Chapter 326 The White Wave's Surrender

Soldiers fought all the year round, fighting in the bloody wind, and naturally accumulated violent emotions. Therefore, many soldiers in the United States who experienced the Vietnam War and the Gulf War suffered from psychological problems.

There are only two ways to solve the psychological problems of soldiers. The first is a generous reward. Soldiers are rewarded and psychologically satisfied, so naturally they will not commit more crimes. For example, the Beifu Army in the Jin Dynasty was such an army, especially during the period of Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty Liu Yu, they rewarded the Beifu Army more, so Liu Yu fought in the South and the North Invincible.

The second method is to massacre the city. Emotions can be resolved by spring wind and rain, or they can be expressed directly. The soldiers' emotions are tyrannical. If they can't be rewarded generously at this time, the easiest way is to indulge and let the soldiers do whatever they want.

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Guo Wei, a general of the Later Han Dynasty, was supported by his troops as emperor. He led his troops back to the capital, and before he left, he promised his soldiers that as long as they broke through the city, they would loot wantonly for three days. After hearing this, the soldiers fought bravely, but after the city was broken, they burned, killed, looted, and supported Guo Wei.

However, this method is not advisable, because once this precedent is established, everyone knows that they can burn, kill and loot, and it is inevitable that military discipline will be corrupted and they will not obey the management. The first law in the army is absolute obedience, how can it be taken?

The simplest example is the Qingzhou soldiers who were later subdued by Cao Cao. They were originally the elite of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, and Cao Cao organized them as the Qingzhou soldiers as the main force. The Qingzhou soldiers were originally thugs who had been fighting for many years. They were naturally brave in battle, but their military discipline was really not flattering.

The Qingzhou soldiers were defeated, and all the troops retreated. As a result, they did not forget to take the sheep when they fled. They even robbed Cao Jun who was traveling with him, and even kidnapped Xiahou Dun, the number one general under Cao Cao's account. These are all clearly recorded in history.

An army that robbed its comrades and hijacked the general, is that okay?

Therefore, Liu Ye strictly ordered Zhang Jaw not to hurt the old and weak women and children among the Baibo thieves. This will be the key to his recovery of the Baibo thieves.

The Liangzhou army rushed into the Baibo Valley, and followed the Baibo bandits all the way in pursuit.

"The master! The Liangzhou army broke the city, let's run away."

"What?"

Mrs. Guo turned around in disbelief, grabbed the scout by the collar, lifted him up forcefully with both arms, lifted her toes off the ground, and stared at him with blood-red eyes.

"What does Han Siam, a thief, do? How did the enemy attack him?"

"The army of Liangzhou attacked fiercely, raining arrows like a tide, and smashed through the city gate with a siege vehicle." The soldier who reported the letter trembled.

"Damn it!" Mrs. Guo's eyes darkened and she almost fainted.

And Xu Huang laughed out loud.

"Do you hear our drums and horns? The general has broken the city!"

The two hundred men under Xu Huang's command were few in number, they rushed out suddenly by ambushes, killed the enemy by surprise, and gained the upper hand. Later, the Baibo bandits gradually reacted, but fell into a disadvantage.

However, when he heard the thunderous drums of the Liangzhou Army, the morale of the soldiers immediately increased.

Guo Taizhen wanted to order Xu Huang to be strangled, but the enemy's morale was suddenly high, and they couldn't take it down for a while, and the sound of the drums and horns of the Liangzhou Army became more and more heroic, so she couldn't help but sighed.

"Forget it, go back to the teacher to keep the small house, and prepare to retreat!"

After Mrs. Guo gave the order, more than two thousand Baibo thieves breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and left. They also missed their family who was still in the valley. What if they were caught and killed by Liangzhou soldiers?

Xu Huang, however, refused to let Guo Tai and the others go. Seeing Baibo's escape, he immediately led more than a hundred ambush soldiers to chase and kill them for a while, and chopped off more than fifty heads.

Zhang Ze excitedly said, "Captain Xu, what should we do next?"

Xu Huang waved his hand and said, "Follow them and capture the old and weak Baibo bandits. This battle is certain!"

Mrs. Guo led thousands of elite soldiers to rescue her family, but tens of thousands of Liangzhou soldiers from outside the city rushed into the city. How could the defeated Baibo bandits be able to resist?

Generals Zhang Jai, Pang De, and Xu Huang chased and killed them bravely. The Baibo bandits in the valley were divided into several groups, and thousands of people were besieged together, trembling with weapons in their hands.

But what is strange is that the enemy's bows and crossbows never fired, but surrounded instead of attacking, which made many Baibo thieves wonder why the enemy didn't attack, and what kind of conspiracy was there?

"General Cheqi has an order that all the Baibo thieves, except for the two thieves, Guo Tai and Han Xian, can be pardoned, and their families will be bypassed." There are soldiers with loud voices in the Liangzhou army, huddled together Thousands of white wave thieves in the regiment shouted loudly.

"General Cheqi is really willing to spare us and our family?" A military Sima among the Baibo bandits shouted suspiciously.

"That's right, General Cheqi used to follow Huangfusong and killed many of his comrades, can he spare us?"

The reason why the Baibo thief dared to fight against the Liangzhou army was not only relying on Baibo Valley, but also Liu Ye's background. He himself started his career by quelling the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and his hands were stained with the blood of many Yellow Turban thieves. His immediate boss is the famous butcher general Huang Fusong. Can you believe his words?

"Ben will guarantee!"

There was a commotion among the crowd, and then the two sides parted, and a passage appeared in the middle, and a horse rode out slowly. A general on horseback was dressed all over, with bright armor, and it was the chariot general Liu Ye.

Liu Ye stretched out a palm, and the guard next to him handed over an arrow.

"A certain Liu Ye swears here that if the Baibo thief is willing to surrender, he will protect himself and his life. If he violates his oath, he will be shot like this."

collapse!

Liu Ye exerted force with both hands, and the arrow broke in two immediately.

Swearing an oath in ancient times was not a simple matter. Once an oath was made, it must not be violated.

But before he finished speaking, Liu Ye looked stern.

"If the surrender dares to repeat in the future, the entire family will be executed, and the same arrow will be used!"

I can spare your lives today, but you can't go to Qin Muchu again and again without changing your thieves. If you dare to continue to support troops and make trouble in the future, then your family, young and old, will have to be buried with you.

Through historical experience, Liu Ye deeply knows that accepting surrenders should be done carefully. The peasant army in the Ming Dynasty is an obvious example. Once Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others could not defeat the Ming army, they immediately surrendered. When the Ming army lifted the siege, they Immediately rebelled on the back foot, making the Ming army exhausted, while the peasant army was like a snowball, growing bigger and bigger.

Hearing Liu Ye's promise, thousands of Baibo thieves looked at me and I looked at you, thinking endlessly.

However, there is always someone who doesn't want to die.

A Baibo thief who was fifteen or sixteen years old, who was still a half-grown child, pursed his lips tightly, and lowered his ring knife.

"I am willing to surrender!"