Chapter 113: Capturing Yuanzhou
***
"The officers and troops have entered the city, and the officers and troops have entered the city." Li Tongliang and the others shouted as they rushed to the north gate in a mess.
At this moment, there were murderous voices on the city, and the war drums outside the city were rumbling, except for those prisoners, even Qin Mu's 1,700 men and horses all joined the siege battle.
Thousands of men and horses rushed towards the city with ladders, and the rest of the men used bows and arrows to scatter the sides of the city gate, suppressing the rebels on both flanks to come to support, and a rain of arrows covered the city like flying locusts in the sky, clanging on the masonry. At the same time, the rebels near the north gate tower were constantly shot, one by one the rebels fell with arrows, and some fell directly under the city, like dumplings, the city was full of corpses, laying layer after layer, and the blood dyed the city head scarlet, which was shocking,
When Li Tongliang rushed to the north gate with more than 300 people, it was the time when the battle in the city was the most intense, and the shouts of killing and screaming were intertwined into a huge wave of sound, which spread to all directions wave after wave.
The arrival of their group of men and horses made the rebels in the city stagnant, "The officers and soldiers are coming, flee quickly, the south gate has been broken by the officers and soldiers, and the officers and soldiers have entered the city, flee quickly." 'The fire in the city spreads, the smoke is filled, if there are only people in the city or a few spies to make trouble, the rebels in the city can still support for a while, as soon as I heard that the south gate was breached, and Li Tongliang's people rushed in a mess, it was indeed like a rout, and it suddenly became a straw that crushed the rebels in the city.
After an uproar, the rebels on the city wall suddenly scattered, whether it was a soldier or a general, they no longer had the courage to hold on, one by one threw down their weapons, and fled from the city with their lives, like a huge torrent, pouring everywhere, so that Li Tongliang and they were washed into pieces, and they couldn't squeeze into the urn city.
Li Tongliang took advantage of the chaos to light a fireworks, although the red fireworks were not as dazzling during the day as they were at night. But it was also enough for people outside the city to see that when the rebels at the head of the city had almost fled, Li Tongliang and them had the opportunity to rush into the city gate hole and open the city gate with all hands and feet.
Wars are always full of variables, according to Qin Mu's jihua, it is to let Li Tongliang and others mix into the city, put laxatives in the wells in the city, and wait for the rebels in the city to 'pour thousands of miles', and then take Yuanzhou City.
But Jihua couldn't catch up with the changes, and Qin Mu didn't expect the chaos in Yuanzhou City to be like this. It can make it easy for the people who have infiltrated the city to get into the loophole. Fortunately, Li Tongliang and his gang were clever enough, and they did not stick to Qin Mu's Jihua, so they were able to make correct adjustments according to the actual situation.
The north gate of Yuanzhou was so open, although the previous siege battle was also very fierce, 1,300 prisoners suffered 800 casualties in just two hours, and the rebels at the head of the city also suffered 6 or 700 casualties, but this had little to do with the 'Qin army', the Qin army's own casualties were almost negligible, and they took Yuanzhou City in this way.
Look at the army rushing into the city like a tide. Qin Mu was quite emotional, using captives to attack the rebels, this trick to drive away the wolf and the tiger seems to be studied more in the future, and it must be deepened.
And 1,300 captives after a fierce battle. There are four or five hundred people left, these people who can survive after being eliminated from the brutal battlefield, as long as they are trained a little, and at the same time brainwashed. It is not difficult to become an elite soldier, at least to fight with Zuo Liangyu, Zhang Xianzhong and others to ensure that they can gain the upper hand.
A defeated army was not much different from a sheep on the steppe. Qin Mu's men and horses were the group of steppe wolves hunting sheep, closely cooperating, Su Jin led the cavalry to gallop outside the city, chasing the rebels who escaped from the four gates, Liu Meng, Huo Sheng and others rushed into Yuanzhou City, and immediately divided the troops and pursued them along the streets.
