Chapter 998: Covenant

Seeing that Guo Yaoshi was on the road, Huang Jie naturally showed an unfathomable smile on his face, but when he saw that he raised his hand first, he could hear the sound of drums and trumpets sounding in the city, and the executioner who was about to drink and wash his knife on the high platform heard the sound of drums and trumpets, so he also thrust his knife into his side, which was regarded as stopping.

Then, he smiled with Guo Yaoshi: "It doesn't hurt if you can't exchange at this time, but if the two armies of Song and Jin make an oath today, agreeing that when the two sides fight in the future, they will not easily kill prisoners and must treat prisoners well, and the two sides can wait for the truce to exchange prisoners of war in each other's hands, how about it?" ”

When Guo Yaoshi heard this, he immediately applauded, after all, it was his Changsheng Junerlang who was left alive on the high platform at the moment, how could he oppose Huang Jie's proposal to exchange prisoners, at that time, as a Meng'an in the Jinjun Military Region, he naturally couldn't make an oath with Huang Jie on behalf of Zong Wang, so he also came to see Zong Wang, and by the way, he also translated Huang Jie's proposal in Jurchen to the accompanying Jurchen generals to know.

The Jurchen generals did not react much to Huang Jie's proposal, because the Jurchen people had no culture or civilization, and they had always regarded prisoners of war as extremely valuable trophies, so they did not oppose the slaughter of enemy prisoners of war, nor did they feel that there was anything wrong with the soldiers of their own army being killed by the enemy after becoming prisoners of war.

It's just that because they have this idea, they can only get mixed up with the position of general at best, so only the commander of the first army like Zong Wang and the old fox like Guo Yaoshi can see Huang Jie's intentions and intentions to kill prisoners on such a high platform.

After listening to Guo Yaoshi explain Huang Jie's statement to the generals in Jurchen language, all the Jurchen generals were silent, neither expressing their views nor making suggestions, Zong Wang couldn't help but look back, but found that everyone was also looking at Zong Wang, and immediately Zong Wang had a general concept in his heart, although the exchange of prisoners was still a little novel for the army of the Jin State, but what Huang Jie gave "soldiers for soldiers, ten commanders for generals, and Mouke for generals" is still somewhat interesting.

After all, the Jurchens are also raised by their parents, not the grass on the grassland, they can wither and glory at the age of one, and they also need ten years of life and cultivation to become an army.

So, Zong Wang also turned his face to look at Huang Jie and said, "Is this true? ”

Huang Jie also looked at Zong Wang and smiled: "This king is the marshal of the Song army, how can he be a child's play?"

Thinking about it, Zong Wang also took two steps forward immediately, and made a high-five gesture with Huang Jie with his right palm, but Huang Jie smiled and said, "How can such a big thing be done with a high-five?" Naturally, it is necessary to write books and stones to remember! ”

At the moment, he also gave an order, and naturally a personal guard quickly brought a matza and a folding desk and set it up in front of both sides, and some people even presented two scrolls, but seeing that it was filled with dense words in Chinese characters, Khitan script, and Jurchen script respectively, Zong Wang was shocked after a cursory glance, so he also summoned a Jurchen general and Guo Yaoshi to take a look.

However, on the top of this long scroll, the words "Convention for the Protection of Prisoners of War and Civilian Persons" are also written on the letterhead, and the preface clearly reads: "The purpose of this Convention is to bind the belligerents (including third parties) not to inflict any endangerment or atrocity against the life and person of wounded, sick, captured belligerents and civilians contrary to the principles of humanity and morality, in particular the prohibition of murder, torture, sacrifice or wilful denial of medical assistance and care; Medical units and their buildings, equipment, and personnel shall be inviolable, but shall be distinguished by a clear red Tai Chi flag on a white background or a flag and emblem as otherwise agreed. ”

In addition, the Convention states: "The Detaining Power shall be responsible and shall be accorded humane treatment and protection to prisoners of war if they are under the authority of the State of the enemy, and not under the authority of the individual or military unit that captured him; The prisoner's personal belongings, with the exception of weapons, horses, military equipment and military documents, shall remain in the possession of the prisoner; Prisoners of war should be provided with accommodation, food, health care, etc.; Prisoners of war may be detained, but not compulsorily except for the application of criminal and disciplinary sanctions; Prisoners of war shall not be ordered to perform dangerous and humiliating labor; Prisoners of war shall be released, exchanged, ransomed, or repatriated without delay after the cessation of hostilities; Under no circumstances may a prisoner of war waive some or all of the rights conferred by the Convention; In cases where there is any doubt as to whether a person has the status of a prisoner of war, that person shall enjoy the protection of this Convention without a decision of the competent military tribunal. ”

Although Zong Wang's Chinese level is limited, he naturally can understand the Khitan script and the Jurchens themselves, and after just looking at it twice, he is also convinced that the Khitan and Jurchen characters on this long scroll should be written by Wanyan Xiyin himself, and he couldn't help but be very surprised to look at Huang Jie and said: "This is...... What did the Vusha write? ”

Huang Jie nodded and said: "This covenant was drafted by me and the Wushe, and it was also the Wushe who proposed to write it in Chinese, Khitan, and Jurchen to avoid ambiguity. ”

Hearing that it was drafted by Huang Jie and Wanyan Xiyin, Zong Wang also had to get serious and continue to read, but saw that in addition to the so-called convention that stipulates the behavior of the warring parties, there is also a civilian clause: "Enemy civilians under the control of one of the parties to the conflict shall be protected and treated humanely, including being allowed to leave the country safely, and guaranteeing the basic rights of civilians who have not been repatriated; It is forbidden to destroy undefended towns and villages; prohibit the killing, coercion, ill-treatment and eviction of peaceful residents; prohibition of corporal punishment and torture; The person, family, honour, property, religious beliefs and customs of peaceful residents shall be respected; Collective punishment and hostage-taking, etc., are prohibited. ”

In addition, there is a special additional clause at the end, which reads: "If, after the conclusion of this Convention and during the validity period of the Convention, any act of intentional harm to prisoners of war and civilians by members of the belligerents in violation of the norms set forth in this Convention shall be regarded as blasphemy and provocation against this Convention, and the High Contracting Parties to this Convention (including third parties) shall be obliged to arrest the violators and groups and divide the crime against humanity by capital punishment (including, but not limited to, the death penalty)." ”

Zong Wang felt that his head was big just by looking at the comparison between the Khitan and Jurchen texts, and Guo Yaoshi was even more big when he was reading the Chinese and Khitan texts while translating the above content to the Jurchen generals, because although he knew every one of the words in it, there were many words that he didn't understand very well, for example, he didn't understand what kind of crime this last "crime against humanity" was.

In this regard, after Pharmacist Guo raised questions, Huang Jie also smiled and said: "The son kills his father, kills his relatives, and kills the people without sin, which is anti-human!" ”