Chapter 80: Trouble (Four More Requests for Subscription)
With the opening of the four gates of the Changshe, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and the fierce general Sun Jian each led a soldier and horse to cooperate with Ye Zhao to surround it on all sides, and the rout of the Yellow Turban Army finally turned into a one-sided massacre.
The Yellow Turban thieves who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy were slaughtered by the Han army without mercy, Ye Zhao had just captured a group of Yellow Turban thieves, and saw a fierce general leading a wave of Han troops to kill, and when he saw the prisoners on the ground, he didn't ask the reason, and he picked up the knife.
Ye Zhao's eyes were cold, and a look of unbearability flashed in Liao Chun's eyes.
"Stop them!" Ye Zhao sank his face, and with a wave of his hand, Ding Li immediately led his troops forward and stopped those officers and soldiers who were preparing to slaughter prisoners of war.
"Do you want to rebel?" The first general, around thirty, with a upright face, wearing a golden helmet, wearing a beast face swallowing gold armor, holding an ancient ingot knife, standing in front of the formation, exuding a brave spirit, his eyes were like knives, sweeping over the soldiers under Ye Zhao's command, and finally his eyes fell on Ye Zhao.
"I am Ye Zhao, the minister of Liang, who is the general? Why kill prisoners? Ye Zhao rode out, looked at the fierce general in front of him, and frowned.
"A certain is the right Zhonglang general under the command of Sima Sun Jian, who was ordered to kill the enemy, and the general has an order not to leave prisoners! All thieves will be killed! Sun Jian put the ancient ingot knife on the horse's back, and arched his hand to Ye Zhaoyi: "The prince of the palace led the people to help, and he was tired all the way, so this matter of killing the enemy will be handed over to the next one." ”
"Kill the prisoners and don't surrender!" Ye Zhao frowned and said: "If the general wants to kill the enemy, he can continue to pursue the enemy, but these people have already put down their weapons and given up resistance, if they are killed, who else is willing to surrender in the future?" ”
"So, the prince wants to disobey?" Sun Jian's gaze sharpened, and the ancient ingot knife on the horseback was taken off again, and the knife-like gaze fell on Ye Zhao's face.
"Huh?" Feeling Sun Jian's murderous intent, Dian Wei raised his eyebrows, and took a step forward with his twin iron halberds, like an angry violent tiger, a violent aura spread, and the violent aura made Sun Jian's crotch war horse restless, even if Sun Jian continued to appease, it seemed to be uncontrollable.
"These people, the official has already surrendered." Ye Zhao waved his hand to signal Dian Wei to retreat, looked at Sun Jian and said, "If Zhonglang is going to blame, Ye will bear the blame." ”
Sun Jian glanced at the Liang Guojun who had gathered and lined up behind Ye Zhao, his eyes were fixed, he glanced at Ye Zhao, snorted, turned his horse's head and pursued in other directions.
"Lord, in this way, I am afraid that I will bear the crime of disobedience and disrespect." Qiu Chi looked at Ye Zhao worriedly.
"I came by order of the imperial court, although my official rank is not as good as others, but I am not their subordinate, and they have no right to condemn me!" Ye Zhao looked at the direction of Sun Jian's departure, a little distracted, with the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, more and more familiar historical figures appeared, I saw Sun Jian today, I don't know where Cao Cao and Liu Bei are? I'm afraid I'll see you sooner or later.
Ye Zhao continued to collect and surrender prisoners, and overnight, tens of thousands of prisoners were surrendered, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun led the army to pursue Bocai, but the night was too thick, and it was not easy to chase after only ten miles, and the troops returned to the city.
"Ye Zhao?" Huangfu Song is no stranger to this name, starting from Ye Zhao's beheading in the north, Ye Zhao's reputation has spread in Luoyang, and later transferred to Suiyang Ling, and has the reputation of judging cases like a god, coupled with the aura of Cai Yong's disciple, after the clan Liu Mu returned to the dynasty, he also praised Ye Zhao.
