Chapter 31: The Spoils of War
Liu Zheng's inquiry made Pei Yuanshao's face immediately appear with a smile.
"Qu Shuai, this time we made a lot of money!"
Pei Yuanshao had a smile on his face, and seemed to be very satisfied with the performance of this battle.
As soon as Liu Zheng heard Pei Yuanshao's words, he immediately became interested, although he had realized something, he still wanted to listen to Pei Yuanshao in person, how he made a lot of money.
"See those horses?"
Pei Yuanshao turned around, raised his hand, and pointed with his hand at the place where the large Yellow Turban Army was resting.
In that position, some war horses were fenced, led by reins, tied to tree stumps, and as far as the eye could see, there were not a few, at least hundreds.
Four hundred horses!
These war horses were snatched from the soldiers of the Cao army when they fought with the Cao army just now, except for some of the war horses because they were too seriously injured and could not be released, they were directly slaughtered and the meat was distributed to the Yellow Turban Army to eat, and the others, as long as they could run, were all preserved by Pei Yuanshao.
Counting some of the war horses in Liu Zheng's team before, Liu Zheng at this time had more than six hundred war horses.
Six hundred war horses, only need to give Liu Zheng some time, Liu Zheng can train a powerful cavalry team.
When the time comes, let alone these officers and soldiers now, even if there are thousands of officers and soldiers, with the existence of a cavalry squad, Liu Zheng will be fearless.
Hearing Pei Yuanshao's words, Liu Zheng's face was also happy.
"These war horses were all snatched from Cao Jun?"
"Well, Qu Shuai, weren't you still worried that we didn't have enough war horses, haha, Cao Jun sent it to us, and if you really wanted to doze off, the enemy sent us a pillow!"
At this time, Pei Yuanshao was obviously happier than Liu Zheng, after all, Liu Zheng had just promised him to be the commander of the cavalry squad.
Now that he has these war horses, his cavalry squad can be expanded in a short period of time, can he not be happy?
And Liu Zheng was also happy at this time, these cavalry were an important capital for him to deal with the official army in the future.
"Okay, great, Pei Yuanshao, these war horses will be handed over to you for temporary management, and cooperate with Xu Huang, be sure to select some warriors who can ride horses, these days, train them at least, and when we settle down, we must get this cavalry team up first in a short time!"
Liu Zheng commanded Pei Yuanshao.
Pei Yuanshao nodded happily and quickly agreed.
At this time, Xu You, who had been busy counting the casualties, came over at this time.
"Qu Shuai, it's almost time to rest, it's time for us to leave, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time!"
At this time, more than half an hour had passed since the big battle just now, although the first wave of pursuers of the official army had been repelled by Liu Zheng.
But this does not mean that there will not be a second wave of pursuers in the official army.
The battle in Runan City, Liu Zheng didn't know when it would end, but he clearly knew that that battle was not a protracted battle, since Bocai would be betrayed by He Yi, he would definitely be defeated in a short time, and there was naturally not much time left for Liu Zheng.
As soon as the battle in Runan City was over, Zhonglang would turn Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to deal with him, the remnants of the fleeing party in Runan City.
And Cao's army is newly defeated, and after retreating, it will definitely not go far, and it must have gone to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun to gather, and after learning of Cao Cao's defeat, he will inevitably organize a wave of stronger men and horses to come over.
If you stay here, the danger will increase dramatically.
"Xu You, where are we going next?"
Although Liu Zheng already has a place to go in his heart, he still wants to listen to Xu You's opinion, after all, Xu You is now the only strategist by his side, and listening to his opinion may be able to give Liu Zheng more choices.
was asked by Liu Zheng, but Xu You was silent for a while.
After a while, he responded to Liu Zheng.
"Does Qu Shuai want to continue to grow his own power, or do he want to recuperate temporarily?"
"Is there any difference?"
"It's going to determine where you go next."
Asked by Xu You, Liu Zheng also fell silent, lowered his head and thought for a moment.
"Where should I go to strengthen myself, and where should I go to temporarily recuperate?"
Liu Zheng paused, and then asked carefully.
Xu You may have thought that Liu Zheng would ask this, and immediately explained to Liu Zheng.
"If Qu Shuai wants to strengthen himself, I recommend Qu Shuai to go west to Nanyang. If Qu Shuai wants to recuperate temporarily, he should go east to Jizhou. ”
Xu You's words made Liu Zheng's eyes squint slightly, which was exactly what Liu Zheng thought.
Nanyang, the territory of Zhang Mancheng, the divine envoy, is also one of the three main battlefields of the Yellow Turban Army, in addition to the rout of the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan and Runan, the most important battlefield can be regarded as Nanyang.
If Liu Zheng's current strength is used to enter Nanyang, he will definitely be able to be called a strong party, and he can also rank the top in the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army.
Waiting for the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army and the official army to fight, absorb some soldiers and horses of other Yellow Turban remnants, or pull the people near Nanyang into the ranks, Liu Zheng's strength will definitely reach tens of thousands in less than three months.
And if you enter Jizhou, it is really recuperation.
After all, Jizhou is the main altar of the Yellow Turban Army, where it is Zhang Jiao's territory, the officers and soldiers do not do much over there, and the wars are not frequent.
But in the same way, because Jizhou has long been seriously infiltrated by Zhang Jiao's old way, if Liu Zheng goes to Jizhou, it will be difficult to grow himself quickly.
After considering these two points, Liu Zheng shook his head and vetoed the idea of recuperation.
Let's not talk about whether he will follow Zhang Jiao's orders after going to Jizhou, he is worried that he will not be able to recruit more people in a short period of time.
In this troubled era, without enough manpower, it is impossible for him to compete with the official army, and once the Yellow Turban Army fails in the uprising, he will only have a dead end.
So he still wants to accumulate a lot of strength in a short period of time.
"Go to Nanyang, if my expectations are not bad, after the war on the Runan side is over, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun will not continue to encircle, they will divide their troops, go all the way to Nanyang, exterminate Zhang Mancheng, and go all the way to Jizhou to fight against Zhang Jiao, if we can defeat the officers and troops all the way in Nanyang, the morale of the Yellow Turban Army will be shocked again!"
In fact, Liu Zheng still had one sentence in his heart that he didn't say, that is, he knew that Zhang Jiao would die of illness and went to Jizhou, that is, to accompany the Yellow Turban Army to the funeral, and he couldn't go.