Chapter 975: Murderous Yingye
PS: There will be another chapter in a moment
Liangfu is a native of the eastern gate of Xinzheng, who was drafted into the army during the westward expedition of Yousu, and attacked the Hanshi River with the army, and was unfortunately captured in the battle of Luoshui the day before yesterday. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
They were all interned on the banks of the river, a good place to hold prisoners, with steep banks, strong currents, and bright torches. However, at night, Liangfu's village party still quietly came and asked him to flee with him.
"I am good at water, and I can swim to the other side."
"There is also Zhao Jun on the other side." Liangfu fought fiercely for half a day yesterday, and only after being captured did he break his scalp and break his foot, which was painful and swollen. He didn't eat anything all day long, just drank a few sips of river water, giving his stomach the illusion of fullness, which would make him weak and dare not take risks.
The party in his hometown scolded him for being courageless, so he asked a few people to run together, and the good man looked at their backs and was reluctant. As a result, as soon as those people entered the water, they were discovered, and a burst of arrows came from the shore, and everyone died at the water's edge.
Zheng people were in an uproar, and Zhao Bing on the shore shouted: "Sit down!" Sit down! Then the whip came.
After a moment of confusion, everyone sat down in place. Some people moved more slowly, and there was a whip on them on the shore, and they immediately bled profusely.
Mrs. Liang sat down on the ground, her heart was pounding, if he had followed the township party before, this would have happened.
After a while, the bodies of those who had fled were dragged back, their bodies full of arrows, and their heads were cut off by Zhao Bing and inserted in spears for public display: Liangfu saw that the two eyes of the other country party were still wide open as if they were alive......
Everyone shuddered, and the officials of the Zhao army shouted on the shore: "This is the end of those who dare to flee!" β
Although the Hebei dialect was very difficult in the ears of the Zheng people, they still understood it, it was night, and no one dared to run anymore.
That night, the good man slept restlessly, and the stones and lumps on the ground made his back ache and pain, and his stomach was rumbling with hunger. But he was too tired, and it didn't take long for him to dream that he returned to the house next to the east gate of Xinzheng, and his father and mother were surprised to welcome him out, and then his wife also ran out of the house, holding his head and crying, and was scolded by the good man before he went to cook for him, fresh rice, the fragrance can make the good man forget the stench on the battlefield.
However, before he could take a bite, he was woken up by the swollen pain in his feet, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the entire riverbank was still a ragged and withered captive of Zheng Guo. In the faint morning light, the black pressure was like a large group of ants crowded on the shore.
Then, someone shouted, "Silence! Then came a whiplash. The noise on the riverbank suddenly stopped, and only the morning breeze could be heard in my ears, which was eerie.
After a while, there was a drum on the shore, and when the drum stopped, a black-clad and black-crowned Zhao officer came out to give a lecture, and his attendants transmitted his precepts sentence by sentenceβ
"Zheng Jun has no faith, betrays the alliance and betrays the party from the Wei family, and hits me to the ...... of the Jin Kingdom"
"Shangqing sent troops to raise troops to break it...... If you are a small people, you have the fault of subordination, and you have no guilt of being the first evil, and the military general will be allowed to release you on the spot! β
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"On the spot?"
Liangfu couldn't believe his ears, he thought that his best fate would be to be detained as a coolie, at least for a few years or even ten years, who would have expected Zhao Jiang to be so generous. Maybe it's because there is not enough food, there are many discussions around them, and some people speculate that because before the war began, they saw Zhao Jun burning their own ships and grain, and the rations they ate in the past few days were all captured from the Zheng people.
After they rejoiced, the military official spoke again: "The general said again, can there be anyone who is willing to join the Zhao army as a recruiter and attack Qin and Wei with the army?" But the mountain calls long live and returns to Zhao ......"
There was silence on the riverbank, Zheng Guoren looked at each other, although the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period did not have a strong sense of country, but Zheng people were an exception, migrated here from the distant Weishui Basin, started the country from scratch, and later struggled between the powerful countries, which made the Zheng people very important to the township party, united with each other, and also quite a sense of national difficulties and responsibilities, so there were people like Xiangao. This trend continued until the later Qin and Han dynasties, and Yingchuan was still often connected with the township party.
But he heard the military official tempting again: "If you wish, you will be regarded as a new pawn of the Zhao army, and you will be given food, money, silk, and clothes." β
Having said that, nine out of ten Zheng people still refused to give Zhao their lives and became enemies of the Guoren Township Party. After waiting for a while, the military officer sighed secretly, this was his last struggle, and it was also Zheng Ren's last chance to survive at the moment.
He was not angry and said: "If you don't want to, take off your clothes, go hungry, and find a way to go back to Zheng Guo naked!" β
So the Zheng captives were taken away from the river bank in batches, and were taken in different directions, and at the end of the road, several large tents covered with black cloth were waiting for them with their big mouths open, and according to Zhao Zhi, who led the way, the Zheng people had to take off their armor and military uniforms here, leaving only a single coat.
"Is the Zhao family so short of clothes?" The good man complained to the others, but the joy of being released outweighed the dissatisfaction, and one by one they stepped into the tent, not knowing what awaited them inside.
Finally, it was the turn of the good husband, and he was very hesitant in his heart, just before that, someone began to secretly contact him, to gather in the mountains after his release, and plan for great things together......
Yoshio knew that they wanted to go back to find General Yusu, but Yoshio had had enough, and he just wanted to go home now. Although it is said that walking back to Zheng Guo from here is hundreds of miles, the soldiers are in chaos, and everything is unknown, but it is better than returning to the army and handing over your life to the meat eaters to arrange for squandering.
