After the military meeting, Zheng San stood up and clasped his fists and said: "General, there are more than 20,000 Sogdian prisoners.
These people can be used to attack the city.
It is not a waste of food to raise them.
But apart from the more than 20,000 Sogdian prisoners, In addition to the soldiers, there are more than 20,000 food army prisoners.
If you want to support such a large number of prisoners, it will be a huge burden in terms of food and grass."
Zhao Chongxun from the Anxi Army also stood up and clasped his fists at this time and said: "General, these nearly 20,000 prisoners not only consume a lot of food and grass, but are also very dangerous.
Special troops need to be arranged to guard them.
If the guards are not strict, it is very likely that If something goes wrong, we can't go to war with such a large number of prisoners, but it doesn't seem safe to send people to guard them here."
The two men explained the consequences of raising such a large number of captives from two aspects.
First, it consumes a lot of food and grass.
Second, it is too dangerous to guard such a group of captives.
After all, the values, beliefs, and cultural backgrounds of both parties are completely different.
Different, it is easy to cause conflicts.
Zhao Ziliang stood up, with a cold look in his eyes, looking at the generals and officials in the tent and said solemnly: "In this case, then we will kill them all."
The tent instantly became silent.
Although many people thought it was unsafe to keep such a large number of prisoners, they never thought of killing such a large group of prisoners, nearly 20,000 people.
This was not a small number.
At this time, a sharp voice sounded in the tent: "No, Zhao Ziliang, you are killing indiscriminately.
Killing such a number of prisoners will bring a brutal reputation to our court and discredit the court and the emperor."
Everyone didn't need to follow the voice to know that the person speaking was Bian Lingcheng, the supervisor.
Zhao Ziliang looked at Bian Lingcheng and said with a cold face: "Bian Lingcheng, I have said long ago that it is not your turn as the Anxi Supervisor to intervene in the affairs of our Beiting Army.
Are you the one who counts?
If you do it again, If you are meddling in the affairs of our military here, just get out of here, I don’t welcome you here."
It can be said that Zhao Ziliang's words were almost unreasonable and contained curse words.
Bian Lingcheng turned pale with anger and pointed at Zhao Ziliang with a trembling finger: "You".
When Cao Lingzhong saw that the two of them were about to fall out again, he hurriedly stood up to put out the fire: "Oh, General, Mr.
Bian, please talk to me if you have something to say.
Look at you, you are so anxious when you talk.
What are you doing?
Now we are all in the same boat."
If the boat capsizes, no one will benefit from it, right?"
Bian Lingcheng said angrily: "General Cao, you also saw it.
The Zajia didn't provoke him.
So what if the Zajia expressed his opinion?
He insulted the Zajia indiscriminately and deliberately provoked trouble."
There is a conflict between Zhao Ziliang and Bian Lingcheng.
Among the entire army, only Cao Lingzhong is qualified to mediate.
If Cao Lingzhong doesn't care, things will probably get worse.
It's not good for him to help anyone now.
After all, the two of them Each has his own reason.
Cao Lingzhong said to Zhao Ziliang: "General Zhao, actually Master Bian has no other intentions.
The general should really consider the impact of killing so many prisoners.
This is not a trivial matter."
Zhao Ziliang was silent for a while, looked at Bian Lingcheng and said: "Okay, since you think these prisoners cannot be killed, then you will be responsible for guarding these prisoners.
I will give you five thousand Anxi troops.
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You will be responsible for all the food and grass you need.
If something happens, you will be responsible for it.
I will not be held responsible."
After hearing this, Bian Lingcheng jumped up on the spot and pointed at Zhao Ziliang and yelled: "Zhao, what do you mean?
You only gave five thousand soldiers and no food and grass.
Do you want the Za family to guard the prisoners, or do you want to kill the Za family to eat food?"
People took tens of thousands of us prisoners, but we didn’t see them killing the prisoners.
Why are you so cruel and merciless?”
Zhao Ziliang couldn't suppress his anger anymore and shouted: "They don't kill the prisoners because they can steal enough food and grass to sustain themselves.
