When the news of Shi Qi's killing spread throughout the world like wings, the wars against Ran Min in various places stopped one after another, and they were stagnant.

After discussing the Tiger Pass, Pu Hong and Yao Yizhong decided to withdraw the soldiers and horses to the pass and wait and see what happened.

On behalf of Guoping City, originally in the army war, the strong Tuoba Shi Yijian quickly terminated the edict to the south, and withdrew the Xianbei Iron Cavalry deployed outside the Yanmen Pass.

In the Dragon City of Yanguo, Murong Hao was extremely glad that he had made a smart decision, so he did not pay attention to the war in the Central Plains, and set his sights on Goguryeo in Liaodong.

In Handan City, the news of Shi Qi's killing was like a curse, which made all the Qi and the rebellious Zhao soldiers feel terrified and panicked.

Zhang Hedu, the commander of the coalition forces who was temporarily entrusted with important tasks by Shi Yi, couldn't control the scene at all.

Duan Qin, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, said first: "I suggest surrendering to Ran Min!" Now that the king of Xinxing has died in battle, our coalition army has no leader, the Wei army is besieging my Handan City, besieging but not attacking, and now there is not much grain in Handan City, Ran Min is obviously trying to trap us! ”

Jin Dolphin next to him agreed: "Yes! Ladies and gentlemen, we are now on the move! I heard that the troops of Pu Hong and Yao Yizhong had stopped besieging Hujiao Pass and were preparing to withdraw to Guanzhong. Murong Hao of Yan Kingdom, Tuoba Shiyi Key of Dai Kingdom, these Xianbei people are afraid of Ran Min's strength, and they will no longer go south to herd horses, we are now trapped in Handan City, we are waiting for death! ”

"Not bad, not bad! While our soldiers and horses are still there, and there are still conditions for negotiation with Ran Min, we should protect ourselves! ”

Looking at the chaotic voices at the bottom of the stairs, all singing about the anti-Wei coalition army, Zhang Hedu felt a headache, but he had to stop it loudly: "Silence! ”

Everyone stopped arguing and turned their attention to Zhang Hedu.

Zhang Hedu sighed and said, "Rank, I understand your feelings. But have you thought about it? Can Ran Min accept our surrender now? Ran Min and his people, who consider themselves to be the Han family, have a common enmity with our people, coupled with the continuous fighting, we have killed and injured so many of his soldiers and horses, can he really swallow this breath? ”

Hearing this, Duan Qin was silent for a moment and said, "Will Ran Min accept it, you have to give it a try!" Our nearly 300,000 soldiers, although they can no longer defeat the Wei army. But killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred yourself, I believe that Ran Min is a smart person, and he will not be carried away by hatred. ”

"Good. Since everyone thinks so, I will send a messenger to ask Ran Min to surrender! ”

Zhang Hedudang even sent Shi Ning as an envoy to the Wei army camp to ask to see Ran Min.

"Shi Ning, see King Wei!" Shi Ning bowed in front of Ran Min and bowed to worship, which made him feel humiliated, but the situation is stronger than people, how can people not bow their heads under the eaves?

"Get up."

"King Xie Wei."

Ran Min sat upright on the handsome seat, looked at the trembling Shi Ning condescendingly, and said with a smile: "Shi Ning, Zhang Hedu sent you to see the widow, I don't know what happened?" Are you here to write a war letter? ”

King Wei laughed. Shi Ning said a little sarcastically: "King Wei is the god of war in the world, and the soldiers under the command of King Wei are the elite of the world. ”

"Oh? So you're here to ask for surrender? ”

"Yes." Shi Ning lowered his head.

"Tell me about your conditions." Ran Min got straight to the point.

Shi Ning said: "King Wei, now that Shi Qi, the traitor, is dead, the princes are all coerced by Shi Qi and are accomplices, but they also have to do it!" After all, Shi Qi is holding the secret edict of the Son of Heaven, and for the edict of the Son of Heaven, King Wei must not dare to disobey it, right? ”

"What an accomplice!" Before Ran Min could speak, Qin Mu next to him snorted and said, "Shi Ning, is it really good for the princes in Handan City to put the blame on Shi Qi, a dead man, just like this?" Take 10,000 steps back, even if Shi Qi is the mastermind, the princes are all accomplices, but as an accomplice, he has committed such a big rebellion, and he is afraid that he will not be able to say it if he is not punished, right? ”

"Haha......" Shi Ning smiled awkwardly, "What Lord Qin said is extremely true. But the princes have repented, can't they be given a chance to mend their ways? ”

"Just say what you're asking for." Ran Min waved his hand.

