying stones will be done by You have finished, but the old and the weak still pretend to be strong soldiers and besiege the city. No matter what, if Guangchang is not broken for a day, the stone-filling trenches will continue to be thrown for a day." Zhang Sheng thought about it and gave Zeng Niu.
The pressure can only increase but not be released!
Only by maintaining sufficient high pressure will the people in the city become anxious. When people are anxious, they will first think of escaping. Zhang Sheng just wants to let more people in the city escape. That way, even if he is finally forced to attack the city, the difficulty of the battle will be the same. It will be one point smaller.
"Here!" Zeng Niu responded loudly.
"Yu Zhong, now you go to the South Gate to perform a play, beat and scold the soldiers surrounding the South Gate, punish them for their inability to siege the city, and let the enemy run away. Make your actions a little exaggerated, and then symbolically increase the manpower for the siege. Remember, master the principles as before, let the enemy see that there is hope of escape after rushing out of the south gate, but don't block the road." After explaining Zeng Niu, Zhang Sheng made another arrangement for Yu Zhong things and gave them careful instructions.
Zhang Sheng had high hopes for this brother. The reason why he didn't go alone but let him go was because he wanted to train him and let him grow up faster.
"Brother..."
After hearing Zhang Sheng's order, Yu Zhong hesitated and did not move.
Fighting and killing are his strengths, and this kind of brainstorming is really not what he is good at.
"Go, go now, I believe you can do a good job!" Zhang Sheng did not allow Yu Zhong to refuse.
Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, Yu Zhong had no choice but to leave with a slumped head to carry out his elder brother's order...
