One hundred and thirty-eight, be a soldier by my side
On July 18, Zhu Jun delivered the witness to the court, and together they also went with Zhang Ju, who was in the prison cart, requesting rewards from the court on behalf of the entire army.
The Han army was stationed in Feiru to clean the battlefield, restore the public order of surrounding cities that were ravaged by rebels, and to send civilians captured by rebels back to their original homes.
Guo Peng took on the responsibility of repatriating a considerable number of the people who were plundered and was busy with the sky and darkness.
These civilians were not only Han people, but also Wuhuan people and Xianbei people, as well as Miscellaneous Hu people from some unknown places. Some were Chinese-made Hu people, and some were Hu people, with very complex composition.
On the afternoon of July 20, after Guo Peng finally handled the repatriation mission of 10,000 people, Guan Yu suddenly came to report.
"General, someone killed someone in the prisoner-of-war camp."
"ah?"
Guo Peng was writing quickly to deal with military affairs. When he heard this, he raised his head in surprise and asked, "Did it be our people? Who can't control his descendants anymore?"
"No, our people are willing to follow the general's orders and dare not do those things. The one who killed people was a young man in the prisoner-of-war camp, who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old. He killed three Wuwan people."
"A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy killed three Wuhuan people? Or was he in a prisoner of war camp? Do he have parents or other elders around him?"
Guo Peng was surprised.
"No, he was the only one. He hid a short knife somewhere, avoided our search, and then went to kill people. It is said that he suddenly started attacking, and no one expected that he would kill people."
"Has the person caught it?"
Guo Peng asked.
"I caught it, I just came to ask the general how to deal with this young man."
Guan Yu replied.
"Go and have a look."
Guo Peng put down his pen and took a few personal guards to see the boy with Guan Yu.
When he arrived outside the prisoner-of-war camp under Guo Peng's army, Guo Peng saw a young man tied up in rags and dirty clothes, with his hair disheveled. He looked not very old.
"Is it the one he killed?"
Guo Peng asked Guan Yu, and Guan Yu nodded.
Guo Peng walked forward, stood in front of him and asked, "Is it the one you killed? Did you kill three of them in one breath?"
"I did it."
The boy raised his head and looked at Guo Peng without fear.
"Why kill someone?"
"revenge!"
The young man looked fierce: "Avenge my parents!"
"The soldiers around were all looking at the young man strangely, while Guo Peng asked the young man to tell the whole story.
It turned out that the young man was named Yan Rou, who was only fourteen years old. He was originally from Guangyang County and was a landlord with a large and small family.
After the rebels began, his hometown was swept by the rebels. He was captured with his parents and imprisoned in Zhang Chun's army.
After Zhang Chun was defeated repeatedly by Guo Peng, the morale of the army was shaken, and a large number of deserters appeared. The rebels who were guarding their family also ran away, so Yan Rou also ran away with her parents.
As a result, not long after they escaped from the barracks, the family was caught by a team of escaped Wuwan cavalry. The father was killed and the mother was humiliated and killed. Yan Rou was young and could not resist. She was kidnapped by the Wuwan people as spoils and brought to Feiru. She was involved in this war and survived by luck.
Then he saw three Karawan people involved in killing his parents in the prisoner-of-war camp, and he deliberately wanted to kill them to avenge their parents.
He did it.
Yan Rou, this name is a bit familiar.
Guo Peng frowned and thought for a while. He felt like he had heard of this name, but he couldn't think of it.
However, even without saying this, Guo Peng admired what Yan Rou did very much.
"Avenge your parents with courage and knowledge. If you do well, let go of him, he has no sin."
Guo Peng ordered Yan Rou to let go, which surprised Yan Rou.
"Do you know the way home? I can give you the travel expenses and let you go home."
Guo Peng asked Yan Rou.
"My parents and tribesmen are dead, and I have no home anymore."
Yan Rou lowered her head and her eyes were red.
"well……"
Guan Yu, who was beside Guo Peng, sighed: "General, when the war is in progress, where can the people have a home?"
Guo Peng also nodded.
"Yun Chang was right, that's true. Yan Rou, is there any other place you can go?"
“…”
Yan Rou was speechless.
Guo Peng knew that he had nowhere to go.
"Then are you willing to follow me?"
When Guo Peng asked this, Yan Rou raised her head and looked at Guo Peng in surprise: "What is General?"
"Captain Huwuwan, Guo Peng."
"Is the general Guo Peng?"
Yan Rou was obviously excited.
"You've heard of me, too?"
Guo Peng smiled.
"Yes! The general is very famous. I often hear generals defeating the Xianbei people and killing the Xianbei leaders in my hometown. Many people in my hometown respect the generals very much."
Yan Rou said excitedly: "I have no place to go anymore. I am willing to follow the general. Please take it in!"
Yan Rou knelt on the ground and asked Guo Peng to take him in. Guo Peng helped Yan Rou up and nodded: "Okay, you can follow me and be a personal soldier by my side!"
"Thank you, General!"
Yan Rou saluted Guo Peng in surprise.
He asked his personal soldiers to take Yan Rou to wash and change clothes. Guo Peng said to Guan Yu: "Chief Yun, go to the prisoner-of-war camp to count them, see how many young people who have lost their family members are in this camp, and then take them to the camp together, not only boys but girls too."
"General, this is..."
"The young people who lost their family during the war have no way out. They either die or become bandits. The best luck can find a manor to serve. I really don't want them to fall into that situation and take them to our military camp to give them food and clothing. If I can arrange it, I will try my best to make arrangements, at least there is a place to not starve to death."
Guan Yu admired Guo Peng very much when he heard this.
"General, merciful, Yu knows what to do."
So Guan Yu went to do business as Guo Peng asked.
Guo Peng looked at the departure and turned around and walked back.
What an excellent young man who lost his family in the war.
If there are more people like this, how helpful it will be to me...
Why didn't you think about it earlier?
Guo Peng complained that he had not thought of this key point as soon as possible.
At the end of July, after solving the problem here, Guo Peng and others led their troops to leave western Liaoning with Zhu Ye and returned to Ji County to wait for the emperor's reward order. Before that, Zhu Ye had sent people to give the emperor the victory as quickly as possible, and now they are waiting for the reward.
Guo Peng didn't know what reward he would receive, but Guo Peng trusted Lu Zhi very much. With Lu Zhi in the center, Guo Peng didn't need to worry too much.
The good news of the great victory in Youzhou was quickly delivered to Luoyang, the capital. Emperor Ling was overjoyed when he learned about this.
Before, he was very happy that Zhang Chun was escorted over and felt that the Youzhou Rebellion was about to be put down. Now, as expected, Zhang Ju, who was interrupted, was also escorted to the capital.
So Emperor Ling ordered the two traitors Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun to split the car together, and then placed the corpse in a more conspicuous place in Luoyang to show the world and the fate of being a traitor of the Han Dynasty.
Chapter completed!