A Wei soldier holding a spear stood condescendingly next to the huge pit, sternly scolding two Chu soldiers who seemed to be lazy in the pit.??Want to see?
The two Chu soldiers looked horrified, holding shovels with trembling hands, digging soil under the surveillance of the Wei soldiers.
Looking around, I saw that the huge pit was full of Chu soldiers working to dig holes, at least five thousand of them.
On the ground outside the pit, as many as 45,000 Chu prisoners were looking at the deep pit with fear, and their expressions were a little uneasy.
Does the Wei army want to trap and kill all of us?
The Chu soldiers could not help but become frightened.
Some of the Chu soldiers stood up out of fear and tried to resist, but they were shot mercilessly by the Wei soldiers from the Junshui camp who were watching them all around.
Since their weapons were confiscated and they spent a lot of energy last night, they didn't even have time to have a meal this morning, so they withdrew their troops to the west under the order of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, because don't look at it. The Chu soldiers were numerous, but in fact their combat effectiveness at this moment was not worth mentioning.
No one can defeat the Wei soldiers whose morale is so high after winning a great victory.
But even so, Qu Cheng, Gu Liangwei, Wuma Jiao, and Wu Ji, who were among the prisoners of the Chu army, did not feel a little worried.
They knew very well that although Zhao Hongrun ordered the Chu soldiers to dig this deep pit, his purpose was only to use kindness and power to recover the tens of thousands of Chu soldiers. If the misunderstanding caused the Chu soldiers to rebel and were ruthlessly killed by the Wei soldiers, then It goes against their intentions.
Therefore, when Qu Cheng, who was watching the Chu soldiers beside him become more and more anxious, saw the generals Li Wei, Gong Yuan, Wu Bi, and Yu Chun of the Junshui Camp appearing nearby "at the right time", he also "at the right time" Di asked: "General Wei, your army asked us to dig this huge pit, but is it to kill us?"
At this time, Wei general Li Ji was closest to Qu Cheng. He turned around, glanced at Qu Cheng, and said calmly: "His Royal Highness King Su has an order. Those who surrender to the Wei Dynasty will live, and the rest who are stubborn will be killed." "
As soon as he said this, the Chu soldiers around him suddenly started to make a fuss.
"This general of Wei, we have surrendered to your army."
"Yes, yes, since we have surrendered, you shouldn't be trying to kill us, right?"
The noisy scene made Li Qi frown involuntarily and shouted: "Shut up, everyone! Didn't I just say that I am willing to submit to the Wei Dynasty and become a soldier under my Highness, King Su of the Wei Dynasty? Not only will I be exempted from death, but I will also be exempted from guilt." , if you achieve military exploits, there will be rewards. This trap is set up for those stubborn generals who want to continue to follow Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo and Pingyu Lord Xiong Hu!"
Although Li Wei's angry rebuke frightened all the Chu soldiers, his words made the prisoners of Chu feel relieved.
Similar scenes were also staged in other places, because with the cooperation of Qu Cheng, Gu Liangwei, Wuma Jiao, Wu Ji and others, Li Qi, Gong Yuan, Wu Bi, Yu Chun and others used dialogue to Zhao Hongrun's intention was initially conveyed to the Chu army prisoners, so that the latter would have an understanding of it and avoid unnecessary riots due to random thoughts.
After two hours, the huge pit was roughly dug, so Li Ji sent for Su Wang Zhao Hongrun and their general Baili Ba.
It has to be said that when Zhao Hongrun appeared in front of the Chu army prisoners, a surprising scene happened. The soldiers of Yuan Xiong Hu, who had originally looked frightened, actually showed an inexplicable look of relief on their faces, as if Zhao Hongrun would stand over them. As if speaking for them.
Come to think of it, Zhao Hongrun kept his six-day promise, which won him a lot of impression points in the hearts of the former Xiong Hu soldiers.
