No one knows what they ate or where they lived along the way, and they set out with dazed excitement and returned with numb sadness.

They were dressed in rags, and they were clothed in many different colors, materials, and kinds of clothing, so that the observant could tell whether the clothes had been stripped from the corpses of their comrades, or from the corpses of women or scholars.

Their shoes were worn out, their toes were festering and falling off, their faces covered in dust and dirt, and all they had except for the spear in their hands and the ring-headed knife at their waists, reminding others of the identity in which they had set out.

As the number of such people gradually increased, the news gradually spread to the court.

Dong Cheng is dead, from the minister to the head of Qian, everyone no longer wants to endure themselves, so they write their hatred on their faces-

The people of Luoyang hated this army of soldiers and horses, and did not want to give them a good face, let alone food and clothing, but they would not obediently go to find a corner by themselves and die quietly, but plundered everywhere, causing trouble to the village, and it became a trouble for the imperial court.

Considering that Dong Cheng died for the sake of the court, the ministers wanted face, and no one would say such words, so the work of dealing with these routs was kicked around until it was kicked in front of Dong Zhao.

This Yilang is more than forty years old, with a white face and a slight beard, and he was once a subordinate of the great Sima Zhang Yang, and he is very familiar with Lu Bu. Now that Zhang Yang is stationed in the wild king, Dong Zhao has become the best candidate for "communication", "coordination", and "handling" - no matter whether the imperial court goes to Lu Bu or Zhang Yang to do this dirty work, anyway, hurry up and clean up the inside and outside of Luoyang City.

So Dong Zhao sat on the carriage, admiring the green trees on the street, the clothes of the scholars, and the posture of the women, and came to the Wenhou Mansion leisurely.

When he saw Lu Bu, the corners of Dong Zhao's mouth couldn't help twitching slightly.

This world-famous brave general wore a pink satin dress, and the light shone on the gorgeous dress, shining and dazzling.

But Lu Bu himself didn't feel anything wrong with this dress at all, and he welcomed Dong Zhao into the house with great interest.

"Today I am about to go out of the city to hunt," Lu Bu said, "Gongren Mo is not here for this?" ”

Dong Zhao glanced at the dress again, and couldn't help but stretch out his finger and point, "Wen Hou wants to go out of the city to hunt in such a gorgeous costume?" ”

The latter did not notice the teasing in his words at all, but patted his chest happily.

"How!"

Dong Zhao smiled and nodded, "Wen Hou is like a god descending to earth, but today he is here for the sake of his life." ”

A maidservant girl sent hot tea, and the new tea was added with oil and salt, which was suitable for enjoying the spring light in the courtyard while tasting it slowly.

However, Lu Bu didn't carefully taste whether there was any deep meaning behind this matter brought by Dong Zhao, he just thought about it for a while, and immediately answered.

"If the court is worried about this matter, I will lead the troops to clear out those defeated soldiers."

"Clearing?" Dong Zhaohu looked at him suspiciously, "The imperial court has not issued this edict, if the general acts without authorization, won't he ask for trouble?" ”

Lu Bu also thought about it, then raised his head and asked naturally, "Then Gongren just went to ask for an edict?" ”

Dong Zhao's hand squeezing the cup squeezed slightly.

He knew Lu Bu well, but he was still occasionally overwhelmed by his whimsy.

"After all, they are under Dong Cheng's command, and the imperial court can't issue such an edict."

"Dong Cheng is dead," Lu Bu said, "Is the imperial court still afraid of a dead man?" ”

“…… General, Dong Cheng died for the sake of the court, His Majesty personally sacrificed him, and added a nickname to him, this is to tell the people of the world that the court will live up to those loyal and brave ministers. ”

"Dong Cheng can't be called loyal and brave," Lu Bu pouted, "It's not that I haven't fought with Cao Cao, if I have food......

"General," Dong Zhao smiled hard, "although the imperial court hopes that the general will handle this matter, I have a good relationship with the general, so I have to tell the truth, the general must not act recklessly!" ”

"Oh," replied the shiny dog, Chitu, bewildered, "what does Gongren want me to do?" ”

Dong Zhao smiled.

