After several wars, there were no residents and no territory in Xiangcheng; During the occupation last year, the Chu army surveyed and mapped the whole city in detail and knew the layout of the city, so they took advantage of the cover of the rain curtain to attack the city in one go.

There will be no suspense in the battle inside the city, but there will be some trouble outside the city. Seeing that the Chu army was attacking, the Qin soldiers and the strong soldiers immediately scattered, and the first heavy cavalry division under the command of Fu Jing was not sent to attack the city, so these heavy knights surrounded and blocked the left and right, and drove these people, especially tens of thousands of Korean soldiers, back.

When the soldiers fled, they panicked, and those who had entered Fang City threw the stolen clothes and other weapons on the ground, and the knight's heart was on fire. In order to drive them back, some knights had to go on a slashing spree. The people of Fu Jing brought the clothes and utensils they had picked up to the phoenix flag, especially in front of Zhuang Wudi.

"Great King, such thieves who help Qin abuse and plunder the people's property must be killed." Fu Jing pointed to the pawn kneeling on the mud not far ahead, and spoke loudly. Some of the people who could understand the Chu language, and when they heard that the general who had driven them back was going to kill them, the crowd quickly let out a burst of cries. At this time, Xiong Jing knew that most of these pawns were actually women.

"King, it's obviously the tyranny of the Qin people, how innocent are the Koreans, and how innocent are the women?!" Zhuang Wudi guessed that this was the case, Qin Junli was often a healthy woman, and men between the ages of seventeen and sixty had to join the army.

The slaughter of women by "King ......" obviously exceeded everyone's bottom line, and Xiang Liang of Xiang Shi was the first to speak out.

"King, if you kill a woman, you will not be able to obey your orders." Seeing that Xiong Jing was silent, Dou Jian of the Dou clan simply expressed his attitude.

"Where is Junzheng?" What can't be done is what can't be done. Xiong Jing sighed in his heart and shouted out to Junzheng.

"The minister is here." Jun Zheng was in charge of the decree, and as soon as Xiong Jing shouted, Jun Zheng Meng came out.

"What should I do with this?" Xiong Jing asked, pointing to the Korean woman who was crying in front of her.

"Ministers......" The king shouted to himself, naturally he wanted to come up with a way to deal with it. These women were forced by the Qin people to become pawns, and it is indeed inappropriate to kill them, but they can be directly indulged without any punishment, and I am afraid that there will be more and more in the future. "The minister thinks that he should be inked, and if he still commits it again, he should be killed."

"There are those who have entered Chu as thieves, and there are also those who have not entered Chu as thieves, how can the army distinguish them?" Xiong Jing was about to nod in agreement, but Right Shi Yixian suddenly spoke. "And since the case is decided, where are their lawyers? If there is no lawyer, there will be no mistakes? ”

"This ......" As soon as Youshi asked, Mengtong didn't know how to deal with it. Tens of thousands of people have to screen who went to Chu and who didn't, and it may take more than a month just to ask. If you ask a lawyer to defend again, the case will not be resolved in a few years or more than ten years.

"In that case, let the case be decided here." Xiong Jing said with a smile. "When it's broken, it's going to be pulled out."

"The military situation is urgent, how can our army stay here for a long time?" This time, Zhuang Wudi is unwilling, and after repairing in Xiangcheng for a day, the army will attack Yeyi tomorrow.

"Is the military situation the most important or the fairness the most important?" Xiong Jing replied after asking rhetorically: "The widow thinks that fairness is the most important. Since justice is paramount, military intelligence can be discarded. The whole army was ordered to rest and recuperate here, and when the case was decided, it would be opened. ”

Xiong Jing was obviously angry, not only angry at the people around him, but angry at the extremely disadvantageous position of the Chu State. What the Qin army can do, the Chu army can't do and can't do. And in his heart, he was also extremely opposed to the massacre of prisoners of war and common people.

Self-interested speaking, the massacre can indeed deter the enemy, but it will not do any good to one's own side, especially the Chu army, which has a great sense of honor, and may also ruin the entire army - even the German SS, or even the notorious Einsatzgruppen, the more slaughter, the soldiers will have serious psychological problems, and the combat effectiveness and will to fight will be drastically reduced, so the generals of the Wehrmacht directly refuse this dirty work.

Xiong Jing did not understand the logic, but it was certain that the massacre would damage the soldiers' inherent sense of justice. Once you find that you are not on the side of justice but on the side of evil, it is easy to lose the will to survive and accept the fate of being killed by the enemy because you deserve to die. It is rumored that Bai Qici lamented before he died: 'I deserve to die', which should be the embodiment of this death-seeking mentality.

Because they wanted to judge the Korean soldiers, they were all anxious, but fortunately, as soon as noon, the military order to open the army was issued, and the generals immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and insisted on severely punishing the Han people.

