Chapter 413 Seeking Prisoners of War

Two days have passed since the Battle of Quzhou, and the army is still in Quzhou. Lu Zhi's identity is the Han army, so naturally he can't ignore it after subduing Quzhou. The two sides have a total of three million troops fighting in Quzhou city. And there is a serious shortage of food.

Fortunately, the Yellow Turban Army harvested a lot of food and grass in this battle, and there was no need to worry about the lack of food to help the victims.

But now there is still a big problem that needs to be solved by Lu Zhi-how to deal with the millions of captured Yellow Turbans!

If it was Huangfusong who was in charge of the war in the north, then there must be nothing to say, all of them were pulled out and hacked to make an example! But Lu Zhi is not Huangfusong, he can't do such a thing.

However, Lu Zhi was worried about how to deal with the millions of captives, and it would definitely be impossible to release them. Just participated in the rebellion, and then let him go, so what is the majesty of the court?

The best way is to temporarily detain it, and when the Yellow Turban Rebellion is completely quelled, I will ask the court to discuss the crime, but Lu Zhi can't afford it! When Lu Zhi was away in battle, the imperial court provided a fixed amount of food, and it was barely enough to squeeze together 100,000 or 200,000 people, but if there were more than one million people at once, Lu Zhi would not be able to support him even if he was exhausted.

In this way, although he won a big victory, Lu Zhi couldn't be happy, and the huge number of captives became a hot potato.

What needs to be explained is that among the more than one million Yellow Turban prisoners of war, there are many people with good strength. Although most of them are first- and second-tier miscellaneous soldiers, they can still make up 200,000 third-tier troops.

Liu Bei was envious of these captives. With his superb political attributes and personal charm, it was not a big problem to quickly recruit these captives in a short period of time. However, Liu Bei also couldn't afford to support so many people!

He does not have a stable logistics base. The current strength of more than 100,000 troops is still supported by the imperial court, and the sudden increase of millions of people will not be able to support Sanying even if he sells his bones and meat.

Seeing that Lu Zhi was helpless in the face of many captives, Shang Ji went to find him in a timely manner.

"I heard that Duke Lu is worried about the moth thief's captives, and there will be a plan in the end, and I am willing to share the worries for Duke Lu!" Shang Ji said straight to the point without being polite.

Lu Zhi, who was frowning, was shocked immediately, and asked quickly: "I don't know what clever strategy Yuewu has?"

Shang Ji smiled slightly, and continued: "Grand Lu can only worry about two things, one is that the killing of prisoners is unknown, and it hurts the benevolence of the emperor; the other is that millions of prisoners need astronomical amounts of money and food every day, and the army is unable to support them."

Lu Zhi nodded,

He admitted frankly: "What Yue Wu said is true. These prisoners cannot be killed, and they cannot be raised. What can I do? Is it possible to let them go directly?"

"Lu Gong was joking. The moth thieves participated in the rebellion. Although they are not the leaders of the thieves, they should not be forgiven lightly. If they are let go like this, what is the court's law?"

Shang Ji rejected Lu Zhi's complaining proposal with a smile, and then said with a mysterious smile: "Since you can't kill it, you can't let it go, and you can't keep it, why don't we exile it?"

Lu Zhi was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help repeating: "Exile?"

"Yes, exile!"

Shang Ji nodded fiercely, and then continued: "They participated in the rebellion, they must be punished, but they will all be executed, the spread is too wide, and it is against God's will, it is better to exile them, which can have the effect of punishment and save money. food!"

Shang Ji's words have reached this point, how can Lu Zhi still not understand what he is planning? With a smile on the corner of his mouth, Lu Zhi said, "For example, exile in Liaodong?"

"Lu Gong is wise! Liaodong is located in a remote area, and is rarely affected by the Taiping demons. Exile to Liaodong can guarantee that he will not be bewitched to make trouble again. In addition, Liaodong is sparsely populated and surrounded by alien races. It is necessary to immigrate to the real border. Prepare for thieves. Wouldn't it be more than one move to exile this prisoner of war in Liaodong?"

