It is said that Zhao Chen and Zhang Liao led a thousand cavalry and hurried to the camp of Zhang Fei and Cheng Yu outside the camp.

The army marched to the outside of Pingshou County, the outpost came to report, and an unknown army was found not far away, and the flag was written with the words "Zhang" and "Chen".

Zhao Chen thought for a moment and said with a smile: "It must be Yide and Shuzhi." ”

Sure enough, the two stepped forward to check, and it was indeed Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi's army.

Zhang Fei and Chen were overjoyed to see Zhao Chen and Zhang Liaoye, as if they had seen a savior, and they were all relieved.

This tone is not only because of the nervousness of facing unknown people, but also because of the helplessness of being helpless against the defection of the troops.

In their eyes, as long as Zhao Chen is here, everything can be effectively resolved.

When the two armies met, Zhang Fei explained in detail the problems he was currently encountering, and threw the question of how to deal with the nearly 6,000 surrendered troops directly to Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen glanced at Zhang Fei and thought: Can you hand over the surrender of troops that Zhang Sanye can't solve by handing it over to me? In terms of martial arts, ten soldiers can't beat you, but one soldier may not be able to beat me.

Zhang Fei smiled innocently, whether he didn't understand the truth or pretended not to understand, after all, this question had been handed over to Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen turned over and dismounted with one hand.

Chen Zhi was slightly startled, and asked carefully: "Strategist, what is the left arm?" ”

Zhao Chen said with a smile: "It's thanks to these people, surrounded by the group of people in front of me, and I took an arrow and pierced my left arm." Fortunately, his life is big, so his left arm will not be mutilated. ”

Chen Zhi clenched his fists and asked, "Lead?" Is that one of the two people who led the army just now? ”

Zhao Chen replied: "Yes." ”

After getting the confirmation, Chen Zhi slowly let go: "This person has been stabbed off the horse." ”

Zhao Chen's face did not change, and gave Chen Zhi a positive look.

The addition of Zhao Chen's army quieted the originally tumultuous surrendering army for a moment, but it was only quiet for a moment, and after a while, there was a riot in the middle of the army.

The hungry and thirsty troops formed in groups and launched an assault on the surrounding defenders.

After all, the defenders were half as small as they could, and they couldn't hold all of them, and there were always a few fish that slipped through the net and ran away from the team laughing.

At first, Chen Zhi also commanded the army to chase around, although there was a certain amount of deterrence, but after all, it could not withstand the large number of people.

Later, when Zhao Chen saw this, he stopped Chen Zhi's senseless move.

But as a result, a large number of troops became even more agitated, and they formed squads to fight against Zhao Chen's army.

The situation has changed from ordinary riots to mutinies in the army.

Those surrendered troops re-raised their troops and organized a rebellion against Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen's army was all cavalry, and they were fighting in situ against opponents who were not infantry in the first place.

Now that the infantry is rushing away, if the cavalry fights hard, it will inevitably be damaged.

So, Zhao Chen made a bold decision.

He shouted in unison: "All the soldiers who surrendered, those who were willing to stay, were included in the ranks, and those who were not willing to stay could receive some rations and return to their hometowns." ”

When the soldiers heard this, they looked confused, and it was the first time in this troubled world that they heard that some princes were willing to let the soldiers go home.

The strength of the army is very important for a force, and even in the counties, there are cases where the strong men are forced to replenish the troops, not to mention the fact that it does not cost much manpower to collect and surrender troops, and all the princes are very happy.

At first, some people didn't want to believe it, after all, most of the people who served in the army in the troubled times were passive in the army, and some of them were forced by life and had to live on horses, after all, it was better to lick blood from the knife edge than to starve to death, and only a very small part was to serve the country or volunteer to join the army.

can have a stable life, who is willing to come out and work hard.

But it wasn't until someone really stood up to receive the rations and walked out of the barracks that the rest believed Zhao Chen's words.

