Shi Dayong wanted to kill the prisoners, and the method of slaughter had already been thought of, which was to drown all the 1,000 captives in the quicksand river.

Killing prisoners, and killing compatriots, most of whom are peasant children who were coerced by the thief army, is undoubtedly a violent violence that has lost its conscience and will be criticized. Yes, it will even bring immeasurable consequences to the reputation of the Jinzhou Army and his Shi Dayong. But Shi Dayong still decided to do it, he had no choice.

In fact, when making the decision to kill the prisoner, Shi Dayong was also very helpless, he hesitated for a long time before gritting his teeth and deciding to do so. Because, the number of prisoners is too much, so many that it is beyond the capacity of his Jinzhou army to bear.

His Jinzhou army has a total of 700 people, but there are nearly 4,000 prisoners, 700 to 4,000, the huge number gap makes Shi Dayong have no sense of security at all, and the black and oppressive heads of the captives make him feel uneasy to sit in the crater!

No one knows when the Ludao volcano will erupt, and Shi Dayong doesn't know when these captives will suddenly attack!

Prevention is in the future, even if the captives have no idea of making trouble at all, Shi Dayong still can't trust them.

Now Shi Dayong is like a mental patient who fantasizes about being oppressed and bullied all day long, and in order to alleviate this terrible nightmare, he has to completely eradicate the root of the nightmare.

Massacre, from the moment of victory, is destined to happen.

In all dynasties, when the small number of prisoners exceeded their number by several times, all of them would choose to slaughter without exception.

There is nothing to feel guilty about, and if you don't, you are irresponsible for your own lives and the lives of your subordinates.

In fact, killing all of them is the safest way, and Shi Dayong didn't think about doing it, but time didn't allow him to do this, and the huge gap in the number of people between the two sides also made it impossible for him to do so.

The rabbits bite in a hurry, and the reason why these captives lay down their weapons is because they think there is a way to live. But if he knew that he would be slaughtered, a revolt would inevitably occur.

When the butcher's knife is on the neck, who will be willing to be slaughtered?

Moreover, it is not daytime, and in the darkness of night, it is obviously an impossible task to complete the massacre of thousands of people with a few hundred people.

As long as there is a little mistake, it will be a catastrophic consequence, although it will not make the Jinzhou army suffer a big injury, but it will definitely hurt the muscles and bones.

What's more, there are still hundreds of rebels on the other side of the river who have just "gone anyway", and no one dares to guarantee that they will not have a feeling of "cold lips and teeth" because of the slaughter of the captives, and then fight with the Jinzhou army in a desperate battle.

All things considered, it was wisest and safest to single out some of the captives for slaughter.

1,000 people is the minimum number that Shi Dayong thinks can provide enough security for himself and the Jinzhou army.

He believed that as long as he killed these 1,000 strong men in front of those captives, the rest of the captives would really be afraid and afraid of the Jinzhou army, and they would no longer dare to act with two hearts and wait for an opportunity.

Seeing that their companions were killed, but they were able to survive, the remaining 2,000 or so captives would be grateful to the Jinzhou army, and even grateful to Dade, which was an instinctive psychological reaction of the weak to the strong.

When the other party can kill you but doesn't kill you, no one will avenge those dead companions, they will be happy, they will be grateful, and they will even regard Jinzhou Jun as a real reborn parent.

Whether this is the case or not, no one can guarantee. But at least, Shi Dayong thought so, and used this as his goal to carry out this ice massacre that may have never been seen before or since

The order for the massacre was passed only among the officers, and after receiving this order, the Jinzhou army began to quietly complete preparations for the massacre.

In the middle of the river, Song Qing led more than 100 soldiers to dig more than 70 ice caves on an ice surface more than 40 zhang long and 20 zhang wide, according to Shi Dayong's instructions, and used the ice cave as the base to smash the nearby ice surface. In order to confuse the captives, there was even a drain bucket next to each ice cave, giving the appearance of officers and soldiers fetching water.

Mechanically speaking, the ice can no longer withstand the gravity of a thousand people at the same time, which means that when the 1,000 captives pass over the ice as required, the ice will crack and collapse as a whole.

Shi Dayong estimated that the outdoor temperature at this time may only be about minus ten degrees, and it is even colder under the ice. Once a person falls in, there is no chance of survival, let alone climbing out of the ice, because the captives are dressed in cotton jackets, which will drag them all the way to the deepest part of the riverbed.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of those captives, Shi Dayong ordered Li Dashan to carry the captured goods and supplies along the ice to the town in a horse-drawn cart. Of course, for the sake of safety, the carriages were passed in batches, but through some illusions, it looked like officers and soldiers were busy carrying the captured booty anxiously to the other side of the river.

The captives were indeed confused by a series of bewildering actions, and in their eyes, the act of smashing the ice by the officers and soldiers on the ice was more like fetching water than planning a massacre against them.

In order to prevent accidents, Shi Dayong ordered Cao Bianjiao to lead the wolf cavalry to occupy the road to the west and block the prisoners. The direction in which you are most likely to flee after moving. Jiang Wanli's 200 soldiers blocked the east.

Qi Sanbao didn't know anything about what was going to happen, and under Shi Dayong's deception, he also brought three hundred subordinates armed with firecrackers to cooperate with Jiang Wanli's people.

Those rebels who had just "anyway" knew that they wanted to prevent the prisoners from rioting. moving, one by one, with special energy, without the slightest doubt.

When everything was ready, Shi Dayong asked Li Dashan to send the hundreds of women taken captive from Haixing County across the river, and then told the captives that they would then be sent to the town for resettlement. If someone dares to plot misdeeds and wait for an opportunity to make trouble, don't blame the gun for having no eyes.

After the women were sent across the river, Shi Dayong issued an order to Shao Wu.

Shao Wu, who received the order, immediately patted a flag-raising soldier beside him. The soldier hurriedly strode to a small mound, condescendingly waved the banner in his hand, and then shouted: "All up, all up!" ”

The surrounding Changping soldiers immediately took their knives and struck the captives sitting on the ground, forcing them to get up immediately.

"What are you going to do? We're right here, not going anywhere. "A few Liao soldiers among the captives always felt that something was wrong, and instinctively shrank back.

Seeing this, several Changping soldiers rushed to them like wolves and tigers, and smashed them fiercely with the gun in their hands, and in an instant, those Liao soldiers were smashed into blood gushing like a spring, and they were paralyzed on the ground and couldn't move.

"Drag them up!"

"Cross the river all over the river, go to the opposite town, and leave if you don't want to die!"