More than 3,000 cavalrymen left the south gate of Gaotang County with great fanfare and headed towards Boping.
There were dozens of carriages heading out at the gate of the city. Upon seeing this, they immediately stepped aside. The drivers and warriors lowered their heads and remained silent.
It took a while for the soldiers to completely disappear into the morning mist. After waiting for a while, the leading driver Han San shouted: "Let's go."
The convoy continued to move forward.
The carriage was full of corpses. Han San and others spent the night cleaning out more than 800 corpses in total.
More than 800 strong young men, all of whom were able to draw a bow and wield swords and guns, all died last night.
Most of them live outside the city. The Xia people had an order to dig a hole and bury the bodies without returning them to their families. No one dared to disobey this order, and now Han San and the others were doing this job.
The atmosphere in the convoy was dull and depressing. King Lifu couldn't hold it in anymore and whispered: "Two thousand government soldiers were wiped out in one battle, and Li Daonu was useless. The town soldiers, state and county soldiers, and volunteer troops also suffered heavy casualties.
If we continue like this, will there be any soldiers left to fight?"
After hearing this, the driver Cui Da also whispered: "Those people brought out by Li Daonu were buried yesterday, not far from the Yellow River. General Zhao Shi went out to rescue the city, but was also defeated. The Xia people dug a big pit."
, I don’t know how many people were buried.”
"Oh, I'm afraid it won't be less than two thousand." Wang Er sighed: "Li Daonu is really a loser. If I were to take charge, he wouldn't be exposed to the treacherous plot of the Zhongxia people."
"Are you going to take command?" Although Cui Da felt heavy, he was still amused and said: "It's just your ability, forget it."
"What do you know? My martial arts skills are unrivaled by few among my peers. I have no chance." Wang Er said angrily.
"Now that there is a way, do you dare to go?" Cui Da looked at Wang Er and asked with burning eyes.
Wang Er paused for a moment, then asked, "Why don't you dare?"
He knew what the "connections" Cui Da mentioned were about. Isn't it just a militia unit that was sued in vain and declared itself the envoy of the town and the envoy of soldiers and horses?
"Aren't you afraid of death?" Cui Da asked, pointing to the corpse in the carriage.
"You will die if you stay." Wang Er said without hesitation: "The Xia people have no good intentions at all, and they may be killed by them one day. In the current situation, there is no livelihood in the city, and I can't live anymore, so why not
Go give it a try."
"Let's go together," Cui Daxi said.
Han San sighed softly. He was old and didn't want to bother, but he also didn't want to stop the two young men.
Once the Xia people retreated and the shogunate came again to recruit troops, and the men were recruited into the army, they would most likely die.
Even if the Xia people don't leave, they may not be able to continue living in Gaotang County. Don't believe it? I heard from the defeated soldiers hiding in the village that people from Jingcheng, Zongcheng and other places were moved to Qingtang in large numbers by the Xia people, and they would die on the way.
Half of them, after reaching the end of the field, were fighting with the Tubo tribe to death, and half of them were almost dead in the end.
Either way, it's death, so it's better to give it a try.
Wei Bo is in trouble! He raised a handful of paper money and thought silently in his heart, calling the souls of the dead to come and collect the money.
According to the funeral customs of the imperial dynasty, "The things used by ghosts are all different from those of human beings. Only gold and silk are commonly used, but they are not as good as fake ones. Use yellow-coated tin for gold and paper for silk, which are the most expensive."…
These yellow paper money are the "silk silk" used by ghosts in the underworld. The motorcade gradually moved away, leaving only the paper money scattered in the wind.
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"The *** actually killed prisoners, you will not die well!"
"Traitor! Lackey! Your ancestors also fought for Wei Bo back then, but you didn't expect your descendants to be so unworthy!"
"I'm waiting for you, it won't end well."
"Don't kill me, I'm willing to surrender!"
There was a lot of noise along the Yongji Canal, and the noise was loud.
Thousands of soldiers lined up in the field with guns, their expressions cold and serious. They were numb.
As a traitor in Weibo Town, he got a place under Shao Shude by killing his own people, which is a big stain in itself. Unfortunately, Shao Shude didn't trust them either, so he threw them into the river and let them suppress various rebellions.
.I finally returned to Weibo today, and I came here to do dirty work again.
Go ahead and scold me, it’s okay, just get used to it.
Huo Liangsi, the military commander in the left wing, was scolded particularly harshly, but he had a bright look on his face.
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There was no expression of anger at all, but he walked up to the captives who were tied and kneeling on the ground with a horizontal knife, smiled cruelly, and then used the handle of the knife to smash their teeth one by one.
"Kill him, kill him. Why do you want to humiliate someone? Do it!" Feng Zangzhi, the military envoy of the Xiaojie Army and the envoy of the right wing, waved his big hand and ordered.
"Yes." Huo Liangsi was startled, put away his little thoughts of playing around and taking revenge, and ordered them all to be slaughtered.
For a moment, swords flashed in vain, and hundreds of heads fell to the ground.
After killing the man, the sergeant collected the heads calmly and threw the body into the river.
More than a hundred people who were killed came from Beizhou, Linqing and other places, most of them were from military academies. Among them were many people who were on the front line, such as suppressing envoys, deputy suppressing envoys, military envoys and so on. It is difficult to figure out how many copies Luo Shaowei distributed.
If you sue yourself, there is nothing wrong with killing these people if you catch them anyway.
If you want to rebel, you must be rich, powerful, ruthless enough, or famous. If you don't meet these conditions, it will be difficult to gather all the people.
