Two hours later, the city of Yongnu was breached. Pang De took the lead in boarding the city of Yongnu, pulled down the banner of the rebels, and then planted the black and red-edged banner inlaid with the words "Hou Ao, the general of the hussars" and the champion, on the head of the city of Yongnu.

In this battle, the resistance of the rebels was quite resolute, and even under many unfavorable factors, they still insisted on resisting for two hours. If it weren't for Pang De's courage to climb the city wall in person and open a big hole in the formation of the rebels defending the city, I am afraid that he would not be able to capture Yongnu by now.

After two hours of fierce fighting, there were no casualties among the generals under Ao Lie's command, but the soldiers lost more than 3,000 people. Under the cover of the two sharp weapons of the stone thrower and the arrow tower, there were still so many casualties, which made Ao Lie feel sorry in his heart. After a preliminary inventory, the number of casualties in the battle of the rebels reached nearly 10,000, and the main general defending the city was also beheaded by Pound, and more than 20,000 people were killed. For the more than 20,000 rebels who surrendered, Ao Lie adhered to the usual tolerance, and did not kill them all, but sent Jia Xu to educate them, and then Ma Chao selected 5,000 relatively strong sergeants, and after breaking up the establishment, they were mixed into the army, and the rest were dismissed and returned to their hometowns.

At that time, Jia Xu had dissuaded Ao Lie, he thought that half of the rebels were Yuyang people, and sending them back to their hometowns would be unfavorable to the situation of Zhang Ju in the future. Of course, Ao Lie would not take Jia Xu's suggestion, on the battlefield, death and injury were inevitable, but once the war was over, Ao Lie would not be able to slaughter these unarmed prisoners. And in any case, although these people are rebels, they are also the people of the Han Dynasty, the cornerstone of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and the indispensable labor force in labor production. Therefore, Ao Lie did not take Jia Xu's suggestion and insisted on dismissing all the remaining more than 10,000 rebels.

After dealing with the problem of prisoners, Ao Lie began to lead his troops into Yongnu City. The horse's hooves of the snow dragon horse trampled on countless corpses all the way, and carried Ao Lie to the treasury of Yongnu City.

After counting, in addition to a pair of weapons and armor, there is also a large amount of grain in the treasury of Yongnu City, it seems that Zhang Ju intends to use Yongnu as a bridgehead for outward expansion, not only sent heavy troops to garrison, but also allocated a lot of weapons, armor and food stored in the city.

Because of the disagreement on the handling of the captives, although Jia Xu had been with Ao Lie, he never spoke.

Seeing Jia Xu's silence, Ao Lie took the lead in asking, "Wenhe, some of these grains are going to be distributed to the people in the city, what do you think?" ”

Hearing Ao Lie's question, the subtlety in Jia Xu's heart disappeared in an instant, silence is the best interpretation of Jia Xu's style of doing things that is good at self-preservation, because of the differences in dealing with prisoners of war, so Jia Xu has been silent since he entered the city. Now Ao Lie is willing to put down the shelf and ask himself about things, which shows that Ao Lie is broad-minded and will not destroy the relationship between monarchs and ministers because of temporary differences, and it also shows that Jia Xu has a relatively high status in Ao Lie's heart, otherwise Ao Lie would not be the first person to ask for advice is Jia Xu.

After pondering for a while, Jia Xu twisted his beard and replied: "Lord, our army's grain and grass are enough to deal with the war against Zhang Ju, but after taking Yongnu, our army has incorporated 5,000 troops, and we have to consider these extra budgets in detail." ”

Jia Xu did not answer Ao Lie's words directly, but he expressed his meaning very clearly, in addition to the men of his subordinates eating horses and chewing, they also had to count the grain and straw that would be incorporated into the rebels in the future, and the rest could be used to help the people. After Yongnu, there are still two big counties to fight, all the way through, it is bound to increase a lot of surrendered troops, correspondingly, the demand for food is getting bigger and bigger, which is also the reason why Jia Xu proposed to kill prisoners, there is no extra food to feed the prisoners of war.

