Qin Feng thought for a moment and asked, "Now there are two questions, first, the next move of Yang Zheng's army is to escort the prisoners back to Chang'an, or make other arrangements; Secondly, what to do with these 42,000 captives? ”

Jia Xu shook his pu fan and said: "Lord, now the soldiers and horses under the command of the lord are only about 50,000, if you accept these 42,000 prisoners, the pressure of grain and grass and military salaries will be doubled, and I think that these 42,000 people do not need to be escorted back to Chang'an, but they can all be executed on the spot!" ”

"As for Yan Xing's army, after ordering them to deal with these prisoners, they will cross the river with the ready-made boats at the riverside ferry, Zhong Xuan will definitely not think that Yan Xing's army has been annihilated, and our army will attack Hedong from the north and south, and this battle can capture the land east of Hedong!"

42,000 people were just a string of numbers in Jia Xu's eyes, and in order to save military spending, he even suggested that they should all be executed, which made Qin Feng have to sigh again that Jia Xu was vicious and contemptuous of human life.

Qin Feng said: "Since the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the world has been in turmoil, the population of the northern states has decreased sharply, there is not one out of ten, 42,000 people, even if they don't need to fight, let them go to Tuntian, they can grow a lot of grain every year, how can they say that they will be killed?" ”

"This war is not only fought by the army and stratagem, but also by having money and food, and if there is money and food, there must be people, no one grows food, no one digs up iron ore to make weapons and armor, and no matter how much army there is, it will collapse in an instant! I intend to select the strong and strong from among these 42,000 people to form an army, and the old and weak to be screened out for tuntian! ”

"Appoint one or two generals to lead 10,000 soldiers to accept this batch of prisoners, screen them on the spot, reorganize them and retrain them after they are strong, and issue farm tools to the old and weak, so that they can farm on the spot!"

Jia Xu arched his hand: "That's fine!" ”

After thinking about it for a day, Qin Feng sent someone to find Juniper and Li Dian.

"The last general has seen the lord!" Juniper and Li Dian soon arrived to salute Qin Feng.

Qin Feng said to the two: "Presumably the two of you already know about Yang Zheng's defeat of Yan Xing, now there are 42,000 prisoners, Yang Zheng's army can't be taken care of all the time, I intend to order the two of you to lead an army of 10,000 to rush over to receive the prisoners, select the strong and strong for reorganization and drilling, distribute farm tools to the eliminated old and weak, and organize them to farm on the spot!" ”

"Juniper, you are the ambassador of Tuntian, and Li Dian is the deputy envoy, go!"

The two clasped their fists: "Obey!" ”

North of Northland County.

Yan Xing's more than 1,200 people could have escaped Ma Chao's pursuit, but when they fled, they did not bring food and grass to eat, so they could only rob the village for supplies on the way to escape, which delayed time and gave Ma Chao time to catch up.

At this time, Yan Xing and the others were resting in a village, and everyone in the village was killed by them, and the grain was searched out to make dry food.

A sergeant hurriedly ran over to report: "General, a vote of people is coming, it seems that there are more than 1,000 people, it should be coming for us!" ”

When Yan Xing heard this, he immediately asked, "Is there a flag!" ”

"Yes, under the banner of horses!"

"Ma Chao?" Yan Xing's face changed, and he immediately asked, "How far is it?" ”

"We're almost at the entrance of the village!"

Yan Xing knew that he couldn't run away, and the people had already killed the entrance of the village, where could he run?

After a while, Yan Xing ordered with a cold face: "Brothers, I can't run away, let's fight with Ma Chao!" ”

Under his organization, more than two hundred people quickly gathered.

Ma Chao had already led people to catch up, and the two sides were dozens of meters apart.

"Yan Xing, look where you are still fleeing!" Ma Chao raised his gun and pointed it at Yan Xing and shouted.

Yan Xing smiled coldly: "How are you treated?" ”

"Kill you!"

"Hahaha·······" Yan Xing laughed, and immediately slapped his horse and rushed towards Ma Chao.

"Come on!" The horse roared loudly and rushed forward.

The sergeants of both sides rushed at each other with their weapons and soon fought together, and the battle scene soon spread from the open field to the houses in the village.

