Two hours later, the city of Yongnu was breached. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Pang De took the lead in boarding the city of Yongnu, pulled down the banner of the rebels, and then planted the black and red-edged banner inlaid with the words "Hussar General and Champion Hou Yuan" on the head of Yongnu City.

In this battle, the resistance of the rebels was quite resolute, and even under many unfavorable factors, they still insisted on resisting for two hours. If it weren't for Pang De's courage to climb the city wall in person and open a big hole in the formation of the rebels defending the city, I am afraid that he would not be able to capture Yongnu by now.

After two hours of fierce fighting, there were no casualties among the generals under Yuan Qi's command, but the soldiers lost more than 3,000 people. Under the cover of the two sharp weapons of the stone thrower and the arrow tower, there were still so many casualties, which made Yuan Qi feel sorry in his heart. After a preliminary inventory, the number of casualties in the battle of the rebels reached nearly 10,000, and the main general defending the city was also beheaded by Pound, and more than 20,000 people were killed. For the more than 20,000 rebels who surrendered, Yuan Qi adhered to the usual tolerance, and did not kill them all, but sent Jia Yuan to educate them, and then Ma Yue selected 5,000 relatively strong sergeants, and after breaking up the establishment, they were mixed into the army, and the rest were dismissed and returned to their hometowns.

At that time, Jia Yuan had dissuaded Yuan Qi, he thought that half of the rebels were Yuyang people, and sending them back to their hometowns would be unfavorable to the situation of Zhang Ju in the future. Of course, Yuan Qi would not take Jia Yuan's suggestion, on the battlefield, casualties were inevitable, but once the war was over, Yuan Qi would still not be able to slaughter these unarmed prisoners. And in any case, although these people are rebels, they are also his people, and they are indispensable labor in labor production. Therefore, Yuan Qi did not take Jia Yuan's suggestion and insisted on dismissing all the remaining more than 10,000 rebels.

After dealing with the problem of prisoners, Yuan Qi began to lead his troops into Yongnu City. The hooves of the jade unicorn trampled on countless corpses all the way, and carried Yuan up to the treasury of Yongnu City.

After counting, in addition to a pair of weapons and armor, there is also a large amount of grain in the treasury of Yongnu City, it seems that Zhang Ju intends to use Yongnu as a bridgehead for outward expansion, not only sent heavy troops to garrison, but also allocated a lot of weapons, armor and food stored in the city.

Because of the disagreement on the handling of the captives, although Jia Yuan had been following Yuan Qi's side, he never spoke.

Seeing that Jia Yuan was silent, Yuan Qi took the lead in asking, "Sir, I plan to take out some of this grain and distribute it to the people in the city, what do you think?"

Hearing Yuan Qi's question, the subtlety in Jia Yuan's heart disappeared in an instant, silence is the best interpretation of Jia Yuan's style of doing things that is good at self-preservation, because of the disagreement in dealing with prisoners of war, so Jia Yuan has remained silent since entering the city. Now Yuan Qi is willing to put down the shelf and ask himself, which shows that Yuan Qi is broad-minded and will not alienate himself because of temporary differences, and it also shows that Jia Yuan has a relatively high status in Yuan Qi's heart, otherwise Yuan Qi would not be the first person to ask for advice is Jia Yuan.

After pondering for a while, Jia Yuan twisted his beard and replied: "Lord, the grain and grass of our army are enough to deal with the war against Zhang Ju, but after taking Yongnu, our army has collected 5,000 troops, and we have to consider these extra men and horses in detail." ”

Jia Yuan did not answer Yuan Qi's words directly, but he expressed his meaning very clearly, in addition to the men of his subordinates eating horses and chewing, they also had to count the grain and straw that would be incorporated into the rebels in the future, and the rest could be used to help the people. After Yongnu, there are still two big counties to fight, all the way through, it is bound to increase a lot of surrendered troops, correspondingly, the demand for food is getting bigger and bigger, which is also the reason why Jia Yuan proposed to kill prisoners, there is no extra food to feed the prisoners of war.

Yuan Qi understood the meaning of Jia Yuan's words, and then said: "Then this matter will be left to you, after the calculation is clear, distribute some of the excess food to the people in the city, what I want is the entire Yongnu, not a dead city with broken hearts." ”

At the end of each war, the people of the region are in a state of great terror, fearing that those who conquer their cities will deprive them of their property and confiscate their land, and it is especially important to pacify the people. Jia Yuan naturally understands this truth, the world of those who win the hearts of the people. So this time, Jia Yuan didn't have any objections, and said respectfully: "Don't worry, my lord, I am willing to handle this matter well." ”

Yuan Qi nodded reassuringly, and then went to the county government to rest, Yuan Qi was very relieved about Jia Yuan's ability to do things. Because he would continue to march to Yuyang tomorrow, Jia Yuan could only increase his workload and distribute the grain to the people before dark. For Jia Yuan, who has been pampered for a long time, such a workload is difficult to bear, but Jia Yuan also knows that the itinerary of the army cannot be delayed, and Yuan Qi's side is even more indispensable to his own mastermind, so he had to grit his teeth and persevere, and finally at dusk, he completed the task assigned to him by Yuan Qi, and distributed the remaining grain after calculation to the people in Yongnu City, so that the panic in the hearts of the people was alleviated a lot, and at the same time, after Jia Yuan's deliberate publicity, the people of Yongnu City knew that the measure of distributing food was the hussar general, champion Hou Yuanqi, which has invisibly increased Yuanqi's prestige a lot.

Early the next morning, Yuan Qi left Ma Dai to lead 5,000 troops to defend the city, and led the rest of the men and horses to continue to advance north.

