klisemfg Chapter 599 Grave Digging and Tomb Robbery
Chapter 599 Grave Digging and Tomb Robbery
A general, riding his horse, said loudly to Zhang Han,
"Marshal, do we really have to kill everyone?"
"Nonsense! Why not kill him and keep him for the New Year?"
"Are we going to kill even the officials who guard the mausoleum? They're the ones who guard the mausoleum, so they must know how to open it, right?
There are many gold and silver burial objects in the tombs of these emperors. It would be a waste to keep them, so we might as well take them away.
But many tombs have traps and zombies inside, so we need to find someone familiar with tombs to open them."
Zhang Han was startled when he heard this, and then he cursed loudly,
"Stop reading those tomb-raiding novels. There aren't so many traps and zombies in these tombs.
The prince said, under the divine thunder, all beings are equal. No matter what traps or zombies there are, just blast the gate open and charge in, taking whatever you see."
"That makes sense. But it seems we only robbed the tombs of the royal family of Kun Kingdom, not the royal families of Qi and Liang Kingdoms."
"Bullshit! What do you think the Flying Eagle Army was doing stationed in Linzi for several months? Were they idle?
"And the Liang Kingdom's royal mausoleum was completely emptied by Bai Wuan. This old fellow was so cruel. Whether it was the money of the city's common people, merchants, and nobles, or the money of the royal family, or the gold and silver in the mausoleum, he took it all."
"So this is ah."
"Here we are, charge!"
Zhang Han shouted loudly and took the lead in charging.
There were indeed some veterans guarding the top of the mountain.
This has been the practice throughout the dynasties.
Some people who have served in the military all their lives, have no children to support them in their old age, and no family are usually sent to the imperial mausoleum. On the one hand, they can guard the mausoleum, and on the other hand, they can have a regular position and be provided with retirement support.
These people are old and have no ambitions. They have been soldiers all their lives and are loyal to the country. Then, a few members of the royal family will be selected to look after them to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
These veterans usually stand guard and patrol on weekdays, and drink and brag after their shifts. They don't always gather in the same place.
Faced with the enemy cavalry suddenly coming from all directions, these veterans were terrified. They immediately picked up their weapons, shouted "Enemy attack", and then rushed forward to meet them.
Of course, the final result was that they were a loose group and were directly killed by the Yan army which was several times larger than their own.
Some people also saw that the situation was not right. They could not defeat so many enemies at all, so they had to report to the court quickly.
There were quite a few people like this. They avoided the pursuit of the Yan army and then quickly ran down the mountain.
However, when they reached halfway up the mountain, these people became desperate.
Because there were enemy troops on horseback on all sides of the mountain, they were moving up like a carpet, killing all the enemies who dared to run down the mountain one by one.
It didn't take long before all these people were killed and their bodies were buried together, next to the imperial tomb they were guarding.
After clearing out the garrison, Zhang Han arranged for some people to go down and deploy defenses, while others cleaned up the battlefield. Then he pointed at the tombs and said,
"Brothers, there are countless treasures in this mausoleum. Take them all out and hand them over to the national treasury to strengthen our Great Yan!"
"Marshal, do we have to hand everything over to the national treasury?"
A soldier asked boldly.
Zhang Han looked at him with disdain and said,
"I have to say this, but no matter what you do, I can't possibly watch all of you. But I still say, don't go too far, just drink some soup!"
"As ordered!"
Everyone immediately understood what was meant and picked up weapons, tools, and divine thunders to begin "protective excavation" of these imperial tombs.
Zhang Han also became interested, so he personally led a large group of people, tied up the horses, and strode into an imperial tomb.
To be honest, the tombs of founding emperors are not the richest, because founding emperors are generally frugal. In addition, there are wars and chaos in the early days of the founding of a country, and the national economy is not good. They are reluctant to spend too much money on burial objects and building tombs.
The tomb that Zhang Han found was the imperial tomb of Emperor Renzong of Wei. The national strength of Wei reached its peak during the reign of Emperor Renzong. It was the richest country in the world at that time, with tributes from all directions. Even now, the Wei State, located in the Central Plains, is still very wealthy and can be compared with the two countries of Qiankun.
After entering the mausoleum, they first saw a hall for worship. Everyone went straight in and smashed it, then collected all the valuables.
Further down was a closed stone gate. They took a divine thunder, lit it, threw it over, and then quickly ran out of the mausoleum to avoid having their ears injured by the divine thunder in the closed room.
After the door was blown open, they had unimpeded access to the emperor's tomb, the empress's tomb, the tombs of concubines and other deceased people, opened the coffins, dumped the bodies, and collected gold and silver.
Everyone knew their limits and stuffed some small pieces of gold and silver into their bodies to ensure that there would be no obvious bulges and they would not be discovered. Then they took out the large pieces of gold, silver, jade and antiques that could not be put away and confiscated them.
The Marshal has said that we should turn a blind eye and not go too far. They should hand over the big heads and keep the small heads for themselves.
Zhang Han also knew that the Zhennan Army seemed invincible and had strong morale, but where did this morale come from? It was cultivated by having the best conditions in the entire army.
If you want the horse to run, you have to give it grass. You should get as much work as you can out of it. This is an eternal truth.
If you don’t feed the soldiers, how can they fight for you?
Unfortunately, many generals do not understand these principles. They only know how to beat and scold soldiers, withhold military pay, collect unpaid wages, and turn military fields into private fields, turning soldiers into their domestic slaves to farm for them. They cannot even get enough food to eat. How can such soldiers have any combat effectiveness?
They collected tombs one after another, even the gold and silver worn on the corpses, and they could even pick out the night pearls in the mouths. Anyway, they could just wash them clean when they got back.
As for those curses and disasters, that’s a joke. Soldiers have all licked blood on the tip of a knife. Would they be afraid of this?
If ghosts and gods really existed in the world, the enemies they killed would have come back to seek revenge on them long ago.
As for disasters and calamities, they are not afraid because they themselves are one of the four major disasters.
Floods, droughts, insect plagues, and war disasters.
The first three types are very harmful, but they also affect a large area.
The disaster of war swept across the entire world.
These four natural and man-made disasters will ultimately lead to only one consequence, that is, great famine and mass death.
So soldiers are not afraid of anything.
They opened tomb after tomb, looted all the gold and silver inside, discarded the corpses at random, and left a mess.
When it was almost evening, Zhang Han had all the spoils taken out, and then took out the biggest items, sealed them up, and waited to hand them over to the people in charge of gold and silver in the baggage camp who had not arrived yet.
Then, he asked those who participated in the tomb robbery to replace those who did not participate, and cut the gold and silver into pieces and distributed them to those who did not participate.