Wang Shuang's face was full of pride and said: "My lord, no one in our army was killed, and no one was seriously injured, and two hundred and seventy-three people were lightly injured. The last general will strictly follow the cavalry tactics formulated by the lord to annihilate the enemy, who knows that Fuluo is extremely cunning, and when he sees that the situation is not good, he will divide his troops into three units and flee in three directions! The last general also divided his troops to attack him, but after running out of fifty miles, it was full of mountains and forests, and it happened to be dark, and he finally failed to capture Yu Fuluo. ”

"Well played!" Ma Chao hurriedly picked up Wang Shuang, stroked his palms and praised: "Ziquan is guilty, these five thousand Shenwei battalions are all brothers who are like brothers and sisters, and in the past year, they have been fighting with the generals in the east and west, and they have made countless achievements, and every time they lose a general, they will be heartbroken!" You beheaded 4,000 but did not lose a single person, this record is unparalleled, and you should be rewarded! ”

Wang Shuang was emotional, and the soldiers of the Shenwei Battalion behind him were even more moved when they heard this, and many people were in tears. One will become famous and the bones are withered, how can there be immortals in the war since ancient times, Ma Chao cherishes their surname, and even treats them as siblings, this move is rare in the world!

Ma Chao thought for a while and shouted loudly: "All the soldiers fought bravely to kill the enemy without fear of sacrifice, the victory of this battle is all the merits of your bloody battle, the generals should be rewarded, the infantry and the Hun warriors will each be rewarded with two thousand, the Shenwei Battalion will be rewarded with three thousand each, the heavy armor pro-soldiers will be rewarded with one gold, and a beautiful woman of different races will be given, and the families of the dead can receive a pension of five thousand yuan!" If you can be exempted from paying taxes for five years under the rule of this general! ”

The sergeants cheered, and that night they housed the prisoners, treated the wounded, improved the food, and rewarded the three armies. In order to save trouble, but also to prevent the spread of the plague Ma Chao directly ordered cremation, nearly 20,000 corpses were burned for two days and two nights, and the ashes were directly thrown into Fenshui. At this time, cremation has been spread to the Central Plains with Buddhism, but it is far from forming a custom.

In order to break the superstition, Ma Chao also deliberately made up a series of sayings, such as those who died in battle can ascend to heaven if they are cremated, and they can be protected by the emperor of heaven, and if they are buried, they will be sent to the eighteenth layer of hell and suffer at night. Finally, it is mandatory that all those who die on the battlefield must be cremated, and the ashes of their own soldiers will be returned to their families, and the enemy will be buried on the spot.

After being identified by the surrendered Baibo army, it was found that Guo Tai, Hu Cai, and the two major Baibo thieves were killed in battle, plus Yu Fuluo's younger brother Hu Chuquan, and killed three high-ranking enemy generals. In the past two days, there have been many white wave thieves who have temporarily escaped for their lives, and with the original more than 26,000 people, the number of those who have surrendered has reached 30,000, in addition to more than 8,500 people who have been captured.

After cleaning up the battlefield and placing the wounded, Ma Chao gathered more than 40,000 people together, took the stage and said loudly: "Ben General Yizhi and others were forced to rebel, and now they can repent and surrender, and what Ben Jiang said before still counts." Those who voluntarily surrender can be exempted from crime and return to the land west of the river for the people, and their families can also be exempted from crime. ”

"General Xie spares his life!"

"The general is merciful!"

More than 30,000 people fell to their knees, and their hanging hearts were finally put down.

Ma Chao continued: "You don't have to thank me, it will just provide you with a safe environment. If you want to have clothes and food, you have to rely on your own hard work, and others can't help you! After a pause, he said: "As for the stubborn resistance and the last captured, they will be sent to the land of the Southern Xiongnu to work as coolies for three years, and those who are honest and willing to work hard and perform well can be upgraded to local civilians, and the land and production tools will also be distributed, and the stubborn ones will not be spared!" In addition, your family members in Baibo Valley will also be sent to the Southern Xiongnu to work as coolies for a period of three years! ”

More than 8,000 people had rich expressions, and they couldn't understand how the same surrender could be treated so differently? One of the small leaders shouted with an unwilling face: "If the general is willing to surrender, why should he be treated differently? The villain is not convinced! ”

"The grass people are not convinced!"

"The general is not fair!"

Someone took the lead and there was an uproar at the bottom, and they all shouted injustice!

Ma Chao's face sank, and he shouted: "Which one is not convinced and stands up first, Ben will explain it to you in person!" ”

"The villain is not convinced!"

"I'm not convinced!"

"That's not fair!"

Immediately, three or four hundred people stood up, their faces full of anger.

Ma Chao sneered: "According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, those who gather a crowd to rebel should be beheaded, and the three clans of Zhulian and others will gather a crowd to rebel with Guo Tai and others, kill the officials and soldiers, and loot the official mansion, and the general will lead the army to suppress and refuse to surrender, his crime is unforgivable!" Where is Wang Shuang? ”

"Mo will be!"

Ma Chao said in a deep voice: "These more than 300 people are all unrepentant thieves, and I will order you to behead them immediately to set an example!" ”

"Obey!" Wang Shuang immediately commanded his soldiers to surround the unarmed more than 300 people.

"The general spares his life, I will know that I am wrong!"

"Little thief, you don't want to die!"

"The general spares his life!"

"Horse butcher, I won't let you go!"

In bursts of begging and scolding, more than 300 people were slaughtered by thousands of Xiliang soldiers chopping melons and vegetables, and blood flowed all over the ground, and the fishy atmosphere was sky-high.

"But there are still those who are not convinced?"