"The general has a good relationship with Da Sima, why don't you invite Da Sima to come to Luoyang and recruit those defeated soldiers?"

"This," Lu Bu said without much thought, "this one won't work. ”

Dong Zhao stopped laughing for a moment.

"Uncle Zhang Zhi only has one county in Hanoi, and it is not easy to supply Luoyang," Lu Bu said, "He can't afford to raise so many soldiers." ”

"Those defeated soldiers are no different from the Qianshou," Dong Zhao said with a smile, "They won't use a lot of money and food." ”

Lu Bu shook his head.

"Those soldiers have been hungry for a long time, and they are not the chiefs."

Among these ministers and ministers in Luoyang, he has been living a fluctuating and chaotic life, and he can't guess many things, and he can't answer many words.

But there is only this one, as a martial artist, he knows it very well.

He didn't dare to accept those routs, and Zhang Yang couldn't accept them either, because there were not only Dong Cheng's Xiliang soldiers among them, but also recruited a large number of Black Mountain and Baibo Yukou when they marched eastward! Because the Xiliang soldiers are loyal to Dong Cheng, they will try their best to fight until the last moment, either die or be captured, and those who can flee all the way back to Luoyang are not one of the ten, and those Yellow Turban remnants who are about to collapse at the touch of a button are the most troublesome things!

Dong Zhao looked at Lu Bu coldly, not unsurprised.

This man is undoubtedly a stupid man, but he is extremely shrewd in such a matter, and he is a veteran who has really been on the battlefield for many years, and it is not easy to fool him about these things related to the army.

But as long as a little bit of it is mixed in, it should be enough.

When Lu Bu finished speaking his opinion, the white-faced and slightly bearded scribe on the other side smiled again.

"The general is really a person who values love and righteousness, and he thinks so thoughtfully for Da Sima!" After he finished speaking, after seeing the irrepressible smug smile on Lu Bu's face, he gently continued to persuade, "But the general thinks about it, can those routed soldiers compete with the army of the Great Han?" Even if Da Sima wanted to recruit those soldiers, there would only be one county official who would plead for the paperwork to clear the Liukou...... In front of which general's case, it is enough to receive 500 people. ”

When he said it like this, Lu Bu's face was confused again, "In the final analysis, Gongren also agrees with killing those defeated soldiers, but why do you want to do more? ”

"Naturally, it's for the good name of the general and the great Sima!" Dong Zhao glanced at him.

Lu Bu looked at that look, pondered for a long time, and suddenly slapped his thigh.

"I see! Listening to your words, it is like seeing the sun through the clouds, and the mouth is suddenly opened! ”

Dong Zhao finally showed a relieved smile.

There were only more than 100 miles between Yewang and Luoyang, so Lu Bu's letter was quickly sent to Zhang Yang's mansion.

Although this big Sima is ranked as the third duke, he also has the power of fake festivals, and he can be called a big man who leans towards the government and the opposition.

But this mansion is very simple, and this owner of the mansion is also very simple.

Uncle Zhang Yang and Zhang Zhizhi are actually just an ordinary military general in his forties, with dark skin and half-old clothes.

He came from a humble background, and he was originally just a small business in the Assassin's Mansion of the Prefecture, and it was indeed not commensurate with the words of demeanor and majesty.

He stood in front of him, watching worriedly as his lord sat in silence.

