In this battle, Liu Yu and Liu Bogen's tribes were the main force that won the victory. Wang Mi's side almost became the soy sauce, and Liu Yu and Liu Bogen's tribes took the initiative in distribution.
But Wang Mi knew that in the next battle, Liu Yu and Liu Bogen's troops could only use the current five thousand soldiers, and the remaining soldiers and auxiliaries, a total of four to five thousand people, would need to stay in Xiami County. The rear guards Liu Bogen, whose life hangs on a thread.
But Wang Mi and the others still have more than 10,000 auxiliary troops who have not arrived. Their total strength is 20,000, so in the next battle, they will be the main force, as they will occupy the entire territory in the next battle. With 80% of the army, they should still get half of the battle supplies and prisoners.
Hearing Wang Miyang say that anyone who wants to meet will have a share of half of the spoils. Liu Yu just frowned slightly and wanted to think about it, but Liu Kui, Liu Bogen's younger brother next to him, couldn't help shouting.
"Bah, it's a dream! You've only killed a few people, and you dare to ask for half of them?" Liu Kui felt that Wang Mi's subordinates were becoming more and more shameless. If he didn't scold them, he would be sorry for his fiery temper.
Liu Bogen's other clan members all agreed, feeling that Wang Miyang's behavior was shameless and shameless.
Wang Mi's side was not to be outdone, and they all said that they had no merit but hard work in this battle. They besieged the camp gate and killed nearly 300 people, and they would also be the main force in future battles. If they don't get more spoils this time, they won't be able to go back and follow them. The disciples explained.
While the two parties were arguing, Cao Yi, who had thick eyebrows, big eyes and a righteous face, suddenly burst into tears.
"My third uncle's two brothers died today because they didn't have good armor. How can I explain it to my third uncle? Well..."
After hearing Cao Yi's cry, although Xu Miao, Gao Liang and others could not keep their faces down and pretend to cry, they all expressed aggrieved expressions that if they did not use some good armor and weapons, their descendants would be in trouble in the next battle. There will definitely be a serious lack of enthusiasm, which will have a serious negative impact on the cause of rebellion.
After listening to the complaints and complaints for a while, Liu Yu basically understood that the focus of the competition between the two sides was the five or six thousand armors and weapons, followed by the two hundred horses, but no one cared about the prisoners.
Liu Yu was a little confused. People like Wang Mi liked to coerce the refugees and build momentum. Why didn't they fight for these prisoners now? These prisoners were obviously much stronger than the skinny refugees.
Liu Yu immediately expressed his doubts.
"These soldiers are all soldiers drawn from the households in Beihai County. They are not homeless refugees. They all have land and relatives at home. They will not follow us just for a bite of food. Moreover, we are about to cross the river. Entering their hometown, they are familiar with the terrain and are likely to run away."
Wang Mi answered Liu Yu's doubts. Although Wang Mi was a little annoyed that Liu Bogen pushed Liu Yu to fight against him, he knew that everyone was still on the same boat.
"What about these prisoners?" Liu Yu had never encountered such a situation before.
"Either let them take the lead in the next battle and consume the enemy's arrows and strength. But we will have to take them with us on the march, and they may all run away before long." Wang Mi paused and continued.
"But if you ask me, I'd just kill them all. They can't be raised anyway. We don't have that much food."
Wang Mi said calmly.
"You can't kill him. I promised that whoever surrenders will avoid death!" Liu Yu refused loudly.
After hearing Liu Yu's words, everyone, whether it was Liu Bogen's subordinates or Wang Mi's subordinates, were a little surprised.
The Dongnae Army did not confiscate food from the powerful landowners along the way, because that would arouse endless resistance and greatly slow down the Dongnae Army's advance.
All their food is generally captured from the Jin court's treasury. The current quantity is not sufficient, and it is impossible to feed these four or five thousand captives in vain.
Seeing everyone's surprise, Liu Yu cleared his throat and began to say: "These four or five thousand people are all Cangtou common people recruited from Duchang, Hanting, Zheting, and Pingshou or tribes of wealthy families with big surnames. They Everyone has parents and brothers, and some people also have wives and children. If we break our promise and kill them all because of lack of food, then we will have at least tens of thousands more enemies."
Liu Yu looked around at everyone and continued, "So I decided to let them go!"
"No!" Liu Kui said angrily, "If we let them go now, they will turn around and become Jin soldiers again. If we beat them then, our own people will still be killed."
Liu Yu patiently explained that he was not about to release these prisoners now, and the Jin army that escaped Weishui was only about two thousand, and the troops in Beihai County were almost wiped out. He concluded that the Jin army would definitely give up completely. In Beihai County, because they cannot rely on two thousand people to defend these two cities, after these thousands of people are released, it is impossible for Jin court officials to recruit them again to form an army to attack the Donglai Army.
"That won't work! If there is someone, wouldn't it be asking for trouble? I'd say kill them all." Liu Kui was the first to object again.
"It's always risky to let them go. It's better to kill them all. What's the point of having thousands more orphans and widowed mothers to fear?" Wang Mi said calmly.
For Wang Mi and other warlord careerists in the Western Jin Dynasty, they believed that kindness often means weakness and the benevolence of women.
For profit or to avoid trouble, there is no psychological burden on killing tens of thousands of unarmed women and children, let alone thousands of prisoners.
Today, Liu Yu cannot think so. He feels that although these Jin prisoners were enemies before, Liu Yu still regarded them as compatriots of the same ethnic group. At this time, it was not popular for people in the Western Jin Dynasty to call themselves Han people, but This does not affect the fact that we are all compatriots of the Han ethnic group.
But Liu Yu knew that the modern concept of national identity only emerged in modern society. If he explained this to Wang Mi, he would probably feel hysterical.
Therefore, Liu Yu could only explain to them that the current Beihai County troops have been wiped out. After the Jin Dynasty's forces are expelled from Beihai County, Beihai County will be the sphere of influence of the Donglai military leaders present. These Beihai County The captives in the county will also become the household registration under everyone's rule. If these captives are released, there will be thousands more men who can provide taxes, grain, cloth, corvee, and military service every year.
After listening to Liu Yu's words, the Donglai military leaders, including Wang Mi, felt that they had heard a new idea.
These people only thought about rebelling with Liu Bogen and Wang Mi. At most, they thought of waiting until Qingzhou was captured, and all of them were high-ranking officials like General Hou Ye. I never thought of managing the people, collecting taxes or anything like that.
Wang Mi looked at Liu Yu with surprise in his eyes. Before, he only thought Liu Yu was a reckless young man who charged into battle.
When he learned that Liu Yu had secretly attacked Secret City with two thousand soldiers and horses without telling Liu Bogen, he felt that Liu Yu was an ambitious and cunning little warlord leader.
But what Liu Yu said just now made Wang Mi realize that Liu Yu was already thinking about governing the prefectures and counties in the future.
Wang Mi couldn't help but think: Even if they treat each other with admiration after three days apart, it's impossible for a person to change so quickly. Is this Liu Yu still the same Liu Jixing?
