Chapter 964: Inquiry
Li Ze first witnessed the life-and-death duel between the most fierce generals in the world.
In the past, he had seen the contest between Shi Zhuang, Tu Lichun, Liu Chenglin and Min Rou, but in the end it was just a contest, and everyone stopped.
Today, life and death are fighting each other.
Shi Zhuang regains energy and is in his prime.
Xu Fu's intention to fight for life and death is to fight for his life.
At the beginning of the battle between the two sides, Xu Fu immediately gained the upper hand.
The reason is very simple. He doesn't want to live anymore. So he doesn't defend at all. Even if he uses his life to exchange for a little bit of stone, he thinks it's worth it.
Of course, Shi Zhuang didn't want to use a part on his body to exchange for Xu Fu's life.
Li Ze, including Li Ze, was worried about the fight. Li Ze was about to go back on his word several times and wanted to order Liang Han to fight and help Shi Zhuang settle this old and stronger thief.
But when he thought about this, he would not only lose his morale, but also lose his face. This was an open contest in front of tens of thousands of troops.
Sometimes, I am afraid of face, but it is really more valuable than life.
Fortunately, Shi Zhuang looked a little embarrassed, but he finally survived the crisis without any danger.
Hearing Liang Han beside him breathing a long breath of turbid air, Li Ze immediately turned to look at him, "How is it?"
Until now, Li Ze still cannot judge whether Shi Zhuang can win the final victory.
Liang Han nodded heavily: "It's almost done. After all, the old thief Xu is old and has poor energy and blood. The general is gradually regaining the situation. In this battle, the general will win."
Hearing Liang Han's affirmative tone, Li Ze finally breathed a sigh of relief. Before he knew it, his hands were covered in sweat and he wiped them without a trace.
Outsiders were so excited that they were very happy to see, but the parties involved had no feelings at all. They didn’t have time to think about these things. The contest between experts and a slight distraction would lead to a loss.
If you make mistakes with one move, you will be subject to control step by step.
Xu Fu mustered up the last Yu Yong. Seeing that the rod and spear were locked together for the first time after a long battle, Tian Ping, who was watching the battle in the distance, couldn't help but sigh.
He suffered a great loss in this way, and was locked on the horse spear by the barbarian on the mace, and was almost killed by Xu Fu in one encounter.
Now, Xu Fu's move is coming again.
But it is obvious that Shi Zhuang is not Tian Ping.
The two of them exerted force at the same time, and the sound of cracking sounds sounded, but the barbs on the mace were cut off by Shi Zhuang. The horse spear was out of trouble, and Xu Fu was about to exert force to snatch the opponent's horse spear away. The strength of his body instantly was in the empty space, and his body not only fell forward.
The two horses intertwined, and the spear rod slid out half of the spear in Shi Zhuang's hand. He held it in the middle of the spear, and waved it lightly, leaving the sharp edge of the plot, and then slashed through Xu Fu's neck.
The war horse jumped out more than ten feet away, Shi Zhuang turned around, but Xu Fu never looked back. The man shook the horse several times, fell off the horse with a snap, and fell to the ground.
Shi Zhuang raised the horse spear in his hand high, and tens of thousands of Tang soldiers cheered in unison.
More than a thousand disarmed Liang soldiers fell silently on the ground.
As Li Ze wished, when the sun set, he sat on the tower of Hulao Pass, drinking tea comfortably while admiring the sunset in the sky.
In this battle, more than 20,000 Liang troops were destroyed, more than 3,000 people were killed on the spot, more than 5,000 were injured, and the remaining more than 10,000 became prisoners. The loss of the Huzhu also caused the Tang army to officially open the door to the Sanqin. Cao Xuan from Luoyang is afraid that he has begun to retreat.
The Tang army general rested in Hulao for several days, and then several large armies marched to Luoyang.
However, Pei Ju had already entered the role of the governor of Henan. The first thing he had to deal with was the Liang army prisoners of war with tens of thousands of people.
After ordinary soldiers and middle and lower-level officers were disarmed, each of them issued an identity certificate. Holding these certificates, they could return to their hometowns on their own, report to the local government, and officially complete the identity conversion from soldiers to ordinary people.
And senior officers will not be treated like this and they will remain in custody.
Thousands of injured soldiers are also the target of Pei Ju's attention. After these people are healed, they will return to their hometown. For Pei Ju, the entire Henan is now sparsely populated, and a large number of males are killed on the battlefield. Each additional one will be one more labor force for Henan in the future.
