Chapter 713: A Big Mistake
On 22 April, the offensive and defensive battles outside Chongde City were in full swing.
Tens of thousands of Wu troops launched fierce attacks on this small county town again and again at the urging of Fang Shifo, battering rams, ladders, and hooks...... All kinds of siege equipment were carried by countless soldiers and rushed forward. Even if the arrows at the head of the city rained down, and people kept falling from the arrows, it could not slow down their movements for a moment. As soon as the person carrying the ladder fell, someone on the side quickly filled the position, and the speed of rushing forward was faster.
The reason why this army is so desperate is naturally due to the encouragement of the Ten Buddhas. Because not long ago, Fang Shifo, as the commander of the first army, personally rushed forward with a knife and killed the city. However, in the end, he was beaten back by the defenders, and there were several more wounds on his body, and almost one of his arms was left on it, and it was the desperate fight of the guards with him that dragged him down from the city.
But even if the injury was not light, Fang Shifo did not have the slightest intention of retreating, and after only bandaging it slightly, he ran to the front line again. Thanks to the full strength of several generals, he finally didn't let him risk killing again. But that was enough, and the next offensive against Chongde was much more ferocious than any in the past half a month, and the defenders at the head of the city were about to be unable to hold on.
Seeing this, Fang Shi Buddha roared even louder: "Kill me, if you dare to take a step back, you will be killed!" Break the city today, I will allow you to let go of your hands and rob, and you will not seal the knife for two days! ”
This sentence was shouted out, and immediately all the soldiers rushed forward again as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. The ladder had just reached the top of the city, and before it could be climbed, countless people had already quickly climbed up the ladder. Even if many people screamed and fell after being hit by arrows and stones during this period, they could not slow down the upward movement of others, and the western city had been directly taken after only one meal.
Soon after this scene happened, the morale of the defenders was rapidly low, and the south gate was directly smashed by the battering ram, and thousands of Wu troops roared like hungry beasts for a long time and entered it, and launched a more tragic hand-to-hand battle with the defenders in the city.
The defenders here in Chongde were all inspired by some scholars to rebel half a month ago, and now the main general defending the city is also a famous general in the Wu army, surnamed Wang Mingchen. Before he led the army to block the Wu army's onslaught for more than ten days, he would definitely be able to hold out to the end, but unexpectedly, in just half a day, the situation changed dramatically, and both sides of the city were lost one after another, and it looked like it was about to collapse completely.
"What should I do......" At this moment, Wang Chen was completely confused, and he muttered in a low voice, but he saw that many generals were also looking at him blankly, so people's eyes were full of fear.
"General, while the city has not been completely destroyed, let's open the city and surrender." Finally, a close advisor put forward his opinion: "After all, we were also the courtiers of the Wu State, and the soldiers are also from the Wu State. ”
Wang Chen, who had no idea, didn't think too much, and had already nodded his head: "Okay, just do as you say." I also have some friendship with the Ten Buddhas of that side, and I guess he will not be ruthless! "Anyway, it is inevitable that the city will be destroyed, so simply leave yourself a way to live.
At that moment, he ordered loudly to ask all the soldiers to drop their weapons and raise the white flag, and then let people open the east gate and the north gate, announcing that Chongde would no longer defend it......
When the order was handed down, the defenders, who had no intention of resisting, moved quickly, and the gates on both sides that had been captured abandoned their weapons, and the gates on the other two sides were also opened, and thousands of defenders put down their weapons and surrendered. Seeing this, Wu Jun, who originally wanted to fight, finally stopped, but the weapons in his hands were still aimed at these former comrades, for fear that they would rebel, and at the same time, they sent people out of the city to report the news.
In fact, there is no need to send anyone to report the news, because the changes in the city have been fully seen by the Fang Ten Buddhas standing on a high place. But not only did he not have any joy after breaking the city, but his face was gloomy, and even with some hideousness, he immediately urged his horse to lead the army and leaned towards the city gate.
Wang Chen is quite self-aware, since he admitted defeat and surrendered, he no longer took it big, not only personally led people out of the city to surrender, but also made people symbolically tie their hands behind him, and greeted him out of the city with remorse, his mind had already calculated some rhetoric, and said that he was deceived by others to do such a rebellious act, and now he regrets it, and only wants to die, but please General Fang to see that the friendship on that day can leave the soldiers under his command a way to live.
Of course, this is acting, because in Wang Chen's opinion, he has already led the people to surrender, and the Ten Buddhas of Fang can't be killed anymore, and do the thing of killing and surrendering, right? He was quite confident in his heart, so he walked quickly, and after a while, he met Fang Shi Buddha who came to the gate of the city.
