Chapter 59: Open the coffin and kill the corpse
Not long after Zhang Hao broke the city, Huangfu Song entered the city with his men and horses, and the Yellow Turban Army, which had already gone to the ground, knelt down and surrendered.
When it was dawn, Zhang Hao returned to Guangzong with his cavalry and presented Zhang Liang's head to Huangfu Song.
Huangfu Song looked at the dead head in front of him, and ordered his subordinates to put it in a box and prepare to send it back to Luoyang.
"You did a very good job. In this victory, Mingde offered advice and advice, and the pioneer was the first to make the general. ”
Zhang Hao bowed and said: "This battle is all under the command of the general, and the soldiers use their lives, and the last general will not dare to take credit." ”
Huangfu Song looked at Zhang Hao and said: "Rewards and punishments are clear, and it is also the most basic duty of a general. You are also the leader of the troops, and that must be remembered.
This should be your military merit, no more and no less. It's okay to be humble to people, but not to things. ”
"The teachings of General Xie at the end of the year must be remembered in this life."
Huangfu Song suddenly laughed: "Speaking of which, it is also because of you that the soldiers have lost a lot of military exploits." ”
Zhang Hao was a little strange: "Because of me? Dare to ask the general why he said this? ”
"That's not because you advised the Son of Heaven to move prisoners of war to the newly established four counties of Pingzhou. It's good for you to be yourself, and you have a Pingzhou Thorn History.
It's a pity that the thief army knows that surrender can also live, which makes the soldiers cut a lot of heads, do you know that this head is a military merit.
Although there was no land to divide in the imperial court, the reward was still quite a lot. Tell me how much money you have made the soldiers receive less. ”
After listening to Huangfu Song's words, the corners of Zhang Hao's mouth twitched. No wonder he sometimes felt that the soldiers looked at him strangely, it turned out that it was not because he was a beautiful man, but because of this.
"He~hehe~hehe~"
Zhang Hao's embarrassed appearance made Huangfu Song laugh even more heartily.
"Hahaha, okay, okay, just kidding, this laugh is much easier when the war is over."
After laughing, Huangfu Song said with a straight face: "Actually, I still agree with your idea, even if these people are traitors, they should be given a chance to change." ”
Zhang Hao bowed and said: "The last general has captured General Xie. ”
I really have to thank him, according to the historical Huangfu Song to quell the Yellow Turban Uprising, a total of nearly 300,000 Yellow Turban troops were extinguished, and more than half of them were killed by him.
Huangfu Song stood up and said, "Okay, don't talk much. Now let's do something. ”
After speaking, he left, and Zhang Hao followed closely behind him.
As they walked, the two came to a clearing outside the city. A large group of soldiers were digging in the clearing.
"What is this?" Zhang Hao's face was full of questions.
Huangfu Song explained: "According to the confession of the captive, this is the place where the bones of the thief's first horn are buried. After Zhang Jiao's death, his first Zhang Liang was afraid that his brother's body would be insulted, so he casually found a place to bury it without erecting a monument to engrave it. ”
At this time, the soldier shouted: "I have dug it, carry him out quickly!" ”
"Let's go, let's see."
Soon, the soldiers dug a coffin out of the ground and carried it to the clearing. Then a soldier pried the lid of the coffin open, and a rancid smell filled the air.
Zhang Hao glanced at it and turned his head with his mouth and nose covered, he was used to seeing himself in life and death, and he couldn't help but want to vomit with disgust at the moment.
The corpse in the coffin was so rotten that no one could tell if it was a horn.
But Huangfu Song didn't care whether the corpse was really Zhang Jiao or not, he looked at the coffin with a look of disgust, and said to the soldiers: "Carry the corpse back." ”
It doesn't really matter if it's true or not, as long as everyone believes it's true, then this one will be true.
Zhang Hao wanted to persuade Huangfu Song: "It's inappropriate for the general to do this, this person is already dead, there is no need to insult the corpse anymore." ”
"When a man dies, does his crime disappear?"
Huangfu Song's rhetorical question made Zhang Hao speechless, and the answer was of course that it would be difficult to atone for his sins.
"This Zhang Jiao claims that the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious. But what did the uprising he led bring to the people, most of the people in the world were ruined and displaced.
From the beginning of spring to the present, it is almost winter, and for a whole year, the world is in the midst of war. If the people do not produce, how many people will die of famine in the coming year. is in Jiazi, but what he got in this world is not good luck, but a catastrophe. ”
Huangfu Song stared at Zhang Hao and said word by word: "Such a sin is hard to atone, just opening the coffin and killing the corpse is cheap for him, and leaving a stench on the history for 10,000 years is the punishment he deserves." ”
Zhang Hao was silent, and his views would be different depending on his position.
Those who couldn't survive because of Zhang Jiao survived and would be grateful to him.
Those who were originally alive and well died in the war because of Zhang Jiao, and they will hate him to the core.
In the barracks, Huangfu Song whipped Zhang Jiao's body in front of the soldiers of the whole army. Then he ordered everyone to come up and whip it.
Zhang Hao is the second after Huangfu Song, but he only symbolically hits it. Huangfu Song didn't say anything when he saw this.
