Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 404 Another choice

Although the Baibo army has been defeated now, it is obvious that this is only a part of the people, the rest are still behind, and there are no civilians carrying packs, so Fei Qian directly ordered Ma Yue to follow the fleeing Baibo soldiers, Drive away, while rounding up.

Although the pawns who came late behind Hu Cai were relatively better overall than the general miscellaneous soldiers and ordinary people, they were also limited in their goodness. They only ate a meal when they set off in the morning I made some porridge for a living, and after soaking in urine during the day, I had nothing left, and then I ran for a whole day, but I just arrived in Pingyang, but found that not only failed to win Pingyang, but was also beaten big defeat...

When the hope of having a good meal in Pingyang City was completely shattered, many of the Baibo army who had been running for a day were tired and hungry, and they couldn't even raise the energy to resist. Under the impact of Ma Yue and the cavalry, they quickly split up. It became several parts, some who couldn't run, knelt on the ground and surrendered, while those who still had some strength fled in all directions in a panic.

Ma Yue, a new force who just joined the battle, followed what Fei Qian had ordered before. After breaking up the Baibo army, he dispersed and divided the entire cavalry into two parts, just like driving sheep. Like a group, they drove the scattered Baibo army soldiers together, and then took turns to attack the fleeing Baibo army's rear army, cutting them piece by piece, so that the Baibo army had no chance to stop and rectify or rest. Desperately fled forward.

The whole battle gradually entered garbage time. Hu Cai led some personal guards, relied on his horse, and ran away first before the other soldiers could react. failed to catch him...

However, the rest of the Baibo army were not so lucky. Most of them lost their strength after running, and lost the chance to escape. Formed a row, gathered together, ready to **** back to Pingyang.

The sky gradually dimmed, and Ma Yue chased after him for a while, but he still didn't see Hu Cai's trace. He was also worried that his sight would be blurred, and the horse would be easily injured under high-speed running, so he quickly withdrew his troops, joined Huang Cheng, and went together Back to Pingyang County.

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  At night, inside the big tent in Pingyang County.

   Fei Qian is checking the situation of this battle with Huang Cheng, Ma Yue, Jia Qu and others.

Feiqian's soldiers were mainly lost during the period of defending the city, especially when the Baibo army used bows and arrows to attack. A total of 264 people died on the spot and 35 were seriously injured. , Twenty-eight people were slightly injured.

   It should not be a big problem for the slightly injured to survive, but for those seriously injured, in this era of lack of medical treatment and medicine, it can only depend on their own fate.

   As for the other side of the Baibo army, this is not easy to count. After all, under the Modao formation, almost no humanoid corpses were seen...

  However, the number of captives is quite considerable, a total of 1,970, and all of them are now guarded outside Pingyang City.

"This battle is really fun!" Ma Yue picked up the wine baron on the table, first respected Fei Qian, and said, "I never thought that the Lord's Sutra also contains the method of cavalry, and the word 'drive sheep' follows it all." The meaning of defeating the army!"

   Huang Cheng on the side didn't move his head when he heard the words, but he glanced at Ma Yue.

   Jia Qu also glanced over, but instead of looking at Ma Yue, he looked at Fei Qian.

  Fei Qian saw Jia Qu looking over, smiled slightly, and said it was okay.

It is no wonder that Ma Yue is more happy. This time can be said to be the first time he has personally led the army since the defeat of the Ma family in Shangjun, and he himself has just adopted Ma Yan as his heir. It is time to prove himself urgently. Although a hearty battle is not enough to fully prove one's ability, it can at least show Ma Yan and other people in the Ma family that Ma Yan did not choose the wrong person.

Fei Qian also raised the wine bar, responded to Ma Yue, and said: "Zidu will give it a try today, and he will bloom in the next day." After all, Ma Yue is still a little younger after all, or rather, he is relatively straightforward. After so many people's sophistication, Fei Qian just replied, exposing the matter.

