44.Chapter 44
It is already the beginning of June, and the city gate of Puyang has finally been opened.
Although the four gates are guarded by officers and soldiers, and the search is very strict when they enter the city, there is still a lot of traffic at the city gate, and there is an endless stream of people entering and leaving.
After all, the pressure of the Yellow Turban Army made Puyang close the city gate for a long time, and the people in the city wanted to go out of the city but couldn't, and the people outside wanted to enter the city but couldn't.
Over time, many people have accumulated a lot of things to deal with, and it is normal for people to come and go.
After the war, the faces of the people showed expressions of the aftermath of the catastrophe.
There are also those who have sad faces and have either men or relatives in their families who have died in the war.
Chen Xu rode the horse that was given to him by the army, and led the county soldiers to inspect the city gate.
Although the Yellow Turban Army retreated, he did not dare to be careless, for fear that the Yellow Turban Army would infiltrate the city and come to seize the city with the outside world.
Chen Xu came to the guard and said loudly: "Those who enter the city, you must carefully inspect them, and don't let the yellow turban fine work mix into the city." ”
When the soldiers saw their own commander, they all held their heads high and looked at Chen Xu with admiration.
Chen Xu had long been accustomed to the eyes of the soldiers, and he rubbed his forehead, feeling tired.
These days of fighting with the Yellow Turban Army seemed to be extremely easy, but in fact he spent a lot of effort.
Finally, the war ended, and he did not dare to be careless.
Now that the weather is getting hotter, the corpses of many soldiers who died in battle, as well as homeless people who starved to death, began to decompose.
In order to prevent the occurrence of the plague, Chen Xu suggested to Qiao Mao: Levy the people's husbands, go and collect the corpses in Dongjun, burn them and bury them in the soil.
However, the ancients paid attention to the burial of the earth, and the proposal to burn the corpse was opposed by many people, and later it was Qiao Mao who agreed to Chen Xu's proposal despite public opinion.
However, no official was willing to take on an errand, and in the end, Chen Xu could only go out in person, collect the corpses everywhere, and burn them for burial.
The Yellow Turban Army retreated, and Chen Xu was not at ease.
He knew that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was only the beginning of the war, and in the years to come, such wars would break out in every land of the Han Empire.
And the corpse lying down will also tell the grief of the troubled times in blood.
Thinking of those county sergeants and the Yellow Turban Army who fell in a pool of blood, Chen Xu felt extremely guilty in his heart.
The county sergeant was his subordinate, and although the Yellow Turban Army was nominally a thief, it was just a few homeless people who were forced to rebel by the officials.
During this time, Chen Xu always felt empty and confused, not knowing whether he was right or wrong to suppress the Yellow Turban Army.
"General, Lord Taishou summoned the general to the county guard mansion to discuss matters."
The appearance of the herald interrupted Chen Xu's train of thought.
He did not dare to slack off, and once again instructed the defenders of the city gate to carefully check and not let the yellow turbans mix into the city, and then rode to the county guard's mansion.
As soon as he entered the county guard's mansion, Chen Xu heard Qiao Mao's laughter.
He looked around and saw that all the county officials had happy faces on their faces.
Seeing Chen Xu, Qiao Mao grabbed him and laughed: "The Yellow Turban thieves are all angry!" ”
Then, he handed over the two letters in his hand to Chen Xu.
The first letter talks about the news of the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army.
After Bu Ji's death, more than 7,000 Yellow Turban troops fled to Dong'e, but did not want to have civil strife, Wang Yan led his troops to raid several other Yellow Turban generals who were vying for power, beheaded more than 1,000, and won the position of Qu Shuai.
Later, many people were dissatisfied with Wang Yan's actions against Paoze, and more than 1,000 people were dispersed one after another, and now the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army has less than 5,000 people.
The second letter mentions the war report in Yuzhou.
Huangfu Song was first besieged by the Yellow Turban Army, but he spotted the fighter plane, and took advantage of the time when Bocai was camping in the grass, defeated the Yellow Turban Army with a fire attack, and joined forces with Cao Cao and Zhu Jun who rushed to support, and killed more than 10,000 Yellow Turban Army.
Due to the victory in the first battle, Huangfu Song was named the Marquis of Songdu by the emperor.
Subsequently, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun took advantage of the victory to attack the Yellow Turban Army of Runan and Chen State, defeated Bocai, Peng Tuo and other troops in Yangzhai and Xihua regions, and slaughtered tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army.
Seeing this, Chen Xu clenched his fists.
In his previous life, when he watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he saw Huangfu Song repeatedly breaking the Yellow Turban Army, and he admired him very much.
When he came to this era and saw that these so-called Yellow Turban Army were just some people who were forced to rebel, he felt deep sympathy for them in his heart.
If the two armies are fighting, killing people is nothing, but Huangfu Song's behavior is completely slaughtering!
Chen Xu didn't remember it very clearly, he only knew that Huangfu Song had slaughtered tens of thousands of Yellow Turban troops after the defeat of Bocai; Then in Dongjun, he captured Bu Ji alive and beheaded 7,000.
