Military camp prison.
"The Dajing Army has been training day and night, and we haven't been allowed to exercise in the past two days.
Is a war about to start? ”
The soldiers were training in the parade ground and making quite a lot of noise. The sound of the ground shaking could be heard in the prison, and it was particularly loud.
"If Da Jing wants to go to war, what should we do?"
"Will Prince Dajing order all the prisoners to be killed?"
When two armies went to war, the defeated side did not redeem the prisoners.
If the war breaks out again, the victorious generals will kill all the prisoners in advance to avoid being attacked from both sides.
This is the tacit agreement among the seven countries.
As soon as these words were spoken, the prisoners in the prison began to riot.
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"What should we do then?"
"We can't just wait to die, can we?"
"In my opinion, now that the general is dead, no one will care whether we live or die!"
“Da Jing gave us food, clothes, and even medicine.
It won’t cost us our lives, right? ”
The pessimistic voices in prison quickly drowned out the hesitant voices.
As soon as Xiao Jingzhou came down from the city wall, Qi Hou rushed over to report.
"Your Highness, the prisoners in the prison are starting to riot and are shouting for them to be released."
"What should I do?"
If the two armies go to war again, they will definitely kill the captives in the city and be careful to prevent any sudden changes in the city.
However, Xiao Jingzhou changed his approach and came up with a new and unique term.
mercenary.
Instead, it made Qi Hou feel a little restrained.
Xiao Jingzhou said calmly: "Are the ashes in the incinerator ready?"
Qi Hou was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Xiao Jingzhou wanted the ashes for.
He nodded innocently: "It's ready. It's already packed in a cloth bag."
Xiao Jingzhou looked ahead and said, "Send 10,000 soldiers to escort 1,000 prisoners from Chibei and Beiliang out of the city."
Qi Hou didn't understand why, so he could only do as he was told.
Half an hour later, Haohao and his group walked out of the north gate of Zhiyi City.
The prisoners had hemp ropes tied around their hands, and more than a dozen people had hemp ropes tied around their waists, stringing them together.
Form a huge square formation.
"Escort us out of the city. Where are we going?"
"Are you going to kill us outside the city and not collect our bodies?"
When the captives looked up, they could see the Da Jing army riding on large horses, each with a big sword on his waist.
A cold wind blew and the prisoners felt a chill on their necks.
"stop!"
A loud shout was heard from the front and the entire team stopped.
Gu Zhenbei ordered his men to untie the 50 prisoners and throw 50 shovels at their feet.
The untied prisoners looked at each other, and no one dared to be the first to pick up the shovel.
They were afraid that this was a test by the Dajing Army, just to have a reason to kill them all.
Gu Zhenbei rode on horseback, holding a trumpet in his hand, shouting at the prisoners.
"Get a shovel and dig a hole right here!"
"The pits you dug are for burying your fallen teammates and your tribe's relatives."
As soon as Gu Zhenbei finished speaking, the soldiers unloaded all the cloth bags on the cart and placed them on the ground, forming a spectacular row.
The 50 prisoners picked up the shovels and all felt that they weighed a thousand pounds.
Their eyes were red and they held the shovels tightly in their hands.
Start digging in the ground.
It hasn't rained in the north for a long time, and the hardened soil is very difficult to dig.
It took the prisoners a lot of effort to dig every piece of soil.
The white cloth bag was covered with thick soil, and all the ashes were buried in the soil.
Many of the two thousand prisoners who were watching had tears in their eyes and began to feel strange emotions in their hearts.
Gu Zhenbei rode on horseback and shouted to the two thousand prisoners through a loudspeaker.
"Anyone who wants to expand the army through plundering or feeding the army will be punished by the gods!"
"It doesn't matter whether you are from Chibei or Beiliang."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince of Dajing is willing to give you a chance to forgive your sins."
"From now on, I will be driven by Dajing."
Baturu held a shovel in his hand, and his hands were shaking from digging too hard.
There were bloodshot eyes, and when he heard Gu Zhenbei's words, the grief that had originally been lingering in his heart dissipated in an instant.
He loudly retorted: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Dajing is so capable that he wants us to attack our own land and kill our former relatives."
Xiao Jingzhou tightened the reins and took the trumpet from Gu Zhenbei.
"I promise you that I will never force you to kill your own relatives."
As soon as these words were spoken, the two thousand prisoners present were in an uproar.
"What does Prince Dajing mean by this?"
"I don't know, I'm confused!"
After hearing what Xiao Jingzhou said, Baturu's originally angry mood instantly calmed down a lot.
He looked up at Xiao Jingzhou who was riding a tall horse. The sunlight shone on him, and a halo spread around him.
Attention.
And dazzling.
Baturu kept repeating Xiao Jingzhou's last words.
After a while, he reacted.
"He wants us to fight other countries!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the way the Chibei captives and the Beiliang captives looked at each other suddenly changed.
Baturu observed the eyes of the captives around him and found that everyone was hostile to each other, and no one regarded Dajing as the enemy anymore.
He couldn't help but feel outrageous.
'Prince Dajing, you are really good at this! '
The captives in Zhiyi City were not only given water, food and new clothes, but also treated for their itching.
Now, he took two thousand people out of the city to dig graves and bury the dead soldiers.
Without losing a single soldier, he firmly grasped the hearts of the captives from the Chibei and Beiliang armies.
In the future, there will surely be many people who will remember the kindness of Prince Dajing in not holding grudges against them.
There is no solution to this plan!
The ashes of the enemy soldiers who died on the battlefield were all buried in the land outside Zhiyi City.
Two thousand prisoners from Chibei and Beiliang were escorted back to the prison again.
On the return journey, the two thousand prisoners were in a completely different state of mind.
First of all, there is no need to worry about being massacred before the war.
Secondly, I felt a little relieved for the guarantee given by Prince Dajing.
Xiao Jingzhou rode back to the city on horseback.
As soon as he reached the gate, Lu Chen came up to him and said, "Your Highness, the gods have written to send you four large jars of oil."
Hearing this, Xiao Jingzhou tightened the reins, squeezed the horse's belly, and lightly whipped the horsewhip.
"Enter the city!"
Jiang Zhenyu once reminded him that if the oil tank accidentally leaked, it would explode when exposed to open flames.
When Xiao Jingzhou received the four oil tanks, he deliberately placed them in an open area.
Avoid touching open flames or explosions, which may injure people nearby.
Four oil tanks appeared in the abandoned school grounds.
Lu Chen immediately stepped forward and measured the size of the oil tank.
He turned around excitedly and said to Xiao Jingzhou: "Your Highness, this oil barrel is bigger than the bed!"
Gu Zhenbei and Yang Jin rushed over.
When Yang Jin saw the four large oil tanks, his smile almost reached his ears.
He came forward and said happily: "With so much kerosene, we can hold off the enemy for a while."
Gu Zhenbei frowned slightly, but his expression did not relax at all.
There are 20,000 soldiers in Zhiyi City, plus new recruits, a total of 50,000.
Prisoners cannot be counted as part of the military force for the time being.
There is still a big gap between the military strength of Dajing and the enemy alliance.
Gu Zhenbei said: "Your Highness, Chibei and Beiliang have 200,000 troops, and Zhiyi City has a huge disparity in strength.
We still have to find a way to break their alliance. ”
Hearing this, Yang Jin's expression also became serious.
He regretted that he relied too much on God, as if everything would be ready as long as God was there.
Xiao Jingzhou said in a loud voice: "Uncle is right, Zhiyi City cannot just sit there and wait for death!"
"I will personally lead the troops for a surprise attack!"
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