Under the command of Yuan Qi, the more than 40,000 Red Turban troops who surrendered, under the supervision of the officers and soldiers, threw all the corpses on the battlefield into the sea of fire. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBecause the experience from later generations told Yuan Qi that if a large number of dead bodies are not properly disposed of, they will definitely cause a plague. Although Yuan is now a prince and controls the power of life and death, his heart still retains some of the innocence of his previous life.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Yuan Qi said aloud to the 40,000 Red Turban Army: "I know, many of you have been forced to embark on the road of rebellion, today I will give you two ways, first, put down your weapons and return to your hometown to farm with peace of mind; second, take up arms, serve the court from now on, and become an elite soldier." You make your own choices, but there is a sentence that says something in front of you, no matter what choice you make, if you do something wrong in the future, you will not forgive!"

Listening to Yuan Qi's words, the more than 40,000 Red Turban soldiers looked at each other, and each of them calculated in their hearts.

After a long time, a Red Turban soldier asked tentatively, "General, are you really willing to let us go back to our hometown?"

Yuan Qi stretched out his hand and pointed to the side, where was the grain and grass that Song Qiong had just escorted over, Yuan Qi pointed to the grain and grass and said, "If you are willing to return to your hometown, you can go over there to receive half a day's rations." ”

The Red Turban Army said loudly: "I confronted the court because those big officials were powerful and oppressed the people. I can't live a long way, but today, I can trust the general!" After speaking, he strode towards the grain and grass, and after taking the rations for half a day, he hesitated for a moment, knelt down in the direction of Yuanqi, and cried and said: "Thank you for the general's grace of not killing, it would be nice if there were all officials like the general in the court." I kowtow to the general, if I do evil again in the future, I don't have to do anything to the general, I will cut off my head first!" After respectfully kowtowing to Yuan Qi three times, the red turban army stood up and walked in the direction of his hometown.

With someone taking the lead, the thoughts of the rest of the Red Turban Army were lively, and many people stood up one after another, took half a day's rations, and then bowed to Yuan Qi and left. Some people said, "We're homeless, we're gone." The general is affectionate and righteous, and we are willing to follow the general. ”

In the end, Yuan Qi's righteousness moved a lot of red scarves to surrender to the army, and more than 10,000 people stayed, willing to follow Yuan Qi's side.

After counting the number of people, Yuan Qi arranged for the Song Xi and Song Qiong brothers to distribute weapons to them. Of course, the officers and soldiers did not have so many reserves of ordnance, and the weapons and armor issued to them were originally seized from them. It's just that after the screening of the two Song Xi brothers, among the large number of weapons seized, the defective and simple weapons were eliminated, and the sophisticated equipment was selected and distributed to them.

Yuanqi's approach has also won the favor and admiration of more than 10,000 people. In any case, these people had just surrendered, and Yuan Qi generously gave them well-equipped weapons, which made them feel from the bottom of their hearts that they were dying as confidants.

At the same time as distributing weapons and armor, the steady Xu Fang quietly came to Yuan Qi's side and said in a low voice: "Lord, these people have just surrendered, is it too risky to issue them weapons and armor?"

Yuan Qi looked at the new army with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, you look at their smiles, they can walk between heaven and earth with weapons openly, how happy they laugh." After a pause, he said in a very stinky fart: "Who wants to be a rebel under a wise and martial general like me, who wants to be a rebel."

Xu Ban was still a little hesitant, and said: "But after all, they are from red scarves, and the lord takes them with him, so he has to be guarded against." ”

Yuan Qi shook his head lightly and sighed: "They are all poor people from poor backgrounds, and their greatest hope is just to have warm clothes and food. What else is there to worry about?"

Xu Bang lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said in a respectful manner: "The lord is broad-minded, and he thinks a lot. ”

Yuan Qi stretched out his hand and patted Xu Block's arm, and said with a smile: "Xu Block is loyal and upright, and he is XX's right-hand man." In the future, if there is something that is lacking in consideration, you can be as straightforward as you are today, and you will not be blamed. ”

Xu Pan was touched to his heart by Yuan Qi's words, and he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, looking at Yuan Qi's silhouette deeply, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Feeling Xu Block's attention, Yuan Qi turned his face to look at Xu Block, and said with a bright smile on his face: "What, does a certain face have flowers?"

Xu Ban sighed and said: "Alas, the lord's heart is broad-minded, like a surging river, towering Mount Tai, which makes people look up." ”

chuckled, Yuan Qi immediately said solemnly: "Although the war has ended, Wancheng is still in the hands of the Red Turban Army, you go to reorganize the army quickly, tomorrow morning, we will take Wancheng directly!"

"No!" replied forcefully.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, in addition to the wounded sergeants, Yuan Qi also left several medical officers with the army, and ordered Song Qiong to take these wounded soldiers to advance slowly. Ma Yue showed an inquiring look several times during the journey, but finally endured it. Ma Yue is a straightforward character, he can't hold back his words, if the current commander is not his most respected second brother Yuan Qi, if he is replaced by someone else, I am afraid he would have been unable to hold back and ask questions. Even so, it still made Ma more and more miserable.

