"I don't understand, what is the king trying to do?!" General Qiang, who was sitting at Bai Qi's hand, said with some anger. Bai Qi looked at him calmly and said, "This is also a war. Ma Fujun said: War is a continuation of politics. The king wants to weaken Chu State and prevent Chu State from participating in the affairs of the Central Plains too much. This is why I don't continue to attack Chendu. The Chu State has a vast territory and cannot be destroyed. Only by eliminating their youth and strong can our strategy be realized."

"Then we should kill these prisoners even more... If we want Chu to become a part of Qin, we can only kill... First kill these young and strong people, and then attack various areas of Chu State in a comprehensive manner. If the Chu people dare to resist, we will kill them. Only ten families left of Chu State. When three families were killed, Chu State would never dare to resist again..." Qiang was a little irritable, and Meng Wu, who was on the other side, actually understood him very much.

When Qiang led his soldiers to attack Chendu, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Although Bai Qi gave him a lot of heads, these heads were only enough for him to offset. In Qin, if there were more soldiers under his command and the number of beheaded, the general would be cut off. Qiang's son had just become an adult, and he always wanted to leave his son a right-rank title. He was not young anymore, and this was very likely his last chance to win the title.

If these prisoners were killed, he would naturally be assigned tens of thousands of heads... Qin stipulated that the captives' heads could not be considered beheading, but the rules were dead and people were alive. For example, if the soldiers of Chu resisted and wanted to escape, and wanted to kill and seize their own Qin soldiers, they would turn from prisoners into enemies, which could be considered as heads. Of course, because of the harsh Qin laws, many people dare not do this, but now they are in the territory of Chu, Bai Qi is the supreme commander...

Bai Qi shook his head and said seriously: "This is what Ma Fujun said about the ideological war... I have never fought such a war, and I really want to try it." Bai Qi had already made a choice, so Qiang naturally couldn't say anything else. In the army, no one could disobey Bai Qi's orders. He just lowered his head and sighed.

The order of the King of Qin really caused dissatisfaction among many soldiers, and the soldiers were fine. After all, they didn't dare to think about killing prisoners to obtain the head. Moreover, the King of Qin stipulated that prisoners could also be considered military merits, so they were not panicked. Only those generals were a little resistant. The heads they got... just drifted away like this. Bai Qi asked the prisoners to dig the pit, and did not waste it.

He ordered that the bodies of the Chu people who died in battle would be thrown into these large pits that were dug out, and that they would be buried.

However, Bai Qi did not let these soldiers of Chu State go away. The King of Qin asked Bai Qi to be responsible for this ideological war. To be honest, Bai Qi's lifelong battle was the mobile warfare, blitzkrieg, information warfare, etc., which Ma Fujun mentioned, because he fought like this, but he did not make a summary. However, Bai Qi only did part of this ideological war.

He asked the lower-level officers to read the horse uniforms well, and told the Qin soldiers: The Qin Dynasty was going to end the war in the world, and the second and third sons fought for the world. One day, the whole world would not be levied again, the taxes would be very low, and there would be no heavy labor service again. Everyone could get arable land and work with peace of mind... And these would be the credit of the second and third sons, and the descendants of the second and third sons would be blessed because of your current war.

When Qin was fighting, he liked to use officials from the county town to serve as officers at the bottom and officials from the county to serve as officers at the middle and upper levels. Therefore, the officers of Qin were all educated and knew the law. After receiving Bai Qi's order, these people began to preach to the soldiers a king of the world. In their mouths, the world of a king of the world was obviously a beautiful and perfect paradise.

The soldiers sat in amazement and listened to the Qin officials telling them.

Bai Qi didn't know whether the so-called ideological war had any effect, but this did affect the mentality of the generals. They looked like a savior and could seriously say to the generals of Chu: Killing you is to save the world.

These Chu nobles were shocked.

It seems that the Qin people are really crazy.

Bai Qi was a pure general. In his eyes, he could only defeat the enemy. In the past, he directly destroyed the enemy's body, but Ma Fujun's book told him a brand new way to directly eliminate the other party's thoughts. Bai Qi had been studying Ma Fujun's thoughts during this period, which made him quite rewarding. He did not want to take risks, but wanted to kill these prisoners directly to weaken the vitality of Chu State.

