Chapter 185: The Death of the Six Kingdoms
In the name of Qin II, Zhao Gao directly mobilized the army to deal with this matter.
The nobles of the Six Kingdoms, who had been in captivity for many years, had no power to resist at all.
Even most of them didn't even react to what was going on, and then they were controlled by the Qin soldiers.
Qin Shi Huang ordered the nobles of the Six Kingdoms to migrate to Xianyang, but he only restricted them in some aspects.
In fact, the property of these nobles of the Six Kingdoms has not been taken away, so even if they are drunk and dreaming of death every day and do not produce, it will not affect their normal life.
And Qin Shi Huang can be described as both lenient and strict with these people.
They won't be recruited at all, and they don't have to do anything every day, just enjoy themselves.
Qin Shi Huang hoped to sink them in this way, so that they would lose their previous fighting spirit and live completely for enjoyment.
When this generation is dead, the next generation will naturally be no threat.
Qin Shi Huang chose a method of boiling frogs in warm water to solve this hidden danger.
But the king was not hungry, but he could not use this method.
The old nobles of the Six Kingdoms were a problem for Qin Shi Huang, and he couldn't kill them all in one go.
That would make the unstable world turbulent again.
And Wang Bu is the same, if he orders to kill these people, if he wants to integrate Zhuxia in the future, I am afraid it will not be so easy.
Although the aristocracy does not regard ordinary people as human beings, the aristocracy is actually a symbol and a kind of sustenance.
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"So ruthless?" Just passed through the Hangu Pass, Wang Buying, who had entered the land of Guanzhong, received a report from the front-line scouts, and couldn't help but be stunned.
"More than that......" Peng Yue nodded with a somewhat unpleasant face, and then said: "It is said that Qin Ting dispatched tens of thousands of troops, and killed them in Xianyang City for three days and three nights, ordinary people didn't even dare to go out, and in the end they could only let the soldiers carry those corpses outside the city, and the corpses were piled up as high as a mountain, and now there are three corpse mountains outside Xianyang City, each of which is dozens of zhang high, and there are seventy or eighty thousand corpses buried in it......"
Rao is used to seeing life and death, and when he sees Peng Yue, who is in charge of corpses, he also feels a little sick to his stomach at this time.
What he said to Wang Buyu was not as detailed as what he had heard, but it did not affect the result.
Now that the weather is getting hot, the bodies must be disposed of as soon as possible, because these people are all dead from traumatic injuries and have wounds on their bodies.
Otherwise, it may stink the next day.
At that time, I am afraid that it will cause a huge plague in Xianyang City.
So, it's too late to dig a hole.
So they temporarily requisitioned the corpses, directly piled up the corpses into a mountain, dug the soil on the spot, and covered the corpse mountain little by little.
The scene was extremely tragic, and there were even rumors that some people who had been conscripted into labor had gone crazy.
This is not the same as killing prisoners, who are killed in batches, and even the graves where they are buried are dug by the captives themselves.
After digging, he cut it directly at the edge of the pit, pushed the body down, and when it was almost over, he changed the prisoner to bury it, and then pushed it to the edge of the new pit to continue cutting.
Only when the last wave of people arrives will it be the soldiers who will bury it.
This kind of thing of more than 200,000 people being directly piled up into a mountain of corpses, and then piled up in situ to seal the soil and bury it, I am afraid that it is the first time in history.
Not to mention the people, even the soldiers themselves looked at their legs weak.
The nobles of the Six Kingdoms who moved west that year were about 100,000, and thanks to the policies of Qin Shi Huang over the years, the population of the Six Kingdoms has grown explosively.
But now......
Wang Bu was not hungry and couldn't help but shudder......
It's horrible......
Wang Buxing's original intention was to let Zhao Gao kill those old, smart, and people who were very valuable to cultivate.
The little ones and women can still stay, anyway, it was Qin Ting who killed them, and the Han army went to rescue them, and when the time comes, these people will not be grateful to Dade one by one?
But I didn't expect Zhao Gao to be so ruthless, killing more than 200,000 people in one go, and regardless of men, women, old and young.
"Didn't leave a trace, did you?" Wang Bu asked if he was not hungry.
If this kind of thing is not wiped clean, then it is really going to get into trouble.
"No, the scout in charge of the execution has been transferred back to Luoyang, although he was followed that day, there happened to be our people among the people who followed, and they didn't find any clues." Peng Yue said.
"All those who participate, all rewards!" Wang Bu was not hungry and continued.
"No!" Peng Yue nodded.
The meaning is already very clear, after taking a heavy reward, I will stay at home and retire in the future.
The best treatment is given, and the work will not make you tired, but you must keep your mouth strict, otherwise, you will be intercepted and killed by various thieves at any time, or you will be stoned to death by a collapsed house when you go out.
"Your Majesty, the Zheng County Commander sent someone to report that the people of Zheng County heard that the Han army was coming, so they slaughtered cattle and sheep to be dedicated to the Han army......"
Wang Bu was hungry and helpless, shook his head and said, "I can't eat ...... alone."
First, the food has been so good these days, basically everywhere you go, all counties will come to reward.
The offensive operation of the originally good army was brutally turned into a triumphant march.
It's like the army has won a great victory, and on the way back to the court, the people along the way take out the best things at home to express their excitement.
The second is that Wang Buxing just learned about the situation in Xianyang, and he really has no appetite.
"Your Majesty, the will of the people must not be disappointed!" Xiao He said.
When Wang Bu was talking to Peng Yue, Xiao He took two steps out with a very eye-catching look, and only came back after the two of them finished speaking.
"Then let's go for a walk...... "Wang Bu nodded without hunger.
When the army passed by Taolin, Ning Qin, and Pingshu before, they also received this kind of treatment.
It's just that it was not the county order of the three counties that greeted him, but the local old Qin people.
It is said that the county commander did not know what to do, and ordered to resist the Han army, but as a result, not only the people did not do it, but also the officials under his command did not do it.
directly learned the favorite routines of those people outside, won the county order by dividing it by two, and turned over and became the master of the house.
Open the door and welcome the guests......
This is the first time that Xiao He Cao Shen has entered Guanzhong, and it is also the first time to feel why Qin has come to this point.
Even the old Qin people who had conquered the world for Qin hated Qin to perish quickly, so what reason did he have to continue to exist?
What shocked Xiao He even more was that when the people saw the Han army, the most asked questions were some policies about the Han State.
One is to ask if it is true?
The second question is whether these policies will also be implemented here?
This is the case all the way, which makes Xiao He and others sigh again and again, this time the Han army's westward advance is probably the easiest battle in history to destroy the country, right?
And Xiao He, a military advisor, has not played any role so far.
It's not that it's useless, it's that it's not needed at all.
The more I thought about it, the more depressed I felt, Xiao He was still thinking about Liu Bang in his heart, if he didn't show some level, how could he improve his status in the heart of King Han?
The status in the heart of King Han is not enough, how can he have weight if he intercedes for Liu Bang in the future?
It's just that there are people everywhere who have taken the initiative to take refuge, and the army is still powerless, let alone him?
Suddenly, Xiao He was stunned in his mind, and he was immediately overjoyed.
"Your Majesty, you might as well be in Zheng County and gather the three elders around you......"