Allied Forces Camp.
The tied-up Dong Huang was thrown into the tent by Zhang Liao, and a crowd quickly gathered around to watch.
Looking at everyone's malicious eyes, Dong Huang felt despair in his heart. He was sure that he would die today. He wanted to stage a heroic sacrifice scene of preferring death to surrender, but instead, a ball of linen was stuffed in his mouth and he couldn't even pronounce a note.
"Is this guy Dong Huang, Thief Dong's nephew?"
After watching for a long time, Liu Bei finally asked.
Zhang Liao quickly clasped his fists and replied: "Yes, this person is Dong Huang. I saw him when I was an official in the capital in the past, so I can naturally identify him."
Liu Bei immediately looked up to the sky and laughed loudly and said: "Capturing Dong's thief's poison alive, causing Dong's entire army to pursue him, Wen Yuan is brave, he should be the first to do this!"
As soon as he said this, everyone looked over.
Zhang Liao suddenly felt a pressure and quickly said modestly: "I don't dare. If the military advisor and the meritorious officer don't make a plan, how can the general achieve success in the end?"
"Okay, okay, Wenyuan, how did you learn from Ziyi that being too modest is not a good thing." Liu Bei smiled and waved his hands, "This battle is a complete victory. Everyone has contributed, but this one, I say It’s from Wenyuan, what do you think?”
Liu Bei had already appointed him, so what could everyone else do? They could only cup their hands and say with a smile: "What my lord said is absolutely true!"
Zhang Liao clasped his fists again and asked, "My lord, I don't know how to deal with this thief?"
"Keep it useless, kill it directly." Liu Bei waved his sleeves and said without any hesitation.
If the two countries were at war, Dong Huang's identity would naturally make a big fuss, but since Liu Bei took up the banner of punishing thieves and assisting the country, there was no possibility of easing up with Dong Zhuo, and Dong Huang was of no use.
"As you command!"
Zhang Liao cupped his fists and suddenly pulled out the dagger from his waist, intending to kill Dong Huang.
"Wait a minute."
Zhang Heng suddenly raised his hand to stop him.
"Why, Ziyi thinks this thief is still useful?" Liu Bei asked curiously.
Zhang Heng shook his head and said with a smile: "Not right now, but we might as well imprison him first. It may be useful in the future. Anyway, we don't lack this morsel of food."
In fact, Zhang Heng already has a vague idea in his mind, but the time is not yet ripe and it is difficult to express it in advance.
"Since Ziyi thinks it's useful, take him down and keep him under strict supervision." Liu Bei waved his hand.
Dong Huang is naturally important to Dong Zhuo, but when it comes to Liu Bei, it doesn't matter whether he kills him or not.
After dealing with Dong Huang, Liu Bei asked Zhang Heng about the current situation.
"Dong's thieves lost their troops and generals in the battle last night. What should we do next?"
Zhang Heng said with a smile: "Yun Chang has not returned, and the situation of the battle between Sun Wentai and Cao Mengde is still unclear. It is difficult to say at the moment. However, after this battle, the overall situation has been decided. The Dong thief has been completely defeated. Now he is just trying to escape and die." It’s just a difference.”
Hearing this, Liu Bei let out a hearty laugh again, and at the same time he leaned back after the battle.
"Yes, Zi Yi's words make sense!"
While the two were chatting and laughing, a soldier suddenly walked in from outside the tent and reported that Sun Jian and Cao Cao had returned to camp.
Liu Bei quickly stood up and said: "Let's go, everyone will come with me to meet us!"
When a group of people walked out of the camp, they saw Sun Jian and Cao Cao leading their troops, but they all looked downcast and looked gloomy.
Liu Bei quickly walked up and asked, "Wentai, Brother Mengde, how was this battle?"
The two dismounted and reluctantly bowed to Liu Bei.
"I feel ashamed to say that we were incompetent and failed to capture Dong Thief after all!" Cao Cao sighed in a low voice.
When he thought about not being able to kill Dong Zhuo despite such a good opportunity, he still felt unwilling to do so.
Liu Bei quickly comforted him with gentle words: "Brother Meng De, don't be depressed, the Dong thief will be destroyed by us sooner or later!"
"good!"
Sun Jian also gritted his teeth and echoed loudly.
Compared with Cao Cao, Sun Jian is simpler in mind and can recover from the frustration of failure more easily.
Zhang Heng opened his mouth and was about to ask about the battle last night when he heard the sound of horse hoofbeats in the distance. It turned out that Guan Yu and Tai Shici had returned.
Everyone hurriedly walked up to ask about the situation of the battle.
Guan Yu hugged everyone and then slowly talked about the battle last night.
After he killed Hou Cheng and Wei Xu, he continued to command the army to besiege Lu Bu.
Guan Yu has always been rigorous in running the army, and the number of troops under his command is several times that of Lu Bu, so naturally there will be no mistakes.
However, they failed to completely annihilate the enemy army in the end, so Lu Bu broke out with more than a thousand remaining soldiers and went straight to the enemy camp.
Hearing this, everyone nodded.
Being able to annihilate thousands of soldiers and horses in this battle is already a great achievement, so how can we ask for more.
But after Zhang Heng heard this, his eyes flashed, and he immediately thought of a possibility.
Dong Zhuo originally had an army of 50,000, but he suffered thousands of casualties in yesterday's battle. Another fire burned nearly 30,000 at night, and then Guan Yu annihilated thousands more. Sun Jian and Cao Cao attacked the enemy camp for nearly two hours. Even the Flying Bear Army , and it is impossible not to die.
