Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 962

Looking at the sun in the sky, Wang Xiaolie felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground.He quickly stabilized his steps and looked at Taiyuan City in front of him.

Zhao Ding came out of the house and said excitedly: "We have finally conquered Taiyuan City, Xuanfu, we have won a great victory!"

Wang Xiaolie nodded and said to Wang Ruohai beside him: "You go into the city first and gather the captured personnel of the Jin Army. We will enter the city again in half an hour."

Wang Ruohai said yes and hurried away.

Wang Xiaohunting said: "The day before yesterday, Shi Rong came to report and wiped out the Jin army at Yanmen Pass. Yesterday, Cao Zhiyan and Zhai Cong came to report, destroying Yelu Yujian's army and capturing Yelu Yujian. Today, Taiyuan City was finally broken. After fighting for more than two months, we finally won a complete victory in the Taiyuan battle! It was really not easy!"

Zhao Ding said: "How can such a great victory be easy? We wiped out more than 30 Jin troops in one battle and completely destroyed the Jin army's western route. What a great victory this is!"

Wang Xiaolie didn't speak, just looked into the distance.

This victory was truly extraordinary.Wang Xiaolie paid more than 3 casualties, but directly eliminated Nianhan, the most powerful man in the Jin Kingdom, and clarified the situation.More importantly, his 20-strong army was basically unscathed, completely reversing the power balance between Song and Jin.

With an army of 20 men turning their guns, who else in the world can compete with them?
Back inside the house, Wang Xiaolie sat in front of the window, basking in the sunshine and feeling extremely relaxed.In the past two months, I have been thinking very hard and tried every means to fight against the Jin army, but I am really tired.

When Zhao Ding came back and saw Wang Xiaolie's appearance, he didn't dare to disturb him and sat down at his table.After thinking for a while, he unfolded his pen and paper and wrote a memorial to Zhao Gou.It doesn't matter if the West wins a big victory, it doesn't matter how the East ends.Wang Xiaolie's army is transferred eastward, and no matter how large the Jin army is, it will disappear.

Wang Xiao lied in the sunshine and fell into a deep sleep.When I woke up, it was already more than half an hour later.

After getting up and stretching, Wang Xiaolie said to Zhao Ding: "It's getting late, let's go into the city!"

The inner city of Taiyuan was in ruins due to being attacked by artillery fire from the Song Army for many days.Most of the people were killed by Jin soldiers, leaving the city almost empty.The cold wind blew through the empty streets, and Wang Xiaolie felt a chill for no reason.

In front of the Yamen of Comforting Division, a group of Jin army leaders were gathered together, talking all kinds of strange things.Even though they were defeated, these people were still dissatisfied and just spoke harshly.

Wang Xiaolie and Zhao Ding came to the Yamen and took a look at the messy Jin Army generals.

Everyone saw that Wang Xiaolie's aura was obviously different, his voice was obviously much softer, and he looked a little timid.Wang Xiaolie snorted coldly and entered the door with Zhao Ding.Wang Ruohai saw it and hurriedly came up to meet him.

Wang Xiaolie said: "What does it look like to let the generals of the Jin Army make noisy noises outside! Lock them into the house next to them and ask them carefully before making a decision!"

Wang Ruohai said yes and ordered his soldiers to deal with it.

Looking at the surrounding environment, Wang Xiaolie said: "We have been fighting for more than two months, and the soldiers are tired. Tonight, we will kill cattle and sheep, and give each person half a catty of wine to let the soldiers have a good rest." Arrange the manpower for patrols and make sure nothing happens!"

Wang Ruohai hurriedly said yes.Wang Xiaolie said: "For the captured generals of the Jin Army, Li will examine and interrogate those from thousands and hundreds of households, and I will interrogate those from ten thousand and above. Other generals will be interrogated by the commanders and commanders of each capital. If there is no major meritorious service, , it has no special effect, just cut it with one knife, don’t waste time!”

Wang Ruohai hesitated and said, "If so, is the killing blow too severe?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "The killing is not serious now, but there will be constant trouble in the future! It is better to kill more now than to cause trouble in the future! Besides, which of these people is not guilty of serious crimes? It will not be unfair to kill them!"

Wang Ruohai hurriedly said yes.Then he said: "If this is the case, what about the soldiers below?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "With what they have done, it would not be unfair to kill them all. It's just that there are too many people. God is good at saving lives, so one life should be spared. Order the people below to ask clearly, kill those who really deserve to be killed, and the rest The arrangements will be made by the Xuanfu Department."

After arranging the prisoners, Wang Xiaolie and Zhao Ding entered the inner room.

The two sat down and Zhao Ding said: "In this battle, Xuanfu must have captured many Jin people. How to deal with these people is really troublesome."

Wang Xiaolie said: "In fact, it's not troublesome. It's just a matter of killing or not killing. In the years since the Jin people entered the Central Plains, most of them have bloody hands, so they really deserve to be killed. And they are not forced to do bad things by their superiors, they do bad things on their own initiative. There are countless people. But this time, Nianhan recruited soldiers on a large scale. Many of them were indeed soldiers for the first time, and it was not appropriate to kill them. The hits were also checked, and the veterans were chopped off with one knife, leaving the remaining Then think of a way."

Zhao Ding said: "This is causing trouble for yourself, why should Xuanfu do this?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Kill the people who deserve to be killed, but not the civilians. If you cannot do this, your soldiers will be unable to kill, and your own people will not be able to escape."

Zhao Ding thought for a while and said, "It makes sense."

Wang Xiaolie said: "In this battle, the Jin army had a total of 33 people, and nearly 20 were captured. If these 20 people were killed just out of impulse, there would be a lot of trouble in the future. However, if these 20 people were released, Otherwise, there will be more trouble. Only through detailed screening and proper handling is the most appropriate way."

Zhao Ding said: "Xuanfu's house has a kind heart, and he will be blessed in the future!"

In this era, there was no fixed policy for prisoners. If there were too many prisoners, they would be killed, or they could be ordered to surrender, or all of them would be released.However, the Song army captured very few Jurchens, and each one was very precious.There was a venerable imperial physician named Wang Jixian in Zhao Gou who raised two hundred captive Jurchens, who acted tyrannically and became a nuisance to the capital.

Wang Xiaolie was influenced by his previous life and had some psychological shadow about killing prisoners.Unless they really deserve to be killed, I generally don’t kill them and let them live.Of course, they cannot be put back without killing them. They are usually grouped into groups, cleared of wasteland, and other work.

However, after the Jurchens entered the Central Plains, their behavior was really bad, and it was unjust to let them go.Especially some veterans who have done countless evil things in the Central Plains can only be punished with a knife.This time Nianhan recruited too many new soldiers and they must be dealt with separately.

Wang Xiaolie feels that he doesn't kill many people, but in the eyes of others, he is a murderer.In recent years, the captured Jin Army soldiers were either killed quickly or placed in heavy labor, and they could not survive for more than a few years.

In the eyes of most Jin Army generals, Wang Xiaolie was extremely murderous.This is also the reason why almost no Jin army surrendered in the Battle of Taiyuan, and they must fight to the end.But Wang Xiaolie doesn't care, he has his own standards, as long as they meet his own standards.

(End of this chapter)