Qin Dan and Du De both clasped their fists and bowed, saying: "General, I will obey the military orders of Da Sima!" Then they gave instructions to the guards on the left and right, asking them to go to the army to pass on Da Sima's general orders. The two of them continued to pick up the pottery bowls and eat.
Horsemeat soup,
The soldier who was delivering the order looked at Qin Dan, who was a little greedy for the steaming meat being cooked in the cauldron in front of Du De. He swallowed his saliva and said sheepishly: "The two generals and the brothers under their command are really delicious.
, in a ghost place like Liaodong, it is really a pleasure to have a bowl of horse meat soup this season,
However, the two generals and their brothers ambushed the Wei army here and achieved such great achievements. This thing is nothing at all. When Da Sima holds a celebration banquet in the future, good wine and meat will be indispensable."
Qin Dan smiled and waved: "You are Da Sima's personal guard, right? This is horse meat soup. It was just cut from the dead horse. It is still fresh. If you don't mind, you can sit down and eat a few bowls."
It’s not too late to go back and recover.”
Qin Dan, another guard next to Du De understood, put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, and filled him with a full bowl. Qin Dan took it and handed it to him.
Quan Cong's personal guard smiled and waved his hand: "Well, how can this be so embarrassing? No, I have to go back to Da Sima as soon as possible."
Du De raised his head and looked at Quan Cong's personal guard, pointed to the open space next to the fire and said: "We are guests, so just sit down and eat something to warm yourself. It doesn't hurt."
The personal guard of Quan Cong had no choice but to take the newly filled bowl of horse meat soup and began to put it into his mouth, saying, "You're not welcome then."
The soldiers of the Wei army who were closely guarded by Wu's soldiers in the valley set up a tent next to the fire after dinner. They had just captured it from them in the afternoon and now they are returning it to them.
After all, the population is still very precious. In this case, even the reduced soldiers are also very precious resources. After a little training and breaking them up, they can also be used as a source of soldiers. They should not be allowed to suffer from frostbite or freeze to death. This can be regarded as a good way to reduce the soldiers and capture them.
It's over,
In primitive society, they would be used as "sacrifice". During the primitive society, wars often occurred between different tribes, and captives were inevitable during the wars. After being captured, most of these captives would be used as "human sacrifices"
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In ancient times, sacrificial animals were called "sacrificial animals", and the so-called "human animals" refer to people being used as sacrificial animals.
In primitive times, the way people dealt with captives was actually very brutal, either beheading, dismembering, or burning them, or they might have other uses, such as sacrificing flags, sacrificing war drums, etc.
In fact, in extreme cases, people may even eat their captives.
At that time, the captives who had a slightly better ending were just servants and slaves raising horses, hunting or engaging in other hard work activities.
After the slave society, people treated captives in a slightly more humane manner and rarely ate them or used them as human sacrifices.
From the Warring States Period to the Han and Wei dynasties, prisoners were treated in many ways.
There is a kind of prisoner who was captured after surrendering. They belong to the category of "surrender" or "surrender". The ancients believed that "surrender" is the same as "xiang", and killing and surrender is unlucky. Therefore, few people will kill such prisoners, usually
Let them join you, or make them slaves.
However, if you encounter a ruthless general, you will be killed just like him.
Among those who were killed and surrendered, the most famous one was Qin general Bai Qi during the Warring States Period.
In the Battle of Changping, Bai Qi killed Zhao in a trap and surrendered 400,000 soldiers. Zhao's vitality was severely damaged and he did not recover for many years.
In fact, many generals and even monarchs like to kill and surrender.
For example, at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Xiang Yu once killed 200,000 Qin soldiers in a trap. "Historical Records" said: "So the Chu army attacked and killed more than 200,000 Qin soldiers in the south of Xin'an City at night."
Cao Cao also likes to kill and surrender. In the Battle of Guandu, he killed Yuan Shao's 70,000 surrender soldiers.
In addition, Cao Cao also liked to massacre cities. He massacred the city of Xuzhou twice, killing hundreds of thousands of people and dumping their corpses in Surabaya, so that the water was blocked by the corpses.
Sima Yi conquered Gongsun Yuan, who was in Liaodong, and directly killed more than 7,000 of the surrendered people, including "all the men who were fifteen years old and thought they were the capital", and also killed "general Bi Sheng and more than 2,000 people".
There is another way to deal with prisoners, which is to reorganize or promote them.
During the three-legged period of Wei, Shu, and Wu, wars were frequent and soldiers were often scarce. Therefore, for those who surrendered, some generals would select some, usually young, strong, and highly effective soldiers, and integrate them into their own troops so that they could serve for themselves.
Cao Cao's "Qingzhou Soldiers" were reorganized from the surrendered soldiers. At the beginning, Cao Cao "received 300,000 surrendered soldiers, more than a million men and women, and collected the best ones, who were named Qingzhou Soldiers."
The predecessor of the Qingzhou Soldiers was the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. They and their families numbered over one million. After surrendering to Cao Cao, Cao Cao selected tens of thousands of them with strong combat effectiveness to form an independent "Qingzhou Soldier".
As for other prisoners, those who could work were basically sent to farm. This was also a key step in the rise of Cao Wei. Therefore, Jiangdong was unwilling to give up these surrendered soldiers unless it was absolutely necessary.
When Cao Cao first raised his army, he was weak, with no more than a few thousand soldiers, and only a few Xiahou Cao brothers as generals. However, Cao Cao was an outstanding politician and military strategist. With his superb strategies and methods, he stood out among the heroes.
rise rapidly.
The key step in Cao Cao's rise was to surrender the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, which was known as a million-strong army, and formed 300,000 elite Qingzhou soldiers. From then on, Cao Cao conquered the Central Plains and swept away the heroes.
When the world was in chaos, not only did the warlords attack each other, but the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army were also very active. After the internal strife between the Dong and Dong coalition forces, the Yellow Turban Army took the opportunity to attack Dongjun. Wang Hu, the new governor of Dongjun, could not withstand the Yellow Turban Army's attack and was defeated.
While fleeing, Cao Cao took the opportunity to lead his troops into the Dongjun area.
Cao Cao was unable to attack Dong Zhuo, but he was more than enough to deal with the ragtag Yellow Turban Army.
Cao Cao relied on the brave and capable Xiahou brothers and the Cao brothers. In a short time, he defeated the Yellow Turban Army and occupied Dongjun.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were good friends. They made a favor and reported it to the court. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty appointed Cao Cao as the governor of Dongjun.
Dongjun is located at the junction of today's Shandong and Henan. The county seat is Puyang, which is under the jurisdiction of Gunzhou. Chen Gong was from Dongjun. At this time, he took refuge with Cao Cao and became Cao Cao's early counselor.
Although the territory of Dongjun is not large, Cao Cao finally has a place to settle down.
Soon, the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou also grew stronger.
Due to the warlords' melee, the people were in dire straits and suffered from hunger and cold. Many people rebelled with their families. Men, women, old and young participated in the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. The total number of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army reached one million, which was considered a very large force.
Of course, it depends on whose hands these many prisoners are. Only by controlling them can they exert more combat effectiveness. This is what Quan Cong thinks. The Wu army currently does not have enough soldiers and needs these soldiers...