Three Kingdoms: I switched to Liu Bei, why are you crying, Cao Cao?

Chapter 26: The law is supreme, and all the generals are convinced

Seeing that Liu Bei was going to take the blame for him, Zhang Fei immediately lost his composure.

If Liu Bei punished him, he would just grit his teeth and get through it.

But Liu Bei suffered for him, and this was unbearable.

For a moment, he no longer felt the grievance in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward to hold Liu Bei and said:
"Brother, you can't do this! Brother, you must not do this!"

"How can I let my elder brother take the punishment for my violation?"

"Brother, please get up quickly. I won't dare to do it again!"

But when Liu Bei heard this, he was also sad, and cried:

"Don't stop me from being punished. If you wanted to change, why would you have stayed here until today?"

"I have always warned you that you must not drink alcohol in the army or whip soldiers, otherwise there will be trouble in the future."

"But you must listen to my words. You will be punished every three to five days."

"Now it seems that this is all my fault. Losing Xuzhou is a minor matter, but what if I lose your life in the future?"

"You and I swore brotherhood in Taoyuan, and promised to share the joys and sorrows. If you cause trouble in the future, how can your brother and Yunchang survive alone?"

"Rather than regretting your mistakes in the future, I am willing to take the punishment for you!"

Having said this, he looked up at Xu Shu and said:
"Yuanzhi, make your move. From today on, if Yide breaks military discipline again, he will not be punished. I will take the blame for him!"

"If he whips the soldiers, he will pay me back tenfold!"

"Even if you beat me to death one day, it will be my fault for not teaching you well!"

As he said this, Zhang Fei's eyes turned red, and he tightly grasped Liu Bei's hand and said:
"Brother, brother, please don't do this. I know I was wrong!"

He had no brothers since childhood and his parents died early. After leaving home, he had already regarded Liu Bei and Guan Yu as his closest relatives.

The reason why he was throwing a tantrum just now was simply because he couldn't stand seeing Liu being wronged.

Who would have thought Liu Bei would react like this.

When I thought about how Liu Bei had such good intentions and hoped that he could correct his bad habits, but he was always willful, I felt that it was extremely wrong.

If this beating had hit Liu Bei, he would really not know how to face his two brothers in the future.

Guan Yu, who was standing by, was also deeply moved when he heard this. He quickly squatted down and said kindly:
"Brother, Yide knows he is wrong, so please stand up!"

Seeing this, the generals also hurriedly advised:
"Please stand up, my lord. You must not be punished!"

Xu Shu watched, nodded secretly in his heart, and also stepped forward to persuade him.

This is exactly the method he gave to Liu Bei.

Because he knew that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were different from others. They followed Liu Bei purely out of personal feelings and had no vested interests.

Liu, Guan and Zhang complement each other and help each other, and none of them can be missing.

Therefore, no matter whether these two people use words or criminal punishment, it will not have much effect!
The best way is to use brotherhood and loyalty to restrain the two of them.

And this is what Qin Zhen hinted him to do!

What went wrong that allowed Zhang Fei to drink in the army?
Is it because military discipline is not strict enough?
Or is it because of Liu Bei’s connivance?
Or is it because Zhang Fei is born rebellious?
Xu Shu thought about it for a long time and finally found the problem, which was that Liu Bei’s military law was not majestic enough!
In other words, Liu Bei’s military law is only effective against lower-level officers, and is useless against Liu, Guan and Zhang themselves!
This is definitely a fatal flaw for an army.

As the saying goes, what goes up comes down. In an army, when military law is ineffective against the commander, its deterrent effect on lower-level officers will become extremely small!
Now only Guan Zhang has violated the law, but tomorrow other officers may violate the law.

Anyway, everyone thought that Liu Bei had a kind-hearted personality and would gradually stop taking military regulations seriously!

In this way, even if the military is strictly disciplined, it will not have much effect.

On the other hand, let’s look at the military regulations under Cao Cao’s command. As long as they were military regulations formulated by Cao Cao, Cao Cao would be the first to abide by them!
This is also the reason why Cao’s army is so powerful.

Therefore, the only way to solve the problem of Guan and Zhang is to strictly enforce military law and discipline starting with Liu Bei!
Under military law, no one can escape, including Liu Bei!

In this way, the majesty of military law will be immediately established!

In the future, even if Guan Yu and Zhang Fei want to break the ban, they have to think about whether they can afford the consequences!

Liu Bei took the blame for his two brothers and punished himself, which would be a fatal blow!

Liu Bei punished himself, which was unacceptable to both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

For enemies like Guan and Zhang who can defeat thousands of people, their heads can be cut off and their blood can be shed, but the word "righteousness" cannot be violated.

If they knew that Liu Bei would take the blame for them, but still violated the ban, that would be unjust to Liu Bei.

In this way, the authority of military law can be established very quickly.

Eliminate the biggest hidden danger of Liu Bei’s army!
Thinking of this, even Xu Shu couldn't help but sigh at Qin Zhen's unique vision.

