General Qin

The day of beheading and execution was a fine day.

The sky is blue and the sky is cloudless.

The golden grass danced in the wind, and seemed to be celebrating this grand event.

Tens of thousands of Yuezhi people formed a huge overlapping circle outside this grassland, tens of thousands of eyes were full of fear looking at the scene in the middle of the grassland.

The two people who were cut in half were known by some nobles of the Yue family.

It was the largest businessman in the northwest of Qin State, Wu Shiluo and his son who were doing transshipment business between Qin and Rong.

They are great merchants of the Qin State who are "comparable to the emperor", and they are also the guests of the Yuezhi. They have sent a lot of information to the Yuezhi people in this war, but the end is not very good now.

Two burly executioners strode forward.

Wuzhiluo and his son were bound hand and foot, and placed on a wooden cutting board to fix them.

"I don't want to die, I don't want to be cut in half."

Wu Shifang yelled, twisting her body unceasingly.

Wu Zhiluo looked at his fearful son and said in a mournful voice: "I want to ride a galloping horse with you again, lead a yellow dog, and go to Jitou Mountain to chase cunning rabbits. How can I get it?"

After speaking, the father and son wept bitterly, regretting that they had betrayed Qin for the sake of their own interests.

"Don't move. If you cut it crookedly and fail to cut it, you will have to use another axe."

The executioner grinned at them, his yellow teeth showing, his heavy ax gleaming in the autumn sun.

Wu Shifang trembled even more.

At this time, Chen Ping, who was in charge of the matter, began to read the crimes of Wu Shiluo and his son.

The translator beside him translated it into Yuezhi language, and holding a small copper trumpet, said it loudly to the surrounding Yuezhi people.

"Wu Shiluo and his son betrayed the trust of the emperor. As great merchants of the Qin state, they committed collusion with the enemy and treason. This is a serious crime, and they should be cut in half!"

"Traitors, die!"

The two executioners received the order, raised the heavy giant axes in their hands, shouted loudly, the axes fell heavily, and slashed fiercely at Wu Zhiluo and his son who were lying on the cutting board.

The bright red blood sprayed the golden yellow weeds on the ground, and the shrill screams broke the beauty of the autumn.

Wu Shiluo was chopped into two pieces on the spot, and his intestines spilled all over the ground. After howling a few times, he died of exhaustion.

But Wu Shifang didn't know that it was because he twisted wildly when he dropped the axe, which caused the chopping to be crooked. Or because he was young and strong, the ax didn't completely cut him off, there was still a small half of his body stuck together.

The screams were horrific.

The executioner's face was as black as charcoal, and he took the ax again and cut Wu Shifang completely in two.

Wu Shifang, who was broken in half, didn't die immediately. She struggled and howled on the ground with her upper body for a long time before she gradually died down.

There was a wind blowing on the prairie.

Although it was autumn, it was like the twelfth lunar month of winter, which made every Yuezhi member tremble when they saw this tragic scene.

"It's terrible, Qin people are too cruel."

Guishuang Xihou's voice trembled.

Not far away, Shuangmi Xihou also had his legs trembling, almost kneeling on the ground.

In the grasslands of this era, because of the problem of metal smelting, punishments such as beheading are rarely used.

Most punishments in the grasslands are punished by whipping and rod punishment. What is more cruel is to tie the prisoner behind the horse with a rope, gallop the horse, and drag him to death. Or let the horses trample, trample alive and so on.

The Yuezhi people thought that these were very cruel, but they didn't know that the Qin people had such terrible punishments.

The prisoner who cut the person in half and cut him in half has not died yet, and can still howl and struggle on the ground.

The shrill screams, the intestines scattered all over the floor, and the severed corpses all stimulated the eyes of these Yuezhi people, making them fearful, trembling, and feeling cold all over their bodies.

Su Jiasha stood in the crowd, watching the scene calmly.

She knew that it was the Qin people who were demonstrating and intimidating.

After Helan defeated the Guishuang tribe, the Qin army did not massacre, but was gentle, pardoned all those who surrendered, and kept part of the property of the herdsmen. The punishment is much more merciful.

In particular, Chen Ping gathered the Yuezhi people to form a cavalry force, and he wanted to use the strength of the Yuezhi people to deal with the Xiongnu.

As a result, many Yuezhi people felt that they were doing well again, secretly thinking that the reason why they were defeated by the Qin army was that one was because of poor equipment, and the other was because of the tricks of the Qin army. They did not expect that the Qin people would surprise He Lan, was caught off guard. Otherwise, how could they have lost so quickly in a frontal battle with tens of thousands of Yuezhi cavalry.