In less than two moments, most of the remaining more than 200 Xiliang troops were killed, and a few of them fled, but they were caught up by the Flame Army and killed one after another.

At this time, Ma Chao and Yan Xing were still fighting, Yan Xing's martial arts were actually comparable to Ma Chao, but he was now alone, and there was no foreign aid, and Ma Chao had thousands of soldiers under his command.

Without the army to rely on, Yan Xing became impetuous, and repeatedly showed flaws in the fight, and was soon seized by Ma Chao and stabbed one arm with a shot, where is Yan Xing, who is still an opponent with only one arm left? Soon he was stabbed under the horse by Ma Chao.

Ma Chao jumped off his horse, drew his sword and cut off Yan Xing's head, and ordered the sergeant to find lime to pickle and bring it back.

Jun Song and Li Dian rushed to the vicinity of the battle site between Yang Zheng and Yan Xing's army with 10,000 horses more than ten days later, and found the camp, but the camp was empty.

"This ······" The two looked at each other.

Juniper frowned and said, "Could it be that Yang Zheng led the army back to Chang'an, and I waited for a different way, so I missed it?" ”

Li Dian thought for a while and said, "It's possible, but maybe Yang Zheng has led the army to escort the prisoners to other places!" You and I are guessing here randomly, so let's send someone to inquire around! ”

So Juniper sent people to inquire around, and it didn't take long for a spy to report: "General Qiyu, are there villagers nearby who have seen the army go east five days ago?" ”

"To the east?"

The two of them immediately took out the map to check, and walked east for three days to be a ferry, could it be ······

"No, could it be that Yang Zheng is holding the captives and preparing to attack He Dong? That's too bold, isn't it? There were more than 40,000 prisoners, and he only had 20,000! Juniper said with wide-eyed disbelief.

Li Dian thought for a while and said: "General Du, our task is to accept the captives to select the strong and reorganize the exercises, and gather the old and weak in Tuntian, but at this time, the situation has changed, why don't our army go east to the ferry first, maybe we can catch up with Yang Zheng's army, and at the same time send someone back to Chang'an to report?" ”

Juniper considered Li Dian's suggestion and felt that this was the only way at present, so he ordered the army to march eastward, and at the same time sent someone back to Chang'an to report the matter.

After three days of marching, the army arrived at the crossing of the Yellow River, only to see a large number of ships docked at the wharf on the opposite bank, and the flag of the Flame Army was planted at the wharf, and a team of sergeants were patrolling.

"At this point, we have to send someone over to ask about the situation," Juniper said.

Li Dian clenched his fists: "The last general will go!" ”

"Then there is General Lao Li!"

Li pawn immediately took a few sergeants in a small boat and rowed to the opposite bank.

The Flame Army on the dock on the other side saw that only one boat had come, and when the ship approached, they realized that it was their own people, but they still did not lift their guard.

"A certain is General Li Dian, who was ordered by the lord to receive prisoners with General Juniper, where is General Yang?"

"Brother Shen!"

"Hmm!"

Shen Changqing walked on the road, and when he met someone he knew well, he would say hello to each other or nod his head.

But it doesn't matter who it is.

There was no superfluous expression on everyone's face, as if they were very indifferent to everything.

on this.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, it is an institution that maintains the stability of Great Qin, and its main responsibility is to kill demons and monsters, and of course there are some other side jobs.

Arguably.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone has a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is accustomed to seeing life and death, then he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The Demon Suppression Division is huge.

The people who can stay in the Demon Suppression Division are all powerful masters, or people who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two professions, one is the town guard and the other is the demon exterminator.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts with the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then step by step, he is expected to become a town guard.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level of the demon slayer envoys.

Have memories of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.

It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of an attic.

Unlike other places full of slaughter, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, and in the bloody Demon Suppression Division, it presents a different tranquility.

At this time, the attic door is open, and there are occasional people entering and exiting.

Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment, and then stepped in.

Access to the attic.

The environment has changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood came to his face, making his brow furrow instinctively, but quickly stretched.

The smell of blood on everyone's body in the Demon Suppression Division is almost impossible to clean.