Sixty-seven Massacre
Wei Chou has been lacking in combat strength for a long time, and he is upset, the arrogance of the first fierce general of the Jin Kingdom no longer exists, and he has no intention of fighting, and just wants to take the road away.
It's just that Zhao Yun is willing to give up, the spear wrapped in the sky with silver light tightly wrapped Wei Chou in it, and seized the opportunity to stab it with a shot, hitting Wei Chou's thigh.
A piercing sound of armor-piercing sounded, and the sharp tip of the spear pierced Wei Chou's leg, hurting the bones, and the red blood flowed out immediately, only to hear Wei Chou's scream, and he almost fell off the horse.
"It hurts me too!"
At the critical moment, Wei Chou roared, threw the big axe in his hand fiercely, and took advantage of Zhao Yun's dodge to whip the hips of the war horse, rushing to the road, and he couldn't care about the soldiers behind him.
With Wei Chou's desertion and fleeing, the Jin army will have no fighting spirit and no will to fight, all of them will fight separately, a big chaos, under the attack of the three-way Yu army, heavy casualties, disarmed and surrendered countless.
The two armies fought until dawn, the Jin army killed more than 6,000 people, was captured more than 6,000 people, only more than 5,000 people were lucky to break through and escape, it can be called an out-and-out defeat, the mountains and fields are full of corpses, the earth is stained red with blood, and the broken banner is waving in the wind.
The Yu coalition army also paid the price of more than 5,000 casualties, of which 70 percent were the Yu army, and the Yu army was greatly reduced in casualties due to the fierce generals such as Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, and Zhang Liao, but the loss was about 1,500.
The battlefield must be cleaned and the corpses buried immediately after the end of the war, otherwise a plague will occur, with catastrophic consequences.
Generals Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, and Zhang Liao led the main army back to the city to rest after a fierce battle all night, while Liao Hua led 3,000 soldiers with weak combat strength to continue to collect the armor and weapons of the dead outside the city, which was crucial for Fang Li, who lacked troops and supplies.
The task of burying the corpses was entrusted to the Taishou of Hanoi, who led 1,500 county soldiers and tens of thousands of people to dig a huge mass grave in the wilderness and threw one after another stripped of their armor into the pit.
Whether it is the Jin army or the Yu coalition army, at this moment, there is no distinction between each other, and ten thousand people are on the same hill.
The more than 6,000 captured Jin troops were ordered to form a group at the foot of the city wall, all of them squatted or sat down on the spot, and were not allowed to stand up without being summoned, otherwise they would be killed.
Fang Li stood at the head of Hanoi City, looking at the crowd of people under his feet, listening to the discussions of these captives, looking at their flickering eyes, worried.
Zhou Yu captured more than 3,000 Jin troops in Louzhai before, and at this moment he captured more than 6,000 Jin troops, and the total of the two sides was close to 10,000, while the Yu army itself was only about 20,000. While the Jin State is still strong, these captives will never be at the mercy of them, and sooner or later they will find an opportunity to escape or start a riot, which is undoubtedly a huge hidden danger.
"What should we do with these captives?"
Fang Li stretched out his hand to wipe the dust off his face, hesitating, there was an urge to slaughter in his heart, but he hesitated.
If he really followed Xiang Yu's approach in the Battle of the Giant Deer, would he be regarded as a murderous thug by the world? But if you are soft-hearted, how can you solve the hidden dangers?
In case one day these Jin troops launch a riot and cooperate with the powerful Jin army, the situation they have opened will no longer exist, the Yu State will be wiped out, and it will be themselves who will die at that time, and the Jin people will definitely cut off their heads without hesitation and hang them on the city wall to show the public.
"The general must be thinking about what to do with these prisoners, right?"
Just when Fang Li was in a dilemma, a thick and magnetic inquiry suddenly sounded behind him, and he hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see a Confucian student of medium stature, with a clear face, not fat or thin, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, who was clasping his fists and saluting.
"Chen Deng?"
Fang Li almost blurted out, and the words came to his lips and took them back, "Who are you?" ”
Chen Dengshili said: "The villain Chen Dengzi Yuanlong, whose ancestral home is Wu, followed his father to the Central Plains to do business more than ten years ago, and stayed in the Kingdom of Qiu. ”
Fang Li bowed slightly: "I see that Mr. is a talent, and he must also be a well-educated person, since you asked me how to deal with these captives, I don't know what you think?" ”
Chen Deng turned sideways slightly, and motioned for Fang Li to come with him: "There are many people here, take a step to speak!" ”
The next step was to strut, Chen Deng followed, and the two walked to a remote corner of the city wall one after the other.
"There is no one here, what does Mr. think, just rest assured!" Fang Li tried his best to show a kind smile, showing the posture of Corporal Lixian.
Chen Deng swept left and right, hugged his fists and said: "General, if you want to make a contribution, you must be decisive in killing, and you will succeed in ten thousand bones, not to mention building a powerful kingdom." The general has become the number one real power figure in Yu State in just a few months, and he wants to have great ambitions and intentions in the world, and these Jin troops can't stay! Kill it as soon as possible, so as to eliminate hidden dangers, right? ”
Fang Li's eyes turned, and he muttered: "I also have this intention, but I am afraid that I will be burdened with infamy and cocooned myself!" ”
Chen Deng arched his hand and said: "If the general can trust me Chen Deng, I am willing to do this for the general, and any infamy in the future will be borne by me, and it has nothing to do with the general!" ”
Fang Li was overjoyed, this Chen Deng's arrival was too timely, it was simply a relief in the snow, he could help himself solve this problem perfectly, it can be said that the right person appeared at the right time.
If it were Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu, and Guo Jia, they would never wade into this troubled water, and risk leaving a stench for thousands of years to do this kind of thing!
"If Chen Yuanlong can help me deal with this matter, it will definitely be of great use!" Fang Li patted Chen Deng's shoulder vigorously, his gratitude overflowing.
When Fang Li announced the appointment of Chen Deng as the commander of the army, he would be responsible for cleaning up the battlefield together with Liao Hua, and could freely mobilize troops of less than 2,000 people.
In the evening, Chen Deng summoned 500 captives and told them to follow him north to Kunyu Mountain to cut wood and return to build the city.
People are swords, I am fish and meat, these Jin soldiers even hold their lives in the hands of others, not to mention cutting wood, even the sword mountain and the sea of fire have to jump inward, and immediately followed Chen Deng and his party to the north. The remaining captives were guarded by Liao Hua and 2,000 soldiers in full armor, and no one was allowed to act rashly.
The procession had traveled seven or eight miles to the north, and Chen Deng ordered a pit to be dug on the spot to store the cut wood. Although the Jin army was full of doubts, he could only obediently wave his hoe to dig a pit, and spent a whole night digging a huge deep pit.
"Alright, jump in!"
Chen Deng gave an order, and the 2,000 Yu troops fired arrows in unison, slashed and stabbed with knives, and expelled all the 500 captives into the pit, leaving not a single one.
After burying these prisoners, Chen Deng concocted the same method, and sent his deputy to return to the foot of Hanoi with 1,000 people, and escorted 500 prisoners to this place under the pretext of logging in the mountains, and killed them on the spot.
These dazed Jin troops followed the Yu army northward, and then were killed and thrown into a big pit, and it took Chen Deng and his people a whole day and two nights to kill all the 6,300 Jin captives.
Finally, the soil is filled back into the pit and buried, and everything is restored to the original, leaving only a pile of soil that cannot be filled back, and it looks like an ancient city that has been abandoned for many years.