Lu Xiangsheng finally left Pingyang Mansion with 60,000 elites, and the wolf fled back to Zezhou.

After some rectification, the situation was stabilized, and Zhang Hongwu also had his own considerations, so he did not immediately attack Zezhou, and the two sides entered a truce.

This time to attack the Qin State, Lu Xiangsheng did not have enough gains. First, he recaptured Zezhou, and stuck to this place to prevent the Qin army from entering; The second captured a batch of firecrackers and grenades, and even some of the revolvers were also obtained, and they were all sent back to Beijing. These firearms were much more advanced than the original batch won by Chongzhen, and if they could be imitated, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army could soon be raised to a new level.

Lu Xiangsheng soon received the holy decree to hold on to Zezhou and wait for an opportunity to attack the Qin State, or even harass it. However, with the holy decree came, it was a eunuch named Gao Qiqian who supervised the army, and what kind of chemical changes the arrival of this person would make in the war, at this time Qin Guo and Lu Xiangsheng himself were still unknown.

On Zhang Hongwu's side, since he drove away Lu Xiangsheng, he sped up to collect the prisoners who had escaped from the locality.

Half a month has passed, and thousands have been captured, and the rest seem to have secretly managed to return to Zezhou as early as when they dispersed. Now they have quickly restored the system under the protection of Lu Xiangsheng, so that Lu Xiangsheng's losses this time have been somewhat compensated.

Hong Chengchou was not reinstated, but for the sake of taking the lead in front of him, he was placed under Lu Xiangsheng as a deputy general, and he was full of Gui's position. As for Man Gui, Da Ming also tried to rescue him several times, but he failed. Perhaps it was Hong Chengchou's relationship that made the care and escort of senior generals more strict.

After confirming that there were no more scattered captives to capture, Zhang Hongwu issued an order that shocked the world.

That is, the 20,000 troops under the command of Lu Xiangsheng who were captured, as well as the prisoners who were hunted and captured everywhere, were all killed!

Yes, pit killing, that is, burying alive.

Since the pre-Qin Dynasty, such large-scale burials seem to be rare, and Confucianism may not be without benefits, at least it has made this kind of 'immoral' thing much less. If anyone does it, not only will he become the biggest sinner in the world, but he will not expect to be promoted again in this life, and maybe he will have to be removed from office directly for the sake of civilian resentment.

But Zhang Hongwu was not afraid, and he published an article in the "Salvation Army Weekly", which was the only article in his life.

"I didn't know how to write since I was a child, and I only loved to practice martial arts and learn the art of war. I don't know etiquette, righteousness and shame, but I also know the truth of being a man. Since he considered himself in power, he was not a person who killed without permission, but now he has to wield a butcher's knife and kill more than 30,000 prisoners.

Where are the captives? The loser of the war, too! Now that you have surrendered, now that you have become a prisoner, it is natural to accept the arrangement of the victors. However, most of the prisoners who were killed in the pit were in the process of escorting, and they suddenly killed the people of my Great Qin soldiers. **After that, I resolutely joined the Ming army and threw myself into the war with my Great Qin, such a shameless person, I have never heard of it!

Am I able to trust them when they are my captives again tonight? In case in the process of escorting, they kill our soldiers of Daqin again, who will bear this responsibility? Besides, shouldn't they pay a price for their previous behavior?!

Yes, they have to die, at least I look like I have to! Only in this way can the people of the world know one thing: a captive should look like a captive, since you dare to **, then don't blame me Daqin for being ruthless! I, Daqin, am not the kind of rotten good person, nor am I a philanthropist who doesn't ask for anything in return. We treat any captives who have made arrangements, but we will not tolerate any captives who resist us. We will be kind to our people and our soldiers, but we will not give mercy to any power, whatever it may be, that dares to fight against us!

I want to use the lives of 30,000 people to announce to the people of the world that I, Daqin, am not a soft persimmon! I want to declare to the world that my Great Qin's knife is just as sharp! ”

The publication of the article is naturally a mixed reputation. The military recognized Zhang Hongwu's statement, and felt that since he was a prisoner and suddenly killed the soldiers who escorted them, how could he guarantee that there would not be a second or third time? How much of Da Qin's life does Great Qin have to pay for these captives?!

However, there are many corrupt Confucians among the literati, and they still judge Zhang Hongwu's indiscriminate killing with the theory of Confucius and Mencius's benevolence and etiquette. In their view, such inhumane acts, for whatever reason, are something to be criticized. It is not excluded that some people intend to make a name for themselves with it.

