"Ha! Are you guys anxious now? But have you ever thought about what your old mother and father will do if they leave you?
"Two old people. Their daughter died. Not only are they in pain, but they also lack a source of income. Did they raise you up painstakingly just to let you come here and die in vain?
" And your children, raise your hand if your daughter is married. Very good. There are so many of you. Have you thought about it? When you die, your men might remarry and your daughter will be in the hands of another woman. That woman will sleep with your man and beat your daughter. Can you tolerate that?
Tell me, can you people tolerate this?”
"No!"
"Absolutely not!"
"I don't want to die!"
“……”
Zhang Heng's roar was followed by the soldiers shouting excitedly. Who would want their loved ones to be humiliated after they died?
"Then you still want to die?"
Zhang Heng said coldly, and some of the soldiers began to lose their voices. They knew what Zhang Heng meant, and some of them smiled bitterly and said,"Young Master, you don't understand. Protecting the country is our honor. If no one is willing to die, who will defend the Great Tang?”
"That's right. Who doesn't want their children's mothers to live a good life? That's why they came to the battlefield. If no one is willing, the country will be gone!”
The two women behind them looked at them excitedly. It seemed that they were talking about what they were thinking. Zhang Heng sneered and whipped the two women in the lead. He then looked at the angry faces of those people and scolded,
"Did I say that I won't let you come to the battlefield? Protecting the country is something we all have to do, but what are you doing? You are throwing your lives away. You don't care if you can win or not, but you want to risk your life against so many Turks. If this isn't stupidity, then what is?”
“……”
It was quiet below. Even Zhangsun Youxiang lowered her head and gritted her teeth. Why hadn't she thought of this problem before? She only knew how to let her soldiers charge and kill, causing so many people to die. She really wasn't a good leader.
Zhang Heng softened his tone when he saw everyone's regretful expressions. After all, only by beating them up with a stick and giving them a date to eat would they be completely convinced.
"I, Zhang Heng, am just a scholar. I don't understand what you mean by 'fair and aboveboard' and I don't want to follow your rules of war. However, as long as you are in my hands, I will protect your lives.”
"Thank you, Young Master!"
"Young Master, you're so kind!"
"I'll definitely be obedient in the future!"
Zhang Heng smiled faintly when he saw that the soldiers had finally calmed down. The soldiers who were convinced by him turned red in the face. Young Master Zhang was so handsome.
"Does anyone still think that I'm shameless enough to drug my warhorse?”Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows and said with amusement. After the provocation of those people just now, no one would dare to be awkward with him now. It was not easy for him to act tough!
"I won't dare!"
"Young Master Zhang, you're a genius!"
"In the future, our lives will be handed over to Young Master Zhang!”
“……”
Zhang Heng nodded in satisfaction when he heard the embarrassed voices of the people below. He looked in the direction the Turks had left and said anxiously,"Retreat quickly. We can hide it for a while but not forever. It won't be long before those people discover our plan. Let's leave quickly. Oh right, Old Gao, take out the croton I asked you to prepare just now!”
Old Gao was Zhangsun Youxiang's other deputy general. Upon hearing Zhang Heng's order, he took a bag of croton from the horse behind him. Zhang Heng smiled evilly and ordered his men to sprinkle the croton on the ground. He sprinkled it evenly on a large area, hoping that the Turks would delay their arrival. After all, he really didn't know how long he could stall for.
Old Gao hesitated for a moment, then he was the first to run up and sprinkle the water. As he sprinkled, he imagined the faces of the Turks, and his smile was even worse than Zhang Heng's.
The more croton he sprinkled, the more enthusiastic he became. Zhang Heng looked at those who were scrambling to sprinkle croton. He seemed to have led them astray, but this was how his soldiers should be.
Looking at the faces of those people, Zhang Heng pondered for a moment. He asked someone to find him a branch and wrote on a conspicuous stone: "A bunch of idiots, scared by my horses. Actually, I'm telling you, I don't have any reinforcements. Do you dare to come?”
"Young Master, if you write this up, won't those people know that we don't have anyone?”
Old Gao asked worriedly as he saw what Zhang Heng had written after sprinkling the croton.
"No, think about it. You were deceived just now. If you see me again, will you consider if I'm telling the truth?”
"Yes, definitely!"
"Isn't that all? Although the croton is sprinkled here, those people might not stay here. The horses won't be able to eat much, so won't our preparations be in vain?
So I decided to write this. When those people have thought about it and the horses have eaten enough, do you think they will still have the time to chase after us?”
"Haha, Young Master is indeed a genius. We can't compare to him at all!”Zhang Heng watched as Old Gao left excitedly before turning to Zhangsun Youxiang, who had been lost in her thoughts.
"Heng, where did you learn all these things?”
Zhangsun Youxiang asked in embarrassment. At first, she felt that Zhang Heng's method of using aphrodisiac was a little despicable, but after hearing what Zhang Heng told the soldiers, she suddenly realized that what she had been insisting on was wrong.
If the Turks could be so despicable, why couldn't she?
Zhang Heng looked at her expression and found it a little funny. This principle was basically understandable in modern society. After all, only by living could the country become richer and stronger.
However, this was still a society where women were respected. In this world, there were basically no schools of thought that could contend with each other. As soon as Confucius proposed Confucianism, it was accepted by everyone.
Legalism and Mohism didn't exist in their minds, and all kinds of military strategies had disappeared because of the " aboveboard " unique to women. Therefore, it was the first time she had seen Zhang Heng's theory.
"You don't have to learn this at all. My people are my lifeblood. I can bully and beat them, but if someone hurts my people, I'll kill them!”
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