Chapter 72
: Remaining Soldiers and Defeated Generals
The overall situation has been decided, but that doesn't mean there are less things to do.
Although Liu Xuan stood among the rebels, still waving Chixiao and using the vacuum blade to kill non-stop, he was already thinking about what to do next in his head.
Yuzhou and Xuzhou are two areas occupied by Yellow Turban thieves. Among them, Xuzhou has just been occupied. Although the Yellow Turban thieves have caused a lot of damage there, it is not too serious, at least the roots are still there.
As for Yuzhou, this place was seriously harmed by the Yellow Turban bandits. Not only did it take a long time to recover, but it was even necessary to recruit refugees from other places to settle in Yuzhou in order to recover the huge population loss in Yuzhou.
At the same time, the return of Yuzhou to the imperial court also means that the area that the imperial court needs to be garrisoned has increased a lot, because next to Yuzhou and Xuzhou are Sun Ce and Yuan Shu. Neither of these two guys are honest people. If they don't send troops to garrison, it means that the best meat
If it was placed in the mouths of two hungry wolves, the two families would not be polite.
"We need more soldiers. It seems we won't be able to attack Yuan Shao within two years!"
Thinking of Yuan Shao, Liu Xuan suddenly remembered that if he wanted to deal with Yuan Shao, he had to get rid of Yuan Shu first. Otherwise, the two brothers would echo from the north to the south and it would be more troublesome to deal with him.
In the original history, Cao Cao first eliminated Yuan Shu and solved Liu Bei, Lu Bu and other future troubles, and then he could concentrate on dealing with the war with Yuan Shao.
Although I don't have to be like Cao Cao, after all, I have far more strength at this time than Cao Cao at that time. However, it is annoying to have people jumping around behind while fighting here, and Yuan Shu is very ambitious.
Maybe with a little provocation, he can get him to take the initiative to come to his door and ask him to take care of it.
If you think too much, your hand movements will inevitably become a bit slower, which also gives the surrounding yellow scarf soldiers more opportunities to escape.
Liu Xuan was not in a hurry when he saw it. Instead, he looked at a place in front where thieves were densely packed. He touched the ground with Chixiao in his hand and said softly: "Icicle Stab!"
Then he saw a huge icicle suddenly appear from the place he had just noticed. The icicle had countless sharp edges and corners. It would really hurt him if he touched it, and he would die if he touched it. One of the thieves happened to hit him.
As he stood, his belly was opened by the sharp points of the icicles, and the contents of his belly flowed all over the floor, making the surrounding thieves more frightened and wishing they had two extra legs so they could run better.
Faster.
But what surprised Liu Xuan was that one of the guys, who seemed to be a Yellow Turban general, not only did not run away in panic after seeing this situation, but instead turned around and rushed over with gritted teeth.
This man was holding a ring-headed sword in his hand. There were already many gaps on the blade. Judging from this, this man should be a battle-hardened figure. Liu Xuan didn't care much about these things. What concerned him was the thief general.
He actually dared to turn around and charge towards him, just to attract his attention so that more people could escape.
Liu Xuan secretly praised: "What a man!" He had a good impression of this man, so when he rushed in front of him, Liu Xuan did not resist the enemy with his red sky, but raised his head slowly.
His hand grasped the blade of the Huanshou Dao.
The squeaking sound was extremely harsh, especially in the ears of the person opposite. Although his Huanshou sword had not been repaired for a long time, it was not an iron rod. How could he hold the blade without any damage?
Fortunately, he has seen many strange and incomprehensible things in these years, so he didn't seem too surprised by this situation. He immediately let go of the knife, and then ran towards Liu Xuan and kicked him.
Unfortunately, before he could lift his feet, he felt the world spinning and he lost control and fell to the ground. Before he could even figure out what was going on, the golden-armored general in front of him raised his feet to his face.
As soon as I stepped on it, everything went dark and I didn't know anything anymore.
Liu Xuan didn't kill him, he just stepped on him and knocked him unconscious. He was about to ask the soldiers to tie him up and take him back, when he saw another person rushing out from the front.
This man was also dressed in rags, with a yellow scarf tied around his head, and holding a long sword and a hoe in his hand. He looked a bit nondescript, but this situation was not surprising among the Yellow Turban Army.
However, most general thieves will have a weapon. It is estimated that this person’s weapon was destroyed and he had no choice but to take a hoe. But even so, this general thieves could barely survive being chased by countless forbidden troops. It can be seen that
Still somewhat capable.
And when he saw the man lying at Liu Xuan's feet, he yelled and rushed forward - it seemed that the two of them had a good relationship, and Liu Xuan admired this kind of affectionate man.
So it's the same thing...kick him to death.
"Tie them up and take them back. Don't embarrass these two people!"
Who dares not to obey the emperor's orders?
Although Liu Xuan had said earlier that the Yellow Turban bandits would kill all of them and not take any prisoners - anyway, Liu Xuan didn't need to worry about the population issue, and it didn't matter if he killed more people.
It's just that things will eventually change. Nan Hua was killed in this battle, and it was Lu Bu who took action. The faith of the Yellow Turbans collapsed in an instant, and after losing faith, these Yellow Turbans did not necessarily have to be killed.
