"We can't win even if we win..." Cao Cao looked into the distance and raised his head, "The soldiers are exhausted and the warehouses are empty. Within this year, we will no longer be able to fight..."

In such a fight with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao had basically used up all the materials and money he had obtained from Yuan Shu. If Xun Yu hadn't been desperately raising grain, grass and other materials from the rear, I'm afraid he would have... I can't say that it was.

A long time ago, because it is already exhausted now, even Cao Cao can't eat a whole chicken.

In addition, there is a hussar in Guanzhong...

If Cao Cao doesn't care about the whole family coming, then the rear of the void may be directly attacked by Fei Qian and a cavalry at any time. You must know that others may have ideas but lack the strength, and the cavalry general Fei Qian

The ability to have this strength depends on whether you have this idea, so no matter from which perspective, Cao Cao has no way to continue fighting.

Therefore, Cao Cao must make certain adjustments at the moment to allow his soldiers to relax before proceeding with the next strategy.

No one wanted them, they couldn't send them out, and they couldn't afford to support them. The large number of auxiliary soldiers and civilians left behind by Yuan's army became a huge burden.

If it were normal, Cao Cao would be happy to accept them, and then assign these civilians to work in the fields, but the current situation is different. There are a large number of plague patients among the civilians, and Cao Cao cannot completely separate the sick, infected, latent and healthy ones.

come out……

The soldiers at the grassroots level may not realize the horror of the plague, but Cao Cao cannot take it lightly. After all, if the plague spreads and destroys the entire army, it will only take three to five days.

"Brother..." Cao Hong was silent for a long time before he said, "...it would be better to... abandon him..."

Just leaving it alone is another option.

Cao Cao shook his head slowly and said: "If we abandon it, the weak will die here, and there will also be those who run away and scatter in all directions. If it spreads to Yanzhou Township..."

Because Yuan Shao had the upper hand at the beginning, this battle was pushed onto Cao Cao's territory. Although this also caused difficulties in supplying Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's final victory, the current situation also means that

Huge risk.

Fortunately, the plague has not completely spread, but if we really don't care about anything, then these people will definitely flee in order to survive. Maybe most people will flee back to Jizhou, but there will definitely still be people who will run to nearby areas.

In Yanzhou, by that time, the plague will really spread, and it will be too late to control it.

You can't put it away, you can't keep it, you can't keep it.

So they can only kill them on the spot.

"..." Cao Hong was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Brother, after all, it is unlucky to kill prisoners... If... I might be looked down upon by the world..."

"It is unlucky to kill prisoners..." Cao Cao muttered and said nothing for a long time.

The so-called killing of prisoners is ominous, but it does not really mean anything "ominous". It is a matter of two aspects. First, the opponent feels that the rules have been broken, and then uses the same brutal method to retaliate; the second aspect is to make the enemy feel that they have surrendered.

There is no benefit, he will still be killed, so he just fights to the end and gets a good reputation.

At the same time, we must also see that ancient wars often relied on competition between each other's population base, and a small number of elites served as leaders, and then fought. In this process, whether they killed the surrendering generals,

, or killing a large number of the enemy's population will cause the opponent to be weak for a certain period of time and unable to quickly rebuild the army. Therefore, if the opponent's military backbone and a large number of people are slaughtered, it will definitely be severely damaged, so it is also

It is difficult to say whether killing prisoners does more good than harm or does more harm than good.

Just like when Bai Qikeng killed Zhao Bing, there were two pros and cons. On the one hand, it stimulated Zhao Guo's hatred of the same enemy, causing Zhao Guo to become a hard nut to crack. On the other hand, it also caused Zhao Guo to lose power in a short time.

With a large number of young and strong labor force, the national strength suddenly dropped by several levels.

"No..." Cao Cao shook his head and finally said, "These are not prisoners... but those who refused to surrender in battle..."

Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, then looked at Cao Cao and said: "Could it be that the elder brother means..."

"There are no civilians here!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice. "The king's army fought against the rebels and repeatedly persuaded them to surrender, but they refused... Therefore, the day the camp is broken down will be the day of their death! These people who pretend to surrender will not be killed.

What’s the use of keeping it?”
Chapter completed!