Chapter 125: Xiang Yu Buries Qin Jun Alive (2)
Xiang Yu took off the arrow again: "Yingbu!
"The last general!" the two agreed in unison.
"Tomorrow each will bring 100,000 people to supervise the work on the north and south banks. ”
"No!" the two took the order.
Xiang Yu withdrew the account, and everyone dispersed.
The next day, Zhang Gan ordered his subordinates to take nail rakes, hoes, flat poles, ropes, etc. to repair the river. Yingbu and Long each took 100,000 people to supervise the work on the north and south banks, and began to repair and dig the river.
Three days later, has dug out more than one person high river, Zhang Gan ordered people to widen and dig the river below, pull up the mud below, and then go down to pull, pick up, pick up, or more than half a day's effort, gradually dig deeper and deeper, the bottom is wider and wider, but the top is still narrow, gradually the people below are not good to climb up, the people above the supervisor will use a rope to hang down, the people at the bottom pull the mud in the empty basket, a handful of them as if digging a well, the mud is poured, and then the empty basket is handed down, after a while, it has been repaired almost, Zhang Gan looked, can not be pulled out again, and then dig down for fear that it does not meet Xiang Yu's requirements, commanding a temporary halt.
Zhang Gan entered the camp and asked Xiang Yu to take a look. Xiang Yu ordered Zhang Gan to listen to orders in the army. Ordered Heng Chu, Zhong Liwu two generals, and ordered twenty partial generals to accompany Zhang Gan to drink.
Xiang Yu took thousands of Jiangdong soldiers, got on their horses and brought swords, took a look at the mouth of the river, and ordered them to dig again! After digging for a while, it was finally the width he wanted at the bottom and the narrowness at the top. For example, the river surface is ten zhang wide, and the bottom is ten zhang and two feet, and one side is recessed into the ruler.
Xiang Yu took off the arrow majestically.
"Chinese Army!"
"In!"
"Spread the commander's order, inform the supervisors on the north and south sides of the strait, a few days ago, the commander probed the military situation at night, the Qin army complained a lot, and wanted to murder the commander, and now the commander ordered the Qin soldiers to open the river as an excuse, burying them alive. Now he is destined to bury all the 200,000 Qin soldiers alive in the pit. ”
"Obey, obey, obey!" the lieutenant's tongue trembled with fright. 200,000 is not a small number. The Chinese army ordered many small troops, riding fast horses, beating gongs and drums, and outside the prison workers' circle, to convey Xiang Yu's orders.
The people above know it. The Qin soldiers below didn't know, they were still joking. "Brother!" "Hmm!" was a dirty mess, and he would call it a day and go back to the camp to take a shower and change his clothes. ”
"yes! I look like a clay figure all over. It's not too early, and we're almost at a day!"
"Well, almost. ”
Suddenly, I heard three loud bangs. One by one, each with his hands, and the overseer, all turned their faces and threw down the pile of mud that had been pulled up from underneath.
"Whoa, whoa!" like hail, the Qin soldiers below were beaten in a dark and confused way.
"Oh, hey, we didn't break the law, why did you bury us in the pit!" The Qin soldiers below cried and shouted while desperately climbing up, but the river was too deep, the top was too narrow, and the mud and sand rushed down violently like an endless river, and the Qin soldiers could only struggle desperately and cry out for injustice.
"Wronged! General Zhang, we surrendered to the Chu army with you, but we can't die in vain, what crime did we commit......" The old men who talked in the middle of the night that day, they had long forgotten. One by one, they complained bitterly, they spoke good words, they pleaded, but it was useless. The more Xiang Yu listened, the more angry he became, and ordered someone to bury him hard.
Qin Bing shouted at the bottom, and his voice gradually weakened. After a while, the mud had already passed the hamstring bend, and then passed the small stomach, and half of the body went to the ground. In a moment, 200,000 people were buried cleanly, and not a single one remained.
None of the 200,000 Qin troops remained, and all of them were buried alive. Xiang Yu's brutality has been famous ever since.