When people are not organized, they are just a mob. Killing these people with organizational skills can of course effectively reduce the possibility of rebellion.
"Military envoy, all ninety-two generals below Tian Ben have been killed." Huo Liangsi also killed one person with his own hands. At this time, he came back to life, still smelling of blood.
Feng Zangzhi nodded and said: "You don't need to worry about the transportation of Wei Bo's people. There are still more than 7,000 people in your army, which are the main force of the army. We still need more support to attack the city and build the stronghold."
There are more than 10,000 soldiers in the two wings of the Xiaojie Army. There are also 8,000 soldiers in the left wing, basically all from the river, and those in the right wing are from the two states of Xiangwei. The sergeants on the two wings are clearly separated, and they basically cannot play together.
Shao Shude's previous strategy was to have soldiers guard each other in the middle of the river, and to defend each other in the middle of the river. Both sides suppressed the rebellion without mercy. After the news spread, the estrangement deepened.
The stubborn disease of regionalism is really difficult to overcome.
In fact, Feng Zangzhi still admires these prime minister guards.
Many of the Wei Bo warriors they killed had Xiangwei accents, but they still did not hesitate to take action. It is best to stay away from these cruel people in the future...
There was a sound of crying in the distance.
Group after group of civilians were escorted out, and under the urging of the sergeants, they staggered westward.
They will go south to Heyang via Xingmingci, rest for a while and then continue south, to Ruzhou for a second rest, and finally arrive at Xiangying and return to the three states.
It is difficult to leave one's family and career behind. Moreover, they have been designated as "criminal relatives". Even if they are not full of hatred, they are certainly very dissatisfied with King Xia. Going to Xiangzhen, I don't know how many difficulties and obstacles they have to go through along the way.
After a person buries his bones in a foreign land and reluctantly settles down, he may not necessarily have enough to eat in the first two years.
It is obvious that it will take at least several generations of appeasement and correction before their resentment towards the Xia King and the new dynasty can be slowly eliminated. If something happens to the new dynasty along the way or even collapses, it may be the source of rebellion.
King Xia's move was truly a huge gamble.
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"Since mid-September, more than 20,000 households should have been relocated, right?" Outside Beizhou City, Lu Huaizhong looked at the soldiers and horses who were attacking the city and asked suddenly.
Wang Jichuan, commander of the Xiangzhou Prefecture Army, stood aside and immediately replied after hearing this: "Yes, a total of more than 20,000 and 300 households."
Of course he knew that everyone was escorted by state soldiers from two states.
In fact, in Wang Jichuan's view, the cottages in Weibo's countryside were densely packed with people, so the removal of 20,000 households seemed to be nothing to them.
However, the same 20,000 households are a huge number for the three states of Xiangying and Fuzhou. It is basically the limit that the local area can accommodate in a short period of time. Any more, and various materials will not be supplied. In the end
It's not beautiful if it causes famine.
"It's not difficult to arrest 20,000 more households." Kang Yanxiao, the military envoy of General Tu, said: "Wei Bo's bunch of cowards are almost the same as Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin, and Shi Pu back then."
The generals in the tent all laughed.
To a certain extent, the King of Xia's fight against Wei Bo is indeed very similar to Zhu Quanzhong's fight against Er Zhu and Shi Pu.
Er Zhu and Shi Pu failed in field battles one after another, and finally had to rely on defense. When Liang Jun came, they pretended to be dead. After Liang Jun left, they quickly stocked up on food, grass, equipment, and recruited new soldiers to prepare for the next stubborn resistance.
Just spend it with you until everything is exhausted
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When he couldn't hold on anymore and surrendered, Zhu Quanzhong was so angry that he directly killed the prisoners and forcibly moved the people to the hinterland of the Xuanwu Army to replenish the population in his own territory. This was the only way out of desperation. Shi Pu's final defeat was also because of the sergeant.
They were almost out of food and had to surrender.
King Xia is now learning from Zhu Quanzhong.
If you don't go out to fight, you can defend. I'll move your people and make it more difficult for you to raise food, produce weapons, and recruit new soldiers. In this way, it won't take long for Wei Bo to lose without a fight.
Lu Huaizhong also shook his head and smiled bitterly.
This kind of war will also cause severe damage to the local area. What is the situation in the three towns of Yun, Yan, and Xu now?
Take the Tianping Army as an example. The three prefectures of Yun, Cao, and Pu had a population of 16.7 million at their peak. After the Chao Rebellion, there were still more than a million. After fighting with Zhu Quanzhong for many years, they fought against the Xia Army again and resisted for more than ten years.
Even if a large number of hidden households were found, it would be nice to have half the number of people there.
"Okay." Lu Huaizhong waved his hand, stopping the generals' desire to discuss the matter in depth, and said: "Your Highness has sent me more troops, and I must give an explanation today. There are no strong soldiers in Beizhou. After fighting for so long, the defenders in the city
The army suffered many casualties. From today on, you must urge the soldiers to fight bravely and capture this city. As soon as Beizhou is reached, the German army will not dare to come south easily. Our army can save a lot of troops, which will bring many benefits."
"As ordered." All the generals responded in unison.
They had the surprise generals, the generals, and the Wuwei armies in hand, and even the tens of thousands of cavalry of the Silver Spear Army were assigned to them. Together with the newly arrived Tutuan countrymen, there were more than ten thousand people. Although the King of Xia did not insist on conquering the city,
But we want to kill a lot of enemy troops, but if we don't capture even a single state or city, it's really not easy to explain.
If it doesn't work, we can attack Ding in Weibo and force them to attack the city. They must take it anyway.