Chapter 1060: Pro-Trial of Prisoners
Pinching his chin with one hand, Liu Wei looked at Gao Shun, and only after a long time did he ask: "Except for the captured one, the rest of the Cao army was killed?" ”
"Kill them all!" Clenching his fists and bowing, when Gao Shun replied to this sentence, he was also a little apprehensive in his heart.
Although Liu Wei also did the killing of prisoners, many times, he expressed that he could not bear to kill too much.
Gao Shun couldn't figure out Liu Wei's temperament, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong to slaughter all the Cao army prisoners this time.
Clenched his fists and bowed, facing Liu Wei, Gao Shun didn't dare to say more after answering.
Staring at Gao Shun without blinking, it took a long time for the corners of Liu Wei's mouth to pull up a faint smile and ask, "How many people in the Cao army surrendered?" How many people did General Gao slaughter? ”
When Liu Wei asked this question directly, Gao Shun only felt a chill on his back spine, but he didn't dare to lie and deceive, so he had to keep his fists and bow down to him and said: "Your Highness, this battle attack captured nearly 2,000 people pretending to be a horse thief Cao Jun, and the last general will be brave ......."
"Kill them all!" Without waiting for Gao Shun to finish speaking, Liu Wei stood up, walked out towards the door of the front hall with his hands behind his back.
Stepping out of the threshold, Liu Wei stood at the top of the stairs, looking down at the large open space at the bottom of the stairs.
Liu Wei walked out, and Wang Liu and Wang Zhen hurriedly followed.
When the two of them followed Liu Wei out of the front hall, Gao Shun turned around and followed quickly behind the servants.
With his hands behind his back, he stood on the stairs, and when Gao Shun stood behind him, Liu Wei did not look back, but said in a very flat tone: "Cao Jun pretended to be a horse thief and disturbed my Hedong territory, and General Gao killed them all, and there was no fault for him!" ”
was worried that Liu Wei would reprimand him for this matter, but when Liu Wei said such a sentence, Gao Shun was stunned for a moment, clasped his hands into fists, bowed deeply, and did not dare to respond.
Liu Wei's tone was very light, as if he didn't care about this matter at all.
But Gao Shun has no bottom in his heart, and he has been following Liu Wei for many days, and now Liu Wei is long different from the King of Qin he knew back then.
The longer he was in a high position, the stronger the imperial momentum on Liu Wei's body became.
Now he is angry, even the generals and staff who have followed him for a long time can't see what he is thinking in his heart when facing him.
Gao Shun didn't say a word, and Liu Wei was silent for a moment before he said to Wang Liu beside him: "Order, bring the Cao army captured by General Gao up!" ”
"No!" With a fist in response, Wang Liu quickly ran down the stairs.
When Gao Shun entered the palace, the soldiers of the Cao army he had captured had also been taken down.
Standing at the top of the stairs, Liu Wei could see the Cao army captives who were twisted by several palace guards from a distance.
Wang Liu quickly descended the stairs, ran towards the Cao army captive, and when she reached the several guards holding the captive, she waved her hand and said, "Your Highness has an order, take him to interrogate!" ”
Several of the guards answered, two of them twisting the captive, while others followed the captive with their swords at their waists and walked up the stairs.
When Liu Wei walked out of the front hall, the Cao army prisoner had already seen him.
Knowing that the King of Qin was going to interrogate him personally, the Cao Jun prisoner's legs were already frightened, and he was almost dragged forward by the two guards who were holding him.
Walking beside the guards escorting the prisoners, Wang Liu straightened up, carried the long sword at his waist, and when he reached the front of the stairs, he ran up the stairs quickly.
Running down the stairs to Liu Bian, Wang Liu stood on the next step, clasped his fists and bowed to Liu Bian: "Your Highness Qiqi, the prisoner has arrived!" ”
Nodding his head, Liu Wei did not say anything.
"Bring him up!" Seeing Liu Wei nodding, Wang Liu turned around, waved to the guards who followed behind, and shouted.
Hearing Wang Liu's greeting, a group of guards escorted the captive up the stairs.
When he arrived at a place four or five steps away from Liu Wei, the guards who twisted the captives pressed his shoulders, and one of them shouted coldly: "Kneel!" ”
Pressed by two guards, the Cao army prisoner knelt down with a "poof".
The stairs are very wide, and when walking on the stairs, people have to take steps to get up one step, and it happens to be enough for the next person to kneel.
Pressed by the guards to kneel on the steps, the Cao Jun prisoners trembled all over, and they didn't even dare to look up at Liu Wei.
"Raise your head!" Looking down at the Cao Jun prisoners kneeling below, Liu Wei said in a very cold tone: "Let this king take a look at who are the people who have been causing trouble in Hedong these days!" ”
As soon as Liu Wei said this, the prisoners of the Cao army, who had followed Cao Ren to do a lot of bad things in the Hedong area earlier, seemed to have soft bones all over his body, and he couldn't kneel steadily, and his butt was crooked to the side.
As soon as the body of the Cao Jun prisoner was crooked, the two guards on the side hurriedly stepped forward and set him up.
Holding the Cao prisoner, one of the guards reached out to support his chin and lifted his head up.