Ao Lie understood the meaning of Jia Xu's words, and said after deliberation: "Then leave this matter to Wenhe, after calculating it clearly, disperse the excess food to the people in the city, after all, our army wants the entire Yongnu, not a dead city with a disheartened heart." ”

At the end of each war, the people of the region are in a state of great terror, fearing that those who conquer their cities will deprive them of their property and confiscate their land, and it is especially important to pacify the people. Jia Xu naturally understands this truth, the world of those who win the hearts of the people. So this time, Jia Xu didn't have any objections, and said respectfully: "Don't worry, the lord will definitely handle this matter." ”

Ao Lie nodded reassuringly, and then went to the county government to rest, for Jia Xu's ability to do things, Ao Lie was very relieved. Because he would continue to march to Yuyang tomorrow, Jia Xu could only increase his workload and distribute the grain to the people before dark. For Jia Xu, who has been pampered for a long time, such a workload is difficult to bear, but Jia Xu also knows that the itinerary of the Daoist army cannot be delayed, and Ao Lie's side is indispensable to his mastermind, so he had to grit his teeth and persevere, and finally at dusk, he completed the task assigned to him by Ao Lie, and distributed the remaining grain after calculation to the people in Yongnu City, so that the panic in the hearts of the people was reduced a lot, and at the same time, after Jia Xu's deliberate publicity, The people of Yongnu City knew that the measure of distributing food was the idea of Hou Aolie, a hussar general and champion, which made Ao Lie's prestige invisibly increase a lot.

Early the next morning, Ao Lie left Ma Dai to lead 5,000 troops to defend the city, and led the rest of the men and horses to continue to advance north.

A day later, Lu County was breached. At the cost of losing more than 2,000 people, Ao Lie's troops forcibly replanted the banner of the Han army at the head of Luxian County. In this battle, nearly 30,000 rebels surrendered, except for more than 7,000 people who died in the defense of the city, the rest of the rebels surrendered. As with the Yongnu rebels, Ao Lie still treated prisoners of war leniently, and selected 6,000 people from more than 30,000 rebels to break up the formation and then mixed into the army, and the rest of the prisoners of war were released and returned to their hometowns.

Ao Lie dared to repeatedly incorporate and surrender the army, and there was a reason for him. First, these rebels were also forced to follow Zhang to raise troops to rebel, and many of them were not motivated by their intentions; When Ao Lie gave these people a way out, the possibility of them gathering again to make trouble is very small, after all, they used to be regular soldiers, not peasants like the Yellow Turban Army, and their sense of belonging to the country is stronger than that of ordinary people; Third, Ao Lie is confident that under his own command, these people who surrender will sooner or later be influenced and form fresh blood under his command; Fourth, if these surrendered troops are disorganized and mixed into their own troops, it will be difficult for a surrendered army of more than 10,000 people before and after to make waves in their own army of 70,000.

Based on the above points, Ao Lie had no worries about the integration of the army. Moreover, Ao Lie knows that he will have to experience a lot of big wars in the future, and the real troubled times of the Three Kingdoms have not yet come, before that, the stronger the strength in his hands, the more confidence he will have to speak in the future.

On the day that Ao Lie led his troops to break through Lu County, Cui Yan, the Taishou of Zhuo County, personally led 3,000 county soldiers to join Ao Lie. That night, the Taishou of Shanggu County and Dai County also sent their generals to each lead 2,000 people to listen to Hou Aolie's dispatch. Ao Lie met Cui Yan again, both of them were embarrassed, the secret words of the day were still in their ears, as if it happened yesterday, but time has passed unconsciously for nearly ten years. That night, in Ao Lie's Chinese army tent, Cui Yan and Yan Rou and other Liu Yu's subordinates were the same,

Two days later, the city of Anle was also breached. Ao Lie once again forcibly conquered Anle with very few losses, and once again recruited 5,000 soldiers. That night, reinforcements from Xuansu County and Lelang County also rushed over, and the Taishou of the two counties asked their right-hand men to bring more than 2,000 people to join Ao Lie.