At this moment, with the order of the King of Qin, he had no need to kill them anymore. He wanted to try the war he had never been exposed to.

Soon, the generals of Qin State received Bai Qi's latest order.

When the generals of Qin came to the Chu people, the Chu people in ragged clothes and were gnawing on the cake were very panicked. They were trembling all over. Some begged, some cried, and some cursed. However, the generals of Qin did not take them away. He just stood among the crowd and said kindly in Chu language: "Let Er San Zi suffer... Don't worry, we won't kill you..."

"During these days, Ersanzi ate our food. As long as Chu State pays for the food that Ersanzi ate during this period, we will send Ersanzi back."

Qin's official said, and he said seriously: "Qin did not come to conquer Chu, we came to save Chu! Among the two and three sons, are there people with private land? Can the grain cultivated in a year be supported? The arable land of Chu is in the hands of the nobles. The two and three sons can only cultivate for them, and they cannot even cultivate themselves. In Qin, this is not the case. The Qin people can get their own arable land and cultivate their arable land, and no one dares to take it away..."

"It is wrong to say that the Qin State's laws are harsh. The Qin State's laws were established to protect the people..."

The Qin Li became more and more excited as he spoke. He said, "The two and the three sons should know that Ma Fujun. He proposed a way to save the world, that is, one king in the world, there is only one king in the world, and only one country. Everyone gathered under the command of this king. As close as brothers and sisters, there will be no war or labor service again..." Qin Li said, and he said angrily; "The war in Qin State is a just war launched to save the world!"

"The second and third sons are afraid of the demise of Chu? They can't bear to give up their homeland? This is ridiculous. Who among the second and third sons are the real Chu people? The second and third sons were from Wu, Yue, Chen, and follow people hundreds of years ago. However, the country of the second and third sons was destroyed by Chu. The second and third sons became the Chu people... This is the trend in the world. Chu annexes all countries, and naturally there are also countries that will annex the Chu people... The difference is that the Chu people annexes other countries, which only brings disaster to them..."

"Qin State is not annexation, Qin State is for the purpose of saving..."

"Come on, this is the book of Mafu. It records the thoughts of Mafujun in detail... I will talk to Ersanzi..." Qin Li took out the bamboo slips and explained them seriously to everyone. The Chu people had no idea what the Qin people wanted to do, but just listened to the Qin people saying in a daze. After the Qin Li finished speaking, he asked these Chu people a few simple questions. The Chu people dared not answer. Only a new "Chu people" stood up timidly and answered the Qin people's question. Then, he received a reward, a piece of fat mutton.

The Qin people adopted the method of encouragement. As long as the Chu people listened carefully, they could receive rewards. If they did not listen carefully, they would be scared by the Qin officials and dared not ignore them.

It was still along the Rushui River. Here, you could see the captives of Chu who were sitting on the ground holding horse uniforms and reciting their opinions everywhere, exchanging their opinions with each other. This place did not look like a prisoner of war camp, but rather like a school room. The Qin officials became priests, and carefully and kindly taught them the benevolent thoughts of Ma Fujun and discussed the paradise of a king of the world.

"The Qin State used to kill prisoners, but now it has not killed two or three sons. Why is this? It is because of the horse costume book. The Qin State already knows the principle of benevolence. Our king regards the people of the world as his own people... He is also ready to implement all the benevolent political systems of the horse costume... Soon, the Qin State will become the prosperous place mentioned in the horse costume book!!"

Bai Qi transferred the prisoners to Fufen City because all the people here were dead, and there were enough houses to arrange these prisoners. Although he still did not relax with their audience. Bai Qi would often walk around these houses and listen to the noise coming from inside. He could understand some Chu words, such as mercy, just like, don't kill me, God will kill you, etc., but Bai Qi couldn't understand what they said in the courtyard.

An official on the side explained to him that these Chu people were really studying the contents of horse costume books carefully. But Bai Qi felt that most Chu people should be pretending. When they left here, they would never think of these contents again. He had sent people to Chendu to discuss the prisoner with the King of Chu, but he did not expect that the King of Chu had given up Chendu and ran to Shouchun.

Perhaps the news of Jingyang's defeat had already reached Chendu.

