After Ruan Zhengyu made his decision, there was no further delay. He immediately ordered all civil and military officials to pack their bags and prepare to retreat with him, but now Thang Long City had to leave some people behind.
Otherwise, all the officials would have run away, and the common people would have dispersed in droves. By then, they, the officials, would have been overtaken by the other party's cavalry before they had run very far.
Until now, the civil and military ministers have remained silent because they know that the lives and fortunes of those left behind will be at stake.
Li Guangqing looked at the faces of the civil and military officials and knew that it was impossible for them to stay. If he forced them to stay, they would probably surrender immediately.
So Li Guangqing stood up and said: "I am the prime minister of the current dynasty, and now I will be stationed at Longcheng Pass."
When Ruan Zhengyu heard this, he immediately stood up and said: "Sir, you can't be like this. You are my right-hand man. How can I explain to the late emperor if I lose you, an old minister?"
Li Guangqing smiled and shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I am already sixty years old. Even if I die in battle now, I have no regrets. I only hope that Your Majesty will regain our strength and restore our country."
This veteran has seen the crisis in the Annan Kingdom. This time when the Central Plains went south, it was not the same as before with a small lesson and then retreating. Looking at Jia Ke, he wanted to destroy the Annan Kingdom. When the time comes, both jade and stone would be destroyed. It would be better to
Even if you fight to the death now, you can leave some reputation.
Ruan Zhengyu looked at this old minister with a smile on his face, but his eyes were firm, knowing that no matter how much he tried to persuade him, he would not be able to persuade him anymore.
So Ruan Zhengyu stood up and came to Li Guangqing's side, grabbed his hand, and said movedly: "Don't worry, old prime minister, after returning to Shenglong Mansion, I will order the princess to marry into the Li family. From now on, your family and I will share the wealth."
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Li Guangqing is finally relieved now that even after his death, he will leave blessings to his descendants. As long as the Annan Kingdom is not destroyed and the Ruan family is not destroyed, their family will surely be prosperous and prosperous for a long time.
Now that Li Guangqing was relieved, he immediately urged Ruan Zhengyu to leave the city immediately.
"Your Majesty, you don't have much time. Please leave the city immediately. The old minister will take his troops and try to buy as much time as possible for your Majesty."
Ruan Zhengyu knew that the matter was urgent and did not say anything. He just grabbed Li Guangqing's hand and shook it hard, and then quietly walked down the city wall with his soldiers and ministers of civil and military affairs.
When Li Guangqing saw Ruan Zhengyu leaving, his face immediately returned to calmness.
At this time, Zhengbai Banner and Xiangbai Banner ordered the captured soldiers to start attacking the city again. This time these people were even more courageous.
Because just now, Jia Ke saw the cruelty of the siege battle under the city, so in order to boost morale, he had promised the captive soldiers that after the city was broken, they would not seal their swords for three days, and all the captive soldiers who participated in the siege would be able to fight in the city.
Robbery for three days.
As a result, these captured infantrymen became even more courageous, and the young men on the top of the city had been used up in the previous siege battles. The only ones who could defend the city were children and the elderly, and although the women also picked up
The weapons resisted for a while, but these people were naturally weak and how could they withstand these crazy captive soldiers. So without much effort, they were attacked again on the top of the city.
Li Guangqing was now livid, holding a sword, his own soldiers, and reinforcements from left and right.
But as time went by, there were fewer and fewer people guarding the city. Seeing that this was not an option, Li Guangqing immediately ordered a few of his own soldiers to go down to the city and kill all those who could stand up.
We caught up with the city.
This slightly relieved the pressure on the city, but these old men and women were really not made for fighting, and they were all killed or injured in a short time.
Li Guangqing now also knew that it was the last moment, so he fought desperately to give King Ruan Zhengyu of Annan some time to escape.
But no matter how hard he worked, there were more and more captive soldiers on the city. After a while, there were only a few young children and sixty-year-olds left on the city.
As for the women and children who were forced to go up to the city, when they saw the enemy attacking fiercely with swords and guns, they all trembled, threw all the weapons in their hands to the ground, and squatted aside with their heads in their hands.
The captive soldiers did not have any difficulties with the women and children who had laid down their weapons. They just separated some people to guard them and prevent them from running around.
This is not because these captive soldiers are merciful, but because these women and children are their spoils of war, and they will enjoy them after the battle is won.
Li Guangqing is now surrounded by dozens of people on one side of the city tower. All his soldiers have been killed. He should have died long ago, but these captive soldiers saw that he was a high official and wanted to kill him.
Take prisoners so that you can ask for credit from your superiors.
Li Guangqing held his sword and watched the enemy troops getting closer and closer, and sighed, "Your Majesty did not listen to my words, and turned against the Central Plains, which is why we are in trouble today. I hope that your Majesty will work hard from now on to revive the country."