Another day later, Ao Lie led his troops to Yuyang City and joined forces with Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong's troops. Several people gathered together and completely obeyed Ao Lie's command, which made Ao Lie's prestige reach an unprecedented height, and for a while, Xuan He shook the sky. The total number of people from all walks of life plus more than 10,000 troops has reached 100,000, and in the nearly 20 years that Emperor Liu Hong was in charge of the government, there was a situation where a commander commanded an army of 100,000 to fight, and this was the first time. Ao Lie was fortunate enough to be the first general to eat crabs.

In the early morning of the second day after the army was assembled, Ao Lie stood in the center of the high platform set up in the open space in front of the camp by the people who had ordered him in advance, and looked around at the 100,000 male soldiers standing in a queue. These 100,000 soldiers came from all over Youzhou, and because of Zhang Ju's rebellion, they gathered under Ao Lie with a brave heart and full of blood, and participated in the feat with Ao Lie. It was these 100,000 soldiers who achieved Ao Lie's unprecedented prestige, and at the same time, it was also the moment when Ao Lie led these 100,000 soldiers to the pinnacle of their lives. It's just that I don't know how many of the 100,000 male soldiers in front of me will die on the battlefield after this battle, and use their own lives and blood to interpret the word heroic. It is an eternal truth that one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither.

Seeing the familiar and unfamiliar, young and no longer young faces passing in his eyes, Ao Lie could only call out the names of a few of them, but Ao Lie knew that these 100,000 male soldiers had a common name - the Great Han Elite Soldiers! They came to their side today for only one purpose, that is, to quell the Zhangju rebellion and return the people of Youzhou to a prosperous future.

After looking around, Ao Lie began the pre-war mobilization of this battle: "Soldiers, you are from all the counties of Youzhou, and Benhou can't call out the names of each of you, but Benhou knows that you are all good brothers of Benhou!" Good brothers who share life and death! We have a common name, called the Great Han Elite Soldiers! In this battle, maybe some of your brothers will suffer death, Ben Hou can't guarantee that each of you will survive intact, but Ben Hou can do every battle first, and will always be with the brothers at the forefront. People are afraid of death, but when the national crisis is at stake, and when the families of our brothers are facing the slaughter and mutilation of the enemy, we cannot retreat. All we can do is to move forward, move forward, and remove all the dangerous factors that threaten our parents, wives and children, so that we can feel at ease. You see, over there is a monument of loyalty and righteousness carved by Ben Hou's people, and only the martyrs who died in martyrdom have the honor to engrave their names on it. Ben Hou does not want to see your name appear on the Loyal Monument, but if anyone can leave their name on it after the war, Ben Hou will be proud and proud of those brothers, because you are worthy of the title of the elite soldier of the Han Dynasty, worthy of the fact that your parents brought you to this world, you are a real warrior, a real man! In this battle, let us use the blood of the enemy to achieve the prestige of our army, and let the rebels of the whole world know the might of my Youzhou Army and my Yan Zhao Nan'er! ”

Ao Lie's words aroused the blood of 100,000 male soldiers, these hot-blooded men from Yan Zhao were already unrestrained and straightforward, and after listening to Ao Lie's words, they were even more excited, and they had the potential to fight with Zhang Ju's rebels.

Zhao Yun immediately raised his gun and shouted: "Blood killing!" ”

The elite of the three thousand blood killing battalions immediately shouted with enthusiasm: "The soul of blood killing, there is no battle if there is no battle!" ”

Ma Chao raised the tiger head Zhan golden gun in his hand on the other side, and shouted vigorously: "The tiger belongs!" ”

The elite of the three thousand tiger camp shouted with a voice that was not inferior to the bloody killing camp: "The power of the tiger camp, there is death but no life!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Tai Shi Ci raised the Tiger Courage Spear and shouted, "Wind! ”

Led by Tai Shici, 100,000 male soldiers raised their weapons at the same time, and shouted hoarsely: "Wind! Wind!! Wind ——!!! ”