At the top of Wuyang City, the black flag flapped in the wind.
The Qin army outside the city began to enter the city in an orderly manner.
Zhao Tuo's troops were in the rear. When they entered the city, they saw a scene of surrender.
All the Yan army warriors who resisted had been killed, and all that remained were the surrendered troops who surrendered at the last moment.
Their weapons were taken away, their armor and clothing were stripped off, and they were tied up with ropes like animals and driven into the place where the prisoners were held.
On both sides of the street, there were many Yan people in the houses looking out through their doors. They cautiously looked at the Qin army marching on the street, not knowing what kind of fate awaited them.
"Tsk, tsk, so many people surrendered. If I let Naigong kill one of them, he would be transformed from a public servant to a superior in no time."
Black Butt licked his lips regretfully and kept looking at the heads popping out of the door.
"You black ass, you can talk nonsense. Military law has it that if you kill a good person and take credit for it, severe punishment will not be neglected. If you do this, it doesn't matter if you lose your head, but don't implicate us." Xiqigu heard this and quickly warned.
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Xiaobai also yelled: "If you black ass dares to do this, I will sue you immediately!"
"Yes, yes, I will report you!"
Everyone in the village stared at Hei Buttocks, and the look in their eyes made him tremble.
Black Buttocks laughed sarcastically: "I am playing with my second and third sons, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously. I, Black Buttocks, am a good soldier who strictly abides by military disciplines. How could I do such a thing and just have fun with it?"
Zhao Tuo glared at this guy fiercely. He didn't expect that the most murderous among the Gengshi people was this black ass. He didn't think about anything else all day long, just thinking about how to kill and upgrade.
If Black Butt really committed the crime of killing a good man and taking credit for his crimes, Zhao Tuo wouldn't be able to protect him, and he would even have to file a lawsuit against him.
Because Qin law is very strict, if one person breaks the law, others will be guilty of the same crime.
As the head of the village, Zhao Tuo will be implicated in the crime. As the saying goes, "If you see someone breaking the law but don't do it, you will indulge in it." This is a serious crime of dereliction of duty. Not only will he be sentenced, but the title that Zhao Tuo worked so hard to earn will definitely not be preserved.
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And Zhao Tuo has his own principles.
He could cut off the heads of the Yan army on the battlefield without any scruples, because everyone was fighting for his own master on the battlefield.
But killing ordinary people and using their heads to pass off their achievements is something Zhao Tuo would never do.
If a person has no bottom line and kills innocent people indiscriminately for military glory, he is not far from depravity.
Zhao Tuo was also a commoner in his previous life.
Fortunately, the Qin army should be regarded as the most disciplined army in this era.
The armies of the four kingdoms of Wei, Chu, Qi, and Yan may, after conquering the city, plunder the gold, silver, and jewels, while the soldiers commit adultery, robbery, and other evil deeds.
But it is absolutely impossible for the Qin army to do this.
Lu Buwei, the former Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty, once proposed the "theory of righteous soldiers".
When calling on the Qin army to attack the city and seize territory, "do not abuse the grain, dig graves, cut down trees, burn accumulations, burn houses, or take livestock. If the people capture them, they will engrave them and return them to show their likes and dislikes. Believe in the expectations of the people."
To seize enemy assets."
From then on, the Qin army gradually changed its original barbaric style, and the various massacres during the Zhaoxiang King's era gradually became less common.
Although Lu Buwei was implicated in the Lao Ai incident, was dismissed from the prime minister, and committed suicide, his thoughts were not abandoned.
Wei Liao, the current head of Bangwei Mansion, is a supporter of the theory of righteous soldiers. He even carried forward the theory of righteous soldiers on the basis of Lu Buwei.
"Every soldier will not attack a city without a fault, and will not kill innocent people. A husband who kills his brother, borrows money for the benefit of others, and the children of his concubines are all stolen. Therefore, soldiers who punish riots are unjust.
"Ye. When the troops attack, the peasants will not leave their fields, the merchants will not leave their houses, and the scholars and officials will not leave their government offices. The military decision-making depends on one person, so the soldiers are bloody and the world is close to each other."
The ridiculous comparison is here. The six kingdoms of Shandong called Qin the violent Qin, and the Qin army was the tiger and wolf army. However, in the war of annexing the six kingdoms, the violent Qin did not carry out massacres against the people of Guizhou. The Qin army was the first to contribute, but
Only the soldiers who resisted on the battlefield were killed, and ordinary people were spared as long as they obeyed.
Even when the Qin State destroyed the country, it still had to be righteous.
The reason why Qin destroyed Korea was that the foreign king of Korea accepted the imperial seal and asked him to become a vassal. He had doubled his promise and joined forces with Zhao and Wei to rebel against Qin, so he raised troops to kill him.
When Qin destroyed the State of Zhao, it claimed that the King of Zhao had sent his prime minister Li Mu to come to make an alliance, so he became his hostage. He had betrayed the alliance and rebelled against us in Taiyuan, so he raised troops to kill him.
Nowadays, when the Yan State was conquered, the Qin State also became famous.
