Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Originally, the Yellow Turban thief had no intention to fight. Now that the crowd died, it was natural that the birds were scattered. There were only dozens of elites who surrounded the handsome flag and refused to leave. Liu Ye did not hesitate to enter the formation with a spear. Fly up and down, pick and kill from left and right, stretch out his arm and swipe gently, and then catch Bo Cai.

"The wave thief will be arrested!"

That night, Liu Ye was the first to enter the camp to kill and set fire. Cao Cao and Huangfusong followed closely behind and fought back and forth. Except for Huang Shao to escape and ascend to heaven, Bo Cai and Bo Qun were captured alive and the other was shot by Xia Houyuan.

More than 50,000 Yellow Turban thieves, more than 8,000 people were killed that night, more than 3,000 people fled, and the remaining 40,000 troops were all captured and captured.

"Hahaha, Yuqing captured the thief alive today, and made an inexhaustible feat. She envys her death as a brother."

Cao Cao led the fellow generals to see Liu Ye, and immediately greeted him with a smile.

Liu Ye laughed and said, "Fortunately, thanks to Brother Meng De who lent his talents to someone these days, I have been able to kill thieves in the past few days."

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

Liu Ye, Cao Cao, Xiahou brothers and others were talking and laughing, while Huangfusong came over with a smile.

"Why, what are you talking about?"

When the generals saw Huangfusong coming over, they clasped their fists together: "The last general has seen General Lang."

Huangfu waved his hand and laughed: "You don't need to be cautious. The generals will camp out and guard the Yellow Turban captives. You two, Yuqing and Meng De, come with me."

Cao Cao and Liu Ye confessed a few words to their subordinates, and then followed Huang Fusong with a few guards.

When Chen Yi saw this scene, he couldn't help but frown. He also led the generals of the Yuzhou army to fight. Why didn't he see Huangfu Song summon him?

...

Huangfusong and Liu Ye and Cao Cao walked into the hall. There was no one in the hall except the three. It was obvious that Huangfusong was going to discuss a secret matter with 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 is the important thing for Lang Jiang to wait?" Liu Ye spoke first, straight to the point.

Huangfu frowned and said slowly: "Meng De and Yuqing have made a lot of credit for winning this battle. I will naturally ask for credit for you two, but there is still one important thing to discuss with you."

Liu Ye and Cao Cao focused their attention on what matters.

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

As soon as this statement came out, Cao Cao and Liu Ye looked at each other. It turned out that Huangfusong was going to talk about this issue...

When the two armies stalemate, what Huangfusong needs to consider is how to defeat the Yellow Turbans, but after the victory, there is a bigger problem, that is, how to deal with these prisoners of the Yellow Turbans.

Return to the hometown? But these Yellow Turban thieves are all rebellious. Once they are put back today, if the Yellow Turban thieves in Yuzhou will get into war again, wouldn't they have to help them again?

Keep it? At the beginning, the Yellow Turban thieves ravaged the eight states and claimed to be millions. Why did the imperial court only send Lu Zhi, Huang Fusong and Zhu Jun, with only thirty or forty thousand troops?

The reason is simple, because recruiting a large army is not a simple matter. When a large army is fighting abroad, there are more people behind it to serve them in logistics. A large army of 10,000 people will carry food for 5,000 people behind it.

At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty launched one hundred thousand cavalry troops to conquer the Huns. The number of infantry used to transport grain and grass was as high as 500,000. Coupled with the enlistment of civil servants, this was an army of one million.

Later, in the Liaodong rebellion, Cao Wei sent Sima Yi to quell the rebellion. It was only 40,000 soldiers and horses that caused a discussion among the officials. They felt that there were too many troops to keep up with the logistics supplies. Although Liaodong's road is far away, it is not easy to transport grain in cold weather, but from this it can also be seen the difficulties of logistical supply.

If these more than 40,000 yellow turban captives were left behind, it would be an astronomical figure to eat horses and chew every day, and it would be an astronomical figure that would bring down Huangfusong's army.

Huangfusong suddenly felt that it was more difficult to deal with the captives of the Yellow Turban thief than how to defeat the Yellow Turban thief.

Cao Cao frowned: "General Lang, it is better to reclaim it for your own use. At that time, every battle will be charged with an army of thieves. The survivors will be kept for use, and the dead will be left alone."

Liu Ye shook his head: "No, Yellow Turban thieves, chaotic thieves, if the court learns that Lang will use a large number of chaotic thieves, I'm afraid the memorials impeached by the officials will pile up into a mountain."

After all, Huangfusong was a general of the imperial court, and he used a large number of Yellow Turban thieves, and the emperor had to question him first.

Hearing the opinions of Liu Ye and Cao Cao, Huangfu frowned. After thinking for a while, he gradually relaxed again, seeming to have made up his mind.

"Meng De and Yuqing's opinion is known, let these yellow turban thieves have a full meal, and we will deal with it tomorrow."

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

"Yuqing, what do you think Lang will do with the Yellow Turban thieves?"

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

Liu Ye stopped and turned around: "Has General Lang already told me to wait?"

Cao Cao was taken aback: "What?"

Liu Ye's expression was cold, and every word was given.

"Battle of Changping!"

Cao Cao frowned: "But there are so many Yellow Turban thieves, so killing them like this. Isn't it too wasteful? Forty thousand mouths are strong labor, this..."

The Yellow Turban thief outside the city is also worried about his own destiny. Rebellion is the world's first serious crime. How will Huangfu Song deal with him? Is it killed, released, or retained?

"time to eat!"

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

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

The Han sergeant handed the stoneware bowl containing the millet porridge to the yellow turban thief, looked at the hot millet porridge in front of him, took a sip, and immediately relieved many yellow turban thieves.

"Hey, it seems that Huangfusong is not going to let us go, or use us to fight."

"That's it, I didn't expect to be able to eat the emperor's grain after a thief, it seems to be pretty good."

"Hey, if only a few more bowls can be served, I'm not full."

The reason why many Yellow Turban thieves choose to rebel is actually very simple. It is because they can't eat. Now if they can fight with Huangfusong, they can get enough food every day, that's not bad.

Huangfusong successfully used a meal. Eight hundred stones of grain stabilized the anxiety of the Yellow Turban thief. The Yellow Turban thief, who is no longer worried about his fate, sleeps at ease and waits for the arrival of tomorrow, whether it is let go home , Or to fight with Huangfu Song, anyway, there is no need to worry about moving his head.

But is the fact really as the Yellow Turban thief expected?