More than 2,000 years ago, 200,000 Qin Jun soldiers were killed by Xiang Yu's army overnight. It is said that the pit killing place is in today's Yima Shilipu area. 19 12 years, workers who built the longhai railway dug up countless bones here. The existing site is a pit 400 meters long from east to west and 250 meters wide from north to south. Wind and rain, gradually decadent, surrounded by young crops and poplars. However, there is no official record of this site in the Distribution Map of Cultural Relics in Henan Province. Was there really a terrible massacre in this land more than 2000 years ago?
Cruel killing
In 206 BC, Xiang Yu led 600,000 troops and began to March on Qin. In this army that attacked Qin Jun's base camp, 200,000 red soldiers who had just surrendered were gathered. When the troops camped in the ancient city of Xin 'an, the "gossip" circulating in the barracks triggered a massacre unheard of in ancient times. Professor Xu Weimin from the History Department of Northwest University told the reporter that the shocking tragedy staged in Xin 'an ancient city was only 54 years away from Qin Baiqi, where 400,000 Zhao troops died. Only this time, the perpetrators were soldiers from six countries who had been enslaved by cockroaches. Similarly, they returned the tyranny of Qin Jun to Qin Jun.
According to historical records, Qin Jun who surrendered was abused at will on the road. We can't speculate on the mentality of the soldiers at that time. They may have to bear the burden of humiliation in order to save their lives. However, when the motorcade arrived at Xin 'an ancient city and was about to leave Hanguguan in the west, the soldiers in Qin Jun must have mixed feelings. Describing this history in Historical Records, Xiang Yu said that Qin officers and soldiers often whispered: "General Zhang and others tricked me into being a vassal, and now I can enter the customs to break Qin for goodness; In other words, if the princes take me to the East, Qin will do his best to punish my parents and wife. " Qin Jun, who surrendered, was worried about Xiang Yu's victory, and he himself became a Qin traitor who led the wolf into the room; They are also worried that Xiang Yu will fail, and the Qin Dynasty will kill all their parents, wives and children. So it is inevitable to complain about your Lord. But these whispers did not escape the eyes and ears of the Chu army.
"Historical Records of Xiang Yu's Biography" said: "The princes heard about their plans and told Xiang Yu." After receiving the report, Xiang Yu consulted with General Ying Bu and General Pu. Finally, three people put forward their opinions and said, "There are many red soldiers in the army. If you don't listen to the command after entering the customs, or run away from the enemy, it will be very difficult to win. It is better to kill them as soon as possible, so as to avoid endless troubles. " So, "ChuJun suddenly began to pit and kill more than 200,000 chi in the south of Xin 'an at night. Except Zhang Han, Sima Xin and Dong Kun, all the other soldiers were buried alive. "There is no detailed record about this brutal killing in the history books. However, it is difficult to kill 200,000 soldiers with weapons. If the pool that surrendered knew in advance that disaster was coming, I'm afraid no one would be willing to surrender easily.
Therefore, Xiang Yu should have designed a set of tricks to deceive the soldiers before killing Chi. Historical researchers speculate that these soldiers must first get together and do one thing, perhaps digging a hole. In the vast countryside southwest of Xin 'an ancient city, soldiers from Qin Jun were driven by soldiers from six countries to dig holes. Of course, maybe they didn't realize the danger was coming. Accustomed to being bullied by the victorious army and resigning, Qin Jun surrendered and dug a big pit according to the orders of the Chu army. When the pit was dug to a height that the soldiers could not climb, the soldiers of the six countries who supervised it suddenly became ferocious. Numerous spears and iron guns were aimed at the bodies in the pit, and they were madly assassinated. Blood and mud, wailing and wailing, begging for mercy and cursing are intertwined, and a terrible blood spread before our eyes.
A large number of human bones were dug up in the pit.
Today's "out of the pit" site is called "mass grave" locally. To the south of the pit is the Jian River, which originated in Shaanxi County, and to the north of the pit are Tuling and Xing Li Bay Village, which are flat from east to west. Looking through the records of Yima and Mianchi County, the reporter found that there was originally a Bailong Temple and an octagonal bluestone well on the right side of the "Mass Pit" site. Longhai Railway was destroyed when it was built at 19 12, and its original appearance no longer exists.