There were too many routs, and they were running around the streets like flies.
"Kill!" Every Qin army was in high spirits, marching wildly, shouting and killing resounded throughout the city;
Every time you encounter a street entrance, you have to divide your troops and chase them to Zuihou, and a street will be divided into dozens of people, but you can chase hundreds of routs to cry and cry for your mother.
Sheep are sheep, no matter how many are sheep, in the case of this great rout, no one dares to turn back and fight hard, and when they are chased and have no way to escape, they will hula la and kneel on the ground, holding their heads and begging for mercy.
Qin Mu was still standing on the high slope outside the city, looking at the smoke-filled Yuanzhou City, his mind at the moment was no longer about the war itself, but about the aftermath of the war.
Sima An reminded: "My lord, hurry up and send an order to General Liu, let them organize the prisoners to fight the fire as soon as possible, and wait any longer, Yuanzhou City will be destroyed by the fire if it is not good." ”
Qin Mu nodded, and instructed Zhu Yijin: "Yijin, go and give an order, let Liu Meng and them get out of the fire barrier as soon as possible to prevent the fire from continuing to spread." ”
"Yes, sir."
After Liu Meng received the order, he drove two or three thousand captives to knock down the houses near the fire, and separated the fire barrier several zhang wide, and at dusk, after the fire destroyed nearly a quarter of the city of Yuanzhou, it was finally controlled, and only the remaining smoke was left.
10,000 rebels, more than 5,000 were captured, most of the rest fled from the city, Su Jin's cavalry was too few, it was impossible to stop them all, and the rebel commander Gao Ze was nowhere to be found, probably mixed in the rout and fled.
It is still uncertain how many seizures have been made in Yuanzhou this time, and Zhu Yijin and his people are gathering their belongings overnight to count them, and it is estimated that there is not a single night when a specific figure cannot be obtained.
The lights in the Yuanzhou Mansion are bright, Liu Meng, Huo Sheng and others will have their own tasks, or guard the city gate, or patrol the market, and only Qin Mu and Sima An sit under the lamp in the palace.
The two of them were eating the hot meal brought by Li Shi while discussing things in a whisper.
"Zhang Qi's 20,000 strikers have looted all the way, and they are all hoarded in Yuanzhou City, and the gold and silver treasures alone are estimated to be worth no less than three million taels, what do you plan to do with these belongings?"
Qin Mu stopped the action of picking up rice, knocked on the edge of the bowl with chopsticks and said with a smile: "I am as poor as a flower now, my family Qiao'er is not even willing to put more salt in stir-frying, this mouth has faded out of the bird, what else do you say can be done?" ”
Being able to take Yuanzhou City so easily, and getting such a rich capture, Qin Mu was naturally in a very comfortable mood, and he couldn't help but have a bit of a taste of ridicule when he spoke.
Sima An also looked relaxed, but he quickly said solemnly: "My lord, so much grain and grass property to be brought back to Ganzhou, it is impossible to hide people, Lu Daqi's army of 80,000 or 90,000 is short of grain and grass, and the adults have transported the captured back to Ganzhou, Lu Daqi is afraid that he will not give up." ”
"Mr. Sima doesn't have to worry about this, what can Lu Daqi do if he knows. Zuo Liangyu's 80,000 army plundered all the way, he couldn't control it, and his official led the army to break the enemy, and it was reasonable to take some captures. ”
"My lord, you have just used the trick of driving away the wolf, in case Lu Daqi also learns it, this problem will not be simple."
"Let's wait for Lu Daqi to be able to carry Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000 army, by the way, Mr. Sima has this concern, is it possible that you think that Lu Daqi and Zhang Xianzhong are competing with each other. Will Lu Daqi definitely win? Qin Mu asked with interest.
