189.Chapter 189: Disposal of Captives
After the horse thieves were recruited, the cavalry under Chen Xu's account rose instead of falling, from the original 6,500 people to the current more than 8,800 people.
Tian Feng came to Chen Xu and reported to him: "My lord, this raid on Danhan Mountain has beheaded a total of 5,823 people and captured Xianbei men, women, and children, a total of 40,354 people. ”
"We have captured 35,276 war horses, of which only more than 6,000 are good horses, and the rest of the livestock are countless."
"According to the scout's report, those Xianbei people who were fighting infighting, as well as the nearby Xianbei tribes, began to rush to Danhan Mountain. If our Yellow Turban Army does not leave as soon as possible, when they arrive at Danhan Mountain, our army will be in danger! ”
Tian Feng looked at Chen Xu with burning eyes and said, "What does the lord want to do with those prisoners?" ”
Hearing Tian Feng's question, Chen Xu's face stiffened. What to do with the captives, he has never wanted to face.
But now, the Yellow Turban Army will soon withdraw from Danhan Mountain, and if the problem of prisoners is not dealt with, I am afraid that the Yellow Turban Army's retreat plan will be delayed.
At this moment, all the generals of the Yellow Turban Army came to Chen Xu's big tent.
Zhao Huang, Tang Chen, and Jiang Wu walked in the forefront, and they said in unison: "My lord, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different." ”
"We now have no land to use to collect these captives as slaves; I don't have time to take them away, so please make a decision early! ”
Looking at the performance of the generals, Chen Xu knew what they meant.
Since these aliens cannot be taken away, they are kept as slaves. Then for these enemies, there is only slaughter.
Zhao Huang, Tang Chen, Jiang Wu, and those soldiers under their tents all had a deep blood feud with the Xianbei people. In their opinion, only by killing these captives can they wash away their hatred.
As for letting these captives go, not only a few of them, but even Zhao Yun, Tian Feng, Dian Wei and others would not agree.
In this era, the discrimination of the Han people against people of different races is far from what Chen Xu can imagine.
Since ancient times, China has called itself the superior kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and for those who have become foreigners, there is a strong superiority in their hearts, just like the superiority of white Americans in the face of black Africans in later generations.
Even, their sense of superiority is even stronger.
Except for Huaxia, the people of the rest of the countries were called barbarians by the Han people. In the eyes of the Han people, these barbarians are inferior, and they cannot be compared with the Han people at all.
But since ancient times, those barbarians in the eyes of the Han people have repeatedly invaded the land of China, plundered the wealth of the Central Plains, and slaughtered the noble Han people.
It was to resist these rude barbarians that the Great Wall appeared in China since the Zhou Dynasty. In the Qin and Han dynasties, the Great Wall was built in a unified manner.
It can be put that the various ethnic groups in the north are not only despised by the Han people, but also deeply feared by the Han people.
And the hatred that has been forged since ancient times is not so easy to wash away. When facing the Hu people, the heads of the Xianbei people will only become the military exploits, and will not be charged with the crime of a bloody butcher.
Even a scribe like Tian Feng, if he had the opportunity, he would spare no effort to weaken the Hu people.
Tian Feng took a step forward and continued: "Although the lord is merciful, since my Yellow Turban Army has decided to start from the north, the Hu people outside the Saiwai will definitely become a big problem for us in the future. ”
"If these tens of thousands of Xianbei people are released today, the number of Han people who die in the north in the battle will be several times more. Please make a decision early! ”
"Please make a decision early!"
The generals all knelt on the ground and echoed loudly.
Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath, Chen Xu thought of the Han people who died in Macheng. He suddenly opened his eyes and said loudly, "Kill! ”
When he came to Danhan Mountain, Chen Xu saw those humble women and children, all holding weapons to fight horse thieves. To be honest, Chen Xu was shocked at that time.
At this time, Chen Xu could only comfort himself in his heart, those women and children who were about to be killed, they were not prisoners, but enemies.
The sun is blazing, and the east wind is blowing. The big flags erected on the school grounds, all hunting.
Xianbei was captured and all escorted into the school field by the Yellow Turban Army.
Among them were young and strong men, but more often were old men, women and children.
These who stayed in the Danhan Mountain and would not have gone to the battlefield showed a look of fear on their faces in the face of the butcher's knife of the Yellow Turban Army.
In addition to the Yellow Turban Army who have been following Chen Xu, whether it is those officers and soldiers who followed Zhao Huang and Tang Chen to defect to Chen Xu; Or those horse thieves, with a bloodthirsty glint in their eyes.
The Xianbei people were tied into strings of ropes, and they knelt on the ground blankly, looking at the direction where Chen Xu was, with a pleading glint in their eyes.
Tang Chen, Zhao Huang, and Jiang Wu were all fully armed, leading the soldiers into the battlefield.
The weapons in their hands reflected a dazzling light in the sun, but they made the Xianbei people who knelt on the ground shiver.
Only now do they understand their fate.
Many people struggled, scolding loudly in Xianbei language, trying to get up.
"Poof!"