The face was forcibly raised by the guard, and the eyes of Cao Jun's captives couldn't help but meet Liu Wei's eyes.
Targeted by Liu Wei's knife-like gaze, the Cao Jun captive lowered his head to avoid it, but his chin was picked up by a guard.
Unable to bow his head, he hurriedly twisted his face to the side, his eyes glanced to the side, and he didn't dare to look at Liu Wei.
As soon as Cao Jun's captive's head was tilted to the side, the guard holding his chin pinched his fingers, pinched his cheeks, and forcefully pulled his head towards Liu Wei.
Looking down at the Cao Jun prisoners, Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked coldly, "Who are you sending to Hedong to disturb?" ”
The prisoners of Cao Jun, who had confessed earlier, were already frightened and panicked when they faced Liu Wei, and they looked at him again, and they almost couldn't help but let their urine flow out.
When Liu Wei finished speaking, the guard who was pinching the cheeks of Cao Jun's captives let go of his hand and let go of his chin.
The hands pinching his cheeks suddenly let go, and the head of the Cao Jun prisoner immediately lowered, and he replied tremblingly: "Yes...... It's Cao Gong......"
"How many people are there? Who is in charge? What is the purpose of entering Hedong? Looking down at the Cao Jun captives, Liu Wei asked again coldly.
The body was low, and the Cao army prisoners trembled as if they had been clicked, and said in fear: "A total of 3,000 people, and the two generals Cao Ren and Cao Hong each lead 1,500 men and horses......
Turning his head and glancing at Gao Shun behind him, although Liu Wei did not speak, his eyes revealed the meaning of verification.
Seeing Liu Wei turn around, Gao Shun hurriedly clenched his fists and bowed down, and said to him: "Your Highness, what this person said is the truth!" ”
After receiving confirmation from Gao Shun, Liu Wei turned his head again to look at the Cao army prisoner.
Only then did Liu Wei turn around and interrupt what the Cao Jun prisoner was about to say.
Lowering his head, although he didn't dare to look at Liu Bian, his eyes rolled up to look at his Cao Jun prisoner, and when he saw Liu Bian looking at him again, he hurriedly said: "Cao Gong ordered us to enter Hedong, just to disturb one party, and not allow too many killings!" The villain really didn't dare to kill the people of Hedong......"
"No one has ever been killed, but the grain and grass have not been burned by you!" Looking down at the Cao army captive, before he could finish speaking, Liu Wei said: "General Gao ordered the surrendered Cao army to be killed, not because you entered Hedong, but because you pretended to be horse thieves and harassed the people!" Even if the king is present, there will be no one left! ”
When Liu Wei said this, standing behind him, Gao Shun was still a little apprehensive in his heart, so he put his heart at ease.
He ordered the slaughter of the captured Cao soldiers precisely because these Cao soldiers were pretending to be horse thieves to disturb the place, and if they were treated as ordinary prisoners, they would definitely not have the effect of deterring those who came after them.
Liu Wei said that if he was in Hedong and would not leave anyone, he undoubtedly expressed his approval of Gao Shun's approach.
Gao Shun's heart was settled, and the Cao Jun prisoner who knelt on the stairs was so frightened that he couldn't hold back anymore at this time, and a hot stream gushed out between his legs, wetting the ground on the stairs.
Looking down at the Cao army captive, Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said to the few guards holding the captive: "Drive this person out of Luoyang and let him go!" ”
The prisoner of Cao Jun, who thought he was going to die, heard Liu Biao say that he wanted to let him go, and quickly raised his head and looked at Liu Biao with a look of surprise and disbelief.
Of the 3,000 Tongze who went to Hedong with him that day, except for the two generals Cao Ren and Cao Hong, whose lives were uncertain, the rest of the soldiers were all killed by the Qin army Yulin Wei.
So many people were killed by Yu Linwei, and he was not the only one.
He didn't expect that Liu Wei would order him to be released.
looked at Liu Wei in amazement, stunned for a moment, the Cao Jun captive came back to his senses, and hurriedly kowtowed to Liu Wei, and said: "Thank you, Your Highness, for not killing!" Thank you, Your Highness, for not killing! ”
Liu Wei ignored him, and the two guards standing beside him had already set him up and dragged him towards the main gate of the palace like a dead dog.
"Your Highness......" Seeing a group of guards escorting the Cao army prisoners away, Wang Zhen behind Liu Wei whispered two words.
Before her words could be spoken, Liu Wei had already raised an arm, as if he heard what she was going to ask, and said: "General Gao slaughtered two thousand Cao troops, if no one sends them back to Xu Du, how can Cao Jun know that he is afraid?" The reason why this king said the reason why General Gao slaughtered Cao Jun was to inform Cao Cao of this person! As many people and horses he sends, this king will bury his men and horses in Daqin! ”
When he said this, Liu Wei's waist was always straight, and there was no expression on his face.
Wang Liu, Wang Zhen and Gao Shun, who were standing behind him, listened to what he said, and no one dared to say anything more, they all clenched their fists and bowed their heads to face him.
"General Gao has worked hard day after day, and he has led his soldiers to cultivate well!" didn't look back, Liu Wei said to Wang Liu and Wang Zhen beside him: "Go with this king to Dian Wei to have a look, his elephant soldiers should also be able to be used!" ”