Infected by the emotions of the soldiers of the former Xiong Hu Army, the soldiers of the Xiong Tuo Army did not make any drastic moves. The fifty thousand Chu soldiers just looked at the figure who was less than fifteen years old from a distance with eager expectant eyes.
In full view of everyone, Zhao Hongrun stepped onto a high platform temporarily built by Wei soldiers from the Dredging Camp next to the huge pit. He also held a simple loudspeaker made by craftsmen from the Ministry of Works in his hand, and looked around at the densely packed area in front of him. Chu army crowd. Want?
"This king is Hongrun, King Su of the Great Wei Dynasty. In the words of the Chu Kingdom, I can also be called Gongzi Run. My status is the same as that of your King Xiong Tuo of Yangcheng in the Chu Kingdom. I am also the son of the king."
This opening statement was suggested by Qu Cheng to Zhao Hongrun in advance, because most of the Chu soldiers did not know the status of King Su in the Wei State, so they could only borrow the status of Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, in the Chu country. Only in this way can these Chu soldiers understand Zhao Hongrun's status in Wei.
Only in this way will the Wei soldiers believe in his subsequent promises.
Sure enough, when they heard Zhao Hongrun bluntly saying that his status in Wei State was equivalent to that of Xiong Tuo, Lord Yangcheng of Chu State, the eyes of the 50,000 captives couldn't help but become more eager, because there was such a high-status big man. Qualified to decide their life or death.
"Three months ago, you waited for Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng of the Chu State, and Xiong Hu, Lord of Pingyu, to form an army of 160,000, and invaded Yingshui County of Wei Dynasty, captured several cities, and killed thousands of people of Wei Dynasty. At that time, I secretly swore that no one from Chu who invaded our Wei territory and killed our Wei people would be able to return to Chu alive!"
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the 50,000 Chu prisoners suddenly changed, and it seemed as if there were tens of millions of ants and bees buzzing around.
Zhao Hongrun knew very well that he could not delay the results here for too long, so he took a deep breath and said loudly with a louder voice: "However, God has the virtue of good life, and I cannot bear to kill all the fifty thousand people including you. Therefore, I give You wait for a choice."
The Chu soldiers who originally thought that Zhao Hongrun would kill them all changed their expressions. Even the Chu soldiers who were preparing to riot in order to survive felt relieved when they heard the second half of Zhao Hongrun's words.
At the same time, they generally understood in their hearts. After all, similar words had been conveyed to these Chu soldiers by Li Qi and other Wei generals in the dredging camp just now, so that they could understand the purpose of the huge pit, so as to avoid riots due to misunderstanding.
While all the Chu soldiers stretched their heads and waited for Zhao Hongrun's so-called choice, Zhao Hongrun changed the subject: "Think back three months ago, when Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, led an army to invade our Wei territory and kill us. When the common people of the Wei Dynasty came, I swore to heaven that I would defeat this guy, blood for blood, tooth for tooth. Now, in just three months, I have defeated the 160,000-strong army of Lord Xiong Tuo of Yangcheng, and even called Pingyu Xiong Hu was imprisoned in our army. It’s a pity that he was escaped today by Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo.”
Having said this, Zhao Hongrun paused and said categorically: "However, he can escape for a while, but he cannot escape for a lifetime. Since Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, escaped from the Chu Kingdom, what if I counterattack to the Chu Kingdom?! In short, If Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, cannot be captured and killed, I will never stop fighting!"
Under the high platform, Wu Wei Wang Shu curiously asked Ma Zhang in a low voice: "How did your Highness know that Xiong Tuo had fled to Chu?"
When Ma Zhang heard this, he didn't have time to explain. The general Gong Yuan rolled his eyes and whispered angrily: "Nonsense, otherwise there would be no excuse to attack Chu?"
"Excuse? We, the Wei Dynasty, were attacked by the Chu State. Now we are counterattacking the Chu State. Do we need an excuse?" Wang Shu muttered in confusion.
