"Quick! Dig fast! ”

A Wei soldier with a spear in his hand stood condescendingly beside the giant pit, sternly scolding the two Chu soldiers who seemed to be lazy in the pit.

I saw that the two Chu soldiers looked frightened, holding the shovel with trembling hands, and digging the soil under the supervision of the Wei soldiers.

As far as the eye could see, I saw that the huge pit was full of Chu soldiers who were working and digging the pit, at least 5,000 people.

On the ground outside the pit, as many as forty-five thousand Chu captives were looking at the deep pit with fear and fear, and their expressions were a little apprehensive.

"Is the Wei army going to kill all of us?"

The Chu soldiers couldn't help but be frightened.

Some of the Chu soldiers stood up and tried to resist out of fear, but they were instantly shot mercilessly by the Wei soldiers of the Junshui Battalion, who were watching them around.

Due to the confiscation of weapons, and the tossing and turning last night consumed a lot of physical strength, this morning did not even have time to eat a meal, so he withdrew his troops to the west under the order of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, because don't look at the large number of Chu soldiers, but in fact, the combat effectiveness at this moment is not worth mentioning.

Where can the enemy beat the Wei soldiers whose morale was like a great victory after the victory.

But even so, Qu Cheng, Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, and Wu Ji, who were mixed among the Chu army captives, were also a little worried.

They knew very well that although Zhao Hongrun ordered the Chu soldiers to dig out this deep pit, his purpose was only to recover the tens of thousands of Chu soldiers for the sake of grace and might.

Therefore, when he saw Qu Cheng, who was becoming more and more anxious about the Chu soldiers beside him, and saw the four generals of the Junshui Battalion, Li Qi, Gong Yuan, Wu Ben, and Yu Chun, appear nearby at the "right time", he also asked "at the right time": "Then General Wei, your army asked me to dig this huge pit, but to kill us?" ”

At this time, the Wei general Li Qi was closest to Qu Cheng. Turning his head, he glanced at Qu Cheng, and said lightly: "His Royal Highness King Su has an order, I wish those who surrender to my Great Wei will live, and the rest of the stubborn ones will be killed." ”

As soon as these words came out, the Chu soldiers around them suddenly made an uproar.

"This general of the Wei State. We've surrendered to your army. ”

"Yes, yes, since we have surrendered, we shouldn't be able to trap and kill us, right?"

The noisy scene made Li Qi frown involuntarily, and shouted: "Shut up!" …… Didn't Lao Tzu just say that those who are willing to submit to my Great Wei and become a soldier under His Royal Highness the King of Su of my Great Wei will not only be spared death and crime, but will also be rewarded if they achieve military exploits...... This pit. It is for those stubborn generals who want to continue to follow Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, and Xiong Hu, the king of Pingyu! ”

Although Li Qi's angry rebuke made all the Chu soldiers a little frightened, his words made the hearts of these Chu captives feel relieved.

And similar scenes were also staged in other places, because with the cooperation of Qu Cheng, Gu Liangwei, Wu Majiao, Wu Ji and others, Li Qi, Gong Yuan, Wu Ben, Yu Chun and others preliminarily conveyed Zhao Hongrun's meaning to the Chu army prisoners through dialogue. So that the latter understand this, so that there will not be unnecessary riots because of cranky thoughts.

Two hours later. This huge pit was roughly dug up, so Li Qi sent someone to invite Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, and their general Bailiba.

I have to say that when Zhao Hongrun appeared in front of the Chu army prisoners, a surprising scene happened, and those former Xiong Hu sergeants who had originally looked frightened showed an inexplicable look of relief on their faces. It was as if Zhao Hongrun would stand on their side and speak for them.

Come to think of it, Zhao Hongrun's promise of the "Six-Day Covenant" won him a lot of impression points in the hearts of those former Xiong Amber soldiers.

And under the emotional infection of those former Xiong Amber soldiers, those Xiong Tuojun's soldiers did not make any radical moves, 50,000 Chu troops. just looked at the figure who was less than fifteen years old with eager anticipation.

I saw that in front of everyone's eyes, Zhao Hongrun stepped on a high platform temporarily built by the Wei soldiers of the Junshui Battalion next to the giant pit, and also held the simple loudspeaker made by the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works, and glanced around at the dense crowd of Chu troops in front of him.

"This king is Hongrun, the king of Su of Great Wei, in the words of you and other Chu countries, this king can also be called 'Gongzi Run', and his status is the same as Xiong Tuo, the king of your Chu state, and he is also the son of the king."

This opening sentence was suggested by Qu Cheng to Zhao Hongrun in advance, because most of the Chu soldiers did not know what status the "King of Su" was in the Wei State, so only by comparing the status of Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xucheng City, in the Chu State, could these Chu soldiers understand the status of Zhao Hongrun in the Wei State.

In this way, the Wei soldiers will believe in his subsequent promises.

Sure enough, when Zhao Hongrun bluntly said that his status in the Wei State was equivalent to Xiong Tuo, the Xuancheng Monarch of their Chu State, the eyes of the 50,000 captives couldn't help but become more eager, because there was such a high-ranking big man who was qualified to decide their life and death.

"Three months ago, you waited for Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng of the Chu State, and Xiong Hu, the king of Pingyu, to form an army of 160,000 people, invade our Great Wei Yingshui County, conquer several cities, and kill thousands of my Great Wei people, this king secretly swore at that time that he would make the Chu people who invaded my Great Wei territory and killed my Great Wei people not return to Chu alive!"

Hearing this, the faces of the 50,000 Chu captives changed suddenly, and suddenly it seemed that there were tens of thousands of bees, buzzing loudly.

