100,000 Yellow Turban captives, if you really want to kill them all, it is really not easy to make this decision.

In fact, whether it was Zhu Jun, Guo Dian or other generals, they all felt a little heavy. However, they also all knew that the trapping and killing of these 100,000 Yellow Turban captives had many advantages for the Great Han.

Now, they have spoken out to agree with Huang Fu Song's opinion, planning to kill the 100,000 yellow turban captives, which is also to reduce some of Huang Fu Song's psychological burden. To show that this action is their common meaning, and there is no need for Huangfu Song to bear too much psychological pressure alone.

If there is no accident, the ending of the 100,000 Yellow Turban captives will be the same as in history, after being ordered to be killed by Huangfu Song, and then built into a Jingguan, in order to deter the Yellow Turban Army all over the world.

Strictly speaking, it seems that the horns also need such a deterrent.

At this time, Liu Xian rushed to the official office of Quyang City.

"Report! Liu Xian, the caravan of Liulin Village, Liutao County, asks to see! ”

Just when Huangfu Song was about to give an official order for Guo Dian to behead the 100,000 Yellow Turban captives for public display, the soldiers outside the door loudly ordered to come in.

"Ha, it was the last general who asked Liu Xian's kid to come into the city, but I didn't expect it to come very quickly." Guo Dian has won the battle now, he took the lead in attacking Quyang City, and seized the official offices in Quyang City, this time attacking Quyang, he can also be said to have made the first contribution, so he has a big heart and invites Liu Xian into the city, and naturally there is also the meaning of letting Liu Xian come together to share his happiness.

Now as long as those Yellow Turban captives are dealt with, then there will definitely be an event to reward the three armies, and tonight will definitely be a carnival night. Guo Dian also plans to get this young but unusually old Liu Xian drunk tonight, so that this kid will make a fool of himself.

Hearing Guo Dian say this, the generals of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun and other officers and soldiers smiled meaningfully. Those ordinary generals all knew that it was Liu Xian who sent a batch of winter clothes to make him prepared, so that the Yellow Turban Army did not succeed in breaking through. Therefore, for Liu Xian, even if he doesn't have a good impression, he will have a sense of gratitude.

"Hurry up, please!" Huangfu Song didn't think too much, and asked Liu Xian to come in.

Then, he said to Guo Dian with a straight face: "General Guo, if this is the case, then the 100,000 Yellow Turban captives will be troubled for you to solve." Guo Dian listens to orders! ”

Huangfu Song first said a word to Guo Dian, and then shouted in a deep voice: "The Yellow Turban thieves, rebelled against the Han, and brutalized countless Han people, the sins are heavy, and the crimes are unforgivable. And, although the main force of the Yellow Turban Army has been wiped out by our imperial army, there are still countless remnants of the Yellow Turban in various parts of the Han Dynasty who are causing chaos and scourge the people of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the general specially ordered General Guo Dian to execute the 100,000 Yellow Turban captives on the spot, and build the 100,000 Yellow Turban captives into a Beijing Temple to show the public, so as to deter the Yellow Turban thieves in the world, and supervise the rest of the Yellow Turban remnants to surrender to the officers and soldiers of the Han court, so as to deter them, so that they dare not cause trouble to the Han people at will. Execute it now! ”

After Huangfu Song finished speaking, he picked up a token and threw it to Guo Dian below.

"Wait!"

Liu Xian and Huang Zhong hurriedly arrived, and before they arrived, they heard Huangfu Song's order and hurriedly shouted loudly.

If Huangfu Song threw the token to Guo Dian, then the military order was like a mountain and it was unlikely that it would be taken back.

"Huh?" Huangfu Song raised his hand and took it back, but the token was finally not thrown.

It's just that he looked puzzled, and looked at Liu Xian, who hurriedly walked into the official hall: "Little brother Liu Xian, General Ben is giving an order to General Guo Dian, this is a military order, why do you want to stop it?" ”

If ordinary people dare to speak out at this time to prevent the commander of the imperial army from issuing military orders, I am afraid that they will first have to be beaten with military sticks, and even beheaded. Not to mention that Liu Xian was not a person in the army in the first place. The subtext of Huangfu Song is actually to say that you, Liu Xian, are not qualified to speak here at all.

Of course, Liu Xian was kind to Huangfu Song and saved his life, so he didn't get angry on the spot, so he didn't deal with it according to the rules of the army.

Liu Xian didn't know too many rules in the army, but Liu Xian knew that if he didn't stop it, then the 100,000 Yellow Turban captives would definitely have only one way to die.