The remaining nearly 8,000 people were so frightened that they fell to their knees. Ma Chao said again: "Ben Jiang has given you many opportunities to surrender voluntarily, but you don't know how to cherish and resist to the end, Ben will not kill you is already extraordinarily gracious, but you dare to disagree?" How can this be! ”

"General Xie spares his life!"

"I'm willing to go to the Southern Huns."

Ma Chao said: "Tian Hukang, I will order you to escort these 8,000 people back to the royal court through Baibo Valley, and 30,000 people who take the initiative to surrender will also follow the army, and I will hand over the handwritten letter to General Lejin and General Li Yan, they know how to deal with it!" ”

"General rest assured, Xiao Wang guarantees to complete the task!"

For the 40,000 Baibo army Ma Chao directly let them go to Tuntian to produce grain, and did not plan to recruit, now he has an army of 150,000, not to mention the heavy burden, it is easy to attract the attention of people with a heart, so not only will he not increase the army, but also plan to take the elite route to compress the 150,000 army to 100,000.

In this way, not only can the expenses be greatly reduced, but the combat power can also be greatly increased. Take the Black Mountain Army and the Xiliang Elite Soldiers as examples! The 5,000 Xiliang soldiers only killed more than 400 people, but the number of enemies killed far exceeded that of the 10,000 Montenegrin army who killed 2,600 people. Therefore, he decided to reduce the number of troops, increase spending on military equipment, and make drastic measures on training and individual equipment, and at the same time prepared to carry out military reform in the near future and formulate a strict system of rewards and punishments.

Tian Hukang was ready to lead 30,000 troops to press 8,000 captives to rush north to Baibo Valley, Ma Chao was not worried about the battle situation of Lejin and Chen Zhi in Baibo Valley, where the 10,000 Baibo army could not be Lejin's opponent. Baibo Valley has also hoarded a large amount of grain, grass and other materials, and there is no shortage of fertile land in Hexi County, which is enough to house more than 30,000 people and their families for collective farming.

At the same time, he ordered Fa Yan, who was only across the river, to transfer 10,000 Hun women to Lejin, but this time Ma Chao did not force the surname to mess with the mandarin duck spectrum, but only mixed these people to work together.

For example, there are some problems in the families formed by the Montenegrin refugees and Wuheng and Xianbei women in the Shuofang area, and the most prominent contradictions are the problems of language and living habits. This point needs a long-term run-in to gradually improve, and Ma Chao is too lazy to care about them, so he can only improve the system while exploring, and try to be people-oriented.

After arranging many trivial matters, Ma Chao sent a letter to Anyi to Hedong Taishou Wangyi, asking him to send someone to take over Pingyang County and Yang County. At the same time, he did not forget to invite credit, Liu Hong was overjoyed after getting the news, 100,000 white wave thieves have always been a trouble in his heart, because once Hedong County fell, Kyoto Luoyang was directly exposed to the thief army. In order to commend Ma Chao, Liu Hong pushed the boat down the river and issued an edict to crown Ma Chao as the general of Wei, and led the state pastor, and Ma Teng was also promoted from the left Zhonglang general to the right general.

At the same time, Ma Chao broke the white wave thieves in Pingyang with an army of 30,000, beheaded more than 10,000, captured nearly 40,000, and the rest were scattered in the area of Luliang Mountain.

The army rested for three days, and the officials of Yang County and Pingyang County, who fled south, also went north to return to their positions, accompanied by hundreds of county soldiers. Seeing that the Baibo thieves were powerful, these officials took their families to pack up and lead the officers and soldiers defending the city and the local wealthy families to abandon the city and flee, and finally the officials of several counties who fled south finally met in Wenxi Tongwangyi, and thus gathered nearly 30,000 people to defend Wenxi County.

Hedong Taishou Wangyi led the crowd to resist in Wenxi for seven days before it was breached, and after the city was broken, he had to retreat to Anyi City, the seat of Hedong Governance. Ma Chao suddenly led the army to help, not only directly cut off the back road of the Baibo army, but also divided his troops to attack the Baibo Valley, which can be said to have directly solved the crisis of Hedong County. In order to thank Ma Chao, Wang Yi personally rushed to Pingyang City with heavy gifts to thank him!

Wang Yi Ziwendu, more than 40 years old, a native of Beidi County, Liangzhou, has quite a political achievement in Hedong and is deeply loved by the people. Ma Chao knew that Wang Yi was a loyal Han person, and in history, Wang Yi was transferred out of Hedong County by Cao Ying, and then acted as an envoy to bring gifts such as jade and silk to Yecheng to hire Cao Ying's three daughters as nobles.

The two chatted for a while, and Ma Chao suddenly said: "It is a blessing for the local people to have Wang Taishou govern Hedong!" Ben will have something to ask Wang Taishou about, and I hope to tell him! ”

Wang Yi said: "The general pacifies the white wave thieves, and the people in Hedong have great grace, and I must know that everything is endless!" ”

Ma Chao nodded: "This will be edicted to beg for thieves, just when I am employing people, I heard that there is a small official named Xu Huang in Hedong County who is quite famous for martial arts, and I want to hire him as a rafter to serve in my general's mansion to serve the imperial court, I don't know if Wang Taishou is willing to open the door of convenience!" ”

Wang Yi pondered for a moment and asked, "The person the general is talking about is Xu Gongming, the county lieutenant of Yangxian County?" ”

"That's it! Ben General had seen this person sign up on the Luoyang Hero Ring, but unfortunately he disappeared before he went on stage to compete, and I don't know if Wang Taishou can know the whereabouts of this person! (To be continued.) )