Chapter 335: Are You Afraid of Death?
"Your Highness, I have been wronged!" Before Liu Bian's words fell, Hu Chi'er knelt up straight and shouted to Liu Bian: "The chaos in the city was caused by Dong Xian and others, the villain was in the government at the time, and several generals killed Niu Fu, how could they have the leisure to harm the people......
"yes!" Without waiting for Hu Chi'er to finish speaking, Liu Wei nodded, interrupted his words, and said to him: "Kill the benefactor and destroy his full door, I'm afraid only you, Hu Chi'er, can do this!" ”
Hearing a little unkind from Liu's words, Hu Chi'er opened his eyes in horror, moved his knees forward, and shouted to Liu Bian: "The villain is ...... out of loyalty to the Han court."
"Shut up!" This time, as soon as Hu Chi'er shouted out his words, Liu Wei shouted, interrupted his shouting, and said to him with a cold face: "Dong Zhuo was in trouble that day, and you were not loyal to the Han court; Outside the mountain, kill the villagers, you are not loyal to the Han court; On the banks of the Yellow River, we plundered our army's grain and grass, causing this king to lose his beloved general, and you are not loyal to the Han court! Now that this king has captured you, you have become loyal to the Han court! ”
"Although this king wants to kill Niu Fu, has he ever said that he will kill his entire family?" Furrowing his brows and glaring angrily at Hu Chi'er who was kneeling on the ground, Liu Wei asked him coldly: "Niu Fu betrayed the imperial court and sent troops to attack Chang'an, and the crime should be cut with a thousand knives, but what does it have to do with his family?" You killed his entire family in order to obtain treasure and flee from Zheng County, but you said that it was out of loyalty to the Han court, but you wanted to put the crime on the head of this king? ”
Liu Wei asked all the questions, and Hu Chi'er was stunned by the question, his mouth was wide open, and he didn't react for a long time how to reply.
"Your Highness!" Hu Chi'er was stopped by Liu Bian, and Dong Xian, who was kneeling not far from him, hurriedly shouted to Liu Bian: "The last general is wronged!" ”
As soon as he stopped drinking Hu Chi'er, and heard Dong Xian shouting injustice, Liu Wei, who was originally quite contemptuous of this person, turned his face to look at him, his eyes were as cold as frost.
Swept over his body by Liu Wei's cold gaze, Dong Xian shivered excitedly, and said with trembling lips: "The last general is in the military camp of His Royal Highness, and when he sees the majesty of His Highness's army, he knows that Niu Fu is difficult to succeed, and he has already had the heart to serve, so he raised troops in the city." I wanted to welcome His Highness into the city, but I didn't want His Highness to arrive early......"
"General Dong!" Dong Xian's words were only halfway through, Liu Wei waved his hand at him with a smile, and said to him: "If the general wants to lie, find a proper reason, the lie is so unbearable, it is the king, and he is ashamed of the general!" ”
Liu Wei grabbed the white sentence, choked Dong Xian stunned there, knelt straight, opened his mouth a few times, and wanted to defend a few more words, but he didn't know what to say.
"If you are sincere in serving this king, how can the letter stolen from this king's tent fall into the hands of Niu Fu?" With a faint sneer on the corner of his mouth, Liu Wei then said to Dong Xian: "If you want to sincerely serve this king, how can you tell Niu Fu that this king's army has already rushed straight to Chang'an?" Zheng County's Xiliang Army, why did half of them go out of the city to rescue Chang'an? ”
With a few questions in a row, Dong Xian was stunned on the spot, but he didn't know how to answer Liu Wei in order to tell the lie to the fullest.
"You are also generals who have fought on the battlefield!" Looking around at the generals of the Xiliang Army who were kneeling in front of him, Liu Wei said to them indifferently: "I think you and others also know in their hearts that in the rebellion last night, all the soldiers and horses under your command participated in the trouble, and today this king does not want to punish the pawns, but as the culprit, you must die!" ”
"Let's go, generals!" With an indifferent smile on his face, he threw a sentence to the Xiliang generals kneeling in front of him, Liu Wei waved his hand at them again, and said to them: "This king doesn't like Ling Chi to live, as long as the generals don't do too much senseless resistance, they will die happily, and I hope you don't have to say more useless, delaying the time on the road!" ”
After speaking, Liu Wei waved behind him and shouted to a group of soldiers standing not far away: "Send the generals on the road!" ”
Knowing that they would die, some of the Xiliang generals in this group lowered their heads and gave up arguing, and some people were still unwilling, twisting their bodies and trying to argue with Liu.
But where would Liu Wei pay attention to them, and when the group of soldiers walked behind this group of Xiliang generals, he turned his back to the group of people, and didn't look at them anymore.
With the light sound of a sharp blade splitting bones, the shouting and scolding of the group of Xiliang generals behind Liu Bian, including Hu Chi'er and Dong Xian, gradually stopped, and a thick bloody aura immediately surged towards Liu Bian.
Smelling this rich bloody atmosphere, Liu Wei knew that dozens of Xiliang generals had been beheaded, he turned his back to the soldiers who were executed, waved his hand at them, and said to them: "People are dead, there is no need to harm their families, no one is allowed to harass their families, put the corpses on straw mats, and bury them on the outskirts of the city!" ”
"No!" The soldiers who were executed were all holding Pu knives, holding the hilts of the knives with both hands, and bowed down in unison with their fists in response.