Above the lobby, Zhu Jun sat beside Huangfu Song, Sun Jian stood at the bottom of his hand, and Ye Zhao stood under the hall to maintain a posture of worship.
Looking at Ye Zhao's young face, Huangfu Song frowned slightly, Ye Zhao's appearance ruined his plan, but he really had no reason to blame Ye Zhao for anything, after all, without ventilating in advance, Ye Zhao broke the enemy, in the final analysis, it was also kind, but the unhappiness in his heart could not be erased.
First, Ye Zhao's appearance ruined his plan for many days, and secondly, Ye Zhao broke the Yellow Turban with 2,000 soldiers and horses, and he commanded the five schools of Luoyang plus more than 40,000 people of the Western Army, but he was defeated by the Yellow Turban and trapped in the city. While fulfilling Ye Zhao's prestige, he slapped his old face.
"Let me ask you, why did you stop Sun Jian from killing the enemy?" Huangfu Song twisted his eyebrows and looked at Ye Zhao, if he asked for sin, he couldn't say it, no matter what aspect he was, Ye Zhao did it right, if he asked for guilt because of this, he didn't need to ask for his old face.
"General Hui, since those people have laid down their arms, they are already prisoners, and the ominous words of killing prisoners are not much to say, only in terms of people's hearts, the surrender of these people can break the morale of these Yellow Turban thieves faster, and he will fight again in the future, so that the enemy army will surrender in despair, and the subordinate officials think that these surrendered soldiers cannot be killed!" Ye Zhao bowed and said.
"Do you know what the Taiping Sect is?" Huangfu Song's gaze gradually became fierce, forced to look at Ye Zhao, and said: "It's a crime of treason, and it should be killed!" ”
"Does the general know how many people are in this Taiping Sect?" Ye Zhao raised his head, looked at Huangfu Song without giving up, and said loudly: "Don't talk about the side, just talk about Liang Guo, at the beginning of the incident, the Taiping Sect was only more than 10,000, but in the middle of the month, it quickly increased to 100,000, most of them were coerced by these yellow turban thieves, and they had no intention of resisting the imperial court, and there were only more than 100,000 households in Liang State. Where did the imperial court come from? Where to collect taxes? And how to support this Manchu minister? ”
"Furthermore, if the general blindly kills and stops the attack, then these people who were not originally interested in the Yellow Turban are not forced to be enemies of the imperial court!"
"You mean Ben will force the people to rebel?" Huangfu Song raised his eyebrows and looked at Ye Zhao calmly.
"The lower official has no such intention, but just clarified to the general that excessive killing will not benefit the country, and will only consume the country's capital, I hope the general will think twice!" Ye Zhao bowed and said.
Huangfu Song sat in the handsome position, his cold gaze fell on Ye Zhao, as if he wanted to see him through, Ye Zhao was not afraid, standing under the hall, looking calmly, although his eyes were not aggressive, but like a rock, even if Huangfu Song was a famous general in the dynasty and an important minister in the court, he still could not make him bend his waist.
Sun Jian, who was on the side, saw that the atmosphere was getting heavier and heavier, so he stepped forward and bowed down and said: "General, the last general thinks that although Bocai is defeated, its main force still exists, and Yingchuan, Runan, Chenliu and other places are still in the hands of the Yellow Turban. ”
Zhu Jun nodded slowly and said: "Now that the Yellow Turban Thief Army has lost its spirit, it is the time for our army to break the enemy, if it is delayed any longer, I am afraid that it will cause His Majesty to be dissatisfied, and the two of you should take state affairs first." ”
"Ye Zhao!" Huangfu Song took a deep breath and looked at Ye Zhaodao.
"The lower official is here."
"This general was ordered to recruit the Yellow Turban bandits, and he has the right to mobilize the county soldiers in the area of Yuzhou, although you are the prime minister of Liang, but since you are leading the army to help, you need to wait for the dispatch of this general, do you know?" Huangfu Song said in a deep voice.
