Chapter 999: Deception
The crime of anti-humanity also existed before Huang Jie proposed it, but it has never been perfectly summarized in three words like Huang Jie.
Of course, although the Jurchen clan is a barbarian nation rising between the white mountains and black waters, it is not really a barbaric nation that drinks blood and does not talk about human ethics, although barbaric customs such as brother and sister marriage, brother to brother and brother (here refers to the younger brother inheriting the elder brother's wife) are still completely degraded, but at least because of the influence of Khitan culture, they roughly understand what "human morality" is.
It's just that after hearing that Huang Jie actually classified the killing of prisoners as "anti-human", Zong Wang was a little unhappy: My killing of prisoners and sacrificing Puluhu is anti-human? What are you Huang Jie doing right now?
However, Zong Wang was not happy to return to it, but Guo Yaoshi saw that Huang Jie had done so many things, obviously all of them had ulterior motives, so he also attached his ear to Zong Wang: "Marshal, I am afraid that this matter will have to be discussed in the long run, if it is this oath with the Song army, it will undoubtedly tie up my own hands and brothers with our army!" ”
Zong Wang also studied in Liao when he was a child, and the Khitan language can be said to be his mother tongue (there was no Jurchen writing at that time), and now he has been a marshal for many years, and his mastery of Jurchen characters is also superficial, so he only compares the Khitan text and the Jurchen text on the long scroll, and also roughly understands the meaning of the above.
Therefore, there is no need for Guo Yaoshi to remind him, but he also discovered Huang Jie's sinister intentions in this so-called convention: any kind treatment of prisoners is fake, and not allowing civilians to be taken away is the key!
Indeed, in Zongwang's view, the most critical point of the thousands of words in the entire long scroll is the article "prohibiting killing, coercion, abuse and expulsion of peaceful residents", the combat style of the Jin army can be said to have roughly inherited the Khitan Liao people, in addition to making good use of the elite troops of the army, it will also use a large number of "signing the army", and the so-called "signing the army" is to say that the good thing is to "sign the people as the army", and to say that the ugly point is not to arrest civilians as strong men, and "coerce and expel peaceful residents" to go to the front line to participate in the war and send them to death?
Even just a day ago, Zong Wang sent a letter to Huining Mansion, asking the gold lord Wu Qimai to issue 100,000 soldiers and civilians to Liaoyang Mansion to assist in the defense at least a month, because the troops he is now leading are all elite cavalry, and if these elites fight a war of attrition and a protracted war with Huang Jie, it will obviously be too much of a loss.
Therefore, Zong Wang naturally saw the hidden clauses in this so-called "covenant" very keenly, and immediately got up angrily and said: "The clauses on your covenant are deliberately deceiving me Dajin? ”
Huang Jie was stunned when he heard this, so he asked, "What terms did Hanlu Bu say?" This covenant was drawn up by me and the Vultures, so how can I be upset? ”
When Zong Wang heard this, he also pointed to the civilian clause above, and said: "If you want to change prisoners of war, you will exchange prisoners of war, but why do you come up with such a statement?" Could it be that in the future, when the two armies of you and I are at war, we will not be able to serve and make the people strong? ”
Seeing Zong Wang point out this hidden clause, although Huang Jie was secretly a little surprised, he still said indifferently: "This agreement has been established, that is, both the Song and Jin countries will abide by it. If you don't want to, you can sign it, and don't blame me for doing the 'give back to the other way'! ”
After speaking, Huang Jie raised his hand coldly, and saw that the executioners who were originally standing with knives on the high platform shouted when they heard this, and after attracting the attention of everyone, they also pulled out their knives and sprayed wine on the knife, and with a snort, they cut off a few prisoners of war who had just been full of joy.
I don't know why, but after seeing the three prisoners of war on the high platform who thought they had just escaped from death were beheaded with a knife, the blood in their chests spurted out of their kneeling bodies like a fountain. The six-zhang high platform was already high, and the blood pillars spewed out by the three of them were also about one zhang high, and the blood spots scattered like water mist were blown by the north wind, and they quickly spread, even floating in front of everyone in front of the city.
Immediately, Huang Jie ordered someone to put away his own Maza, the folding table case and the long scroll of the text of the convention, then confessed to Zong Wang, turned around and returned to the city, leaving a group of Jin army generals to stay where they were.
Looking at the executioners on the high platform, they began to hang the prisoners on the high platform step by step, reciting prayers, spraying wine and washing knives, and building a Jingguan step by step, Zong Wang and the others were suddenly messy in the wind.
Immediately, Zong Wang also got up and left, and the generals of the Jin Army also went with him, but Guo Yaoshi deliberately fell at the end, and after seeing that he couldn't bear to look at the captives who were killed on the high platform, he also had the courage to put away the long scroll of the convention left by Huang Jie and take it away.
Although Huang Jie, who was returning to the city, did not see his actions, until Huang Jie re-ascended the city gate tower and listened to the report of the guards in charge of observation to him, he smiled when he heard this, and then he also entered the gatehouse, and said with a smile with Wanyan Xiyin, who was sitting in the middle of the building and drinking: "As Mr. Wushe said, Han Lu did not agree to sign the prisoner of war convention, but ......"
Wanyan Xiyin was stunned when he heard this, so he came to put down the wine glass and said, "But what?" ”
Huang Jie smiled: "However, the reason for not signing the contract is that he can see my intentions hidden in the civilian terms!" ”
Wanyan Xiyin thought about it, but stared at Huang Jie, who was already sitting down, stretched out his hand and brushed his beard and said, "Could it be that the county king thinks that the old man has done something in the covenant?" ”
Huang Jie laughed, just took the cup and poured it for himself, and then said: "Where is Mr. Wushe, this king wants to fulfill the intention of this covenant, Mr. Wushe should also understand, please ask Mr. to draw up two texts of Khitan and Jurchen, that is, you can completely trust Mr., Mr. is too worried!" ”
Hearing Huang Jie say this, Wanyan Xiyin's vigilant expression only slowed down slightly, so he also poured wine and drank, and said: "Let the old man say more, what the county king thinks, the old man also thinks that it should be like this, and the enemy and me should neither kill the envoy nor kill the prisoner." It's just that the world is like this now, I'm afraid that this matter will not be possible! ”
Huang Jie smiled when he heard this, he also knew that what Yan Xiyin said was right, and what he wanted to do in this era was indeed a bit ahead of his time. And the object is not a relatively civilized race, but the barbaric barbarian race has been eliminated with barbarism, so even if it is not a tiger skin, it is equivalent to playing the piano to a cow!
It's just that Huang Jie thinks that what he should do, he should work hard for this, maybe his own action, which is equivalent to a joke in the eyes of some people, may allow the light of civilization to shine on this era in advance.
It is not said that Huang Jie and Wanyan Xiyin are relatively speechless, but it is said that after Zong Wang returned to the barracks with a sigh of relief, he also raised the account. Because he had made up his mind to block Huang Jie in Liaoyang City, the Jin army camp was also set up fifteen miles northeast of Liaoyang City, in a village called Dayingpan next to the official road.
However, the Jin army has always been not good at building, so it did not ram the earth into a wall according to the topography of the village, but demolished a large number of houses in the village, filled in the ravines and depressions, and built Zongwang's handsome tent in the north of the center, and then took the official road as the center, cut down trees and built a super large camp with a length of almost ten miles from east to west and a depth of more than five miles from north to south, so as to reserve a camp for the reinforcements who were about to arrive.