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Chapter 1138: Those who descend, avoid death

The Bingzhou cavalry did not continue to pursue Yuwen Mohuai to the west, but turned to the northeast and raided the Daling River, the old nest of the Yuwen Xianbei tribe.

After Yuwen Mohuai received the news that the Bingzhou cavalry stopped pursuing, he was extremely grateful that if the Bingzhou cavalry continued to pursue, even if he could escape, he would definitely pay a greater price. At this time, the Bingzhou army took the initiative to give up the pursuit, which made Yuwen Mohuai really sigh.

But the following news made Yuwen Mohuai no longer happy, because although the Bingzhou cavalry did not continue to pursue them, they raided the Daling River and completely drove the old nest of Yuwen's troops.

Although this was unexpected news, Yuwen Mohuai was still heartbroken. After all, Daling River was his foundation. His nest was taken down this time, his wife and children were all lost, and Yuwen Mohuai completely failed.

The two major tribes of the Xianbei in the Eastern region were defeated one after another, and the Xianbei in the Eastern region no longer had the ability to compete with the Wei army. This situation was probably something that no one had ever thought of in advance.

It is inevitable that Yuwen Mohuai's sorrow was unavoidable, but at this time he had no way to turn around. He could only go to Yunzhong to seek troops to defeat the Wei army and recover the lost territory and rescue his captured wife and children. After all, his wife is also Tuoba Liwei's daughter.

The order to stop the pursuit of the Bingzhou cavalry was issued by Cao Liang. Cao Liang naturally knew very well that even if he added up all the territory of Wei, he would probably not be as vast as the grassland. If the enemy did not pursue him, he would not have to pursue him for a long distance. Since Yuwen Mohuai had escaped, there was no need to pursue him for a long distance. If he had to continue pursuing this way, he would not know when the end would be. This would be a great test for logistics support.

The main reason is to continue to pursue the strategic arrangements that did not conform to Cao Liang. After defeating the Yuwen Xianbei, Cao Liang's biggest goal was to use this as a springboard to open a new road to Liaodong, and there was no need to look at the faces of the defenders of Linyu Pass.

From the Daling River to the east is Liucheng, and Liucheng is the other end of the Liaoxi Corridor, which is far away from Linyu Pass. In other words, if the Bingzhou Army takes Liucheng, it will be like a perfect way to Linyu Pass and open a door to Liaodong.

If we said that bypassing Linyu Pass and attacking Liaodong before, it was regarded as a fool, and it was a dream that could not be realized at all. However, Cao Liang turned this dream into reality. In fact, after all, it seems that it is not particularly difficult to realize this dream. The Bingzhou Army only fought two battles, and one of them was an encounter. The truly prepared battle was only held once. Cao Liang only took one opportunity to deal with the Xianbei people who were tempted by the talk.

Since it is a must-pass way to the Daling River in Liucheng, the raid of the Yuwen tribe's nest is purely a matter of catching rabbits and fighting for it.

After Yuwen Mohuai fled to Yunzhong, there were only women, children, old and weak left in the Daling River, and there was almost no force to resist. In fact, to put it bluntly, even if Yuwen Mohuai's entire army was here, he might not be able to resist the attack of the Bingzhou Army. No matter how many troops there were, it would be useless.

At dawn, the Bingzhou cavalry surrounded the camp of the Yuwen tribe. The entire camp was quiet. Apart from the large number of cattle and sheep, there were almost no sentry figures. After all, it was far away from the front line, and under normal circumstances, the war would not affect this place. The lives of the tribe tribe members were relatively peaceful.

First of all, we found that the Bingzhou cavalry was not human, but some hunting dogs. When they heard the movement, they barked wildly, awakening many Xianbei people. After they came out of the tent, they were completely shocked by the beloved in front of them.

The Wei cavalry surrounded the Yuwen tribe from all directions. They originally thought there would be another fierce battle, but no one could have thought that the Dalinghe Camp would be an empty camp. Except for the elderly, weak, women and children, there was almost no army to guard it.

In order to avoid the loss of life and have almost never experienced any battles, the people from the Yuwen tribe sent people to beg for surrender. In order to survive, they did not hesitate to bow down and surrender to the Bingzhou army.

The military discipline of the Bingzhou army was very strict. Even after taking Dalinghe and controlling the Xianbei people, there was no case of force and robbing and wanton robbery, and there was no incident of bullying the weak and rape of women. The military discipline of the Bingzhou army made people secretly point a finger when they saw it.

For a long time, the Hu people have been synonymous with barbarism and cruelty. After entering the Central Plains, they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil. Therefore, the Wei army's counterattack against the Hu people often used violence to fight violence, and most of the time it was a revenge, and blood debt was paid for blood.

There seems to be nothing to criticize. Those who kill people will always kill them. However, when Cao Liang was in Bingzhou, he did not use the method of killing all the Huns. Instead, he used labor to servile these Hun prisoners and squeezed out their surplus value as much as possible. It seemed much simpler to kill them, but it would not leave any way for the Hu people to survive, which would make them more rebellious. Anyway, if the Hu people fought to the death, it would inevitably trigger a larger riot.

Therefore, Cao Liang has always strictly implemented the policy of preferential treatment of prisoners, and the slogan of surrendering people avoiding death was shouted very loudly, which fundamentally undermined the confidence of the Hu people to resist after their failure.

As for how many people survived the heavy labor, it is a later story. The Bingzhou army was also quite strict in managing these prisoners of war. After all, Bingzhou also had to take out grain to support them. If their labor value was not as good as these rations, then what was the need for them to exist? Eat and wait for death? No need to think about it!

The Bingzhou army's policy to the Hu people was well implemented in Bingzhou. These Hu prisoners of war also made great efforts to build Bingzhou. Now the conditions of Bingzhou have been greatly improved, and the treatment of the Xiongnu prisoners of war is much better than before.

After entering Youzhou, this policy will naturally be postponed to Youzhou. Cao Liang had clearly ordered the continued implementation of the prisoner-of-war policy, and the armies of each battalion also habitually followed this order, so those captured Xianbei people were spared from their lives.

However, there will be heavy labor waiting for them. If you want to survive, you must pay their physical labor. The Bingzhou Army’s rice is not for nothing. How much you can survive in the end depends on their physical condition and hard-working spirit.
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