Chapter 22: Captivity
Liu Xi raised his head and looked at the people in the tent, especially his younger brother Liu Qi's slightly disappointed expression, and all the thoughts in his heart disappeared.
For the sake of some rough people who have violated military rules, to embarrass his own brother, isn't he doing this like a stupid pig?
Liu Xi's face was red and white for a while, and he hurriedly bowed and said, "What the marshal said is very true. Violating military discipline, not killing is not enough to correct the morale of the army, and the black sheep of the herd will be dealt with by the military law of the prime minister, and the subordinate will never complain!"
Everyone in the tent breathed a sigh of relief. When fighting a large army, it is most taboo to fight separately and scatter the sand. Liu Xi has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and the soldiers of Xihe and Qin Feng are all in awe of him, if he and Liu Qi have disputes and disagreements, it will undoubtedly be a harm to the great cause of the loyal and righteous army's conquest of summer.
Liu Qi was secretly pleased, after all, he was a brother, and he knew that doing so would damage his majesty among the officers and soldiers of the Western Army, but the eldest brother still set an example himself.
"Liu Rui, military law is ruthless, it's up to you to do this."
Liu Qi said in a deep voice: "In front of the sergeants and prisoners, the Ming canonical punishment is to set an example!"
Liu Rui clenched his fists and said loudly: "Xianggong can rest assured that the last general will live up to his mission!"
Liu Rui left, Li Yanxian, Li Ruoxu and others also left, and only the two Liu brothers were left in the tent.
"Big brother, thank you!"
Liu Qi gave a solemn salute.
"Brother Jiu, don't do this!"
Liu Xi held up his younger brother and spoke sincerely.
"Big brother only cares about small righteousness, and has no great righteousness, which embarrass you! From today onwards, the eldest brother will be your pawn, let you drive!"
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"Big brother!"
Liu Qi was moved in his heart and grabbed his brother's hands.
The two brothers smiled at each other, and all the mustard and unhappiness melted into this smile.
"Today, 46 people, including Liu Xiaomin, Zhang Yunlong, Dong Zhicai, Liu Hai, Zheng Feng, Liu Xiang, and Liu Yun, raped women, ran rampant, broke military regulations, and should be sentenced to death. Today, we will enforce the law impartially in front of all the armies and strictly enforce military discipline to deter the three armies!"
A large group of Song army soldiers who were disheveled and tied up with flowers knelt in front of the army, all embarrassed.
Thousands of party captives from afar also watched this scene in amazement, and everyone craned their necks.
Liu Qi, Liu Xi, Li Yanxian, Li Ruoxu and others stood behind the bound sergeants, with different expressions.
After Liu Rui finished reading, he closed the document in his hand and said loudly: "The knife and axe hand stepped forward, ready to be executed!"
"Liu Xianggong, please, I don't want to die!"
"Liu Xianggong, you can't be so ruthless!"
"Mother, I'm sorry for you!"
The prisoner sergeant who was about to be executed cried and cried, some wept and kowtowed desperately, and some had a blank face, like a puppet.
Among the prisoners, one of the Black Zhuangxi soldiers straightened up, raised his head, and looked calm.
"Liu Xianggong, the villains are all going to die sooner or later, so I'll leave first today. The villain's family, please leave it to Liu Xianggong!"
Liu Xi's eyes were slightly red, and he said loudly: "Brothers, when you get to Huangquan Road, don't blame me!" Your parents, wives and children, I will naturally take care of them!"
He turned his head sharply and strode away, never looking back.
Liu Qi sighed and closed his eyes.
The huge heads fell to the ground, and the blood spilled on the ground, staining the ground red and the scattered green grass and yellow flowers on the ground.
No matter how despicable or noble life is, splendid or mediocre, poor or rich, in the end it is just a passing passer in the world, and has escaped other dooms, and who can escape the merciless knife of time.
