54. Deterrence
"They're all dead!"
"All killed by Zhu Wu?"
The prefect of Huai'an and the Mongolian Wanhu Enke of Huai'an listened to the poor person's return, and at the same time sat on the stool, losing their souls and sweating coldly.
"How is that possible?"
Although Enke is a Mongolian person, his family has guarded Huai'an for generations, managed the soldiers in the horse farm, and in his generation, except for his name, he speaks and behaves in manners and manners, which is no different from that of the Han people.
"That's the prime minister's vanguard! There are 3,000 iron cavalry in the Western Regions, and tens of thousands of people in the field can't be trapped, how can they all be killed? ”
The poor man was also pale and frightened.
"Back to the master, not all of them are dead, five or six hundred people ran back, and they are shouting at the city gate to enter the city?"
Enko hurriedly said, "Quick, open the gates, dye them in!" ”
"No!" The prefect of Huai'an shook his head again and again on the side, "General Enke, don't do it!" ”
In Enke's puzzled gaze, the Huai'an prefect continued, "These Hu soldiers in the Western Regions are originally tigers and wolves, and they don't understand human nature. When I first arrived in Huai'an, I was plundering and killing people for fun! Now that he has suffered such a great defeat, his heart must be full of anger. Putting it into the city, first, it will ruin the morale of the officers and soldiers in the city, and second, I am afraid that the people in our city will suffer! ”
"So how is this good?" Enko ran out of ideas, "The prime minister's army will come soon, how can I explain?" ”
"I don't have to confess!" The prefect of Huai'an said slowly, "This Hu leader Mu A led his troops out of the city without authorization and was killed by Zhu Wu, what does it have to do with us."
General Enke, now you and me, you only need to guard this Huai'an, and it will be a great achievement! ”
"But those Western Regions~~~"
The prefect of Huai'an interrupted Enke, "Let them camp under the city, and their daily food and drink will be sent down by the hanging basket in the city." ”
As he spoke, he sneered and said, "These Hu people in the Western Regions are lawless, don't know etiquette, and don't know how to be humble or humble.
I don't want to serve the court, and I don't respect heaven and earth. To put it bluntly, it's a group of outer-like wildlings, so why should I be too polite to them! ”
The prefect is angry in his heart, Huai'an is not a paradise, but the city is quite stable.
Since these Hu people in the Western Regions, the city is full of fox smell, not to mention, and it has also plagued many people, making people hate it to the root of their teeth.
"Sir!"
At this time, another messenger outside the door, panting and running in.
"The Hu cavalry under the city ran away, and the hall dispersed!"
The prefect of Huai'an stroked his beard, "Run, run, what are you panicking about?" ”
"Zhu~~~!"
The messenger was swaying all over, terrified, "Zhu Wu is here!" ”
"Ahh
The prefect shook his hand and tore off a few beards. Enko, on the side, stumbled and almost got under the table.
"Do you see clearly? Zhu Wu? ”
"Zhu Wu's banner, the villain is really looking at it!"
~~~
Zhu Wu made a comeback again.
Only this time, there were more cavalry around him, and all the cavalry that could be mobilized by the Chinese army followed him and protected him.
The remnants of the Hu cavalry in the Western Regions ran desperately, and they chased desperately.
When Mua was killed in battle and the golden banner was cut down, the cavalry of the Western Regions lost the courage to resist.
Under the strangulation of Dingyuan's infantry and cavalry, only a few hundred lucky people escaped from the battlefield.
After a night's rest, Zhu Wu chased after Dingyuan athletes with high morale.
He was not afraid of encountering Meng Yuan's army again, and the prisoners confessed, in order to march quickly, they came all the way and threw off a few days' journey.
The strong city walls of Huai'an City were in front of him, and Zhu Wu's cavalry team slowed down, and the black clouds overwhelmed the city, slowly advancing.
Moreover, Zhu Wu's cavalry is also equipped with double horses, and from a distance, it is impossible to count how many soldiers and horses, and it looks like the momentum is endless.
At the head of the city, the civil and military officials and the defenders of Huai'an were all dead and frightened.
"Spread ~~ Words of the main house ~~"
The teeth of the prefect of Huai'an were rattling, and he couldn't say a complete sentence, but he still insisted on passing the order.
"Hold Huai'an, the people will reward two taels of silver, and the officers and soldiers will be five taels ~~~ Go and carry the cash silver from the treasury to the city wall, quickly!"
I have to say that this Huai'an prefect, although he has all the bad habits of officials in this era, is greedy for money and afraid of death.
But there is also the ethics of civil officials in this era.
"Stop!"
The iron flow under the city slowly stopped, and the heaven and earth were full of a terrible killing atmosphere, and it was so quiet that it was terrifying, only the neighing name of the war horse echoed between the heaven and the earth.
Zhu Wu looked at the head of Huai'an City, his face was a little tired, but the resoluteness in his eyes was undoubtedly revealed.
This battle has been mainly defensive from the beginning, but if there is a chance, Zhu Wu will also give the Mengyuan court a bloody deterrent.
"Go up!"
Zhu Wu pointed down the city wall with a horsewhip, Lan Yu took the lead, and a team of cavalry galloped to the bottom of the city wall.
