Heading northwest from Qixian County, passing the danger of Denglin, you will completely leave the flat Nanyang Basin and enter the hilly area, where the road is rugged and steep. Especially after arriving at the boundary of Xixian County (Xixia County, Henan), there is a valley named Huanggu, which is sandwiched by two mountains, and there is a small pass.

It is said that the lieutenant reported that when they came from the west of Yuxian County, they were blocked here, and a fierce battle took the Yellow Valley after paying a lot of casualties.

By this time, the soldiers were still cleaning up the battlefield, the corpses were separated and removed, and the red, white, and black cloth wrapped around their arms was the Southern Army, and the rest were the Northern Army.

At the mouth of the valley, countless arrows are inserted in the ground, and the arrow feathers are white, which is made with a local water bird, so the county also has another name: White Feather City.

When he arrived outside the city of Xixian County, he saw that this was a small city by the water, and Heifu saw at a glance that in the dozens of barracks and fences outside the city, the prisoners who were squatting with their heads in their hands were all dejected, no different from the group in the county.

There were quite a lot of them, and when the lieutenant came to visit, Heifu asked him, "How many have you intercepted?" ”

"Twenty thousand!" Gong Wei said:

"A few days ago, the thief army encountered rain and the mountain road was difficult, and the last group of northern troops evacuated from Wancheng and Lixian were delayed, and they only arrived in Xixian the day before us. However, when our army was blocked in the Yellow Valley for a long time, it was already too late to catch up, it was the uncle of the East Gate who braved the rain and led the troops to attack the west bank, broke the enemy army after the break, destroyed the pontoon bridge, and blocked Sima Ying's division to rescue, which cut off the hope of 20,000 people on the east bank and surrendered. ”

20,000 people is not much, but it is not a small number, the northern army in Nanyang 150,000, Xinye, 50,000 in the county have surrendered, plus the county of Xi, it is considered to be left a small half.

However, what Heifu is most worried about is that the losses on the side of the Dongmen Leopard are too heavy and the gains outweigh the losses.

"Uncle Dongmen let the army cover the back, and he personally led the light troops into battle, so the casualties were not heavy, but they were ......"

"Just what?" Heifu had a bad premonition.

"It's just that Uncle Dongmen himself was injured! Listen to the doctor, it's not light! ”

……

Dongmen Leopard's troops were stationed on the west bank of Danshui, because the pontoon bridge had been destroyed and had not yet been built, and Heifu had to take a boat to get there.

On this ship, he saw several fingers that had not had time to be cleaned.

The lieutenant explained: "The pontoon bridge was broken by Uncle Dongmen, and in order to cross the river, the northern army on the east bank rushed to the river bank in the confusion and fought for boats to cross. The one who got on the boat first swung his sword and slashed indiscriminately, so that the ship was interrupted so much that it could be picked up...... This ship, which careless tun commander cleaned it up? The subordinates let people throw them away! ”

"No need."

Heifu sighed, lowered his head and picked up the white-soaked fingers one by one, looked at them for a long time, and handed them to the guards.

"The middle finger of the boat is cute, it's the first time I've seen it, it can be seen that this battle is cruel, bury them, along with those dead Northern soldiers, those older soldiers, maybe more than ten years ago, were the friendly soldiers who fought Wei and destroyed Chu together."

"The guilty ones are Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, as well as Sima Ying and Gan Tang who are unwilling to repent, ordinary soldiers, who are just acting on orders from their superiors, and they have no choice in this war!"

"It's a pity to let the corpse of his generation, with his head facing the west, finally to get so close to home, but die outside the door."

After this little episode, the boat carrying Heifu crossed the water and waited until he entered the camp of the Dongmen Leopard, but he saw that although there were many wounded soldiers here, the attrition was not serious, and after arriving at the big tent, before he could enter, he heard a loud scolding.

"Han Xin's son, who was defeated in Danyang last year, lost his troops and lost his generals. And now, Naigong has won a big victory in Danyang, and when he says goodbye, I think he will dare to be proud! ”

Hearing this voice, Heifu knew that Dongmen Leopard should be fine, opened the camp tent and went in, and said with a smile: "Ah Leopard, the captain said that you were seriously injured, why are you still making such noise?" ”

"Pavilion Chief!"

