General Qin

The Battle of Yishui ended.

In this battle, Wang Jian lured the coalition forces of Yan and Dai, ambushed and killed them halfway, and at the same time captured the Yannan Great Wall with strange soldiers.

Under the disadvantage, Zhao Jia's acting army retreated first, and the Yan army's main generals Prince Dan and Qin Wuji also fled successively, causing the entire Yan army to collapse.

Part of the Yan army surrendered before the battle, while the other part of the defeated army fled to Yishui, and found that the retreat route was cut off, and the pass city that entered Yandi had been captured by the Qin army. Forced to jump into icy water...

The Qin army made the first contribution, and the credit was calculated by the enemy's head.

Although Lu Buwei and Wei Liao successively put forward the "theory of righteous soldiers", they did not advocate the massacre of enemy troops, and expanded the ways of rewarding military exploits to eliminate the will of the six countries to resist.

But it is just that there are fewer killings compared to the time of King Zhaoxiang. War has never been related to charity, especially under the encouragement of military meritorious service, not killing is not enough to satisfy the desire of soldiers to make meritorious service.

The entire military merit system will also be shaken.

So when the Qin army sealed the sword, the place was already full of corpses, and the flowing Yishui was stained red with blood.

The war came to an end, and a more important moment began.

The military judges of the various ministries began to count the number of beheadings.

Merit and punishment.

The head is not simply calculated according to whoever cuts it off first, this simple rule is difficult to adapt to complex situations.

Fighting on the battlefield is not just about fighting alone.

For example, Black Butt and Yan Zu were fighting to the death, and Hei Butt was about to be killed. At this time, Xiaobai stepped forward and stabbed Yan Zu with a spear, and then Hei Butt seized the opportunity, killed Yan Zu, and cut off the head.

Ask, whose head is this?

If the heads were given to Heibutt, wouldn't Xiaobai's work be in vain?

It would be better to wait for the same robe to be killed by the enemy, and then he will take the opportunity to kill the enemy and cut off the other's head. Wouldn't it be all credit for himself?

There are still many such situations. Bloody battles on the battlefield are not about soldiers fighting one-on-one.

It is often many-to-one, many-to-many. Under the formation and formation, a killed enemy army is often besieged by multiple Qin soldiers. You can kill me with one spear. If no one is missing, then kill People, how to divide the head?

There are also situations such as crossbowmen who shoot and injure the enemy from a long distance. How about the military merits of the crossbowmen? Could it be that he shot wildly and killed an unknown number of enemies, but in the end they didn't even have a single head.

Like those warriors who climbed to the top of the city first, they contributed the most and killed countless people when they went up, but they were killed by the enemy in the end. In the end, if he had no head, he would have no military achievements. Could it be that he died in vain?

If there is a group of Qin soldiers with the most casualties and the most meritorious service, and there are only a few wounded soldiers left, and the number of heads they get is not enough to offset the punishment. What is fair and just.

Therefore, except for those cases where the real one-on-one kills the enemy, and there are witnesses, the ownership of the head is certain, the head in the melee of the army is generally scored according to the amount of effort in the battle.

Although the military judges may not be able to be fair and just, but in this situation, it is already the most suitable and most acceptable method.

Zhao Tuo’s team of thousands of people first distributed the obtained heads to those soldiers who rushed to the front, so that most of the people who died in battle got titles. After all, they fought bravely and lost their lives. Shouldn't it be better for future generations to inherit the title? Everyone has no objection to this point.

Of course, there are no unlucky dead who have been confirmed to have done nothing.

Zhao Tuo knew that in their village, some people were squeezed and fell off the Great Wall. This kind of death is really useless.

The centurion that Zhao Tuo belonged to killed 21 people in this battle, but they got 40 heads. Not only were the number of beheads more than the number of deaths, but they also reached the standard of "surplus theory", allowing The head of the village and the hundred generals they are in can all be promoted by one level.

Liang Guang, the head of the village, was promoted from the top to the hairpin, and Lu Wu, the hundred general, was promoted from the hairpin to the non-changing.

However, Liang Guang died in battle. When the village chief charged on the Great Wall, he took the lead and was stabbed to death by several Yan soldiers with spears.

His title can be inherited by future generations, not worthless in death.

But the death of Liang Guang put everyone in Xintun into crisis.

There is a saying in "Shu Wu Ling": "If you grow long, you should pay it; if you grow long, you will be rewarded; if you grow long, you will be punished."

If an officer of one's own side dies in battle, the soldiers under his command must kill an enemy officer of the same rank or above to offset the crime, otherwise they will be punished.

When Liang Guang died, it represented everyone in Xintun, and they had to take out the head of the head of the Yan army.

"Among the heads you get, there may be one above the head of the village."

The military judge stared at the people in Xintun with a straight face.

However, the scene in front of him was somewhat beyond the expectations of the military judge. Under normal circumstances, the soldiers should have been panicked in the face of their questioning, or they would have been elated when they got the head of the village chief.

The soldier in front of him had a weird look on his face, an expression he had never seen before.

The military judge said displeased: "The head of the village died in battle. If you can't get the corresponding head, you will be punished in this battle."

"Yes, yes!"

A soldier lying on the ground, clutching his butt, cried out.

He yelled, "We killed one at a time."

"Where is the head? Haven't taken out the head yet."

"Our chief was summoned by General Li!"

"General Li?" The military judge opened his eyes wide.

"That's right, he killed a general, hee... ouch!"

The soldiers on the ground were triumphant, but they laughed and pulled the wound on their buttocks, screaming in pain.

...

Inside the Great Wall of Yannan, a temporary camp was set up.

Zhao Tuo walked into the commander's camp carrying a bloody head.

Behind him, two personal soldiers of the general followed up carrying a headless corpse, bleeding continuously along the road.

The person Zhao Tuo killed was of extraordinary status, so there was no need to cut off his head.

But he still cut it off, because the scene was chaotic at that time, and he was afraid that if he didn't cut it, someone would take advantage of the chaos and steal it.

After all, this kind of head-grabbing thing really happened.

Li Xin stood in the tent, quietly waiting for Zhao Tuo.

On the side, Huan Zhao was reporting to him the casualties of the battle.

Li Xin raised his hand to silence Huan Zhao.

He has already received a report that someone killed a general of the Yan army, but his identity is still being determined.

Li Xin was in a hurry, so he ordered Zhao Tuo and the general's corpses to be brought over.

"You killed it?"

"only."

Zhao Tuo nodded, stepped forward and put the blood-stained head on the table, and stood aside, waiting for the general to inspect.

Li Xin's eyes swept over the head first, and then fell on the headless corpse carried in from behind.

The sword eyebrows were raised slightly, and there was a trace of surprise in his eyes.

Most of the iron armor in Yandi is made of cast iron armor. The iron armor on the corpse in front of him is well-made and ornately decorated, which is enough to show that his identity is unusual.

"Is the identity confirmed?"

Li Xin asked the two soldiers who carried the body.

"General, according to the talisman worn on the corpse, this person should be the main general of the Yan Army, Qin Wuji."

Li Xin's expression changed, and he stared at Zhao Tuo.

"You actually killed Qin Wuji!"