I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 59

After Chen Luo asked how to deal with the nearly [-] Qin soldiers captured, the generals around him all fell into deep thought.

The prisoner of captives was written as "Fu" in ancient times, and its explanation in "Shuowen Jiezi" is "Fu, what the army has obtained".

As for the treatment of captives, they have ancient rules to follow, such as using them as slaves, offering victory to the superior, imprisoning them in the country, and serving as bargaining chips...

These are relatively mild means.

But after thinking about these methods, the people present found that they were almost impossible to operate.

If these soldiers were to be escorted back to Chu, they would need at least [-] full-armored soldiers to ensure that there would be no trouble during the transportation.

After all, these captives were trained Qin soldiers, not ordinary prisoners.

"Call the grain and grass officer." Xiang Yu broke the silence, and his guards left immediately after heeding the order.

After a while, Lu Matong was brought over with a dazed expression, and found that the people around him looking at him were all powerful figures in the army, and he was instantly trembling.

"My subordinate Lu Matong, I have seen General Xiang, I have seen Chen Zuoyin, I have seen all the generals." He said with a long bow. After seeing Xiang Yu's heroic performance in the battle, many people immediately put the title "Si Bai" behind them and called him a general again.

Xiang Yu asked calmly, "There's no need to be too polite. I've come to you this time mainly to inquire about the food and grass in the army. How many days is enough for our army to return the food and grass?"

This is the most reliable data that Lu Matong remembers in his daily life. He opened his mouth and replied: "It took more than two months to prepare food and grass when we left Pengcheng, and we collected some food and grass along the way. Today, after marching for ten days, our army's food and grass can still be used for nearly two months."

"Not bad." Xiang Yu nodded in satisfaction at the proficiency of the other party's reply, and then asked, "If our army needs to supply another 1 people midway, how many days can we last with food and grass?"

After a moment of mental calculation, Lu Matong replied, "It can take about forty days."

He didn't have any special feelings about this question, but the generals around him reacted differently after hearing it.

If these [-] soldiers are detained in the army, even if the rations provided to these soldiers are less than those of Chu soldiers, the food and grass in the army can only be used for [-] days at most, but their marching speed will definitely be slowed down.

Long Qie took a step forward and said, "General Xiang, please cheat."

Lu Matong's complexion turned pale.

In the army, I can be said to be ups and downs, conscientious and conscientious, and even after seeing the tragic situation of the prisoner Ma Yin who was used as a sacrificial vessel, he dared not commit any acts of corruption.

Without any reason, you actually want to kill him?
Before the phrase "I have made meritorious service for Great Chu! I have shed blood for the general" came out from Lu Matong's mouth, Xiang Yu said first: "Well...you are called Lu Matong, right? You can continue to arrange food and grass and deal with your own affairs. You have done a good job."

"Ah?" Lu Matong was stunned for a moment, and found that no one around him was looking at him, and instantly understood that the phrase "please pit it" was not aimed at him.

After realizing that it was a false alarm, he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Okay, I will retire first, and General Xiang praised me absurdly."

After his mind cleared up, Lu Matong vaguely guessed what Longqi's phrase "Please pit him" meant.

However, Xiang Yu chose to send him away, so he just left as soon as possible. Anyway, it is definitely right to choose to keep everything secret about everything he heard on this occasion.

After a while, Xiang Yu glanced at Long Qi, didn't speak, but turned his head and asked, "What do you guys think?"

After a moment of silence, Zhong Limei stood up and said: "General Long is right, leaving a large number of Qin soldiers in the army. If they turn against each other on the battlefield, they will be a fatal threat to us. It is better to kill them all here."

As soon as the words came out, many people nodded in agreement and said: "General Xiang, what you said is reasonable. If these soldiers are mixed with our army, it will be an unstable factor. It is better to punish them early to eliminate future troubles."

These people don't have any psychological burden at all for killing these soldiers.

In comparison, they are more concerned about whether their lives will be threatened by this group of soldiers.

After all, the killing of prisoners did not receive much moral condemnation in ancient times.Before them, the only incident of killing captives that was blamed by the people at that time was that the state of Lu used captives for sacrifices.

However, the real reason why Zang Wuzhong, who proposed to oppose the killing of prisoners, would say so is quite nonsense.

Because there is a saying in "Book of Rites·Biaoji": "People in the Zhou Dynasty respect rituals and give gifts, and ghosts and gods should be far away, and people should be close and expensive", which shows that the gods will not enjoy human animals, so killing captives for sacrifices is disrespectful to the gods.

In addition, there was little condemnation of the killing of prisoners.

Even if it was Bai Qi who killed 40 Zhao soldiers in Changping pit, after his death, "the people of Qin pity him, and all the towns and villages offer sacrifices to him", at least in the eyes of the people of his country, Bai Qi was not at fault for killing the soldiers in the pit.

Even the wheel of history rolled forward and developed to the Ming Dynasty. At that time, there was Chang Yuchun who liked to kill and surrender, but when Zhu Yuanzhang dissuaded him, he only said, "There is no more killing to conquer the city. What's the benefit if there are no people?"

These words went to the bottom, or because they were worried that after the surrender, the occupied city would become a wasteland.It also belongs to opposing the killing of prisoners from the perspective of interests.Rather than being forced by moral pressure, or out of kindness, to dissuade and stop killing prisoners.

Even Xiang Yu in history, because he was worried that his soldiers would rebel, he killed them in the Nankeng of Xin'an City.

But now, facing his subordinate's proposal, he inexplicably remembered the group of craftsmen outside the palace of King Chu in Pengcheng.

At the beginning, he wanted to be as majestic as the first emperor, so he said the phrase "he can replace him"; later, he rebelled against Qin because of the persecution of the county guards, and did it to protect the Xiang family;

Later, after hearing what Chen Luo said, Xiang Yu made himself considerate of others, he paid more attention to his subordinates, and often cast his gaze on the common people.

Under such circumstances, facing a group of surrendered soldiers, he really couldn't bear the heart to agree to Long Qie's proposal of "please pit them".

After a moment of silence, Xiang Yu looked at Chen Luo, who had been silent all this time, and asked, "Jiang Ning, how do you think I should deal with this group of soldiers?"

Chen Luo, who had been meditating all this time, slowly raised his head, cupped his hands and said: "Everyone wants to kill the prisoners, this move seems to be easy, but it is actually a move with endless troubles.

As the saying goes, "killing captives is inauspicious", in my opinion, it is not a theory of destiny, but there is a factual basis for such remarks.

Now if you kill Qin soldiers here, it will cause at least three problems, please listen carefully to my analysis for you. "

(End of this chapter)