The next day, November 11th, the Shang Shui army who received the order took the lead in expelling the Qin people in Fenghao City. Whether it was the mansions of the gentry or the houses of the common people, there were fully armed Shang Shui troops.
The soldiers knocked on the door one by one and ordered the Qin people to leave Fenghao.
During this period, conflicts between the Qin people and the Wei army will inevitably occur.
For example, in front of a thousand generals named Ran Teng, two or three young men from the Qin people strongly resisted. They even copied tools such as pitchforks and hatchets in an attempt to kill the Wei soldiers who were pushing them to leave the city. Minfeng Biao
Fierce, it’s evident.
Of course, the outcome was that the two or three angry Qin guys were shot dead on the spot by Wei soldiers.
This is an iron rule once issued by His Highness Prince Su: When enemy civilians hold weapons and attempt to attack, they will be regarded as voluntarily giving up their civilian status and can be killed as appropriate; otherwise, indiscriminate killing is not allowed.
It is precisely because of this that the Wei army will not show mercy to civilians who hold threatening tools and make obviously hostile actions.
The deaths of the three or two young Qin civilians made the Qin people in the nearby streets angry, and each of them showed hatred in their eyes. Some strong young men even waited for an opportunity to sneak attack the Wei soldiers.
But when the Wei soldiers on the street raised their weapons without hesitation and killed several unruly thornheads, the Qin people's anger was once again suppressed by the Wei army.
It has to be said that this surprised Ran Teng, the general of thousands of people. He originally thought that the resistance of the Qin people would be more intense.
In fact, if it were any other Wei army, the Qin people would never be so "docile". The reason is that they are the Shangshui army, the Shangshui Wei army that defeated 200,000 Qin troops in Sanchuan County the year before last. Therefore,
All Qin people who heard the details of this Wei army did not dare to be too presumptuous.
Of course, this is also the reason why the Shang Shui Army has not forced these Qin people to a dead end yet. If Sima An really orders the massacre of the Qin people in the city as he said, I believe that these Qin people in the city will be in danger of life and death, even if they are facing
The Shang Shui Army's suppression would probably be a fatal blow.
"Everyone, calm down!"
After killing people to establish their authority, Ran Teng, a thousand-strong general, looked around at the Qin people on the street or still hiding in their houses, and said in a loud voice: "Why do you blame our army? If you want to blame, blame you Qin people for sending troops to invade our country twice.
territory!...Since you Qin people can invade my territory of Wei, why can't our Wei army capture your Qin's city?!...Hmph! Thank you for your kindness, His Highness King Su, who is also known as "Wei Gongzi Run" in your mouth
"If His Highness hadn't stopped you, General Sima An would have ordered a massacre of the city and killed you all!"
Hearing this, the nearby Qin people panicked. After all, if the Wei army really decided to massacre the city, they would have little resistance. After all, they were just civilians, who could not compare with the well-equipped and experienced Wei army.
When they heard that they had a chance to survive, these Qin people breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s no wonder that although the people of Qin are fierce, it does not mean that the people of Qin are stupid. How could these civilians gather in crowds to attack the Wei army and give the Wei army an excuse to massacre them, knowing that they had no chance of winning?
Seeing this, thousands of people pointed Ran Teng in the direction of the city gate and shouted in a deep voice: "Now, leave the city honestly and you are not allowed to carry any packages!"
When they heard that they were not allowed to carry any packages, the nearby Qin people were once again in an uproar. After all, this meant that they had to abandon their belongings and food when leaving the city.
Immediately, a Qin man shouted angrily: "In the ice and snow outside the city, you don't allow us to carry rations. This is clearly asking us to die!"
After hearing this, there was a Shang Shui Army crossbowman beside Ran Teng. He immediately pointed the crossbow in his hand at the Qin man. The Qin people in the area changed their expressions and dared to be angry but dared not speak.
At this moment, Ran Teng reached out and pressed the crossbow in the hand of the soldier under his command, glanced at the angry and frightened Qin people with cold eyes, and said in a deep voice for a long time: "You are allowed to bring a handful of food."
After that, he quickly added: "This is the last mercy, don't push it further!"
After hearing this, the nearby Qin people looked at Ran Teng and their expressions softened slightly.
In fact, they did not expect that these ferocious Wei soldiers in front of them would actually give in to them.
Due to the Wei army's retreat, the anger in the hearts of the nearby Qin people subsided a little.
In fact, a handful of food was really not much, but this concession allowed the Qin people to finally confirm that the Wei army in front of them was not trying to kill them all through this trick.
Under such circumstances, the vast majority of Qin people chose to leave the city honestly with their wives, children, and children.
Although it is a pity that nothing of value can be taken away from home, but in fact, the common people in Qin are generally poor, and to be honest, there is really nothing valuable at home.
Those who really didn't want to part with their property were the gentry and wealthy families. However, under the coercion of the Wei army, the well-dressed Qin nobles also had to leave their property and leave among the common people, swearing.
The Shang Shui army in the city was responsible for driving away the Qin people from house to house, while the Shang Shui soldiers guarding the city gate were responsible for examining the belongings carried by these Qin people.
In fact, as long as the things these Qin people carried when leaving the city were not too outrageous, the Shangshui soldiers stationed here would not stop them.
