Chapter 131

Originally, the yellow turban bandits had no intention of fighting, but now that Bo Qun died, they would naturally scatter like birds and beasts, leaving only dozens of elite soldiers circling the handsome flag and refusing to leave. Flying up and down, picking and killing left and right, stretched out his arms and gently grabbed Bocai.

"The bandits will be captured without a fight!"

That night, Liu Ye took the lead in entering the camp, killing people and setting fire, followed by Cao Cao and Huangfusong. Except for Huang Shao who escaped and ascended to heaven, one of Bo Cai and Bo Qun was captured alive, and the other was shot to death by Xia Houyuan.

Of the more than 50,000 Yellow Turbans, more than 8,000 were killed that night, and more than 3,000 fled. The remaining 40,000 troops were all captured and captured.

"Hahaha, Yuqing captured the bandit alive today and made an extraordinary feat. I am envious of death as a brother."

When Cao Cao and his generals saw Liu Ye, they greeted him with a smile.

Liu Ye laughed: "Fortunately, thanks to Brother Meng De for lending his wonderful talent to someone, killing thieves these days mostly depends on his clever talent."

Xia Houyuan chuckled: "I followed Liu Junhou, oh no, I also learned a lot from Liu Sima."

Liu Ye, Cao Cao, Brother Xiahou and others were chatting and laughing, while Huangfu Song walked over laughing.

"Why, what are you talking about?"

Seeing Huangfu Song approaching, all the generals clasped their fists together: "The last general has seen General Lang."

Huangfu Song waved his hands and laughed: "Don't be cautious, the generals will set up camp outside to guard the captives of the Yellow Turbans, Yuqing and Meng De, you two come with me."

Cao Cao and Liu Ye explained a few words to their subordinates, and then followed Huangfusong with a few personal guards.

Seeing this scene, Chen Yi couldn't help frowning, he led the generals of the Yuzhou Army to fight, why didn't Huangfu Song summon him?

Huangfusong, Liu Ye and Cao Cao walked into the hall, only to see that there was no one else in the hall except the three, obviously Huangfusong wanted to discuss a secret matter with the two of them.

"sit."

Huangfusong waved his hand, Liu Ye and Cao Cao sat opposite each other, and then looked at Huangfusong.

"I don't know what's important for General Lang to call me?" Liu Ye spoke first, straight to the point.

Huangfu Song frowned, and said slowly: "Meng De and Yu Qing have contributed a lot to the victory of this battle, I will naturally ask for credit for you two, but right now there is one more important matter to discuss with you."

Liu Ye and Cao Cao were concentrating on what to do at the same time.

"In the battle between Qin and Zhao Changping in the past, Bai Qi defeated the Zhao army, and then killed 450,000 Zhao troops."

As soon as this remark came out, Cao Cao and Liu Ye looked at each other, and it turned out that what Huangfusong was going to talk about was this question.

When the two armies were in stalemate, what Huangfusong needed to consider was how to defeat the Yellow Turban Bandit, but after the victory, there was a bigger problem, that is how to deal with the Yellow Turban Bandit captives.

Released to the countryside? But these yellow turban thieves are all rebels. Once they are released today, if the yellow turban thieves in Yuzhou break out in war one day, won't they have to help the tyrant again?

retain? Back then when the Yellow Turban bandits ravaged the Eight States, they claimed to be in the millions, why did the imperial court only send Lu Zhi, Huang Fusong and Zhu Jun, and sent no more than 30,000 to 40,000 troops?

The reason is very simple, because recruiting a large army is not a very simple matter. When a large army goes out to fight, there are more people behind it to serve their logistics. When an army of 10,000 people fights, there are 5,000 civilian husbands behind them to transport food.

Back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched 100,000 cavalry to conquer the Xiongnu, and the number of infantry used to transport food and grass was as high as 500,000. In addition to the conscripted labor, this is an army of one million.

Later, in the Liaodong rebellion, Cao Wei sent Sima Yi to quell the rebellion. Only 40,000 soldiers and horses caused discussions among the officials, who felt that too many troops were sent and the logistics supplies could not keep up. Although Liaodong is far away and it is not easy to transport food in cold weather, it can also be seen from this that the difficulty of logistical supplies is.

If these more than 40,000 yellow turban captives were left behind, it would be an astronomical figure for people to eat horses and chews every day, and it would definitely drag down Huangfusong's army.

Huangfusong suddenly felt that dealing with the captives of the Yellow Turban Bandits was more difficult than defeating the Yellow Turban Bandits.

Cao Cao frowned: "General Lang, it's better to keep it for your own use. At that time, every battle will be filled with bandit troops, the survivors will be retained, and the dead will be let alone."

Liu Ye shook his head: "No, yellow scarf thieves are rogue thieves. If the court finds out that Lang will use a large number of rogue thieves, I'm afraid that the impeachment memorials of the ministers will pile up like a mountain."

After all, Huangfusong was a general of the imperial court, and if he employed a large number of yellow scarf thieves, the emperor would be the first to question him.

Hearing the opinions of Liu Ye and Cao Cao, Huangfusong frowned, and after thinking for a while, he gradually relaxed, as if he had made up his mind.

"Meng De and Yu Qing's opinions are known, let these yellow scarf thieves have a full meal first, and then deal with it tomorrow."

Liu Ye and Cao Cao resigned and walked out of the hall.

"Yuqing, how do you think General Lang will deal with the surrender of the yellow scarf thieves?"

Cao Cao and Liu Ye walked side by side and asked.

Liu Ye stopped and turned around: "Didn't General Lang just tell me to wait?"

Cao Cao was taken aback: "What?"

Liu Ye's face was cold, and he paused every word.

"Battle of Changping!"

Cao Cao frowned: "But there are so many yellow scarf thieves, so it's too wasteful to kill them like this. Forty thousand people are strong laborers. This."

The yellow scarf bandits outside the city were also worried about their own fate. Rebellion was the world's most serious crime. How would this Huangfu Song deal with him? Would he kill him, let him go, or keep him?

"time to eat!"

At this moment, hundreds of wooden wheeled carts were pushed into the camp where the captives of the Yellow Turbans were held. Although nearly a thousand soldiers had a bad attitude, they still distributed food to the Yellow Turbans.

"Hey, yours, put the bowl over there after you finish drinking, and someone will clean it up."

The soldiers of the Han army handed the yellow-turban thieves the rough clay bowls containing millet porridge. Looking at the hot millet porridge in front of them, they took a sip, which immediately put many yellow-turban thieves at ease.

"Hey, it looks like Huangfusong is going to let us go, or use us to fight."

"That's right, I didn't expect to be able to eat the emperor's food after being a thief. It seems to be pretty good."

"Hey, it would be great if I could have a few more bowls, I'm not full."

The reason why many yellow turban thieves choose to rebel is actually very simple, that is, because they have no food. Now if they can fight with Huangfusong and have enough food every day, that would be good.

Huangfusong successfully used a meal of eight hundred shi grains to stabilize the uneasy heart of the yellow scarf. The yellow scarf who no longer worried about his fate went to sleep at ease, waiting for the arrival of tomorrow with full anticipation, no matter whether he was let go and went home , or fight with Huangfusong, at least there is no need to worry about moving your head.

However, is the fact really as the Yellow Turban Thief expected?