Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2078: Kill to stop war, kill at eleven

On Wei Qing's side, under his command, it can be said that these peasant soldiers were completely collapsed with almost no effort.

But these peasant soldiers who fled in all directions did tie up most of Wei Qing's strength, preventing him from sending the main force to pursue Tian Dan, who was making a strategic retreat.

After all, these peasant soldiers are soldiers too, and they are all equipped with weapons.

If we ignore this and let them escape on their own, within a few days, I'm afraid these people will no longer be soldiers but bandits.

In the future, Chenliu may become a bandit den, and it will also be the largest bandit den in the Han Dynasty. If these people are not dealt with, they will only cause greater trouble in the future.

It took Wei Qing more than ten days to catch almost all of these people. Even a small number of those who escaped had only some minor flaws, which had nothing to do with the overall situation.

In fact, catching these people is much more difficult than defeating them!

But after catching these people, for Wei Qing, the real things he was struggling with came!

What he saw in front of him was a puddle of ashes, and this puddle of ashes was a secret edict from Li Xiang. The person who delivered the edict announced it alone, and after he verified the authenticity, he immediately burned the secret edict. Made ashes.

"Send the order, stop the war with killing, kill eleven, and wipe out all the households!" After a while, Wei Qing tremblingly picked up the battleship in his hand, strode out of the camp, and issued this order that was destined to be bloody. Incomparable command.

It was only a dozen words, but it seemed to use up all his strength.

The surrounding generals obviously changed their colors after hearing this order.

There is no doubt that the history of the Roman Empire, which lasted for nearly 1500 years, is actually a history of the Roman legions' murderous campaigns.

Among them, the Roman Empire was the most powerful and the well-deserved overlord of the Mediterranean, with its territory spanning the three continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Has a Roman legion known as the "King of Land War".

The Roman legions were not only proficient in combat skills, but also had cruel military discipline. They were also harsh and cold-blooded in punishing their own people.

This is the "eleven killing law".

The "Eleven-to-Kill Law", this horrifying military regulation, originated in the Roman Republic.

Its purpose is to eliminate panic and timidity among the troops and strengthen their determination to fight.

"What……"

Suppressing riots internally with a ruthless hand;

Expanding territory and conquering the outside world.

古罗马，先后经历了罗马王政时代（公元前753年～前509年）、罗马共和国（前509年～前 27年）及罗马帝国（前27年～1453年）三个阶段。

The "Eleventh Law of Killing" was a unique wartime punishment method created by the Roman Legion.

That is, collective punishment is imposed on those who rebel or mutiny in the army, or on large-scale troops who flee from battle;

Legions that have lost their military flags and emblems may also be subject to the "Eleven Killing Rule".

As for the rules, they are really simple and crude:

Put the punished troops into a group of 10, and then draw lots. All members must participate, one sign per person.

This kind of drawing depends entirely on luck.

Those who are unfortunate enough to win the lottery will be executed immediately without any excuse. No matter what his character or appearance is, how high his military rank is, or how many honors he has received before.

The execution method was also simple and crude, using local materials and beating to death with stones or sticks.

Xu Yin's "eleven killing rule" for massacring his comrades was too cruel. There is evidence in history that it was only executed four times.

And the secret order Li Xiang issued to Wei Qing was not just as simple as killing the peasant soldiers captured by them.

On the eleventh day, those who were slaughtered were only the soldiers who were unlucky enough to win the lottery. However, Li Xiang's order not only asked them to kill the soldiers who won the lottery, but also included their wives, children, and children. This is the so-called annihilation of all households.

On the eleventh day, it was not just him who was beaten to death, but also the whole family.

The reason given by Li Xiang was very simple: to stop the war by killing, it would completely frighten the people of the Central Plains and break the hearts of the people of the other side to resist.

There are actually not many brutal massacres in history. Many rulers committed massacres and even massacres during their expansion.

But at least most rulers have their own motives behind such acts of massacre and massacre. Just like Xiang Yu, there are not many people like Zhang Xianzhong who massacre for their own preferences.

Since Li Xiang issued such a cruel order to Wei Qing, it was naturally not without reason.

After they entered the Central Plains, they had already keenly discovered that during their previous expansions, the people of the Central Plains were definitely at the top of their list of rejection and resistance.

There are various reasons behind this!

But regardless of the reasons behind it, the most important thing is the solution!

This directly led to this cruel order.

Killing until the people of the Central Plains are frightened, let them know the price of going against the Jin army, let them know the price of helping Zhao Kuangyin go against the Jin army, and they will naturally know how to be afraid!

Let them see the butcher knife, and they will naturally know how to be afraid! Let them see the butcher's knife, but without completely forcing them to a dead end, they will also understand what surrender means!

Moreover, let them draw lots themselves, and the remaining nine people will execute the lottery on the one who wins the lottery. Those who are lucky enough to survive will only be wary of each other and resent each other, but will not resent the Jin army who was the instigator. .

The bad nature of human beings is nothing more than this!

The price of resistance is high, so when you want to carry out unnecessary resistance, you will naturally think more!

And they kill each other directly. In the future, if anyone wants to provoke them, the first thing they have to do is to be wary of each other! If people's hearts are not united, nothing will be accomplished at any time!

Of course, this is only the main purpose, and it does not mean that there are no other incidental purposes at all.

For example, this decree was conveyed to Wei Qing in the form of a secret decree, and it was burned as soon as possible after it was conveyed. This was to make Wei Qing act as a black glove and to let his brother-in-law act as a scapegoat for him.

Furthermore, as the largest group of relatives among many relatives, the Wei family is indeed more powerful. Wen has Wei Yang, Wu has Wei, Huo, and if Wei Qing has some stains on his body, he will feel more at ease.

Presumably, as Wei Qing is a smart man, he naturally knows that having more stains on his body is definitely not a bad thing!

For example, Wu Qi sent women to Li Xiang one after another. Although this was not a big deal in essence, Wu Qi's reputation among the civil servants was ruined because of this!

(End of this chapter)