Chapter 40: The Expedition to the Yellow Turban (2)
"Yanren Zhang Fei is here!"
A roar like thunder came, Zhang Fei and another team of men and horses had already entered the Yellow Turban barracks, the black internal qi swept around with the dance of the snake spear, and one after another Yellow Turban soldiers fell, and even more when they saw Zhang Fei from a distance, they were directly frightened, standing in place and being ruthlessly pushed to the ground by the comrades who wanted to escape, and then trampled into dust.
When Liu Bei and Sun Meng arrived, there were already corpses and trembling Yellow Turban soldiers in the Yellow Turban camp. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had stopped killing, and tried their best to let their men gather the Yellow Turban soldiers who had surrendered.
However, the two of them had limited manpower, and in the end, they only captured about 5,000 people, and there were a lot of various weapons, food, and other materials, and even some gold and silver.
Gathering supplies, it took longer than today's battle. However, in the end, the gains are not small.
"These hateful thieves, I don't know how many civilians have died. Liu Bei couldn't help but feel a little resentful when he looked at this cart of supplies.
"They only have two options, the first is to be killed while they are being swept by the Yellow Turbans, and the second is to join them in a bite to eat. Therefore, although the Yellow Turban Army is huge, there are very few real elite soldiers. But they, hey......" Sun Meng sighed, at this time, these refugees could no longer say whether they were right or wrong.
"Among these refugees, why haven't you seen many women and children?" Liu Bei dismounted and found some special existence among these surrenderers, women and children, these children were all eleven or twelve years old, the younger ones were not, and there were no pregnant women.
"Dead. A voice said.
Liu Bei saw that it was a dirty-looking little boy who was talking. Eleven or twelve years old, very thin, but there was already a wound on the exposed arm, which was a knife wound.
Liu Bei squatted down and pulled the child in front of him, "Come, tell me, how did you all follow the Yellow Turban?" He wanted to talk about the Yellow Turban thief, but found a piece of yellow cloth in the child's arms.
"The generals outside the city were killed, and the brothers in the city opened the city gates, killed corrupt officials, and large families. If you want to stay and eat, and if you want to have something to eat in the future, you have to follow the army. I'll soon be able to join and become a full-fledged cultist!I didn't expect to be killed by you officers and soldiers, you are all great evildoers!" The last few words were almost shouted out, staring at Liu Bei's face, with only an angry look in his eyes.
"Do you think the Yellow Turban Army is good, and the officers and soldiers are bad?" Liu Bei said and wiped the boy's face.
"As long as our army breaches the city, we will have a big meal. If we encounter the official army, we will all die! Moreover, the people of the imperial court don't care about the life or death of us poor people! Obviously, there is no harvest in the field, but we still have to collect several kinds of taxes! If it weren't for the army attacking the city, my mother and I wouldn't be able to survive!" The boy yelled and pushed hard, directly pushing Liu Bei to a stumbling stagger.
"Internal qi!" Liu Bei looked at the boy who fell to the ground and hurriedly caught him. Then he stood up and said, "I know that many of you were originally good citizens, but because of natural and man-made disasters, you were forced to join the Yellow Turban. I promise you, as long as you are willing to surrender, the strong ones can come to serve as soldiers under me, and others will arrange for you to live!"
A group of captives raised their heads to look at Liu Bei, some were a little afraid, some were a little yearning, and some were a little hesitant.
"I, Liu Bei, Liu Xuande! After I am the king of Zhongshan, what I say will definitely come true! Please believe me, believe in the Han!" Liu Bei looked at the captive in front of him, "Does anyone want to join the army?"
"I ...... Okay?" a man stood up, not particularly strong, but with some muscles.
"Okay!"
"Count me as one!" another stood up, and several people around him also stood up.
"Okay, good, all right!" Liu Bei motioned to the soldiers around him to take these people aside, but a smile appeared on his face. He has some sympathy for these refugees, but none of these soldiers have not had blood on their hands! It can be said that they really deserve to die according to the law of the Han Dynasty, but who calls this a special period! Moreover, he wants to take this opportunity to pull up his own team and make a career.