"Listen to the people in the city, our chief is not here to beat you, but to let you watch the play!"
After Lan Yu finished speaking, one by one, they were either tied up, or seriously injured and dying, or lightly injured but screaming in fear, and they were thrown under the city with stripes.
Under the sun, their long black hair was dense, and they looked like uncivilized savages.
"What play?"
At the head of the city, the prefect of Huai'an was stunned and talked to himself.
"These Hu people and Tartars from the Western Regions, who came to our Huaxia to kill people and set fires, rape and kill, and plunder, are called official soldiers, but they are really beasts!
Did you know? These Tartars killed a Zhuangzi outside the city, young and old, and ruined all the women.
Those who died and were plagued are all our Han people! Like us, the Han people who drank the water of the Huai River and grew up eating rice and noodles!
Today, we are in charge of the Far Army, and we are the commanders of the heavens and the people who have died! ”
Lan Yu held a tin bucket under the city and shouted at the city.
At the head of the city, there was some commotion.
Unconsciously, some Han soldiers and Minzhuang relaxed their weapons and looked at the Dingyuan army under the city, with a different emotion in their eyes.
"Execution!"
Lan Yu shouted, and hundreds of Dingyuan soldiers with sharp blades in their hands dismounted.
The sound of the beetle leaves echoed under the city.
Those Hu people in the Western Regions had a premonition of death, and struggled desperately to scold, crying and begging for mercy.
Burst! Burst!
"Oh my God!"
"Gash ~~~!"
In the midst of the exclamations and vomiting of the city.
The soldiers of the Dingyuan army under the city were killing expressionlessly.
It seems that they don't want to solve those Hu people in the Western Regions at once, but slowly torture.
Chop off one hand first, then cut off the ear.
Chopped off their feet and watched them crawl on the ground screaming.
People can't imagine such screams.
It seems, even the walls tremble with shouts.
The tens of thousands of defenders in the city were all earthy, and tens of thousands did not dare to make a single noise, and the timid ones peed their pants.
"Hurry ~~~ Order, double the reward!"
The prefect of Huai'an vomited dirt on the official mansion, and regardless of his appearance, he trembled and ordered.
And the general of the ten thousand households, Lord Enke, had already rolled his eyes and fainted.
The killing finally stopped.
The soldiers of the Dingyuan army skillfully wielded the short axe, and the heads of the people cast a Jingguan under the city.
"Be careful!"
Escorted by his own soldiers, Zhu Wu slowly rode to the head of the city and took over an iron horn.
"I'm Zhu Wu, the generalissimo of the Dingyuan Army, the head of Jinling, Zhu Wu!"
Zhu Wu's voice echoed in the air, up and down the city, and he could hear it clearly and truly.
"Today, I'm not going to hit you. It's not that I can't beat it, it's that I don't want to get too much blood on my hands.
Look at what are these people who are dead?
The dead one is a wolf from the Western Regions, from outside the Saiwai!
Tokhtar is going to beat me, to kill me, to kill all the poor men of our Dingyuan Army who can't survive to rebel.
Lao Tzu can't live, and Lao Tzu's rebellion is justified.
He Mengyuan court, he wanted to kill Lao Tzu, wanted to destroy Lao Tzu, and it was reasonable.
However, look at it, who are the people used by the Mengyuan Imperial Court? ”
As he spoke, Zhu Wu bent down, grabbed a human head on the Jingguan, and roared loudly.
"These beasts recruited by the imperial court are not the same as ours, they are of different species, they are not of my race!
They don't treat us as human beings! Treat us like sheep, two-legged sheep!
There are 600,000 troops in Toto, in addition to our Han Han army, there are also these curly-haired soldiers and horses in the Western Regions, as well as Semu people~~~
He can't trust us Han people, and he can't trust you!
I don't fight Huai'an, but when Meng Yuan's army arrives, Huai'an City will kill more people than Lao Tzu in the siege.
Lao Tzu put the ugly words here.
When these feudal people arrive in Huai'an, the people in your city will be sheep in their mouths.
They will eat you, they will spoil you, they will plague you.
I will kill you as cattle and as slaves.
Eat your food, rob your house, and spoil your wives and daughters! ”
In the city, there is no sound.
Many people lowered their heads, and many Han soldiers began to look at the foreign officers who were usually powerful and prosperous with hostile eyes.
"Lao Tzu is a rebel thief!
But Lao Tzu has bones, and Lao Tzu would rather die standing than live on his knees!
Tell Toto, if you want to kill Lao Tzu, ask Lao Tzu about the knife in his hand first!
Tell Tokh that these Jingguan of the Western Regions Tartars are the dismount that Lao Tzu gave him.
One day, Lao Tzu slaughtered all the feudal people he brought with him on the edge of the Huai River.
Use their heads to build the world's largest Beijing temple.
This Jingguan will tell all the outsiders who treat us Han people as two-legged sheep and slaves.
In the world, the backbone of the Han people can not be killed.
Those who offend my land will kill my people.
Punish it! ”
After speaking, the iron horn in his hand was thrown into the sky.
Hold the hilt and swing the knife in the air.
The horn is split in half.
Zhu Wu turned the horse's head, "Go back to Gaoyou!" ”