However, historical discoveries and coincidences are often produced in such destruction and reconstruction. When the workers who built the Longhai Railway were working in Xing Li Bay Village, pickaxes dug up countless bones from the soil. According to local records, this is the site where Xiang Yu killed 200,000 Qin Jun in history, but at this time, warlords scuffled and the site was not excavated or preserved.
Experts from the School of History of Henan University said that until the 1970s, when farmers leveled land in pits, they often dug up a large number of human bones.
Now, many years have passed Although the pit has been eroded by wind and rain, its scale is still clearly visible. It is completely hidden in tall poplars and lush wheat fields, just like several scattered farmhouses in the distance, waiting for a fresh pastoral scenery. No matter how you imagine it, you can't connect it with the burial place of 200 thousand Qin soldiers, the splicing of bone spears and the crying of heaven and earth. However, history has come after all. Just, did it really happen in this place called "mass grave"?
According to historical records, the place where Xiang Yu killed 200,000 Qin Jun was Qian Qiu Town, the ancient city of Xin 'an, which was the main traffic artery from the Central Plains to the northwest. Chukeng, which people usually say is located in the south of Xin 'an, also refers to this place. "Expanding Records" said: "Han Xin 'an County is the place where Qin died. "The same statement is also recorded in Historical Records and Biography of Xiang Yu, saying that" the Chu army attacked and killed two hundred thousand chi in the south of Xin 'an at night ". Xin 'an Ancient City is today's Yima Shilipu Village West Xing Li Bay Village. However, the reporter learned from the local local chronicles office that Xin 'an at that time was not the Xin 'an County rebuilt in the Sui Dynasty today, but the county government established here by Qin Shihuang in 22 1 BC.
Xin' an ancient city is located in the northeast of the new city, in the area of Xiashihe River in Ershilipu Village, and 0/3 km west of Mianchi/kloc. Most of the eastern edge of the rectangular ruins of the ancient city was flooded. Archaeology has found that the soil layer compacted by the city wall is also a "Chu pit" exposed on the ground and experienced some wind and rain. Time and space change, history has gone through several cycles. This site, 400 meters long from east to west and 250 meters wide from north to south, is called "Chukeng". In the eyes of residents near Shilipu, it is just a "mass grave" with countless wandering souls. Few people consider it. Did it really witness a brutal massacre more than 2000 years ago?
History cannot be forgotten.
But in any case, history should not be forgotten.
Xiang Yu, a murderous man, always has a desire to conquer in his bones. In the face of unconvinced surrender, we can no longer give him weapons and fight our own army. The only way is to let them perish completely. Those soldiers who surrendered were doomed to exile, but they didn't expect that they would go from a foreign land to a foreign land, but their destination was a pit. Among them, some people may think that if they go further, they can cross the old road of Song Xin and return to their hometown. It's a pity that disaster suddenly arrival, no one can escape.
After the Qin soldiers covered with blood and tears were buried in the dust, the continuous howling disappeared instantly. With the passage of thousands of years, Xiang Yu and the Chu Pit he "created", as well as the killing and blood hidden in it, have formed historical scars for historians to look for and track endlessly. The sad cries of the old days are vague, but the breeze flows calmly today. On the site of "mass graves" hidden silently in the countryside, it is said that the only thing that scares people is the occasional flash of phosphorus fire at night. The gas decomposed from rotting bones is always inadvertently suspended on the ground and gently drifted away with the airflow.
In 759 AD, the great poet Du Fu passed by here, leaving "How cruel the Xiang family is, and the pool is here. The dark clouds will last forever, and the ghost will shine until now ... ". Few people went to see the phosphorus fire there tonight. This place, which has long been calm, has grown bright peach blossoms, green wheat seedlings, tall poplars and golden rape flowers in the just-arrived spring. Villages far and near are shrouded in oil-painting colors. For a moment, I almost forgot that there is a frightening history buried here.