"The king said, "Whoever is good will insult him, and so it is." Ministers Wenzhi: Those who regulate small things cannot become famous and famous, and those who are evil and shameful cannot make great contributions. Today, if I am innocent and indulge the Han soldiers, he will all enter Chu from the Qin people every day. Qin attacked me with the people of the world, and I only fought against the people of Chu, and the battle will be defeated and the country will perish. Please think twice. ”

"The widow has already thought twice!" Xiong Jing knew that Concubine Jing would come, although he was a nobleman, he was down-and-out for a while, and married a female Lu woman, and he knew the psychology of the common people very well. "The Qin people govern the army with profit, and I, the Chu people, govern the army with reputation. I can't do what is feasible for the Qin people, and I can't do what is feasible for the Chu people. The fate has been decided, so why complain? ”

"To govern the army with reputation, we must also save the country." Fei Jing looked extremely excited. The Chu army did not block the news of Daze's defeat, but did not report the specific losses to the whole army. The battle of Daze has passed for five days, don't look at any battle reports, just from the deployment of each division and their own actions, some intelligent generals have already guessed that the Western Front should be completely annihilated.

"If the country does not exist, blood will be eaten, how will you face your ancestors when you go down to Huangquan?" Fei Jing asked, and the person paused.

"If the country does not exist, blood and food will be extinct, and when you go down to Huangquan, you will naturally have no face to face your ancestors. However, if my Chu people are no different from the Qin people, greedy for profit, indiscriminate killing, and fighting for the first place, I can go down to Huangquan to face the ancestors of the ancestors?! Xiong Jing's tone was extremely melancholy.

His rhetorical question not only made Fei Jing speechless, but also distracted. Just when Fu Jing lost his mind, Xiong Jing said again: "If it is not for nine days, it is a great man, and my mother dares to kill the heavenly spirit." The death of the Chu State can be restored, and if the heavenly spirit is lost, the widow would rather ...... than blasphemy! ”

One second he was still losing his mind, and the next second he was completely sober. After calming down, he asked again: "If the country dies, and the Qin people kill my Chu people and insult my Chu daughter, the king will not regret that he did not act cheaply today?" ”

"The Qin people are like this, and the heavenly spirit will punish them!" Xiong Jing looked at Concubine Jing, although he was calm, his eyes were trembling. "The widow will not regret going down to the Yellow Spring."

"Heavenly Spirit?!" Yu Jing couldn't help but smile bitterly, he always thought that the king was wise, but he didn't expect to be so blind at this critical moment. Changing to a more respectful tone, Fei Jing asked again: "Dare to ask the king, where is the heavenly spirit?" ”

"The heavenly spirit is in the hearts of my Chu people!" Xiong Jing also smiled wryly. Bitter smile is not a pious person, the bitter smile is often unreverent, and the realistic person is often afraid of death. No! Real people are not only afraid of death, but even of birth, because a new life is a worry for parents every moment from birth to growth.

"The minister is speechless." Yu Jing stood up and prepared to retire.

Looking at the courtiers who were about to retire, Xiong Jing opened his mouth but swallowed back what he wanted to say, and only when Fei Jing walked out of the big tent and disappeared, he gently spit out what he wanted to say: "You should do what I do, without fear ......of life and death."

"King!" Others didn't understand the meaning of Xiong Jing, and they were stunned. Seeing Xiong Jing's view, Right Shi said: "The king's witty words are also the golden mean." ”

"The mean?!" The conversation with Concubine Jing was also a touch to Xiong Jing himself. Previously, he had glimpsed the destiny of heaven, and now he followed the path of the Chu people and saw the final ending.

"A gentleman walks in his own position, and does not want to be outside of it. Rich and noble, noble and noble; Poor and lowly, poor and lowly; Su Yidi, line Yidi; Hardship, hardship, a gentleman has no entry and is not complacent. In the upper position is not under the mausoleum, and in the lower position is not aided...... "The historian is always somewhat involved with Confucianism and Taoism no matter what, and Zuo Shi Zhuyong naturally recited the sentences in "The Mean".

Zhong Ni said: The gentleman is moderate, and the villain is anti-modest. Why? The king is in awe of the heavenly spirit, and the villain is unscrupulous. Yi Xian added.

Confucius's Confucianism was already closely associated with the aristocracy, and in ordinary times, Xiong Jing was happy to discuss this topic. Now that the state of Chu is in danger, the left and right histories are not worried about the country but about the gentleman and villain, which can't help but make Xiong Jing angry. However, when I think of myself again, the state of Chu is in danger, but I can't jump out of the category of a gentleman and do a villain's behavior, what kind of king of Chu is this?

In the midst of self-blame, Xiong Jing swallowed the sentence 'The gentleman will lose, and the villain will win' back into his stomach and no longer spoke.

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