As soon as someone screamed and someone tried to get up, they would be shot to death by the archers who stayed next to the school grounds.
Archers are not all marksmen, they sometimes don't shoot accurately, and they can shoot the wrong person. When someone dies, there is chaos in the school yard.
At this time, Tang Chen and several generals brought the soldiers behind him, and after entering the field, they specially killed those Xianbei people who were rioting.
For a while, the entire school yard was stained red with blood. The Xianbei people didn't dare to move anymore, so they could only curl up on the ground, with a look of fear on their faces.
Looking at everything in the school field, Chen Xu's heart twitched fiercely. If he was asked to kill those enemies, Chen Xu would definitely not hesitate.
But these Xianbei people, they are all some unarmed captives.
"Stop!"
Chen Xu roared, and those soldiers with crazy faces finally stopped their slaughter.
Ignoring the astonishment on everyone's faces, Chen Xu walked into the school yard and said to those Xianbei people: "Among you, can anyone understand Chinese?" ”
After a while, an old man finally answered tremblingly and said, "The villain can understand Chinese!" ”
At this time, Tian Feng and the others also came back to their senses, and when they came to the back of the school, they shouted: "Lord." ”
They couldn't understand why their lord would suddenly repent, and tell the soldiers to stop the slaughter.
"Shut up!"
Chen Xu roared, and all the generals who were about to speak didn't dare to say anything more when they looked at his hideous face.
Coming to the Xianbei old man, Chen Xu said to him: "You tell these Xianbei people that anyone who is an enemy of the Han people is our enemy. In the face of the enemy, all that our Yellow Turban Army gave them was a butcher's knife. ”
When the old man heard Chen Xu's words, he didn't dare to resist, so he could only use Xianbei language and translate it to the others in the school field.
The Xianbei people heard the old man's words, and the look of fear in his eyes became even stronger.
After the old man finished translating, Chen Xu suddenly shouted: "Where is Tang Chen?" ”
Tang Chen hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and replied loudly: "The end will be!" ”
Looking at Tang Chen, Chen Xu said: "This time we are attacking Danhan Mountain, those who take up arms to resist, regardless of men, women and children, will be killed!" ”
When Tang Chen heard this, he was overjoyed, and after receiving the general's order, he slaughtered those people.
After half an hour, Tang Chen came back to restore his life, and he said with blood all over his body: "Lord, a total of 3,524 people, all killed!" ”
When the horse thieves attacked Danhan Mountain, nearly 10,000 Xianbei people took up arms to fight the Han people. In addition to those who died and fled, the Yellow Turbans only captured more than 3,000 people.
Half of these people were men, and the rest were children and women.
After killing these captives, the rest of the Xianbei people were even more frightened, and many of them couldn't help but cry in low voices.
Chen Xu continued to say to the old man: "Translate to these people, my Han people and Xianbei people are feuds. We all have kindness to repay kindness and revenge. ”
After the old man finished translating, Chen Xu still shouted loudly: "Where is Jiang Wu? ”
Jiang Wu hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "The last general!" ”
"Among the Xianbei people, all Xianbei men who are taller than the wheels and under the age of fifty will be killed!"
When Jiang Wu heard this, he was overjoyed and hurriedly led his troops to kill.
The Xianbei old man, after hearing Chen Xu's words, breathed a sigh of relief. It's better to kill people like him with standards than to kill everyone indiscriminately.
This time, Jiang Wu came back for a full hour before he came back to his life. Because he killed this time, he had to find out the age and compare the height of the Xianbei boy, which delayed time.
After Jiang Wu was reinstated, Chen Xu said to the old man again: "In my Yellow Turban Army, there are many soldiers who have not yet married, so they need a large number of young women. ”
"You go and translate for everyone present, you can ride a horse, and those who are willing to go to the Central Plains with me to be slaves and maids with the Yellow Turban Army can leave their lives."
When the old man heard this, his face turned bitter. Chen Xu said this, and they old men were afraid that they would also be slaughtered in the end.
But he didn't dare to disobey Chen Xu's order, so he had to help Chen Xu translate for the Xianbei people.
Those Xianbei women who were kneeling on the ground, hearing the old man's translation, all rushed to express their attitudes, hoping to follow the Yellow Turban Army to the Central Plains. Even if it's a slave or a slave, they don't care.
Chen Xu's strategy made the generals of the Yellow Turban Army stunned.
Tian Feng thought about it for a while, but he was overjoyed, and said loudly: "The lord is wise! ”
Although the rest of the generals didn't understand Chen Xu's thoughts, when they heard that Tian Feng said so, they naturally followed suit and shouted 'Lord Wise' one after another.
Chen Xu ignored the generals and continued to say to the old man: "You make it clear to them that Xianbei women who go to the Central Plains must be able to ride horses. And if you dare to run away on the road, there will be no mercy! ”
The old man did not help to pass the word, but said: "General, please rest assured, among the Xianbei people, except for the newborn baby, there is no one who cannot ride a horse." ”
Hearing the old man's words, a smile appeared on Chen Xu's face.