Chapter 15: Mountains of Bones
After the war, there are many aftermath matters that need to be dealt with, and if nothing else, just disposing of the bodies of soldiers killed on both sides is a huge job.
Tens of thousands of corpses were piled up on top of each other, comparable to a hill.
Looking at a hill outside the city that was piled up with corpses, Mu Yi slowly closed his eyes. As the commander in chief of the three armies, although he did not kill these people directly, he had a great relationship with him.
"One will make all the bones dry, alas...... War, war, if you want to win a war, you must accumulate thousands of bones, the reason why these people rebel is also forced by life, if you can't really live, who wants to walk on this road of no return......" Mu Yi stood on the head of the city and muttered to himself.
Although the war was won, there were so many deaths on both sides that who knows how many bones were buried in this land without experiencing it firsthand.
In the face of so many corpses, even those who have been on the battlefield for a long time will inevitably let out a wordless sigh in their hearts.
Liu Bei saw Mu Yi's depressed mood and a melancholy face, so he stepped forward and arched his hand: "The general still looks away, there have been no immortals in wars since ancient times, and throughout history, every big battle is made of white bones." Although many people died in this battle, it was enough to go down in history. ”
Mu Yi let out a long sigh, turned his head and said with a faint smile: "I believe that the soldiers are a little uncomfortable in their hearts, and the order will be sent down to slaughter all the injured and unusable horses, and today General Ben will hold a bonfire party with the soldiers of the three armies!"
"Whoa!"
Waiting for the herald to leave, Mu Yi looked at Liu Bei and said, "I don't know if the credit of your predecessors was played to the imperial court, but this time, this general will play it truthfully."
When Liu Bei heard this, he was inexplicably moved in his heart, and hurriedly saluted: "Thank you, General!"
Gently patting Liu Bei's shoulder, Mu Yi said with a smile: "If there is anything to thank or not thank, if you have merit, you have to play." By the way, have you received the money for rewarding the three armies? ”
Liu Bei nodded: "I received it, Bei has been distributed to the brothers, they followed Bei from Youzhou to Jizhou, after dozens of battles, many people have been buried in other places, Bei is ashamed of their trust, the only thing that can compensate is to send some money to them!"
Speaking of this, Liu Bei actually cried.
Mu Yi was also speechless for a while, Liu Bei's hand crying nose, whether it was true or false, could win the sympathy and favor of others anywhere.
As night fell, piles of bonfires were lit in the barracks. A cauldron was set up on top of the campfire, and the smell of fragrant meat permeated the air.
Mu Yi walked back and forth in the crowd, talking and laughing with every soldier, and everywhere he passed, the soldiers showed excitement.
The dignified commander of the three armies, talking and laughing with every soldier, is as cordial as a brother, how can he not let them get excited.
Of course, for Mu Yi, his comrades on the battlefield are brothers, and it is worth giving his back to the other party.
That night, the soldiers sang and sang, and some danced in groups.
Unconsciously, Mu Yi actually remembered a song in the later generations and sang it with his throat pulled.
The wolf smoke rises and the country looks north
The dragon curled the horse, and the sword qi was like frost
The heart is like the Yellow River
Who can fight in 20 years
Hatred is mad and the knife is headed
How many siblings are buried in their bones
What a pity to die to repay the family and country
I sighed and was even more speechless, full of blood and tears
The horseshoe goes south and people look north
People look north at the grass and yellow dust
I am willing to defend the territory and reopen the territory
The dignified man wants to give way to the Quartet
Congratulations......
Mu Yi changed the China in the lyrics to a big man, and the people present were full of enthusiasm and pride.
At first, it was just Mu Yi singing alone, but gradually more and more people sang along, and thousands of people sang a song at the same time, and the loud singing resounded throughout the night sky.
Mu Yi walked back and forth in the crowd, and when he came to a small group of soldiers, more than a dozen of them knelt in front of him, kowtowing vigorously.
"Hurry up, hurry up, what are you doing here?" Mu Yi stepped forward and helped everyone up.
After a closer look, Mu Yi found that there was actually a person he still knew, who was the wounded soldier who had cleaned his wounds with his own hands when he first arrived here.
"The general has the grace of reinvention for the villain, if there is no general, the villain's life would have been gone a long time ago, from now on, the villain's life will be the general's!"
With that, he knelt on the ground again and bowed his head.
More than a dozen people behind him also fell to their knees at the same time, saying the same thing.
Looking at the people in front of him, a thought emerged in Mu Yi's heart, these people are all veterans of the battlefield who have experienced several battles, if he can bring these people under his command, it will be an absolute help to himself.
Thinking of this, Mu Yi showed a faint smile, helped these people up and asked, "Where are you and the others from?"
"Back to the general's words, the villain is a soldier of the Northern Army, and they are the same as the villain, they are all Luoyang people's ......"
Mu Yi nodded: "Hmm! Are you willing to stay by the side of the general and be a personal soldier? ”
More than a dozen people obviously didn't expect such a good thing, they glanced at each other, and knelt on the ground without saying a word: "The villain greets the lord......"
Mu Yi held his forehead, he really didn't know what to say, the ancients were really troublesome, they knelt down several times in just a while, they weren't tired of themselves?
……
Early the next morning, all the statistics had been counted and presented in front of Mu Yi's case one by one.
Jun Sima and Zhu Bo were very efficient in doing things, and the treasures in the treasure house were classified and counted by them in just one night:
One hundred and thirty-seven boxes of gold, sixteen boxes of pearl agate, twenty opals, and forty-two boxes of antique calligraphy and paintings......