Dongmen Leopard was naked, lying on the couch, and the doctor gave him sore medicine, but he was hit by an arrow in the back, but because his armor was thick and his body was not deep, he saw Heifu coming at this moment, and immediately got up.

Heifu asked him to lie down, but Dongmen Leopard didn't care: "The children haven't suffered, what is this little injury?" I think back then, when we were in the army with the pavilion chief, who wasn't covered with scars? ”

He did have many wounds on his body, from head to toe, like a leopard's colorful patterns.

Heifu had a blank face: "Lying on your stomach, I'll give you medicine personally!" ”

When Heifu personally applied medicine to the Dongmen Leopard and tied the bandage, the Dongmen Leopard suddenly sighed and said: "The pavilion chief's technique is the same as in the past, I think my heaviest time is in the head of the outer Huangcheng, a few deaths, fortunately, the pavilion chief rescued, this saved a life......

Heifu said: "Chen Wuyi's role is greater than mine, without his sore medicine, even if he stops the bleeding, it will not help." You, you, you're already a general, how do you fight or do you like to risk arrows and stones? ”

Dongmen Leopard said: "I was also helpless at that time, in that rainy day, the enemy was outnumbered, and our army had the intention of retreating." One step later, the 20,000 men on the east bank will be successfully withdrawn, and if I don't charge into battle myself, how can my men follow? ”

"It doesn't matter if Ah Leopard is dead, what matters is to intercept more enemy soldiers, so that the pavilion chief can enter the customs as soon as possible! Let the folks of Anlu live a good life as soon as possible. ”

"If you are broken, even if you capture 20,000 or 30,000 more, it will be a loss!"

Heifu tied the slipknot, but said with a smile: "Ah Leopard, just now I heard you talk about Han Xin, could it be that I am still angry about transferring you back from Hanzhong?" ”

"It's the leopard who is incompetent and failed to conquer Nan Zheng ......"

Dongmen Leopard didn't say anything, but the dissatisfaction on his face was revealed - this dissatisfaction was not directed at Heifu, but at Han Xin! Since that conflict, two guys with the same small hearts and eyes have become feuding.

Heifu shook his head: "I changed generals, but not because of this." ”

"Which side do you think is the main direction of attack between Hanzhong and Wuguan?"

Dongmen Leopard thought for a while: "Naturally, it's Wuguan!" ”

"That's right." Heifu slapped his palms and smiled: "Hanzhong can be picked up by the partial division, but here in Wuguan, I need a vanguard general who is brave and champion of the three armies!" ”

Immediately, Heifu's face turned flat: "What, Ah Leopard doesn't want to fight with me?" ”

"It's better to be a pawn of the pavilion chief than a general, but it's just ......" Dongmen Leopard wanted to speak and stopped.

"I know what you're thinking."

Heifu stood up and said, "Since the beginning of spring, there are some people, I won't name who they are...... They said that I was like laying bricks, and the latecomers came first......"

"That's nonsense!"

Hei Dashuai angrily criticized these rumors, and turned to comfort Dongmen Leopard:

"Don't worry, the Dongmen Violent Tiger has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and no matter the title in the future, he will not be under Han Xin!"

……

On the side of the Dongmen Leopard, he was finally appeased, and when he left the camp, Heifu's heart was like Spiegel.

In the old department of the Nanjun Township Party, Dongmen Leopard can be regarded as the one with the highest merit for the title, and his attitude is not only that he is playing tricks, but that he represents a group of people!

Han Xin's rapid rise and even married Heifu's niece, which made many of the old disciples jealous and envious, and at the same time had a deep sense of danger.

Although the "meritorious people are on top" shouted loudly, absolute fairness is impossible, as a leader, a bowl of water must be leveled, and in the future, in the army, under the black man, it will never be Han Xin's family that dominates.

On the one hand, he has to continue to promote the old department, and on the other hand, he has to discover new talents.

So back to this matter, if you look at it completely objectively, Dongmen Leopard is a talent who charges into battle.

And Han Xin is handsome, even a million troops, the more generals the better, in Xiao He's words, that is, "the generals are easy to hear, as believers, the country is unparalleled!" ”

The latter is clearly more precious than the former.

But you can't just look at the ability of the two, you have to look at another level.

"That's right, Han Shin can fight for me."

Heifu smiled reassuringly.

"But Ah Leopard, he can die for me!"