For example, a woman holding a baby girl in her arms and followed by two children, one older and two younger, accidentally slipped at the gate of the city and a rice bag hidden in her arms fell down.
At that time, her face turned pale with fear. She held the baby girl in her arms and let the other three children cling to her side. She burst into tears and begged Wei Bing at the city gate: "Please don't... I have four children...
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Stationed at the west gate was Xiang Li, a general of the Shang Shui Army with a thousand men, and he saw this scene with his own eyes.
However, even though the woman had hidden more than the standard amount of grain, Xiang Li glanced at the four children and just waved his hand, signaling the woman to pick up the rice bag and leave quickly.
This made the nearby Qin people feel a little surprised when they saw it.
In fact, similar things are happening at every city gate in Fenghao one after another.
Although the standard set by merchant navy officers in the city was that only one handful of food was allowed to be carried, in fact, many Qin citizens were wearing sheepskin jackets or wrapped in quilts when they left the city, and the Wei army turned a blind eye to this.
One eye.
This made many Qin people have a different view of this Wei army: this fierce Wei army seemed to be somewhat humane.
Although this change was not enough to offset the Qin people's hatred for the Wei army, it at least reduced mutual antagonism and unnecessary sacrifices.
In nearly a day, thousands of Qin households in Fenghao were expelled from the city, and the vacant houses in the city became the residence of Wei soldiers.
As dusk approached, Sima An, the general of the Dangshan Army, led thousands of Dangshan cavalry and Jiejiao cavalry, and left Fenghao with more than two hundred sleds filled with food.
Along the way, Sima An's cavalry met the Qin people who were migrating to Xianyang.
At first, the Qin people were extremely frightened and mistakenly thought that the Wei people were going back on their word. After luring them out of the city, they tried to kill them in the freezing wilderness.
But it turns out that the cavalry led by Sima An ignored the Qin people at all and went westward on their own.
In addition to Fenghao, the Wei army in the three counties of Xiagui, Lintong and Gaoling also followed the order of King Su Zhao Hongrun and expelled the Qin people in the city. This move allowed the Wei army to get a lot of food and survive the winter.
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I just felt sorry for the expelled Qin people.
Fortunately, the four counties of Xiagui, Lintong, Gaoling, and Fenghao are not far from Xianyang. In addition, the Wei army kindly allowed these Qin people to bring some warm bedding and a small bag of food, so that the Qin people could survive in the snow.
During the trek to Xianyang, there were not many casualties.
On November 13, Fenghao's Qin people took the lead in arriving at Xianyang City.
After seeing the tidal wave of refugees outside the city, the Qin soldiers guarding the city were shocked and quickly reported the situation to King Qin. King Hui of Qin was so shocked that he immediately took Wei Yang, the concubine of the left concubine, to the south gate to watch.
Because there was no order from the King of Qin to return, the Qin soldiers guarding the city did not dare to let these refugees enter the city. Therefore, the refugees gathered under the city, either waiting for the city gate to open to let them in, or begging the Qin soldiers on the wall.
It has to be said that when he saw the hungry and cold conditions of the refugees under the city, the King of Qin turned pale, clenched his fists, and cursed angrily: "My dear Ji Run, how dare you expel my people of Qin from our land of Qin?
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On the side, Wei Yang, the commander-in-chief of Zuo Shu, looked at the refugees under the city and then at the refugees coming one after another in the distance, and sighed slightly in his heart.
"... As expected of Wei Gongzi Run, who grew up in the Central Plains and is deeply immersed in the cultural strategies of the Central Plains. With a strategy of driving away the people, we, Xianyang, are in a dilemma..."
Wei Yang was really impressed.
He remembered that before, he was a little worried that the King of Qin's refusal to make peace with the Wei army and the mobilization of soldiers and horses from all over the country to fight the Wei army would anger the Wei Gongzi Run and make him kill the people of Qin.
Who would have thought that Wei Gongzi Run was more clever and came up with such a conspiracy to put them into a passive position.
At this time, the King of Qin was angrily scolding a Xianyang noble who seemed to be trying to stop him from opening the city gate to let in refugees: "...all the people below the city are my subjects of the Qin Dynasty! As the king of the Qin Dynasty, how can I sit back and watch the people under my rule starve and cold?
Forced? Open the city gate!"
After shouting and scolding, the Xianyang nobles in the city tower did not dare to say anything anymore. After all, everyone could see that King Qin was furious at this moment.
"Rumble--"
The city gates of Xianyang slowly opened, and tens of thousands of refugees poured into the city.
Seeing this, King Qin's anger subsided slightly, but the sad look on the face of Wei Yang next to him became more and more intense.
Obviously Wei Yang knew very well that this group of refugees seeking refuge in Xianyang was by no means the last group. Since that Wei Gongzi Run planned to use the refugee flow to consume Xianyang's food, so that Xianyang would not even have military rations for the expedition, then, in the future,
There will definitely be a steady stream of refugees driven here by the Wei army.
At this time, Wei Yang had not yet learned about Zhao Hongrun's strategy of "destroying Qin without killing", otherwise he would have understood that in fact, the contest between Qin and Wei was about who could lose his composure first, and the winner might have been decided.