The moment King Wei pretended to surrender, Yang Duanhe ordered Zheng Guo to seal the mouth of the river.
The king of Wei came down in a small boat, and there were also a large number of civil and military officials. They were placed in groups of three and five, and it took dozens of small boats to load them all.
It's a bit ridiculous that a boat rowed out from the city gate.
But Yang Duanhe did not smile at this time. He waved his hand without waiting for the king of Wei to say anything... The Qin army behind him rushed into the city on rafts.
These Qin troops were also strange. When they entered the city, they did not go to receive prisoners or go to the palace to rob property, but went straight to the granary.
As for the reason, it goes without saying...food is the most important thing at this time.
How much food can be saved is how much food can be saved. Even if the Wei army does not need to eat, the Qin army's 100,000 people do not want to starve to death.
Almost at the same time, a spy came to Yang Duanhe and whispered in his ear:
"General, the Chu army has occupied Heyang (now Mengzhou)."
Yang Duanhe nodded slightly to express his understanding.
Heyang is directly west of Daliang. The Chu army's occupation of Heyang means that the encirclement has been closed, which means that the Qin army has no way to retreat.
At this time, the ministers of King Wei climbed up the embankment tremblingly and lined up to kneel in front of Yang Duanhe.
Yang Duanhe glanced at King Wei who was kneeling in front and said with a smile:
"Perhaps King Wei doesn't know that the Chu army has surrounded Daliang, right?"
"You seem to have surrendered a little too early!"
King Wei couldn't help but be stunned, and then he immediately lowered his head and said:
"Not early, not early."
"Even if I know it, I have made the decision to surrender to Qin."
Just kidding, if you say you regret at this time, wouldn’t it mean that you just cut it off with a sword?
But this was indeed a joke between Yang Duanhe and King Wei, because even if the Chu army came now, Daliang City would still be in danger.
Yang Duanhe just wanted to see what King Wei would do after he learned the news.
But seeing that King Wei was not interested in this, he just raised his head to his guards and asked them to take King Wei into custody.
Shen Bing and a group of craftsmen followed the soldiers and carried the raft into the city.
After entering the city, what I saw was a landscape full of desolation. There were corpses floating on the water everywhere, both human and livestock. Both sides of the street were collapsed into ruins or crooked and crumbling houses.
Occasionally, a few pairs of frightened eyes were projected from inside, wanting to ask for help but not daring to cry out.
Shen Bing looked at all this and didn't know what to feel.
Although he knew that these were unavoidable and that war could not avoid hurting innocent people.
Sometimes even innocent people are hurt in order to avoid hurting more innocent people in the future.
But when he really stood here, looking at the miserable plight of these people and knowing that all this happened because of him, he still couldn't help but feel guilty.
It didn't take long for the raft of Shen Bing and his party to arrive at the granary.
It should be said that we are quite lucky. Daliang is often flooded by the Yellow River, so the granary is prepared for waterproofing:
First, it is built on a high place, and second, it is elevated with logs below.
Therefore, only the lower layer of the grain accumulated inside is soaked with water.
Zhang Xuan, who came in first to inspect, said to Shen Bing:
"The stingy man came just in time. There is water everywhere. Even if we grab food, we can't get it."
"We can only wait until the water recedes."
"The stingy man came first to widen the barn door."
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The purpose of widening the warehouse door is to facilitate transportation when the time comes.
But in fact, there is no need to widen it at all, just open a few more doors in other directions.
The water came and went away just as quickly, but within an hour the streets were slowly revealed again, only filled with mud.
But the Qin army didn't care about this much, and immediately carried bags of grain that had not been soaked in water in the granary to the palace... Only the palace is the highest in the city, and has the most dry houses, so it is perfect for storing grain.
Already.
These are not problems, even the soaked grain can be easily solved: the soaked grain that is difficult to preserve can be eaten first, or you can find a way to dry it. If that doesn't work, even if it sprouts, it can actually satisfy your hunger.
Moreover, the granaries are endless. It is an exaggeration to say that the granaries can be maintained for several years, but it is still enough to feed the entire city's soldiers and civilians for a few months.
The problem lies in the groups of Wei soldiers coming to surrender in the city...
If this weren't a problem at other times, it might even be a good thing.
The Kingdom of Wei fell, and the King of Wei also surrendered.
Then it would be great if these Wei soldiers followed Qin and became part of the Qin army.
But the situation at this time is a bit delicate...The Chu army is still surrounding them.
The Chu army and the Wei army were allies. The Chu army came to rescue, but the 200,000 Wei army was in the city, and the Qin army only had 100,000...
So what if all the 200,000 Wei troops were disarmed?
When the Chu army was pressing down on the country, it was inevitable that some people would have other thoughts, such as restoring the country and establishing another ruler.
Once chaos breaks out, the Qin army will be attacked from both inside and outside, and the Qin army will die without a burial ground.
Therefore, it is neither a release nor a stay.
Yang Duanhe ran out of ideas for a moment.
Do we want to give up all the 200,000 Wei soldiers like Bai Qi killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers...
For this reason, Yang Duanhe came to ask Xian Bing.
Shen Bing was helpless in the face of this situation.
There is no morality to talk about at this time. Talk about morality to the Wei soldiers at this time. When the Qin army is defeated, captured and sent to be beheaded, who will talk to the Qin soldiers about morality?
Especially this is related to Shen Bing's own life.
At this moment, a wounded Wei general asked to see Yang Duanhe with the support of several personal guards.
Yang Duanhe motioned to his guards to let him go forward.
General Wei gritted his teeth and knelt down to worship, holding on to his pain:
"Wei Wei, the defeated Wei general, has met General Yang."
Yang Duanhe had heard about Wei Wei, so he hurried forward to help him.
"It turns out to be General Wei."
"The general is injured and does not need to perform this ceremony."
But Wei Wei refused to get up no matter what:
"General Yang, the defeated general Wei Wei promises that as long as he has a breath of air, Wei soldiers will not cause rebellion."
"The 200,000 Wei soldiers in Daliang will be loyal to Qin forever."
"At this critical moment, the defeated general will personally imprison all the Wei soldiers in prison and let the general take care of them."
"If the general refuses, let's chop off Wei Wei's head right now!"
Shen Bing secretly thought that this guy was a character.
On the surface, he seemed to be doing this to please the Qin army at all costs in order to survive, such as imprisoning all 200,000 Wei soldiers... that is to hand their life and death into the hands of the Qin army without reservation.
But in fact, Wei Wei was trying to save Wei Bing.
Only in this way can it be possible to save Wei Bing.
But even if these Wei soldiers are imprisoned in prison, there are still concerns... That is 200,000 Wei soldiers!
As long as one person escapes and opens the cell door, one will open two, and two will open four, and soon two hundred thousand will be enough.
So Yang Duanhe hesitated for a while, but finally nodded and said:
"Just do what General Wei wants."
Wei Wei was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed:
"The defeated general thanks the general!"
"General's great kindness, Wei Wei will never forget it!"