Chapter 103: The Fleeer Cuts or Doesn't Kill
The caterpillar will one day turn into a butterfly, and the first action of the butterfly is to spread its wings. Xiang Cheng's little butterfly may have already waved its wings, but it was only at this moment that the wind and waves rose. Although the storm is not large, it has not reached the level that can change history, nor has it changed the trajectory of history. However, it is undeniable that this section of history has been completely changed.
Bocai had already retreated to Yangzhai in history, and even held on to Yangzhai for a while, until he later asked Peng Tuo for help but failed to break the city and was executed. And now Bocai was killed by Cao Cao on the way to Yangzhai.
If Cao Cao's camp was not where Xiang Cheng Bairen was but where Bocai was, presumably there would still be a place full of fire, and Cao Cao would not have had the leisure and elegance to ambush Bocai here with his soldiers.
Xiang Cheng rushed all the way, and when he arrived at the place where the two armies of Bocai and Cao Cao were fighting, all he saw was the corpse that had been frozen on the ground, but he did not find any living person. Presumably, Bo Cai was already fierce and unlucky, and Xiang Cheng was even more irritable at this moment. Regardless of Bocai, at least for now, he is still the commander of the Yellow Turban Army. Zhang Jiao can dispose of it, but others cannot.
"Report!" A soldier ran up to Xiang Cheng and shouted.
When Xiang Cheng came to this pile of corpses, the first thing he did was to arrange for soldiers to rummage through the corpses. Because under the observation of the scouts and Ma Zhong, it has been determined that the team facing the Yellow Turban Soldiers has gone far to the west, and looking at the footprints, Zhai Shao should have been gone for an hour or two, but it is too late to chase after him now. And this footprint told Ma Zhong that this confrontation was a one-sided massacre, the Yellow Turban Army was beaten and scattered almost in front of each other, while the unknown army was unscathed, and even captured a batch of weapons that were very valuable to the Yellow Turban Army before leaving.
"General! We searched all around and didn't see any of them, but ......" the soldier stopped talking.
Xiang Cheng said: "But it doesn't hurt to say it! ”
"No!" The soldier continued: "But there is a headless corpse in the midst of this chaos...... Looking at the armor, it should be undoubtedly handsome. After saying this, the soldier hurriedly bowed his head, as if he was afraid that Xiang Cheng would be angry with him.
Xiang Cheng naturally didn't bother with the soldiers, and could he blame the soldiers who gave him orders for this? Of course not. patted the soldier who came to report the news, and asked him to lead the way to see the so-called headless corpse. At a glance, Xiang Cheng was sure that this person was Yingchuan Qu Shuai Bocai, because the armor he was wearing was the same as Cheng Zhiyuan, the commander of Youzhou Qu at that time.
Xiang Cheng sighed after reading it, and said to the surroundings: "Bocai's body is preserved, and the rest of the brothers ...... Burn it. After saying that, he turned around and left.
Not to mention the Han Dynasty, the entire ancient Chinese people paid attention to one into the ground for safety, and the burning of the corpse could only be carried out at special times and under special conditions. The Yellow Turban Army was composed mainly of peasants or poor people who could not eat, and these ideas were more ingrained than those of the regular army. As a modern person, Xiang Cheng naturally knew that there were a large number of bacteria and viruses in this corpse after a long time, so it was better to burn it down at this time. However, it is also a pity that these people are soldiers trained by Xiang Cheng, although there is still resistance to burning the corpses of these "comrades" with a fire, but they have to follow Xiang Cheng's orders.
After dealing with these things, another hour passed, and when the fire was extinguished, Xiang Cheng led people to the camp defended by Bai Ren.
When Xiang Cheng and Ma Zhong returned to the camp, they saw that the camp was full of injuries and illnesses, and after finding Bai Ren's location, they learned that the group of deserters who had fled all the way to Yangzhai with this wave and met Cao Cao on the way were gathered here at this moment.
As soon as Xiang Cheng returned to the camp, these deserters rushed up one by one crying for their fathers and mothers.
"General, you have to call the shots for us!"
"General, take us in!"
"General, can you give us a bite to eat!"
In short, there are more voices besides begging for take-in, or begging for revenge, and it is impossible to say in detail for a while. The number of people in this group is beyond Xiang Cheng's thoughts, and it was originally recorded in history that the Emperor Fu Song and Zhu Jun of the First World War of the Changshe killed more than 10,000 people in the Yellow Turban. And Bocai's Yingchuan Yellow Turban is only in his early 20,000s, and now there are 8,000 people gathered in this camp, not counting the people who have not come here after the rout.
Xiang Cheng felt a burst of slander in his heart: "I don't know if the historian recorded it indiscriminately, or if this Emperor Fu Song and Zhu Jun reported their merits at will?" Although he thought so in his heart, the question in front of Xiang Cheng now was how to settle these people.
This is a large number of people, but it is not easy to send a few mouthfuls of dry food. Furthermore, in the era of cold weapons, almost no generals and monarchs were merciful to deserters, after all, these soldiers cost money to raise, since they spent money and food, these people not only did not play their due role, but fled when the enemy was present, so why do you think those monarchs or generals are merciful to them?
So now Xiang Cheng is bitter, these soldiers are not his own soldiers in the final analysis, but they are the soldiers of the "Yellow Turban", as for dealing with them, it seems that they can't come by themselves. And Xiang Ji is constantly urging at the moment, these people can't stay at all in his opinion, a rat feces will spoil a pot of soup is this reason, if the people who flee today are not killed, and the military discipline is not strict, then these people will take more people to be deserters in the future, and the Yellow Turban Army doesn't have to think about going to war, as long as the opposite formation is set up and runs away directly.
For a while, Xiang Cheng couldn't make up his mind. Bai Ren and Ma Zhong were both by Xiang Cheng's side at the moment, looking at Xiang Cheng's distressed face but saying at the same time.
"Kill."
"Stay."
Killing was said by Bai Ren, and staying was said by Ma Zhong.
"Oh? Why stay? Xiang Cheng turned his face to Ma Zhong and asked.
Ma Zhong was originally a person who was not good at words, but at this moment, he groaned a little but said: "These people are all hard-working people like me, and it is not their intention to flee, I am afraid that they will do this when they see someone taking the lead." It's always good for you to keep them, if you really can't take them back and hand them over to General Tiangong to deal with, don't fall into the reputation of a 'butcher'." ”
But Bai Ren hurriedly said it after hearing this, and what he said was basically the same as Xiang Ji.
Xiang Cheng closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, and when his eyes opened, he said loudly: "You are all my comrades, but you don't care about the feelings of your comrades, and you will take you to Jizhou today to listen to General Tiangong's fate." I want to tell you, I am afraid that this will be a death or death, and if anyone does not want to go back and leave the camp immediately, I will not blame the past. ”