Although the Zhou army's resistance gradually became fierce, after being suppressed again by the Han army's trebuchets, the defense network composed of archers suddenly collapsed. Especially near the city gate tower, the trebuchets targeted and blasted two
After this, hundreds of soldiers were lost, and the Zhou army did not dare to lean out for a while. The soldiers of the Han army pushing the siege ram finally pushed the siege ram to the city gate after paying hundreds of casualties.
Next, the huge battering ram was pulled up, swinging with the sound of howling wind, and hit the city gate hard.
If the Han army's trebuchets were more accurate and could accurately project gunpowder packets into door openings, some casualties could be avoided. However, the accuracy of this weapon is far from reaching that standard. From five to six hundred
The probability of the projectile hitting the city gate and exploding from a distance of meters away is really very small. Moreover, with the power of the gunpowder packets, even if one or two are lucky enough to explode on the city gate, they will not be able to blow open the thick city gate.
Thousands of kilograms of heavy battering rams swung, and each impact shook the city gate again and again. Dust fell down, and the iron-clad city gate was gradually deformed by the impact. After more than twenty blows,
, the city gate finally groaned under the weight, the iron shaft was broken, and the entire city gate suddenly collapsed. Seeing that the city gate was breached, Zhao Er pointed his sword horizontally, and the cavalry behind him immediately roared like a tide.
They generally poured into the city gate.
At this time, Ouyang Hui, the county governor of Huaizhou City, had already fled in panic. He ran home in one breath and asked his wife Liu to quickly pack up the valuables. Then he took his wife and two concubines and changed into ordinary people's clothes.
, found an unoccupied house and got into it, hoping to take the opportunity to escape the capture of the Han army. Undoubtedly, Ouyang Hui's escape speed was a record. From the time he left the city wall to hiding in a house to avoid disaster, it only took half a day.
Hours of time. Compared to Ouyang Hui's speed, Jun Cheng Jifei's speed was much slower.
When Ji Fei was about to escape, the Han cavalry had already entered Huaizhou City. He was slightly injured on the city wall. In panic, he just lay on the wall to avoid the astonishingly powerful gunpowder packets. When he realized that the situation was over, the situation was over.
It was already too late to escape. When he hurriedly escaped down the city wall under the protection of dozens of soldiers, he happened to encounter a group of Han cavalry. Those soldiers who usually seemed loyal immediately dispersed.
Ji Fei was left alone there. The Han army saw a trembling man in armor squatting under the city wall. Knowing that this was a leader of the Zhou army, they tied him up with three strikes.
Ji Fei never expected that the Han army's offensive would be so sharp. With the support of such terrifying weapons, the Han army was simply invincible. Now Ji Fei understood why the military fortresses of the Great Zhou Dynasty were attacked one after another.
The Han army broke through easily, and even Luoyang, Xijing, could not defend it. The Han army had such heaven-defying weapons, who else could stop the King of Han?
Now he doesn't even have any regrets. He only hopes that the King of Han Liu Ling will show mercy and let him go. However, he also knows very well that the King of Han Liu Ling does not have a bodhisattva heart of great mercy and compassion.
Not long ago, nine thousand prisoners of Kaifeng's Jizi camp were beheaded by the murderous devil at the command. It is said that the pile of severed heads was higher than the city gate tower of Badzhou.
Pushed by the Han soldiers, Ji Fei was escorted to the school grounds as the first batch of prisoners. On the road being escorted by the Han soldiers, he saw groups of Han soldiers with distinctive armors and murderous looks rushing toward them.
At each city gate, you can still see the corpses of many of his soldiers, lying so cold and lifeless on the streets. Every household has its doors tightly closed, and there are also ownerless wild dogs with their tails between their legs in fear.
Running back and forth. Looking at all this, Ji Fei suddenly had a ridiculous idea. He thought that if he were that wild dog, he might still be able to escape.
Before the war, Ouyang Hui sent people to constantly declare that the Han army was going to massacre the city, so every household sealed their doors tightly. They used this method of shrinking into their shells to protect themselves when in danger-
Comfort is like an ostrich that only buries its head in the sand when it encounters danger. They all place their last hope on the weak door of their home, hoping to keep out the legendary Han army who kills without blinking an eye.
outside the door.
The common people in panic are the most ignorant. Although they have never heard of the Han army massacring a city, they firmly believe that those outsiders are evil spirits who eat people without spitting out their bones. Such a cruel and ruthless thing as massacre, Liu Ling
It still can't be done. In history, perhaps the only one who could really capture and slaughter a city was the steppe cavalry under Genghis Khan, who was known as the genius of the generation. The Mongolian cavalry solved the problem of feeding tens of millions of people around the world, but they used
The most direct and most inhumane method is to massacre the city.
The Manchurian Tatars also like to do this kind of thing. In the city of Yangzhou alone, more than 800,000 people were massacred, turning a good and prosperous city into a ghost town.
After the Han army invaded Huaizhou, the fiercest battle started on the city wall. It was not easy to attack from the city along the horse road to the city wall. The Zhou army, which had the advantage of the terrain, was still resisting tenaciously. Although, the enemy who inspired them
The fighting spirit of the captain was seriously injured and dying, but the fighting spirit and will to die that finally burned in their hearts still supported them to resist desperately. The county guard ran away, and the county magistrate also ran away, but they did not run away, but subconsciously
Fighting the invaders in the final battle.
As the large group of Han infantry entered Huaizhou, the four city gates of Huaizhou were breached one after another. The size of a city at that time was best reflected by the number of city gates. The larger the city, the more the gates.
