After the envoy sent by Wang Ling left, Pi Wan asked Bai Qi: "What should the general do?" ”

Bai Qi didn't seem to understand, and Zhang Mu asked, "What?" ”

Pi Wan said: "The Zhao army is 400,000 ink, where will you be?" ”

Bai Qi said: "But according to the plan, they will all return to Handan!" ”

Pi Wan said: "I'm afraid there is no one to return to!" ”

Bai Qi waved his hand and said: "Summoning Zhao Ying, but those who want to return to Handan will return to it!" ”

Pi Wan said: "Huh! What can they do if they fail to return? ”

Bai Qi said: "It's not up to the minister." May the Qing plan on his behalf! ”

Pi Wan said: "No matter what the dead do, there is nowhere to bury them, and they should be burned." The wounded and the sick ......"

Bai Qi said: "One reason." ”

Pi Wan said: "If there is no food to feed it, you can do it!" ”

Bai Qi said: "One reason." ”

Pi Wan then called the envoys of each army and said, "Gather the army and the generals every day!" ”

Zhao Jun was frightened during the day and extremely cold at night, and the number of dead increased. But no one in Zhao's camp even came out to collect the corpses, and the dead and the living lay together. After suffering until dawn, the camp gate opened again, and a battalion of Qin troops came in, each holding a spear. One of them decreed: "Teach the king: Zhao people can return if they wish to return." Those who die will be burned! After three calls, no one in Zhao Yingzhong came out to answer. The soldiers of the Qin army then stepped forward, or dragged the upper limbs or lower limbs, and dragged the Zhao pawns who were lying flat together and stacked them in a pile, and those who were dragged over finally could not be stacked up because they were too high, so they were forked by the spearmen with spears and thrown on the pile. After all the people of the first battalion were piled up, everyone removed some of the camp fences and put them around, and someone took a torch and set the camp fences and people on fire. Then the group moved on to the next camp.

The first to appear were Wang Di's soldiers. Still cautious, Wang Yu sent a thousand troops into the Zhao camp to carry out the cremation plan, and the two battalions covered each other and entered the camp alternately. Not long after, thick black smoke rose from the Danshui line. Whenever they entered a camp, the soldiers shouted loudly for the living to leave, and then gathered the bodies together and burned them; But there were very few people in each camp who could get up and leave.

Li Bing sent three battalions, still led by Meng Fu, to go down the mountain to carry out the task of cleaning up the corpses. Thanks to the efforts of the Northland soldiers, a considerable number of women and children were brought to life, but many more died. Meng Fu was very kind to let the soldiers stationed in the women's and children's camp be responsible for cleaning up the corpses of the women and children, and led the people to the men's camp himself.

The soldiers shouted as they passed, and only a few sat up, signaling that they were still alive. Meng Fu asked the soldiers to pile up all the people who were still lying on the ground and set them on fire.

Most of the camps adjacent to the women's and children's camps were occupied by the old and weak of the Shangdang. These people have poor activity, they usually eat less, and they don't eat the fried millet when they come, so they almost don't die of hunger, and some of the corpses have turned black and rotted, and they have obviously been dead for a short time. There were fewer dead bodies than in the war camps. Seeing the corpses of their companions piled up together and set on fire, there was a trace of sadness in everyone's eyes. But as the fire burned, and the smell of meat filled the air with the black smoke, some people couldn't help it, they hesitated and hesitated, and finally pounced, grabbed an arm from the fire and was about to stuff it into their mouths. The people next to him saw it and pounced on it, snatching the body from the fire.

The fire collapsed, and the people who came up were buried underneath, and they managed to crawl out, already burned, still holding their arms or legs in their hands, and bowing their heads to eat.

When the surrounding Qin army saw the commotion here, they immediately rushed over, stabbed those who had snatched human flesh to eat one by one, and picked the scattered corpses together with spears.

The women, who had been quiet, suddenly heard a shrill cry: "Husband! "A person was contagious, and the sound of crying was heard. Then came the sound of Qin Jun's shouting and scolding, and even the sound of slapping. The woman's crying gradually stopped.

The second fire was also lit, then the third, and then the fourth...... There were dying people in every camp, and the soldiers simply left them behind and let them sit in place and watch the raging flames devour their companions. As more people enter, the smoke and fire are burning, mixed with the aroma of barbecue, giving people a double psychological blow.

The most uncomfortable were the wounded and sick, and the Qin army routinely announced the decree of the king of Qin, that all those who were still alive could return to Handan, and they were only responsible for cleaning up the corpses. Then, Qin Jun asked Zhao Jun to indicate where someone had died.

Because there were so many people here, people were next to each other, and at first people died and some people were buried, but then everyone ran out of energy, and the dead could not be moved out at all, and a large number of corpses slept side by side with the living. But when the Qin people asked the Zhao people to indicate the dead bodies, no one stood up; When the Qin army found the dead body and wanted to drag it, the wounded around him unexpectedly showed hostile eyes. The doctor did not dare to move, so he simply avoided the wounded camp and entered other camps to burn the bodies of the soldiers who had survived.

Burning corpses is a hard work, time-consuming and laborious, and at the end of the day, it will not burn a few battalions. When it was almost dark, the battalions decided to withdraw their troops. There were people alive in every Zhao camp, and the Qin army wanted to drive them out of the camp, but they really couldn't walk, and it was difficult to even stand up. They begged the Qin soldiers to give them some water to drink, but the Qin soldiers ignored them, seeing that they really couldn't make any waves, and left on their own.

