One day later, Zhengrongzhou.
There were burning warships everywhere on the river, and the floating corpses of the Chu army were all over the river. On one side of the river, big waves hit, and hundreds of Chu army corpses washed up on the tidal flats of the river. There were nearly 10,000 prisoners of the Chu army wearing only single clothes. They were tied up in a bunch with ropes dejectedly. They were escorted by the arrogant Beifu soldiers and walked toward the Beifu army camp in the distance. On the river, there were people stuck everywhere. Mongolia with the flag of the Beifu Army rushed to the boat, patrolled back and forth, and used lasso to tie up the Chu soldiers who were still struggling to survive on the river. The unlucky ghosts who were like dead fish had their heads chopped off with a knife and thrown into the piles of heads on the decks of these warships, becoming the new military trophies of these Beifu sergeants. The entire battlefield was filled with Wu Yu and The arrogant shouts in the Jiangnan accent and the begging for mercy in the Jingxiang accent, accompanied by the roar of the river and the sound of fire on the burned warships, resounded for dozens of miles.
On a hillock by the river, Liu Yizhi stood proudly at the head of the hill with his sword stationed, while Liu Fan behind him was holding a bloody white-haired head in his hand. It was Feng Gai, who was facing him. He smiled and said: "Brother, Feng Gai's head is here. This should be the highest-ranking general killed by the Chu army this time."
Liu Cui on the side said: "Yes, Feng Gai is a veteran who has followed Huan Wen for many years. The former Qin puppet emperor Fu Pi was also killed by him. He is a well-known general in the Jingchu army. Today's battle, the Chu army started The whole line collapsed, and he was the only one who stood in the front and continued to command the resistance. In the end, he was besieged by dozens of our warships and died. This can be regarded as fulfilling the duty of a soldier."
Liu Yi said calmly: "As an enemy, you deserve respect, but an enemy is an enemy. Send an order to hang his head on the camp gate and display it for three days, so that all the prisoners of the Chu army and the returning Jingzhou soldiers can see it. Also , the heads of the officers above the leader of the Chu army who were beheaded in this battle were also hung up together with Feng Gai’s. Let everyone see clearly!"
He Wuji frowned slightly: "Xile, this is not good, it goes against the benevolence and righteousness of our army. Jinnu said before we set off this time, this battle is better to attack the heart than to kill the enemy."
Liu Yi smiled slightly: "I am attacking the heart. Is it only called attacking the heart like Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times? Making the enemy fearful is also a kind of attacking the heart. Jingzhou is the home of the Huan family and his son for more than 50 years. From Feng Gai's desperate resistance, we can see that even after Huan Xuan reached this stage, he still had many partisans and diehard loyalists. In this battle, we eliminated buddies like Feng Gai and his men, but it was not enough. There were still tens of thousands The Chu army has escaped. In the future, they may take advantage of the absence of our army to continue to stir up trouble and become our enemies. Therefore, we must let them see what the consequences will be if they go against us!"
Liu Daogui sighed softly: "Brother Xile is not worried. Will many Jingzhou sergeants hate us? Today we killed tens of thousands of Chu troops and dozens of middle and high-level military academies. Their Relatives and friends, if they saw their heads hanging outside the camp gate like this, would they really be convinced by us?"
Wei Yongzhi's voice rang out from under the post: "So, after three days, the heads should be returned to their families, allowed to be buried properly, and even given a coffin. Three days later, a ritual ceremony and sacrifice should be arranged. With these undead beings like this, I’m afraid the people of Jingchu will no longer be resentful towards us.”
Everyone turned and looked down at the post, only to see Wei Yongzhi squinting his eyes slightly, wearing official uniform, stepping up to the post. Wei Shunzhi led more than a hundred guards to stand behind him.
Liu Yi stepped forward with a smile and hugged Wei Yongzhi: "Rabbit, if you don't stay well in Yuzhou, why are you here?"
Wei Yongzhi smiled and took Liu Yi's hand: "There isn't much going on in the north anyway. The Later Qin Dynasty has lost the energy to expand in recent years, and the Southern Yan Dynasty has also been brought back by the slaves. As for the Northern Wei Dynasty, it is temporarily unable to invade the south. I'm here The defense of Yuzhou was handed over to Changmin and his friends, who were rotated back to rest, and then wrote to the court to help you. Although I didn't bring any troops, after all, I had stayed under Yin Zhongkan for a while before, so I have no idea about the situation in Jingzhou. , the civil and military generals still have some understanding, and hope that they can help the army, reduce unnecessary bloodshed, and pacify the Jingchu land as soon as possible."
He Wuji laughed and patted Wei Yongzhi on the shoulder: "You damn rabbit, I would have almost forgotten if I didn't tell you. You have stayed here for a long time before. Just now you said you would kill Feng Gai's head." Will the hatred be resolved by returning the queen to their family?"
Wei Yongzhi said calmly: "The people of Chu are fierce. Since the pre-Qin Dynasty, people have been warlike, but they are superstitious about ghosts and gods and despise life and death. Regarding foreign enemies, you can be killed on the battlefield, but you cannot insult them, because in the battlefield, everyone has his own agenda. Lord, life and death are inevitable, but if the corpse is humiliated after death, or gathered in Beijing to watch, the soul of the deceased will be restless, and he will turn into a ghost and take his life. In order to pacify Chu in the future, victory on the battlefield alone is not enough, we must also To win people's hearts, while defeating them militarily, we must also be benevolent and righteous, like sending slaves to Luoluo Bridge and burying Huangfu in a righteous manner. This approach is worthy of our promotion."
A trace of displeasure flashed across Liu Yi's face, but it disappeared for a moment, and he turned to smile and said: "Rabbit said it well, I forgot that Chu people believe in ghosts and gods. Well, that's Feng's fault." At the same time as the heads were shown to the public, an announcement was also issued that three days later, their family members would be asked to come and collect the bodies, and orders would be sent to the camp to prepare the appropriate coffins for a proper burial."
Liu Daogui frowned slightly: "Brother Xile, in my humble opinion, compared with these things, shouldn't we hurry up and hunt down Huan Xuan?"
Liu Yi waved his hand: "Huan Xuan has lost everything in this battle. In the battle at Fankou Sangluozhou, the troops in Yuzhou and Jiangzhou were still loyal to him and were almost destroyed in one battle. But today, after he returns to Jingzhou, he can All the troops who were still willing to follow him on the battlefield were wiped out. Now he has become a real bicycle governor and emperor. I don’t know if there are 200 guards around him. If we kill Huan now Xuan, maybe someone will use this incident to incite hatred in the future and cause chaos again when the army returns. And if we temporarily withdraw our troops and wait and see, there must be people who want to change the family and kill Huan Xuan as a courtesy and proof of loyalty. "
Speaking of this, Liu Yi smiled and pointed at Feng Gai's dead head: "Just like Feng Gai, when he killed Fu Pi, didn't he also want to add a lot of credit to himself? Yesterday Feng Gai killed Puppet Qin Emperor, what will happen to Huanxuan, the pseudo-Chu emperor, today? Everyone, you might as well garrison here to rest for a few days and see which Jingchu hero will offer Huanxuan's head for us."
All the generals agreed in unison: "As you command!"
