Song Dynasty

Chapter 136 The Distressed City
Four battalions of people participated in this military rebellion. Once the purge starts, it is unknown how many people will fall to the ground.

Among them may also include those veterans who are as close as brothers to him.

How can I do it?
Now that the military envoy has given the order, everyone can't think about it.

At the same level, all the officers ran out in a hurry.

It took another two days to tie up the soldiers who had been scattered and looting in the people's homes one by one, and handed them over to the Military Judicial Office for investigation and trial.

The final figures were shocking. There were a total of 620 soldiers who harmed the people this time, including more than 70 veterans of the Sizhou Army.

On the day of their execution, Wang Shen ordered that all officers above Dutou and above including Dutou should go to watch the execution: "Also, don't behead them. After all, they are brothers Paozhe who bleed together on the battlefield. Let their bodies be left alone." .”

In a canal that was already dry outside the city, 620 four tortured soldiers were pushed down with their hands bound. With an order, the executing soldiers scooped up the soil with a shovel and covered their heads.

The people below knew that they were going to die, so they lowered their heads silently.

Suddenly, someone shouted: "Chen Da, pull me up, I have worked hard for the military envoy, I have shed blood for the military envoy, I want to see the army envoy, I want to see the army envoy!"

In the distance, the officers were all standing on a high place, looking down, but they knew this man, his surname was Diao and his name was Ang, and he was currently the head of the selection team.But he was an old man, a real old man.During the First Battle of Pingyuanzhen, he was a soldier in the supply battalion, and he was the earliest confidant to follow Wang Shen.

On the other side, Chen Da sneered and shouted: "Diao Ang, you have committed a capital crime. The order to execute you today was given by the military envoy, and I will be responsible for carrying it out. It's already [-]:[-] noon, and the military law is ruthless. No one can save you. be honest!"

Diao Ang: "I want to see the military envoy, I want to see the military envoy. Chen Da, Zhiniang thief, I was born and died for the military envoy, and the military envoy regards me as brother Paozhe, how can I kill him? It must be you, a thief and a bird." If you want to harm grandpa by pretending to be a public servant, isn't it just playing with a woman, and you don't want to kill me, right?"

Lu Can couldn't bear it anymore, and ran over there with big strides: "Hold on!"

Yue Yun wanted to chase after him, but Wang Shen shook his head: "No need, I believe Deputy Envoy Lu will handle it well."

Seeing Lu Can running over, Diao Ang showed joy on his face, and shouted: "Old sir, old sir, save me quickly, the surname Chen is a murderer."

"Hey, you also know that I am your old officer. How do I teach you on weekdays? You also memorize the military regulations backwards. Why, have you ignored my words? Someone said that the Military Law Department arrested you. You fell on a woman's stomach when you were in the middle of the night. According to me, you deserve to die!"

Diao Ang showed astonishment: "Old sir, how can you say such hurtful words, have you forgotten our love for robes?"

"How could it be possible to forget, never to forget, we were able to shed blood together when we were in Pingyuan Town." Lu Can burst into tears: "But Diao Ang, military law is ruthless, if you make a mistake, you are wrong, and if you make a mistake, you have to admit it. You are a man, don't embarrass me."

Seeing Lu Can cry, Diao Ang also shed tears, and said: "Old sir, what a strong man you are, why do you cry for me and let others see the joke. I can't afford to lose this People, we can't afford to lose this man in the selection of the front army. If you die, it's no big deal. But, I beg the old officer to give me a good time, I don't want to be buried in the mud and suffocate to death!"

"Whew!" Lu Can opened his bow and shot Diao Ang's forehead with an arrow, and tears flew like rain: "This is the end of violating military discipline. No matter who it is, how great an official is, or how much credit has been made in the past, it will never be forgiven."

Chen Da: "Do it!"

Dirt fell like raindrops.

It took a long time to bury the four people in 620, and finally rode a horse and ran two laps on it to step on it.

High above, all the officers bowed their heads.

The current Sizhou army is less than 600, and nearly 600% of the more than [-] people are killed. [-] people, there are ten classes in later middle schools, which is equivalent to a group of one grade.Wang Shen's heart was also in great pain, for a long time, he said: "The generals of all ministries should take it as a warning, if there is anyone who harms the people again, this is a living example!" After speaking, he rode away with a livid face.

So many people were buried alive in one breath, the three armies were shocked, and military discipline was finally restored.

"The means of thunder show the heart of a Bodhisattva." Chen Da had a sinister look, but he wanted to put on a cool and calm expression: "My lord has strictly enforced military discipline this time, comforted the people, did not demolish houses to death from freezing, and did not plunder to death from starvation, despite ancient benevolence and righteousness. The teacher is nothing more than that, what an honor it is for us to be able to serve under such a lord?"

