Under the command of Ao Lie, the more than 40,000 Yellow Turban troops who surrendered, under the supervision of the Han army, threw all the corpses on the battlefield into the sea of fire. Because the experience from later generations told Ao Lie that if a large number of dead bodies are not properly disposed of, they will definitely cause a plague. Ao Lie didn't want the plague to come to the land of China and poison the descendants of Huaxia, although now Ao Lie, as a prince, manipulated the power of life and death, but his heart still retains some of the innocence of his previous life.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Ao Lie said aloud to the 40,000 Yellow Turban Army: "A certain Zhilu said, many of you were forced to embark on the road of rebellion in desperation, and you will never be killed by more than 40,000 people, today you will be given two ways, first, put down your weapons and return to your hometown to farm with peace of mind; Second, take up arms, serve the court from now on, and become a Han elite soldier. Make your own choice, but there is a saying in front of you, no matter what choice you make, if you do something wrong in the future, you will not forgive! ”

Listening to Ao Lie's words, more than 40,000 Yellow Turban soldiers looked at each other, and each of them calculated in their hearts.

After a long time, a Yellow Turban asked tentatively, "General, are you really willing to let us go back to our hometown?" ”

Ao Lie stretched out his hand and pointed to the side, where was the grain and grass that Wu Qiong had just escorted over, Ao Lie pointed to the grain and grass and said, "If you are willing to return to your hometown, you can go over there to get three days' rations." Once a certain word has been uttered, there is no intention of repentance. ”

The previous Yellow Turban said loudly: "I confronted the imperial court because I was dissatisfied with those big officials who were powerful and oppressed the people. But today, I can trust the general! After speaking, he strode towards the grain and grass, and after taking three days' rations, he hesitated, knelt down in the direction of Ao Lie, and cried and said: "Thank you for the general's grace of not killing, how good it would be if there were all officials like generals in the court." I kowtow to the general, if I am doing evil in the future, I don't have to do it to the general, I will cut off my head first! After respectfully kowtowing to Ao Lie three times, the Yellow Turban stood up and walked in the direction of his hometown.

With someone taking the lead, the minds of the rest of the Yellow Turban Army came alive, and many of them stood up one after another, took three days' rations, and then bowed to Ao Lie and left. Some people also said: "We are homeless, and our hometown has been destroyed by the war." The general is affectionate and righteous, and we are willing to follow the general and be new people. ”

In the end, Ao Lie's righteousness moved a lot of Yellow Turbans to surrender to the army, and more than 10,000 people stayed, willing to follow Ao Lie's side. After Zhao Yun and others' counting, there were a total of 13,892 people.

After counting the numbers, Ao Lie arranged for the Wu Xi and Wu Qiong brothers to distribute weapons to them. Of course, the Han army did not have so many reserves of ordnance, and the weapons and armor issued to them were originally captured from them. It's just that after the screening of the two Wu Xi brothers, among the large number of weapons seized, the defective and simple weapons were eliminated, and the sophisticated equipment was selected and distributed to them.

Ao Lie's approach has also won the favor and admiration of more than 10,000 people. In any case, these people had just surrendered, and instead of controlling them, Ao Lie gave them well-equipped weapons very generously, which made them feel from the bottom of their hearts that they were dying for their confidants.

While distributing weapons and armor, the steady Xu Huang quietly came to Ao Lie's side and said in a low voice: "Lord, these people have just surrendered, isn't it too risky to issue weapons and armor to them?" ”

Ao Lie looked at the new army with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Gongming, it is the best policy to surrender the army without a fight, you look at their smiles, they can walk between the world with weapons openly, and let them laugh so happily." They no longer think of themselves as the Yellow Turbans, they have completed the transformation of their identities. ”

Xu Huang was still a little hesitant, and said: "But after all, they are from the Yellow Turban, and the lord has some hidden dangers when he takes them with him." ”

