"What, we can go home long ago?"
Yue Fei's words immediately exploded among the surrendered soldiers, and everyone was whispering to each other.
Yue Fei said in a deep voice: "I will not kill the prisoners. You can leave after a while and go back to your hometown to see for yourself."
"You can really go home!"
Many people couldn't help crying with joy when they heard this. They had been away from their hometown for many years, but everything at home seemed as familiar as yesterday.
"Did King Ming lie to us? The imperial court had no intention of exterminating us, and it also gave us rice farming and cattle farmhouses in our hometown so that we could settle down."
Such voices began to appear in the crowd, and the loyalty of these surrendered soldiers to Zhu Yuanzhang began to waver.
"Of course it's true!"
Yue Fei's voice was loud, constantly undermining the trust of these surrendered soldiers in Zhu Yuanzhang: "Don't forget, this time there are 100,000 Turks following you to attack Hebei. Do you think these Turks are good men and women? They entered Who will suffer in Hebei then? Since you are all from Hebei, do you want to help those barbarians to wreak havoc on your hometown and bully your brothers and sisters? Can you really still go home?"
These soldiers lowered their heads one by one and began to think about Yue Fei's words.
"That's it for my handsome words!"
Yue Fei continued: "I am true to my word and will let you go in a moment. If you are willing to go home, you can go get the food and go home. If you want to follow those traitors and barbarians to help the emperor, I will not stop you, but If you catch me next time, I will never let you go again!"
After saying that, Yue Fei turned around and left. Xue Wanche, who had been following Yue Fei, couldn't help but admire him: "Commander Yue is very smart. If word of today's incident comes out, Zhu Yuanzhang's troops will definitely be distraught. He can really defeat a hundred thousand elite soldiers."
Yue Fei nodded slowly: "Most of Zhu Yuanzhang's troops are from Hebei, and they are the ones our army can win over. On the one hand, it can disintegrate the rebel army, and on the other hand, it can add many young people to Hebei and restore people's livelihood!"
The soldiers there had already registered for grain distribution under the arrangement of the Sui army's marching Sima. Some people suddenly burst into tears when they held the grain they received and thought that they could go home.
"Go home. It turns out we could have gone home a long time ago. We were all deceived!"
"Damn Zhu Yuanzhang, we can't take advantage of him!"
"You're right. What General Yue said is very reasonable. He colluded with the Turks. Those barbarians killed many people. It was our brothers and sisters who caused them to rush into Hebei and suffered disaster."
"My fellow villagers are still in the army. No, I have to go back and tell them!"
. . . . . . . . . .
Qiu Fu and Zhang Xiu's 30,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out. This not only dealt a major blow to Zhu Yuanzhang, but also dealt a head-on blow to Chai Rong and Wokuotai.
With an army of 300,000 people suppressing the situation, Yue Fei dared to highlight his surprise troops, boldly lured the enemy deeper, and wiped out the main force of 30,000 forwards. This shocked the three generals. At that moment, the three generals together did not dare to divide their troops and advance in a steady and steady manner. Rushing towards the hinterland of Hebei.
After Yue Fei won the great victory in Linqing, he saw that the three coalition forces had no fighters, so he immediately withdrew his troops and camped along the Zhang River with Yecheng as his back.
A few days later, the 300,000-strong coalition forces of Chai Rong, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Wokuotai also arrived in a mighty manner, and the two armies formed a confrontation across the Zhang River.
The logistics of the Sui army were managed by capable ministers such as Fan Zhongyan, Yang Shiqi, and Zhang Shuye. Since the incident was fully prepared, the city of Ye was stocked with two years' worth of food, fodder, and horse materials for an army of 200,000 people, as well as a large number of swords, guns, crossbows, and armor. Shields, tents, kerosene, trebuchets and many other ordnance.
As for the three coalition forces, Wokuotai and Chai Rong did not worry about logistics for a short time, but Zhu Yuanzhang, who relied mostly on the Tang Army for food and military supplies, was worried. Standing together, the Tang Army's logistics naturally tilted towards Chai Rong. There is no full meal every day.
This is not the most terrible thing. During this period, rumors have spread throughout the Zhu army. Some say that Zhu Yuanzhang has surrendered to the Turks, and some say that the Turks are going south to attack Hebei this time. They want to take all the people of Hebei to the Turks and make them slaves. People from Hebei Zhu Junjun, who was the leader, was panic-stricken and had begun to defect gradually.
"It's all nonsense!"
Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the table angrily. In fact, he was unwilling to join forces with the Turks, but the situation forced him to endure his displeasure for the sake of imperial hegemony. However, if he said that he surrendered to the Turks and betrayed the people of Hebei to A Turk would rather die than do such a thing that would humiliate the country.
However, what people say is terrible. It is a fact that the Turks followed his army southward. In history, the invasion of the Hu people caused too much suffering to the people of the Central Plains. Who would believe that these Turks would do nothing wrong.
Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to go to meet Chai Rong and Wokuotai in person to discuss countermeasures.
"Rumors have spread widely in our army in the past few days. The morale of the army is disorganized and unstable. There have been hundreds of deserters. General Chai, Prince Wokuotai, what do you think should be done?"
"The battle is ahead, so deserters must be killed!"
Wokuotai looked sinister and said coldly: "At this time, it is even more important to implement the law of implication. If the soldiers run away, the entire team will be beheaded!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression changed, and he looked at Wo Kuotai with some dissatisfaction. If this was the case, how many people would he kill under his command?
"Absolutely not!"
Before Zhu Yuanzhang could object, Chai Rong's deputy general Guo Ziyi objected: "Most of Prince Zhu's soldiers are from Hebei. Now our army is conquering Hebei. If we use iron and blood to suppress it, wouldn't it push the hearts of the people of Hebei to the side of the Sui Dynasty?" went."
"Yes!"
Chai Rong nodded and said: "In the Battle of Linqing, Yue Fei distributed food to all 20,000 prisoners of war and released them. This was a deliberate strategy to win over the Hebei soldiers under Prince Zhu. We must not act hastily."
"Then what do you think we should do?"
Wokuotai snorted coldly, looked at Chai Rong and Guo Ziyi and asked.
Chai Rong and Guo Ziyi looked at each other and nodded to each other. Guo Ziyi bowed her hands towards Wo Kuotai and said: "Prince Wo Kuotai, the main reason why there are deserters in Prince Zhu's army is because he is worried that His Highness the Prince's soldiers will plunder Hebei. If His Highness the Prince can swear an oath in front of the three armies, the Turkic army will definitely If you are not good at taking every plant and tree in Hebei, you will definitely be able to calm people's hearts."
Chai Rong nodded slowly. The two of them knew the importance of people's hearts and had long wanted to ask Wokuotai to restrain military discipline. Now they just expressed it through Zhu Yuanzhang's incident.
Zhu Yuanzhang on the side agreed without hesitation when he heard this. On the one hand, it was to stabilize the morale of his army. More importantly, Zhu Yuanzhang, who came from a lower-class farmer, was very aware of the difficulties of the lower-class people, and he also wanted to preserve the vitality of Hebei as much as possible.