……

In early April, the Northern Expeditionary Army won one victory after another, and the more than 80,000 people who could not intercept it had already entered the military pass and were guarded in seclusion.

At this time, Heifu had to face a new problem: even if he didn't count the 20,000 Nanyang soldiers of Xinye, there were as many as 50,000 prisoners, and he had to eat 70,000 or 80,000 stone of grain a month, so he couldn't keep them in vain, and how to treat these prisoners became a problem.

"The Qin officials are still in the crowd, their hearts are not convinced, they don't listen to the pass, the matter will be dangerous, it is better to kill them!"

Fortunately, under the command of Heifu, no one has mentioned such a stupid idea.

After all, they are anti-thieves in the system, and they, the "new Qin people" in Jingdi, are looked down upon by the "old Qin people" in Guanzhong, but this is only equivalent to the fact that the people of the imperial capital at the feet of the Son of Heaven look down on other provinces, and they are discriminated against regionally.

So how to treat the captives, Heifu has long planned it.

"Preferential treatment of prisoners!"

"In the past few days, the food of the captives has been the same as the "Law of Passing on Food", with the rate of the chief, five hundred lords, etc., and each meal has half a bucket of rice, a quarter of a liter of sauce, vegetable soup, and leeks."

"Five hundred lords or less, until the tun is long, and each meal is half a bucket of rice, and there is vegetable soup, and salt is served."

"Shi Chang, Wu Chang, half a bucket of rice."

"Shiwu, one-third of the rice."

The food is just like the standards of all levels of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and there has never been such a preferential treatment of prisoners in the world, and everyone is a little puzzled.

But Heifu said again, if you want to eat, there is a prerequisite.

Before each meal, the captives would sit in a row, and the military judge brainwashed them, telling everyone the content of the "edict", the justice of the Northern Expedition, and the awakening of General Wang Ben before his death......

Hefu did this with his own plans.

He has seen a set of data, another civil war in later generations, at the beginning of the war, the total strength of the national army was 4.3 million, and the total strength of our army was more than 1.2 million, and the ratio of the two sides was 3.5:1.

However, after the Liaoshen Campaign, the total strength of the national army dropped to less than 2.9 million, while the total strength of our army has reached more than 3 million.

After the two wars of Pingjin and Huaihai, the proportion was even more exaggerated.

In short, the more the enemy fights, the less our army fights.

This is not a simple annihilation, but the elimination of one and the other, many prisoners through reorganization, also transformed into the People's Liberation Army......

Heifu is ready to follow this method, after all, even if the small court of Huhai is overthrown, the war is not over, the remnants of the six eastern countries have already risen, and Heifu needs to fight a war of "reconquest".

At that time, these reorganized captives will be of great use again.

"I have made Ren Wang Peng the captain, specially commanding the surrendered northern army chariots and horses, and arranged to go to Runan. The rest of the apprentices, give them a good meal for a few days, preach and proclaim the righteousness of our army, and make them feel at ease, and then they will begin to screen and choose. ”

If you want to join the Northern Expeditionary Army and continue to serve as soldiers, you will be assigned to various armies.

"What if there is one who does not want to?"

Ji Ying was a little worried, as the captain of the guard, he had been able to observe the soldiers in Xia County and Sui County in the past few days, and knew what they were whispering:

"Today, the Marquis of Wuzhong can enter the customs to take Xianyang, which is good; That is, if you can't, if you take me to the south, Xianyang will punish my parents and wives......"

So don't expect that the captives will happily surrender after a few full meals and without being mistreated.

"That's what they think?"

Heifu nodded, this is human nature, and it is the same for everyone.

"If you don't want to join, you don't have to force it."

Ji Ying's eyes flashed with a touch of ruthlessness, and he stretched out his hand to compare it at his neck: "The pavilion chief means that the prisoners who are unwilling to join the Northern Expeditionary Army ......"

Fraud and cheating!

Heifu shook his head: "I said that the guilty ones are Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, ordinary soldiers, who were just called by the conscription order and had to go to the battlefield, and in this war, they have no choice!" ”

"But now, I'm going to give them that power!"

Heifu smiled slyly.

"I will organize these people who don't want to join and send them to Wuguan."

"As long as Hu Hai and Zhao Gao dare to open and close the pass, I will let them 'enter the customs'!"

……

PS: The second chapter is in the evening.