"I've met the envoy!" Liu Bei and others came in and saw Ma Qiang and quickly greeted him. Ma Qiang helped everyone and said, "You have worked hard in this battle, especially Huang Zheng. Killing the thief general Cheng Zhiyuan in this battle formation is a great achievement!"

Gongsun Zan next to him felt a little unhappy. If he hadn't found the wrong team, Cheng Zhiyuan's head should have been his.

No, I have to find another meritorious service, and by the way, there is Zhang Chun!

"Ming Gong, it's so lively here. It seems I didn't come too late." Duan Ying was pushed in on a four-wheeled vehicle, followed by Han Heng and other battalion leaders.

When Ma Qiang saw that everyone had arrived, he sat down at the main seat and said, "Yan Rou, please tell me the results of this battle first."

Yan Rou came out and cupped her hands and said, "In this battle, our army defeated more than 60,000 rebels, captured nearly 30,000, and killed nearly 10,000 in formation. Most of the rest of the troops fled and disappeared without a trace. The thief general Cheng Zhiyuan was killed by Huang Jin in formation!"

Ma Qiang thought of Deng Mao and asked, "By the way, have you found any trace of Deng Mao?"

"This...our army didn't notice..." Yan Rou looked at Gongsun Zan and Zou Jing, then shook his head and said.

"Just now, a fast horse came to report that there are bandits in the Qiu Kingdom. I am afraid they are the troops led by Deng Mao. His target should be the Zhongshan Kingdom." Duan Ying said.

"Oh? You went to Zhongshan Kingdom?" Ma Qiang thought of the Zhen family in Zhongshan Kingdom and couldn't help but worry. Don't cause the destruction of the Zhen family because of himself.

My business route in Jizhou still relies on the Zhen family.

Well, Ma Qiang is not here for Zhen Mi.

By the way, how old is Zhen Mi now?

Ma Qiang thought for a while, but couldn't remember it, so he gave up.

"The Zhongshan Kingdom is very mountainous. I'm afraid these bandits want to hide in the mountains. It seems that they don't want to support Zhang Jiao. Moreover, the Zhongshan Kingdom is under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, so it is difficult for us to send troops."

"If that's the case, then only Zhang Chun is left." Ma Qiang has not forgotten the dark battle between Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun in Liaoxi and Youbeiping.

After Qiu Liju regained his position, he fought with Zhang Chun's Lingzhi in western Liaoning. Since Zhang Chun led all the original Han army border troops, their combat effectiveness was not bad. The two sides fought back and forth. If Ma Ma

If force does not intervene, this battle will not be over in two or three months.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to fight!" Gongsun Zan stood up and shouted with his hands raised.

"Oh! Bogui just came back and wants to fight again?"

This guy is a war maniac...

"Zhang Chun is our Han general, how could he die at the hands of the barbarians? I am asking for battle in the hope that I can kill this thief and rectify the power of our Han army!" Gongsun Zan said righteously, and Liu Bei and others beside him showed admiration.

Eyes.

This era is the era of true Hanism, and Gongsun Zan’s words are absolutely politically correct.

"Ming Gong, let Gongsun Changshi and Yan Zhi go with them. Our army also needs to make some repairs here and wait for the imperial edict."

After listening to Duan Ying's words, Ma Qiang nodded and said, "That's fine, thank you both for your hard work!"

"No!" "Thank you so much, envoy!"

Ma Qiang said some encouraging words and asked Kou Xian to help arrange drinks and meals for the sergeants, and then a small meeting was held.

"Together with the prisoners of war reported from other places, there are now more than 40,000 prisoners of war in Youzhou. It is not difficult to select the best of them and get 20,000 soldiers and horses. I will recruit them all into the army!"

At the beginning, Kou Xian continued to talk about his original point of view.

Ma Qiang looked at Duan Ying, who nodded slightly and said, "If you want to gain troops, this is indeed the fastest move."

"Kou Xian said before that the remaining prisoners of war would be used for farming. What do the military advisors think?"

Duan Ying glanced at Kou Xian, then shook his head and said, "That's not possible at this time. Ming Gong is only acting as governor temporarily, and there is no official edict from the court. If you gather soldiers and horses from all counties with great righteousness, it is justice, but! But if you are private

Occupying land for cultivation is for personal gain, so that’s not allowed!”

Kou Xian quickly said, "These fields can be set as government public fields, otherwise it will not be for personal gain!"

Duan Ying smiled and said, "Please allow me to make a digression, Mr. Ming.

I was chatting with the prisoners of war in the prisoner-of-war camp before, and found that some prisoners of war were falsely accused of being thieves. Does anyone know why?"

"What? Is there such a thing?"

Ma Qiang really didn't expect that killing good people and taking merit would appear in his team.

No, this is not about killing good people and taking credit for their merits... nor is it killing them.

Moreover, there are tens of thousands of prisoners of war, and there is no shortage of heads.

"Military advisor, who did this? Is there any royal law? Is there any law?"

"They are arresting people in accordance with the king's law, but don't worry, Ming Gong, most of the people doing this are private soldiers of various tribes."

"Private soldiers of various ethnic groups? Why do they say they are thieves?"

"Pfft... Ming Gong, who can prove that those people are not thieves?"

Ma Qiang was stunned by Duan Ying's words. No, isn't this who assumes and who gives evidence?

"Wait a minute, isn't this supposed to be evidence given by someone who says he is a traitor?"

"As long as Ming Gong wants it, a witness can come before Ming Gong at any time. Do you want to see Ming Gong?"

Also, the cost of perjury in this era is too low.

Speaking of which, as a governor, isn’t it true that he also relied on forgery...

"But this is human life! What if someone else feels that there are too many prisoners of war and wants to trap them and kill them?"

"This is what they want." Duan Ying looked at Ma Qiang and said, "Those people who were wrongly called the Yellow Turban Army all have land and land at home, but they have not joined the rich families.

After the rebel army was defeated, wealthy families from all over the country continued to seize the opportunity to accuse people of their innocence and then seize fertile land. Some were even prepared to spend money to buy back the people falsely accused of being part of the Yellow Turban Army and use them as slaves for farming.

These people’s fields.”

As he said that, Duan Ying shook his head helplessly.

Ma Qiang was stunned when he heard this.

Can you still play like this?

This is much better than the later generations who just sit there and raise the price. Look, this is called selling you and asking you to help count the money!

"This is really unreasonable! Military advisor, summon the troops immediately. I want to interrogate which bastards dared to act so boldly!" Ma Qiang's hands were shaking with anger. After fighting for a long time, these wealthy people made a lot of money in the end.

"What I found out about this matter in the prisoner-of-war camp alone involves thirteen large families in two counties. The situation in each place is still unknown. I think it exists in every county. What is Ming Gong going to do with these people? Kill them? Or fine them?"

"According to Han law, what crime should be committed?" Ma Qiang asked.

"False accusations of rebellion should be punished, but Ming Gong, you are not the real governor. If you want to punish these people, the entire Youzhou will become enemies of our army in an instant.

These people have relatives and friends in the court, and it is not impossible to falsely accuse Duke Ming of being a rebel, not to mention Duke Ming's acting governor."

Duan Ying's words stunned Ma Qiang.

Ma Qiang clenched his fists and finally slowly let go.

He really didn't have the ability to go against the big families in Youzhou. Not to mention him, even Cao Cao later was defeated by this power.

If you are willing to sell them prisoners of war, they will definitely support you to continue to be a contemporary governor in Youzhou, and even work hard to make your acting governor a real governor.

Ma Qiang took two steps slowly.
Chapter completed!