"The lower official knows." Ye Zhao nodded.
"Okay, now that the main force of Bocai is defeated, there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the general is ready to do his best to pursue the enemy, but there are also yellow turbans in Runan, and it is necessary to get rid of it, this general heard that you won more with less several times in the northern Xinjiang, and broke the thieves, so he ordered you to be the vanguard, and led the people and horses of the headquarters to Runan to suppress the bandits, and after the general defeated Bocai, you and I will each lead the army to fight back against the Chen Liu's thieves, are you willing?" Huangfu Song's eyes were a little threatening.
Sun Jian raised his eyebrows, Ye Zhao is only a school of soldiers and horses, and Runan is the hardest hit area of the Yellow Turban, although there is no commander like Bocai, but the number of people alone, there are no less than 200,000, with Ye Zhao's men, no matter how much he can fight, how can he win.
He opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't speak, and stood silently to the side and watched things develop.
"Only the Honbu?" Ye Zhao frowned and said, he has also heard of the Runan Yellow Turban, although it is relatively scattered, but the number is enough, no matter in history or romance, until Cao Cao occupied Runan, Runan's Yellow Turban has not been completely extinguished, he is a human, not an immortal, two thousand to two hundred thousand, even if it can be defeated, it is not possible to complete it in a short time, at least before Huangfu Song defeated Bocai, Ye Zhao had no way to pacify Runan.
"You can recruit your own soldiers." Huangfu Song said indifferently.
"Is the general joking with his subordinates?" Ye Zhao sneered and said without concessions: "Without the permission of the imperial court, how can I recruit soldiers privately?" ”
Although Ye Zhao himself also secretly recruited and trained soldiers, but it was all quiet, and now Huangfu Song said it openly, making it clear that he wanted to trap him, even if he succeeded, it would be difficult to ensure that the court would not pursue it in the future, he could be sure that even if he really recruited soldiers and finally extinguished the Runan Yellow Turban, Huangfu Song would probably go to the court to sue him for this reason.
"You want to disobey?" Huangfu Song stood up, looked down at Ye Zhao, and said.
Outside the court, there was no need for Huangfu Song to speak, dozens of soldiers had already faintly surrounded the court, cutting off Ye Zhao's retreat.
Ye Zhao looked at the soldiers outside the door, his face suddenly turned cold, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Ye Zhao's smile was very sunny, giving people a refreshing and clear feeling, but at this moment, the smile was not gentle, it fell in the eyes of everyone present, as Ye Zhao's smile rose, a dangerous aura spread around with Ye Zhao as the center, and Huangfu Song, who had always taken the initiative in momentum, suddenly felt out of breath in the face of Ye Zhao's smile at this moment, It was as if the weak-crowned young man in front of him who looked like he had a harmless smile would turn into Meng Hu in the next moment.
Behind Ye Zhao, Dian Wei silently came to the door, took off the double iron halberd on his waist, and stared at the dozens of soldiers in the courtyard, grinning, revealing a hideous smile.
"Ye Zhao, what do you want to do?" Sun Jian's complexion changed greatly, as a military general, the first thing he was vigilant about was not Ye Zhao, but Dian Wei, he could feel the terrifying deterrent brought by Dian Wei, and he actually made him feel invincible, stepped forward, grabbed Ye Zhao's shoulder, and captured the thief and the king first.
But seeing Ye Zhao's shoulders shake, he didn't see how he moved, Sun Jian only felt a flower in front of him, but one hand pressed on Sun Jian's shoulder like a spiritual snake, holding him an acupoint, inexplicably, Sun Jian felt a pain in his shoulder, followed by half of his body numbness, for a while he couldn't use any strength, Ye Zhao picked his thumb, the blade came out of the sheath, and the cold blade was less than half an inch away from Sun Jian's Adam's apple.
The battle between the two was completed in an instant, whether it was Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, or Sun Jian himself, who were sitting on the top seats, they didn't expect such a result, and for a while, the air in the entire lobby seemed to be frozen.