Sima An smiled casually, and also teased with three points: "If it is just two tigers fighting, it is naturally difficult to predict the outcome of the battle, but the adults seem to have forgotten that there is a male lion squatting next to him, and with this male lion here, I believe that Zhang Xianzhong will definitely not be able to please him." ”
"Uh" Qin Mu thought about it, and when he was squatting for ten thousand years, although he was sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight, he couldn't really watch Lu Daqi defeat. It is not in his own interests to drop Jiangxi to Zhang Xianzhong, "Since Mr. Sima sees me as a lion who can influence the victory, what else does Lu Daqi, a paper tiger, have to worry about?" ”
"My lord, it's not the paper tiger of Lu Daqi that I'm worried about. It's righteousness, how to occupy righteousness everywhere, this is something that adults must carefully consider in the future, Liu Bei had nothing back then. The text is not enough to Anbang, the military is not enough to determine the country, and the wisdom and strategy are not outstanding. Zuihou was able to establish a three-point world of Shu and Han, relying on nothing more than a righteous name;
There are many strong generals under the adult now, and there is nothing to worry about in terms of war, but the adult Wan Mo has won a few big victories, so he ignores the righteousness and so on, and there are still two or three days before Lu Daqi will arrive in Yuanzhou, how to get along with him and how to grasp the scale, so as to occupy righteousness everywhere, and not be regarded as rebellious by the world, this is the key;
Moreover, it is beneficial for adults to properly display their strength, which can not only deter some people, but also attract some people to come and defect; But everything must have a degree, if the sharp edge is exposed, so that the neighbors look sideways, panic, and even watch out everywhere, secretly obstructed, this will outweigh the losses. ”
After listening carefully, Qin Mu got up and said to Sima An very solemnly: "Thank you Mr. Sima for your kind words, this official has been taught." ”
Sima An hurriedly got up: "My lord is humble, my lord will go back to Ganzhou tomorrow, I can't help but say a few more words, these truths are understood by adults, my lord is just worried that the adult is in the bureau and loses himself." ”
Qin Mu treated Sima An so courteously, it was really because Sima An was a rare talent, if he wanted to establish a solid base area, it was far from enough to have a good general, and it was necessary to have talents in civil and political affairs to ensure the development of people's livelihood and the stability of landlords, so as to meet the supply of the army.
"After Mr. Sima goes back this time, all the affairs of Ganzhou will be entrusted to Mr. Sima, no matter what, the stability of Ganzhou must be ensured, Yang Tinglin's matter, if Mr. Sima is inconvenient to come forward, it will be handed over to Tian Yimu, whether it is house arrest or forced prisoner, before the official returns to Ganzhou, he must ensure that someone is guarding him at all times, one can not let him find a short-term view, and the other can not let him have any contact with the outside world, including my lady, but also secretly monitor, must not be negligent."
"The humble knows, although the adults can rest assured, by the way, when the adults talk about the matter of Ganzhou, the humble ones think of one thing."
"Oh, Mr. Sima might as well say something directly."
"My lord, as the county of Huichang, is in charge of Ganzhou affairs, and there is nothing at the moment, but after a long time, it is inevitable that something is wrong, we will annihilate Zhang Xianzhong's 20,000 elite forwards this time, and recapture the right gateway of Jiangzhou, which is equivalent to protecting the entire Jiangxi. Lu Daqi is also the governor of the four provinces, and he is the commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan war, if the rewards and punishments are unknown, how can he serve the people? He is now in power, and it is not a problem to be an official, and when he arrives in Yuanzhou, the adults may wish to choose an appropriate time to let him be crowned an official. ”
"Ahh After hearing this, Qin Mu couldn't help but raise his head.
*******************************************
PS: It is said that the double monthly pass will start after 0 o'clock, I don't know if it's true, you might as well vote for the monthly pass after 0 o'clock, well, vote more!
The most painful thing about writing a book is to watch others slam out for monthly passes, and give rewards, while I can only count the monthly passes on my toes, I want a monthly pass!.
(To be continued......)