Qiming 1158

Chapter 1090 Discordant scene

At the same time that Fancheng was breached, Xiangyang City also encountered a situation similar to that of Fancheng.

The same Song army chased and killed the Ming army, the same Ming army collapsed, the same broke through the blockade and approached Xiangyang City, the same soldiers in the city were in high spirits, the same group of people asked to go out of the city to meet the army, and the same opened the city gate to let the Song army Bulk out of the city to meet the army.

The defenders of Xiangyang City were also prepared to cooperate with the reinforcements to overthrow the Ming army and win the final victory.

But the difference between Xiangyang City and Fan City is that its moat is too wide.

The narrowest part of the moat in Xiangyang City is also 180 meters, while the number in Fancheng is only a quarter of this number.

The passage from Xiangyang City to the outside in the main attack direction of the Ming army is nearly 200 meters long, and it will take some time to run fast.

Therefore, when the Ming army and the Ming army disguised as the Song army broke down the Song army who had left the city and started to charge towards the city gate, they could not reach the city gate quickly due to the specific length.

They chose to attack the South Gate, which was already the best route to attack.

But still can't get there.

Of course, Wang Yan was so frightened by this sudden change that he immediately ordered the soldiers to close the city gate.

So all his personal guards were dispatched to kill the Song soldiers who were trying to escape into the city, causing the city gates to be so crowded that the city gates could not be closed.

No matter who the bowmen on the top of the city are, or whether the ones under the city are their dearest and dearest Paoze, they shoot arrows in large numbers at the request of the general.

As a result, the Song army under the city suffered a large number of casualties and a large number of deaths.

In the end, they actually closed the city gate before the Ming army rushed into it.

After the city gate was closed, Wang Yan, who was still in shock, immediately ordered the bowmen to attack the Ming soldiers under the city, causing certain damage to the Ming army under the city. Some Ming soldiers were killed or injured by arrows.

But these archers were immediately shelled by the Ming army's general artillery.

The Great General's artillery bombarded, the artillery shells came, and the archers on the city were hit hard, and there were not a few people who were smashed with blood.

Wang Yan was also hit by the bombardment of the general artillery. He flew out several meters and hit a beam and column. He broke his left arm and fell to the ground screaming in pain. The city was protected, but he didn't lose his life.

Xu is because this wave of attack did not succeed and made the generals of the Ming army very annoyed, so this wave of artillery bombardment was particularly violent. Xiangyang City was bombarded by Ming army artillery on three sides. The soldiers on the city suffered heavy losses, and the soldiers in the city suffered heavy losses. Extreme panic.

In the end, Xiangyang City was saved, but Song Jun lost control of that passage.

So that the Ming army could directly reach the city of Xiangyang through the passage, so the Song army tried to destroy the passage, but was bombarded with artillery by the Ming army and couldn't lift his head, and couldn't do it at all.

Just when they were going to do something further, the cheers from the direction of Fancheng attracted the attention of Song Jun in Xiangyang City.

They climbed to the north gate to watch the situation in Fancheng, but they saw the south wall of Fancheng. The soldiers of the Ming army were throwing the battle flag of the Song army and the flag with the word [Song] down the city wall, and then erected the battle of the Ming army. flag.

Fancheng is gone.

Fancheng is not guaranteed.

The hearts of the Song Army soldiers in Xiangyang City were suddenly cold and cold, as if they had fallen into an ice cave, and the cold was biting.

Wang Yan stood on the city wall and watched the Ming army waving the Ming army's battle flag splendidly, but his body was trembling uncontrollably.

In the weather at the end of May, the temperature in Xiangyang had already risen, and it was already hot. However, he should have been hot and restless, but he could not feel the heat at all, but instead felt a cold after a while.

"General... we... what shall we do?"

The pale-faced cronies stood by and looked at Wang Yan, trembling slightly.

"........."

Wang Yan couldn't say a word, but was silent and trembling, as if everything in this world had nothing to do with him.

Fancheng and Xiangyang can be said to be of one mind, standing between water and supporting each other, but now Fancheng has been breached...

How can this be good?
That night, Zhang Yuejing and Ma Hongxing led the army back to the outside of Xiangyang City, and learned that Fancheng had been breached, but Xiangyang City had not been breached, which made Zhang Yuejing and Ma Hongxing feel a little regretful.

"Although Xiangyang has not been taken down, Fancheng has taken down, and the channel to attack Xiangyang has also been opened. It can be said that we are only one step away from breaking the city of Xiangyang. What we need to do now is to stabilize the situation."

Zhang Yuejing took a deep breath and said slowly: "According to the intelligence, in addition to the army from Lin'an, there is also an army from Sichuan and Sichuan who came to support Xiangfan. If this army can come to die, that would be the best.

Let's go step by step, bombard Xiangyang, wait for the arrival of the reinforcements from Sichuan and Shu, and then eliminate the reinforcements from Sichuan and Shu, the Southern Song Dynasty will have no resistance at all, and then Daming will attack the Song Dynasty in an all-round way. "

Ma Hongxing nodded in agreement.

Later, Ma Hongxing followed Zhang Yuejing to inspect the broken Fancheng.

However, in Fancheng, they saw some unharmonious scenes.

After the Ming army captured Fancheng, they freed up their hands and settled the Song army prisoners of war, and then confiscated the weapons in the hands of the strong men who had been kidnapped by the Song army in the city before, so that they could calm down and not continue to fall into the rage.

In the previous stage of street fighting, these strong men attacked the Song Army alone or with a small number of soldiers in groups. The Song Army soldiers who fell into their hands often ended up miserably. They were either dismembered or chopped into meat sauce. to a complete body.

