The video takes us to ancient times; Li Er transforms into the Tongtian Emperor of Shu Han.

No one expected that Liu Bang would kill someone without a word.

Even after the head rolled several times on the ground, people gradually realized what was happening.

"How dare you kill someone?"

The first to recover from the shock was Liu Bang, who stammered as he questioned him.

The answer to his question was still the sword.

With a flash of sword light, the hand he was pointing at Liu Bang fell to the ground.

"Stop pointing your filthy finger at your father. Who do you think you are, to question him?"

"The rest of you, since you don't cherish this last chance, then just wait and see what happens next. Let's see what kind of outcome you can get by following a bunch of beasts!"

After saying this, Liu Bang turned and left.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Before he had gone seven steps, he heard a noise behind him.

"I am willing to follow you, sir, and resist the Tartars!"

"This humble general is willing too!"

“Our families are all inside the pass. Given the chance, why would we willingly watch the Tartars enter the pass?”

"In the past, there was no hope, and we could only drift along with the tide. Now that you are so determined, we are naturally willing to do our part!"

"If we had a choice, why would we make such a cowardly one?"

"As long as we can stop the Tartars from breaking through the pass and taking over the Central Plains, I will obey your orders, sir!"

The purpose is achieved.

From the very beginning, Liu Bang knew that appeasement alone would neither move the beasts among these people nor gain the trust of those willing to guard the border.

After all, those who have been able to guard the border throughout history have all been absolute hardliners.

Only by first showing leniency and then demonstrating decisive action can we truly gain the trust of those people and make them believe in us.

"In the near future, you will all be very glad that you stood up today."

"This is your best chance to make a name for yourselves, to be ennobled and appointed as generals!"

"You won't regret making this choice."

"Come with me, and let those Tartars know that those who invade our Central Plains, no matter how far away, will be punished!"

"As for the rest of you, you'd better take care of yourselves."

Even though there were fewer than five thousand people who stepped forward, he no longer hesitated.

It's as if they weren't forced to come here, but rather that they were being given a chance to choose again.

Now that the opportunity to choose has ended, I will no longer offer any more useless advice.

Such decisiveness left many people momentarily stunned.

In their eyes, Liu Bang had come to persuade them to surrender, and those who had just stepped forward were the ones who were surrendering.

But after those few words, he turned and left.

It also seems to be different from the usual methods of persuading people to surrender.

Shouldn't we offer them substantial rewards, patiently persuade them, and then let them engage in repeated back and forth?

There wasn't even a chance to pull or tug at each other.

He drew his sword, killed the man, and turned to leave.

They don't seem to be here to persuade us to surrender; they seem more like they're here to provoke us!

How dare you do this!

"How dare you mock us like this, and even kill our brothers!"

"You are far too disrespectful to us!"

Seeing that Liu Bang was leaving without looking back, and that thousands of people were about to follow him, some people finally couldn't sit still any longer.

He didn't know how much of Liu Bang's words were true, or how confident he was in being able to stop the Manchus.

But in any case, he didn't want Liu Bang to leave like this.

At the very least, the conditions should be clearly discussed. If the conditions are generous enough, he might be willing to accept them!

After all, Wu Sangui had already fallen into Liu Bang's hands. There weren't many smart people who wanted to hedge their bets, but there were also quite a few!

Unfortunately, they didn't understand the current situation, nor did they understand Liu Bang.

The real intention behind saying these words was to persuade Liu Bang to stay and negotiate terms with them.

Liu Bang's response was simply to raise his hand silently, making a guillotine shape with his palm, and then slashing down fiercely.

Before most people could understand the meaning of the gesture, an arrow had already pierced the throat of the person who had just spoken.

“You’ve already said that this is the final ultimatum.”

"From that moment on, those who provoke will die, those who sow discord will die, those who plot to stir up trouble will die, and anyone who does anything that displeases you in the slightest will die!"

"If you don't want to die and want to live a little longer, then stand here obediently and don't make any other unnecessary movements."

"Understand?"

In an instant, another commotion broke out.

As the situation was about to spiral out of control, and even those who had just defected and the soldiers guarding the area were filled with fear, Liu Bang remained completely unconcerned.

He genuinely doesn't care.

Because he was certain that he had not misjudged these people.

They appear to be a united front, but in reality, they are just bluffing, bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and are a disorganized mess.

out of control?

Their biggest loss of control was that riot just now!

He didn't even bother to turn his head.

After walking a few more steps, and waiting for the commotion behind him to subside, Liu Bang suddenly turned around and smiled disdainfully.

“If any of you dare to raise a knife against me, I might just look at you with more respect.”

"Such cowardice, using the last bit of courage to bully your own people, killing innocent people and claiming credit, is that it?"

"A bunch of good-for-nothings. If Zhu Yuanzhang could see from beyond the grave that the last people guarding the borders of the Ming Dynasty were such useless cowards, I can only imagine how furious he would be."

……

Outside the sky.

Old Zhu: “…”

He now feels he doesn't want to dwell on this anymore.

But after thinking about it, I ultimately didn't say it.

After all, saying it out loud would seem like completely shameless.

"Old Zhu may not be that furious, but it's clear that Father Emperor is genuinely angry."

"Under normal circumstances, he would have had more sophisticated methods to win over more people who were inclined to be neutral, but for some reason, he did not do so."

"It's also possible that in his view, neutrality is tantamount to betrayal when it comes to guarding the border!"

If we are not resolute in resisting the enemy, it is the same as not resisting the enemy at all!

Liu Heng understood his father, the emperor.

Whether it's personality or ability.

It wasn't blind confidence, but rather based on Liu Bang's past performance, there should have been more and more appropriate means to win over more people.

But he didn't do that.

This shows that he was truly dissatisfied with these inactive border troops.

Why did Wu Sangui, the Earl of Pingxi, have the confidence to surrender to the Qing army and use the border troops as bargaining chips to negotiate with Dorgon?

He tested the waters several times to make sure that the vast majority of people were willing to follow him in surrendering before he dared to make a real decision.

At least at that time, the vast majority of these people must have expressed their willingness to be lackeys of the Manchu Qing dynasty.

As for those who missed their last chance, Liu Bang silently sentenced them to death in his heart.

No matter how the warlords within the pass vied for supremacy, and no matter how many soldiers within the pass defected, he felt it was all justified.

He understood the principle that a good bird chooses its tree to perch on.

However, the border troops' stance must not waver in the slightest!

They represent not only the dynasty, but also the bottom line of the entire Central Plains!