The north wind roared, the sky was gloomy, and there was a murderous atmosphere between heaven and earth. Qin Wangzheng's face was iron-blue, standing on the wall of the palace, looking down on the square outside the royal city, and behind Qin Wangzheng, all the civil and military ministers were forbidden, and no one dared to speak lightly, so as not to touch Qin Wangzheng, who was in anger.

Because at this time, outside the city wall, there were hundreds of Qin soldiers in black clothes and black armor, carrying corpses and cleaning up the blood on the ground. Most of these corpses were civilians of the Zhao State, with all kinds of clothing, but a considerable number of them were soldiers of the Qin army. At the same time, a large number of swords, guns, halberds and other weapons were scattered, and the blood had almost covered the ground of the square in front of the palace. It also shows that a fierce war has just taken place here.

At this time, Xin Sheng stepped on the city wall and saluted to King Qin: "See the king." ”

Qin Wangzheng didn't look at Xin Sheng, he still looked at the soldiers who were busy in the square under the city, and said lightly: "Is the result counted?" ”

Xin Sheng said: "Back to the king, according to the statistics, a total of 257 soldiers were killed in battle, and another 138 people were wounded, of which 71 were seriously injured. In addition, kill 2,000 Zhao people......"

Qin Wangzheng waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, how many Zhao people died, the widow doesn't want to know, I can't imagine that my Qin army actually suffered nearly 400 casualties, very good, very good, the widow has heard of it in Xianyang, the Zhao people are strong, the heroes are still chaotic, today the widow has finally opened his eyes, it is indeed an eye-opener." Haha, now that the widows are really sympathetic to the monarch of Zhao State, it is indeed not easy for them to manage this country well. ”

It turned out that when Qin Wangzheng entered Handan, he was assassinated by Zhao Qian, and all the ministers who were to fight with Zhao Qian were killed, and Qin Wangzheng was still angry, and ordered all the families of these ministers to be arrested, and a total of more than 3,000 people were captured. At present, it is not only to breathe a sigh of relief for the Qin Wangzheng, but also to warn the monarchs of Zhao in Handan.

Nazhi was about to start the knife, suddenly tens of thousands of Handan residents flocked to the palace and had a fierce conflict with the Qin army, most of them were armed with guns and swords and other weapons, and a few had armor and bows. Soon the conflict turned into a fierce battle.

Because the people who were killed were all ministers of Zhao State, every family will raise some doormen, many people have private soldiers at home, and there are many martial arts halls in Handan, and there are a large number of weapons, the people of Zhao State are indeed strong, the people are still martial, and private fighting is the norm, even the Zhao court can not stop the control, and the Zhao people have always been hostile to the Qin State, so Qin Wangzheng originally hoped to deter the Zhao people with killing pokes, but the result was counterproductive, but it aroused the excitement of the Zhao people. So under the organization of several local powerful forces in Handan, the Zhao people launched ** on the day when the Qin army beheaded the families of officials.

For the Zhao people's **, the Qin army has some lack of preparation, because the laws of the Qin State are strict, and it is absolutely forbidden to fight privately, so it is almost impossible for this kind of large-scale ** to occur in the Qin State, although three thousand Qin army guards were arranged on the law field, but they were still caught off guard by the Zhao people, and almost let the Zhao people attack the palace, fortunately, the palace is guarded by city walls, and Xin Sheng, who was responsible for the beheading, commanded the Qin army to fight to the death, and finally defeated the Zhao people. However, most of the beheaded officials' families were taken away, and more than 3,000 Zhao people were killed on the spot, but the Qin army also suffered nearly 400 casualties.

Qin Wangzheng turned around from the side of the city wall and let out a burst of loud laughter, but when the ministers heard this, their hearts were furious, and even Han Teng felt a throbbing in his heart, and he couldn't imagine that the angry Qin Wangzheng could actually have such a powerful and oppressive force.

Several veteran ministers knew that Qin Wangzheng would only make such an expression when he was extremely angry, and when Qin Wangzheng was in power, he put down Chang Yu's rebellion and executed the illegitimate son of Chang Yu and the Empress Dowager, and that time, Qin Wangzheng executed nearly 30,000 people from Miao Yu's comrades. Therefore, all the ministers knew in their hearts that Qin Wangzheng was about to kill again.

After the laughter stopped, Qin Wangzheng looked around at the ministers and said slowly: "What do you think the ministers should do about this matter?" ”

Li Si was the first to come out and said: "The king, the minister thinks that the Zhao people must be severely punished, so that they can use the police to deter the voice of the Zhao people." ”

Qin Wangzheng nodded slightly, and said, "Then according to Li Qing's opinion, how can he be punished heavily?" ”

Li Si quickly said: "Quickly hunt down the absconding person, and find out the leader of the **, the leader, in the ** who has contributed greatly, and then enter and behead, and the canonical punishment, and the servant is heavily punished, and the migration to the north is hard labor, and his family members are reduced to slaves at one rate and distributed to meritorious officials." ”

Qin Wang Zheng said: "But now the best people, the people who are executed have already absconded and hidden, Handan has a population of more than 300,000, and it is not easy to track down and arrest it, not to mention that the Zhao people will not be willing, let us investigate and arrest, we will inevitably resist desperately, since they can launch a riot, they can launch a second and third time." ”

Li Si said: "What the king said is extremely true, so we should transfer a large army into the city, strictly control the whole city of Handan, and implement military management." ”

At present, the total strength of the Qin army in Zhao is about 400,000, with 100,000 troops stationed in the vicinity of Quyang and Jingcheng, 50,000 troops stationed in other places, 50,000 troops stationed in Handan City, and more than 200,000 troops stationed outside Handan City.