He didn't want to waste time and mess with Shi Ning.

Shi Ning replied: "King Wei, the princes led by General Zhang Hedu are willing to lead their troops to surrender. But I also ask the king of Wei to be magnanimous, to forgive their sins, and to make them return to their station, and the officials will be reinstated, and their treatment will remain unchanged......"

"It can't be!"

Before Shi Ning could speak, Ran Min directly interrupted him: "The widow said, meritorious service will be rewarded, and mistakes will be punished!" The princes followed Shi Qi to rebel, and the willingness of the widow to give them a chance to reform is already the biggest concession! But if you are still obsessed with it, and you have to make every inch, the widow would rather spend some more time, even at the cost of the lives and blood of tens of thousands of soldiers! ”

"King Wei, why do you bother? Be forgiving and forgiving! ……”

"Someone, send off!"

Ran Min's words were very tough.

Shi Ning saw that the two armorers really rushed in outside the tent, and couldn't help gritting his teeth and said, "Wait! ”

"What else do you have to say?"

"King Wei, there is something to discuss." Shi Ning shook his head and said, "Since the King of Wei is unwilling to forgive all the guilt of the princes, can we save their honor and net worth?" ”

"This is naturally possible."

Ran Min bowed slightly and said, "Shi Ning, you go back and tell Zhang Hedu and them." The widows are willing to accept their surrender, as long as they know the times, the widows can keep their original titles, and they can also reward them with some land, manors and belongings in Yecheng, which can ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing! ”

"Good. I'll go back and play. Shi Ning took his leave.

When Shi Ning left, Xun Ji, who was in charge of the military grain and grass, frowned and said, "King, the minister has something to say. ”

"What?"

"There is not much food and grass in the army."

"Can't we levy grain from the treasury and nearby warehouses?"

Xun Ji smiled bitterly and said: "King, the treasury has long run out of surplus grain, and the warehouses near Yecheng are even more empty. In recent years, it has indeed been smooth and rainy, and the grains have been abundant, but the wars have been frequent, and the grain and grass piled up in the warehouses are far from enough for the army! Marching and fighting, the most consuming food and grass, now if the king wants to accept the surrender of the 300,000 Zhao army, I am afraid that we will not be able to feed these soldiers! ”

Ran Min was silent.

Wanting to accept the demotion, but not being able to feed so many descendants, this is undoubtedly the most embarrassing thing.

In history, Bai Qi and Xiang Yu have done this kind of immoral thing!

The killing of soldiers who have surrendered is a very common phenomenon in history.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qi State defeated the Shanrong tribe in the north and captured the other party, Shan Yu, and immediately some people advocated cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, killing and surrendering the pawns, but Guan Zhong proposed that "the killing and surrender is unknown" to stop it.

Guan Zhong's "unknown killing" is only a moral constraint, and there is no coercive force.

Since then, there have been frequent incidents of pit killing and surrendering in all dynasties, the most famous is that during the Warring States Period, the Qin general Bai Qikeng killed 400,000 soldiers of Zhao (some say 200,000), and then Xiang Yu attacked Qi when he killed Tian Rong's troops, and after defeating Zhang Han, he killed 200,000 Qin troops in Xin'ankeng.

When the Northern Wei Dynasty attacked Houyan, it also killed the 40,000 Yan troops who had surrendered.

Although "killing and surrendering unknown" is a bit of karma, in fact, there are only two direct consequences of killing and surrendering troops.

One is to force the soldiers who have not yet surrendered to defend the city position, after all, surrender is death, and death in battle is death, it is better to fight and maybe there is still life; Another consequence is that those who kill are discredited with brutality.

Xiang Yu was accused of brutality by later generations because of his many killings, and finally let the "loyal elder" Liu Bang take over the world; Li Guang was not a marquis, and Dongfang Shuo explained that it was because he had killed soldiers in his early years.

Of course, being killed after surrendering is not a 100% occurrence, but there is a certain probability.

Because there are usually three reasons for killing and surrendering in ancient times: one is out of revenge, such as Cao Cao's advocacy of "those who surround and surrender will not be forgiven"; Second, he was worried that the pawns would rebel again, and Xiang Yukeng's killing of the Qin army belonged to this category; The third is to be rewarded for the head, and the generals and soldiers need to rely on the head to calculate the credit.

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Chapter 0340: Kill and Surrender