In fact, as Zhao Hongrun said, he deliberately mentioned Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng, just to make it justifiable for him to counterattack Chu next.
Because after careful calculation, the real reason for the war between Wei and Chu this time was because the Chu envoy team was attacked near Yongqiu. Therefore, strictly speaking, it was not Wei's fault. After all, the Chu envoy team The minister's troops were attacked in the territory of Wei Dynasty, so Wei Dynasty has an unshirkable responsibility.
To take a step back, even if it was not done by the Wei people, the Wei Dynasty should track down the murderer and hand the murderer to the King of Chu.
In other words, the Chu envoy's team was attacked because Chu declared war on Wei.
But now, Zhao Hongrun is substituting the situation and citing Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo's invasion of the Wei Dynasty as the cause. This makes his next counterattack against the Chu State logical.
But if he didn't say so, it would be unfair for Zhao Hongrun to send his army to attack Chu.
Furthermore, Zhao Hongrun attributed the main purpose of attacking Chu to capture and kill Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng who invaded the territory of Wei and killed the people of Wei. He also wanted to try to avoid becoming a mortal enemy with the entire Chu State. You must know that Chu State was fighting against Wei State. At the same time of fighting, at least 30% of the available troops in the country were used to defend the Qi State in the east. In other words, the Chu State had the ability to engage in war with both countries at the same time. The foundation of two-front warfare was not what the Wei State today relied solely on. I can handle it myself.
It is undeniable that Zhao Hongrun defined the purpose of attacking Chu as to defeat Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, who had harmed the interests of the Wei Dynasty. This was a very wise choice. After all, Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, could not represent the entire Chu State in sending troops to attack Xiong Tuo's territory. , it cannot be considered as provoking the entire Chu State.
Coupled with the fact that Zhao Hongrun had just defeated Xiong Tuo's 160,000-strong army, this powerful military force was a wake-up call for Chu State, making King Chu realize that Wei State was not as weak as he imagined. .
Therefore, under the premise that Zhao Hongrun has not violated the interests of the entire Chu State, the King of Chu will seriously consider whether to continue this country-to-country conquest, even though by then most of Zhao Hongrun's army has already attacked Xiong Tuo, the king of Yangcheng. territory.
The most important point is that Zhao Hongrun used this passage to define Wei as the "victimized party". Therefore, even if he counterattacked Chu, it would only be "the victimized party counterattacked" at most, which avoided letting the five Wan Chubing regarded them as invaders and felt resentment from the bottom of his heart.
No, after Zhao Hongrun finished his words of persuasion to surrender, most of the 50,000 Chu army prisoners were calm and did not do anything extreme.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun continued: "Right now, it is the time when our army is attacking Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo. If you are willing to assist our army, I hereby promise that as long as we capture the rule of Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo, I will forgive you for all the sins you have committed in the Wei Dynasty, grant you the status of a citizen of the Wei Dynasty, and reward you for your merits. You can bring your family and children to move to the territory of the Wei Dynasty, and you will be treated the same. For those who are willing to take off their armor and return to the fields, I promise to allocate a house, ten acres of land, and no taxes for three years. After three years, the taxes will be compared to those of my fellow farmers in the Wei Dynasty, with a tax of 20%. It can be like capturing and killing a bear. After the expansion, some people were unwilling to immigrate to our country, the Wei Dynasty, and I did not force them to do so. I divided the travel expenses according to their merits and allowed them to return to their hometown."
After that, Zhao Hongrun glanced at the Chu soldiers who were talking about each other, took a deep breath, and continued: "The promise I just mentioned is only limited to the capture and killing of Xiong Tuo, or the capture of Xiong Tuo's city. As for now, for
In the crusade against Xiong Tuo, I have no choice but to say something ugly at the forefront. Those who are willing to surrender to our great Wei Dynasty will live! Those who are stubborn still want to follow Xiong Tuo and die in service to Xiong Tuo."
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at the huge pothole.
"Please throw yourself into the pit!"
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