At dinner time, Tian Xiucheng also returned, and he brought back more than 300 prisoners, but there was no Hu Dawei or Li Guoqi among them, and it was said that there were fifteen or sixteen horses, but these horses were still lagging behind, and they could not walk, and they probably had to wait until tomorrow to return.

As soon as he heard this result, Liu Jiexuan immediately became annoyed, he jumped up, stretched out his finger and pointed at Tian Xiucheng and said, "Xiucheng, what kind of fame have you made!" Hu Dawei, Li Guoqi, their horses can't run, you haven't caught up with them yet! Also, what are you doing with all this burden? We can't raise these guys! Why didn't you just slaughter and pull it down! Also, what about the fifteen or sixteen horses you caught? Will you be back tomorrow? Will the horses that will come back tomorrow be able to pull carts or cook? You're an old brother too, what kind of thing did you say you did today! ”

"Lao Liu, can you think about it before you speak?" Huang Zide said, "Don't be like an artillery fight, it's going to blow up at a point." The horsepower of the Xiucheng brothers is better than that of Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi, but Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi ran to save their lives, and the Xiucheng brothers chased them in order to take advantage. Hu Dawei In order to save their lives, Hu Dawei and them can run away from all the war horses and run to death, and the Xiucheng brothers can also chase after them like this? Chasing Xiucheng brothers like this may be able to catch up, and then he came back with the two heads of Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi, and half of the more than 1,000 war horses he brought with him died, and the rest were all wasted, half of them could only be used to pull the cart, and half of the cart could not be pulled, so they could only kill and eat meat, at that time, Lao Liu, what do you say? ”

Liu Jiexuan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled embarrassedly: "Brother Xiucheng, you also know my problem, brother." This didn't catch up with Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi, I really can't blame you! The heads of the two of them, where are so many war horses worthy! It's Lao Liu's own head, which is not worth so many horses. But Brother Xiucheng, you are good at everything, but you can't change the problem of being soft-hearted at a critical time. You said that other people surrendered to us, and that was our people, but these guys are not! These guys are all the families of Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi, they have families and rooms, their wives and children's fields are all on Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi's side, we have arrested them, can they really fight for us? You give them a horse today, and they dare to ride that horse and run back to Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi tonight. Brother, I dare say, you must have given some of your dry food to those uncooked animals, didn't you? You're ......."

When he first spoke, Liu Jiexuan was a little wrong to blame Tian Xiucheng's apology, but as he spoke, he was a little dissatisfied with Tian Xiucheng's performance.

Tian Xiucheng just laughed, but did not speak, he understood that the matter of failing to capture Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi had passed, and the matter of bringing back these 300 or so captives was not a big deal. As for these 300 or so unfamiliar captives, he is worthy of these people, and as for how to deal with them in the end, it is Huang Zide and Liu Jiexuan's business.

"Dao Chief, what should I do with these people?" Huang Zide turned to Xuan Yi and asked.

Originally, according to Huang Zide's habits, his ideas were no different from Liu Jiexuan's, since these people were not familiar with them anyway, it would be dangerous and harmful to keep them, and the easiest way was of course to push them out and cut them directly. Perhaps, the difference between Huang Zide and Liu Jiexuan in the way they deal with them is that Liu Jiexuan will cut them directly, and Huang Zide will let them dig a hole for themselves before cutting them.

But now, Huang Zide is no longer a rogue and wants to be a "gentleman of benevolence", and it seems that this killing of prisoners is not very good. Moreover, Xuanyi Taoist also said to him that "killing prisoners is ominous", and even cited the example that Li Guang of the Han Dynasty has not been able to seal the marquis, and he can get lost at a critical moment every time he goes out of the customs, and even bring a living map Zhang Qian can get lost with Zhang Qian to illustrate this point. Therefore, now Liu Jiexuan and Huang Zide also feel that this prisoner cannot be killed. But what to do with them is a question.

"It's not hard." Xuan Yi smiled, "Of course, we treat these people as trouble, but in the hearts of Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi, these people are all treasures!" Why don't we sell them to Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi? I believe that it is not easy for them to raise such people again, and they must be willing to use money to buy these people back. ”

Liu Jiexuan nodded and said, "This idea should work." These people are really precious to Hu Dawei and them. Without them, he is the real vitality. However, these people are put back, can't they take them to fight us again? Isn't this a bit of a return to the mountains? ”

Before Xuan Yi could answer, Huang Zide said, "Let the tiger return to the mountain?" Can they also be considered tigers? Well, Lao Liu, let's keep it simple, if Hu Dawei and you propose that they are willing to exchange a horse for one of them, will you do it? ”

"Dry? Why not? Liu Jiexuan immediately opened his eyes and said, "Just these goods, they can be exchanged for more than a hundred horses, so don't do it if you are stupid!" But what if they won't make that offer? ”

