The soldiers were settled in the barracks, and it was Pang Tong and Sima Yi who were responsible for arranging the capture.

Cao Shuo, accompanied by Cai Ji, Wei Tu and others, returned to his residence first.

In the barracks, more than 100,000 prisoners had already taken off Yuan's armor.

They placed their previous robes and armor on the ground in front of them, wearing only white underlined coats.

"When I entered the city, my son explained it to me." Looking around at the soldiers who had not yet been reorganized, Pang Tong shouted: "Many of you will be arranged to start a family in various places, and engage in farming and multiplication as a military household in the cultivation of fields. ”

The school grounds, where more than 100,000 people are standing, are surprisingly quiet, and even the sound of breathing can be heard clearly between people.

His eyes swept around in front of the black-pressed crowd, and Pang Tong then shouted: "A small number of you will be incorporated into the regular army, and from now on, as long as you concentrate on training, you will accompany Gongzi to fight in all directions." ”

Turning his head to look to the side, Pang Tong beckoned, motioning for a soldier to come to his side.

The soldier walked over, and Pang Tong asked him to face the soldiers.

Pointing to the armor on the soldiers, Pang Tong shouted: "I want to ask you, how many people are willing to change into this armor?" If you want, raise your arms! ”

More than 100,000 people raised their arms.

"Good! Very good! Pang Tong continued: "Unlike the people that Gongzi brought back in the past, each of you is strong. But what the standing army under the command of Gongzi needs is the strength of the strong! Therefore, there are not many people who can wear this armor regularly, although most of you will receive armor and weapons, but you will not use it often, only when the war is particularly tense or there is a foreign invasion and it is impossible to allocate a standing army! ”

Cao Shuo tied up Guo Jia on the bank of the Yellow River to protect them, and that scene always haunted the eyes of the soldiers.

It is about to be co-opted, and the feelings of more than 100,000 people are extremely complicated.

Just a few months ago, when they set out from Hebei, they had to fight against Cao Shuo's subordinates wearing that armor.

Now they want to change into that armor and follow him as Cao Shuo's subordinates to fight in the north and south.

Even if they are not selected to join the standing army, the soldiers who have been assigned to various villages to serve as the reclamation army will definitely have the opportunity to go out in the future.

In troubled times, it is impossible for a strong man to settle in a field house.

Even if they don't want to fight, they will be forced to defend their homeland.

"Childe asked me to ask you the truth." Pang Tong shouted to the soldiers: "Will you miss Hebei? Missing your old home? ”

The soldiers were silent.

After a while, a voice came from the crowd: "Who doesn't want to go home?" ”

"Then do you want to go back to Hebei?" Pang Tong asked again.

Silence, death-like silence.

No one dared to answer this question.

The soldiers present did not know, and after answering the question, what was waiting for them would be.

"What? No one dares to say? Pang Tong smiled slightly: "Actually, Gongzi has thought of it for you, no one doesn't want to go home, and no one doesn't want to go home to have a look." At least those who have wives and children at home want to live together and hope that they will not be separated for the rest of their lives. ”

"Childe is really considerate of his subordinates." An officer standing at the front of the team said with a lonely face: "But we have already left Hebei, and it is impossible to go back in this life......

"Who says it's impossible to go back?" Pang Tongyi's words ignited the hope of the soldiers.

A pair of eyes looked at Pang Tong with doubts and longing.

"If you are allowed to go back now, you will either be captured by the Yuan family as a soldier and die on the battlefield sooner or later, or you will be dragged by the Yuan family to cut off your head, after all, you are here in Shouchun, and it is impossible to get rid of the crime of defection." Pang Tong said: "There is only one way to go back. ”

The soldiers had already guessed what Pang Tong was going to say, but no one answered him.

"If you want to go back to Hebei, the only way is to follow Gongzi back to Hebei." Pang Tong said: "Later, someone will come to you to register where your family lives, how many people are in the family, and what their names are. In the unlikely event that you die on the battlefield, Childe will also find your family and take good care of them. ”

Pang Tong's words looked at the soldiers from each other.

After being a soldier for so many years, I have never heard of the main guild sending people to take care of the families of the dead and wounded after being killed in battle.

"When you come to Shouchun, you may not know that the soldiers who followed Gongzi to fight in the past were also disabled and seriously injured, and these people are now well taken care of. There are some things that can be done, and the son has arranged a livelihood for them, and as for those who can no longer take care of themselves, they have someone to take care of them. Pang Tong said: "Follow Gongzi, you will have no worries!" ”

"If it weren't for Childe, we would have died a long time ago!" A voice came out from the array: "With so many benefits to the son, what reason do we have not to follow wholeheartedly?" ”

"Childe is mighty?" Another voice shouted.

Soon, more than 100,000 soldiers on the school field shouted: "Childe is mighty!" Childe is mighty! ”

"Your answer, I will report the truth to the child." Pang Tong said: "Childe will definitely be very pleased! ”

Pang Tong and Sima Yi spoke to the new soldiers on behalf of Cao Shuo, and Cao Shuo had already returned to the back house at this time.

The women came to greet them.

Yuan Fang and Zhen Mi walked in the front.

The women's posture was as slender as before, but Yuan Fang's lower abdomen was already very large.

The round belly resembles a ripe watermelon.

The women in the back house saluted him, Cao Shuo came to Yuan Fang, reached out and gently stroked her lower abdomen, grinning: "Madame must be pregnant with a girl." ”

"How does my husband know it's a girl?" Yuan Fang pursed her lips: "I was looking forward to him being a son." ”

"Absolutely impossible." Cao Shuo said with confidence: "Madame's belly is round, like a huge ball, if it is a son, the belly should be pointy, only when she is pregnant with a daughter will it be so round." ”

"My husband has never given birth, how can I know this." Yuan Fang rolled his eyes, and there was a hint of unhappiness in his tone.

As Cao Shuo's eldest wife, Yuan Fang certainly hoped that their first child would be a boy.

But Cao Shuo said that she was a girl, and it was strange that she could be happy.

"I've never eaten pork, haven't you seen a pig run?" Cao Shuo said: "Madame has too little contact with the people, and many times, the experience summed up by the people is also very practical. ”

"Husband, don't say it again." Yuan Fang said angrily: "If it's a girl, I won't take her." ”

"Anyway, it's all the seeds I sowed, and I don't care about boys and girls." Cao Shuo hugged her already bloated waist: "Madame, as long as you can give birth to the child with peace of mind." ”

(End of chapter)