Ao Lie shook his head lightly and sighed: "Actually, they are all poor people from poor backgrounds, their greatest hope is just to have warm clothes and enough food. Now that they can get rid of the bandits and join the Han army, they don't have to worry about food and clothing, presumably their wishes are fulfilled. What else is there to be suspicious of? ”

Xu Huang lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said respectfully: "The lord is broad-minded, and Huang thinks a lot. ”

Ao Lie stretched out his hand and patted Xu Huang's arm, and said with a smile: "Gongming is loyal and upright, and he is XX's right-hand man." In the future, if there is something that is lacking in consideration, Komeito can be as straightforward as it is today, and he will never blame you. ”

Xu Huang was touched to his heart by Ao Lie's words, and he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, and looked at Ao Lie's silhouette deeply, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Sensing Xu Huang's attention, Ao Lie turned his face to look at Xu Huang, and said with a bright smile on his face: "What, is there a flower on So-and-so's face?" ”

Xu Huang sighed and said, "That's not true, but Huang suddenly feels that following the lord at the beginning is really a very wise thing, and it may be the most correct thing to do in this life." ”

chuckled, Ao Lie immediately said solemnly: "Gongming, although the war has ended, Wancheng is still in the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, you go to the army quickly, tomorrow morning, we will take Wancheng directly!" ”

"No!" Xu Huang replied forcefully.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, in addition to the wounded sergeants, Ao Lie also left several medical officers with the army, and ordered Wu Qiong to take these wounded soldiers to advance slowly. Although Ao Lie had not been a soldier in his previous life, he knew that if he wanted the troops to have cohesion, he must not abandon or give up the six-character mantra.

In addition to the wounded soldiers, more than 2,000 people of the original Han army under Ao Lie's command, plus the newly incorporated 30,000 new troops, followed Ao Lie and went straight to Wancheng. Taking advantage of last night's rest, Ao Lie deliberately selected 30,000 elites from the more than 40,000 new troops, many of whom have received Zhang Shao's training for at least one year. Ao Lie also selected 3,000 people from the 30,000 new army as cavalry, and mixed them with the original 2,000 Han cavalry, which was temporarily commanded by Zhao Yun. The remaining 27,000 infantry troops were led by Xu Huang and Ma Chao respectively.

Ma Chao showed an inquiring look several times during the journey, but he endured it after the most reluctance. Ma Chao is a straightforward character, he can't hold back what he has to say, if the current commander is not his most respected second brother Ao Lie, if he is replaced by someone else, I am afraid he would have been unable to hold back and ask questions. Even so, it still made Ma Chao miserable.

Looking at Ma Chao's painful expression, Ao Lie couldn't help but laugh in his heart, and deliberately slowed down the horse's speed, waiting for Ma Chao to catch up. Ma Chao didn't notice that Ao Lie slowed down the horse, and still sat on the horse's back with his head down, letting the war horse gallop forward. Seeing that Ma Chao's war horse was about to surpass Ao Lie, Pang De hurriedly gave birth and reminded Ma Chao: "Meng Qi!" ”

Ma Chao was called by Pang De, and then he came back to his senses and saw that he was already neck and neck with Ao Lie's Shining Night Snow Dragon Pony. Ao Lie, who was sitting on horseback, looked at himself with a smile and asked, "Meng Qi, what's wrong with you today?" Soulless? Ma Chao smiled embarrassedly, scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "Second brother, the younger brother has something unclear, and he can't come up with a reason after thinking about it, so it's really uncomfortable to hold back." ”

Ao Lie smiled: "If Meng Qi has anything he doesn't understand, he might as well say it, and he will figure it out with you." ”

Ma Chao pulled the reins, brought the sat horse to Ao Lie's side, and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, the art of war is cloudy, the soldiers are fast, after yesterday's battle, the strength of the Yellow Turban Army was greatly damaged, and the morale of our army is flourishing." If our army attacked Wancheng at night, wouldn't it be easy to take Wancheng? Why did you wait until today to fight Wancheng? ”