Therefore, the total number of Dong Zhuo's troops and horses may not be more than 10,000 now!
This was Dong Zhuo's weakest moment since the war began!
Thinking of this, Zhang Heng quickly bowed his hand to Liu Bei. Just when he was about to speak, Guo Jia stood up before him and bowed his hand to Liu Bei.
"My lord, now that Dong thief is weak and exhausted, it is a good time to attack. I think we should mobilize all our best troops to attack Dong thief's camp!"
This kid has a very sharp mind.
Seeing that he was beaten first, Zhang Heng put his cupped hand back again.
"This..." Liu Bei suddenly frowned, "Fengxiao, your words are certainly reasonable, but the soldiers have been fighting fiercely for a day and a night. If we want to attack again, I'm afraid they won't be able to sustain it. We might as well rest for a day before advancing. Not too late."
Guo Jia quickly held up his hands and tried to persuade him again: "No, my lord, what you said is wrong! My lord loves his soldiers, and Jia also deeply agrees with it. Although our soldiers are tired, they are a victorious army. The enemy's defeat will only lead to a great victory." Be even more timid in fighting. If you take advantage of this moment to motivate your soldiers with gold, silver, and official titles, it will be enough to complete your victory in one battle!
Soldiers are valuable and quick. If you miss this God-given opportunity, you will regret it too late! "
Guo Jia came up with his classic perspective-taking remarks again, which made everyone's eyes light up, and they all felt that it made sense.
"What this gentleman said is in line with the essentials of the art of war."
Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia with admiration in his eyes, and even more envied Liu Bei in his heart.
Why is Liu Xuande so lucky? Anyone under his command has such insight.
On the other hand, I only have clan generals under my command. When making plans, there is no one who can share my worries.
"It's just..." Cao Cao said quietly, "The Flying Bear Army under Dong Thief is really powerful. Brother Wentai and I fought hard last night, but we couldn't break their formation. I'm afraid we may not be able to succeed here."
"No, I don't agree with what Mr. Cao said!" Guo Jia immediately said loudly, "No matter how powerful the Flying Bear Army is, they are just flesh and blood. Now that we have the advantage in strength, why should we rush for a while? We only need to If the bandit army surrounds them and cuts off their food routes, within ten days, the bandit army will be in chaos, and our army can calmly attack them and capture and kill Dong bandit!"
"well said!"
After listening to Guo Jia's remarks, Sun Jian slapped his thigh and cheered.
Even a strong man is nothing more than a weakling after three days without food. As long as Dong Zhuo can be surrounded, great things can be accomplished.
Cao Cao also suddenly realized it, and immediately planned to do what Guo Jia said.
Liu Bei just thought about it, but habitually focused on Zhang Heng.
"Ziyi, what do you think?"
Guo Jia had finished everything he wanted to say, and all the limelight was stolen by this kid. Naturally, Zhang Heng couldn't say something like "I thought so too" as an afterthought, so he could only nod his head.
"Feng Xiao is a very clever plan, I think it will work!"
"Okay!" Liu Bei said happily, "Then let's do it."
Only Xun You added another sentence, asking the rear army to cut down more trees so that they could be used to build fences after besieging Dong Zhuo to prevent the Flying Bear Army from breaking out.
Liu Bei happily obeyed, and then issued a military order, ordering his soldiers to organize their troops and prepare to march.
But the soldiers had been fighting fiercely for a day and a night, and now they only thought about sleeping, and most of them were not very willing to attack.
Seeing that morale was low, Liu Bei immediately issued a strict order: "This battle is a battle to destroy thieves. The entire army must risk their lives. Anyone who dares to retreat in front of the battle will be killed!"
If the soldiers are afraid of fighting, the corps commander will be demoted. If the commander of the army is afraid of fighting, the commander of the camp will be dismissed. From myself to the following, this is the analogy! "
With deterrence, there must also be rewards, so Liu Bei once again ordered: "After this battle, the entire army will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins. Anyone who kills an enemy will be rewarded with ten thousand coins. Anyone who kills a thief general will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins, and he will be promoted to five levels in a row. If there is a capture, Whoever kills Dong's thief will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of silk, and I will personally go to the emperor to give him an official title!"
Since the troubled times, coins have remained the same, but their purchasing power is really like Schrödinger’s cat.
For example, in southern Jingzhou, which is relatively prosperous and has not been affected by war, the price of food is 100 yuan per dan, but in the war-torn Central Plains, it is hard to say, it may be 300 yuan, or 500 yuan, and in disaster years, even Up to a thousand dollars.
If food prices were not so volatile, how could soldiers join the army and fight on the battlefield just to make ends meet?
The reward of a thousand coins given by Liu Bei can be exchanged for at least three stones of grain, which is enough for a family to eat for one month.
As for the so-called thousand gold, it is actually not gold, but brass.
Since ancient times, the output of gold and silver in China has been pitifully small. If it were really a thousand taels of gold, even if Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian were all emptied, they still wouldn't be able to get it out.
However, coins are all made of copper. With copper, you have money.
As soon as they heard such a high reward, the soldiers' hands were no longer sore, their waists were no longer painful, and they became more energetic in fighting.
sleep?
Get some sleep!
Kill Dong Zhuo and everyone will get rich!
Seeing that the military's morale was available, Liu Bei was very happy and immediately waved his sleeves.
"March!"
