"I believe in the plan of filial piety, and I believe in the power of Yunchang. That's it!" Cao Cao decided on the spot, and was still as courageous as ever. Indeed, he couldn't bear to leave his children and could not trap the wolf!

So, Cao's army was on the white horse and called on the people to move in a hurry. Cao's army wanted to retreat strategically. In order to ensure the safety of the people, they should bring the people to a safer place. Everything is for the good of your people. Otherwise, our Cao army would run away and not care about your life or death. Look at how good our prime minister is. If we are like this, we still care about your people, and we are not afraid of being dragged down by you. Where can we find such a good prime minister?

In later generations, people often only saw Uncle Liu taking the people to transfer, and he was unwilling to leave the people behind in such a crisis. How touching it was. In the end, his wife died and his son was almost captured. If it weren't for the drag of these people, would Uncle Liu encounter such suffering? Uncle Liu is really selfless and a great charity who truly considers ordinary people.

But has anyone seriously thought about the interest relationship behind this? Is it Liu Bei called on the people to go with him, or did the people take the initiative to follow Liu Bei? Why did the people follow Liu Bei? Do they think that following Liu Bei would lead to a better life, or would they think that staying would lead to murder by Cao Cao? Even if they think that following Liu Bei is better, why should they follow him immediately and not move slowly in the future? It seems that this era has never restricted such personal moving and transfer? Is it that the people dragged Liu Bei down or did Liu Bei dragged the people down?

If you think about all these questions carefully, they can't stand the scrutiny at all. Either Liu Bei was too vilified Cao Cao, making people think that Cao Cao would massacre the city, and they were just kidding. Although Cao Cao used to slaughter the city, now you, Liu Bei, have run away directly. What city did Cao Cao slaughter his own city? Or Liu Bei was too beautifying himself and had a better life with him. This was definitely a deception at that time. Think about the hard life Liu Bei lived in Jiangxia later. Can the people who followed him still say "Although he is suffering, as long as he follows Liu Huang Uncle, he is happy?"? Can ordinary people in this era have such a high political and ideological awareness?

It is understandable to say that those generals and strategists followed Liu Bei to say such things. After all, if you bet right, you may still have a developed future. Even if you bet right, what can you do in the future? At most, you should live a life similar to before. Moreover, although it is similar, in fact, remote places like Jiangxia are definitely not as good as those in Xinye.

Moreover, whether life is good or bad or secondary, life safety is the most important point. If you don’t run away, Cao Cao will not kill you. If you run away with Liu Bei, Cao Cao may have killed these people together in order not to let you go. If you kill something wrong, don’t let it go! So, to be sure, it is definitely Liu Bei who dragged down the people, not the people who dragged down Liu Bei and killed Liu Bei’s wife. These ordinary people, even if they successfully came to Jiangxia with Liu Bei, will eventually have to continue living in the war for a long time!

Therefore, if Liu Bei really thinks about the people. Even if the people take the initiative to follow him, he cannot let the people follow him. Can't persuade him? Can you still be a soldier who can't get rid of ordinary people who are with your family? Therefore, Liu Bei must take the initiative to lead the people to transfer, or pretend to passively lead the people to transfer.

In fact, the fundamental reason is clear at a glance. All the soldiers of Liu Bei later were summoned from the local area. Looking at Xu Shu's example, if Liu Bei did not want to run away after he arrived in Jiangxia, if he did not want to give up such good sources of troops, he would have to take the local people away!

Moreover, thinking about it insidiously, these ordinary people can hinder the pursuit of Cao's army. Once Cao's army kills indiscriminately, it can ruin Cao Cao's reputation, and from then on, Cao Cao will become the enemy of these people, thus strengthening the belief of Liu Bei's soldiers to fight against Cao. Why not do this if you kill more than one shot?

Regardless of whether this insidious aspect is Liu Bei's original intention, from the facts, Liu Bei's behavior is definitely much worse than that of Cao Cao's current behavior! Although Cao Cao is also using the people, Cao Cao does have a place to support these people to survive and live a good life, and is indeed leading them away from the war on the front line. Cao Cao at least did not use unrealistic things to deceive the people.

Well, I said a little too much, but it’s not that Liu Bei is so bad. After all, he is a hero of a generation. If it were Cao Cao, he would probably do it more thoroughly. I just want to say that in the eyes of the world, in the reality that Liu Bei has not been deliberately beautified by later generations, Cao Cao is actually very popular with the people, and even more popular with Liu Bei!

So, just like this transfer, Cao Cao had no coercive measures at all, just a simple call. After all, Cao Cao really didn't need so many people to follow him. But even so, even in this era when ancient people were usually extremely home-loving, a large number of ordinary people chose to go with Cao Cao.

They were not worried that Yuan Shao's army would come to massacre the city, and they might not have absolutely better life in the future than before. They were willing to move with Cao Cao, but there were two reasons. First, they really wanted to stay away from the war. I don't know when the battle between Cao and Yuan was going to end, and no one was willing to live in the war for a long time. Second, Cao Cao's governance was better than Yuan Shao. The fact is that it was not official propaganda. Cao Cao had a direct military farming system, clear governance, strict punishment, and selection of honest officials. On the other hand, Yuan Shao was bloated and glitzy, almost the same thing as the one in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It was not that Cao Cao did not have corruption, but in comparison, there were too many people on Yuan Shao's side. In particular, Yuan Shao himself also talked about balance, there were so many literati and strategists, and the mansion also raised diners, and there were many people who were eating and drinking for free.

In short, there are too many idle people, too many officials, too many people who do not do things and only receive salaries. After exploiting them layer by layer, they will only end up suffering the people at the bottom, and even starve to death. Perhaps the ordinary people cannot distinguish between whom and who are right and who are wrong, and there is no channel to understand the truth. However, which people live a good life, which people live a bad life, where people starve to death, and where good officials are. Although it is heard about it, the truth and falseness can be clearly distinguished between the coming and going.

Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. In this regard, Cao Cao can be regarded as the will of the people.

Sure enough, after that, Cao Cao led the people to fight and retreat, and was in a mess all the way. He threw down his luggage from time to time to try to slow down Yan Liang's pursuit. Seeing this, Yan Liang was even more chasing him. Don't chase the enemy? Oh, at this time, you must kill them all, otherwise you will be letting the tiger go back to the mountain! I have been fighting for so many years, don't I understand? You kids named Xuan are just guys who don't know how to pretend to understand, have no practical experience, and talk about war on paper. Learn something for me and see I teach you a lesson!
Chapter completed!