Let's go back and talk about Yuan No.

Although he defeated the Jiangdong Army again, not only killed Huang Gai and Song Qian, two famous generals of Eastern Wu, but even Sun Ce was seriously injured and his life and death unknown, and by the way, he cleared the dissidents, and the harvest was not abundant, but the Yuan army also paid an extremely heavy price, and the biggest loss was the loss of troops.

Before the war, Yuan's army still had more than 8,000 troops, but now there are less than 4,000 left, and there are still a large number of wounded.

Moreover, the weapons and arrows consumed in this battle can not be replenished, the war consumes not only manpower, but also swords, spears, arrows, crossbows and other ordnance, often a vicious battle is fought, the swords and spears in the hands of the soldiers will be damaged by half, and the arrows will be consumed, without a stable rear, these ordnance can not be replenished.

In addition, the Yuan army also captured more than 5,000 prisoners of war in this battle.

If the Yuan clan had a solid base and a stable source of taxes, Yuan believed that the vast majority of the more than 5,000 prisoners of war would become Yuan's soldiers without any suspense.

Unfortunately, Yuan has now become a lost dog.

Therefore, how to deal with these more than 5,000 prisoners of war has become a difficult problem.

Both Ji Ling and Jin Shang suggested killing in a pit, citing a lack of military rations.

In the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty, it was a very common thing to kill and surrender pawns, Cao Cao had done such atrocities more than once, among which there were two notorious ones, one was the battle of Xuzhou to kill 40,000 Xuzhou pawns, and the other was the battle of Guandu to kill 80,000 Hebei pawns, for the princes of this era, it is normal to kill and surrender pawns.

But Yuan Nuo couldn't do such an atrocity, not to mention that these more than 5,000 pawns were all Han family sons like him, and half of them were Yuan's subordinates, even if these soldiers were not Han family sons, even if these soldiers were all barbarians, Yuan N was only afraid and couldn't bear to kill them, pit killing, and beheading them were completely different things.

Yuan Wei is a modern person after all, and he can't do such an atrocity as killing prisoners.

Although Jin Shang and Ji Ling were quite unimpressed by this, they didn't say much.

In the end, Yuan gave these pawns two choices, either to serve the Yuan family, or to unload the armor and return to the field.

To Yuan Wei's disappointment, only a very small number of soldiers chose to serve for Yuan's family, even Lu Mian, Lei Bo, and Chen Lan's subordinates, and most of them chose to unload their armor and return to the field.

Yuan was disappointed, but he did not embarrass these soldiers, but let them go according to the agreement.

Ji Ling walked to Yuan No's side, looked at the soldiers in the wilderness outside the city, and said quietly: "Son, you shouldn't let them go back, even if they really want to unload their armor and return to the field, Sun Ce can't agree, within a few days, they will be conscripted into the army again, and then pick up weapons again to attack us." ”

"Maybe that's the case, maybe Sun Ce will force them to take up arms again, but at that time, it won't be us but Cao Cao who will have a headache." Yuan Fu pinched his waist with both hands and said lightly, "And we will leave this ghost place where birds don't and go to a more promising place." ”

"A more promising place?" Ji Ling was surprised, "What place?" ”

"Hebei." Yuan Wei turned his head leisurely, looked at the northern sky, and then said, "My uncle Yuan Shao has already taken possession of two states, with three or four hundred thousand, we use the jade seal of the country as the step to enter the body, when we can find a good messenger, a state assassin history dare not think, a county should still be possible." ”

"What, Hebei?" Ji Ling lost his voice and said, "Childe, isn't he joking?" ”

"Jokes?" Yuan Wei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then turned his head to look at Ji Ling.

Ji Ling's eyes were calm, and he said to Yuan Fu straightforwardly: "Son, the old minister thinks that going to Hebei is not a good idea, not to mention whether the soldiers of the three armies are willing to leave their hometowns, even if they are willing, this place is thousands of miles away from Hebei, and there is Yuzhou and Cao Cao's Yanzhou in the middle, how can we get by?" ”

Seeing Ji Ling objecting so bluntly, Yuan Wei couldn't help but be stunned for a moment again.

Suddenly, Yuan realized that he had neglected one thing, and that was the human heart!

Passing through Yuzhou and Yanzhou, no matter how difficult it is, you can find a way, but what if the soldiers are not willing to go at all?

As Ji Ling said, going to Hebei is undoubtedly a departure from their hometown for these soldiers from Huainan, and the local complex of the descendants of Yan and Huang has always been important, and how many people are willing to leave their hometown?

Wrong: There is no other choice, otherwise no one wants to leave their homeland.

So then again, do they have a better option?

There really is, that is, to go to Lujiang and defect to Liu Xun, the old department of Yuan Shu.

Historically, after Yuan Shu died of illness, the old Yuan family was divided into two parts, one part defected to Sun Ce, and the other part defected to Lujiang Liu Xun.

"Childe, it's crazy to go across Yuzhou and Yanzhou to Hebei." Ji Ling accentuated his tone and persuaded again.

Yuan Wei looked directly into Ji Ling's eyes and said coldly: "Old General Ji, what if you have to go?" ”

At this moment, Yuan Wei really made a killing move.

Carrying the jade seal of the country to Hebei to defect to Yuan Shao was Yuan No's established policy.

As a traverser, Yuan Wei knows better than anyone the ending of staying in Huainan.