"Shi Zhuang, I want to hear your opinions!" Li Ze glanced at Shi Zhuang sitting opposite him. "What do you think about the Yixing Society Conference that will be held?"
Shi Zhuang smiled slightly and said, "After reading the briefing sent by Yang Kai and others, the discussions on the theory of state and ethnicity are extremely insightful and make people suddenly understand. If you can penetrate these two statements into the hearts of the people, then Li Xiang, the true unification of China, is not far away."
"This is a long-term process, and in the short term, it will not show its effectiveness." Li Ze said: "Ten years of trees, a hundred years of trees are cultivated! Don't avoid the important things, just say important things."
Shi Zhuang smiled: "Li Xiang's idea is extremely novel and has a precedent. I admire Li Xiang's practice of delegating power under his command. But even though Shi Zhuang had read books, it was difficult for a moment to judge whether it was good or bad to do so."
"What I want to change is to make the people of the world no longer regard this world as a family and a family." Li Ze said: "I want everyone to think that they are the master of this world in their subconscious mind. As the saying goes, every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Therefore, I want to change the model of governing this world."
"From the king's mouth with Tianxian, it becomes a kind of organization like Yixingshe to govern it?" Shi Zhuang said. "But Li Xiang, I am bluntly, when you were in power, this so-called committee for governing the world would still be your one-man show. Whatever you say is."
Li Ze smiled and said, "It is indeed possible. But I am quite confident about myself. I think I will not become a foolish monarch and can lead the Tang Dynasty to a more stable and better position. However, this system is prepared for later generations. I have this prestige of decisive decisions, but my son may not necessarily have it. He will inevitably be constrained in this committee. In the future, the members of the committee who are used to holding power will naturally not easily return the power they have obtained. Do you think so?"
"What if the future king raised his butcher's knife?"
"Do you think the future king can still make the army obey the rules like me?" Li Ze said disdainfully: "And I still have decades to slowly fix this system and make it a truth that the people agree with. In this way, meaningless changes can be avoided."
"Change the traditional model of governing the world, danger and opportunity coexist." Shi Zhuang thought for a moment: "But as you said, you are still young and have time to explore and improve. Even if something goes wrong, with your prestige, you will change it. Shi Zhuang has nothing to say, and he will become your most loyal supporter."
"The reason I came to you to talk about this today is because you are different from other commanding generals." Li Ze was silent for a moment and said, "After the first Yixing Society Conference was held, you should leave the army!"
"Do you want me to be one of the first committees?" Shi Zhuang asked directly.
"Yes. There must be a military-skilled person in the committee and has a very high reputation in the army." Li Ze smiled and said, "More importantly, I need this person to have the courage and ability to sing against me and make a veto opinion on some unreasonable decisions."
Shi Zhuangda laughed: "Li Xiang, are you baking me on the fire."
"I want to set an example for those who came later." Li Ze poured a cup of tea for Shi Zhuang, "How about it, do you dare to do it?"
"You, Cao Xin, Gongsun Changming, Zhang Hui, Chunyu Yue, and Yang Kai are the candidates for the first committee in my mind." Li Ze said: "Cao Xin, Yang Kai needs to be said. They must be my only follower. You, Gongsun Changming, Zhang Hui, and Chunyu Yue are all people who stick to their own ideas."
"Li Xiang, have you ever thought about it? In this way, there will definitely be a large number of followers behind us in the future." Shi Zhuang said.
"So what?" Li Ze said: "No one can gain the upper hand. If you want your ideas to be implemented, you must win the consent of at least the other three people before it can be developed, right? If you really win the consent of the other three people, I am afraid that this matter is correct in itself."
"This will make the struggle within Yixing Society more intense."
"As long as someone exists, the struggle will exist. This is inevitable, but if this struggle is limited to Yixing Society, the harm to the world will be limited to the minimum. At least I think so, this way of governing the world can prevent national affairs from being damaged by people as much as possible. Moreover, except for the kings that will never change, the other six people have tenures. If they are not done well, you will have to continue in the next term."
"So there are six people in the committee, and the king will always have the most important vote!" Shi Zhuang smiled and said, "If something goes wrong, it is naturally because the people of these committees are not doing well. If they are replaced, they will make the people feel angry. And the king will always be wise."
"This is my selfishness!" Li Ze smiled and said, "I don't want my descendants to be knocked out of dust and become a poor guy who can be trampled on!"
"Will the leader of Yixing Society always be the king?"
"No." Li Ze shook his head flatly and said, "I am going to resign from the position of leader of Yixingshe after officially ascending this position. The king must stand in a more transcendent position."
Chapter completed!