   "Dare to ask the envoy, what should be done with the prisoners outside the city?" Jia Qu asked, clasping his hands. Is the war a matter for generals like Huang Cheng and Ma Yue? Now that the war is over, these aftermath problems naturally fall on Jia Qu's head. Naturally, he wants to ask Fei Qian's attitude.

   "What do you think Liang Daoru?"

After experiencing the incident of the Zhang family in Anyi, Jia Qu was obviously much more decisive. Seeing that Fei Qian hadn't said anything, he thought Fei Qian was too embarrassed to speak up. After hesitating, he opened his mouth and said, "It's fine to kill."

   Fei Qian couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Fei Qian suddenly felt that this style of painting was a bit wrong. According to the scenes that often appear in the normal Romance of the Three Kingdoms, shouldn’t he say some words such as "the killing of prisoners is unknown", why is it so simple and neat to say "just kill it" thing?

Jia Qu noticed Fei Qian's silence, and thought he wanted to give more detailed reasons, so he said plainly: "Harmony, so all things are integrated; sequence, so all things are different. Excessive regulation will lead to chaos, and excessive regulation will lead to chaos." Violence. If you don’t care about farming and mulberry, you will lose peace; if you don’t care about the country, you will lose its order;

   Fei Qian suddenly understood why Huangfusong didn't make a cruel comment after killing so many people who followed the Yellow Turbans.

   Feiqian's long hesitation made Jia Qu involuntarily surprised.

   Fei Qian let out a long sigh in his heart, and then said: "The land is so barren that no one can do it yet."

   Jia Qu suddenly said: "Your Majesty's worries are extremely true. However, the chief evil has not been eliminated, and it may be difficult to order him. I am afraid that he will stay..."

Jia Qu thinks that Fei Qian's consideration is also reasonable, but since he is in charge of this area, of course he has to explain the difficulties clearly. Of course, the final decision is still in Fei Qian's hands, so everyone including Jia Qu is silent. Quietly waiting for Fei Qian's final decision.

One word can decide life, one word can decide death, one word disagrees with tens of thousands of people's heads, it seems crazy to say it, but when the decision-making power is really in his hands, Fei Qian finds that the choice so difficult.

The vast majority of these Baibo troops are farmers or hunters in the Hanoi area of ​​​​Hedong. Either because they cannot pay taxes, or because they are carried by the yellow scarves, they become the Baibo army and become "more than innocent" in Jia Qu's eyes. generation.

  The problem is this kind of view. Fei Qian realizes that this is not just Jia Qu's point of view, but the public opinion of Jia Qu's people like him. These original peasants, because they resisted and violated the basic rules for the survival of the entire gentry, became destroyers of the order of the Han Dynasty, so they had to die.

  If the two armies are at war, there is no doubt that there is no choice between life and death, but now that these people have disarmed and surrendered, logically speaking, they should be regarded as prisoners, should they be killed?

But if you really don’t kill, it’s troublesome. Jia Qu also said, “The chief evil has not been eliminated.” Not to mention that several Qu commanders of the Baibo army are still alive, even the general who led the troops to attack Pingyang this time also escaped. Well, what if I arrange to go to the farm here, and then some handsome men like Bai Bojun come to incite others, what should I do? Who can guarantee that those who have seen blood, killed people, and robbed property can return to their duties as farmers?

Then again, after all, it is the lives of nearly 2,000 people. People are not like crops in the field, which can grow within a year. According to such poor living conditions in the Han Dynasty, they can grow from infancy to full-time laborers. , is not an easy task. Although an order by myself is simple, at least it is equivalent to destroying the pillars of thousands of families...

  Fei Qian closed his eyes, his heart was constantly churning, how should he choose?

   After a long time, Fei Qian let out a long sigh and said, "It's late today, let's serve it with thin porridge..."

  Jia Qu's eyes flickered, and he cupped his hands respectfully and said, "I respect the order."

   To kill or not to kill?

   Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?

   Don't forget that everything is not alone, in fact, all are involved...

  (end of this chapter)