Now the Qin army still needs to rely on them to deal with the Xiongnu. This is proof that the Qin cavalry is insufficient.

With this kind of thinking, some people became uneasy, thinking that Qin Jun was actually not that scary.

The people of the grassland have a characteristic, that is, they are extremely afraid of the strong.

If you are strong, he will obey you.

And today's scene happened to be the Qin people showing their cruelty.

Sure enough, the Yuezhi people on the grassland were severely frightened.

"This is the fate of betraying me, Da Qin!"

"Cut in the waist, crack the car, and exterminate the Yi clan!"

Standing on a temporarily repaired earthen platform, Chen Ping announced to the tens of thousands of Yuezhi people around him.

The translator growled loudly.

Perhaps the Yuezhi people were too involved in watching the scene where Wu Shiluo and his son were cut in half. A hundred meters away from them, at some point, a group of Qin troops in black armor and heavily armed were surrounded.

Pairs of ruthless eyes stared at these Yuezhi people. Qin Zuo held a well-stringed crossbow in his hand, and the sharp arrows shone brightly in the sun.

There are even Qin soldiers holding halberds and swords standing with their heads held high, ready to attack at any time.

Farther away, there are cavalry of the Qin army galloping.

This scene caused tens of thousands of Yuezhi people to explode immediately, screaming and terrified.

They came unarmed, but were surrounded by the Qin army.

Could it be that the Qin people wanted to slaughter them all here.

Just when the Yuezhi people were most frightened.

Chen Ping, who was on the platform, looked coldly at these people and asked loudly, "Among you, is there anyone like Wu Shiluo who wants to betray our country of Qin?"

Being pointed at by the Qin crossbow and pointed at by the sword and halberd, on the ground right in the middle, there was Wu Shiluo and his son who had just been chopped to death.

Under such circumstances, who would dare to betray Qin?

A woman's voice sounded immediately.

"We surrender to Great Qin, and we will never dare to rebel for the rest of our lives!"

As Su Jiasha took the lead, Guishuang Xihou and Shuangmi Xihou immediately followed, and then tens of thousands of Yuezhi people shouted loudly, either using poor Qin dialect or Yuezhi dialect.

"We will never dare to betray Daqin!"

"If I betray Daqin, I will be eaten by ten thousand eagles!"

"If I have the idea of ​​betrayal, let me be tied to the grassland and let the sun burn to death!"

These tens of thousands of Yue clan members swear and swear, one by one screamed excitedly, expressing their loyalty to Qin.

"Very well, the emperor of Great Qin hates traitors the most. In the future, if there are any traitors, you will be punished by beheading the whole family just like Wu Shiluo and his son!"

Chen Ping scolded sharply, and then announced a new policy.

"If someone accuses someone of betraying my Great Qin, once it is verified, all the property of the traitor will be obtained, and ten cattle and horses will be rewarded! If there is a false accusation, it will be the crime!"

As the translator spread the word out.

Tens of thousands of Yuezhi people immediately looked at their fellow clan members warily, and at the same time, many people shouted loudly, once again expressing their loyalty to Daqin.

"Whoever dares to betray Daqin, I will cut off his head first and dedicate it to the general!"

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In the grassland in the distance, Zhao Tuo stood on the chariot, looking at the execution scene in the distance, and could hear the sound of the wind.

"Take Wuzhiluo and his son as an example to show the fate of the traitors. Then use strong bows and crossbows to threaten to break the courage of tens of thousands of Yuezhi people, and then use rewards for reporting as bait and deterrence to betray the Yi people to completely eliminate this group of people. The betrayal of the Yuezhi people."

"After today, none of the tens of thousands of Yue Clan will dare to betray our Great Qin. If there is, I'm afraid they will be denounced by their own clansmen before they do anything."

Li Shiqi smiled and said, "The general has nothing to worry about this time."

Zhao Tuo nodded and said, "The Guiyi Yue clan will play a very important role in defeating the Xiongnu this time. No problems will be allowed, and the factors of instability must be eliminated."

As he spoke, Zhao Tuo looked around, surrounded by a golden grassland.

The time has come to September.

In another two months, this grassland will enter a cold winter, which is not a suitable season for combat.

And the longer the time drags on, the more likely it is that his plot to destroy the Huns will be revealed.

So Zhao Tuo must hurry up.

Now that he has completely subdued the hearts of the Yuezhi people, the war against the Huns will be put on the agenda immediately.

The Qin army will break through the Xiongnu and regain the homeland of Zhuxia within two months!