Can our Tang army rob here?
I'm cruel and unkind.
Do you think I'm born to like killing these prisoners?"
No It's two hundred, not two thousand, but more than 20,000 people.
They have to consume 20,000 kilograms of grain in a day.
Where did I come up with so much grain and grass to feed them?
If you have the ability, you can command the army.
The Beiting Army will tomorrow Just withdraw to Tingzhou, I won’t care about it anymore.”
After Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, he snorted coldly, flicked his cloak and walked out of the tent.
Cao Lingzhong was very anxious when he saw it.
How could this be done?
If the Beiting Army withdrew, could the Anxi Army, which was now demoralized, be able to subdue those millet soldiers?
It's hard for him to be a special servant and join the army.
He wants to drive the cannibals out of the Sogdian land.
He asks himself that he doesn't have the confidence or the ability yet.
Cao Lingzhong quickly grabbed Zhao Ziliang and persuaded him earnestly: "Oh, my general, please don't be angry.
The battle has come to this point.
You just gave up the fight.
What do you want me to do?"
Tens of thousands of amps What should we do with the officers and men of the Western Army?
Let’s talk it over.
Let’s discuss it.
Why should we give up and leave if we don’t agree?
Besides, I, Cao, don’t know what kind of person you are, General Zhao.
It’s not your style to give up halfway.”
Zhao Ziliang spread his hands: "General Cao, it's not that Zhao wants to give up halfway, it's that your supervisor always wants to interfere with my actions.
Since I can't do it anymore, why am I still staying here?
I have no choice but to make a living.
These nearly 70,000 troops, let them have enough food to fight, and they also have to support more than 20,000 large food troops that may come back at any time.
Since he wants to support them, he can only let him take care of it."
Cao Lingzhong asked pitifully: "General Zhao, isn't there any other compromise method?"
Zhao Ziliang said: "More than 20,000 people have to eat.
If you don't feed them, and they make trouble, do we want to suppress them?
We will also kill them, unless we are willing to be killed by them.
If there is enough food and grass, Of course I don’t want to kill anyone, do you think I am willing to bear such a bad reputation?”
Cao Lingzhong had no choice but to look at Bian Lingcheng and said: "Sir Bian, you heard what General Zhao said.
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If it weren't for the lack of food and grass, we don't want to kill indiscriminately.
No one wants to be charged with indiscriminate killing, right?
Back then, General Bai Qi, the general of Qin State, killed 400,000 Zhao troops.
Wasn't he doing this because he had no choice but to do so?"
Everyone looked at Bian Lingcheng.
Bian Lingcheng's face turned blue and white, and finally he stamped his feet and shouted: "Okay, kill, kill, the Za family doesn't care, the Za family will pretend they don't know about this."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhao Ziliang asked: "Generals, who will do this?"
Everyone looked at each other, but no one took the initiative to take over the task.
After all, killing so many prisoners at once would not be easy to wash away in a lifetime.
Seeing that no one came forward, Zhao Ziliang could only sigh: "Forget it, it's hard for you to do this.
Back then, Zhao ordered the massacre of hundreds of thousands of Khitans and Xi people in Mobei, and today he will kill another 20,000 It’s just a fraction added.”
Before Zhao Ziliang could say anything, Pugu Huai'en stood up and clasped his fists and said: "General, since this matter has been decided, no matter who will implement it, people will only blame you for it, and it will be implemented in the future.
Will not be afraid of bad reputation" After saying this, Pugu Huaien walked out of the tent.
As soon as he reached the door of the tent, he heard a voice from behind: "Wait a minute."
Servant Huai'en stopped and turned around.
When everyone heard the sound, they saw Dugujun, the judge accompanying the Beiting Army, standing up and clasping his fists at Zhao Ziliang: "General, I have a way to deal with this group of prisoners without the general having to bear the responsibility of massacring the prisoners of war."
"Crime" Zhao Ziliang said quickly: "Sir, please tell me quickly."