Before leaving the mountain, he could see many hidden dangers at a glance and propose solutions.

This kind of skill cannot be learned just by reading.

However, now that his goal had been achieved, Liu Bei no longer needed to suffer on his behalf.

He came to Liu Bei and said;

"My lord, since General Zhang has acknowledged his fault, please forgive him this time."

"It won't be too late to do it next time!" Zhang Fei saw it and said hurriedly:

"Sir, you are right. I know I was wrong. I will never drink and hit anyone again. Brother, you can stand up now."

But Liu Bei saw that everyone was trying to persuade him, so he said firmly:

"Now the laws of our army are all made by me. If my brothers break them, it is as if I broke them. If I don't punish them now, how can I convince the people?"

Having said this, he turned to Guan Yu and said:
"Yunchang, you have read the Spring and Autumn Annals and understand righteousness. Today you will be the one to carry out the execution!"

Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei like this, his lips moved for a moment, unable to speak.

Seeing that Guan Yu said nothing, Liu Bei looked at Mi Fang and Fu Shiren and said:
"Come and execute me!"

Seeing this, the two generals knelt down and said:

"My lord, we would never dare to do that!"

Liu Bei glared and shouted:

"This is a military order. How dare you disobey it?"

Everyone had never seen Liu Bei so fierce before, and they were all terrified.

The two generals knew they could not refuse, so they could only look at each other and stepped forward tremblingly to take the military sticks.

Seeing the two approaching, Zhang Fei glared at them, and quickly stood up and glared at them:
"With me here, who dares to hit my brother?"

The two generals trembled, but Liu Bei said angrily:

"Yide disobeyed the military order, you should be punished with twenty military sticks. If you disobey again, I will punish you with another twenty sticks!"

As Liu Bei continued to speak, Zhang Fei felt his heart tremble. He turned around, knelt down and cried:
"Brother, don't add any more, it's my fault!"

"I will never dare to disobey military orders again. I hope you won't add any more!"

Even if they were hit by sixty military sticks, they would suffer severe injuries.

Not to mention that Liu Bei was not as strong as them.

Seeing this, Liu Bei gritted his teeth and said:

"If you know you are wrong, come and execute me!"

When Zhang Fei heard that Liu Bei was going to execute another person, he wanted to stand up, but he didn't dare to, so he could only look at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu looked at the current situation and knew that Liu Bei was really prepared to establish his authority today. He could not help but secretly admire him. Seeing Zhang Fei's expression, he thought for a moment and said:
"My Lord, wait a minute. There is a principle in the Spring and Autumn Annals that says the law should not be imposed on the noble."

"My lord, you are the leader of an army, how can you punish yourself?"

"Even if the lord takes the punishment on his behalf, he should not receive sixty military strokes. The current situation is of great importance. In my opinion, it is better to give him ten strokes first, and General Zhang will receive thirty strokes himself. The remaining twenty strokes can be kept for now!"

When Zhang Fei heard that Xu Shu reduced the sixty strokes to ten, he was immediately delighted and said:
"Yes, yes, just hit me!"

"For my fault, I shall receive these thirty military sticks!"

Without waiting for Liu Bei to refute, he fell to the ground, turned around and shouted angrily:
"Come here, execution!"

Seeing this, the soldiers had no choice but to step forward and carry out the execution.

Seeing this, Guan Yu stroked his beard and sighed:

"Brother, you are right. I have made some mistakes. It is all because of my brothers' poor supervision. I will take the remaining twenty military sticks!"

He then looked at the soldier behind him and said:

"Go get the military staff, I will take twenty sticks myself!"

He has always been caring for his soldiers, and when the soldiers saw this, they all hesitated and did not move.

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and said:

"You guys also want to disobey orders?"

The soldiers did not dare to resist and had to obey the order and leave.

Seeing Guan and Zhang like this, Liu Bei was so moved that he shed tears and said:

"Second brother, third brother, why is it so?"

The stick was hitting Zhang Fei's buttocks. Zhang Fei endured the pain and forced a smile:
"It was clearly my fault, but I caused you two brothers to be punished. This is really wrong. Don't worry, I won't dare to do it again in the future!"

Guan Yu also smiled and said:

"Brother just said that we would share the joys and sorrows. Now that my brother and I are being punished, how can I stand alone and escape unscathed?"

"Okay, okay! I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts!"

Liu Bei was so moved that he burst into tears.

When the generals around saw this, they were all moved.

At this point, the three brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were each beaten with a military stick. After that day, no one in Liu Bei's army dared to violate the law without permission.

All the generals in the army were sincerely convinced and dared not harbor any more personal grudges.

PS: I emphasize again that this book will be on the shelves tonight. Because it is the first release on Q Reading, it is on the shelves earlier. It seems that members can read it for free here (if you haven’t seen the supplement of the previous chapter, you can take a look. I won’t waste your money here)
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