A day later, Lu County was breached. At the cost of losing more than 2,000 people, the Yuan Qi Department planted the flag at the head of Luxian County. In this battle, nearly 30,000 rebels surrendered, except for more than 7,000 people who died in the defense of the city, the rest of the rebels surrendered. As with the Yongnu rebels, Yuan Qi still treated prisoners of war leniently, and selected 6,000 people from more than 30,000 rebels to break up the formation and then mixed into the army, and the rest of the prisoners of war were released and returned to their hometowns.

Yuan Qi dared to repeatedly incorporate and surrender the army, and there was a reason for him. First, most of these rebels were forced to follow Zhang to raise troops to rebel out of desperation, and many of them did not do so out of their original intentions; second, both of them are the people of Youzhou, Yuan Qi believes that even if these people make a mistake for a while, they will have a righteous trade-off in their hearts, and when Yuan Qi gives these people a way out, the possibility of them gathering again to make a rebellion is very small, after all, they used to be regular troops, not peasants like the Red Turban Army, and their sense of belonging to Youzhou is stronger than that of ordinary people; third, Yuan Qi is confident that under his own command, these people who surrender will sooner or later be reformed and form fresh blood under their own command; fourth, these surrendered troops will be mixed into their own troops after being disruptedIt is difficult for a surrendered army of more than 10,000 people before and after to make waves in his own army of 70,000.

Based on the above points, Yuan Qi had no worries about the integration of the army. Moreover, Yuan Qi knew that he would have to experience a lot of wars in the future, and the troubled times had not yet come, and before that, the stronger the strength in his hands, the more confidence he would have to speak in the future.

On the day that Yuan Qi led his troops to break through Lu County, Cui Shou, the Taishou of Zhuo County, personally led 3,000 county soldiers to join Yuan Qi. That night, the Taishou of Shanggu County and Dai County also sent their generals to each lead 2,000 people to listen to Hou Yuanqi's dispatch. Yuan Qi met Cui Shou again, both of them were embarrassed, and the secret words of the day were still in their ears, as if it happened yesterday, but nearly ten years have passed unconsciously.

Two days later, the city of Anle was also breached. Yuan Qi once again forcibly conquered Anle with very few losses, and once again recruited 5,000 soldiers. That night, reinforcements from Xuansu County and Lelang County also rushed over, and the Taishou of the two counties asked their right-hand men to bring more than 2,000 people to join Yuanqi.

Another day later, Yuan Qi led his troops to Yuyang City and joined forces with Zhao Hu and Huang Yong's troops. Several groups of people gathered together and completely obeyed Yuan Qi's command, which made Yuan Qi's prestige reach an unprecedented height. The total number of people from all walks of life plus the more than 10,000 troops collected has reached 100,000, and it is the first time that a commander commands an army of 100,000 in the nearly 20 years that Emperor Yuanhong was in charge of the government. Yuan Qi was fortunate enough to be the first general to eat crabs.

In the early morning of the second day after the army was assembled, Yuan Qi stood in the center of the high platform set up in the open space in front of the camp by the people who had ordered him in advance, and looked around at the 100,000 male soldiers standing in a queue. These 100,000 soldiers came from all over Youzhou, because of Zhang Ju's rebellion, they gathered under Yuan Qi with a brave loyalty and full of blood, and participated in the feat with Yuan Qi. These 100,000 heroes will achieve Yuan Qi's unprecedented prestige, and at the same time, it is also the moment when Yuan Qi leads these 100,000 soldiers to the pinnacle of their lives so far. It's just that I don't know how many of the 100,000 male soldiers in front of me will die on the battlefield after this battle, and use their lives and blood to interpret the word heroic.

Seeing the familiar and unfamiliar, young and no longer young faces passing in his eyes, Yuan Qi could only call out the names of a small number of them, but Yuan Qi knew that these 100,000 male soldiers came here for only one purpose, that is, to quell the Zhang Ju rebellion and return the people of Youzhou to a bright future.

After looking around, Yuan Qi began the pre-war mobilization for this battle: "Soldiers, you are from all the counties of Youzhou, and Ben Hou can't call out the names of each of you, but Ben Hou knows that you are all good brothers of Ben Hou! Good brothers who share life and death! In this battle, Ben Hou will be the first in every battle, and he will be with the brothers at the forefront. We can only be at ease if we move forward, move forward, and remove all dangers that threaten our parents, wives and children. You see, over there is the monument of loyalty and righteousness carved by the people of Ben Hou, and the names of the martyrs who died in their lives will be engraved on it, and they will be admired by future generations. You are real warriors and real men! In this battle, let us use the blood of rebellion to achieve the prestige of our army, so that all the rebels in the world will know the might of our Youzhou army and my Yan Zhao Nan'er!"

Yuan Qi's words aroused the blood of 100,000 male soldiers, these hot-blooded men from Yan Zhao were already unrestrained and straightforward, and after listening to Yuan Qi's words, they were even more excited.

Zhao Hu immediately raised his gun and shouted: "Heaven belongs!"

The elite of the 3,000-day return camp immediately shouted enthusiastically: "The return of heaven is out, there is victory and no defeat!"

Ma Yue raised the Moon Spear in his hand on the other side and shouted vigorously: "The land belongs to it!"

The elite of the three thousand lands returned to the camp shouted with a voice that was not inferior to the heavenly return camp: "The earth returns to the camp, there is victory and no defeat!"

Immediately afterwards, Zuo Ci raised the wind breaker gun and shouted, "Kill!"

Led by Zuo Ci, 100,000 male soldiers raised their weapons at the same time, and shouted hoarsely: "Kill! kill! ! kill - !!."