After Li Guangqing finished speaking, he threw the sword in his hand at the nearest soldier. Unexpectedly, the prisoner soldier was pierced through the chest by the sword and immediately screamed and fell to the ground dead.
When the other captive soldiers saw that the old man was not honest until the end, they immediately became furious and stepped forward one by one to stab him to death.
Li Guangqing looked at some of these traitors with contempt, then suddenly turned around and jumped down the tower.
Seeing this, the other prisoners quickly looked down at the city wall and saw that Li Guangqing had fallen to the ground and turned into a pulp.
Next, these captured soldiers who broke into Longcheng Pass began to rape and plunder unscrupulously.
Jia Ke was not in a hurry to continue the attack. He took the Eight Banners of Manchuria and the wolf soldiers and stationed outside Longcheng Pass. After all, Jia Ke had already promised not to seal the sword for three days, so naturally he could not break his promise to these captured soldiers.
After three days, the Eight Banners of Manchuria were ordered to go in and collect these captured soldiers.
Originally, Jia Ke thought it would be good if half of these captive soldiers could be recovered in the end, but when the Eight Banners of Manchuria came back, not one of these captive soldiers escaped.
It turns out that these people from the Eight Banners of Manchuria have already had experience. They blocked the front and back gates of Longcheng Pass and allowed these captive soldiers to do whatever they wanted inside Longcheng Pass.
Although some of these captive soldiers wanted to escape, most of them had no intention of doing so, because since they had already participated in the siege and killed so many Annan soldiers, there was no way to survive even if they returned.
The dynasties of the Central Plains served.
Now that these people had no more thoughts, the captive soldiers began to vent their anger unscrupulously in Longcheng Pass. This time Longcheng Pass immediately turned into a hell on earth. Almost all the women were violated, and the remaining ones
No old or weak man could survive.
All the houses in Longcheng Pass were looted, and even the Treasury was completely robbed by these people.
After Jia Ke gathered the soldiers, he ordered people to clean up the inside and outside of Longcheng Pass and bury all the corpses to prevent the outbreak of plague.
When Jia Ke led a large group of troops into Longcheng Pass, he saw many disheveled women sitting or lying on both sides of the street. It seemed that they had just been killed by the captive soldiers.
Jia Ke led the civil and military personnel into the Longcheng Pass General Military Mansion, and then sat down in the lobby, with the civil and military personnel lined up on both sides.
"Everyone, this time we have taken Longcheng Pass, which gives us an advantage. Further south is Yima Plain. How do you think we should fight the next battle?"
Everyone looked at each other. They really didn't have much experience in such large-scale strategic matters. Some people had been following Jia Ke. Jia Ke pointed them wherever they wanted to ask them for advice, which would probably embarrass them.
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Only Sun Yan closed his eyes and rested for a while, then opened his eyes, raised his hands and said to Jia Ke: "My lord, the people of Annan have always been unruly. I think it is better to support a puppet to facilitate our rule."
After hearing this, Jia Ke didn't know whether it was okay or not. Then he looked at the young general Xiao Yue and said, "Xiao Yue, you are also the commander of Fenwu Camp now. Please tell me your opinion."
When Xiao Yue heard Jia Ke's question, he knew that Jia Ke was cultivating him, so he did not shirk it. He stood up first, then raised his hands and said: "My lord, if we want to withdraw from Annan after this battle,
It is good to keep a puppet, but our combat goal is to annex the entire territory of Annan. If we support a puppet, the Annan people will have a backbone in the future. When we want to annex Annan, it will probably be even more difficult.
It is better for us to launch a massive attack this time and kill all those who resist, so that these people are afraid of us and dare not resist."
After Jia Ke heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face, "Xiao Yue's opinion is exactly what I want."
After Jia Ke said this, he immediately slapped the table and ordered below: "We have more than 500,000 troops at Longcheng Pass. A long-term confrontation will not be good for us."
After Jia Ke said this, he looked at the Eight Manchu Banners and said to them: "Starting from today, each of your Eight Banners will take their captive soldiers to attack everywhere in Annan villages on the plain. Try to collect as much food and grass as possible, and then capture
Some strong men will deliver food and grass to us."
After hearing this, the eight Eight Banners commanders all laughed together. This was their old profession, and this time when they went out, Jia Ke didn't say what to do with the plundered money. It seemed that it was a source of trouble for them.
"Master, don't worry. I will definitely honor my master's orders when I go this time." The eight men assured Jia Ke together.
Among them, Jirigela, as the commander of the Zhenghuang Banner and an absolutely loyal servant of Jia Ke, what he wants now is to hand over all the harvested grain and grass to the army so that everyone can use it together. All the silver will belong to their Eight Banners, and then divide the money
Give half of it to their master Jia Ke, and the rest can be taken back and used by the Eight Banners tribe.
Jia Ke naturally saw their little thoughts, but he did not point them out. Instead, he continued: "This time you go out and watch the captured soldiers carefully. If there are some who are truly loyal to us, you might as well promote them.