"General, are you really not going to stop them?" the retainer asked in a low voice.
Jia Yan did not answer, but Ji sat in front of the door, staring blankly at the bright moon in the sky.
The moonlight was not bright, and a layer of dark clouds shrouded the moon. The shadows of the trees were dancing, and the thin evening breeze drove away the heat of the day and brought a bit of coolness.
After successive battles, the soldiers were exhausted and fell asleep early. The people in the city had been worried for many days, and finally they were able to sleep peacefully and rest.
There was silence in the royal city, and the war during the day was buried in darkness. Everything was so quiet and peaceful, with only the faint sound of wind remaining.
A group of soldiers moved quickly in the city, and not long after, a strong smell of blood came from outside the city.
"It's all over!" Jia Yan sighed, turned and walked towards the house.
"Why kill the prisoners?" The next day, Le Cheng found Jia Yan, his hands clenched into fists, his body trembling slightly, and he was extremely angry.
As soon as he woke up, he heard the guards coming to report that all the more than 20,000 Qin army prisoners in the prisoner camp had been killed. The corpses were piled up in mountains, and the Luoshui River was dyed red.
Le Cheng was so frightened that he lost all sleep. He couldn't believe that such a big thing happened after he slept.
But it is impossible for the guard to lie. It is very easy to verify this matter, and there is no need to lie.
After receiving the news, Le Cheng didn't waste any time. He immediately ran to the prison camp to check and made sure that there were no prisoners left. Then he ran to the east of the city. The east of the city was full of soldiers from the Three Jin Dynasties and Zhou people who came after hearing the news. When the Qin army was killed, people celebrated with songs, and some wealthy people even held banquets in honor of the soldiers of the three Jin Dynasties.
The world has been suffering from Qin for a long time!
"I didn't kill him!" Jia Yan was sitting in the courtyard. There was a jar of wine and a bowl on the table in front of him. The jar was empty, but there was still half a bowl of wine in the bowl.
Seeing Le Cheng rushing in, Jia Yan only raised his head slightly, but did not stand up to salute.
"How could Mang Mao transfer the prisoners without your consent?" Le Cheng smashed the table into pieces with his palm and said angrily.
All the prisoners were managed by the Zhao army. Among the entire army, there were only two people who could mobilize the prisoners. He, Jia Yan, Mang Mao and Bao Luan would never be able to mobilize the prisoners unless they obtained their seals.
Zhao State was very strict in managing the army in this regard. Not to mention the generals of Wei and Han, it was useless even if the kings of Wei and Han came, they would still be stopped outside the camp.
"I lost my seal yesterday." Jia Yan said nonchalantly.
"You... do you know that the king stipulates that the killing of prisoners is not allowed, and the military orders are as follows. You should be beheaded in public now." Le Cheng pulled out his sword and placed it on Jia Yan's shoulder.
"It was the Wei army and the Han army that killed the prisoners. What does it have to do with me, Jia Yan? The military orders of Zhao State should have no control over the Wei army and the Han army. At most, I was guilty of dereliction of duty for not taking good care of the seal and not taking good care of the prisoners." According to the military order, it should be downgraded to three levels or five levels. It doesn’t matter anyway. From now on, I will be a soldier."
Jia Yan touched his waist and found nothing. "Oh, by the way, I lost the deputy general's seal. I'll give it to you when I find it."
"You...you are simply lawless, ignoring military orders and ignoring the king!" Le Cheng was so angry that he wished he could kill Jia Yan with a sword. He had never been so angry when he lost a war.
"Do you think you can hide the impeachment of the ministers in this way? Can you hide it from the king? Even if you can hide it from the king, can you live up to your own conscience? This is more than 20,000 Qin troops, and more than 20,000 living lives."
"How can I feel sorry for my own conscience? Now that I have said this, I will not hide it anymore. I have long been unhappy with the Qin army. Why is it that only the Qin people can massacre us Zhao people? We Zhao people have caught But the people of Qin want good food and drink? Are we, the people of Zhao, inherently inferior to the people of Qin? Or are the people of Qin superior? There is no such truth in the world."
"It is true that the king is wise and mighty. I, Jia Yan, admire him no matter whether he is running the country or the army. But the rule of not killing prisoners and not killing Qin army prisoners is simply bullshit. It is worse than bullshit. Even if Zhao Kuo stands on his side, In front of me, I said the same thing. I have never heard of the principle of repaying evil with kindness. I just want to repay blood with blood and tooth with tooth. The people of Qin who I killed will see the banner of our Zhao State.
Just tremble. "
"If it weren't for the military orders, I would have ordered all these prisoners to be killed. Thinking of the Qin army kneeling in front of me and being slaughtered, I am happy, even if I live ten years less."
"You Lecheng have never fought against the Qin State, and no relatives have died in the hands of the Qin army. You can say with a high degree of justice that for the sake of the overall interests of the country, we will not kill prisoners. The Qin army is also a life, and we must abide by benevolence and etiquette."
"Go and ask the people who have stood by Shangdang for three years if they agree. Ask the soldiers who fought with the Qin army for three years if they agree. Ask the 30,000 Zhao soldiers on the banks of the Yellow River if they agree. Ask Hexi and Xiu Xiu. Yu, if there are hundreds of thousands of Wei troops in Yinque and Huayang, if they agree, go and ask Xingcheng, Anmen, Yiyang, if there are 200,000 Korean troops in Yinque."
"If I am the only one who wants to kill the Qin army, I will kill myself now without saying anything."
The more Jia Yan talked, the more excited he became. He sprayed saliva on Le Cheng's face, and Le Cheng looked livid and motionless.
More and more soldiers gathered around, and after a while each soldier would come up behind Jia Yan, kneel down on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to accept the punishment together with General Jia Yan."
After the soldiers of the Han army and the Wei army learned about it, they also rushed over spontaneously.
"When the Qin army killed prisoners in the Battle of Yinque, you didn't stand up. When the Qin army killed prisoners in the Battle of Huayang, you didn't stand up. Now we, Wei and South Korea, have killed several prisoners, but you have stood up. Don't you think Are you wrong? You Lecheng led us to defeat the Qin army. I, Mang Mao, respect you. But on this matter, I, Mang Mao, will not make the slightest step back." In the end, even Mang Mao and Bao Luan were alarmed .
Mang Mao stood in front of Jia Yan and looked directly at Le Cheng.
I just want to kill you, what can you do to me?
"Everyone calm down and take a step back. General Jia Yan, please apologize. General Le Cheng, since the prisoner has been killed and cannot be resurrected, let him let the matter go. If this matter gets too big, it will only Isn’t it a joke to the Qin army outside the city?" After hearing about it, the Duke of Western Zhou hurried over.
What he fears most is the internal strife among the three Jins at this time. The Qin army is still outside the city and may come back at any time. By then, no one from Zhou or the three Jin armies can escape.
"Everyone, please get up." Jia Yan pointed at Mang Mao and Bao Luan and said with a smile, "I will only say what I said once, and I will not admit it from now on. I, Jia Yan, did not kill any of the prisoners, but Mang Mao and Bao Luan were the ones who killed them. Violent. If General Lecheng wants to arrest them, just arrest these two people."
After saying that, Jia Yan strode outside, "By the way, don't come to me if you need anything in the future. From now on, I, Jia Yan, am just a pawn."