"Chen Da, I'll fuck your mother!" Gu Lie scolded viciously.

Chen Da was taken aback: "What did you say?"

"Thief, villain, are you waiting with me?" Hu Yantong also began to curse.

With the two of them starting, the other officers looked over with red eyes, and Chen Da shrank his neck in shock, and screamed: "What do you want to do, I want to tell the lord, I want to tell the lord, you just wait for me!" the military law!"

This time, Chen Da judged the soldiers who caused chaos with such brutal methods that almost none of them were sentenced to death.This is already causing public outrage: This is Lao Tzu's soldier, you, Chen Da, can't give a few fewer sentences and kill dozens of people casually to meet the scene?Fuck your old mother, you can't rule the people with literature, and you can't fight the enemy with martial arts.Yixin only knows how to kill people, so that he can show himself in front of the military envoys, so his mother is really bad.

There are traitors around the military envoy.

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After rectification, so many people were killed in one breath, the three armies were in awe, and the troops regained their discipline.As for the combat effectiveness of an army, discipline is the foundation, and it should also be reflected from this aspect.

But the consequences of the rebellious army's plundering of Qichun have already emerged. In the past, when Wang Shen was free, he would send troops to the civilians to engage in military-civilian alliances and other activities.Relieve the common people, condolences to the orphans and widows.Helping the landlord clean the yard, carrying water and chopping firewood, etc., they are very affectionate with each other, quite like military and civilian fish and water.

At this moment, the soldiers of the Sizhou Army were greeted with cold and even hatred gazes.

Whenever the sergeants were helping the common people with their work, the Qichun people would tremble all over with fright, knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing: "Master, please don't, how can I bear it? Please forgive me." Small one!"

Whenever he encountered this time, he felt like a thorn in his back when he saw the people peeking at him.In the minds of Qizhou people, what is the difference between themselves and Kong Yanzhou or even the Jurchen who just passed them by the bandits.

Wang Shen originally wanted to use the Yue family army in real history as an example, but at this time he was just a rogue in the eyes of the common people.No, the banditry is like a comb, and the soldiers are like a grate. Maybe the Sizhou army is worse than the bandit army?

This just battle against Kong Yanzhou has also evolved into a power struggle between two warlords, and it has nothing to do with the people of Qizhou.

Wang Shen felt as if a boulder was pressing on his heart, and he was so stuffy that he couldn't breathe.

He had a premonition: the next siege of Qichun might not be so easy to fight.

Before the decisive battle with Kong Yanzhou, Lu Ben Zhongben contacted many Qizhou scholars to think that they should respond internally, and some even agreed that once the time was right, they would open the city gate and let the Sizhou army enter the city.In these days, a large amount of information is sent to the army every day.But as soon as the army started to rob the people, the news was cut off.

Kong Yanzhou was newly defeated and almost wiped out. According to Wang Shen's plan, he won the strategic point of Qichun in one go without giving the enemy a chance to breathe.As long as this city is captured, Kong Yanzhou will have no danger to defend, and will not be able to gain a foothold in Qi and Huang.

It's a pity that the army was in chaos, and the overall plan was disrupted.The first priority is to quell the military chaos, and other things are ignored.Of course, Yue Yun also suggested that he might as well lead the troops to fight first. Although there are few soldiers and horses in the back, there is still a great chance of winning against Kong Yanzhou who is in constant panic.

However, Wang Shen insisted on being serious and did not adopt his opinion.

Facts have proved that this decision made a big mistake.Facts have proved that Wang Shen's present hunch is correct.

After rectifying the troops and horses, Wang Shen ordered three pontoon bridges to be built on the Qi River.Due to terrain constraints, it was impossible for the whole army to attack, so Hu Yantong was ordered to lead the former army to try to fight.

The more than 1000 former soldiers were greeted by rolling stones falling from the city wall like arrows and hailstones. They were so crushed that they couldn't lift their heads on the river beach, and they didn't give Huyan Tong a chance to deploy under the city wall.

In this battle, Huyantong was withdrawn by Wang Shen as soon as he came into contact with the enemy. The loss was not great, only about [-] people were killed in battle, and more than [-] were slightly or seriously injured.

The assault battle is different from the field battle, it can be said to be extremely cruel, both the attacker and the defender are fighting for their lives.The same is true, it is impossible to use it closely with the first army.After fighting for a while, all the attacking troops were withdrawn and replaced by others.Otherwise, if the casualties are large, morale will plummet, and the troops will be disabled after a short period of time.During the cold weapon war, the troops can only bear [-]% of the casualties.

After Hu Yantong's front army was withdrawn, it was replaced by Lu Can's selection front army, but it still had no effect.

Then replace Wu Xianxian's Victory Army and Gu Lie's Destroyer Army.

After two days like this, I saw that the enemies on the city wall had been beaten into a mess by the fierce Sizhou army.