Shang Ji's face has also been tempered, as if he didn't see the slightly teasing smile on Lu Zhi's face, he analyzed seriously.

Lu Zhi stood up, paced slowly, and circled Shang Ji twice, his eyes flashed from time to time, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Shang Ji kept watching Lu Zhi without any timidity.

After a while, Lu Zhi spoke slowly: "Yue Wu, I can agree to your request, but you need to pay for all the money and food needed for exile! In addition, you have to pay a 'redemption fee' of one stone of food for each person."

"No problem, I have a little surplus of grain and grass in my department, and I would like to send two million stones of grain and grass to Mr. Lu Gong for military supplies!"

Shang Ji was overjoyed and generously doubled the ransom fee.

"Don't rush to be happy, I still have a condition. If you can agree, all the prisoners captured by our army will be dealt with in this way except for some important targets!" Lu Zhi waved his hand and interrupted Shang Ji. if.

"Please speak, Mr. Lu!"

"Loyal to the big man, loyal to His Majesty!"

Shang Ji's heart sank, he looked at Lu Zhi's slightly aged face, and heaved a long sigh in his heart. Although he couldn't bear it, Shang Ji still said against his will: "Don't worry, Duke Lu, Ji will naturally be loyal to the big man and His Majesty!"

"I want you to swear!"

Shang Ji's complexion changed slightly, and then he stretched out his hand and said: "I, Shang Ji, swear here that the Han will not betray me, and I will not betray the Han!"

Hearing what Shang Ji said, Lu Zhi was obviously stunned for a moment, opened his mouth to speak, but seemed discouraged, took out a command arrow with a lonely expression and said: "Take my command arrow, and all the mothie captives will be handed over to you, remember Live what you say today!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Zhi seemed to have been drained of strength, and sat down on the seat, closing his eyes wearily.

Business Chance took the command arrow, hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Mr. Lu, take care of your health. The big man still needs Mr. Lu!"

These words seemed to lift up Lu Zhi's spirit a little, he opened his eyes and glanced at Shang Ji, forced a smile, waved to Shang Ji, motioning him to go down.

"The last general will retire, so Mr. Lu can rest!"

After saluting, Shang Ji bowed and left.

After leaving the big tent, Shang Ji glanced at the command arrow in his hand and heaved a long sigh.

There is no doubt that Lu Zhi is a loyal minister of the great man. Even in the face of the current situation that is on the verge of being broken, Lu Zhi is still trying his best to save him, hoping to bring the great man back to life.

However, even Lu Zhi himself knew that this was almost impossible. The great Han's national fortune had really come to an end. The corruption of officials, the weakening of the army, and the chaos of the court all showed that the dynasty was about to die. Taipingdao is just an introduction, detonating the latent crisis in advance, even if there is no Zhang Jiao, there will be Li Jiao.

His attempt to save the big man is no different from a mayfly shaking a big tree. But this is his perseverance, even if there is no hope, he will never give up.

There is no doubt that Shang Ji's words of "loyalty to the big man and loyalty to His Majesty" are farting. As a half-politician, Shang Ji has learned the ability to speak nonsense with his eyes open.

Lu Zhi saw Shang Ji's perfunctory at a glance, and then forced Shang Ji to swear, and Shang Ji's oath also contained a lot of moisture!

What does Han live up to me? What do you mean I live up to the man? What counts as a negative? There is so much room to maneuver!

Of course Lu Zhi also saw this, but he couldn't further ask Shang Ji to make more promises. "Han does not fail me and I do not fail Han" is almost the best result.

Shang Ji paid tribute to Lu Zhi's personal integrity, but respect is all respect. It is impossible for Shang Ji to be loyal to the big man. Looking back at Lu Zhi's tent, Shang Ji turned and left.

The interstate transfer of millions of prisoners of war is no small matter. Shang Ji still has a lot to do, and there is no room for delay here.