Ao Lie smiled and said, "Meng Qi, don't you hear the truth of surrendering without a fight? After yesterday's battle, a small part of the Yellow Turban Army must have been broken up by our army, and then fled back to Wancheng, let these deserters return to Wancheng, and tell the defenders in the city that our army killed Zhang Shao and broke the Yellow Turban Army with 6,000 and 150,000, and the defenders in the city must be in danger, so that when our army attacks the city today, it will definitely reduce a lot of resistance. In addition, the art of war is cloudy, chasing the enemy for 300 miles, and pouting the general. After yesterday's big battle, our army's physical strength was not at its peak, and no matter how big the chance of winning was, we must not joke with the lives of the sergeants. ”

"Oh, there are so many mysteries in it." Ma Chao said with emotion.

Ao Lie laughed for a while, and said to Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, although you are talented and brave, but when you march to war, many times you can't solve the problem by force alone, when the time is right, you have to think more about how to win the biggest victory with the minimum cost, this is the true meaning of a commander." ”

"Well, thank you for the second brother's advice, the younger brother has written it down." Ma Chao carefully wrote down Ao Lie's words.

Seeing that Ma Chao listened to his words, Ao Lie smiled with satisfaction, and then accelerated his horse speed and ran forward.

Pang De quietly came to Ma Chao's side and said in a low voice: "Meng Qi, you almost caused a big disaster just now, since ancient times, there has been a strict hierarchy, and you and I are lower than the general, how can you keep up with the general?" ”

Seeing that Ma Chao was about to refute, Pang De hurriedly intercepted and said: "That's right, you are the general's brother-in-law, but brotherhood is a private affair, and subordinates are official affairs, but you use your private identity to speak and do things in official affairs. ”

was dumbfounded by Pound's words, and after thinking about it carefully, Pound was right, to put it nicely, his behavior just now can be said to be pampered and arrogant, and to put it ugly, it is imperious. In fact, Ma Chao in history is such a big temper, until he took refuge in Liu Bei, he did not get rid of this problem, and called Liu Bei Xuande in public many times, or big ears, and then angered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and the two even wanted to kill Ma Chao, although because of Zhuge Liang's persuasion, Ma Chao was not killed, but he also lost Liu Bei's favor, and was forced to hand over the military power after the most Lu ended, and died depressed.

Shocked into a cold sweat, Ma Chao said in a low voice: "Ling Ming reminds me that today is a super gaffe. Pang De saw that Ma Chao realized the seriousness of the problem, and he didn't say anything, but smiled and said: "Meng Qi, the general is your second brother, you don't have to care too much about this, just pay a little attention in public in the future." A certain general Guan is open-minded, and he is by no means the person with a small belly. ”

Nodding vigorously, Ma Chao said that he agreed with Pound's opinion. After the two were silent for a while, Ma Chao suddenly whispered to Pang De: "Ling Ming, in your opinion, what kind of person is a certain second brother?" A glimmer of light flashed in Pang De's eyes, and then he said: "The general's Wen Tao Wu is known as a genius in the world, and he is even more brave, and he has broken through the name of the little overlord." Moreover, he treats soldiers and ordinary people with kindness, is extremely broad-minded, affectionate and righteous, and has a unique insight into people, which is a rare master in the world today. ”

Looking at Pang De with a smile, Ma Chao said with a smile: "It seems that Ling Ming has the intention of joining the second brother's command?" Pound returned with a smile: "Isn't Meng Qi thinking so?" Even if we can return to Xiliang in the future, it will only be a corner of peace, how can it compare to the joy of serving under the general and guarding the frontier? ”

Ma Dai, who had been silent beside him, suddenly interjected and said: "A certain also has this intention, but I didn't expect the eldest brother and Ling Ming to think so." ”

Ma Chao looked at Pang De and Ma Dai, and said with a straight smile: "Then it's decided, when Wancheng is pacified, let's go and tell the second brother that we will serve under the second brother and not return to Xiliang!" ”