"General Fang, the guilty general Wang Chen came to receive his death. It's me who is confused for a while, and I am at the mercy of others, so I ......" Wang Chen had just started, his knees were bent and not bent, and he was going to wait for the other party to surrender, but the Fang Shi Buddha in front of him suddenly showed a fierce light in his eyes, and shouted in a low voice: "The anti-thief should die!" Then he suddenly rushed forward, and the steel whip in his hand came with a whining sound.
Wang Chen's martial arts were far inferior to Fang Shifo, plus he also tied his hands behind him, his movements were even more sluggish, and when the steel whip attacked, he didn't even have time to react to dodge, it was a miserable scream, and Tianling Gai was hit by a whip.
I only heard a pop, and Wang Chen's head was directly smashed like a watermelon, and the red and white scattered out, splashing many people around him, making countless people exclaim, and also splashed on the face of Fang Shifo in a few places. But he didn't care at all, another steel whip in his hand had been quickly swung out, and a stunned general on the side burst his brain, and then he roared: "Kill them all for me!" After entering the city, the knife will not be sealed for two days! ”
This last sentence finally completely released the evil thoughts in the hearts of all the soldiers. Without further hesitation, all the soldiers of the Wu army wielded swords and spears, turned into beasts and demons, and attacked these former robes. Suddenly, the screams resounded in the sky!
The soldiers of the Wu army were already holding back their anger because of the actions of these traitors, and in addition to the many casualties in the past half a month, they were full of hatred. Before, they still had some worries because the other party suddenly opened the city and surrendered, but with the order of their own general, they no longer had any worries.
The killing, and so begins. First of all, these defenseless defenders at the gate of the city, and even the weapons had been laid down, were quickly engulfed and slaughtered, and the subsequent massacre went straight into the county, and the cries and killings were intertwined and dispersed throughout the space.
There is only one difference between man and beast sometimes, and that is reason. And when some people deliberately suppress their own reason completely, terrible atrocities will appear, and countless innocent people will become sacrifices for them to vent their murderous thoughts.
This is an indiscriminate looting and massacre, the soldiers and civilians in the city, regardless of age and age, men and women, as long as they are seen, there is only a dead end. Perhaps those young, somewhat beautiful women can save their lives for a while, but what awaits them is an even more terrible, miserable encounter like an infernal hell.
The small Chongde City is only tens of thousands of people, so Fang Shifo's sentence of not sealing the knife for two days is obviously a bit excessive, but after a day and night, there is almost no living mouth in the city. All the wealth and food were looted, and many soldiers carried large and small packages, which were taken from the homes of the people, and almost all of them were stained with blood, but they were all satisfied.
This massacre gave their anger and bestiality the best catharsis, and now they are grateful to the other ten Buddhas, and the morale of the whole army has reached a peak. At this time, if the Ten Buddhas ordered them to attack the next city again, these people would definitely kill them without hesitation, without the slightest hesitation.
But the price paid for all this is too great, the entire county town of Chongde has been transformed into a dead city, full of corpses and embers that have not yet been extinguished, and the dried blood stains the streets and alleys of the county red......
When Qin Chi hurriedly came, what he saw was such a hellish scene on earth, which made his eyes black for a while, and he almost fainted. After a long time, he looked at Fang Shifo who rushed over after hearing the news, pointed at him and said, "General Fang, you ...... You're so confused! You've made a big mistake, how can you ...... How can such a thing be done? At this moment, Qin Shilang, who was greatly stimulated, did not have the ability to speak well in the past, and he couldn't even speak, but just scolded loudly in pain.
"Qin Shilang, what are you talking about? The military and people of Chongde oppose our Wu country, and since the generals have been ordered by His Majesty to quell the chaos, they should make them pay a large enough price. Today, one city was slaughtered, just to let the other cities see what would happen, so that they would not dare to oppose our Wu Kingdom in the future! Fang Shi Buddha was greatly annoyed when he heard this, and immediately glared back.
"General Fang, after all, they are the people of my Wu Kingdom, even if they are wrong, they are only some people, how can you kill everyone without asking? In this way, not only will it not be able to make the other rebels fearful, but it will arouse their hatred, and in the future, other cities will only have to defend to the end, and it will be impossible to surrender again. Do you know that just two days ago, Qian Maocai of Huzhou had suddenly led his army to rebel, and some other state cities were also about to move, you actually ......" Saying that, Qin Chi let out a long sigh, at this moment, he didn't know what to say.
"Qian Maocai, he's so bold. I'll lead the army to take Huzhou! Fang Shi Buddha was furious and shouted loudly.
At this time, he did not know how wrong the decision he had made for the sake of temporary pleasure and how serious the consequences would be. Anyway, the big mistake has been made, and then the entire Wu court has to taste the bitter fruit!