Mu Yi nodded and asked with a smile, "How much do you think it is appropriate to send to the imperial court?"
The two of them looked at each other and stretched out a hand at the same time.
Mu Yi said with a look of embarrassment: "Isn't this a bit ruthless?"
The two shook their heads at the same time and said, "The general is going to the court, and that is to give it to the emperor." But in addition to the emperor, the general also needs to spend money in front of the ten permanent attendants, otherwise the general's credit is likely to be in vain. ”
Mu Yi nodded: "Hmm~ Help General Ben prepare a recital, write down all the credits of everyone, and take it to General Ben to see after the fact." By the way, you and the two of you have also worked hard during this time, so pick two boxes of things and take them down and share them with your subordinates!"
It's not that he doesn't write, the main thing is that he can't write calligraphy, although he has studied with Miao Xiaodie for two months, and he has already known a lot of words, but calligraphy is kung fu, without long-term exercise, and the words written are also crooked.
Mu Yi knew that these two people must have detained their own share, but he could understand that he was willing to give up, and he had to give up to get it. Anyway, it's not your own money, and it's not a big deal to take it out as a favor.
The two of them were moved for a while when they heard this, and it was difficult to get rich without following such a Shangguan, so the two of them bowed to Mu Yi from the bottom of their hearts.
After the fold was prepared, Mu Yi looked at it carefully several times, and after confirming that there was no problem, he sent someone to Luoyang, the capital of the capital, in an expedited manner of eight hundred miles.
After the war, who should be in charge of Guangzong and how to settle the exiles and captives all need to wait for instructions from the imperial court.
Therefore, Mu Yi could only let the army rest in Guangzong City.
……
The war in Jizhou came to an end temporarily, but it was said that Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song at this time.
After Huangfu Song pacified Yingchuan and Chen Guo's Yellow Turban, the army turned around and drove directly to Quyang.
But Zhu Jun's army is approaching Wancheng.
Nanyang Taishou Qin Jie fought a bloody battle with Zhang Mancheng without foreign aid, and actually killed Zhang Mancheng with shit luck. The Yellow Turban Army, with Zhao Hong as its commander, occupied Wancheng with more than 100,000 people.
After Zhu Jun arrived in Wancheng, he and Qin Jie's soldiers fought together, and immediately besieged the city with a large army, and carried out a crazy siege battle.
Who knew that the Wancheng Yellow Turban thieves were not afraid of death, and fought for several months, Zhu Jun not only did not get a little cheap, but suffered a lot of losses, and the soldiers were killed and injured countless times.
Emperor Han Ling saw that Zhu Jun was fighting so slowly, and he was already a little impatient, so he began to think about whether to replace Zhu Jun again.
But Zhang Wen told Emperor Han Ling about the disadvantages after removing Lu Zhi, and Emperor Han Ling could only dispel this idea.
……
There is a hill a stone's throw outside Wancheng, which Zhu Jun imitated the wood easy to pile up, and standing on the hill, you can clearly see everything on the city wall.
Originally, the leader of the Yellow Turban in Wancheng was Zhang Mancheng, but after Zhang Mancheng was killed by Qin Jie, he immediately elected a person named Han Zhong as the leader.
Han Zhong saw that the Yellow Turban was gone, so he thought about going out of the city and surrendering. But who knew that Qin Jie already hated Han Zhong to the core, and promised to surrender on the surface, but who knew that after tricking Han Zhong out, he would immediately turn his face and kill him.
In desperation, the Yellow Turban Thieves once again elected a person named Sun Zhong as the leader, and more than 100,000 people in the city saw that they were all dead, and one by one they fought with the officers and soldiers, and they defended Wancheng for several months.
On this day, Zhu Jun walked up the hill with his own soldiers, and was watching everything in the city, "Xiu Xiu Xiu" shot dense arrows from the city, if it was not for the shield hand on the side to protect it, Zhu Jun might have confessed here.
Zhu Jun frowned and scanned the entire Wancheng, and said to himself, "Strange? Why are the yellow scarves in Yuancheng so brave? ”
After a long time, Zhu Jun slapped his thigh with a happy face: "Alas! So that's the case? ”
At first, Zhu Jun only thought about surrounding the entire city and fighting as much as he wanted. But standing on the top of the hill today, the whole city was besieged, and the yellow turban thieves inside had no way to escape.
Since there is no way out, there is death left and right. Just imagine, it's strange that people don't fight with you. This can also explain why the yellow turban thieves in the city are so strong.
Thinking about this clearly, Zhu Jun hurriedly ordered: "General Chuanben's order, remove the soldiers and horses at the south gate, gather everyone to the remaining three gates to attack the city, all the cavalry are waiting in the barracks, and once the Yellow Turban thief escapes from the south gate, immediately attack and kill!"
"Whoa!"
The Yellow Turban Thieves, who had been fighting to the death in the trapped city, suddenly saw the officers and soldiers at the south gate withdrawing, and immediately had the idea of escaping from the south gate.
As Zhu Jun's army attacked the city at the other three city gates, more than 100,000 Yellow Turban thieves desperately fled from the south gate, and some unlucky ones did not die in the hands of officers and soldiers, but fell to the ground and were trampled to death by their companions.
In this way, tens of thousands of troops chased more than 100,000 Yellow Turban thieves around, and the battle lasted for a whole day, capturing 70,000 or 80,000 Yellow Turban thieves, and the leader of the thieves, Sun Zhong, was also killed in the chaos.
Since then, the yellow scarves in the Runan area have come to an end temporarily.