Along the black water, there is a cool breeze and the sound of waves. As autumn deepens, a chill has gradually enveloped the world. What is even colder than the temperature is the ongoing killing on the river beach.
The air was already filled with the smell of blood, which was strong, pungent, and nauseating. However, such a scene was nothing to the battle-hardened soldiers of the Han army.
A simple camp was temporarily built on the tidal flat, with fences and wooden posts as symbolic separations, and the prisoners of the Fuyuan Battle were imprisoned in it, but there were no more than three thousand.
Under Tian Qinzuo's order, these captives were strung up in bundles of a hundred people with ropes. These wild and ferocious Jurchens from the East China Sea were just a group of pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
Tian Qinzuo had no idea about the unknown number of prisoners he was killing, and he had no scruples. He didn't target any one person, he just killed them one by one, randomly. Obviously, in addition to intimidating and establishing power, there was also a certain degree of venting.
the goal of.
Although the Battle of Fuyuan was a complete victory and the Jurchens in the East China Sea were defeated, Tian Qinzuo's mood never improved. Even with the comfort of his subordinates, he could not let go.
Finally broke out,
Yesterday, after seeing the scene of Fuyuan City's post-war recovery, I felt cruel, ordered my troops and horses, and pulled all the prisoners in the prisoner-of-war camp to the bank of the Blackwater River.
Tian Qinzuo had done similar things more than once in the past. When he was in Annan, he was crazy, cruel and inhumane. He even killed many people during the Unification War. This was true for the people, not to mention the foreign barbarians?
Now, it's just a matter of returning to his old profession, and facts have proven that he is still very proficient without any psychological burden.
Moreover, Tian Qinzuo also came up with some tricks. He set up an archery target in front of each group of prisoners, and fifty steps away, he bet on archery skills with several Han army officers.
The bet is not big, just a consistent amount of money. If the shot fails to hit the bull's-eye, a consistent amount of money will be paid, and those who hit the target will share the bet equally. Of course, the fate of these East China Sea Jurchens is also included in this bet.
If everyone hits the target, then the group of prisoners will not have to die. But if one person misses, then he will be killed.
The shooting skills of these Han army officers were pretty good. After one round of thirty arrow targets, only five of them failed to hit, which also meant that five hundred prisoners were executed.
Different from the bloody battles on the battlefield, such killings were easier for the Han officers and soldiers in charge of executions. They did not need to open and close or wield steel knives. They just stabbed to death the Jurchens who were being led to the waterside.
, the movements are clean and neat, without any sloppiness. This scene is even more nerve-wracking. Even those officers who have experienced battlefield killings can't help but feel chilled in their hearts.
"Is the inspection enough?" the officer in charge of execution came to Tian Qinzuo and asked.
Hearing this, Tian Qinzuo frowned slightly, as if he was still not satisfied. He looked at the Jurchen prisoners beside him, probably thinking that there were too many of them. He pursed his lips and smiled at the officers who were participating in the written examination: "I
I don’t know if your archery skills are too good or if you are too soft-hearted..."
After saying this, several officers had different expressions. Obviously not everyone agreed with killing prisoners like this. After all, they were professional soldiers of the Han Dynasty, and killing prisoners obviously did not conform to their value perception.
It's just that there are so many military orders that no one dares to disobey Tian Qinzuo's orders. Of course, even if something goes wrong, Tian Qinzuo will be there to take care of it. It has nothing to do with them. All they can do is try their best to see if they can reduce the number of problems.
Just some feelings of guilt.
One of the officers accompanied him and said with a smile: "Inspection, our archery skills cannot be said to be accurate. This time we just performed beyond normal performance. I don't know what my comrades think, but I just can't bear the military pay. Thirty archery targets
, if you don’t win, it’s thirty dollars..."
"You kid, you just know how to find excuses!" Tian Qinzuo was also amused by his words, and laughed twice. But as soon as the laughter died down, his expression became cold again, and he waved his hand: "Forget the former, come again.
One round!”
As he spoke, Tian Qinzuo raised his bow and pointed it at one of the arrow targets. He barely aimed at it. With a "swish", the arrow was shot out hastily. The result was naturally destined to miss his grandma's house, and even directly passed over the target.
A Jurchen behind the target was shot to death.
Tian Qinzuo didn't look annoyed at all. He shook his head and sighed: "Hey, I just lost all my money..."
As he spoke, he turned his head to the side and ordered Junjun: "Make a record, I will lose this time!"
"It's your turn!"
Seeing this scene, several officers were stunned and looked at each other. However, seeing the unfinished expression on the inspection tour of Tian Da, they all understood that this was entirely Tian Qinzuo acting according to his mood and wanted to find a reason to kill these people.
The life and death of these Jurchens depended entirely on his thoughts.
I don’t know whether it was because I spent too much energy and physical strength in the previous round, or because I had more fluctuations in my heart, or because I was trying to cater to Tian Qinzuo. In the first target of this new round, only one person hit the bullseye, and one person had all four goals to himself.
Guan Qian.
Tian Qinzuo obviously didn't care about this. With a wave of his hand, soldiers immediately came forward, pulled out the group of prisoners and drove them to the shore. After the previous round of killings, these Jurchens were already restless.
Someone immediately resisted, and within a short distance of a hundred steps, half of them were executed before they reached the execution point.
Tian Qinzuo seemed to enjoy what he saw. He raised his bow and wanted to continue, but was interrupted by the sound of horse hooves. Everyone looked up and saw a group of knights galloping along the river beach in the distance. They were suddenly relieved.