"Isn't the man who worked for him worth even a horse? Who else will be willing to work for him like this after that? Even if he uses the court as an excuse, then we will cut off these people's hands and send them back. Huang Zide said coldly, "At that time, I want to see if Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi are willing to continue to raise these people." ”

Even if it is a general soldier like Hu Dawei and Li Guoqi, the number of families who can afford it is limited. These people are all for Hu Dawei and they escaped from the battlefield to the death, if they all become crippled, Hu Dawei and they continue to support them, then it will be a waste of precious financial resources, if they do not support them, or lower the standard of raising them, who will be willing to work for them in the future? With such follow-up means, Huang Zide believes that he should be able to negotiate a good price with Hu Dawei and them.

Now that there is such a solution, Liu Jiexuan will no longer ask this question. The army set up camp on the side of Wanjialing, rested for a day, and rushed back to Kaifeng early the next morning.

The revolutionary army outside Kaifeng City, under the leadership of Shang Xiuying and Shang Yigong, did not have any changes. When the main force rushed back, it was already afternoon time. Although it was relatively late, Huang Zide still sent cavalry, holding Fu Yuanxian's banner and seal, to Kaifeng City to show off his victory, and used a carriage to pull Fu Yuanxian's body down not far from the city gate, and then put the corpse and the carriage there, just brought the horse back. It can be regarded as returning Fu Yuanxian's body to the Jokhang Imperial Court.

That night, Huang Zide, who had won the battle, held a celebration banquet in the army, during which he highly praised the plan of Xuanyi Taoist, so that the revolutionary army almost effortlessly defeated the imperial court's reinforcements, and Huang Zide couldn't help but compare him to Zhuge Kongming. This praise was generally endorsed by the other generals, who all said that in the past, they fought with the officers and soldiers, and won many times. But it has never been easier. Since the arrival of the Xuanyi Dao Chief, every battle he has fought, whether it is a siege or a field battle, has been extremely easy. In Liu Jiexuan's words, that is, "before the body has time to sweat, the enemy army has been defeated."

Even Niu Juming, who was actually a little jealous of Xuanyi in his heart, had to praise everyone. It's just that Niu Juming's praise is quite skillful, he didn't compare Xuanyi to Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, but praised him with another sentence: "The Taoist chief is really 'strategizing and winning thousands of miles away'." This sentence was used by Han Gaozu to praise Zhang Liang back then. Although Zhang Liang's achievements were high, he was only made a marquis in the end, and after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, he quickly withdrew from the core of power.

His careful thinking did not attract the attention of the Xuanyi Daoist, because from the Xuanyi Daoist's side, Zhang Liang, who "traveled from the red pine seed", was much more attractive than the Zhuge Prime Minister of the Starfall Wuzhang Plain.

But just when Xuan Yi couldn't help but feel a little fluttery, a cold snort suddenly sounded in his ears.

"What's wrong?" Xuan Yi was taken aback.

"Guess what I saw?" Huang Tian's voice rang out, "I saw a stupid fish, and he bit the hook into his mouth without pulling a few bites, and he was still smug there." ”

Huang Tian's words made Xuan Yi feel cold, and he almost couldn't maintain his expression, so that others could see that something was wrong.

"Fishhooks?" Xuan Yi said in his heart, "You mean ......"

"Think for yourself!" Huang Tian said angrily.

Such a question weighed on his heart, and Xuan Yi could hardly continue to participate in the celebration banquet. Fortunately, Huang Zide also knew that he was still fighting, and he himself didn't like to drink too much, so the celebration banquet was only slightly over after a while. Xuan Yi Daoist replied to his military tent and thought quietly.

"Fishhooks? We ...... during this time," Xuan Yi thought as he suddenly had a spark in his head, illuminating the surroundings at once.

"During this time, we have been so successful that we have captured three cities in a row that must be captured, but all of them have problems with the enemies in the cities. Since then, there have been no difficult battles to capture the surrounding small counties, even including this battle with Fu Yuanxian, in fact, because of Fu Yuanxian's series of outrageous mistakes, this battle was not difficult, almost all the way to the march, and won all the way! Whether our array is suitable for combat, what problems will arise in battle, what loopholes still exist in our organizational cooperation, what should be strengthened, and what needs to be improved, these things have not been truly verified. Whether our combat capabilities have been improved and to what extent, or whether we have simply taken the wrong path, no one knows at all. But now the whole army feels that they are extremely powerful. This...... That's really ...... This hook of theirs is really ......"

Thinking of this, Xuan Yi's head was sweating.

"I didn't think of this until now, your head is really ......," Huang Tian said sarcastically.