Everyone looked at Zhang Hongbin, and everyone looked at Zhang Hongbin, the owner of Daqin.

After all, Zhang Hongwu is his second brother, and many people know that he has a great possibility and will shield his brother.

In other words, everyone is watching to see how Zhang Hongbin will deal with this matter.

They waited, waited for a public meeting of Zhang Hongbin. Not only did all the high-level military and political officials participate, but the meeting place was also chosen in the open square, with the help of a large number of sound transmission tools, so that all the people around could hear their verdict.

"Ahem, now the meeting is open, the audience is silent!" Zhang Hongbin hasn't come yet, and a special host came up to say it first.

Everyone listened to the voices coming from all directions, and first wondered if the host had practiced some magic skills, and he could actually let the voice come from all directions. Soon it was discovered that something resembling a trumpet flower hung on all sides of them, and the sound came from there. In the end, I quickly thought of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce, and this joint business body will not have a lot of good things coming out from time to time, which may also be a commodity of the Chamber of Commerce, but it has not been sold yet.

Everyone can adapt to this kind of megaphone so quickly, Zhang Hongbin also smiled bitterly.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, he went directly to the stage.

"Hello everyone, I am Zhang Hongbin, that is, the King of Qin of my Great Qin. Many of you here probably haven't seen me yet, and this is the first time we've met. Zhang Hongbin spoke into the microphone and said an opening sentence to everyone in a gentle tone.

Clapping, I don't know when it started, clapping has become a relatively common behavior. If someone investigates carefully, they will find that this is also led by Zhang Hongbin.

"It's good, everyone's enthusiasm and I received it. At this meeting, I intend to talk about two topics, one is about the secrecy of firearms; The other is the problem of my second brother Zhang Hongwu killing 30,000 enemy prisoners. Now, let me start with my brother's problem, which I believe everyone is very concerned about. Zhang Hongbin swept the crowd, "This question is not big, but it is not small." To put it mildly, the second brother is right, since he can ** the first time, then can't he ** the second time, as a prisoner does not have the consciousness of being a prisoner, if he is not severely punished, next time other prisoners will follow suit, will I have a peaceful day in Daqin? And to put it mildly, my second brother can pit 30,000 today, will he also kill 300,000 tomorrow? If this continues, isn't it also a panic? Don't talk to me about moral issues, I think the biggest problem is here, in principle, this is a military domain issue, and it has nothing to do with morality. Of course, morality is also one of the criteria for the formulation of military law, and I still admit this. ”

Zhang Hongbin looked at the crowd, and at this time, many people were talking to each other, obviously digesting his previous words.

"Military law is the law that binds soldiers. Strict observance of military law and regulations is a must for a qualified soldier. According to the basic military law of the Qin army, preferential treatment of prisoners is the basic norm we have formulated. Therefore, according to this criterion, the second brother Zhang Hongwu will oppose the military law and must be dealt with according to law. This time, however, it was a special case, a situation not found in military law and military regulations. However, the captive ** did bring us a certain loss to Daqin, and the biggest loss was that we had been keeping a secret firecracker, which was lost to Daming. Besides, if this matter is really dealt with strictly, wouldn't it really give those captives an example, so that they will continue to ** in the future, then we Daqin will still have a good life?

Therefore, I judged this to be a special military act. As the initiator of this act, Zhang Hongwu, I judge that he has not made any mistakes in principle. But the scope of the impact is a bit large, and there is a group of soldiers who have just been captured from Lu Xiangsheng's troops, isn't it? Therefore, I want to cancel his rank of general, deduct one year's salary, and at the same time let him return to the military academy to study, and only after passing the examination can he be arranged for employment, the above is my disposition of him. I'm also very popular. Lord, if you think this is okay, please raise your hand! Zhang Hongbin finally gave a solution.

Looking at it, first all the military people raised their hands, and then many administrative personnel also raised their hands. In the end, all the people raised their hands, maybe some people didn't plan to raise their hands, but when so many people raised their hands, they didn't raise their hands, it seemed too out of place, and they had no choice but to raise their hands.

"Well, this matter has come to an end since then, and it will be implemented according to what was said before, and no more objections are allowed!" Zhang Hongbin nodded, "Now, let's talk about the secrecy of the firebolt, I believe there are many people who are eager to hear it!" ”

Soon, the topic changed, or rather, there was no need to continue the discussion about what Zhang Hongwu had done.