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Chapter 395 Great Purge

A thrilling night.

At 3 o'clock in the morning, the Huaibei Army sergeant opened the door of Bing 28's room.

Eight corpses were carried out by the prisoners in the room. It is said that they all suffered from sudden illness last night.

However, a piece of flesh had been chewed off the cheek of Wan Yan's oblique face. It looked very scary. It really didn't seem to have anything to do with the 'emergency'.

Ninety percent of the people had guessed what happened.

In just one day, word of what happened in Area C last night spread throughout the prisoner of war camp.

The Han people killed the Jin people, and the distinction between ethnic groups seemed to be the only way to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy in this premeditated attack.

Everyone in the prisoner-of-war camp suddenly felt in danger, and the soldiers of all ethnic groups subconsciously gathered towards their own ethnic groups. The divisions between Han, Liao and Bojin were instantly clear.

Among them, the Jin people, who have the smallest number, are the most nervous. Every night, in the mixed barracks, all ethnic groups are on guard against each other.

When the golden people sleep, they take turns keeping watch at night.

In such a tense atmosphere, the Han army, which had an absolute numerical advantage, was much better off. The Han army, which was often beaten and scolded and served by the Jin people, no longer dared to use it.

Even the order of eating has quietly changed. In the past, the Jin and Liao people always drank the thick food, while the Han and Bo troops, who were the largest, drank the thin food.

Nowadays, the Han and Bo armies have become more prosperous, while the Jin people have become leftovers.

But even so, Han Chang, who had accepted the certificate of surrender, became increasingly worried. Especially on the second day of February, a Huaibei Army sergeant accidentally mentioned that the Jin delegation was heading south.

The fact that an envoy came instead of an army showed Jin Ting's attitude at this time.

Han Chang had expected this. First of all, it was spring now, which was not the best time for the Jin Kingdom to move south in a big way.

Furthermore, he knew something about the internal conflicts in Jinting. Last year, Emperor Jin appointed the aging Wanyan Zongbi as the coach, and his intention to suppress King Hailing was obvious.

The conflicts between the two sides have gradually become public.

But no one expected that Zongbi's army was severely defeated by Qi's army. Zongbi was dead, and the blame could only be shouldered by Emperor Jin, who had fought against everyone's opinions.

Even in the Han Dynasty, which valued culture and suppressed military force, the defeat of the army in foreign battles would seriously weaken the emperor's majesty, let alone the Jin Kingdom, which extremely advocated force.

The Jin Emperor is in danger

Han Chang guessed that next, there would be a fierce political battle between King Hailing and Emperor Jin.

The Jin army will not go south again for the time being until the outcome of the political battle is determined.

The Jin delegation came for peace talks to buy time.

After the peace talks, they prisoners will most likely be returned to the Kingdom of Jin.

Han Chang naturally wants to be free, but he cannot return to the north under such circumstances!

I don’t know how many prisoners of war there are now who know or suspect that he participated in the attack on Wanyan Xiebao on the 29th night of the first lunar month.

When everyone returns north together, this matter cannot be hidden at all. How can Jin Ting let him go?

On the night of the second day of February, Han Chang took the initiative to find Tian Qingyu to discuss the matter.

Tian Qingyu used to be just a small commander in the Han army in Hejian, but recently, he not only helped the sick Han army get soup and medicine from the Huaibei army, but also secured legitimate interests for everyone. Now he has become a prisoner of war camp. The hope of the Han army!

Even Han Chang didn't have the influence he had.

After the original power structure was completely broken, the Huaibei Army was the maker of all rules in this prisoner of war camp. Whoever Huaibei wanted to support as a leader could be the leader.

Tian Qingyu seemed to have been waiting for Han Chang to take the initiative to come over. After hearing the latter's worries, he only said: "This matter is not difficult to handle, but it depends on whether Mr. Han has the courage."

"Brother, please clarify." Han Chang asked respectfully.

His respectful attitude was not only because of Tian Qingyu's appeal among the Han army, but also because Han Chang had noticed that Tian Qingyu seemed to have established some kind of connection with the Huaibei army.

