Chapter 537: The Second Emperor used methods to solve problems that they could never have dreamed of.
“Woo woo woo!”
Mang opened his eyes wide and struggled, using all his strength but unable to even open his mouth to speak.
The king, whose body was pierced by the Qin King's sword, did not show any weakness. He pinched his jawbone, using it as a base point to prevent it from moving even a little.
The swordsman, who had been serving as a background board, stood there like a stone sculpture or wooden sculpture, at a loss as to what to do.
Looking at the Qin King's sword that was more than half inserted into the king's body, the executioner's knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.
"His Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
Meng Tian, Li Xin, Lian Po and other generals' eyes turned red, and they shouted and rushed forward.
"No one is allowed to come over here. This is a military order."
A slight panting sound spread throughout the three armies, and the generals stood still as if they were under a spell.
Military orders are as heavy as mountains and must not be violated. This is the first iron rule of the Qin army.
The soldiers near the eight targets lost their bewilderment on their faces, and were filled with sadness and anxiety. One after another, they knelt on the ground, and a large group of them fell down with a crash.
"His Majesty!"
"His Majesty!"
"His Majesty!"
In the critical moment, they, who were accompanying the second emperor on his first expedition, were unable to utter any other words and kept calling out the word "Your Majesty" over and over again.
"Don't kneel!"
The emperor's voice, which had been calm all this time, suddenly became sharp and even drowned out the shouts of the soldiers.
The iron-blooded soldiers who were shot by arrows and slashed by swords and shed blood but not tears were blinded by the wind and sand, and tears as big as beans fell down, and their knees seemed to be welded to the ground.
In the eighth column of the second row of the third phalanx, the Qin soldier whose duty was to pass the message knelt on the ground and cried out in grief:
"The military order has been passed to the entire army, and no one is unaware of it!"
The other messengers woke up from their dreams and shouted loudly.
"The military order has been passed to the entire army, and no one is unaware of it!"
"Stop making noise! Did the master ask you? Everyone, stand up! No one is allowed to speak! This is a military order!"
Mang, who had struggled until he had no strength left, could not stop crying. When the king's iron hand loosened his jaw, he was about to speak, saying that he knew the military order! The king should not die! He was the one who should die!
His worthless life, even if the king hurts a hair, it would be a thousand sins, how can the king die for him! Why should the king die for him!
In this age when even a cold or fever can be fatal, a sword piercing the body is almost a sign of death.
"Mang, you have already disobeyed military orders once, and you are going to disobey them a second time."
Seeing the king's eyes full of disappointment and without any dignity, Mang's tears flowed even faster.
He had already disappointed the king once, how could he disappoint the king a second time...
Mang tightly closed his mouth, which was in extreme pain under his jaw, and kept shaking his head. His sobbing sound came through the loudspeaker and floated over the Qin army, as if the heaven and earth were mourning for him together.
"Don't feel sad for me, don't worry about my health.
"I am a martial arts master. If the Qin King's sword is stabbed into you, you will die. But if you stab me, you will be healed in ten days or half a month."
Except for the eight nearby phalanxes, the Qin soldiers in formation could only hear the voices of the two emperors but could not see what they did.
At first they only heard the words of the Second Emperor and Mang, and were able to judge what was happening.
It seems that Mang did not need to be executed, and His Majesty took the blame on himself. His Majesty is still the one who loves us, and His Majesty did not want to kill people to establish his authority...
But the subsequent kneeling, wailing, a series of dizzying changes, the subsequent military orders issued by the second emperor, and the words he said left them confused and they had no idea what had happened.
Soon, the soldiers of the second large square formation knew...
The second emperor walked down the first large square execution platform. The generals who were not allowed to move or speak were so anxious that they felt like they were burned to charcoal, but they could only watch the King of Qin, who was stabbed by his sword, walk slowly and alone in front of them.
The blood on the abdomen and back turned from a dot into a circle, which was so conspicuous on the clean white robe.
The King of Qin, with his sword stuck in his body, walked towards his people alone.
The 4,000 soldiers of the second largest phalanx finally understood what had happened. Their king was not just talking, but really took the blame for them.
There were four thousand more pairs of red eyes in the field.
The Qin Law stipulates that if a general is about to die, all those who follow him will die.
This was to protect the nobles, and to make the surrounding soldiers stand up when their general was in danger. If they stood up, there was still a glimmer of hope, but abandoning and fleeing would mean certain death.
I have never heard of any noble or general taking the blame for his soldiers. After all the military exploits, they climbed up to the top, isn't it just to become a superior person and have privileges?
Ying Chengjiao, the greatest nobleman of the Qin State, became the first person to take the blame for his soldiers.
