Stop killing!

This news spread like a tide in the following time, gradually spreading from Wuwei County to surrounding counties.

Jincheng, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and the more remote Dunhuang in the west have all vaguely heard about it.

Almost all the forces in Hexi were shocked.

They were all discussing it secretly.

…

In Wuwei County, Zhao Tong, who had pacified the Xiutu tribe, once again led his troops to rush to the county government's Guzang City to act as a deterrent.

All of a sudden, the effect is completely different!

Xiu Tu's illustrious achievements in destroying the Western Qiang Kingdom were enough to make the soldiers and civilians in the city tremble with fear.

People's hearts gradually became unstable and panicked.

Although Wuwei County Governor tried his best to suppress the situation, he still wanted to rely on the strength of the county soldiers to prevent the arrival of reinforcements.

She also firmly believes that several counties in Hexi are strategically important places, and her king has always been wise and powerful and will never ignore it!

However, the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Since the Han army re-siege the city, the generals have been ordered by Zhao Tong to take turns sending troops to the city all day long to shout to the city: "Listen, your eunuch wants to send envoys to move the Xiutu tribe north of the Great Wall.

reinforcement."

"But now Xiutu has been destroyed by my general and us!"

"You have sent reinforcements. If we don't surrender now, how long will it take?"

"Do you have to wait until our main follow-up army arrives to forcibly break the city and plow the courtyard and sweep the holes before you can understand the current situation?"

A series of loud words fell.

Although the main forces of the Han army will be stationed in Longxi for a while, Wudu will compete with the Cao family on the front line, and there is no time to go west to recover the counties.

But this did not prevent Zhao Tong from speaking harshly.

Anyway, Guzang is now under siege, and the city has no idea what is happening outside.

Use the army to further intimidate!

I have to say, the effect is still extremely obvious.

While the Han cavalry was besieging the city, they were shouting loudly and many of the Xiutu cavalry who had recently joined in came forward. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to the resistance enthusiasm in the city.

Under the planning of both parties, the negative emotions of the scholars and people in Guzang City increased sharply.

The county soldiers also gradually lost their fighting spirit!

In addition, due to the brutal suppression by the Wuwei Prefect, anyone who neglected his duties would be thrown into prison.

The bloody suppression naturally aroused the rebellious psychology of the county soldiers.

Those who were timid would open the city at night and flee to join the Han army.

The brave ones secretly conspired together and decided to break into the governor's house and capture the prefect Wuwei, then open the city and surrender.

Under the attack of waves of small-scale rebellions, although they all ended in failure, gaps appeared in the city defense of Guzang City.

Especially after a long period of rebellion, the county soldiers had no fighting spirit and their morale was low.

War weariness spread among the army,

It happened that the prefect of Wuwei was an official sent from the Central Plains to govern Wuwei. He had been reading various scriptures and books since he was young, and he could be said to be rich in ink.

He can manage an army, but he has no experience in governing.

Now faced with such a difficult situation, he suddenly became at a loss.

This can only worsen the morale of the county soldiers in the city.

More and more soldiers fled and returned, and Zhao Tong also learned from the surrendered soldiers about the changes in the situation in the city in recent days.

He thought for a while and came up with a plan to break the city.

At night, when the small rebellion intensified again in the city, groups of Han knights had already gathered outside the city in the dark.

I saw that all the troops were neatly arranged and lined up in neat cavalry formations.

All the cavalrymen also had high morale and fighting spirit.

At this time, the soldiers who had lit torches arrived at the city gates in groups to persuade their former colleagues to surrender to Kaicheng.

This trick is indeed quite useful.

After repeated hardships, the county soldiers had long had enough of this inhumane life.

Under the persuasion of my fleeing colleagues, my mind gradually wavered!

If Cao's professional legions were guarding it, this technique of persuading surrender would naturally be meaningless.

Because Cao Wei implemented a cruel association law and implemented a system of soldiers and generals sitting together, if the soldiers went out to fight and chose to join the enemy, their families behind the scenes would suffer.

If the men in the family are killed or demoted to slaves, they are not allowed to stand up!

Women's families were not spared either. Women would be assigned as camp prostitutes to provide for the sexual pleasures of army generals, or they would be assigned to be wives of others.

It can be said that the punishment is extremely severe!

Therefore, this is why Cao's army rarely surrendered in battles.

But these county soldiers are not the same.

First of all, they have not undergone too rigorous training, and their tactics and appearance are incomparable to professional soldiers.

Secondly, almost all of them were recruited from local people in Wuwei, and almost all of their relatives were in the local area, so they had no worries.

With more and more people coming forward to persuade them, the guards on the city immediately turned their heads to look at the prefect's mansion in the city, where there seemed to be a faint sound of fighting, and their already shaken expressions suddenly became firm.

"Creak, creak..."

The gate of Guzang opens slowly like a millstone.

Then, one after another, the county soldiers broke through the psychological defense line and left the city to surrender.

Zhao Tong, who was riding a horse in the dark behind, saw this scene and couldn't help but show a deep joy on his face.

Then, the red torch burning from the side illuminated his face like daylight, and he seemed to be smiling from ear to ear. After a while, he seemed to be unable to hide the excitement deep in his heart.

Shouting loudly:

"Order all the troops to rush into the city and seize Guzang tonight!"

"Kill, kill!"

Following Zhao Tongyi's order, the surrounding generals, who had already been unable to hold on any longer, were gearing up one after another. After hearing the order to march, they all looked happy.

Then he launched his army to attack.

I saw all the Han cavalry holding torches high in one hand and sharp blades in the other as they charged into the open city gate.

Due to the surrender of the county soldiers, the Han army easily took control of the Guzang Tower without any effort.

Immediately afterwards, the cavalry from various units rushed in, like a tiger entering a cage, and started massacring.

"Ah, ah..."

As wailing and roaring sounds resound one after another in the city, Guzang City will fall into a sleepless night tonight!

Basically, all the soldiers who were weak-willed have surrendered.

Even those who are still stubbornly resisting are almost all loyalists of the Wuwei Prefect.

Zhao Tong had no mercy for those who stubbornly resisted.

He sent out his troops and ordered all his elite cavalry to crush them all the way.

If the enemy is stubborn, don't blame him for being cold-blooded.

This is war, either you die or I live!

…

After nearly a night of strangulation, the die-hard loyalists in the city were basically eliminated.

The prefect of Wuwei and all the county officials were captured alive.

Guzang City, the capital of Wuwei, also officially declared its fall.
Chapter completed!