The Ming army did not know why their grievances were so heavy at first, so they stopped the behavior of the strong men in the city and stopped them from killing the Song army soldiers who had surrendered.

It was not until the Ming army in the city, led by the strong men, went to some houses and caves in the city to see it, did they understand why they had such heavy grievances.

They all want to kill these bastards.

To put it simply, under the leadership of the strong men with ragged clothes and yellow skin and thin skin, the soldiers of the Ming army found nearly [-] young and strong women from Xiangfan who had been kidnapped by the Song army.

Some of them live in houses, and more live in burrows.

The women were basically naked when they were found, living in fairly filthy, damp conditions with no daylight.

Most of them were malnourished, and the skinny and skinny people who could be called flying dragons in pharmacies abound. Most of them were gray, lifeless, and their eyes were dull.

Some of them are still crying silently, while others are basically insane.

They were very frightened of the people who came. When they saw someone coming, they huddled in a corner, shivered, and cried loudly, shouting things that the soldiers of the Ming Army could not understand.

Something like [don't come here] [don't hit me].

Most of the women had scars on their bodies, with bruises and swellings all over their backs, legs, arms and faces.

Some women still have many bite marks on their bodies, as well as marks of being whipped. Some women have had more than half of their hair pulled off, and their teeth have also been knocked out a lot. They shrank on the bed and shivered.

Some of the strong men were probably the fathers, brothers or husbands of some of the women here. They rushed over to hug them and wept bitterly, or wept silently, unable to say a word.

Some women are mentally ill. Even if their relatives are approaching, they will scream in fear, and their faces are very scary, which makes people sad.

Looking at this scene, the soldiers of the Ming army were silent for a long time.

Afterwards, the strong men also took Ming soldiers to see the bodies of young men and women tortured to death by the Song army, as well as some "mass graves" filled with corpses that had not yet been filled.

For convenience, the men and women who were tortured to death by Song soldiers or died of illness and starvation were gathered together to dig pits and bury them. Some of the potholes had been filled with soil, while others had not been filled. The faces full of despair.

"The Song army carried out the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields, and raided all the young and strong men and women in the local area. The men acted as strong men, doing dirty work and hard work. If they were careless, they would be beaten, and even worse, they would be beaten to death. I was hungry, so I died of exhaustion and starvation.

In addition to heavy physical labor, they also need to go to the city to transport supplies for the defenders. What's more, when the city wall is damaged by shelling, they have to go up to repair it, standing in front of all the soldiers, and they will die on the city wall if they are not careful. But if you don't get to the city wall, you will be killed on the spot.

Some people tried to gather a crowd to rebel, but they were suppressed by Song Jun. Song Jun hung these people up, cut them into pieces and boiled them in a pot, and then forced the onlookers to eat them. kill.

According to the confessions of the people, about 5000 young and strong men were taken into the second city of Xiangfan, and 8000 were sent to Fancheng. According to preliminary statistics, less than [-] people are still alive. In just two months, half of them died. There are many, which shows that the Song army is cruel. "

"The women who have been kidnapped are not too much to give. In addition to washing, cooking and sewing, they also need to use their bodies... to appease the soldiers. Song Junzhong has established some military regulations, and they can ravage these women once. some type of.

These women were placed in different houses and burrows in the city. The living conditions were extremely poor. Except for a very few, it was difficult for them to bathe, eat enough, and have no clothes to wear. They had to do rough work from morning to night. Endure the ravages of Song soldiers at any time.

Some women are doing rough work all day long, and some women are ravaged by Song soldiers from morning to night because of their beauty, and they can hardly get a rest. Song soldiers treat them extremely rudely, not only infringing, but also beating, Punching and kicking, many women were beaten to death.

Sickness and injuries cannot be treated, and many women are even dragged out and buried alive because of their illness and injury, so there are many attritions. According to public statements, there are about [-] young and strong women who were taken into Xiangfan Second City and [-] in Fancheng. Less than [-] people are alive, and in just two months, more than [-] people have died. "

Wen Anzhi, the corps secretary responsible for maintaining order in the city after the war, basically told Zhang Yuejing what he had learned.

Zhang Yuejing was silent for a while after hearing this, and then he spoke with difficulty after a while.

"In other words, in just over two months, the Song army in Fancheng has tortured more than 1 people to death?"

Wen Anzhi nodded.

"These are all dead, and there are many who are not yet dead. After we invaded the city, we found a group of wounded and sick people who were originally going to be buried alive, and now they are dying.

Our military doctors are doing their best to treat them, and the medicinal materials are used closely before them, but their bodies are too weak, and some have only one breath left, and they don't know how much they can save.

In addition, there are those women who survived, almost all of them were tortured by Song Bing with injuries all over their bodies. They lived in a dark and damp place, and they had defecation. There were large areas of festering on their bodies. When they were found, some of them had maggots... ...and a lot of people who are mentally ill, or who are ill, their lives are ruined. "

Wen Anzhi sighed deeply: "In just a short while after we stormed the city, after announcing to these women that they have been rescued and can go home, more than 100 people have hanged themselves, and there are still many who are looking for death.

Our soldiers are trying hard to dissuade them, but the effect of dissuasion is very poor. Many women take advantage of our people's unpreparedness, and take knives or daggers into their hearts, or directly hit the wall and kill themselves. Now We have to transfer troops to guard closely to prevent them from finding shortcoming..."

Wen Anzhi couldn't continue speaking, choked up and couldn't speak.

(End of this chapter)