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Of course, catching them and putting them back for farming won’t work either!
The Yellow Turban thieves at this time were different from those in earlier years. Many of the Yellow Turban thieves in the earlier years were ordinary people who were kidnapped, but this time those who rebelled were mountain bandits who caused harm to various places. In short, there were no
A kind person.
It was for this reason that Liu Xuan said "I don't want any prisoners" before going on the expedition. But at that time, he never thought that Nanhua could recruit talents like Dian Wei and Xu Chu. It would be difficult to kill all the thieves.
So, just keep these two, right? In that case, the two of them will have a very distinct background, which will be very detrimental to their integration into the Imperial Forbidden Army in the future, so it is not impossible to recruit and surrender some Yellow Turban bandits appropriately.
Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou and Sizhou had so much territory at once, and Liu Xuan also needed more troops to defend key points. These yellow scarf soldiers would not work if they were put back to farm, but if they were reorganized into an army, they would not have so many worries.
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They had killed enough. Seeing that all the soldiers and horses had dispersed to pursue the fleeing Yellow Turban thieves, Liu Xuan did not continue to join in the fun. In today's battle, there would probably be no chance for him to deal with these Yellow Turban thieves.
Not to mention the tyrannical generals under their command, even if they gave Li Dian and Yu Jin some troops, they could quickly wipe out these Yellow Turban thieves who had lost their fighting spirit.
It's just that completely eliminating the Yellow Turban thieves is not a matter of time. Liu Xuan had already discussed these matters with Xun You, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others before coming.
The result after the discussion was that we should kill if we can, capture if we can, and the remaining defeated soldiers would be driven as far south as possible, allowing them to harm those places.
Anyway, just don’t let them stay in Yuzhou, Xuzhou and other places.
I believe that Sun Ce is still willing to accept these Yellow Turban thieves, because what the south lacks most is population resources. However, the number of population resources determines the number of soldiers under his account, and these thieves are an excellent source of soldiers. Sun Ce will definitely not
Let it go.
Although this may not completely eliminate the bandits in the two states, what will remain will not be large groups of bandits, but at most small groups of bandits.
Don't pay attention to these people for the time being. As long as the imperial court can gradually govern Yuzhou and Xuzhou well, these hiding bandits will slowly emerge - either they are greedy for the food and come out to plunder, or they also want to go there.
Live a peaceful life and become an ordinary citizen.
No matter which one it is, you can let the local chief officer solve these hidden dangers - if you continue to cause trouble to the local area, send troops to exterminate them. After all, if you come out to rob, your location will be exposed, and the officers and soldiers will have a clear target.
It would be even better to become a common people. Anyway, Yuzhou and Xuzhou suffered this disaster. There were many fields, but for fear that no one would be able to plant them, the court provided fields and farm tools. No one would refuse such a good treatment, right?
In short, the solution to the matter in Yuzhou and Xuzhou has been decided, and Liu Xuan has nothing to worry about. All he has to do is return to the camp, and then calculate how long it will take Cao Cao to regain Xuzhou, and when he will return to Beijing.
Just a matter.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Cao Bao walking into the camp and reporting: "Your Majesty, the two thieves are about to wake up!"
"Oh!" Liu Xuan nodded, and then asked: "What are the names of those two people? Can you tell them?"
"One is called Liu Pi and the other is Gong Du!" These things were all what Liu Xuan had ordered to do earlier, and Cao Bao naturally handled them properly.
After hearing the names of these two people, Liu Xuan thought to himself: "I didn't expect to catch two famous people. Although they are not great talents, they are still somewhat capable."
Thinking of this, he knew how to deal with it, and ordered Cao Bao to go down and ask the two men: "If you are willing to surrender, then you will serve as soldiers in the Forbidden Army and feed yourself. If you are not willing, you can just pull them out and kill them!"
Liu Xuan did not go to recruit him personally, because there was no need for him. The two yellow scarf thieves just ran over to him and demoted his status in vain. Not to mention these two people, even Xu Chu and Dian Wei, if Liu Xuan was too lazy to move
In other words, it was sent in one sentence.
His current thought is: Those who obey will prosper, and those who go against will perish! If you want to come, you can come, and if you don't want to come, you can pull him down. After all, even if you don't mention his current status as an emperor, he was originally a top immortal with status and identity. He can't always make mistakes.
Take a low stance.
Not long after, Cao Bao came back and reported: "Your Majesty, those two thieves are about to surrender!"
Liu Xuan nodded and understood. As for how to arrange it? As an emperor, he still has to worry about such a thing? Of course he has his subordinates to do it!
It happened that Yu Jin was eager to perform meritorious service and took the initiative to join the army, so the recruitment of bandits and other matters were left to him. Li Dian and Le Jin also took this opportunity to show off their abilities.
At the same time, in order to make their reorganization work go smoothly, Liu Xuan also sent Xiahou Dun, a general who was familiar with the establishment and situation of the imperial army, to supervise and help.
Just when everything was going on in an orderly manner, news came from Cao Cao: Xu Chu and Dian Wei surrendered after learning that Nan Hua had been killed!
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Chapter completed!