Otherwise, when they killed Wanyan Xiebao and his men in the early morning of the 29th day of the first lunar month, the Huaibei Army would not have been blind and deafened.

"Master Han is only worried about someone snitching in the future. If you want to prevent this, all you need to do is repeat what happened on the 29th of the first lunar month."

Tian Qingyu said it lightly, but Han Chang was shocked.

Come back again, does it mean that the killing of the golden man will be repeated in the whole camp?

Sure enough, Tian Qingyu, who did not give in, immediately said: "If you are willing to work with me, we will pull you on board. If you are not willing, we will kill you!"

The murderous intention was fierce. Han Chang was not surprised that Tian Qingyu was so murderous. He had heard that when Tian Qingyu was fighting on the front line, his wife and daughter at home were brutally murdered by the Jin.

Tian Qingyu has passed the age and is now alone. Without a home, he is like a lonely ghost wandering in the world.

For the rest of his life, he was probably only interested in how to kill the golden man.

But Han Chang was different. His wife, children, and parents were all staying well in Nanjing. His family had thousands of hectares of fertile land and many beauties. Now that Tian Qingyu was leading him step by step toward the abyss of breaking up with the Kingdom of Jin, he naturally had a lot of worries.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaoyin from Yuzhou, who was already able to walk on crutches, interrupted with a smile: "When the boy returns to Yuzhou, he can redeem his life for my mother and escape to Qi. Little did they know that the Jin people learned that Mr. Han was also involved in the murder of Xie. After Bao’s incident, can we also move the whole family to Qi?”

This is Han Chang's pain point. The reason why he hesitates again and again is precisely because his family has a big business and the entire family is located in the Kingdom of Jin.

But Zhang Xiaoyin's words also reminded him that just one charge of murdering Deputy Commander Nan Zheng was enough to behead his entire family. At this time, there was no way out.

After thinking about this, Han Chang finally said slowly: "Brother Yitian, what should we do?"

Tian Qingyu, who had already received clear instructions from the military commander, slowly told the plan, "In addition to our Han army, the largest number of people in the camp are the Bo and Liao people. They also need to have the blood of the Jin people on their hands. At present, the camp The Bohai people in the middle only obey the orders of Guo Jing. This man is the brother of the Guo'an clan of ten thousand households in the Bohai Sea. The Han family and the Guo family have always advanced and retreated together, so you still need to convince him."

"But Guo Jing is not in our Area C, and I can't see him easily." Han Chang raised his eyes and glanced at Tian Qingyu, suspecting that Tian Qingyu was digging a hole for him.

There were more than 10,000 prisoners in the prisoner-of-war camp, which was divided into five areas: A, B, B, Dingxu. Guo Jingguan was in Area B.

Nowadays, when all races are on guard against each other and are at war with each other, Han Chang is not willing to go to the territory of the Bohai people, lest he be accidentally tricked by the Bohai people.

Unexpectedly, Tian Qingyu said confidently: "We are not going to Area B, and I will accompany you."

"it is good!"

Hearing what Tian Qingyu said, Han Chang felt relieved. At the same time, it became increasingly certain that Tian Qingyu had a connection with the Huaibei Army.

The third day of February.

Early in the morning, Guo Jing, together with the backbone of the Bohai people, a total of more than 20 people, were mobilized by the Huaibei Army to build embankments and slope protection on the boundary river.

It is true that some of the prisoners of war in the camp were often sent out to work, and they came back safely every evening, so Guo Jing didn't think much about it.

At about six o'clock that day, Guo Jing and his party arrived at Jiehe.

Although more than a month has passed since the tragic boundary river explosion in the twelfth lunar month of last year, some of its effects still linger to this day.

For example, in the distance, a group of half-grown men tied a rope around their waists and jumped naked into the river.

The reason why they were not afraid of the cold in the cold weather in the north was that after the river ice melted, the golden soldiers sunk at the bottom of the river became treasures.

Along with the corpses of the Jin soldiers sank to the bottom of the river, as well as the sets of armors. When a set of armors was salvaged, thirty kilograms of iron armor pieces could be obtained!