"Brothers, these 46 people have defied military regulations and have been beheaded according to the law. The brothers bravely killed the enemy, living up to the expectations of the king and the people. If there is any further disobedience, these 46 heads will be the end!"
Liu Qi rode slowly in front of the formation, his face solemn.
"Brothers, there are loyal soldiers
Merit will be rewarded, and fault will be punished. Yesterday's battle, the marshal also wrote a report to Wang Xianggong, Wang Xianggong loves soldiers like a son, and then he will reward the three armies for his merits. ”
"Thank you Xianggong Wang, thank you Marshal!"
The shouts of the sergeants rang out almost in unison.
Liu Xi was frightened, and his back was wet with sweat. From the voices of these sergeants, he realized that this loyal army was not his younger brother Liu Qi's private team, but Wang Song's loyal eagle dog.
If he had been a little more stubborn just now, I am afraid that not only would he have caused criticism, but also affected his brother's future.
Liu Qi's eyes turned to the front row, and when the soldiers of the old Western Army saw his cold gaze, they were all frightened, and they couldn't help shouting loudly together.
"Thank you Xianggong Wang, thank you Marshal!"
Liu Qi nodded, this is the effect he wants. All of us are united, life and death are shared.
Liu Qi's eyes swept over the captives, his gaze became cold, and he snorted coldly in his nose.
Outside the captive crowd, the sergeants guarding it were all pale and eyeing each other. The swords and guns in their hands glowed with cold light, and the openings of the artillery holes were faint, aimed at the inner circle.
"The general spares his life, the villains are also Han!"
"Spare my life, I still have a wife and children at home!"
"Brother Richard of the dog's day, he escaped, but left the villains behind!"
Among the captives, there were shouts of begging for mercy one after another, and they were so frightened that they fell to their knees, and many of them wept and kowtowed frequently. There are also some people with calm faces, as if quietly waiting for death to come.
The Song army burned Pingxia City, and everyone was already terrified, coupled with the century-old hatred of Biansai, if the other party killed the prisoner, he would have to wait for death.
"When you kill Han people, why don't you say that you are Han Chinese?"
Li Yanxian hit his horse and came out, pointed his whip at the prisoner in front of him, and shouted angrily: "You have wives and children, those loyal and righteous soldiers who died in battle, don't they have wives and children?" Do they deserve to die, and you deserve to live!"
"Marshal, more than half of these captives are Han Chinese!"
Liu Xi stepped forward and said softly in Liu Qi's ear.
He could also see that after this battle, the loyal and righteous army suffered heavy casualties, and they must have wanted to achieve the goal of strengthening the army by recruiting these prisoners. There are a lot of Han people in it, all of them are swing elements, and they can be completely co-opted.
"Han people who prostitute tigers should be killed!"
Liu Qi's face turned pale, and he said loudly: "The party members burn, kill and loot, this is a national enemy. These Han people follow behind the alien race, aiding and abusing the clan, enslaving their own clan, having no father or mother, and they are even more heinous, and they should all be killed!"
Liu Qi's voice spread far away, and among the captives, the voice of begging for mercy was even higher, and many people from the Tibetan and party were pale, knelt down, kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Liu Rui, the screening of the captives, do you already have eyebrows?"
Liu Rui hurriedly handed over a roster and said in a low voice: "Marshal Hui, the prisoners have been screened, here is the roster, please take a look."
Liu Qi waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Pick up the important things, don't waste time!"
"Back to the marshal, 1,327 party officers were screened, including 582 party officers, 225 Tibetan and 520 Han Chinese. These people have done all kinds of evil, and their hands are stained with the blood of the people, and everyone will be punished!"
As soon as the war ended yesterday, he was ordered to select some timid and fearful people from among the prisoners to screen the party prisoners, and the numbers found out also shocked him.
Among these active and murderous party officers, Han people accounted for 4 percent, which can be said to be the vanguard of the invasion of the Song Dynasty.
"Han people and party members, the number is about the same, it seems that these traitors are living well in Western Xia, these incorruptible and shameless beasts!"