What's even more excessive is that after killing Zhang Bao, he slaughtered more than 100,000 prisoners, and built their heads into a Jingguan to show off his military exploits, including many old and weak women, children, and ordinary people who followed the Yellow Turban Army in order to be able to eat their stomachs.
History can't bear to look at it in detail.
In the eyes of later generations, these are just a series of numbers, but in Chen Xu's eyes, they are all living lives.
Taking a deep breath, Chen Xu tried to calm his emotions.
Qiao Mao seemed to see that something was wrong with Chen Xu's condition, and asked with concern, "Wen Zhao, what's wrong with you?" ”
With a strong laugh, Chen Xu replied: "It's okay, it's just that I felt a little emotional in my heart when I saw General Huangfu defeat the Yellow Turban Army." ”
Qiao Mao didn't think much about it, and said excitedly: "When General Huangfu Song pacifies the Yellow Turban in Yuzhou, he will wave his troops north." At that time, what should the thousands of Yellow Turban troops led by Wang Yan be afraid of? ”
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Back at home, Chen Xu was depressed.
In the next few days, he often saw in his dreams that Wang Yan's thousands of Yellow Turban troops were slaughtered, 50,000 Yellow Turban soldiers were thrown into the river and died, and the heads of more than 100,000 Yellow Turban troops were built into a Beijing Temple.
He often woke up in his dreams, drenched in cold sweat.
After a few days, he actually developed a high fever and couldn't afford to get sick.
Qiao Mao, the officials in the county, and the generals in the army were all shocked and came to visit Chen Xu one by one. Chen Hu and Chen Jing stand around every day.
However, Chen Xu opened his cloudy eyes, and no matter how others asked, he just didn't say a word.
He felt lost, didn't know why he came to this era, and didn't know what he could change.
Everyone was anxious and visited famous doctors, but they were still helpless.
For a while, rumors spread in the county, saying that Chen Xu suppressed the Yellow Turban, was punished by Huang Tian, and fell into evil, and the county sergeants and soldiers were also panicked.
Fortunately, Qiaomao sent people to arrest the people who spread rumors and showed them to the public, so that Puyang City did not become turbulent.
In troubled times, especially at this critical juncture, Qiao Mao can't care about mercy.
On this day, Chen Xu lay on the bed, closed his eyes and sighed in his heart, hearing that someone came to visit, he was upset in his heart, he didn't want to speak, just pretended to sleep.
Suddenly, an anxious voice sounded: "Brother Wen Zhao, why do you look like this?" ”
Chen Xu felt that the voice was a little familiar, opened his heavy eyes, and saw Dian Wei looking at him anxiously, and muttered: "Brother Guofu, could it be that my brother and I met in a dream?" ”
Looking at Chen Xu, who was with a withered face, Dian Wei's eyes turned red, hugged Chen Xu, and cried: "Wen Zhao, this is not a dream, why haven't you seen you for half a month, you have become like this?" ”
Chen Xu saw that it was not a dream, he was overjoyed, and he wanted to get up and salute, but he didn't want to be weak and unable to move.
Dian Wei saw Chen Xu's movements, pressed him on the bed, and said, "Wen Zhao is sick, just lie on the bed." ”
When Chen Xu saw Dian Wei, he was sad from his heart, and cried sadly: "Brother, the world is chaotic, the people are hard, countless people are homeless, and they are hungry everywhere. ”
"If the Yellow Turban Army really can't survive, how can they be willing to rebel?"
"But I don't want to kill thousands of yellow turbans with my own hands, and I heard that General Huangfu slaughtered tens of thousands of yellow turbans, so I feel sad from my heart, and I have nightmares every day, and I can't tell the difference between dreams and reality."
"Woohoo, brother save me!"
Chen Xu burst into tears and cried out in grief.
In the final analysis, Chen Xu's soul is just an otaku in later generations.
Growing up in the Taiping world, although he has blood in his heart and likes to fantasize, his nature is extremely kind.
killed Zhang Qi's family, they deserved it, and Chen Xu didn't feel guilty at all.
But after the battle with the Yellow Turbans, he felt as if he were the eagle dog of the court, a cold-blooded butcher who suppressed the peasant uprising.
Coupled with the thought of the difficult life of the people of the Han Empire, and the hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers who died under the butcher's knife of Huangfu Song, the depression in his heart, as well as his own fatigue, made Chen Xu sick.
When Dian Wei heard this, he was a little at a loss.
He is just a martial artist, although he sympathizes with the people, but he prefers to make a contribution.
The fierce general in Dongwuyang who single-handedly killed hundreds of Yellow Turban Army was Dian Wei. At that time, he happened to be passing by, and he originally wanted to come to Puyang to help Qiao Mao.
But he didn't want to encounter the officers and soldiers fighting with the Yellow Turban Army halfway, since he came to join the army, he was naturally the enemy with the Yellow Turban Army, so he rushed into the battle formation and killed all sides, but he didn't want to make the officers and soldiers turn the tide of the war.
Although Dian Wei is a reckless man, he is not stupid, he knows that Chen Xu is a heart disease.
He didn't know how to enlighten Chen Xu, so he had to set his eyes on the person behind him.
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