However, the strategic intention was to be completed. Qin State initially wanted to force Chu State to move its capital. Who would have thought that a small-scale battle would directly evolve into a war between the two countries. Fortunately, Qin State did not suffer any losses, and also achieved its own goals, and even gained some unexpected gains.

When the King of Chu arrived in Shouchun, Shouchun had gathered nearly 100,000 soldiers again. The advantage of Chu was here. He had enough power to compete with Qin. Unlike other countries, he would die after a great defeat. Chu was strong, and even if he had failed, he could gather his soldiers again. However, the King of Chu was not happy to see these soldiers.

His face turned red and he couldn't even raise his head. He was deeply ashamed of the escape from Shouchun.

Chunshen Jun had already prepared everything here. Long before the war started, Chunshen Jun had actually made arrangements in Shouchun. He was a cautious person and was not sure to defeat the Qin people, so he naturally had to leave a way out for Chu. Chunshen Jun always proposed to move the capital. Before he fought with Qin, he proposed to move the capital to Shouchun because Chen Du was too close to Qin, which was too dangerous.

At the beginning, the King of Chu was a little shaken and even wondered whether to move the capital to Shouchun. But now, the King of Chu was only frustrated and angry. After all, the concept of moving the capital and being beaten to move was completely different. Although the palace in Shouchun was not as luxurious as Chen Du, the King of Chu didn't care about these things. As soon as he entered the palace, he called Chunshen Jun.

During these days, Chunshen Jun could not meet his eyes at all. He had to dispatch troops from all over the country to protect the King of Chu, and also allocate their food and supplies logistics. Chu had missed two years of spring seeds. Although Chu was strong in national strength, it could never bear such losses. In such a crisis, the envoy of Qin came and told Chunshen Jun that Chu could pay the same food to exchange for the captured soldiers.

Qin State asked for two million stones of food from Chu State... Chunshen Jun sat in front of the King of Chu exhausted.

Seeing Huang Xie's appearance, the King of Chu was also worried. He didn't expect Huang Xie to be exhausted to death like Xiang Xian. Xiang Xian's death made the King of Chu very sad. The King of Chu returned the title of Lin Wu Jun to Xiang Xian and buried him. Xiang Xian's son and his younger brother were rewarded by the King of Chu. However, Xiang Xian's younger brother refused the reward from the King of Chu and took his 20,000 soldiers under his command to stay in Chenduhou.

"Will the Qin people keep their promises?" The King of Chu asked, the credibility of the Qin people was recognized as bad, and it can even be said that they had no credibility. After they had been deceived by Zhang Yi and deceived by the King of Qin, the Chu people no longer believed in the Qin people. When they heard that the Qin people wanted the Chu State to redeem the prisoners, the King of Chu subconsciously felt that this was the Qin people's plan. After they took away the food, they would definitely kill the prisoners.

The Qin people had no credibility in front of the Chu people. Chunshen Jun thought for a moment before he said tiredly: "King... Even if the Qin people will keep their promises, I will not be able to prepare two million stones of food. Our food is not enough. If the war continues until next year, there will be no people in the Chu country that will starve to death. Even the wise ministers in the palace will not know whether they can have a full meal..."

Huang Xie shook his head and said firmly: "Can't give it."

"If I don't redeem these prisoners...what would the people in the country think of me?" the King of Chu asked again.

"This matter can be left to me. People in China know the cunning nature of the Qin people. As long as they know that this is the Qin people's treacherous plan, whether the Chu State gives food or not, they will kill the prisoners. Perhaps, those prisoners have been killed now... They know these things, so naturally they will not blame you again..." Huang Xie frowned and said seriously: "I will continue to recruit troops and defend the areas of Shouchun, Juyang, and Xiacai..."

"Now, we can only send people to Zhao State to ask Zhao State to send troops. Qin State's army is in Nanyang. If Zhao State's army can attack Shangdang... can attack on both sides..." Huang Xie tried hard to make himself more awake and said, "I heard that Zhao State had a bumper harvest last year and had enough food. Chu State had rescued Zhao State before, so Zhao State should not sit idly by... There is also Wei State, Wei State Mao Sui and Wei State's troops, so he asked him to come to Jiao County and prepare to support Juyang..."

The King of Chu listened carefully, but felt particularly uneasy.
Chapter completed!