Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 561 Great Achievement
"General Yunchang has arrived just in time."

Black Bear took the initiative to get off the chariot and led Guan Yu into the carriage.

Black Bear took out the map and spread it out, pointing to Juyongkou and saying, "The Wuhuan have more than 20,000 infantry and cavalry who are going through Jundu Mountain and rushing to Dai through Juyongkou. Our army has fought hard and the soldiers are not strong enough. It happens that General Yunchang is invincible. We should rush to Juyongkou and cut off the Wuhuan's way back."

Guan Yu looked at the map and asked, "I heard that the troops in Hebei were defeated but not disintegrated, and their strength is still strong."

"Today, we have defeated three armies in succession, and the Hebei soldiers have lost their courage."

Black Bear looked up at Guan Yu and said, "After this battle, the Wuhuan, Xianbei, and other tribes living in various counties will be relocated and split up. When the division is completed, I will give Lord Xuande five thousand households as a reward."

Guan Yu lowered his head to look at the map, and also looked up at Black Bear: "I was ordered to rush to the aid of the Grand Marshal, but I was not ordered to be under the control of the Grand Marshal like Yide and Zilong. I hope the Grand Marshal will forgive me. How about discussing with my lord Xuande, and with Xuande's consent, I will rush to Juyongkou overnight."

"Then General Yunchang should immediately rest his troops and I will send an envoy to discuss matters with Lord Xuande."

Black Bear rolled up the map as he spoke. Guan Yu then said, "Today, when the two armies were fighting fiercely, I was ordered to incite the Dai soldiers to rebel. Now the Dai soldiers have been executed for their treason, and the officers and soldiers are innocent. I wonder if the Grand Marshal will forgive those implicated?"

"A country has its own laws, and a family has its own rules. It is not appropriate to go beyond the law."

Black Bear rolled up the map and put it in a waterproof leather bucket, and continued, "I will send an envoy to investigate. If they are innocent, I will give them a lenient punishment."

The two looked at each other, and Guan Yu said, "But my lord Xuande has already made a promise. If we cannot easily forgive the righteous men who turned against us, how can my lord Xuande still have a foothold in the world?"

"It's enough for me to exist in this world."

Black Bear restrained his smile and said, "I will send an envoy to discuss this matter with Lord Xuande. General Yunchang just needs to wait for the transfer order. Don't ask any more questions."

"Yes, I will retire at the end."

Guan Yu decisively took two steps back and bowed. Black Bear nodded slightly, and Guan Yu then turned around and got off the car.

Gao Jun watched Guan Yu ride away in anger at the door, and advised Black Bear, "Guan Yu is brave and resolute, Your Majesty should not be alone with him."

"He is tough, but I am not weaker than him."

Black Bear turned his head and looked at Gao Jun: "Take my halberd and go to see Liu Xuande, discuss these two things with him, and see how he responds. I have two bottom lines. The first is that Guan Yu must rush to Juyongkou, and the second is that the rebels in Dai County will be punished according to the law. If he insists on pleading for the rebels, then after the war I will not give him a single soldier or household."

Gao Jun asked: "Does Your Majesty agree to spare the rebellious tyrants?"

"I can spare you easily, but you will have to be exiled from Dai County and exiled to the counties of Liaodong."

After explaining the bottom line, Black Bear watched Gao Jun lead dozens of riders away.

Although the substitute soldiers still held their ground, they had lost their right to bargain and could only accept the arrangement.

There were still many troublesome things. First of all, the Wuhuan cavalry collapsed too quickly and no heavy and severe casualties were caused during the battle.

Therefore, the defeated Wuhuan knights still had some physical strength and their morale could be quickly restored.

This still has the courage to fight again. Even if we disperse and pursue, it will take at least five days.

But now there is no way to divide the troops to pursue, and they can only allow the Wuhuan Knights to escape from the battlefield in a larger organized group.

The other one is Yuan Shang. Yuan’s army camp is very close by, so if the war goes badly, he will naturally take refuge in the camp.

Fortunately, this is not a very strong camp. The problem is that if we come to fight Yuan Shang, we will not be able to hunt down the Wuhuan knights.

Instead of pursuing victory, the Wuhuan knights can quickly gather together and form a new whole.

But the reinforcements led by Ma Teng will arrive soon. There are only a few exits from Daidi. Once they are blocked, they can be cleared out by repeated sweeps.

At dusk, the reorganization was completed here, and the battlefield was cleaned up and the wounded were treated.

The chariots arrived and the wounded were transported to the camp.

By stabilizing the wounded soldiers, the emotions of the newly reorganized soldiers can also be stabilized.