But at this moment, suddenly, there was a violent whistling sound in the sky.

Looking up, Wang Shen and the others turned pale with shock.

I saw that more than a dozen millstones were hoisted out of the city with a trebuchet and fell fluffy among the soldiers.

These grinding discs contain huge potential energy, once they fall, they will die if they are hit, and they will be injured if they are rubbed, there is no way to stop them.

Wang Shen saw a millstone fall to the ground and rolled over ten meters on the ground, breaking the legs of three soldiers before stopping.

This is an ancient cannon. Although there are not many and the lethality is not great, the psychological pressure on the soldiers is hard to describe in words.All of a sudden, the faces of the Sizhou Army, who were fearless in the past, changed color.

"Boom" just happened, a big rock fell on the pontoon bridge, directly smashing a small boat to pieces.The bridge broke, and a soldier fell into the water screaming with sawdust all over his face, and then walked back with difficulty with the help of his companions.

When the attacking Sizhou army was in some confusion, suddenly, Kong Yanzhou led a group of soldiers and rushed out from the water gate under the city tower to launch a counterattack.

Fortunately, Gu Lie immediately organized his team to fight back the enemy, so that the army would not be completely defeated.However, the defeat of the enemy army still paid the price of more than a hundred people.

A large number of lumber and rolling stones still fell on the city, and the boundless rain of arrows poured down like water, and the pebbles on the river beach in front were all stained red with human blood.

"The city battle is really... irritating!" Yes, this is a new topic for Wang Shen.

Since the establishment of the army, Wang Shen has focused on building his army into a field army.Facing this fortress-like small town in front of him at this moment, he felt a little at a loss.

He was also surprised, according to previous calculations, Kong Yanzhou originally had [-] people.In the previous battle, more than [-] people were captured by themselves, and most of the rest fled.Today, the man surnamed Kong has less than [-] soldiers and horses, and his morale is low. Why is he suddenly able to fight now?Moreover, judging by his posture of defending the city, he played in an orderly manner.Not only is the sophisticated equipment built, but the tactics are also very flexible.From time to time, elite soldiers were sent out from Shuimen, or down the city, to give Sizhou army a blow.

Travelers are not omnipotent and omniscient, and the ancients should not be underestimated at any time, especially those who have left their names in history books like Kong Yanzhou are not simple people.

Lu Benzhong's Fei Ge Biography arrived and put forward his own views.

The letter said that after Kong Yanzhou burned down the new city of Qichun, he forced all the people into the old city, and conscripted all the civilians to defend the city.

Originally, Kong Yanzhou's beast army robbed Qichun, and the people were united in hatred, so he could think of a way to cause civil strife in the city.It's a pity that after the news of the Sizhou army's defeat and plundering of the countryside spread to the city, Kong Yanzhou publicized it, and it was no longer possible to mobilize the Qichun scholars.

Today, there are 12 soldiers and civilians in the old city.Kong Zei conscripted all men over the age of 70 and under the age of [-] into the army, a total of more than [-] people, although they were all mobs.But the city wall of Qichun was so strong that it could not be taken down at all.

The most terrible thing is that Kong Yanzhou robbed the whole of Qichun, and there was enough food and fodder for half a year.

In the letter, Lu Benzhong's tone was very bad, and he scolded Wang Shen.Saying that you are also a valiant general, why don't you understand the truth that soldiers are precious and fast, and the battle has been dragged on until now, and it has become muddy, stupid!If you fight harder, I'm afraid your army will be consumed under this city wall.If you still have some brains, lead your troops back to Huangzhou immediately.

Seeing this letter, Wang Shen was so angry that his eyes burst into flames when he thought of the dead and wounded soldiers in the past few days.I had no choice but to write back saying that I had no choice but to surround the city and talk slowly, Mr. Donglai, you should also pay attention to safety, if you have the opportunity in the future, find a way to escape from the city!
Wang Shen felt strange, the reason why the old man Lu went to Kong Yanzhou's place was to join forces with the family on the surface, but in fact it was to delay the attack of Kong's army and give the Sizhou army time to calmly arrange.His mission should have been completed long ago, why didn't he leave?Moreover, the two prefectures of Qi and Huang were extremely poor, and he, a land tycoon, did not have enough food for soldiers, so where did Kong Yanzhou get enough food for half a year?
Moreover, the tone of this letter always makes people feel weird.

He scratched his head and couldn't figure it out, since he couldn't figure it out, he didn't want to.

Now he began to think about what method to use to take down this Qichun: fire attack, explosives, yes yes yes, is it a good way to attack the city from the ground?
Wang Shen's eyes lit up, and he shouted, "Send an order to Chen Da to collect saltpeter and sulfur, and also, invite me to bring all the alchemy priests around here."

(End of this chapter)