The king of Yan was in a state of confusion, and his crown prince Dan Nai secretly ordered Jing Ke to be a thief. The soldiers killed him and destroyed his country.
I'm going to kill you because you don't follow moral principles.
I, Da Qin, not only want to destroy your country and destroy your country, but I also want to occupy the moral high ground and accuse you severely.
With the guidance of such a concept, the Qin army crossed the border and dared not say that there was no fault in realizing the true Qiu.
But under the severe deterrence of Qin law and the supervision system of Shiwu Lianzuo, ordinary Qin soldiers really did not dare to kill innocent people indiscriminately.
There will definitely be people who kill good people and take credit for their crimes, but they first have to pass the test. After all, if one person breaks the law, there will always be someone who is afraid of being implicated and will report it.
Even though everyone in Shiwu kept secret about him, his head still had to be examined by the military judge when it was handed over to his superiors. As long as problems were found, everything would be over.
The risk is too high and not many people dare to do such a thing.
When the common people in Wuyang City saw that the Qin army had truly fulfilled their promise, not only did they not massacre the city indiscriminately, but instead maintained order in the city and preserved their lives and property, they not only celebrated each other, but they were also happy and behaved like Qin soldiers.
The obedient people of the country.
Of course, prisoners who had previously resisted capture were not included.
After cutting off the heads of some prisoners as needed, and allowing all the troops who had contributed previously to achieve success, the Qin army finally sealed the deal.
As for the remaining prisoners of the Yan army, they will become prisoners and ministers, join Qin's engineering brigade, and spend their lives contributing to Qin's construction.
The dust of the Wuyang War has settled.
But the battle to destroy Yan is far from over.
Wang Jian stood on the towering city wall of Wuyang City and looked at the Dukang Wilderness in the distance.
Behind this fertile land is Ji, the capital of the Yan Kingdom.
"Li Xin."
"The end will be here."
Li Xin stepped forward and cupped his hands.
Wang Jian said calmly: "Wu Yang has been captured, and the army will be reorganizing here for a few days. You will lead a group to raise the army, clear a road in front of the army, capture Zhuoyi, and wait there for the arrival of the army."
"Only, the general will definitely live up to his mission!"
Li Xin looked excited. In the previous battle of Yishui, Wang Jian first asked him to train new soldiers, and then led troops to attack the Great Wall. Although these things were very important, they always made him feel uncomfortable.
Especially in the siege of Wuyang, the troops led by Li Xin were left at the end by Wang Jian, and they did not get any credit at all.
Now he can finally serve as the vanguard of the army, go straight into the heart of Yan State, and fight for hundreds of miles. This is exactly what Li Xin wants.
Seeing Li Xin striding away, Xin Sheng stood aside and said with a smile: "The general is finally willing to let this tiger out of the cage?"
Wang Jian coughed twice and took out a piece of silk to wipe his nose. He had been suffering from cold in the past few days.
"The reason why I suppress this kid is because he is too impatient and I want to use this to temper his temper. A general should be calm first, otherwise he will ignore the past and the future. If he meets a veteran on the battlefield, he will be eaten sooner or later.
Big loss."
"The tiger has been locked up for a long time, and it has to be let out for a while, otherwise it will lose its energy."
Having said this, Wang Jian couldn't help laughing again: "But this time, he is probably going to be disappointed again. After the battle in Wuyang, King Xi of Yan was so afraid that he shrank his troops and defended Jidu. Over there in Zhuoyi, he was probably going to be disappointed.
There won’t be any war.”
As the general's military order is issued, the reserve force that has not made any achievements before will be divided into 10,000 people, commanded by General Li Xin, as a revitalizing army, enter the wilderness of Dukang, and penetrate into the heart of Yan State in one fell swoop.
Zhao Tuo's group of thousands of people was also on the expedition.
Lu Buwei's and Wei Liao's theories on righteous warfare come from "Lu Shi Chun Qiu Hua Chong" and "Wei Liao Zi Wu Yi" respectively.
For views, refer to Mr. Zhu Shaohou's "The Disadvantages of "Conferring Titles to the First Officer" and the Contributions of Lu Buwei and Wei Liao in the Unification War of Qin"
Lu Buwei was appointed prime minister in 249 BC and resigned in 237 BC. During the thirteen years, there were constant wars with the six kingdoms. However, only in 245 BC, Duke He attacked Wei and beheaded 30,000 people. There is no record of other massacres.
After the death of Lu Buwei, the idea of massacre in the Qin State rose again. In 234 BC, Huanjie killed Zhao general Hu Zhe and beheaded 100,000 people. This was the most beheading after King Zhaoxiang. However, soon after Wei Liao entered Qin, Qin's mass murder policy
In another twist, during the ten years of unification, there was basically no record of massacres by the Qin army. The only exception may be that the King of Qin killed his enemies after destroying Zhao, but that was a private feud and was a special case.
It can be seen from this that the theory of righteous soldiers was actually implemented in the Qin State, which was also one of the important factors in Qin's rapid unification.