There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 1,320: Picking up stones to determine life and death
Chapter 1,320: Picking up stones to determine life and death
These defeated Xiyan troops came to the front of the formation. Three thousand armored cavalry detoured from both sides and surrounded them in the center. At this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly stopped. On the battlefield, the wind blew gently, and Murong Yong
Then he stood up from the commander's chair and said in a deep voice to the defeated troops: "Sergeants of the Xuanhu Army, look at this big flag. Who is this person?"
At this moment, the soldiers who originally belonged to the Xuanhu Army of the Xiyan Army raised their heads and looked at the banner. Many of them covered their mouths and exclaimed, and more people opened their eyes wide. Some generals had tears streaming down their faces.
He knelt down with a thud and said, "General Gou, General Gou, why did you just go like that?"
Murong Yong's eyes flashed coldly: "Your General Gou escaped from the battle yesterday and was killed in public according to military law. There is no need to shed tears for this man. Now, it is time to punish your Black Tiger Army. We
The Great Yan Iron Army relied on iron-like discipline to attack without precedent and win every battle. I didn't care about you when you were in the former Qin Dynasty, but after you arrived here, you had to obey orders and obey the rules. Yesterday, before you went to battle, I
It was made very clear that no retreat was allowed without my order, but your army was still defeated."
Someone shouted in dissatisfaction: "General Gou took the lead in evacuating. When we see the general evacuate, we will naturally retreat."
"That's right, how can we fight if the flag has fallen down? It's not our fault!"
"Commander, we all retreated because we thought General Gou ordered us to evacuate."
Murong Yong's eyes flashed with fierceness, and he said sternly: "That's nonsense. Look back, what are those?"
The sergeants of the Xuanhu Army turned their heads and looked forward. Outside the two outer trenches, they saw more than a thousand corpses lying in random directions. More than 200 were civilians, and nearly a thousand more were their own accomplices.
Most of these people they knew were companions who were eating in the same pot yesterday, and they were fellow villagers in their hometown. They saw that these people had become corpses, and there were no whole corpses there, intertwined in piles.
Among the stones, many people's eyes were already glistening with tears, and some people began to uncontrollably call out to people they knew within sight.
Murong Yong said loudly: "Because of your retreat, these people died, but you are still alive. Don't they know when to fight and when to retreat? Every one of them who died in the battle was a warrior.
I am worthy of being a soldier of Dayan, but what about you? You abandoned your comrades, escaped with your lives, and killed your own generals. Do you have the face to face your comrades who died in battle?"
Murong Yong's voice was fierce, and the sound roared from several iron trumpets made the defeated Xuanwu Army feel ashamed. They all bowed their heads and were speechless. Seeing that the momentum of these people was suppressed by him, Murong Yong sneered: "You used to be defeated by the Qin Dynasty."
In my hands, it was because of lax orders that they collapsed at the first touch. This kind of situation will never be allowed to happen here. Originally, according to our military law, all the deserters should be killed. Yesterday, General Gou said before the execution that he was willing to use his own
I have agreed to my life in exchange for a chance for your entire army to survive. Therefore, according to the military law of Dayan, you will be given a lighter sentence. Are you willing to accept it?!"
The sergeants of the Xuanwu Army thought they were certain to die, but when they heard the hope of survival, their spirits perked up. They all knelt down and saluted, saying: "We are willing to obey the command of the commander-in-chief."
Murong Yong nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, listen carefully now. Each team of ten people come to draw lots. There are ten stones in each bag, nine are black and one is white. The person who draws the black stone can live.
The person who drew the white stone must be executed according to the law, and the remaining nine people who drew the black stone will be executed."
As soon as these words came out, all the Xuanhu sergeants jumped up from the ground in shock, and some people started to shout: "What kind of lenient punishment is this? It's better to kill us all, we can't talk to each other.
Massacre!"
Murong Yong said sternly: "What do you know? This is our Xiyan military law, the eleventh killing order. There are military judges in the army who specialize in executions, but that is a conventional military law. If you follow the conventional military law, your entire army should kill him."
Now I am opening my net and will only kill one person out of ten as a warning. Only by executing the deserters yourself can you prove your determination to know your shame and be brave, and then I will give you a chance to wash away your shame!"
A man who looked like a deputy general walked out of the queue and said loudly: "Commander, this is not killing the enemy on the battlefield. They are all brothers from the same team. How can we kill them?"
Murong Yong sneered: "Isn't it okay to leave my brothers behind when I ran for my life yesterday? Why can't I do it now? Let me tell you, you are not killing your brothers, but the fear in your heart. Fear of death, only
Kill these cowards with your own hands so that you can truly become strong. If you don't want this opportunity, then I have to enforce military law as usual. Where are the cavalry?!"
The Xiyan armored cavalry surrounding the nearly two thousand Xuanhu troops were all facing the Xuanwu sergeants in the front row, while the knights in the back row were bending their bows and arrows, pointing upwards. As long as they gave the order, they would
With thrusts and rain of arrows, the unarmed Black Tiger soldiers were like lambs in front of these tigers and wolves. They could be killed in less than a quarter of an hour.
The deputy general sighed, turned around and said to everyone: "Brothers, General Gou gave us a chance by giving up his life. We can't let him down. What he didn't say is that we must act according to the commander's orders. Only by surviving can we have a future."
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As he spoke, he looked around. Nine people who looked like guards followed him and walked under the commander's platform. Murong Yong waved his hand, and the two guards took a big cloth bag. The ten people looked at each other.
, stepped forward, and each person took out a stone from his bag.
Almost everyone dared not look at the stone in their palms. Their hands, along with their bodies, were shaking slightly and they were clenched into fists. If possible, they even hoped to crush this damn stone into powder.
, in this way, maybe you don’t have to experience the choice between life and death.
Several Xiyan sergeants stepped forward, punched and kicked them, and broke their hands apart. Finally, weeping laughter and excited roars sounded: "Black, yes black, I can live, I can live."
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But the deputy general was dumbfounded. Looking at his hand, a white stone was clearly lying in his palm. It was so conspicuous. Murong Yong said coldly: "Vice General Sun, what a pity, you will die today."