"Hahahaha!" Qin Wangzheng let out a burst of wild laughter again, which made the ministers' hearts tremble when they heard it, and they only listened to Qin Wangzheng: "Li Qing's words are too troublesome, and Yu Jian listens to the order." ”

Wang Jian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The minister is here." ”

Qin Wang Zheng said: "You immediately order, immediately transfer 100,000 troops into the city, close all the gates of Handan, strictly prohibit anyone from entering and leaving, and from tomorrow, slaughter the people of Handan." ”

After listening to Qin Wangzheng's words, all the ministers present were stunned, although everyone guessed that Qin Wangzheng would not stop lightly this time, and would definitely kill, but at most, he would only arrest and behead all the people involved in the **, and it was estimated that thirty or forty thousand people would be implicated, but they didn't expect that Qin Wangzheng would order the slaughter of the city.

At present, there are about 300,000 inhabitants in Handan City, and together with the Zhao army that surrendered and captured, a total of about 3560,000 people, all of them have been killed, which is indeed a bit shocking.

Although the Qin State had a precedent of killing 400,000 Zhao troops in the Battle of Changping, 400,000 refers to the total number of Zhao troops at that time, because after nearly two months of fierce fighting, coupled with the lack of food, the losses of the Zhao army were nearly half, and the remaining was only more than 200,000 people, and the pit killings at that time were only for the army after all, and this time the Qin army slaughtered ordinary people.

In the Warring States Period, there were several examples of large-scale killing and ambushing, in addition to the Battle of Changping, but the slaughter of the city and the killing of civilians was basically never there, in addition to the moral and reputation factors, there was also an important reason, that is, population. In addition to territory, another important criterion for measuring a country's national strength is population, both of which are indispensable. In terms of the current territorial area of each country, Chu is the largest, followed by Qin, and Qi is less than half of Chu and Qin, but its population is roughly the same as that of Chu and Qin, so it can be listed as a large country alongside Chu and Qin.

It is precisely because the population is so important that after the capture of the city, all the countries will not kill the people of the enemy country, but will take them as their own and strengthen their own power. Therefore, Qin Wangzheng ordered the slaughter of the people of Handan, which was indeed something that had never happened before.

And Wang Jian was also stunned by Qin Wangzheng's fate for a while, and was stunned for a while, and even forgot to answer Qin Wang's attack.

Qin Wangzheng glanced at Wang Jian and said, "Wang Jian, take the order of the widow." Wang Jian came back to his senses at this time, but he still had some hesitation, not knowing whether he should accept the order.

At this moment, Prime Minister Wang Juan stepped forward and said, "Please think twice about the slaughter of the city." ”

After Wang Juan said that it was completed, Wei Yu also came out and said: "Great King, the capture of the enemy's land, the people think of the old country, and start a riot, it is still a common thing, as long as the first evil person is severely punished, and the co-followers are dealt with, it is enough to deter people's hearts. In the battle of Changping in the past, Bai Qikeng killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers, all countries regarded Qin as a brutal country, the Qin army was the division of tigers and wolves, Zhao raised the strength of the whole country to resist the Qin army, the world was the same enemy, and the Qin country was evil, only the Qin army changed its main general three times, attacked Handan three times but did not win, the six countries in the east rescued Zhao, Zheng Anping surrendered to Zhao, Bai got up and died, Wang Ling was defeated, the Qin army was defeated, the vitality was greatly injured, the lessons from the past, the king must not forget. Now that Han and Zhao are destroyed, the people's hearts are still unconvinced, not to mention that the four kingdoms of Wei, Yan, Qi and Chu are still there, and the king slaughters the people of Handan, I am afraid that the four countries will immediately form a joint column to resist our Qin State, the land of Zhao and Han, and then take advantage of the weakness to move, Hugh said that the unification of the world is the land of Zhao and Han, and it can also be gained and lost. Therefore, the slaughter of the city was not advisable, and the minister asked the king to take back his order. ”

Wei Yu talked endlessly, after saying this long paragraph, and then knelt on the ground, waiting for Qin Wangzheng's reply, Wang Juan also knelt on the ground, and said: "The king, the words of the national captain are for the great cause of the Qin country, please take back the king's life." ”

Meng Yi also knelt down and said, "The king, the minister asks the king to listen to the words of the national captain and take back his fate." ”

Li Si also hesitated when he saw that the three of them had spoken out to persuade Qin Wangzheng, and was about to say something to persuade him, but at this moment, Qin Wangzheng shouted violently: "Enough, enough." ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts trembled, and no one dared to answer. And Qin Wangzheng said: "The widow has made up his mind, the slaughter of the city must not be changed, and all the ministers must not persuade it again, if there is a widow who persuades the widow to stop the slaughter of the city, he will be guilty of the same crime as the Zhao people." Wang Jian, early in the morning, the widow wants to see the Qin army enter the city, otherwise you are the only one who asks. ”

After finishing speaking, Qin Wangzheng waved his long sleeves and turned around and went downstairs.