After listening to Tang Sheng's explanation, many soldiers in the audience showed envy.

But envy is envy, and another minute has passed, and no one in the field has responded.

As for the reasons for this, it is not difficult to understand:

Although the Huaxing Army has done a good job in treating prisoners of war and has been recognized by many soldiers, and the treatment they give is also higher than that of the Youzhou Army, so in all fairness, there are indeed many prisoners of war who are moved.

However, no matter how well they do, the Youzhou Army and the Huaxing Army are still hostile in nature.

At this moment, let these soldiers take the initiative to stand up and submit to the enemy army in front of many comrades-in-arms and leaders, more or less reluctantly on the face, worried that this move will be scolded and disliked by their comrades-in-arms.

So even if they thought about it, no one dared to stand up immediately, but stayed in the venue and continued to watch.

After waiting for about half a minute, a man in the audience finally opened his mouth to speak.

But he didn't come out to make a statement, but with a worried look, he asked Huaxing a question:

"Uh, that, that...... General Hua, forgive me for daring to ask. If you refuse to submit, what will you do? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the venue immediately quieted down, and all eyes looked at Huaxing. Obviously, everyone is very concerned about this matter.

If at this moment, Huaxing replied with the words "all those who do not surrender will be executed", the nearly 2,000 prisoners of war in the field will most likely choose to submit.

Although face and friendship are very important, both can be thrown away in front of life, and there is nothing more important than living.

But surprisingly, Huaxing did not say this, nor did he show any threat, but replied with a smile:

"If you don't fall, you won't fall, and at the moment...... There are no consequences, and I will not deal with it alone. Just like these two days, just stay in the prison area. ”

As soon as these words came out, many people in the audience breathed a sigh of relief.

Since there was no danger to their lives, everyone was not in a hurry to express their position, and the audience quickly returned to the previous state of tranquility.

"General Hua, what if we don't surrender? You're not going to just keep it like this, are you? ”

If you don't surrender, you'll be locked up in a prison with no danger to your life, which sounds like a good thing. But with a little brain, you can guess that this is definitely not a long-term solution, so someone quickly asked.

"Of course not!"

Huaxing also shook his head on the spot and denied the matter:

"I don't want to hurt you, but if everyone refuses to surrender, I can't keep you in vain. I'm here today to talk to you about this. ”

Seeing that the words had come to this, Huaxing stopped talking nonsense, and talked about today's theme with everyone in the audience with a serious face:

"Since everyone refuses to surrender, then theoretically you are still a member of the Youzhou Army. So what happens to you in the end, in fact, it is all in the hands of your lord, Gongsun Zhan. ”

After hearing this, everyone in the audience was instantly confused.

As a prisoner of war, how could his fate be in the hands of his lord? Soon someone asked:

"General Hua, we were all arrested by you, what does it have to do with the lord? What do you mean by that? ”

Hearing this, he saw a faint smile on the corner of Hua Xing's mouth, and explained:

"Because I will send someone to Youzhou today to discuss your 'future' with your lord. Hehe, as long as your lord is willing to pay the 'ransom', I will let you go as soon as possible!" ”

In ancient times, it was common to exchange prisoners of war or to redeem prisoners of war with money and food.

So listening to Hua Xing's speech, everyone in the audience quickly showed a sudden realization: it turned out that this General Hua wanted to earn a ransom from them!

"And how much are you going to want?"

"Not much! The price I offered was still very fair! ”

In terms of price, Huaxing thought about it earlier, and said with a slight smile:

"Ordinary soldiers, as long as one person and one or two ransoms are enough. As for the general, it must be a little more expensive, one hundred and two! ”

If you look at it separately, a general asks for a ransom of one hundred taels, which feels like it is a bit more expensive.

But after thinking about it carefully, the Youzhou Army sent a total of two generals this time, one is Guan Yu and the other is Zhang Fei.

These two are both gods and generals who are one against a hundred!

Not to mention a hundred taels, even if it costs a thousand taels to redeem it, it is definitely worth it.

As for ordinary soldiers, the ransom of one or two per person is not expensive, but only two or three months' salary for a soldier.

So in Huaxing's view, the price he offered was really not high at all.

But in the other party's opinion, although the unit price is not high, it can't stand the number of people!

Counting the wounded soldiers in the battalion, the Huaxing army captured a total of 2,200 prisoners of war this time. Coupled with the two generals Guan and Zhang, the ransom is as high as 2,400 taels of silver!

For Gongsun Zhan, who is at war with Yuan Shao, this is by no means a small amount, and it must not be easy to transfer so much silver from military spending at one time!

Therefore, after listening to Huaxing's offer, many soldiers showed worry on their faces.

"General Hua, there is no problem with you asking for a ransom from my lord. But the price ...... Isn't it a little too high? Hearing this, Guan Yu, who was standing in the crowd, finally couldn't bear it anymore and spoke.

"Huh? That's pretty high, isn't it? ”

Hua Xing pretended to be surprised and replied:

"General Guan, you and General Zhang are both extremely brave people! With the ability of the two of you, you can redeem it for only one hundred taels of silver, which is definitely a great deal! Are you still too expensive? That's too presumptuous, isn't it? If it were to be replaced, even if it was one thousand or two, I would not hesitate to deliver. ”

This sounds a bit exaggerated, but Huaxing is really not bragging!

First, it is out of respect for Guan and Zhang; Second, Guan and Zhang do have unique skills.

In addition, Huaxing himself is not a master who is short of money, so even if it is a thousand two, he will not have any worries.

"Let's talk about the soldiers."

After chatting about Guan and Zhang, Hua Xing pointed to the ordinary soldiers in the audience and said:

"During this time, in order to treat their wounds, I not only sent all the military doctors of our army, but also used hundreds of baskets of spare herbs. He has to report this medical fee to me, right? After that, everyone will have to stay here for a while, and the daily ration is also a huge expense. General Guan, these expenses have always been borne by me, and now I just asked Gongsun Chan for a ransom or two, do you think it is too much? ”。

After asking Guan Yu rhetorically, he listened to Huaxing and continued:

"Besides, over the years, how many battles have these soldiers fought for Gongsun Zhan and how much strength have they sold? Now that they are in trouble, are they not even worth a tael of silver? Could it be ...... Their lives are not worth the price of twenty or thirty chicken eggs? So General Guan, I really don't think this price is high at all, this is simply the price of cabbage! ”