"Da Sima, Wen Hou doesn't want to be infamous on his back, so he blames Da Sima for the rout, and his heart can be punished!" He couldn't help but say loudly, "If the Great Sima is unwilling to make a decision, the last general can do it on his behalf!" ”

Zhang Yang raised his eyes to look at him, "What do you want?" ”

"The last general has inquired and understood, among those routs, there is not one in ten Xiliang soldiers, most of them are rogues, they are carrying the thieves from Jizhou to Luoyang all the way, and the number is probably more than 10,000!" He said eagerly, "These people have no loyalty to the king, but they are harmful to the people!" Besides, now that the spring ploughing has passed, the autumn wheat is still early, where can we get so much grain to feed them! Don't stay! ”

"So," Zhang Yang's voice was not angry, "you want to kill them all?" ”

"The last general only needs to bring his own troops and horses!" The young man's mind was very quick, and he immediately said, "The last general is ordered to go out and inspect whether there are any rogues outside the city of Luoyang, and after the last general is cleared, Da Sima will send an envoy to recruit troops, and then it will be enough to punish the last general!" In this way, it is not considered to be a violation of the court's order! ”

Da Sima was silent again.

This ordinary-looking man sat there, silent for a long time with the worry and pain that could not be dispersed between his eyebrows.

"You say they're rogues," he said, "what were they before they were rogues?" ”

…… What is the problem?

"They're all yellow turbans!"

"Yellow Turbans," Zhang Yang asked, "where did the Yellow Turbans come from?" ”

His stubborn heart suddenly "chuckled", and he realized that his lord was probably going to drill some terrible horns.

Is this wrong?

Of course not.

Zheng Gu himself was also born as a Montenegrin thief, and he knew very well that the so-called Montenegrin thieves were actually just a group of poor people who couldn't survive and were forced to rebel.

But he has already followed the general.

His faithfulness prevented him from taking the issue from the standpoint.

"Although they used to be farmers, since they are willing to be thieves, they can no longer be regarded as the people of the big man."

Zhang Yang raised his eyes again and looked at him, "It's okay for you to say so, but why did they follow Dong Cheng on the expedition?" ”

Sunlight filtered through the sparse shadows of the trees and into the not-so-bright room.

Those Black Mountain and White Wave thieves will follow Dong Cheng on the expedition because Dong Cheng acted on behalf of the dynasty and recruited them on the way to attack Yanzhou.

- That is, the court has pardoned them.

"They're already soldiers of the Great Han." Zhang Yang said.

The stubborn heart pinched fiercely, "Da Sima, think twice!" Our food and grass—"

But Zhang Yang finally stood up from a few points.

He seemed to understand everything, but still insisted on making such a stupid decision:

"The Great Han betrayed them once, and he can't betray them again."

When Zhang Yang spoke, he seemed to suddenly relax.

"You should take five hundred soldiers, bring enough food and grass, and go to Luoyang to recruit them to Hanoi," he thought for a moment, and then instructed, "Although the weather is getting warmer, there must be many wounds and illnesses in the rout." You bring a few more doctors with you. ”

Those fierce-looking routs have been taken away!

In the desolate and lonely countryside of Luoyang, a child quietly told his parents that a general from the north had come with his troops and did not kill them, but his attitude was a little fierce, and he asked them all to follow his soldiers and gave them food.

When the routs wandered among the tombs and slept in the wasteland, they didn't look like people, like wild beasts! The eyes are green and vicious! But when they had hot food, new clothes, and new straw sandals to wear, they would honestly stand in line, carefully holding a broken pottery bowl, and crying while eating!

They are all gone, will they settle down after Luoyang?

Although the spring ploughing has passed, they can always open up the wasteland and plant something to fill their stomachs, right? They'll be good people then, too!

The parents listened to their son's words and whispered to each other for a while. The mother still did not leave the spinning wheel, but beckoned her son to come over and touch his head.

Those routs have been taken away by General Zhang, General Zhang is a good man, he will be safe, and we will be safe and sound.

In this lush wilderness, scribes on horseback watched from afar.

His cloudy brow furrowed into a smile.

"Yuan Changgong's clever plan, it will work!"

The attendant next to him glanced at him, a little puzzled, "Sir, what should I do next?" ”

"Zhang Yang obeyed the order of the court and accepted those defeated soldiers back to Hanoi, and then the court naturally wanted to commend him," Liu Ye said with a smile, "As for us, find a high place and watch the fire from the other side." ”

“…… Fire? ”