Standing on their horses, Cao Shuo shouted to them, "Who can answer me, when did you join Liu Bei's army?" ”

The captives looked at each other worriedly, and one of the older ones lowered his head and said, "Hui Gongzi, we have only been in the army for a short time. ”

"How long is it soon?" Cao Shuo asked.

"More than a month." The captive replied.

"Are you willing to put on your armor and go into battle, or are you willing to disarm and return to the fields, go home to farm or do something else?" Cao Shuo asked again.

"Childe...... If you don't kill us......" Still the captive, he widened his eyes and asked Cao Shuo in disbelief.

"You shouldn't be a soldier at all." Cao Shuo said: "If I occupy Xuzhou, I will let you all engage in farming at home." ”

Riding up to a captive who looked very young, Cao Shuo looked down at him and asked, "How old are you?" ”

"Thirteen." The captive replied with his head bowed in a trembling manner.

He didn't even dare to look at Cao Shuo, his body trembled like a shaking sieve.

"Tell them how old my soldiers are." Cao Shuo instructed Mi Heng.

"Childe once passed on a military order, under the age of sixteen or higher than thirty, not to join the army." Miyo replied.

"Before the age of sixteen, it is a good time for people to grow up." Cao Shuo said: "Thirteen-year-old child, Liu Xuande actually can't bear to be sent to the battlefield. ”

"Childe......" The veteran who replied before lowered his head and said timidly: "Actually, he is not the youngest in the army. ”

"And the smaller?" Cao Shuo's face changed and he asked the captive.

"The youngest is eleven." The captive replied.

"Lose all conscience, people and gods abandon together!" Cao Shuo gritted his teeth and said, "If it is Liu Xuande's son, I don't know if he is willing to let him fight so early." ”

When Cao Shuo cursed, the captives lowered their heads one by one and said nothing.

They didn't want to be soldiers in the first place, but Liu Bei sent someone to arrest them from their homes.

Until now, many people are even secretly holding a grudge against Liu Bei.

"The two armies fought, and I don't know how many people who shouldn't have died have stayed here forever today." Cao Shuo instructed Cai Ji on the side: "Pass the order, no matter whether you are or you are alive, you must be buried alive." We can't help them do anything when they are alive, but we have to make them feel better after they die. ”

Cai Ji responded with a fist.

Cao Shuo's small gesture made the hearts of the prisoners present surge with an indescribable feeling.

Liu Bei sent them to the battlefield, and it was their former enemy Cao Shuo who finally buried their companions.

"I have something for you." After giving the order to bury the enemy soldiers, Cao Shuo shouted to the captives: "If I give you a peace, are you willing to ask for it?" ”

"It's good to be alive, how dare you expect anything else." A captive said: "If Gongzi doesn't kill us, it already makes us grateful to Dade, let alone give us stability." ”

"There is still a battle to be fought in Xuzhou." Cao Shuo said: "If Liu Bei is not removed for a day, Xuzhou will never have peace." All I can give you is a Pengcheng. Do you want it, or do you want it? ”

The captives looked at each other, unable to believe what was in front of them.

Until this time, they even had some sympathy for their fleeing companions.

If those people hadn't escaped, they would have been able to go to Pengcheng with them and be protected by Cao Shuo.

"Don't feel homesick just yet, and don't think about your loved ones you won't see." Cao Shuo then said to them: "I promise you that in as little as three months, as long as nine months, I will definitely defeat Liu Bei and return you to a peaceful Xuzhou." Since then, there has been no war in Xuzhou! ”

"Childe is mighty!" Cao Shuo's voice fell, and Cai Ji raised his arm and shouted.

As if they had been doused with cold water, the captives raised their arms and shouted.

Cao Shuo looked around at the captives with satisfaction, and said to them: "Bury your companions well, they have been in the same boat through thick and thin, and it is also their blessing to have you as a burial after they die." ”

"Childe is mighty" has already been shouted, and the captives are all released, and they are not as frightened as they were just now.

When Cao Shuo asked them to bury their companions, they once again shouted "Gongzi is mighty".

If the first shout was Cai Ji's guidance, the later shouts were from the bottom of his heart.

Leaving the captives who were cleaning up the battlefield, Mi Heng asked Cao Shuo, "What is Childe's next step?" ”

"Send a detachment of men and horses to Pengcheng." Cao Shuo said: "The others followed me across the waste Yellow River and waited for Liu Xuande to come. ”

"As soon as the war started, Liu Xuande had already lost the hearts of the people." Mi Heng said: "It seems that this crusade against Xuzhou will not take long at all. ”

"Since my father's crusade against Tao Qian, Xuzhou has been respite from the war." Cao Shuo said: "When we defeat Liu Xuande, I will not let this place be attacked by anyone again." ”

"The world is complicated, although the son has a heart, it is not easy to do." Mi Heng sighed and said: "What's more, the north of Xuzhou is Qingzhou......"

"I know it's not easy, but look at the captives just now." Cao Shuo said: "Eleven or twelve-year-old children are sent to the battlefield, whose parents are willing to watch their sons come to the battlefield to die? ”

The crowd was silent.

Cao Shuo's face turned blue and said: "I participated in the battle of Wancheng at the age of fourteen, and I watched my eldest brother die in battle, and from then on, I began to learn to lead soldiers and learn to fight. But I am the son of the Cao family, and I never thought of sending children of the same age to the battlefield and let them fight against strong enemies. ”

"Liu Xuande is too evil!" Cao Shuo said: "If you don't kill him, it will be difficult to calm the resentment in my heart!" ”

"Childe, rest assured, this crusade against Xuzhou, our army will definitely win a complete victory." Chen Zhi said on the side: "When Liu Xuande is captured, the son will cut him to pieces." ”

"Pass the order down, let the soldiers rest in place first." Cao Shuo said: "When the battlefield is cleared, we will cross the waste Yellow River." ”

Everyone was ordered to retreat, and Cao Shuo led Cai Ji, Wei Tu and others to the hillside where the fire was still burning, and stood at the bottom of the hillside looking up at the fire that had burned to the top of the mountain.

Leaving Cao Shuo's side, Chen Zhi said: "I have followed Gongzi for so long, and I have never seen him so resentful because of the enemy army. ”

"Of all those who have accomplished great things, there are a few who do not stand on the pile of the dead." Zhao Yun and Gao Shun didn't speak, but Mi Heng said: "Gongzi doesn't care how many enemy soldiers die, what he really cares about is people's hearts." As long as the people of Xuzhou hate Liu Xuande but think of the good of Gongzi, even if we don't need our army to fight the battle in the future, Liu Xuande will not be able to gain a firm foothold in Xuzhou. ”

"Mi Master Book." Zhao Yun glared at him: "The son is kind-hearted, how come he came to you and became scheming?" ”

Knowing that he had said the wrong thing, Mi Heng hurriedly defended: "I'm just speculating, don't take it to heart a few generals." ”

(End of chapter)