Looking at Ma Yue's uncomfortable look, Yuan Qi couldn't help but laugh in his heart, and deliberately slowed down the horse's speed, waiting for Ma Yue to catch up. Ma Yue didn't notice that Yuan Qi slowed down the horse's speed, and still sat on the horse's back with his head down, allowing the war horse to gallop forward. Seeing that Ma Yue's war horse was about to surpass Yuan Qi, Pang De hurriedly reminded Ma Yue: "Ma Yue!"

Ma Yue was called by Pang De, and then he came back to his senses and saw that he was already on a par with Yuanqi's Jade Qilin. Yuan Qi, who was sitting on horseback, looked at himself with a smile and asked, "Third brother, what's wrong with you today?" Ma Yue smiled awkwardly, scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "Second brother, the younger brother has something unclear, and he didn't come up with a reason after thinking about it, so he felt really uncomfortable in his heart." ”

Yuan Qi smiled: "If there is anything you don't understand, you might as well say it." ”

Ma Yue pulled the reins, so that the sitting war horse came to Yuan Qi's side, and asked in a low voice: "Second brother, the art of war is cloudy, the soldiers are fast, after yesterday's battle, the strength of the Red Turban Army was greatly damaged, and the morale of our army is flourishing." If our army attacked Wancheng at night, wouldn't it be easy to take Wancheng? Why wait until today to attack Wancheng?"

Yuan Qi said with a smile: "Third brother, don't you hear the truth of surrendering soldiers without a fight? After yesterday's battle, a small part of the Red Turban Army must have been broken up by our army, and then fled back to Wancheng, let these deserters return to Wancheng, and tell the defenders in the city about our army's killing of Zhang Shao and breaking the 150,000 Red Turban Army with 6,000. Of course, it also depends on what kind of army the other party is, like most of these poor people who came from coercion, they themselves were loosely disciplined, and they relied on Zhang Shao's spiritual strength to get together, and now the spiritual leader is dead, and the army's heart is in chaos, so it's strange if they don't run wolf."

"Oh, there are so many mysteries in it. Ma Yue said with emotion.

Yuan Qi laughed for a while, and said to Ma Yue: "Third brother, although you are talented and brave, but when you march and fight, many times you can't solve the problem by force alone, and when the time is right, you have to think more about how to win the biggest victory with the least cost, so that you can go to the next level." ”

"Well, thank you for the second brother's advice, the younger brother wrote it down. Ma Yue carefully wrote down Yuan Qi's words.

Seeing that Ma Yue listened to his words, Yuan Qi smiled with satisfaction, and then sped up his horse speed and ran forward.

Pang De quietly came to Ma Yue's side and said in a low voice: "Ma Yue, you almost caused a big disaster just now, since ancient times, you and I have a strict hierarchy, and your and I positions are lower than generals, how can you keep pace with generals?"

Seeing that Ma Yue was about to refute, Pang De hurriedly intercepted and said: "That's right, you are the general's brother-in-law, but brotherhood is a private affair, and subordinates are official affairs, but you use your private identity to speak and do things in official affairs, and in the long run, this is the way to cause trouble." ”

was dumbfounded by Pound's words, and after thinking about it carefully, Pound was right, to put it nicely, his behavior just now can be said to be pampered and arrogant, and to put it ugly, it is imperious. Shocked into a cold sweat, Ma Yue said in a low voice: "Ling Ming reminded me that today is a certain gaffe. Seeing that Ma Yue realized the seriousness of the problem, Pang De didn't say anything, but smiled and said: "The general is your second brother, just pay a little attention in public in the future." A certain general is open-minded, and he should not be the person with a small belly. ”

Nodding vigorously, Ma Yue said that he agreed with Pound's opinion. After the two were silent for a while, Ma Yue suddenly asked Pang De in a low voice: "Ling Ming, in your opinion, how about a certain second brother?" Pang De's eyes flashed with a gleam, and then said: "The general's Wen Tao Wu is known as a genius in the world, and he is even more brave, and he has broken through the name of the little overlord. Moreover, he treats soldiers and ordinary people with kindness, is extremely broad-minded, affectionate and righteous, and has a unique insight into people, which is a rare master in the world today. ”

Looking at Pang De with a smile, Ma Yue said with a smile: "It seems that Ling Ming has the intention to join the second brother's command?" Pang De returned with a smile: "Don't you think so? Even if we can return to Xiliang in the future, it will only be a corner of peace, how can it compare to the joy of serving under the general and galloping on the battlefield?"

Ma Dai, who had been silent beside him, suddenly interjected and said: "A certain also has this intention, but I didn't expect the eldest brother and Ling Ming to think so." ”

Ma Yue looked at Pang De and Ma Dai, and said with a straight smile: "Then it's decided, when Wancheng is pacified, let's go and tell the second brother to serve under the second brother and not return to Xiliang!"