Chapter 980: Capture the Kingdom of South Vietnam
Han Xuening's deadline is getting closer and closer, and there is more and more chaos in the main city of South Vietnam. Groups of people tried to get out of the city, but were ruthlessly suppressed by the soldiers in the city. The people were killed and wounded, some rice shops on the streets had already been snapped up, and many people who had not bought food had started their sneaky camps, and the law and order in the city plummeted.
Not only are the people in chaos, but the psychological defense line of the soldiers defending the city is breaking down little by little.
When there was still one day left before the deadline, Han Xuening sent someone to warn the people in the city again that there was still one day, if they did not surrender, they would attack the city tomorrow, and those who resisted would be killed.
On this day, the chaos that was already gathering in the city had reached the verge of eruption, and the slightest touch would collapse.
The people gathered together and began to march, and if they wanted to live, they had to march and let the soldiers in the city open the gates.
In order to stabilize the situation, the king in the main city began another round of purge of the people, and the authorities knew that only by stabilizing the hearts of the people in the city could they concentrate on resisting the attack of the Great Wei army outside the city.
However, they used the wrong method, using the method of killing and killing the unarmed people, and the people were killed and injured countless times at one time. Some of the defenders of the city originally planned to surrender, and they also wanted to save their lives, but now seeing this situation, the South Vietnamese State has indeed lost the hearts of the people, and they treat the people in the city like this, and one day they will treat them, the defenders who were born and died for the South Vietnamese State. In South Vietnam, there is only one dead end.
That night, a group of defenders, under the command of several minor generals, secretly opened two city gates.
The soldiers then rushed out of the city, pulled up the white cloth, and surrendered.
The army led by Han Xuening controlled these surrendered soldiers, and according to the agreement, these soldiers were not killed after laying down their weapons. Instead, it was placed in the rear.
After counting, there were more than 3,000 soldiers who surrendered this time.
When the city gate was broken, Han Xuening immediately asked a few junior generals to lead the soldiers to guard the city gate and prevent the soldiers in the city from approaching. Only soldiers who surrendered could pass through, otherwise they would be killed.
One night, Han Xuening's army took control of the two city gates, and the people expressed their willingness to surrender to the Great Wei State, and a large number of people flocked out of the city.
Han Xuening sent a force of troops to maintain law and order and resettle a large number of people who had left the city.
In the second half of the night, a large group of soldiers in the city saw that the deadline was about to be reached, and besides, the people in the city had almost fled, and if they did not surrender, it was estimated that they would be buried together.
The soldiers swarmed to the two gates, laid down their arms and surrendered. This time almost 5,000 soldiers surrendered. Soon after, the defenders of the other gate also surrendered, this time with almost 5,000 soldiers.
This strategy of winning without a fight made Han Xuening and Mr. Wen very pleased.
This not only minimizes the casualties of the war, but also allows the capture and the fleeing refugees to be reused in the future, killing two birds with one stone.
In addition, small-scale fighting will cause relatively little damage to the buildings in the city, and it will also relieve the cost of rebuilding the city.
Thirteen thousand enemy soldiers had surrendered, and less than 20,000 soldiers remained in the city under the command of the king of South Vietnam.
A large number of soldiers were already squatting outside the palace of Nanyue to protect the palace, and the sky was slowly brightening, and Han Xuening asked his subordinates to issue a final ultimatum. Give the soldiers and generals another hour, and after an hour, those who do not surrender will be killed.
At the same time, a large number of Great Wei troops entered the main city. Originally, the empty streets of the main city were almost all the iron cavalry and troops of the Great Wei Kingdom.
In the last half hour of the deadline, the last defender of the city gate who did not surrender finally could not bear the pressure and laid down their arms and surrendered.
This time, another 5,000 soldiers surrendered, and the four city gates were all under the control of the Great Wei army led by Han Xuening. Almost all the people in the city had left the city, and the enemy troops left behind were mainly more than 15,000 people stationed in the palace.
The main urban area, which was originally more than 30,000 enemy troops, suddenly lost more than half of the resistance army, and there were more than 15,000 people left, which made it easier for the troops led by Han Xuening to fight.
Except for the imperial palace, the main city was occupied by the troops of the Great Wei State, and soon the deadline was reached.
Han Xuening ordered to attack the palace on all fronts, and all the soldiers in the palace were killed.
Rushing to the forefront was a large number of archers, the army guarding the palace under the attack of a large number of archers, thousands of people quickly died under the arrows, the overwhelming Great Wei army let the strongest elite defenders of South Vietnam know what a strong army is.
The army outside was pressing forward step by step, and more than 10,000 troops in the palace were defending to the death, and the two sides fought many battles, with mutual casualties.
The battle lasted for a day and a night, and more than half of the soldiers in the palace had been killed or wounded, and less than 7,000 remained. Outside the palace, there is still a dense army of the Great Wei State constantly attacking, and these soldiers can't see the specific number, some say that there are hundreds of thousands of troops surrounding the palace, and this time they all have to be buried together.
The king of Nanyue was also afraid that he would not be able to do it, and if he continued like this, it would not take two days for the army of the Great Wei State outside to capture the palace, and the Nanyue Kingdom would be destroyed.
He immediately summoned envoys and went outside to negotiate peace, and as long as the conditions offered by the Great Wei State, they all agreed.
The envoy left the palace, negotiated peace, and asked the Great Wei State to open conditions.
Han Xuening asked his subordinates to tell them directly that within one hour, they would all surrender and they could not be killed. Otherwise, they will all be killed. In addition, there will be no Nanyue in the future, only the Great Wei Kingdom.
His subordinates also told the thousands of enemy troops who were still resisting stubbornly that there were still hundreds of thousands of Great Wei troops outside, and none of them would survive if they resisted any longer. If you don't surrender within an hour, you will all die.
Whether they live or die depends on their choice within this hour, and many soldiers can't bear the pressure and surrender privately in defiance of military orders.
Batches of soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered to the army of the Great Wei State, and before half an hour, half of the defenders in the palace had surrendered, and there were less than 4,000 people left.
The 4,000 men were also a little shaken, and as time went on, 3,000 more laid down their arms and surrendered. Less than a thousand remained.
When the time of an hour came, Han Xuening immediately ordered to go down and attack the city on all fronts, except for the women in the palace, all of them were killed. The remaining guard army of more than 1,000 people was vulnerable to the tens of thousands of Great Wei troops outside.
It was only a little more than an hour, and the last more than 1,000 soldiers were completely annihilated, and their heads were in different places. The army led by Han Xuening occupied the imperial palace of Nanyue on all fronts. The entire land of the South Yue Kingdom was occupied by the soldiers of the Great Wei State.
From this moment on, the state of South Vietnam, which had existed for more than three hundred years, officially came to an end.