The 100,000 Yellow Turban captives didn't have to be saved, but Liu Xian really needed some young and strong productivity. And Liu Xian also knew that after the 100,000 Yellow Turban captives were killed in history, although it did have a certain deterrent effect on the Yellow Turban Army, the effect was not too great. Since then, there have been Yellow Turban riots. And there are also the more powerful Black Mountain Yellow Turban Army and Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.

In other words, whether these 100,000 Yellow Turban captives die or not will not have much impact on the overall situation. If you can not die, you may be able to play a greater role.

In fact, there is one of the main reasons, that is, in this world, the transportation is inconvenient and the information is not smooth. Regardless of the fact that Huangfu Song killed 100,000 Yellow Turban captives here, it seems that it has not been widely spread. The Yellow Turban Army in other states and places, they wouldn't know about it at all, and even if they knew, it would be a matter for the future.

"General Huangfu, General Zhu, and all the generals, please forgive the boy. Before the kid arrived, he heard General Huangfu order to kill the 100,000 Yellow Turban captives to deter the Yellow Turban thief army. The kid was in a hurry at this time, so he collided with General Huangfu. ”

Liu Xian first apologized again and again to Huangfu Song and the generals in this official hall.

followed Liu Xiandao: "General Huangfu, generals." First of all, congratulations on taking Quyang City, killing Zhang Bao, the general of the Yellow Turban Army, defeating the Yellow Turban Army, and capturing 100,000 Yellow Turban soldiers. That's a lot of work. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, and it's another thing to say if the credit is not credited. General Ben is now asking you, why did you stop General Ben's military order? Huangfu Song said in a deep voice.

"Killing prisoners is ominous!" Liu Xian knew that he had to have an explanation, and he had to have a sufficient reason and reason to convince Huangfu Song.

"Oh? You mean, these captives shouldn't be killed? Huangfu Song was a little unhappy, and he said: "Which of these Yellow Turban captives is not covered with blood on their hands?" There are ordinary people, as well as our court officers and soldiers. This time, our imperial army besieged Quyang, do you know how many casualties our officers and soldiers were? If they are not killed, it will be difficult to give an explanation to those officers and soldiers who have died in battle. What's more, killing them can also greatly deter other Yellow Turban troops and boost the morale of our Han officers and soldiers. ”

"General Huangfu is right, killing these 100,000 Yellow Turban captives is a thing that makes people applaud, both for the court and for the people. Moreover, these yellow turban thieves really deserve to be killed. Liu Xian said that the killing of prisoners was ominous, but it was just a topic from the beginning, but at this time, he agreed with Huangfu Song's words.

"Since you should kill ......" Huangfu Song looked at Liu Xian, wanting to hear Liu Xian's explanation.

"General Huangfu, generals. Don't you think it's too cheap to kill these Yellow Turban captives like this? They have done all the bad and evil things, and they don't know how many people they have harmed, and they don't know how many officers and soldiers they have killed. But now they were simply killed with a single sword, and then they didn't know anything, and it was all over. Isn't that too exciting? ”

"Oh? So according to Liu Xian's little brother, what should you do with these 100,000 captives? Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun glanced at each other, but also felt that Liu Xian's statement also made a little sense.

Liu Xian pondered for a moment and did not immediately give his own handling opinions. Instead, he said to Huangfu Song: "General Huangfu and General Zhu, how to deal with these 100,000 Yellow Turban captives, the kid really has some ideas. But before I do that, I want to tell you a few things, which are all realities. ”

Liu Xian didn't wait for them to agree, and immediately said: "Everyone, I have always lived in Liulin Village, Xiatao County, Julu County, and my knowledge is limited. As for the situation in other counties, the kid didn't see it with his own eyes, so he didn't know and didn't say much. ”

"Yang's County is only separated from Liulin Village, where I live, by a big river, and it is very close. General Huangfu sent a civil official and a dubo to Yangshi County to serve as county officials and county lieutenants. The boy was fortunate enough to get acquainted with the county magistrate and the county lieutenant of Yang's County, so he learned some information. Taking Yangshi County as an example, before the Yellow Turban Riots, the total population of Yangshi County should have been more than 100,000. However, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, until the government rebuilt, the people of the entire Yangshi County were only about 30,000, noting that the population of the people in the villages and towns of the entire Yangshi County combined. ”