Zhao Hongrun knew that he couldn't delay the fruit for too long, so he took a deep breath and said loudly in a louder voice: "However, God has the virtue of a good life, and this king can't bear to kill all of you and 50,000 people...... Therefore, this king gives you a choice. ”

Originally, they thought that Zhao Hongrun would kill them all and their faces changed greatly, and even the Chu soldiers who were preparing to riot in order to survive were relieved when they heard the second half of Zhao Hongrun's sentence.

At the same time, they roughly understood in their hearts, after all, similar words, Li Qi and other Wei generals of the Junshui Battalion had spared no effort to convey to these Chu soldiers, so that they could understand the purpose of the giant pit, so as not to riot due to misunderstanding.

And just when the Chu soldiers were sticking their heads out and waiting for Zhao Hongrun's so-called 'choice', Zhao Hongrun changed the topic: "Thinking about three months ago, when Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, led a large army to invade the territory of my Great Wei and kill the people of my Great Wei, this king swore to the sky that he would defeat this fight. Blood for blood, tooth for tooth. Now, in just three months, this king has defeated the 160,000 army of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, and even made Pingyu Xiong Hu imprisoned in our army. It's a pity that today I was still escaped by Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Hongrun paused. said categorically: "However, he can escape for a while, but he can't escape for a lifetime." Since Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, has fled back to the Chu State, what if this king counterattacks to the Chu State?! …… In short, if you can't capture and kill Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, this king will never quit! ”

Under the high platform, Wuwei Wang Shu asked Ma Zhang curiously and in a whisper: "How does His Highness know that Xiong Tuo has fled to Chu State?" ”

Ma Zhang didn't have time to explain when he heard this, and the general next to him, Gong Yuan, rolled his eyes and whispered angrily: "Nonsense." Otherwise, where would there be an excuse to attack the state of Chu? ”

"Excuses? My Great Wei was attacked by the Chu State, and now the counterattack on the Chu State is still needed? Wang Shu muttered puzzled.

In fact, as Zhao Hongrun said, he deliberately focused on Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, in order to make his next counterattack on Chu State justified.

Because after careful consideration, the real reason for this exchange of Wei and Chu was because the envoy team of the Chu State was attacked near Yongqiu, so strictly speaking. This is not the Wei State, after all, the envoy team of the Chu State was attacked in the territory of Great Wei. Therefore, Dawei has an unshirkable responsibility.

Taking a step back, even if it wasn't done by the Wei people, Great Wei should track down the murderer and hand the murderer over to the king of Chu for disposal.

In other words, the attack on the Chu envoy's team was the "cause", and the declaration of war by the Chu state against the Wei state was the "state".

But for now. Zhao Hongrun stole the beams and changed the pillars, and said that Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, invaded the Great Wei as the "cause", which made his next counterattack on the Chu State "fruit" logical.

And if he didn't say so, Zhao Hongrun would have become unjustified in his name if he waved his army to attack Chu.

Moreover, Zhao Hongrun attributed the main purpose of attacking Chu to capture and kill Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, who invaded the territory of the Great Wei and killed the people of the Great Wei. It is also to try to avoid becoming a mortal enemy with the entire Chu State, you must know that while the Chu State is at war with the Wei State, there are at least thirty percent of the troops in the country that can be dispatched to defend against the Qi State in the east, in other words, the Chu State has the background of fighting with the two countries at the same time and fighting on two fronts, which is not something that the current Wei State can deal with on its own.

It is undeniable that Zhao Hongrun defined the purpose of attacking Chu as a crusade against Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, who had infringed on the interests of the Great Wei, which was a very wise choice, after all, Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, could not represent the entire Chu State, and sending troops to crusade against Xiong Tuo's territory could not be regarded as a provocation of the entire Chu State.

Coupled with the fact that Zhao Hongrun had just defeated Xiong Tuo's 160,000 army, this powerful military force was tantamount to sounding the alarm bell for the Chu State, making the King of Chu clearly realize that the Wei State was not as weak as he imagined.

Therefore, on the premise that Zhao Hongrun did not violate the interests of the entire Chu State, the King of Chu would focus on whether to continue this conquest between countries, although by that time most of the army under Zhao Hongrun's command had already attacked the territory of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng.

And the most important point is that Zhao Hongrun used this passage to define Great Wei as the "injured party", so even if he counterattacked the Chu State, at most it would only be "the injured party counterattack", which avoided making these 50,000 Chu soldiers regard them as invaders and breed disgust from the bottom of their hearts.

No, after Zhao Hongrun finished saying his words of persuasion, most of the 50,000 Chu army prisoners were very calm and did not make any radical moves.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun continued: "Right now, it is the time for our army to crusade against Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, if you are willing to assist our army, then this king hereby promises that as long as he captures the city of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, will pardon all the sins you and others committed in my Great Wei before, give you and other people the status of a citizen of Great Wei, and reward you for your meritorious deeds...... Afterwards, you can bring your family and move to the territory of our Great Wei, and the treatment will be better than that of the people of my Great Wei. Whoever is willing to unload his armor and return to the field, this king promises to allocate a house and ten acres of land, which will be exempted from taxation for three years, and after three years, the tax will be greater than that of the Wei field farmers, and the endowment of "tithes". …… But if someone is unwilling to move to my Great Wei after capturing and killing Xiong Tuo, this king will not be reluctant, and will distribute the travel expenses according to his merits and let him return to his hometown. ”

After that, Zhao Hongrun glanced at the Chu soldiers who were talking, took a deep breath, and continued: "The promise that this king just said is only limited to capturing and killing Xiong Tuo, or conquering Xiong Tuo's city, as for now, in order to crusade against Xiong Tuo, this king has to say ugly things in front, I am willing to return to my Great Wei, live!" The stubborn still wants to follow the one who died in Xiong Tuo......"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the huge hole.

"Please die in the pit yourself!"

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