Tongue, that was the encounter with the stallion from Fufeng County.
Ma Huaiyu is still very young, only twenty-six years old. In terms of qualifications and achievements, he is naturally incomparable with Tian Qinzuo, but he has a good father, looks like Emperor Liu, and is the prince's confidant, even if
Arrogant and arrogant people like Tian Qinzuo have to be given some face. As for others, they feel that they are more than a head short.
Seeing the galloping Ma Huaiyu, Tian Qinzuo frowned slightly and continued to aim without stopping. His casual eyes became sharp and murderous. This arrow was very powerful and hit the target directly.
Bullseye, no offset.
Ma Huaiyu felt that the strong smell of blood in the air suddenly hit his nostrils, and the tragic scene on the beach was even more shocking. There were still some soldiers there who were killing one by one to prevent any fish from slipping through the net.
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The young and majestic face suddenly sank. He stepped forward, dismounted from his horse, rushed to Tian Qinzuo, and asked urgently: "Inspection inspection, what are you doing?"
"What are you doing? Didn't Duke Ma see it?" Tian Qinzuo said with a carefree smile: "Why, are you also interested in playing this game?"
"Game?" Ma Huaiyu was stunned. Upon seeing this, an officer immediately explained to him the rules of the game formulated by Tian Qinzuo diligently and carefully.
Hearing this, Ma Huaiyu looked at Tian Qinzuo with a complicated expression. After holding it in for a while, he said in a serious tone: "Inspection, it is unknown whether the prisoners were killed or not!"
"How come a dignified general and a dignified man can talk about fermented bean curd!" Tian Qinzuo also looked directly at Ma Huaiyu and said disdainfully.
Taking a deep breath, Ma Huaiyu said: "Inspection, these people are already prisoners, there is no point in killing them. If you are just to vent your personal anger, it is really unwise to do this perverse act!"
Although he gave Ma Huaiyu face, he could not tolerate such comments from this kid. Tian Qinzuo was no longer polite and stared at Ma Huaiyu coldly: "Ma Huaiyu, although your title is higher than this general, your military position is still high."
But under me, now in the army, you rush into the superior officer like this? When you see the general, you don't even salute, and then you accuse me outright. Is it because you are relying on your status and think that the military law of this general cannot rule you?"
After being scolded by Tian Qinzuo, Ma Huaiyu also reacted and realized that he had lost his temper. Under his gaze, he took a deep breath and bowed to perform a military salute.
Seeing this, Tian Qinzuo continued to say contemptuously: "I will tell you what I am doing! I am fulfilling my previous promise. If these barbarians kill one of my Han people and the Han people, I will retaliate tenfold. This
Fanfuyuan suffered a disaster, and more than three hundred soldiers and civilians died. If I didn't kill them all, I would have broken my promise. Why not kill a thousand of them?"
Listening to Tian Qinzuo's remarks, Ma Huaiyu was stunned for a moment, then pointed at the remaining Jurchen prisoners and said: "Inspection inspection, what you do will only arouse the hatred of these prisoners and cause hatred and conflict between Han and Yi
The accumulation is getting deeper and deeper, so deep that it cannot be resolved.
They are watching helplessly as their clan members are being killed by you. What will the remaining people think? We and other soldiers fight on the battlefield and end the war with war. We have nothing to say. However, since they have surrendered, why bother to harm them unnecessarily.
The Dudu Mansion also issued an order that the barbarians should be suppressed and appeased simultaneously, and the captured barbarian tribesmen should also be handed over to the Dudu Mansion for unified dispatch and management. Instead of massacring them, you might as well let them build roads and bridges in Anton.
....”
"Haha, are you using the Governor's Office to pressure me?" No matter how sincere Ma Huaiyu sounded, Tian Qinzuo did not accept this trick and instead questioned his intentions.
"The general has no such intention, he is just admonishing..."
Tian Qinzuo smiled coldly: "It has been almost twenty years since I conquered the barbarians and eliminated the barbarians. I know these barbarians better than you do. Nothing is more useful to them than a steel knife.
Damn it, how long will it take? Damn it, these barbarians who are used to living a hard life in the mountains and forests will give up attacking our towns and killing our people?
Innocent!
Let me tell you, only killing and death can make these barbarians know to be afraid, fear first, and then obey. I am an inspection general, and my duty is to fight, kill, and pacify the barbarians? That is not what I should do. Let the governor
Let the government consider it!”
After squirting, Tian Qinzuo looked Ma Huaiyu up and down, and said in a puzzled tone: "You grew up beside His Majesty, how come you didn't learn anything about His Majesty's courage and courage?
You don’t know why Your Majesty sent me to Anton, but I, Tian, know it very well. I would like to advise Lord Ma to read less military books and open your eyes more to the rivers and mountains of Anton...
"
Being ridiculed by Tian Qinzuo, Ma Huaiyu felt a little aggrieved, but he couldn't refute anything. He just moved the Governor's Mansion out, but Tian Qinzuo directly carried it out of the mountain of Emperor Liu. There is no comparison at all.
"However!" Tian Qinzuo said with a dangerous look in his eyes: "You have reminded me that since these prisoners have witnessed the murder of their own clansmen, they must have anger and hatred. Even if they are sold to merchants and farmers, they are very dangerous.
, can’t stay any longer!”
After saying that, he turned around and ordered to the military commander: "Send an order to kill all these Jurchens, cut off their heads, seal their bodies in soil and make a tomb, and stand them on the shore of the black water..."