Among them, there are more than 30,000 people, and there are really adult young and strong men, and there are no more than 2,000 people combined. Among them, more than 1,000 adult young and strong men were the guardians of the local landlords and wealthy families in Yangshi County, and the rest of the hundreds of young and strong men were recruited as government officers and soldiers, and the other part was organized to help the government maintain normal order. In fact, the main thing is to organize them and beware of some wandering Yellow Turban thieves. ”

"Generals, think about it, Yang County is like this, so what about other county seats? Can a county find 2,000 young and strong men to come out? Think again, after this war, production must be resumed, and now it is almost December, and after the New Year it will be the spring of the following year. Think about the entire giant deer, and even the land of Jizhou, there is a lack of adult young people everywhere as labor, so who will cultivate those fields? Now that there is already a shortage of food, if we can't resume production next spring and cultivate more fields, then where will there be grain output? When the time comes, what will the surviving people who have experienced the scourge of war and war rely on to live? ”

"The kid's business this time is actually a risky act. The Liu Mansion caravan, because there were no adult men, had to organize 2,000 adult women to sell those clothes. Fortunately, it was clothing, and the weight was limited, so if it was other goods, they couldn't move it at all. Today, these two thousand women are still staying in the demon town about thirty miles south of Quyang City. ”

"I say this to the generals to tell you that 100,000 captives are equal to 100,000 laborers. In the whole of Julu and even Jizhou, there is a shortage of male labor. Why did you have to kill the 100,000 Yellow Turban captives? ”

"These 100,000 Yellow Turban captives, they turned out to be ordinary people. It's just that they are forced by the situation, plus they are illiterate, they are easily deceived and confused, and they don't know much about the righteousness, and they generally have a blind obedience mentality. Killing officials and eating big households, I believe that they were only bewitched by those Taiping Taoists and acted blindly. ”

"Naturally, they deserve to die. Therefore, in the opinion of the boy, why not spare their lives, first detain them in a centralized manner, chain them, and brand them. Liu Xian paused for a moment and continued: "First send them to some mines and detain them, give them a bite to eat every day, let them starve to death, mine during the day, and detain them at night." In the spring of the next year, depending on the situation in various places, a thousand or hundreds of these yellow turban captives can be given to a certain county. They were taken to work as if they were ploughing oxen. Wouldn't that be better? ”

"Of course, each county can make sure that it can guard these Yellow Turban captives according to its own situation, and then freely choose how many Yellow Turban prisoners it can apply for. 100,000 captives is not enough. ”

"No matter how big it is, these 100,000 prisoners can be escorted by officers and soldiers, and let them pave roads and build bridges. Wouldn't that be better than killing them with a single sword? Anyway, we just can't let them die too happily. ”

Liu Xian's continuous remarks made all the generals present nod their heads again and again.

"Everyone has heard it, what do you think of Liu Xian's opinion on the handling of the Yellow Turban captives? Do you want to stay or kill? Huangfu Song's heart also somewhat agreed with what Liu Xian said.

"Killing them thinks it's too cheap for them."

Guo Dian hated the Yellow Turban Army very much, but at this time, he also felt that keeping these Yellow Turban captives and torturing them was indeed more relieving than killing them directly.

"It's not impossible to keep it. It's just ......" Huangfu Song said with some concern: "Although the main force of the Yellow Turbans has been eliminated now, there are still many remnants of the Yellow Turbans, and I am afraid that they will come to the rescue when they learn about the places where these Yellow Turban captives are held." After all, it is impossible for our imperial officers and soldiers to stay in one place for a long time, and it is impossible to leave too many officers and soldiers to come and detain these Yellow Turban prisoners. ”

"General Huangfu, please rest assured. In the harsh winter now, for more than a month after the fight, it will definitely be difficult for the remnants of the Yellow Turban to mobilize too many military horses to rob the camp. In the spring of the following year, the Yellow Turban captives were sent to various counties to be imprisoned, and the counties were responsible for the Yellow Turban captives they had taken. They were driven to work during the day, and at night they were kept in custody, and if they were found to be wrong, they could be immediately executed. ”

"Plus! General Huangfu can kill some of them, especially those who are obviously stronger Yellow Turban Leaders and small leaders, and if they kill these leaders, the rest of the Yellow Turban thieves will be leaderless. Kill some of them, and deter them so that they will no longer have the idea of resisting or fleeing. ”

It can't be killed at all, some of the leaders of the Yellow Turban are indeed going to be killed. Because of these guys, ordinary officers and soldiers can't surrender.

At this time, Huangfu Song nodded slightly and agreed with Liu Xian's opinion.