"Go home ......" Thinking of the dream he had, Zheng Renliangfu showed a smile, stepped into the camp, his hands were still a little shaking, he had killed people in the army during this time, I don't know how long it will take to wash after I go back, and then I can hug my wife and children.
The inside of the tent was dark, as if there were no windows inside, and before the good man could be suspicious, a sack with strong blood was put on his head, and the mouth was blocked......
In the tent were dozens of heavily armed soldiers, strangled their necks with sacks, and stabbed their swords at the vital point, and the good man fell to the ground limply, and died without making a sound.
His dream became a dream completely.
The same thing happened in the rest of the tents, and in less than half an hour, the surface of the tents was already full of blood, the soles of shoes were on the ground and could barely be pulled out, and the neatly stacked corpses were piled up almost everywhere as far as the eye could see.
By this time, two thousand Zheng people had already lost their lives, and the rest of the people finally reacted wrongly, why was the smell of blood so strong in front of them? Why is there blood coming out of the tent? Did the township party and father and brother who went in really leave the other end of the tent? What the hell are they going on inside?
As the Zheng people began to rebel and the murder began to escalate into slaughter, Zhao's crossbowmen appeared around them, cold arrows aimed at the Zheng captives, and after a few volleys, they fell to the ground screaming, and there were few people still standing......
When the massacre was nearing its end, it had become a pure torture, and the methods of the Zhao soldiers, who had already killed the red-eyed, became more and more crude and simple.
A thousand Zheng captives were driven to the pits they had dug themselves, and these Zheng people realized that something was wrong and wanted to escape, and immediately Zhao soldiers opened their bows and shot arrows, and one arrow ended in death. Then Zhao Jun began to throw dust into the pit with a calm face, and the sharp spears prevented the survivors from climbing out of the pit, even if they were lucky enough to climb up, they were knocked down with a shovel by Zhao Bing who was standing on the edge of the pit shoveling soil and then quickly buried alive.
Eventually, more than a dozen pits disappeared, leaving only a piece of trampled ground and a few hands struggling to stretch out like dry branches......
The last thousand people were not driven away from the river bank, but were stabbed by the Zhao army with spears, they rushed towards the turbulent Luoshui, and a rain of arrows flew overhead, almost everyone was injured, and they were tied together by straw ropes, how to swim with a heavy dead man? So most of them drowned, and in the end, there was no one out of ten who could get lucky enough to swim downstream.
The massacre began early in the morning and did not end until late in the evening. 5,000 Zheng people were captured, and only more than 100 people were willing to join the Zhao army as recruits for unknown reasons, and they escaped to death. The remaining 4,900 people were killed, their bodies burned or buried, and hundreds more died in Luoshui, drifting downstream with the river......
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After the several military officers who had been removed for refusing to carry out the order came out, they looked at the thief's eyes and almost burst into flames, and one of them threw his own giggle directly at the foot of the thief, who recognized that this was a brigade commander who had followed Zhao Wuxian in the Song Kingdom.
"Shangqing once said when he created the martial arts that he would stop fighting for martial arts. Soldiers, to prohibit violence, soldiers, peace and wealth, although we have also killed the enemy in battle in the past, but we have never used unarmed captives! The generals insisted on going their own way today and killed 5,000 Zheng prisoners who laid down their arms. β
"Who is innocent in the war?" The thief was unmoved, he glanced at these people coldly, he announced the matter with a general's order, but a few people were not satisfied, and the thief was not polite, and immediately removed them, at that time, the overseer and the black clothes were next to him, and there was no protest against this, because it was within the scope of the general's authority.
"If you have any objections, go back and complain to the secretary."
The thief didn't explain much, and after saying this, he no longer looked at the floating corpses in the river, and turned to leave.
The wind on the north bank of Luoshui was howling, as if it was the unjust souls of thousands of Zheng people crying, even Zhao Bing, who had killed people before, was a little chilling when he recalled it at this moment, and even the veteran who had been through a hundred battles vomited out of shape when he was handling the corpse.
The thief has killed countless people over the decades, and he has no shame in his heart.
"Although the battle of Rushui is over, the war with Lianheng is not over, and the Zheng people may hinder our way back, or be called up again when they return home. If we release Zheng today, we may die at their hands tomorrow. Therefore, if you are unkind to your enemies, you are merciful to yourself! β
What's more, the thief thinks that Zhao Wuxian's so-called "stop fighting" is a contradictory joke in itself. While shouting benevolence and righteousness, while advocating the first merit and awarding military merits, isn't this a disguised encouragement for soldiers to kill?
All soldiers, some win with the way, some win with might, and some win with strength. Among them, breaking the army and killing generals, taking advantage of the opportunity, routing the people and seizing the land, and killing tens of millions of people, can be called a victory. Since Zhao Wuxian has chosen to win quickly, he must be mentally prepared for today's events.
"Zhao Qing has the intention of annexing the Central Plains, so I don't believe that he will give up Zheng Guo to the Han family. And I pit Zheng for 5,000 today, which actually made the Zhao family swallow Zheng a full five or ten years ahead of schedule! β
There was no one around, and the thief suddenly laughed: "When the time comes, will Zhao Qing take me to the knife in order to curry favor with Zheng Guoren?" But if he wants to realize his ambition and make the world one, he needs more ruthless people who can kill......"
The thief is not very clear about his future, but he has seen the future of the world a little clearly.
No matter how beautiful, tempting, and righteous Zhao Qing said to his grandson about the prospect of "one day down". In this process, it will inevitably be accompanied by bloody rain, fighting for land, and killing people; Fight for the city, kill the city!
(To be continued.) )