Dugujun pointed in the direction of the south and said: "General, we still have more than two dozen Sogdian troops in our hands.
Aren't the leaders of the Sogdian kingdoms always saying that they have sworn hatred against the cannibals?
Are there such things now?
A batch of ready-made cannibals can be used for them to vent their hatred, so why wouldn’t we do it?”
Everyone was overjoyed, and then they remembered how they had forgotten the more than 20,000 Sogdian troops.
No matter whether it was the Beiting Army or the Anxi Army, people would put the blame on Zhao Ziliang in the end, but if it was the Sogdian Army who took action. , the situation is different.
After all, the Sogdians are vassals.
They should kill these large food prisoners of war, so that the blood debt will be charged to themselves and not to the Tang army.
Zhao Ziliang immediately ordered: "Come here, find the leaders of the Sogdian kingdoms."
"Nuo" Someone outside the tent agreed.
Not long after, the heads of the Sogdian kingdoms rushed over and paid homage to Zhao Ziliang: "I have seen the general."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "Excuse me, all kings, didn't you say that the cannibals are burning, killing and plundering in your land, doing all kinds of evil, and that you and the cannibals have an sworn hatred?
Now there is a chance for you to take revenge."
I regret it, I wonder if all the kings of the country are willing to do so."
The princes of the kingdom looked at each other, and Chu Hue, the prince of Kang, saluted and said: "I dare to ask the general, I don't know what it is."
Zhao Ziliang said: "You must have known in the past two days that the main force of the food army of more than 24,000 people was captured together with you Sogdians.
I, the general, will give you a chance to take revenge now.
All your men and horses escorted these captives and asked them to dig a big enough pit, and then you ordered your men and horses to bury them all alive."
"Ah" all the princes of the kingdom exclaimed, Chu He, the head of Kang Kingdom, was so frightened that his whole body trembled.
Zhao Ziliang stood up with a sullen face and walked to the heads of the kingdoms and snorted coldly: "Humph, don't you dare or don't want to?
You keep saying that you are sworn in with the cannibals, but you are all deceiving this general.
Do you know who this general hates the most?"
Either I will order you all to be killed, or you will trap and kill those captives, it is your choice."
The leaders of the Sogdian kingdoms had no choice but to agree.
In the afternoon of that day, more than 20,000 Sogdian troops who had been distributed with weapons and armor came to the camp where the prisoners of the Great Food Army were detained.
They drove the two foreign prisoners of the Great Food Army collectively to a piece of sand five miles outside the camp, and dropped a group of them.
Excavation tools allowed them to dig a hole more than three meters The prisoners of the Great Food Army were surrounded in the middle of the deep pit by the eyeing Sogdian armies with weapons and threats.
They could only pick up tools and start digging the hole.
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They thought it was the Sogdian Army asking them to dig some defensive fortifications, but they did not expect it to be.
Digging their own graves.
While waiting for the pit to be dug almost completely, all the prisoners of the Great Food Army were in the pit.
The Sogdian armies stood around the pit and began to fill the pit with earth.
The prisoners of the Great Food Army were frightened and did not want their lives.
Climbing up the ground, it is so easy to climb up from a large pit more than three meters deep.
Even if someone climbs up on someone else's shoulders, they will be stabbed down by the Sogdian soldiers above with weapons.
Frightened cries resounded in the pit.
The captives of Dashi desperately wanted to climb out of the grave they dug for themselves, while the Sogdian army above kept filling the pit with earth.
There was smoke and dust all around, and screams, curses and coughs kept coming.
It was not until dark that these sounds gradually disappeared, the big pit also disappeared, and the ground was as smooth as usual.
No one who didn't know would have thought of this.
More than 20,000 people were buried alive underground.
After Zhao Ziliang and others got the news, they finally got rid of a trouble.
This incident also made it impossible for the Sogdian countries to take refuge in the cannibals.
After all, once this incident was spread, the cannibals would definitely retaliate with their cruel character. , there will inevitably be large-scale revenge, and the hatred between them will only deepen.
Even if someone wants to ease it, it is impossible
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