Records of the Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turbans surrendered, and from their elite they formed the Qingzhou army (over three hundred thousand…
The Yellow Turbans surrendered, and from their elite they formed the Qingzhou army (over three hundred thousand surrendered soldiers, and over a million men and women).
冬，受降卒三十餘萬，男女百餘萬口，收其精銳者，號爲青州兵。
Location: 魏書 武帝紀 (卷01) 初平3년
Cao Cao pursued the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou to Jibei and made them all surrender; he obtained more than three hundred thousand soldiers and over a million men, women, and children, and made their elite troops into the Qingzhou army.
曹操追黃巾至濟北，悉降之，得戎卒三十餘萬，男女百餘萬口，收其精銳者，號青州兵。
Location: 資治通鑑 卷060 (원문 단락 #4961, 192년)
Place: 濟北
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