It was another cold winter night, and although the surrounding mountains blocked a large amount of cold winds, the cold still ruthlessly invaded the injured Zhao people, taking away one life after another. Some people gritted their teeth and stood up, came to the edge of Danshui, drank a few sips of water, and walked tremblingly towards the mountain pass. Most of them fell unconscious before they could reach the mountain pass, and those who passed through the mountain pass were also destined to be impossible to reach Handan.

After dawn, the Qin army entered the Zhao army camp again and burned the corpses. This time, there were more people who came, and they no longer announced the fatwa of the king of Qin, but directly started to pile up all the people who were still in the camp and set them on fire. Those Zhao people who were not dead protested, pleaded, and cursed in a low voice, but to no avail; They tried to struggle, but they received a blow to the head, and immediately passed out, and in this way they were burned alive with their companions.

Not all the people in the women's and children's camps lived. The women and children who were obviously dying were not interested in saving them, and those who could be saved were still some of the people who were still alive. There were less than a thousand such people in total, and according to Li Bing's order, they were rewarded to the corresponding personnel. When the others died, they were dragged down the hill and burned with fire.

After burning for two days, about five or six hundred battalions were burned, and it seems that it will be burned out in one more day. But the most difficult thing to do is the wounded camp, where the resistance is very serious, but if you want to kill this group of people who have no power to resist, you can't do it. However, there are still a lot of people in this group, and nearly 100,000 people are alive and dead.

On the second day of the transaction, the king of Qin received a report from Bai Qi and others that the surrendered Zhao army had all died due to overeating, and the few who were alive had been ordered to return to Handan. King Qin was very unhappy in his heart, and reported to Xianyang that night, the war of Changping was over, and the new prisoners were ready to be dispatched. He also specifically mentioned that after the surrender of the Zhao army, they all died of illness due to overeating. The next day, he asked the military envoy to reply to the letter, and recalled Bai Qi, Wang Di, Sima Jin, Wang Ling, and Pi Juan to Yicheng to discuss the next course of action.

After Bai Zhi received the reply, he immediately conveyed it to the relevant generals. After arranging the relevant affairs, the temporary command was handed over to Li Bing, the lieutenant of the northern district, the lieutenant of the upper county, and the lieutenant of the southern county, and the main task was to count the meritorious personnel and the achievements of the military ranks. All the swordsmen pulled out the camp and returned to Gaodu, waiting for the instructions of the King of Qin. Subsequently, the generals returned to Yicheng with their entourage.

Originally, in the New Year, the King of Qin wanted to meet with the generals of the Changping front one by one, but he only met Bai Qi, and he caught up with the surrender, and no one else came to Yicheng. At the time of this departure, the war was over, the Qin army won a great victory, and the 450,000 Zhao army was annihilated, including the general Zhao Kuo and dozens of 10,000 generals. This is an unprecedented victory.

The last time Shiraki arrived, it was already night. Eager to meet Bai Qi, King Qin only lit a lamp to greet Bai Qi. This time, the king of Qin sent Zheng Anping and Mang Wei to arrange a camp ten miles outside the city, so that Bai Qi and his party could rest outside the city at night, and the next day they would prepare a grand entrance ceremony.

The swordsmen and squires scattered in other places were all recalled to Yicheng. In particular, the squire, which consisted of noble relatives, was asked to welcome them in formation. Wei Wei and Zong Zheng, who had arrived temporarily from Xianyang, were in charge of everything to greet him.

In the afternoon, Bai Qi and his entourage arrived at a gathering on the tenth road east of Yicheng, where Zheng Anping and Mang Wei were waiting with five hundred swordsmen. Although Zheng Anping and Mang Wei's titles are not high, they are Zhang Lu's right-hand men and have great influence in the court. There are also five hundred swordsmen behind him, which represents the presence of King Qin in person. Bai Qi and his entourage did not dare to slack off, dismounted from afar, and walked towards Zheng Anping and others. Zheng Anping warmly welcomed them into the city and lived in the arranged mansions. Take out the prepared wine and meat, and feast on the line. All retinues also have a portion of wine, meat, vegetables, and fruits.

After a lively ceremony, Zheng Anping told Bai Qi that the King of Qin would hold a grand entrance ceremony for the generals of Changping outside the city, so today everyone was wronged to rest in a small city and enter the city early tomorrow morning. In order to prepare for the entrance ceremony, Qin Zongzheng personally rushed to preside over tomorrow's ceremony despite his old age. When Bai Qi heard that Zongzheng was coming in person, he was moved to tears, and avoided the table and bowed: "The king's great kindness, how can I repay it!" ”

Zheng Anping asked about the situation of the battle, Bai Qi, Wang Di, Sima Jin and Wang Ling introduced them one by one, and Pi Juan also reported on the surrender: each battalion had a cart of about 100 catties of fried millet, and Zhao Jun did not expect to eat it all, so it became a ruffian and accumulated, without medical treatment or medicine, howled all night, and died of illness. Zheng Anping knew that fried millet was very powerful, not to mention hungry for several days, even if a strong person ate too much fried millet in one meal, he would have abdominal distension and abdominal pain, so he thought it was true, and said: "Although the king has the virtue of a good life, Nai Peter is guilty of heaven!" ”