Volume 1 The Broken Mountains and Rivers of the Country in Chapter Ninety-Three The Blood List
However, the Zhengpai Qin army, which was originally guarding Wenshui, quelled the rebellion in the counties in Xia Zhong in less than two months, which also confirmed the vulnerability of these recruits.
However, it was precisely because of Meng Chun's change that these soldiers passively gathered in Wenshui City, and also saved Zhao Zhihai the time to transfer troops from everywhere, and objectively hindered the pace of Rong soldiers going south.
Therefore, the day after Zhao Zhihai came to Wenshui City, he ordered Zhao Zhiliang to send troops to train these 30,000 recruits.
However, in the process of implementing the plan to fill the counties with people who fled south, there was something that made Zhao Zhihai quite helpless.
Since the destruction of Fang Yuanheng's army and the fleeing south of all the defenders of Yuanshan, the people of Dongyang have also joined the fleeing team, but after they mixed with these fleeing Qin troops, the belongings they carried became the objects coveted by these deserters.
In just a few tens of miles, the deserters without a commander raised their butcher knives to these fleeing people, and they slaughtered from Dongyang County to the shore of the Yellow Water.
When the Qin army that had crossed the Yellow Water was relieved to carry a full load of belongings, there were already corpses in a place north of the Yellow Water, and there were almost no living people to be seen.
Zhao Zhiliang, who was ordered to come to Xiazhong County, immediately sent a group of soldiers to cross the river to prepare to garrison Dongyang, but after these soldiers saw the corpses and an empty city, they immediately gave up their plan to defend Dongyang and returned to Wenshui.
The soldiers truthfully reported what they saw to Zhao Zhiliang, and after the angry Zhao Zhiliang also told Zhao Zhihai who came later, Zhao Zhihai immediately ordered the military discipline to be rectified.
At the beginning, Fang Yuanheng's army had already reached Zhao Zhihai's ears when he slaughtered the people of the three counties in Qinlan County.
Suibei City, Qinlan County, this is the foundation of the Zhao family, even after the Rong people occupied Suibei City, they only killed the nobles of the Zhao family who did not have time to escape.
However, Fang Yuanheng's army was good, and slaughtered the three counties of Luoshui for a week.
The nobles of the Qin and Lan counties have been intertwined with each other for more than 500 years, and among the nobles of the three counties massacred by the Qin army, they are more or less inextricably linked with the Zhao family.
Originally, Zhao Zhihai put state affairs first, so he wanted to wait for the end of the war to settle the account, but now, since he has encountered it, he has to settle the account clearly.
In order to prevent these fleeing troops from mutiny, Zhao Zhihai asked Zhao Zhiliang to arrange for 2,000 soldiers to blend into the Huangshui camp.
These sergeants belonged to different armies, and they didn't know each other when they arrived at the Huangshui camp.
Therefore, in addition to complaining to each other and telling about the war in the past six months, they also boast to each other about the slaughter of the three counties and the people of Dongyang.
In just one week, a list of up to 4,000 people was presented to Zhao Zhihai.
It is not that only these 4,000 people participated in the massacre, but that these 4,000 people were extremely heinous and participated in the massacre of the people of the three counties and the people of Dongyang.
Of the nearly 10,000 soldiers, only 3,000 did not participate in the two massacres.
After getting this list, Zhao Zhihai didn't sleep all night.
He weighed the pros and cons, and thought about the pros and cons for a whole night.
On the second day, Zhao Zhihai ordered to transfer the 4,000 Qin troops on the list in his hand to other places in a panic, and took them out of the camp one by one, and then confiscated their weapons.
At noon on the third day, these 4,000 people were escorted to the banks of the Huangshui River under the watchful eyes of 40,000 Great Qin troops.
Among the 40,000 Great Qin troops, there were not only Qin soldiers who fled from the south, but also 30,000 recruits from Xiazhong County.
The 200,000 people in Wenshui City also got the news early in the morning that they would be executing the soldiers who fled south in violation of the order, so they went out of the city one after another to stop and watch.
On the banks of the Huangshui River, incense burners have already been placed and tributes have been placed.
And these 4,000 Qin troops were also escorted and knelt on the shore.
By this time, the 4,000 people had already understood their fate, some of them cursed loudly, some were scared, and some cried and begged for mercy.
After the three elders of the place where the long sacrificial text was sent by Zhao Zhihai finished reading, the hour was already noon, and Zhao Zhihai on the sacrificial platform stood up and said aloud to the soldiers:
"In the five hundred and ninety years since the founding of the Great Qin, there has never been a case of soldiers mutilating compatriots, but such a heinous thing came from the hands of Yu Er and others, who slaughtered the innocent people in the three counties of Qin Lan first, and then slaughtered the fleeing people in Dongyang, which is the shame of Great Qin!
Under this shining sun, by this rolling yellow water, it doesn't hurt to touch your conscience! ”
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhihai paused slightly, and he saw that most of the four thousand Qin troops lowered their heads, while some of the rest of the Qin army were trembling, but the onlookers were happily watching the scene in front of them.
The Qin army's massacre of the city had already been mobilized with the mobilization of soldiers and horses, and the people fled south to spread the news in everyone's ears.