Huainan County is bordered by Yuzhou in the north, Xuzhou in the east, Lujiang County in the west, and Danyang County across the river in the south.

Any local prince who has a pursuit will not take the initiative to choose the land of the four wars as the foundation.

If it's just a place of four wars, when Cao Cao just raised his troops, Yanzhou was also a place of four wars, and in the end, it still survived, and it developed quite well.

The problem is that the enemies around Cao Cao at that time were all Qiao Mao, Liu Dai, Tao Qian and others.

At this time, around Huainan County were Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Sun Ce!

Who are Qiao Mao, Liu Dai, and Tao Qian? Sheep too!

Who are Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Sun Ce? Tiger wolf ears!

Can a sheep be the same thing as a tiger wolf with fangs and claws?

With such a harsh living environment and such a powerful enemy, even if Sun Wu is allowed to cross over to be the chief general of the three armies, and then Jiang Shang is allowed to cross over to be the prime minister, I am afraid that the future is bleak.

What's more, now he doesn't even have a military general under Yuan Wei who can handle it.

What's more, now Huainan County has long been ruined, and there is not one in the population!

Therefore, staying in Huainan is definitely a dead end, Yuan Wei is convinced of this!

Therefore, if Ji Ling had to stop him from going to Hebei, Yuan would definitely not be relentless!

Even if killing Ji Ling would cause civil strife in Yuan's old department, Yuan would not hesitate to do so!

Yuan looked directly into Ji Ling's eyes and said faintly: "Old General Ji, what if you have to go?" ”

"Then the old minister will die in front of the son, and he will admonish him with death!" After Ji Ling finished speaking, he really knelt down in front of Yuan Fu.

Looking at Ji Ling, who was kneeling in front of him, Yuan Fu suddenly hesitated.

It was easy to kill Ji Ling, with his current influence in the Yuan family's old department, even if he was a veteran like Ji Ling, if he killed him, he would kill him, at most, it would take a little more effort to rectify the army's heart.

However, will killing Ji Ling really solve the problem?

The most difficult thing in the world to control is people's hearts, even if you are the lord, you can't do whatever you say, you can control the behavior of the tribes, restrain the words and deeds of the tribes, but you can never control their thoughts.

Killing Ji Ling can really force Bu Qu to submit and go to Hebei with him?

Yuan Wei looked down at Ji Ling, silent, he saw the determination to never back down from Ji Ling's gaze, Yuan Fu suddenly remembered that Ji Ling had tried to prevent Yuan Shu from becoming the emperor, although he couldn't stop Yuan Shu from becoming the emperor, but this is enough to prove what kind of person Ji Ling is.

Ji Ling is a very assertive and loyal minister.

Or, to put it another way, Ji Ling is an extremely stubborn loyal minister, once he determines something, once he forms a certain opinion, he will never change it easily, he will stick to it to the end!

In an instant, Yuan Wei thought of Tang Taizong and Wei Zheng, and thought of the words of Empress Changsun to advise Tang Taizong: Taking the mirror as a mirror can be a good dress, and taking people as a mirror can be seen to know the gains and losses!

From this point of view alone, you can't kill Ji Ling.

Perhaps, there is a better solution to this matter.

That's right, there must be a better solution to this matter!

Since they have to go to Lujiang, let's go to Lujiang first!

After all, at this time, there are still three full years before the battle of Guandu, and there is enough time.

What's more, there may be an unexpected gain when he goes to Lujiang, at least Liu Ye is under Liu Xun's account at this time.

As for the danger, with the current strength of the remnants of the Yuan clan, where is it not dangerous? It's more dangerous to go to Jizhou!

At that moment, Yuan Wei bent down to help Ji Ling up, and said solemnly: "The old general's intentions have been understood, and the stakes are very high, why don't you gather everyone to fight?" ”

"Childe Mingjian." Seeing that Yuan Wei no longer insisted, Ji Ling breathed a sigh of relief.

At that moment, Yuan Wei returned to the county government and summoned all the civil and military generals.

In addition to the civil and military generals of the original Zhongjia Dynasty, Yuan Wei also gathered all the generals and colonels above the military marquis in the army, and hundreds of people almost filled the county government hall.

Yuan Fu's gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and said: "Everyone, although Sun Ce was defeated, there are still tens of thousands of elite soldiers, although our army has temporarily got rid of the predicament, but there is still no place to stand, and there is only a few days of food in the army, where to go next, I still want to hear your opinions, you can speak freely." ”

After a pause, Yuan Fu specially added: "You can say whatever you want, you don't have to have scruples, the so-called speaker is not guilty, this bit of elegance is still there." ”

Ji Ling immediately came out of the crowd and said loudly: "Childe, please forgive the old minister for bluntly saying that Huainan County is already dilapidated, not a place to stay for a long time, Runan County has also been connected by military disasters since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, thieves have swarmed, and the township is ten rooms and nine empty, and it is not a place to stand. ”

Ji Ling's words, the generals and colonels in the army came out one after another to echo him.

Even Zhang Niucalf was no exception, only Xu Sheng stood next to him without saying a word.

Yuan Fu's eyes suddenly condensed slightly, it seems that he still underestimated Ji Ling's influence in the army, Ji Ling is simply a hundred responses in the old Yuan family, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, it seems that Ji Ling's military power must be relieved as soon as possible, even if Ji Ling is loyal to him, he must also be relieved of military power!