No matter how strong the mutiny is in private, it is very likely that the cavalry will chase and kill them in the process of escaping, and it is very difficult to leave safely. Now, as long as they don't run away, they will not only receive rations, but they will also be able to leave safely, and anyone is willing to choose the latter.

Chen Zhi was very puzzled: "Military Division, in this way, not only is our army's rations insufficient, but those troops that were hard to get are easily given up, isn't it a pity?" ”

Zhao Chen said helplessly: "Now we are facing a complicated situation, there are too many troops, the rations are insufficient, and it will take time to absorb them, and it may provoke a mutiny in the army again at any time. ”

"Moreover, these people who passively join the army, even if they stay, they can't charge into battle well, but they are easy to make mistakes."

Chen Zhi listened to Zhao Chen's explanation, and had no choice but to give up silently.

Only now does Zhao Chen understand why Bai Qi wanted to kill the 400,000 army of Zhao State in the first place.

In fact, it is just two words: "helpless!" ”

At that time, Zhao Guo had reached the end of his rope.

The 400,000-strong army was leaderless, in chaos, and without food for more than ten days, there was a situation of cannibalism in the army.

Bai Qiyi was worried that these pawns would go to war again and become enemies of the Qin state;

Second, it is really because of the lack of food and grass, and the 400,000 surrendered soldiers are all waiting to be fed with their mouths open, and how much military rations are needed to make up for it, and the astronomical amount is also;

Sanlai is different from the situation encountered by Zhao Chen, Bai Qi could not be released on the spot, and it is known from the map that the Battle of Changping not only penetrated into Zhao Di, but also the throat, so releasing people in such a sensitive place is equivalent to the prison guard handing over the gun to the prisoner, and then telling the prisoner "Don't run around, I want to tie my shoes."

Too many troops are also a burden.

However, fortunately, there is a favorable side to Zhao Chen's release of troops.

Let these surrendered troops who are willing to go back spread Zhao Chen's scheming and terror and goodness in governing the army to Yuan Tan's army, maybe they can shake the foundation of Yuan Tan's army, and they can also be used in future wars.

After a period of dispersion, the army of 6,000 troops went to seventy or eighty percent, and only about 1,500 remained.

Zhao Chen confidently said to the army that was willing to stay: "You are all heroes, you are willing to stay in my Zhao Chen's army today, you are our brothers, as long as you believe in me Zhao Chen, I can lead you to victory!" ”

Chen Zhi heard this and took the lead in responding to the shout.

This excitement instantly infected the surrounding soldiers, and the soldiers shouted one after another.

The hands waved in the air were like waves, and wave after wave spread to the farthest part of the line in the summer wind.

For a time, the momentum of the army was high.

Subsequently, Zhao Chen divided more than 1,500 people into three teams and handed them over to Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao and Chen Dao respectively.

A thousand people mixed five hundred, and it became a lot easier.

At noon the next day, Zhao Chen led an army of 4,500 back to Zhang Fei's camp.

The moment he saw Zhao Chen, Cheng Yu was quite excited in his heart, and the leader returned safely today, it must have been a successful move.

With the incorporation of Zhao Chen's army, there were more than 9,000 people in the camp, which was enough to claim 10,000 people.

As for Zhao Chen's arm injury, Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "Military Division, this matter should be ordered by the whole army, not to leak half a word, so that all the soldiers and soldiers will keep it secret, so as not to spread the news to Yuan Tan and attract Yuan Tan's surprise attack." In addition, Mrs. Bu is in Gumu, so she can quickly invite her to treat the military advisor. ”

Zhao Chen nodded in agreement, and when he hesitated, he suddenly realized that there should be a chance tonight.

He smiled, "Zhongde reminded me that the news of my injury was spread by the soldiers. In addition, let the little division live in Anqiu temporarily, and all the soldiers who were injured and could not go to the battlefield were sent to Anqiu for the little division to be treated. I want to gamble, and I'm going to meet Yuan Tan tonight. ”

Cheng Yu's eyes widened and he looked at Zhao Chen in surprise.