In addition to praying that these Qiu Ba would not do anything to themselves, all these people did every day was to burn incense and worship the gods and beg for peace.
At this time, after hearing what the great official on the altar said, the people understood what today's play was about.
Only then did I understand why those Qin troops on the riverside were tied up and held there.
When there was a buzz among the people, it grew louder and louder.
After a while, Zhao Zhihai stretched out his hand and pointed at the people, and then continued:
"Soldiers, look back, who is standing behind you?"
After hearing what the general said, the 4,000 Qin soldiers and tens of thousands of Qin soldiers who were holding on the bank of the yellow water turned their heads one after another, looking at those who were pointing fingers and talking about the people.
"These are your parents, your brothers, your brothers and sisters.
A porridge and a meal are not easy to come by, and it is difficult to keep up with the material resources.
The corn that you eat every day is what they have cultivated for you, and the warm clothes that you wear are sewn for you with a stitch and a thread.
You are not ashamed when you lift up your hand and stab not at the enemies who want to kill them and enslave them, but at the people who provide you with food and clothing.
You say you're still not human!
Among these people, some of them are the parents of the robe who once blocked a blow for you, and some are the brothers, wives and children who once let you go first, and he used his life to protect you, but what about you, you will take revenge, and kill them all for some food and money, and you yourself say that you are still not human!
The children of the people of the three counties of Artemisia and Lu are all fighting against the Rong in Yuanzhou, and General Zuo took you to Qinlan County to resist the Rong people and their families from being slaughtered, but what did you do?
You slaughtered them, you cut off the heads of their parents, you raped their wives and sisters, you put their children and girls above Changge, and you say that you are still not human!
When you went north to Qinlan County, facing the 100,000 Rong people, you should have been fearless of life and death to prove that you were the warriors of Great Qin, and you should have resisted the ravages of those barbarians for these people who provided you with food and sewed clothes, but you were afraid, not only did you give up on them, but you also gave up your courage.
Therefore, fearing that your humility and cowardice will be discovered, you have vented it on these innocent people.
That's why you were in the north, defeated by the Rong people.
Originally, my Great Qin was an iron-blooded and strong army, but I was degenerated to the point that I was defeated by an army composed of women, children and old people of the Rong people, why?
Because your fear has penetrated into the bone marrow, you are no longer the strong army of my Great Qin, you are a group of brutes who slaughtered their compatriots.
Haven't you thought that when you kill your relatives, others will also slaughter your relatives?
I know that you people are from Xiazhong County, from Shuofang County, and from Hexi County.
Now I tell you, because of your cowardice and vulnerability, because of your massacre of your own compatriots, because of your defeat in Qinlan County, these three counties have fallen to the enemy, and your family, wife, children, brothers and sisters have become slaves of the Rong people, and have become tools for their slaughter and desire.
Think about the appearance of the people of Qinlan County and Dongyang County begging for mercy in front of you, and don't forget those wails before death, because your relatives are also wailing under the sticks and axes of the Rong people, and there is no difference from the people you killed.
Now think about it, and think about changing the people you have slain into the likeness of your parents, your wives and your children.
You say you're still not human! ”
Speaking of this, as soon as Zhao Zhihai's words fell, those pensive soldiers and those choked people suddenly heard three thunders in the sky at the same time!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
After three thunderous sounds, a torrential rain fell from the sky!
Zhao Zhihai, who was stunned on his face, but then understood the way of heaven and knew that he had come to cheer for the people today, stood on the execution platform, and suddenly raised his left hand, which was soaked in heavy rain, and pointed to the shore of the surging and rolling yellow water.
shouted at the four thousand Qin Jun who bowed their heads and was silent:
"You deserve to die!"
"Damn!
Damn it!
Damn it! ”
As soon as Zhao Zhihai's words fell, all the Qin troops shouted at the same time, and as soon as they shouted, the 200,000 people behind them also shouted at the same time.
These people were originally ignorant and ignorant of the situation, but they also heard from what Zhao Zhihai said that these 4,000 people were the culprits who slaughtered the people of Qinlan County and Dongyang County.
So they shouted along.
Zhao Zhihai waved his hand suddenly, and saw that the four thousand Qin soldiers on the bank of the yellow water were kicked to the ground by the soldiers beside him, kneeling or crawling in place.
There were already a thousand executioners armed with big knives who raised their big knives, stepped forward, and slashed at the Qin soldiers on the ground with their knives in their hands.
Strangely, none of those who knelt on the ground dared to stand up and resist, nor did they open their mouths to refute, but when they were cut down, they kept screaming one after another.
Finally, one of them opened his mouth and shouted loudly into the boiling yellow water:
"Since I, Lin San, joined the army, I have successively slashed and killed sixteen Rong people, forty-three soldiers, and one cloth cloth is worth sitting for two or five hundred masters.
Hahahaha. ”
The Qin army and the people who were watching the execution all followed Lin San's voice and looked at him.
I saw that the man had a bearded face and a fierce appearance when he spoke.
It's just that as soon as he said that, this man had a sad face.
"Dad, mother, San'er regrets it, San'er is wrong!"
As he spoke, a knife-wielding executioner beside him cut off his head.
The head went all the way north, and rolled into the raging yellow water through the dirt slope of the riverbank.