Chapter 967: Emperor's Order
Yi Zhixian is the last Shan Yu who can be said about the Huns, whether it is in the history books or under Su Ren's efforts, nothing has changed. When the news of Yi Zhixian's death came, it also represented the end of the most glorious moment of the Xiongnu, and there would be no danger in the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty for the time being, even an ordinary Han person could walk in it as he wanted, which made the whole Han excited.
However, the emperor did not seem to be very satisfied with such an ending, although Yi Zhixian died, there were still many Huns, some of them went to Mobei, and some of them were still entrenched in the Western Regions. As an imposing emperor, he could not tolerate the existence of so many threats around his territory, and at least he needed to minimize the threat, so the newly surrendered states of Wuhuan, Xianbei, Buyeo, and Goguryeo received an edict from the emperor asking them to continue attacking the Xiongnu.
Regardless of whether these four countries will do what the Han Emperor wants, the task of Su Ren and Wei Qing's army has been completed, and it is finally time for them to return triumphantly. When he came out, it was 80,000, and when he went back, there were only 60,000 left, which was a very exciting casualty figure in the army commanded by other generals in the past, and it was also three consecutive battles, with only 20,000 casualties. But it was really unacceptable here for Su Ren, so Su Ren even set off as a medical officer of the military medical battalion.
After Han Qing comforted the medical officer who was reprimanded by Su Ren, he came to Su Ren's camp: "This can't be blamed on the medical officer, the battle is so far, what is difficult to transport medicinal materials, it is already good to have the current result, we have experienced 20,000 casualties in two major battles, General Wei and General Li are even worse, and the soldiers are already grateful to the general!" ”
"Hey!" Su Ren sighed: "I don't blame them, I just feel that 20,000 people can't see their parents, wives and children, which is really a little ...... in my heart."
Han Qing smiled faintly: "Although they died, their compensation and military exploits were not greedy, and the parents, wives and children who stayed at home would not starve to death and freeze to death, which was unique in the past, and I believe they would not blame the general." ”
Su Ren shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Forget it, don't talk about it!" Did you go sick and go? ”
Han Qing nodded: "It has already set off, the king of Yougu Li is on his way to Chang'an, accompanied by 3,000 prisoners and 100,000 livestock, and the imperial court has also replied that an unprecedented ceremony will be held in Chang'an. ”
"Hahaha......" Su Ren finally heard a good news, and felt a little more comfortable: "It's time for these boys to make contributions, we can't always pressure them, don't let them come out, these years Xiao Jinzi, Go Sick, Shi Bao, Li Kang, even Xie Zichang and Zhao Poyu have grown well, I believe that even if we don't need it, we will become a general who is in charge alone, we should give way to the seat!" ”
Han Qing said with a smile: "The general is only thirty years old, how can he become an old guy, so where do you put Old General Li?" I heard that as soon as His Majesty returned to Chang'an, he asked the prime minister and hundreds of officials to draw up this reward, do you want to hear what kind of reward it will give you? ”
Su Ren glanced at Han Qing: "When did you pay attention to this?" ”
Han Qing smiled: "I am the general's staff, and the general's official highland directly affects my food, how can I not care?" It is rumored that His Majesty will be crowned the general as the general and the prime minister of the whole country! ”
Su Ren frowned suddenly: "Who proposed this?" ”
Han Qingdao: "King Wen Shu in the imperial history; Shang Shufu shot Li Cai. ”
"Humph!" Su Ren snorted coldly: "Are these guys tired of being alive?" ”
The war is slightly loosened, the soldiers have lost the tension and anxiety of the past, the sunset of the wolf Juxu Mountain is very beautiful, especially the place where the Xiongnu sacrifice is just on the route of the sun's set, at a certain time of the day, when the sun is exactly in which gap, the whole wolf Juxu Mountain is like a blue wolf, the mouth swallows the sun, and the spectacular makes people sigh.
Su Ren and Wei Qing stood under the altar where the Huns had been sacrificed for hundreds of years, looking at the various strange-shaped symbols and stones on it, it was hard to think about how a real nation could abandon their ancestral land and go to Mobei to become wandering ghosts. Like the Weishui and the Yellow River of the Chinese nation, Wolf Juxu Mountain is the root of the Huns, and the nation without roots can no longer want to have its own brilliant civilization.
"That's it!" Su Ren turned his head to ask Wei Qing's opinion.
Wei Qing nodded: "Hmm! Let people design a stone tablet, sword shape, and when the sunset enters the wolf's mouth, it will be like a sword stabbing out, whether it is a meaning or something else, it is good. ”
"After finishing it, I will paint it and send it back to Chang'an."
Wei Qing didn't say anything more, turned around and walked back, he still had a lot of things to do. He, a general, is not as leisurely as Su Ren, in order to complete the emperor's entrustment, Wei Qing is cautious at all times, unlike Su Ren who dares to let go, he wants to know any news in his army, and does not allow any mistakes and mistakes to happen.
