Is “He was beheaded by the Zhou army at the execution block.” true?

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The Records of the Grand Historian, in the 'Annals of Qin', only states that 'When King Wu of Zhou attacked Zhou, he killed E Lai as well.' It does not include the novel's detail of his capture and beheading due to supernatural magic.

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E Lai

In official history, he is a fierce general of the Shang dynasty and an ancestor of the Qin state, but in the novel, he is depicted as a powerful but villainous minister who aids tyranny.

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