At that moment, in the eyes of the 4,000 soldiers in the second largest phalanx, the illusory divine halo on the king’s head completely shattered, and his divine nature fell.
The bloodstains on the white robe were still expanding, and the body was afraid to move quickly because of the sword in the abdomen, both of which were telling one thing.
Their king is like them, a man, not a god, a person who will bleed when stabbed by a sword.
Their king ascended the second execution platform and spoke in a calm tone in front of the second wooden vertical loudspeaker.
"I am from Tu Village in Longxi. My father and brother both died in the battlefield. I have an old mother and two younger sisters who are not married yet.
"He killed two enemy soldiers in battle and was promoted to a public officer according to the law. After entering the city, he intended to rape the beautiful concubine of Cao County Magistrate in the west of the city, but was stopped by the military supervisor.
"The rapist will be beheaded. Do you know that?"
Seeing the Qin King's sword on the king's body, he guessed what had happened and opened his mouth.
He would rather disobey military orders than let the king be stabbed in the face!
"land!"
The second emperor's eyes turned upside down, and there was a loud bang, like thunder out of nowhere, and all the armies were startled.
Di, who was kneeling on the ground and was about to say the word "know", was startled and the words could not come out smoothly.
"Military orders are like mountains! They cannot be violated! This is an iron rule! I just said you are not allowed to move or speak, didn't you hear me?
"If you don't obey my military orders today, will you be able to take my head tomorrow? Will you raise an army to rebel and massacre my people in the future?
“Anyone who disobeys my orders today will be considered a traitor.
"Plotting, treason, one."
The Second Emperor spoke each word with great emphasis, his eyes devoid of warmth, colder than ice and snow.
"Yi, three, tribes."
Di's words got stuck in his throat. He intended to rape a woman and violated military orders. He could die and he deserved to die. But his mother and two sisters were innocent and could not and should not die because of his mistake.
After a moment, the Second Emperor's speech returned to normal.
"you do not know.
"The soldiers didn't know the military orders because I didn't convey them. If you disobey the military orders, it's not your fault, it's my fault."
He grabbed the Qin King Sword on his body and pressed it down. The blade that emerged from his back grew an inch longer...
The third large square formation of 4,000 people, the second emperor ascended the execution platform.
"Wei, both my parents are here...
"If you disturb the people, you will be executed according to military orders. Do you know that?
"you do not know.
"I didn't let you know about this military order, and you disobeyed it. This is not your fault, but mine."
The sword blade that appeared on his back was an inch longer. Blood slid down the edge of the sword and dotted on the white robe, forming a plum blossom.
The fourth large square formation of 4,000 people, the second emperor ascended the execution platform.
"Squat down, Xianyang people...
"Robbery of money and food is a violation of military orders and is punishable by death. Do you know that?
"you do not know.
"Then this is not your fault, it's my fault."
The blood blade is one inch long, and the plum blossom has no blooming shape.
The fifth large square formation of 4,000 men, the second emperor ascended the execution platform.
The sixth large square formation of 4,000 men, the second emperor ascended the execution platform.
The seventh...
Every time the two emperors stepped onto the execution platform, the King of Qin's sword would penetrate an inch into the King of Qin's body.
When he stood on the last execution platform, he said "It's my fault" and then slammed the remaining five inches of the Qin King's Sword outside his abdomen into his body, and the hilt was stuck in his abdomen.
Behind him, blood had coagulated at the tip of the three-foot-long sword. The blood became fresher as it went down, and it flashed a dazzling, soft red light in the dim sunlight.
The second emperor's face was as pale as paper. He wiped the sweat that had seeped out of his forehead for who knows how many times, frowned, and slowly sat down on the ground.
With the perfection of "Yellow Emperor", he can control his muscles to clamp the Qin King's sword to reduce bleeding. When stabbing into the abdomen, he can accurately control the Qin King's sword to avoid internal organs and fatal blood vessels.
But pain is unavoidable.
There was a sword stuck in his body, and he kept walking. Every time he walked a distance, the sword would go one inch deeper.
I have always paid great attention to my image and have always pretended to be calm and composed. But now I can't pretend any longer. It really hurts!
He grabbed the big wooden speaker and held it in front of himself.
"The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people. I have stabbed you in the stomach with this sword all the way to the handle, and I have walked such a long way, so it is not a trick.
"If anyone is dissatisfied, he should stab himself with a sword, and walk over there like I am doing, and see if he dies."
The three armies stood straight, their tears had long since dried up, leaving traces of tears on their faces. They looked extremely embarrassed, much more embarrassed than Linji had been after the battle.
The last large square formation of 4,000 men and the eight small square formations of 500 soldiers all looked at the execution platform.
He looked at the imageless figure sitting on the ground on the execution platform, and at the king who was willing to take the blame for them, without blinking.