The road down the mountain is not easy to walk, although the Wolf Juxu Mountain is not high, it is also steep, while walking, Wei Qing suddenly remembered something, stopped and waited for Su Ren to follow: "Those herdsmen really want to ......"
Su Ren glanced at Wei Qing: "Your Majesty's edict has been issued, is it possible that you want to resist the edict?" ”
Wei Qing shook his head: "No, I always feel that they should be dealt with by other means, even if it is not bad to bring these people back and distribute them to meritorious soldiers, just kill them all, it will leave an infamy in the history books!" Also, looking at the history books, which butcher general had a good end? Bai Qi is a lesson from the past! ”
"I'm not in vain! He killed the Zhao people, and the Zhao people are also Han people! I killed the Huns, they are alien! ”
"But it must be 50,000 living people."
Su Ren clicked his lips, he didn't know how to answer Wei Qing's words, he really wanted to kill these people a few days ago, and he didn't know why. But when the emperor's edict really came, he regretted it a little. As Wei Qing said, although those Huns are aliens, they must be living people. What is it if killing 50,000 in one breath is not a butcher?
"Hey!" Wei Qing sighed: "Forget it, there's no point in talking about it now!" When the time comes, I will send Gongsun Ao over, and he will not be burdened with these things. ”
Su Ren laughed dryly: "No, I'll come!" Since I came up with the idea, I can't let others suffer for me, by the way, let that Sima Qian also come and watch me kill! ”
"Sima Qian? That reporter from Dahan Daily? ”
Su Ren nodded: "His father Sima Tan is Taishi Ling, and he will also become Taishi Ling in the future, let him come just to let him feel it for himself, no matter how he records this matter in the history books, it will be his business." ”
Wei Qing sighed: "You are a bachelor!" ”
Killing people is not good-looking, especially when you want to kill 50,000 people in one go. Beheading, burying alive, disemboweling, beheading, and strangulation were all kinds of executions in turn, and the three thousand soldiers were busy for a whole day, and only more than half of them were killed. It is even more troublesome to dispose of the corpse, and although it is about to enter the harsh winter, the corpse cannot be just thrown outside.
Su Ren suddenly remembered that he had watched a movie "Hinteler's List", and that the Germans were probably not as cruel to the Jews as he is now. Perhaps there was a lot of civilization at that time, and the Germans carried out the execution of Jews quietly in order to take into account the influence of the international community. Like him, he did not shy away from inviting reporters and future historians to the spot, and he was definitely the first person in history to invite them to the spot.
Sima Qian only looked at it for half an hour and vomited seven or eight times, and no one was gone in less than one market. With this, Su Ren can think about what his face will look like in the history books in the future.
Huang Shisan and Manniu, who had always liked to be noisy, didn't speak, and stood behind Su Ren with a frown. The big pit in front of me was very deep, and the corpses were piled up and thrown down in a mess. The dead are on their backs, and they still have all the strength to climb up. Some lucky ones were about to climb up, but they were ruthlessly kicked back by a big foot.
There was no crying or screaming, the Huns expressed their curse on the Han people in silence, and swore their unwillingness with cold and emotionless eyes. The big pit was filled, and the dug out of the void soil was filled in, and hundreds of war horses collapsed back and forth for a long time, and when weeds regrow here next year, no one would know that there were 50,000 unjustly killed souls below, which was also a way for Su Ren to seek psychological comfort.
The emperor's edict was clearly written, so that Su Ren did it clean and left no traces. So Su Ren understood that Emperor Liu Che did not approve of his approach, but Liu Che agreed, indicating that Liu Che agreed for the sake of his Su Ren's face. Liu Che agreed to Su Ren's request against his will, then the brotherhood between him and the emperor would be gone, and the rest could only be military ministers.
This is also the result that Su Ren wants. Since he first appeared in Wenling, it has been thirteen years since Su Ren came to Dahan, and he has also known Emperor Liu Che for eight years, and these eight years are Su Ren's most beautiful eight years. The official is getting bigger and bigger, the title is getting higher and higher, and now he has made such a great contribution, if he is not temperate, the final result is only one, death.
It is not terrible for a person to die, but it is unacceptable for Su Ren to break up his wife and family. So he wanted to use this incident to draw an end to the brotherhood between him and the emperor, and then be a careful man, do his duty, and only pray that the emperor could let him live the rest of his life in peace. Don't ask for a great minister, just ask for the safety of the whole family.
Wang Wenshu and Li Cai's proposal for him to be the Great Sima General was by no means a whim of the two, and the person behind it must be the emperor. When Su Ren severed the brotherhood between him and the emperor, the emperor was also making the final test, as long as he showed a little bit of his desire to sit on the great general, the future life would never be easy, which Su Ren also saw very clearly.
When the emperor's three edicts came, Su Ren was very angry and tore the holy decree to pieces, beat the chamberlain who delivered the edict, and drove him out of the camp. After that, Su Yiyi got into his tent, neither did he show up, and left everything to Xie Baichuan for the time being, and disappeared in his camp as if he had disappeared.