The Huaibei Army's price collection became a way to make money for the villagers who had just returned home from Anling.

Perhaps they were used to it, but every time a corpse was fished out, the villagers would shout excitedly. Regardless of the horrific appearance of the corpse that had been soaked and eaten by fish and turtles, showing the white bones of Aomori, they gathered around and cut it down with a knife. Nail plate.

The Huaibei Army only received armor pieces, not soaked leather linings.

When Guo Jing and others saw this scene from a distance, their stomachs turned. The glacial rain of blood and the iron pills falling from the sky during the first month left an indelible and terrifying impression on them.

This battle in Fucheng left them with a psychological shadow.

In the prisoner-of-war camp, rumors abounded that the Huaibei Army had magic soldiers to assist in the battle, and that the King of Chu was even the reincarnation of Thunder God.

The manpower is still invincible, but fighting with gods is not asking for death!

Guo Jing shook his head, withdrew his gaze, and turned to the Huaibei Primary School who was responsible for guarding them and said respectfully: "Colonel Zhang, you must give us some tools to build the river embankment."

Upon hearing this, Colonel Zhang seemed to be wondering why the person delivering the tools hadn't arrived yet, but the next moment, he saw a group of soldiers carrying wooden shovels and hoes walking towards them in the distance.

There are more than two hundred people.

Captain Zhang laughed and said to Guo Jing: "The tool delivery guy is here. You guys, just take care of yourself."

This last sentence is inexplicable.

Guo Jing turned around and looked over, and immediately realized something was wrong. The people who came were the Han soldiers from the Jin Kingdom who were also prisoners. However, when they approached, they took the wooden hoe on their shoulders in their hands, and then lined up. It became a 'concave' shaped fan front.

Guo Jingfang was also a veteran in the military. He knew at a glance that the other party was trying to surround them!

We couldn't help but feel a commotion.

There is a boundary river behind them. If the other party has malicious intentions, they will not even have an escape route.

Sure enough, they were surrounded by prisoners of the Jin Kingdom and the Han Army.

The opponent has ten times the numerical advantage and has weapons such as wooden hoes. If they start to attack, Guo Jing's more than 20 people will not be enough to watch.

Guo Jing's first thought was to ask the Huaibei Army for help, but when he turned around, he saw that there were no traces of Captain Zhang and other Huaibei Army anywhere.

Combined with the sentence just now, "Do it for yourself", Guo Jing understood something.

The only good news is that one of the two people taking the lead is an acquaintance of Guo Jing.

"Brother Han, our two families are helping each other in Nanjing, and we are both prisoners of war in the Qi army. Do you know what the current battle is about?"

Guo Jing did not relax his vigilance while improving the relationship.

Wanyan Xiebao's death has become an almost open secret in the camp. But he doesn't understand that Han Chang may have a motive to kill Xiebao, but he has no reason to do it to himself!

Han Chang, who had made up his mind, was no longer distracted. He stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "Brother, I want to invite Brother Guo to participate in a big event!" "What a big event." Although he had guessed Han Chang's purpose, Guo Jing still pretended. Confused.

"Haha, the Jin people are cruel and unkind. They treat our good men Han and Bo Da like pigs and dogs! I want to ask Brother Guo to join us and cut off all the Jin people in the camp!"

There was a buzz of discussion on Guo Jing's side.

The Bohai people invested in gold earlier than the Han people, so they were shocked when they heard that Han Chang invited them to kill gold men.

A subordinate behind Guo Jing quietly poked Guo Jing's lower back, signaling him to agree first.

The situation in front of us is obvious. If they don't agree, today will be the anniversary!

Guo Jing pondered for a few breaths, and just as his subordinates became more and more anxious, he just heard him sigh and said: "I have wanted to do this for a long time! Since Brother Han invites you, then count me as a member of the Guo family! "

Han Chang had prepared a lot of words of persuasion, but he didn't expect that the other party was so decisive and couldn't answer the words for a while.

But Tian Qingyu looked at Guo Jing and said with a smile: "I hope Master Guo will not break your promise. If we can meet here by chance today, we will have the opportunity to meet by chance in the future."