When Tian Heng, the king of Qi, heard the news, he wondered in his heart, why did he bury 200,000 people alive for no reason? How could Xiang Yu be so cruel and actually bury the surrendered army alive, how could such a person be the emperor. The second emperor of Qin was bad, and the people of the world wanted to change to a good emperor, if the bad one was replaced by a worse one, it was better not to change it.
I heard that Liu Bang is virtuous, and people call him the resurrection of Yao Shun, and if I want to try to let Liu Bang go to Xianyang to be the emperor first, I should help Liu Bang.
Tian Heng, the king of Qi, concentrated all the armies of the three Qi in Linzi, preparing to block Xiang Yu's westward advance, so that Liu Bang could go to Xianyang first. Xiang Yu buried the Qin army alive and planted the disaster, and the hearts of the people in the world were lost, and they all hoped that Liu Bang would go to Xianyang first.
After burying 200,000 people alive, Xiang Yu returned to the army. Zhang Gan had already learned that the old tears were rampant, and when he came to see Xiang Yu, he lay on the ground and pleaded guilty again and again.
Xiang Yu said: "This matter has nothing to do with the old general, step down." Zhang Gan was helpless, and secretly shed tears and sadness after retreating, feeling that he was ashamed of the Qin Jun brothers, but he had already surrendered to Xiang Yu, and he couldn't rebel anymore, so he felt infinite regret and self-blame in his heart.
Two days later, Xiang Zhuang and Fan Zeng rushed back, and on the way back, they heard that Xiang Yu had buried the Qin army alive, and they rushed back in a hurry.
The two of them couldn't wait to see Xiang Yu without waiting for the account, Fan Zeng said: "General, Fan Zeng and General Zhuang have completed their tasks and come back to report to you." ”
"The two of you have worked hard all the way!"
"This is our duty, what's the hard work?" Fan Zeng relayed the experience of seeing King Huai and King Huai's praise of Xiang Yu.
"Big brother, I heard that you buried 200,000 Qin soldiers alive, but is there such a thing?" Xiang Zhuang said with a calm face.
"Exactly!"
"Dare to ask the eldest brother, what crime did Qin Bing commit?"
Xiang Yu told him about the visit to the camp that night, and Qin Bing's intention to kill him.
"Big brother, it's just two or three people who are guilty, how can they punish 200,000 Qin soldiers together?" Xiang Zhuang said angrily.
Xiang Yu thought in his heart, well, this is also true, but he was impulsive and buried them all. But although he knew in his heart that he was wrong, but what a proud person he was, even if he was wrong, he would not admit it, and said: "If Qin Bing is not buried, it will be a trouble, Brother Zhuang doesn't need to say much!"
Xiang Zhuang's face was pale, he hated how this big brother was so narrow-minded, how could his methods be so cruel, and occasionally heard one or two words of complaint that he would kill hundreds of thousands of people, which was done by a wise and powerful master; on the other hand, Liu Bang, in order to win the hearts of the people, all those who had hurt him were not to blame in the past, and they had to be promoted, the more he thought about it, the more he felt a chill down his spine, and compared with two by two, Liu Bang's wisdom was even worse, could the Chu army still last for a long time if it went on like this, and could it still win the world? At this moment, he really wanted to kill Xiang Yu and then seize the command of the Chu army.
Of course, Xiang Zhuang just thought in his heart, not to mention that he had to do it, if he really dared to do it, it would definitely be him, not Xiang Yu, who would die.
Old Fan Zeng looked at the faces of the two of them, and knew that it was useless to say anything, and people could not be resurrected after death. Just sighed and said: "Marshal, if the reward and punishment are so unknown, the world will rest in the future!" Fan Zeng was so anxious that the old tears flowed, and he turned around and left.
Xiang Zhuang also followed angrily.
Xiang Yu saw it, and secretly laughed, killing 200,000 people will have no world? Fan Zeng also thought too much.