Armour, weapons and the like were lost in various places on the battlefield and there was no need for a detailed count, so these new centuries collected and armed themselves on their own.

As for horses and the like, they could also clean them up, but they would all be returned to the public and re-registered and redistributed after the war.

For these rebellious soldiers, being able to save their lives is already a blessing, so why are they still thinking about gaining wealth?

Black Bear drove back to the camp and received the camp damage data sent by Fa Zheng on the way. He saw that the coolies in the baggage camp took the opportunity to riot. This was completely predictable, so they were detained in the tent in advance and their hands were tied with cowhide ropes. Under such circumstances, these people still wanted to riot and respond to Tian Yu's attack.

The only criticism is that the road warriors in charge of this area just shot and killed them all without distinguishing between good and bad; although it was very efficient, it made Black Bear feel uncomfortable.

Keeping people like Lu Cui is purely to be used as a target.

This kind of person is like a magnet. He or she can naturally gather a group of people and help you filter the job list very proactively and actively.

When it grows to a certain size, it won't be awkward to operate on it.

For example, Caixue is in a period of rapid development and it is bound to be cut during this period, so Lu Cui is very suitable.

It can not only stop the momentum of Caixue, but also will not affect the foundation of Caixue.

The main targets of the attack were the group of impure elements who surrounded Lu Cui and were only interested in pursuing a career in politics.

Black Bear thought about it and handed the document to Wei Kang: "How should we deal with Lu Cui's behavior?"

Wei Kang read it carefully, and noticing the change in Black Bear's tone and attitude, he said, "Your Majesty, I think if you punish him severely, in times of emergency in the future, the ministers will worry about gains and losses and may not be able to take responsibility."

"From what you said, in order to gain the service of these people, I should relax my authority?"

"It's a temptation."

Black Bear calmed down and said, "Yes, this is a test. If I punish him severely, Lu Cui will cry out for injustice, and people who do their jobs perfunctorily in the future will also bring this up. If I tolerate it, they will be able to arbitrarily decide what is allowed and what is not allowed in the future."

Seeing Wei Kang still thinking, Black Bear squinted at his face and said, "This is the first time. If you can't figure it out, go find Yang Xiu."

"Yes."

Wei Kang immediately agreed, and soon the giant chariot entered the camp.

There were figures moving around everywhere in the camp, and the only ones who needed to be supervised were the captured prisoners and the assorted people.

The officers and soldiers in the central army were experienced, and nearly half of them had experience in capturing and putting Hun prisoners to work; the rest had also experienced the battles against the Xianbei and Hexi, and naturally knew how to supervise and command slaves.

Therefore, the camp seems to be full of people at a glance, but there are basic operating rules.

There are mainly three types of people: patrol officers who maintain order, officers who drive the prisoners to work, and prisoners.

From time to time, tanks would drive into the wounded camp, and the wounded on our side would be carried by auxiliary soldiers, while the lightly wounded enemy soldiers collected on the battlefield would be carried by prisoners.

As for the seriously injured enemy soldiers, there was no need for detailed instructions, as the soldiers knew what to do.

For a soldier, bringing back a lightly wounded soldier or a prisoner was as much of a military achievement as taking a head.

The reason for choosing to pull back the lightly wounded and prisoners was, first, to prevent the other side from putting up a desperate resistance and getting hurt themselves, and second, capturing the prisoners would make their military life more convenient.

As long as people have other options under the same conditions, most people do not like to kill their own kind.

Just as Black Bear gathered his generals to roughly calculate the casualties and spoils of war, Wei Kang came to the wounded camp to find Yang Xiu.

Yang Xiu was injured in his left shoulder. When Wei Kang arrived, Yang Xiu was squatting by the campfire boiling medicine.

Yang Xiu was pounding the fire with a stick in his right hand. After listening to Wei Kang's explanation and doubts, he asked back: "May I ask the officer, can the names of the coolies from the baggage camp who were killed be included in the military roster?"

"Naturally registered military roster."

Wei Kang answered affirmatively, still looking at Yang Xiu in confusion.

Yang Xiu couldn't help laughing, and he pulled at his wound again, his smile froze. He asked in a serious tone, "Since they are listed in the military roster, even though they are convicted laborers, they are still soldiers under the command of the emperor. It's just that we are worried about them causing trouble, so we have confined them in the military tent."

Wei Kang suddenly realized what was going on and immediately knew that Lu Cui was finished.

An entire battalion under the command of Da Sima was annihilated. This was the first time that Da Sima suffered such heavy losses since he started his rebellion.

Lu Cui's achievement was something that Cao Cao, the Wuhuan people, the Xianbei people, and the rebels in You and Ji states could not do.

(End of this chapter)