"The villagers go home and live and work in peace!" Turning to face the people who had come to watch the execution, Liu Wei said to them: "The culprit is dead, and the dead people can rest in peace!" ”
"And them!" Before Liu Bian's words fell, a voice came from the crowd, a young man walked out of the crowd, pointed at the disarmed Xiliang officers and soldiers, and said to Liu Bian: "There are also murderers among them......
"There are so many people, can you recognize which one killed someone?" Before the young man's words fell, Liu Wei frowned slightly and said to him: "The soldiers of the Xiliang Army are only doing such a thing that goes against the principles of heaven because they are ordered by the superiors!" The generals of the Xiliang Army in the city are all ambushed, could it be that you still want to fill the lives of the killed with tens of thousands of lives? ”
"The people of the Great Han have shed too much blood!" As he spoke, Liu Wei put his hands behind his back, turned his face away from the young man, waved his hand, and said to the onlookers: "Go back and live a good life, don't bother this matter again!" The first evil has been punished, and even if more blood is shed, it is impossible to resurrect the dead! As long as you live well, under the nine springs, they will be able to look at it! ”
Although the people who had suffered from the poison of the Xiliang Army were still a little unwilling in their hearts, they did not dare to cause more trouble in front of the heavily armed Luoyang Army, so they had to disperse with a thousand thanks.
After all the civilians dispersed, Liu Wei pressed the hilt of his sword with one hand and walked towards the group of Xiliang officers and soldiers who were being guarded.
Guan Hai and Guan Qing brothers and sisters saw him walking towards the prisoners of the Xiliang Army, worried that he had made a mistake, and hurriedly followed him.
When he arrived only four or five steps away from the outermost Xiliang Army, Liu Wei stopped and looked around at the tens of thousands of captives who were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, black and pressing, and there was no end in sight.
"Stand up!" Pressing the hilt of the sword with his hand, Liu Wei frowned slightly, and yelled at the prisoners of the Xiliang Army.
His roar was without warning, and the Xiliang army nearby was all excited by his roar, and hurriedly stood up.
The Xiliang army who was close to Liu Wei stood up first, and then the Xiliang army who was a little farther away also stood up, each of them looked weak, and after standing up, they all drooped their heads, looking like a mournful woman.
"Tell this king, are you afraid of death?" When all the prisoners of the Xiliang Army stood up, Liu Wei pressed the hilt of his sword and shouted at them again, asking a question that would have been a little silly and funny to anyone who heard it.
The prisoners of the Xiliang Army looked at each other one by one, and after a long time, no one dared to answer Liu Wei's question.
They still remembered very clearly that the first person Liu Wei killed just now was General Xiliang, who was the first to answer his question.
No one wants to be the first bird, people always spare their lives, the prisoners of the Xiliang Army at this time are just thinking that they can live one more moment than others, and they will earn one more moment, where will anyone dare to be the first to stand up and talk to Liu Wei.
"Answer this king!" After waiting for a while, seeing that no one replied, Liu Wei glared and yelled again: "Are you afraid of death!" ”
"I'm afraid!" This roar frightened the Xiliang Army captives in the vicinity one by one, and many of them blurted out subconsciously.
"Good! Very good! With his hands behind his back, he walked back and forth a few steps, Liu Wei raised his hand and pointed at the prisoners of the Xiliang Army, and said to them: "The generals who led you in the past have all been ambushed, and now there are two roads in front of you. One is to return to Xiliang, never set foot in the Central Plains again, reclaim the land, and live the life of a farmer; The other is to return to Luoyang with the king, and from then on fight the world with the king, no longer bully the people, no longer bully the weak! How do you choose, tell this king! ”
Seeing that dozens of generals were beheaded by Liu Bian, and tens of thousands of prisoners of the Xiliang Army who were worried about their lives, after listening to Liu Bian's words, their eyes widened in astonishment, and they looked at Liu Bian very blankly.
Seeing that the captives were still looking at Liu Wei with stunned faces, and without making the slightest statement, some of the soldiers hurriedly glanced at them and signaled them to declare their allegiance to Liu Bian.
He had already noticed that those soldiers were glancing at their former Tongze, and Liu Wei did not stop them, but just straightened up and looked around at every Xiliang army prisoner he could see.
Although the former Tongze around them was glancing at them, the tens of thousands of Xiliang army captives still did not recover from the two paths left by Liu Wei.
Dozens of Xiliang generals were killed, and as inferior officers and soldiers, tens of thousands of captured Xiliang troops even thought that they might follow in the footsteps of those generals and become the souls of the Luoyang army.
"Your Highness treats me very well!" Tens of thousands of Xiliang army prisoners, did not respond to Liu Wei for a long time, the scene fell into an embarrassing silence, an officer of Xiliang soldiers felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong, strengthened his courage, and shouted to those prisoners: "Follow Your Highness, not only can you eat your stomach, but you will also know what we are fighting for, which is a hundred times stronger than following Niu Fu to rebel!" Why are you still stunned? Why don't you thank Your Highness for your life? ”
The officer's words were like pushing a boulder into the calm water, which immediately provoked a chain reaction, and many of the captives were reminded by him, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, shouting: "I am willing to serve Your Highness!" ”