Many. For example, Taiyuan and Kaifeng, as capitals, both have eight gates. For small and medium-sized cities like Huaizhou, four gates are considered standard.
As the saying goes, the army was defeated like a mountain and after losing control of the city gate, the Zhou army declared a complete defeat. About two thousand Huaizhou County soldiers were captured, and there was an endless line of people escorting the prisoners to the school grounds. After clearing the battlefield,
The cavalry began to patrol the streets and alleys of Huaizhou to eliminate the remaining troops of the Zhou army. Immediately afterwards, the Tiqi from the Supervisory Council entered the city and began to post notices to calm the people. After the city was basically under control, Liu Ling was surrounded by generals such as Hua Ling and Zhaoxian.
He got off his horse and entered Huaizhou City. Many people hiding in their homes saw the legendary green-faced and fanged King of Han through the cracks in the windows. When Liu Ling entered the city, he was riding not his red lion, but the beast king.
Defeat the enemy!
What a shocking scene this was. Many people secretly saw Liu Ling. They saw the handsome man with a handsome face and even a bit of a bookish look, riding a giant black leopard that was taller than a war horse. He slowly
Slowly entered Huaizhou City. The moment they saw this shocking scene, four words appeared in the hearts of the people, that is, the gods descended to earth.
After Zhao Er wiped out the remaining troops in the city, he welcomed Liu Ling into the city. The small Huaizhou City was not even a stumbling block in front of the lion of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Ling rode a black panther to defeat the enemy and jumped down in front of the county guard's Yamen. He patted the black panther and told it to find a place to rest. The black panther chirped twice and then jumped into the yard. After entering the Yamen,
After Liu Ling sat down on the chair, he asked, "Have you ever caught County Sheriff Ouyang Hui and County Chief Ji Fei?"
Zhao Er cupped his fists and said: "Jun Cheng Jifei has been captured, and his subordinates have sent people to escort him over. That county guard Ouyang Hui ran fast, and he must have been hiding. His subordinates have already sent people to take him to Huaizhou."
The government officials went to search for him."
Liu Ling nodded and said, "Bring Ji Fei over to see me first."
Not long after, Ji Fei was tied up like a rice dumpling and brought to the front of the lobby. This Ji Fei was also a delicate person, otherwise he would not have climbed to the position of the county magistrate. When he saw the person sitting in front of him, he was wearing a python robe.
The young man without armor guessed that this person was the famous Han King Liu Ling. Without anyone's guidance, Ji Fei fell to his knees with a plop and kowtowed several times.
"The guilty minister, Jifei, comes to see His Highness the King of Han."
Ji Fei kowtows like pounding garlic.
Liu Ling said calmly: "You are not an isolated minister, so why are you guilty?"
Ji Fei was stunned for a moment, then kowtowed again and said: "The sinner has offended His Highness Tianwei and is punished by death."
Liu Ling hummed and said calmly: "Since you have admitted the death penalty, let's take him out and chop him up."
Ji Fei was so frightened that he peed his pants. He was scared and miserable. He thought to himself: Why does the King of Han not act according to common sense? I admit that I am guilty. You should be polite at least. Why did I just say that it is a capital crime?
The donkey was going to kill me when he got off the slope. Ji Fei crawled forward a few steps, kowtowed and begged: "Your Highness, please forgive me, Your Highness, please forgive me! The guilty minister was also instigated by Ouyang Hui, who is the county guard.
It’s not like I don’t dare to disobey you. I beg Your Highness to save my life. I am willing to be a slave, serving Your Highness in front of me and behind my horse.”
Liu Ling said coldly: "I don't need people like you as slaves. It's not difficult to survive if I want to."
He paused and said: "I will give you a hundred soldiers. If we catch Ouyang Hui before dark, I will spare your life. If you don't catch Ouyang Hui before dark, or you are caught first by the soldiers under Gu's command,
, I will tear you apart."
Ignoring Ji Fei's pleading, Liu Ling waved his hand and said, "Go ahead, your life is in your own hands."
After the soldiers untied Ji Fei and took him out to capture Ouyang Hui, Liu Ling asked Zhao Erdao: "Is Captain Zhou still alive?"
Zhao Er knew who the prince was asking about, so he bowed and said, "The man was seriously injured. I have sent a military doctor to treat him. He is waiting in the corridor."
Liu Ling ordered his soldiers to carry the injured captain up, then walked to the man and asked, "What's your name?"
The man was about thirty years old, and the blood stains on his face had not been cleaned up. His face was frighteningly pale due to excessive blood loss. Just looking at this man's appearance, he seemed to have a good-looking appearance.
"A certain...is Shi Rui, the Eighth Grade Guogan Colonel of the Huaizhou County Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"
Liu Ling praised: "You are a good man and a true hero. Are you willing to work under Gu's command?"
Shi Rui laughed miserably and said: "Your Highness, why do you have to show off? Although Shi is not promoted to a commoner, he still knows how to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. If His Highness is demoted, I am afraid that my father will not be able to live in peace. All Shi wants in life is to be loyal and filial.
Words. If he surrenders, it would be disloyal to be ashamed of the late emperor. It would be unfilial to be ashamed of his late father. To be unfaithful and unfilial, not to mention that the prince surrendered and promised huge profits, what is the point even if Shi Mou wears a yellow robe? Your Highness
...Please don’t say any more, Shi, I wish you could die to put your mind at ease.” (To be continued)