"a man of his words!"

"OK!"

That afternoon.

Guo Jing and others returned to the prisoner of war camp. On the way, he had already begun to make arrangements for his subordinates on how to kill the Jin.

But the subordinate who was the first to tell him to agree first was shocked and said: "Sir! Do we really want to help the Han army kill the Jin man?"

However, Guo An raised his eyes and glanced at Captain Zhang of Huaibei, who was riding a tall horse in front of him, and sighed in a low voice: "Did you understand just now? That Han soldier said, 'If you meet me today, you can meet me again in the future.'" .”

This subordinate didn't understand for a moment and couldn't help but said: "What does he mean?"

"He is saying that if we don't follow them to kill the Jin people, what happened to more than 20 of us today and more than 200 of them will happen again in the future. By then, if the Jin people don't die, we will have to die!"

"Ah? We just don't leave the camp from now on. How could it be such a coincidence to meet them again?"

"idiot!"

Seeing that his subordinates still didn't understand, Guo Jing was slightly annoyed and quietly pointed at Colonel Zhang in front and scolded in a low voice: "The Huaibei Army is behind them! The Huaibei Army wants to arrange for us to meet the Han Army by chance, it's just a matter of words!" "

The fourth day of February.

Han and Tian repeated their old tricks and coaxed Xiao Chage, the leader of the Liao people in the prisoner of war camp, and his backbone to the Jiehe River.

However, since Zhou State betrayed its alliance twenty years ago, Brother Xiao Cha disliked the Han people very much and refused to cooperate with Han and Tian at all costs.

As a result, there were more than a dozen corpses with faces smashed by hoes in Hanoi that day.

In the evening, the Huaibei Army posted a notice in the prisoner of war camp

'Sixteen people including Brother Xiao Cha escaped while they were out working! '

As a punishment, nearly a hundred people who were usually close to Brother Xiao Cha were beheaded that night.

At this time, almost all the Liao officers in the prisoner of war camp were killed, and the two thousand Jin Liao army was suddenly leaderless.

On the fifth day of February, Han and Bo prisoners of war suddenly rushed into the Liao camp and caused a riot.

The guards of the Huaibei Army did not dare to enter the camp to stop them because they were worried about insufficient manpower.

At noon that day, the Han and Bo tribes gathered the Liao people and searched them one by one. As long as they caught the Jin people, they would beat them to death without saying a word.

The situation developed into the evening, and there were only less than a thousand Jin people left who finally got together after hiding in Tibet.

But in the face of the more than 10,000 coalition forces of the Han, Bo and Liao tribes who had lost their minds, they could not organize an effective resistance at all.

Not to mention, some Han people actually got a batch of head-breaking daggers from nowhere. A half-foot-long dagger may not be of much use on the battlefield, but in a prisoner-of-war camp without armor and unarmed, it is a murderous weapon.

After a night of chaos, only dozens of Jin people survived, scattered and hiding in various places in the camp.

Then, there was a large-scale manhunt organized by Han and Tian. By this time, the soldiers of various ethnic groups who had been treated as slaves and horses by the Jin people had turned into bloodthirsty beasts.

No matter whether the golden man knelt down to beg for mercy or made a promise of future wealth, he was all taken to the camp square and had his neck wiped clean.

By the morning of the seventh day of the lunar month, there was not a single gasping golden man in the camp, which was four miles long and four miles wide and originally held more than 17,000 prisoners of war of all ethnic groups.

However, the blood-soaked prisoners of war, who blindly followed the group consciousness, were still filled with murderous intent.

Next, the extensive liquidation started naturally. Han and Bo Liao people who had close contacts with the Jin people were also found out after reports.

What greeted them was death as well.

Then, even dating back to the Dingwei period of the Zhou Dynasty, old accounts of following the Jin people to the south, invading and killing Han people, and raping and humiliating women were revealed.

Another round of cleaning.

The prisoner-of-war camp became a breeding ground. In order to show that he and the Jin State were incompatible with each other, every time the above-mentioned executions were carried out, the sergeants rushed forward to kill them.