"I ...... I'm going to be a soldier......"
Liu Bei looked at the boy in his arms, he opened his eyes, and pulled Liu Bei's clothes with one hand, his eyes were full of determination.
"Believe me, don't you hate officers and soldiers?" Liu Bei said gently.
"I believe in you. I want to live, my mother wants me to live well!" the boy's eyes were red, but he couldn't shed tears anymore.
"Okay! You are my personal guard!What is your name, do you have a word?, how old are you this year?" Liu Bei asked with a smile as he put him on the ground.
"Liao Hua, character Yuan Jian, twelve years old. At this time, he seemed to have recovered, and a trace of internal qi from the previous birth began to nourish his body.
Sun Meng raised his eyebrows, how could Liao Hua appear here! But it's almost the same when I think about it, anyway, I don't know how many refugees are wrapped in the Yellow Turban, this has just started, Liao Hua's talent is not good, but it is not bad in the Yellow Turban Army, and it is not impossible to rise to become a small leader after Zhang Jiao's defeat.
Although the level of this world is not low, most of the cultivation methods are monopolized by the large clans, so some martial arts masters will be favored by so many people. Others want to activate internal qi, talent, well-fed, and will, and only when the three complement each other can they reach a critical point before they can be born. And Liao Hua just now is obviously making up for the shortcomings of the other two under the outbreak of willpower, but the result of this is that the progress will be very slow in the subsequent period of time.
"Congratulations to Xuande, this kid has a good will, as long as he can keep up with nutrition, he will be a good general in the future. Sun Meng said.
Liu Bei smiled, and then looked at all the captives, "You have also seen it, I will not kill you here because you can't be soldiers, although I can't let you live a good life, but I can let you live!"
"General, we can still help!" a woman stood up, and the women who had been walking with the Yellow Turban Army for so long and still alive were all healthy women, although they were not as good as regular soldiers, but they could do some work.
Cleaning the battlefield and returning with a full load, this time Liu Bei has gained a lot. There were a total of 7,000 people, and 3,000 were soldiers who could enlist directly. There are also two thousand people, although they are not up to the standard, but they are physically strong and can serve as auxiliaries. With the addition of 500 logistics soldiers (counting healthy women), Liu Bei's team suddenly expanded to 6,000 people.
The remaining 1,500 people are not useless old and weak, and there is no real old and weak who have followed the Yellow Turban Army to the present. They are all Yellow Turban Sect soldiers, and in a sense, their strength is even greater than that of the soldiers who were absorbed by Liu Bei, but it is unlikely that they will be submissive to Liu Bei. Together with several truckloads of supplies and captures, they were handed over to Zou Jing.
"Hahahaha! Congratulations to Xuande, this war was a success, I have already written the paperwork, and I am ready to keep it on the table! When the time comes, Xuande will be able to take one side!" Zou Jing became more and more enthusiastic about Liu Bei, in his opinion, Liu Bei was a white body before, it didn't matter, he had already established a relationship with Liu Yan and determined his clan identity, which was the biggest capital. What's more, there are also Zhang and the others by their side to assist, and Sun Meng seems to be helping Liu Bei. In his opinion, this is very likely to be Liu Yan's means of cultivating a backup!
"Tongxi, Tongxi! This time the Yellow Turban thief was defeated, Brother Zou also contributed a lot, and he must be promoted!" Liu Bei said with a smile.
Here, Liu Yan received Zou Jing's documents and saw Liu Bei's methods. I thought I was just casually wooing a dilapidated descendant of the same race, but I didn't expect to find a talent! Not to mention Guan Zhang and the others, Sun Meng's superb bow skills alone were enough for him to pay attention to. In addition, this time the yellow turban incident also made him see some problems.
"Times have changed, having soldiers and power is important, and the imperial capital is no longer the best place!" Liu Yan looked out the window, thought for a while, and said loudly
"Someone, pass my order, let Xuande bring the people of the headquarters, Zou Jing will transfer a large battalion of 5,000 elite soldiers, and gallop to help Qingzhou!"