As soon as Chen Ce died, the next thing was simple.

Yuan Yao and Tai Shici respectively led their men and horses to sweep the battlefield.

Tai Shi Ci was quite resentful of these bandits, so when he saw the remnants of the bandits, he basically adopted a policy of extermination.

It's different from Yuan Yao.

He had no personal vendetta against these bandits.

came to exterminate these bandits, but they were just acting on orders, and they basically adopted a policy of gentleness.

Only those who see stubborn resistance will be killed, and generally as long as they are willing to surrender and lay down their weapons, Yuan Yao is still willing to give them a way to live.

An hour later.

The battle near Linze Water Village died down. Yuan Yao brought his own men and horses, and this battle was very fruitful.

In addition to capturing the various weapons brought by these bandits.

More than 800 prisoners were also captured.

Most of these captives were young adults, and they were all ruthless people who roamed on the tip of a knife all year round.

Capture them back, and with a little training, some new recruits.

And it's a recruit with combat experience, trained for months, and even better than these people in the warrior camp.

Of course, even if they were not included in the ranks, it was a good choice for these young and middle-aged laborers to be used as slaves.

This is also why Yuan Yao chose to catch alive as much as possible, rather than killing on the spot.

I was busy for an hour, killing and arresting the mountain bandits here.

Finally got everything done.

Tai Shi Ci also restrained his soldiers and horses.

came to Yuan Yao's side again, first to thank Yuan Yao for his help this time.

Second, I also wanted to ask Yuan Yao about his next plans.

"Yuan Gongzi, the matter is almost over, the bandits who came to attack were eliminated by us, seventy-seven-eighty-eight, and the rest should have been caught by your people."

Because this time Yuan Yao surrounded from the rear and blocked the entire water village with his own men and horses.

This made it difficult for the mountain bandits who attacked the water village to escape from the water village.

In addition, at the beginning, the big boss and the second boss died directly in battle, which caused many bandits near the water village to choose to surrender.

Therefore, there should be only a very small number of mountain bandits who really escaped from the water village.

"Although the matter is over, I have written down this favor too Shi Ci!"

Tai Shici arched his hand to Yuan Yao, and the expression on his face was very solemn.

Yuan Yao helped him annihilate Chen Ce's great enemy. not only made Tai Shici's favor for Yuan Yao rise rapidly, but also made Tai Shici owe Yuan Yao a favor.

At this moment, Yuan Yao did not pursue this matter more.

Instead, he waved his hand and humbly asked about Tai Shici's loss in this battle?

"Brother Ziyi, these are trivial things that don't have anything to worry about, you and I just take what we need, don't worry about it."

"In this battle with Chen Ce, how about your losses of men and horses?"

Tai Shi Ci had only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses left, and this time he was hit head-on by Chen Ce.

Although the two sides have not been fighting for too long, there will definitely be some casualties.

"There are some losses, originally there were more than 1,300 people under my command, but in this battle, more than 400 were killed by Chen Ce's men and horses, and most of the remaining people also had large and small injuries."

Speaking of this, the expression on Tai Shici's face became not so good-looking.

Most of these people were veterans he brought back at the beginning, but he didn't expect it to become like this now.

He didn't die on the battlefield, but he died at the hands of these bandits.

Obviously, this is a sadness.

Looking at the look on Tai Shici's face, Yuan Yao also sighed.

Stretched out his hand and patted Tai Shici on the shoulder.

"Mourning, but being able to kill Chen Ce can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people."

"I don't know Brother Ziyi, what are your plans next? Do you want to continue to stay in this Linze Water Village and be a water thief? ”

The greetings in front are just for the back, recruiting Tai Shici to pave the way.

After asking a few words of concern for Tai Shici, Yuan Yao finally got to the point.

He went to great lengths to do so much to help Tai Shi Ci kill Chen Ce.

It's nothing more than trying to recruit Tai Shici.

Now he has done Tai Shici such a big favor and made him owe himself a favor.

I just want to wait for him to open his mouth to recruit Tai Shici, and I hope that Tai Shici will not refuse him.

Speaking of this, Tai Shici's eyes also showed a hint of confusion.

"It's not a secret, Yuan Gongzi, I really don't know what to do next, originally I wanted to take refuge in Yangzhou Assassin Liu Xuan, but unfortunately Liu Xuan is not the master, in the battle with Sun Ce, he is completely at a disadvantage, and now, he can only shrink in Yuzhang County."

"This person has no ambitions, and now he has no territory, and it is difficult to achieve great things in this troubled world, which is why I didn't take these remnants to him after I separated from him."

Today's Tai Shici has regarded Yuan Yao as a friend.

In the small talk with Yuan Yao, he will say a few more intimate words.

Yuan Yao listened to Tai Shici's heartfelt words, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Ziyi, the eldest husband was born in troubled times, and when he brought a three-foot sword, he made immortal achievements, and now you are taking these people and horses in this water, and being a water thief is not a good future."

"Come with me, I intend to revive the world and sweep away the troubled times."

"There is a lack of fierce generals like Brother Ziyi, if you have Ziyi to help, you will definitely be like a tiger!"

At this time, Yuan Yao directly threw an olive branch to Tai Shici.

After knowing Tai Shi Ci's current situation, there is actually a great probability of subduing Tai Shi Ci.

It's just that Tai Shici, after hearing Yuan Yao's words, frowned and asked rhetorically.

"Yuan Gongzi means to let me take refuge in the traitor Yuan Shu?"

Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor some time ago, and the news has spread throughout the Huainan region.

Tai Shi Ci specially collected protection fees for ships in Lujiang, and naturally the news was also very well-informed.

He knew the news that Yuan Shu was called emperor, and directly regarded Yuan Shu as a traitor.

Even at the beginning, he was prejudiced against Yuan Yao, but Yuan Yao came to exterminate the bandits, and he had a common goal with him, so he didn't tear his face with Yuan Yao.

Now that he heard that Yuan Yao wanted him to take refuge in Yuan Shu, he was ten thousand unhappy in his heart.

It's not that he dislikes Yuan Shu so much.

It's just that in his opinion, Yuan Shu, like Liu Xuan, Kong Rong and others, is really not a master.

Instead of taking refuge in a mediocre lord like Yuan Shu, it is better to stay here and be a water thief.

However, Yuan Yao was dumbfounded after hearing Tai Shici's words.

It seems that Tai Shi Ci misunderstood himself.

He immediately explained to Tai Shici.

"Brother Ziyi, you misunderstood me, I didn't let you join my father, but I wanted you to help me!"

"How about you and I cooperate to build a country together in this troubled world?"

Yuan Yao's words immediately surprised Tai Shici.

"You mean, let me take refuge in you?"