In just three days, the number of prisoners of war dropped sharply from more than 17,000 to 12,000.

Even if the early spring is not too hot, the bloody stench still spreads for more than ten miles.

It was clearly audible in Fucheng several miles away.

On the eighth day of February, the sick King of Chu learned of the incident and quickly mobilized two regiments of sergeants to enter the camp to suppress the chaos.

This massacre that started for unknown reasons came to an end.

Afterwards, only civilians carried the body outside the camp, which took two days.

Qin Dachuan, the leader of the 12th Regiment in charge of guarding the prisoner of war camp, has an unshirkable responsibility for this riot.

The King of Chu severely punished him. He was fined half a month's salary!

At this point, the Hebei border chaos that had affected the Qi court for half a year had generally come to an end.

But the senior officials of Qi State knew very well that this battle was not the end of the war, but the beginning of the war between Qi and Jin.

The Jin State sent envoys to Qi to buy time to calm down the internal disputes, and Qi State also needed time. After all, the border chaos happened suddenly and neither side was prepared.

However, Qi Ting generally believes that since he can win this time, as long as the civil and military forces work hard and are united internally and externally, they can win in the future!

The greatest significance of this battle was that it broke Qi's superstition that "the Jin people were invincible".

The soldiers won the battle, and the subsequent peace talks were already the work of civilian officials.

Du Zhaoqing, the Minister of Rites, who stayed in Fucheng waiting to welcome the Jin envoy, had been unable to sleep at night due to excitement recently.

Being the negotiator of the victorious country should be a very exciting thing, right?

Although Du Zhaoqing has never experienced it, he can still calculate it carefully. The prisoners of war can be given to you, but should you pay some compensation?

Our army has occupied the land of Hejian Mansion, and there is no reason to return it.

And the shameful Jinqi 'land of father and son' must also be eliminated!

As for Tokyo, after learning that the King of Chu was ill last month, several important officials wrote letters asking the King of Chu to temporarily leave the bitter cold north and return to Beijing to recuperate.

At that time, the prisoner of war camp issue had not yet been concluded, so Chen Chu declined repeatedly.

It was not until the tenth day of February that Chen Chu received a personal edict from Jia Rou.

Unexpectedly, this edict is very different from the previous formal format. The opening line actually reads, "It has been illegal for several months, but the fists are full of sincerity."

To put it bluntly, I haven’t seen you for a few months, and I feel more and more concerned about you.

The formal part in the middle naturally praises Chen Chu's extraordinary achievements in turning the tide.

At the end, it was written: The spring is cold and cold, Hebei is barren, and the King of Chu will not be able to recover until the next day. I have many state affairs entrusted to you, and please return to the capital to rest.

After Chen Chu saw the decree, he finally decided to return to the court with his troops.

"Your Highness gave you this edict, not like a monarch or a minister, but like a newly married young daughter-in-law who longs for a man. She has been in disobedience for several months, and her fists are full of sincerity."

On the evening of the tenth day of the lunar month, when she learned that Chen Chu was determined to return to Beijing, Cai Hua muttered in her bedroom while packing her bags.

Although she noticed something, she did not break the casserole and ask the truth this time because Cai Hua felt guilty.

Chen Chu was not seriously ill, he just kept coughing. Hearing Cai Hua mumble, he smiled and said, "Don't you miss home?"

"I just want to think about it. I miss Ji'er."

Cai Hua said something, and then slowly sat down by the bed, with a rare expression of embarrassment.

Chen Chu couldn't help but wonder: "What's wrong? Why do you still look so nervous when I heard you're going home?"

"Well." Cai Huasu twisted the butterfly flower's handkerchief in her hands and murmured for a long time before saying: "Well, after you get home, if the cat asks you why you got sick, you can't say. You can't say that I made you tired. ”

".Hahaha."

There is no bad farming field, only exhausted cattle.

Look, Cat's calf was almost ruined by Cai Hua.

Cai Hua is worried that Mao'er will settle the score with her after knowing the truth!

After all, this kind of thing is quite embarrassing.

(End of this chapter)