Chapter 1691: The One Who Gave the Order
For seven consecutive days, the Chu army led by Ye Shikai was like a bamboo, a hundred miles a day, and it went deep into the hinterland of Bashu in the blink of an eye.
"Bashu is known as Tianfu, and it really deserves its name. Ye Shikai looked at the scenery of Bashu and couldn't help but sigh, compared to the war-torn Central Plains, it is much more comfortable here, although the harsh taxes of the imperial court also make the people bear a great burden, but at least there is no war here.
"Indeed, Bashu is rich in products, and our army will take this place and use it as a rear base, so we will not worry about food and grass. Mancang was also very excited, he didn't expect that one day, he would be able to personally lead the army to capture here, you must know that last year he was just a small prisoner, if it wasn't for the arrival of the war, he probably wouldn't know where it was.
"Yes, I hope the world can be peaceful as soon as possible. ”
"Report ...... Report to the general, the Qin generals who were defending the city in front opened the city and surrendered. At this time, a herald came on horseback to make the report.
"Great, this is less of a knife fight. Ye Shikai was overjoyed when he heard this, if he could die one less, he would die one less, and this would be the best result.
"Our army has strict military discipline along the way, and there is no crime in the autumn, not only abolished the imperial court's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, forced labor and torture, the general also ordered to distribute a part of the military food and military pay to help the people, and now Sichuan is praising the general's words, along the way there are a lot of Qin troops to surrender, and our army will naturally receive less resistance. ”
"The people have been suffering for a long time, and at this time it is time to reduce taxes and govern benevolently, as long as they can win people's hearts, the situation in Bashu will be stable. Ye Shikai smiled with relief.
"Full warehouse, how far is this from Chengdu. Ye Shikai suddenly asked.
"About, there are still five hundred miles of road, the road in Bashu is rugged, although the progress of our army can be called fast, but it will take at least a week to arrive, in addition, our army has been deep into Shu for more than seven hundred miles, a week, the rations in the camp are almost eaten, the general issued a strict order, strictly prohibiting the sergeants from snatching food from the people, so our army's supplies can only rely on the rear transportation. ”
"Alright then, our army will rest here for three days, and after the grain and grass from the rear arrive, we will continue to advance. Ye Shikai commanded, although it is a noble soldier and a fast soldier, but at present, the Chu army has completely mastered the situation, and the two generals of Zhang Lan Wang Lian have captured all the passes in the north of Bashu, and the Qin army has no possibility of entering Sichuan, and it is only a matter of time to capture Chengdu.
"Wow. ”
The army found a flat place and set up camp, Ye Shikai finally breathed a sigh of relief, this is the largest battle he commanded, but it is also the easiest battle, compared to the previous fight with Wang Li, this time it is simply as easy as "chopping melons and vegetables", frankly speaking, the last time I fought with Wang Li, it was like being on the gambling table, the odds on both sides were five or five, Ye Shikai was really not sure, he was even worried that Wang Li would intervene again this time, but so far, there is no news of reinforcements from the Qin army.
Day 3.
"General, the grain and grass have arrived, and all the 100,000 stone grain and grass have been delivered. Early in the morning, Mancang hurriedly ran into Ye Shikai's tent and shouted.
"Okay, the troops will leave immediately, there is no need to march in a hurry, just a normal speed. Ye Shikai had already calculated the approximate time, when entering Sichuan, the front army and the Chinese army were in a hurry, a hundred miles a day, and the baggage troops marched slowly, at most fifty miles a day, so after waiting for three more days, the grain transport team should have arrived.
"Report ......" Suddenly, a herald rushed directly into the camp, and he didn't even have time to report to the guards, so he rushed in directly, if it wasn't for the clothes of the Chu army, the guards would have been shot with arrows.
"What's the situation, so anxious, what kind of system. Seeing this, Ye Shikai suddenly panicked in his heart, if it wasn't for the urgent military situation, how could he use eight hundred miles to expedite.
"Wait a minute, you're not a herald, you're General Shangguan's personal soldier. Ye Shikai looked at his face and thought about it all of a sudden, this person has always been around Shangguan Jian, and all Ye Shikai saw it, and his face was familiar.
"General Ye, General Shangguan's letter, requesting...... Must be delivered within two days. ”
"What the hell is going on. Ye Shikai opened the letter with some trepidation, there were only two lines in it, but the content made his mind blank, and he didn't react for a long time.
"General, what the hell is going on. Mitsukura realized that something was wrong and stepped forward to ask.
"Eighty thousand Qin troops...... They were all killed by the pit. ”
"What. Man Cangda exclaimed, winced, and told all the guards to retreat.
"The day before yesterday, the lord personally came to the guard camp and personally gave the order...... Pit and kill all Qin prisoners of war. Ye Shikai clenched his fists, his heart felt as if he had been punched hard, the pain was incomparable, and he lay directly on the table.
"General, are you alright? Mancang hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.
"How can this be, how can the lord come. Ye Shikai couldn't accept this fact for a while, if it weren't for the fact that the person who sent the letter was Shangguan Jian's personal soldier, he even thought it was fake news, the Qin army surrendered, Ye Shikai led the Chu army into Sichuan, marched for seven days, and rested in place for three days, a total of more than ten days, and Mi Wen arrived at the guard camp the day before yesterday, indicating that from the surrender of the Qin army to the arrival of Mi Wen in the guard camp, he ordered to kill all prisoners of war, a total of less than eight days......
The guard battalion is located in the area of homecoming, where it is thousands of miles away from Linxiang City, even if it is an expedited military report of 800 miles, it will take three or four days to deliver, so calculated, when the news of the surrender of the Qin army was rushed to Linxiang City, Mi Wen immediately went out of the city, and directly led the army to the guard camp, what is her purpose, this is very clear, Ye Shikai did not explain how to deal with the prisoners of war in the military report, but just said that the matter is serious, and it will be discussed in the future, as a result, Mi Wen set off directly after receiving the military report, in order to personally order the pit to be killed.
Although Shangguan Jian is the commander of the guard battalion, the 40,000 army is naturally obeying his military orders, but after all, Mi Wen is the lord, although the general will not be subject to the order of the monarch outside, but the lord personally arrives, Shangguan Jian is naturally unable to disobey.
Thinking of 80,000 people being killed, Ye Shikai's hands couldn't stop trembling, tens of thousands of people on the battlefield were fighting, blood was splashed all over his body, and he was not afraid at all, because war is bound to die, but Mi Wen ordered the pit to kill, this is to kill unarmed people, obviously you don't have to do this, obviously ...... Tens of thousands more people will survive......
"General, what should we do now, the troops are already preparing to move. Man Cang was a little worried about Ye Shikai's mental state, and now he looked "unstable".
"Cancel...... The plan to march was cancelled, and the whole army camped in place, waiting for my military order. ”