Zhang Jiao's head was cut off in advance because he was going to be sent to the capital, and he was temporarily spared. However, the corpse was whipped by tens of thousands of people, and there was not even a slag left, and there were no real bones left.
Then Huangfu Song ordered people to open the horns. The heads of the two Zhang Liang brothers were sent to Luoyang.
Then he ordered the whole army to repair for one day, and the next day marched to Xiaquyang, where the last Yellow Turban Army was located.
When passing through the Julu County Governance Office and Tao County, Julu Taishou Guo Dian led 5,000 troops to join the counterinsurgency team.
Although this Guo Dian is not as long-shouldered, round-waisted, majestic and mighty as Dong Zhuo, he is also a military general and a civilian. Eight feet tall, with exceptionally slender and thick arms, he is a master of bows and arrows.
Zhang Hao is not very interested in him, is this archery skill as good as his cousin?
It was another person who came from afar who caught Zhang Hao's attention. It should be said that this person's fellow villagers made Zhang Hao very interested.
It was a somewhat treacherous-looking scribe, with a squinting smile on his face, and the corners of his mouth were always cocked when he spoke, as if he knew everything in his own hands.
"The humble position is to order Yan Zhong of Xindu County to meet General Zuo Zhonglang. I heard that my lord went north to fight for thieves, so I asked the general to allow me to join in, and I will do my best. ”
Huangfu Song looked at Yan Zhong, nodded and said, "Xindu is also two hundred miles away from Xiatao, you must have calculated that my army will pass through here, so you will wait here in advance." In this way, it seems that you have some ability, so I will give you this opportunity to join the army temporarily. ”
"General Xie."
On the way, Zhang Hao came to Yan Zhong's side and said a little secretly: "Yan is a martial artist? ”
Yan Zhong still looked like he was holding the wisdom bead in his hand: "Oh, how did General Zhang know that he was from Wuwei?" ”
Zhang Hao was a little embarrassed, and he asked too bluntly.
"Well, I guessed it by your accent."
"Has General Zhang been to Wuwei?"
"Yes, yes, uh, I went to Wuwei Guzang County when I was young."
Yan Zhong said happily: "Yes, there is Guzang down there." I'm really close to the general. ”
Zhang Hao also smiled and said: "Yes, and it is also very fateful that we can meet here." After saying that, he was silent for a long time, and he really couldn't make it anymore.
Yan Zhong saw that he was embarrassed, so he asked, "I don't know what General Zhang is looking for me?" ”
borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, so Zhang Hao asked: "I don't know if Yan Senjun knows a person named Jia Xu?" ”
After listening to Zhang Hao's question, Yan Zhong's expression changed slightly, but he was immediately covered up, and Zhang Hao didn't notice anything.
"I don't know this person, why did the general ask about this person?"
"Oh, it's nothing, it's just that when I was in Guzang County, I heard of the local famous Jia family. This Jia Xu's father and ancestors have served as the imperial court for three generations, and he must also be quite talented, so he mentioned it for today's celebrities. ”
Yan Zhong thought to himself: This Zhang Hao knows quite clearly.
"This Jia clan is also known below, but since the light cavalry general Jia Gong, the Jia clan has fallen, and no one has come out so far. Even Jia Xu didn't know about it, and he obviously couldn't talk about celebrities. ”
Yan Zhong's words made Zhang Hao hesitate a little, the history books didn't say that he was Jia Xu's fellow countryman, others thought that Jia Xu was mediocre, only Yan Zhong said that he had Zhang Liang and Chen Ping's scheme, did he remember wrong?
Zhang Hao snorted haha, wanting to perfunctory: "Haha, is that so?" I thought you knew each other from the same country, haha. Who would have thought that his family was so good, but now he is still unknown, haha. I'll leave first. ”
After speaking, Zhang Hao walked away.
Yan Zhong looked at Zhang Hao's distant back and put away the smile on his face: Hear it in the accent? This Zhang Hao thought he was coaxing a three-year-old child. Have you ever been to Wuwei? If you have really been there, you don't have to say anything about the local customs and scenery, and just asking yourself about one person is simply full of loopholes.
He fell into deep thought again: How could Zhang Hao know that he was from Wuwei? And how did he know about Wen He, how did he know that Wen He was talented if he hadn't seen Wen He? You must know that except for me, everyone else thinks Wen Ping is mediocre and incompetent.
Shaking his head vigorously, Yan Zhong laughed at himself: "Why do you want to do so much, this Zhang Hao is a passerby, no matter how much he knows, what does it have to do with me." The purpose of my trip is Huangfu Yizhen, not this Zhang Mingde. ”
He looked at Huangfu Song, who was walking at the front of the team, his eyes were full of fire: "This is a godsend, if I grasp it, I will no longer be a small Xindu county commander." And Wenhe, you are no longer a useless person who has been ridiculed. ”
Just when Huangfu Song led his troops to Xiaquyang, the heads of Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang were sent to Emperor Ling.
Emperor Ling was overjoyed and ordered the first Beijing master to be passed on, so that the people from all over the world could see that this was the end of resisting the imperial court.
And he himself has been at ease since then, and continues to enjoy himself with peace of mind, regardless of the government.