The king's sword was inserted into his abdomen, and his snow robe turned into a bloody robe.
This was the first king to show vulnerability in front of the people, the first king to break his own golden body.
He walked down from the lofty throne and stood with the soldiers, most of whom were made up of untouchables.
A winter of training and education made the Qin army fight not for profit, but for the basis of defending the country.
Linji's great victory brought with it titles, official positions, money and beautiful women, which were within reach, and a sudden surge of indulgence, happiness and desire that quickly overwhelmed the Qin army's newly established and unstable ideology.
Their king used his own blood to rebuild a dam for his people and soldiers, and let his people and soldiers see that he was also inside the dam and with them.
"The army I lead is the army of the people. We fight for the suffering people of the world. You are not fighting for your family or your surname, nor for the royal family or nobles, but for the Qin people.
"The Qin State belongs to me and to you as well. In this land of Qin, which stretches from the East China Sea in the east, borders the Qiang Xiong in the west, extends to the Baiyue in the south, and borders the Donghu in the north, there is no distinction between people from Han, Wei, or Zhao. All of them are the people of my Great Qin, and are Qin people just like you and me.
"The valiant Qin people will fight together for the country's crisis. We will not stop fighting until our blood runs dry and we die. We will fight to the death and kill the last enemy. But our enemies are not the unarmed civilians, nor the soldiers who have abandoned darkness and joined the light, but those ambitious people who have started the war.
"Those defenseless civilians are your fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. How can you bear to bully them? And the guards of Linji are mostly from the people. We are all the same. If one more person can live, why not live one more person?"
The three armies were silent, with only the voice of the Second Emperor echoing.
Using the blood of the second emperor as a guide, it penetrates the blockade of traditional desire and reaches the deepest part of everyone's heart.
"We are a righteous army, the Qin army. We fight to save the Qin people in this world from suffering. Burning, killing and looting are what thieves do. We are soldiers and cannot do that.
"The first time, the military order was not passed down to everyone. It was my fault and I will be punished. After that, I will make everyone know the military order. The next time you violate the order, it will be your fault.
"The sword that pierced me will pierce you.
"It is my duty as the emperor to ensure that all the people of Qin have enough food to eat and clothes to wear. It is your duty as soldiers to follow orders and fight across the country.
"Is there honeycomb coal in every household this year? Has no one frozen to death this winter? Has no one starved to death due to lack of food?
"If there is any, neighbors who know about it should report it to the police as soon as possible, so as not to be implicated. There is definitely someone in this family who has violated the Qin law and embezzled the honeycomb coal and money and grain that should have been distributed!
"I have never let you down since . Please don't let me down either, okay?"
The army was speechless.
Military order: Don’t move, don’t talk.
Anyone who violates military orders will be regarded as treason.
"Very good, I give the order now, you can speak and move.
"Gentlemen, please don't let me down, okay?"
No one arranged, no one trained, 200,000 Qin soldiers shouted in unison:
"promise!"
The clouds and fog dissipate, and light shines on the world.
The second emperor rubbed his ears, his head was buzzing from the vibration. The last time he felt like he was going to be deafened was in a nightclub.
He turned his head to look at the executioner, whose mouth was wide open and who was shouting so loudly that he seemed to be starving for oxygen.
"Go call Xia Wuqie! Can't you see there's a sword stuck in my body? Are you really afraid that I can't die?"
The executioner cried out and ran to report the news as fast as a flash.
The second emperor put one hand on the big wooden loudspeaker, and soon, the galloping generals surrounded him.
Wang Wei, who established his authority not by killing people but by committing suicide, held his head high, looking a little proud.
"I said, I don't want you to die. If there is any internal strife in the armies again, hmph..."
The generals looked at the blood-stained emperor with a sword in his belly. They felt at close range that his life was not in danger, so they felt relieved. Then, their faces became as cold as iron.
"Tian thinks that Your Majesty should return to Xianyang. The battlefield is dangerous."
"Li Xin seconded the motion."
"Ren Xiong seconded the motion."
"Zhao Tuo seconded the motion."
Everyone seconded the motion, even Liu Bang, who was being stared at threateningly by Ying Chengjiao, turned his head and said "I second the motion".
From ancient times to now, where has the king risked his life to train the army? If the king is gone, with the prestige of the second emperor in Qin, none of them present will have a good ending, and the Qin people will eat them alive.
Generals who have fought all their lives have never thought that the greatest danger on the battlefield does not come from the enemy, but from their own king, who will hurt themselves a thousand and be stabbed eight hundred times.
The last bit of grudge in the hearts of the generals was completely washed away by anger. They deeply understood what cunning was and what the art of war was, which was the way of cunning!
They could never have dreamed of the methods the Second Emperor used to solve problems.