Liu Qi glanced at the captives in front of him with disgust, and continued: "The rest of the captives, what is the situation, yes
Are you sinful?"
"Marshal Hui, among the 13,311 prisoners, 5,763 were from the Dang Xiang, 2,033 were from the Hu nationality, and 5,512 were from the Han people......"
"Alright, that's enough!"
Before Liu Rui finished speaking, Liu Qi had already interrupted his words.
After nearly a hundred years of war in the Song and Xia dynasties, the Han people suffered the most casualties, and the Han people were the most unskilled. Without a father and mother, with interests in the heart, incorruptibility and shame, and a plate of scattered sand, Huaxia's vitality was lost in such internal friction.
"Let's get started!"
Liu Qi glanced at his younger brother and said in a deep voice: "The army eats horses and chews, which costs a huge amount of money, and there is no time to waste here!"
"The subordinate obeys!"
Liu Rui beat his horse and left, shouting loudly: "Suppress the screened prisoners!"
The 1,327 party captives who were screened out were tied up and pressed over, all of them were tied up, their faces were bruised, their bodies were stained with blood, and they didn't know how many punches and kicks they had received in private.
The person in charge of imprisoning them is the old Western army who has fought with them all their lives, and the hatred between the two sides is not shared, and it has fallen into the hands of these Western troops, where are these people to feel good.
"Han people don't kill Han people!"
"The villain is willing to make meritorious service to the crime, and begs the general to spare the little one's life!"
"Spare my life, I haven't married yet!"
Seeing the ugliness of the Han officer in his eyes made Liu Qi even more disgusted and disgusted, he waved his hand, and a large group of sergeants came up.
"Straight lady thief, and the face to call herself a Han Chinese!"
Liu Rui scolded: "Kill the Han people, I didn't see you soft!" Be reincarnated as a good person in the next life, but don't be a Han person, the Han people can't afford to lose this face!"
He strode forward, asked the soldier to help up a Han captive who had collapsed to the ground, pressed his body, stepped forward himself, and stabbed him fiercely, the man had no time to scream, and the big head of the man had already fallen to the ground, and blood spurted out and spilled all over the ground.
"Execution!"
Liu Rui put the knife back into its sheath, wiped the blood on his face, and strode away.
"Well killed, 20 years later, Lao Tzu is a good man again!"
"Song Gou, Lao Tzu can't let you go even if he is a ghost!"
The angry scolding of the party members, the begging for mercy of the Han people, and all kinds of unintelligible languages were intertwined, and with the continuous movement of the arms of the knife and axe hand, the corpses lay on the ground on the huge plain.
"The Han and Tibetan people are all out of the ranks!"
After the execution, Liu Rui's angry shouts sounded again.
The 2,033 Tibetan people and 5,512 people walked out of the captives in horror and came to the mountain of weapons.
"One person takes a weapon in hand, hurry up!"
The 7,545 captives stepped forward one by one, and one of them picked up a weapon, grabbed it in his hand, and stood aside to line up.
"Want to follow the Loyalty? Stand up if you don't want to follow!"
Hearing Liu Rui's question, the captives were terrified, and they all shouted in trembling voices: "Yes!"
Another group of captives came out, and everyone knelt down together, and the leading one looked to be more than forty years old, and he knelt down and said: "General, the villain is very old, and please let the villain go back." The villains swore that they would never be enemies of the Great Song Dynasty for the rest of their lives!"
Liu Rui nodded and said loudly: "You wait to stand aside, wait for the collar to return to your hometown!"
These captives are too old to remain in the army. He had also greeted them in advance and asked them to return to their hometowns.
What is shown here today is just a show, and only those who watch the Song army and the party captives who are about to suffer doom do not know.
"Listen well, accept the vote, you are the brothers of the loyal army!"
Before Liu Rui's words fell, the prisoners with weapons had already rushed out and rushed straight to the panicked party captives.