Thousands of honor guards, armor, and weapons were seized.

Jizhou is rich! The armor and weapons of the Jizhou army are far better than those of the Taiyuan army.

The Taiyuan army was too poor, and the soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield brought back everything they could pick up, even the broken wooden hilts and spear shafts.

Although it can no longer be used as a weapon, it is good to cut it off for other purposes.

Liu Mang's greatest concern is the number of enemies destroyed and captured.

In this battle, a total of more than 700 enemies were destroyed and nearly 1,000 were captured!

Brilliant victory!

In Daijun, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Northern Taihang were cleared, and the number of enemies and prisoners destroyed far exceeded this battle.

However, the Jizhou Army is far from being comparable to the Yellow Turban Yu Party.

Needless to say, the Yellow Turban remnants are poorly equipped and have low combat effectiveness, and most of them are old and weak families who have no combat effectiveness at all.

The Jizhou Army is a real regular army, and it can even be said to be one of the strongest troops in the world.

The defeat of the Jizhou army, the annihilation and capture of so many people, was definitely a brilliant victory.

Su Dingfang ordered: "The corpses of the enemy should be piled up and burned immediately, and no omissions should be omitted." ”

Bodies are burned or buried just to prevent the growth of evil diseases, and this has been the case since ancient times, and there is no problem.

However, on the issue of dealing with the prisoners, there were considerable differences.

There are no more than three ways to deal with prisoners of war: either to give meritorious soldiers as slaves, or to recruit them into the army, and there is another way to deal with them, that is, to kill!

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the population was scarce, and the state was even less populated.

The prisoners of Jizhou have all been trained, and if they can be recruited into the army, it is naturally ideal. Or it is not bad to give meritorious subordinates slaves to enrich the labor in the fields.

However, there is a problem.

Yuan Shao's Jizhou army, except for a few recruited from the Yellow Turban, most of them were local farmers in Jizhou.

The families of these captives are all in Jizhou. And between Jizhou and Bingzhou, there is only one Taihang Mountain. Staying in Jizhou as slaves, they will definitely find a way to escape back to Jizhou to reunite with their families.

In other words, you can keep people, but you can't keep hearts. It is impossible for these Jizhou soldiers to forget their wives and children at home, and stay in Bingzhou with peace of mind. If there is another war, these captives may even rebel!

This reason is very simple, don't say that Cheng Biting, Jin Shi Wanzai and others suggested killing the prisoners, and even Liu Bowen, Su Dingfang and others also had the same idea. It's just that Liu Bowen and Su Dingfang City Mansion are deeper and didn't make a clear statement, but they don't express their position, which already explains the problem.

The opinion of the majority, is unanimous, kill!

Liu Mang has the ideas of the 21st century. The casualties during the battle were acceptable to Liu Mang; But beheading prisoners of war is another concept that Liu Mang can't accept.

But Liu Mang can also understand his subordinates.

In this era and before, the killing of prisoners of war was not an unforgivable atrocity.

In the conquest between the princes, prisoners of war must always be dealt with. In ancient times, productivity was low, and there was not so much food to feed the captives. Especially in the course of the battle, a large number of prisoners need to be guarded by a large number of soldiers, and a large number of troops and food must be consumed, which is a very serious matter, and may even affect the subsequent battle situation.

Therefore, there have been countless killings and surrenders in history. The few, hundreds and thousands, are killed, and the more, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands.

Among the killing and surrendering incidents, the most influential and controversial was Bai Qikeng's killing of Zhao Jun's surrender.

Four hundred and fifty years ago (260 B.C.), in Shangdang Changping, the Qin general Bai Qi defeated the Zhao army and killed the surrendered Zhao army.

Bai Qi got the name of brutality from this, but there is no shortage of justifications for it.

In the first battle of Changping, how many Zhao troops Bai Qi killed in the pit did not be determined. But the matter of killing and surrendering in vain is a foregone conclusion.

The main reason for Bai Qi's defenders is that the Zhao army surrendered too many soldiers, and the Qin army could not provide food to feed, and it also had to spend huge manpower to guard the soldiers.

And if released, these captives will return to Zhao and take up arms, and they will become enemies of Qin again.

Cheng biting Jin Shi and other people killed the Jizhou prisoners, and this is the reason.

Kill, against your will. If you don't kill, it's hard to calm the anger of the public.

Liu Mang was in a dilemma. He knew very well that in the future, there would be more and more battles, bigger and bigger, and there would be more and more prisoners. If it is not handled properly this time, there will be endless disasters.

How to deal with the prisoners of Jizhou, Liu Mang already has a plan in his heart. But the first step is to convince your subordinates. And if you want to convince the public, it is the most important thing to persuade Liu Bowen, Su Dingfang, Li Xiucheng and others first.

Liu Mang summoned a few people to discuss privately.

Su Dingfang attaches great importance to the military, and when Liu Mang asked him for his opinion, Su Dingfang did not hide his thoughts, and frankly supported the ideas of Cheng Yanjin and others.

Li Xiucheng, who was in Dai County, was the commander of the suppression of the Golden Yu Party, and he felt that he could refer to the method of dealing with the Yellow Turbans to recruit first, or join the army or farm, and for those who were reluctant to stay in the state, he also advocated beheading, so as to prevent future troubles.

Liu Bowen was more tactful, and did not say a clear opinion, but only reminded Liu Mang to be cautious. This already reflected his thoughts, and he did not disagree with the opinions of Su and Li.

Liu Mang understood the thoughts of several people in his heart.

Although these people are historical celebrities, they are different from themselves after all. Due to the constraints of the times, it is impossible to have the idea of fraternity, let alone the concept of so-called human rights.

Liu Mang was very embarrassed. It is so difficult to convince people 2,000 years ago with the ideas of the 21st century!

Fortunately, Liu Suli and others are not like Cheng Biting, Jin Shi and others, they all have great wisdom and big minds.

After Liu Mang's painstaking persuasion, several people finally reluctantly agreed to Liu Mang's idea and did not kill these prisoners for the time being.

Of course, if the prisoners are not killed, there must be corresponding resettlement methods.

Liu Mang took care of the captives and temporarily handed them over to Li Xiucheng. After all, among his subordinates, Li Xiucheng's attitude towards the issue of disposing of prisoners of war was relatively mild.

At the same time, Liu Mang sent people to rush back to Jinyang and recruit Li Yan to come to Jingcheng quickly.

The matter of the captives has come to an end for the time being.

Before Liu Mang could catch his breath, bad news came again.

Due to the turn of autumn and winter, the climate is unpredictable, and many officers and men in the army are sick. In particular, the soldiers who were wounded in the battle were in very serious condition.

A dangerous word immediately flashed in Liu Mang's mind - epidemic!

In ancient times, infectious epidemics were far more serious than wars. A pandemic can destroy a city, or even a country!

The barracks are densely populated places, and they are the most afraid of epidemics and are the most prone to them.

Although the military doctors and craftsmen went all out, the epidemic gradually spread among the army.

The joy and laughter have not yet dissipated, and the clouds of the epidemic have begun to shroud......

"Immediately fly to Mr. Changsun, mobilize the doctors and craftsmen in Taiyuan, all cities and counties, and reward those who can control the epidemic!"

It takes time to mobilize medicine, and when Liu Mang was full of anxiety, Cheng Yanjin brought one person.

This man is in his thirties, he looks like a scholar, he is very thin, and looking at his cheeks, anyone will think that this must be a poor person.

However, this man's beard is thick and black, especially a pair of eyes, which are as bright as lacquer!

"This gentleman is ......"

"Below, Li Shizhen ......"