Chapter 8: The Death of Bai Qi (II)
Fan Ju returned to the palace from Wu'an Jun's Mansion and returned to King Yingji of Qin.
Fan Ju only said to Yingji: "Your Majesty, this time Wu'an Junyan is tired of the war, and he is still unwilling to lead the army to the battle. But I have received the king's edict, and I am willing to get up and go to Yinmi from now on. Weichen is incompetent, please ask my king to punish the crime. ”
When Yingji heard this, she hated and hated, and scolded: "This Wu Anjun is so ignorant, why is he tired of war, and he clearly despises the kingship of widows. Let him go right away! Let him get out of here! ”
"He keeps saying that he is thinking about the society, but he doesn't know that the society and the royal power are one? Now that he has no fighting spirit and is bent on defeat, where is he still like my Qin general? Where is Wu Anjun, who is still like a widow? Where is it still like a world-famous god of war? ”
"The widow has been in power for fifty years, use him, believe in him. During the battle of Handan, I hoped that he would lead the army, capture Handan, and make new contributions to our Great Qin, but he was unwilling to go on the expedition, and the few people endured it, which led to the defeat of our Qin army. ”
"Now the widow is not to blame for the past, regardless of my Qin country, the whole country is laughing at the widow. Or give him the opportunity to lead the army to the east and regain the lost territory of my Qin State, but he still disobeys the king's orders! ”
"He was so disappointing! So disappointed by my Great Qin! He's not a widow! It's not a widowed god of war anymore! He...... He's damned! ”
Seeing this, Fan Ju bowed his head and was silent.
Yingji vented the anger in her heart, and said to Fan Juyan: "Xiangguo, immediately draft the edict, order Wang Di as the main general, Zhang Tang as the deputy general, and lead an army of 200,000 to defeat the Fencheng of Wei and recapture Hedong County for me." ”
"No." Fan Ju bowed down to receive the order.
The day after Bai Qi finished talking with Fan Ju, he led a few guards and set off from the West Gate of Xianyang in a van car and headed towards Yinmi.
What he didn't know was that at this moment, the entire Qin court opened a polemic because of him.
King Yingji of Qin sat on the throne and said to the courtiers below: "Ladies and gentlemen, the widow has ordered the general Wang Yi to be the main general, leading an army of 200,000 to crusade against Fencheng and recapture Hedong. If you have any objections, let's talk about them! ”
Wang Ji, who was close to Fan Ju, walked out and said to Yingji: "Your Majesty, if you are a foreign enemy, you must first punish the country's rebels. ”
Yingji wondered: "Anti-minister? Who is the anti-minister? ”
Wang Ji replied: "Your Majesty, this anti-minister is Wu Anjun Baiqi. He repeatedly disobeyed the king's orders, and our army was repeatedly defeated. If we do not eradicate it, how will my king be able to serve the people in the future? ”
The courtiers were shocked when they heard the words.
looked at Xiangguo Fan Ju in front of the left head together, and saw Fan Ju standing in front of him, bowing his head and not responding.
Yingji asked the attendant next to him, "Is Wu Anjun leaving for Yinmi now?" ”
The attendant replied hurriedly: "Enlighten my king, Wu Anjun has set off for Yinmi today. ”
"When he leaves, do you have any complaints?"
"When Wu Anjun left, there were many generals who sent each other, and depending on his intentions, he was still unconvinced, and he had more to say."
Yingji turned her head to look at Fan Ju and said, "Xiangguo, how do you look at Wu Anjun's matter?" ”
Fan Ju had already understood what Yingji was thinking, sighed secretly, walked out, and fell to his knees.
He suggested to the King of Qin: "Your Majesty, Wu Anjun now has a disagreement with my king, and it is already a great trouble for my Great Qin, so I must be punished!" If you ask my king, you can send someone to kill Wu Anjun! ”
Seeing this, all the military generals in the court knelt on the ground together, and said to King Qin in unison: "King, Wu Anjun has fought for my Qin State for decades, and he has contributed to my Qin State!" I also ask my king to see his merits and spare his death. ”
King Yingji of Qin saw that many generals were trying to protect Bai Qi, and his heart was even more unhappy.
asked Fan Ju again: "Xiangguo, the generals agree not to kill Wu Anjun, do you have any suggestions?" ”
Fan Ju naturally knew that at this moment, Yingji had to kill Bai Qi!
didn't say much, just said to Yingji:
"The king, Wu Anjun was demoted to a soldier and was in Xianyang for a few months. During this period, every day is full of people, and they are all the generals of our Qin State who hold the military power, which shows that their prestige in the army is very high! ”
After the Battle of Handan, he once said: "Qin doesn't listen to the ministers, what is going on now!" Please Wang Mingjian. ”
Since ancient times, military power has been the power of kings at all times.
As a subordinate, if anyone dares to touch the military power, he will either be a minister or a self-defeating person.
Yingji nodded, and ordered the attendant: "Wu Anjun has failed the grace of the country, passed on the edict of the widow, gave him a sword, and ordered him to cut himself!"
At this time, it is winter, and the cold wind is blowing non-stop. The trees and yellow weeds on both sides of the road swayed and moaned weakly in the cold wind; The sky, the ground, from top to bottom, were chaos.
Bai Qi sat in the van, lifted the thick curtain, looked at the scenery outside the car, and was speechless for a long time.
At this time, a personal guard came over and said to the dialogue:
"Qi Qi Wu Anjun, my party set off at noon, has traveled ten miles, in front of Du You (now Renjiazui Village, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province), it will be late, can you rest here for a night? It's never too late to go tomorrow. ”
Bai Qi got out of the car and looked at the few remaining leaves on the trees beside the road, hanging weakly on the treetops.
It is completely consistent with my state of mind at this time.
Bai Qi turned around and saw dust flying behind him, and the voice of the waiter's order came from afar:
"Wu Anjun, go slowly, there is an edict from the king."
Bai Qi closed his eyes, and said slowly to a few of his personal guards: "No need to go, Bai Qi died here today." ”
I remembered in my mind the scene when I was awarded the title of Wu Anjun by the Empress Dowager Qin Xuan and the King of Qin.
"Bai Qi, the widow is now named Wu Anjun, do you know the meaning of this monarch's name?"
"Your Majesty, the minister."
"Oh, tell the Queen Mother and the widow!"
"The title of Wu Anjun is the queen mother and the king, I hope that Bai Qi will win the battle, conquer the battle, be able to raise soldiers, and get the people to gather, so it is called Wu'an!"
"Haha, it is precisely this intention, I wish Wu Anjun will always be the minister of my Qin State and ensure the prosperity of my Great Qin State."
In the 58th year of the reign of King Zhou (Jiachen, 257 BC)
The first year of King Yan Xiao, the fiftieth year of King Qin Zhao, November 3.
Bai Qi, a general of the Qin State who is famous all over the world and is called "human slaughter" and "God of War", was given a sword by King Yingji of Qin, and killed himself in the land of Du Post in the west of Xianyang, which is known as "the killing of Du You" in history.
Bai Qi is another outstanding military strategist and commander in Chinese history after Sun Wu and Wu Qi.
Bai Qi joined the army at the age of sixteen, and when King Yingji of Qin was thirteen years old, he was recommended by Wei Ran, the marquis, as the left commander of the Qin army, and took the position of a senior general of the Qin State.
For more than 30 years, he served as the chief general of the Qin army, attacked more than 70 cities, never defeated, and made great contributions to the Qin State.
The Battle of Yique annihilated the 240,000 allied forces of Han and Wei, completely sweeping the eastward advance of the Qin State!
went south to attack Chu, broke the Chu army in three battles, invaded Yingdu, forced Chu to move its capital to Chenyi, and Chu has been in a slump since then!
In the decisive battle of Changping, he annihilated 450,000 Zhao troops in one fell swoop, creating the earliest and largest precedent in Chinese history to encircle and annihilate the enemy, and completely laid the foundation for his own generation of famous generals.
Bai Qi's art of operational command, in Ji Kang's view, represents the highest level of war development in this era.
Bai Qi was good at analyzing the situation between the enemy and us, and then adopted correct strategies and tactics to launch a devastating attack on the enemy.
In the battle of Yique, the forces were concentrated and each was broken; the heart-digging tactics in the Battle of Yan Ying, with water attacks; The Battle of Huayang was a long-distance rush. The Battle of Changping lured the enemy with a feint to detach him from his established position, and then divided and encircled the tactics to completely annihilate the enemy.
His strategy and tactics were in Ji Kang's previous life, although they had gone through more than 2,000 years, they also had a deep impact on future generations.
Throughout Bai Qi's life, it can only be said that Bai Qi is a pure soldier, a pure "weapon of war", not a politician or a columnist. Ning's unbending character gave him the height of his military career, but it also brought him the disaster of killing.
When King Yingji of Qin sent an envoy to Du You, gave Bai Qi a sharp sword, and ordered him to cut himself.
The old and haggard Bai Qi, holding the king's sword sent by King Qin Zhao, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Why did I sin the sky and come here?" ”
When a man is about to die, his words are good. Facing death, Bai Qi did not complain about King Qin Zhao. Instead, he sighed and questioned the sky, and Bai Qi couldn't figure it out, why did he suffer such retribution?
The war scenes of more than 40 years flashed quickly in Bai Qi's mind, and finally froze in the bloody picture of Changping.
Bai Qi woke up: "I deserve to die, in the Battle of Changping, hundreds of thousands of people surrendered by Zhao, and I cheated and did everything I could, it was enough to die." ”
Bai Qi found a good reason for his retribution.
He didn't feel that he was sorry for Qin Guo and Qin Wang Yingji.
But I'm sorry, those hundreds of thousands of Zhao captives who had surrendered in Changping, disarmed and dearmored, but were collectively killed and buried alive.
Bai Qi, who lacks humanity, cannot be forgiven by history, let alone face the torture of his conscience.
Bai Qi put the king's sword across his neck, and blood splattered on the loess.
The cold weather seems to be in line with the self-destruction of the most outstanding "weapon of war" in human history.
The people of Qin have not forgotten this controversial famous general. In their simple values, Bai Qi did not do anything to be sorry for the Qin State. Wu Anjun's death was a great tragedy for the Qin State.
So Bai Qi, who was sympathized with by the people of Qin, received spontaneous tributes from the people of Qin after his death, and it was endless for generations!