Chapter 644: Slaughter the City
After Ruan Zhengyu decided, he didn't delay any longer, he immediately ordered the civil and military officials to pack their bags and prepare to retreat with him, but the current Thang Long City could not leave no one behind.
Otherwise, all the officials ran away, and the common people below were not scattered in a crowd, and when the time came, they didn't run far, and they had to be chased by the other party's cavalry.
Until now, the ministers of civil and military affairs have been silent, because they know that those who remain will definitely lose their lives.
Li Guangqing looked at the appearance of the civil and military forces, and knew that it was impossible to let them stay, and if they were forced to stay, they would probably surrender immediately.
So Li Guangqing stood up and said: "I am the prime minister of the dynasty, and I will be stationed at Longcheng Pass now." ”
When Ruan Zhengyu heard this, he immediately stood up and said: "Don't be like this, my lord, you are my right-hand man, and if you lose this old minister, how can this king explain to the first emperor?" ”
Li Guangqing shook his head with a smile and said: "King, the old minister's age is already sixtieth, and there is no regret even if he dies in battle now, I just hope that the king will regroup and restore my country." ”
This old minister has already seen the crisis of Annan, this time the Central Plains went south is not like a small lesson like before Mingjin withdrew his troops, looking at Jia Ke like this, it is to destroy Annan, when the time comes, it is better to fight to the death now to leave some reputation.
Ruan Zhengyu looked at this old minister with a smile on his face, but his eyes were extremely firm, and he knew that he couldn't persuade him anymore.
So Ruan Zhengyu stood up and came to Li Guangqing's side, grabbed his hand, and said movingly: "Don't worry, the old prime minister, after returning to Shenglong Mansion, I will order the princess to marry into the Li family, and you and I will share the wealth in the future." ”
Li Quang Thanh is finally relieved now, even if he dies, he will leave a blessing to future generations, as long as the country of Annan is not destroyed and the Ruan family does not die, their family will definitely be prosperous and rich for a long time.
Since Li Guangqing had already put his mind at ease, he immediately urged Ruan Zhengyu to leave the city immediately.
"The king, there is not much time, please go out of the city immediately, and the old minister will take the men and horses to buy time for the king as much as possible."
Ruan Zhengyu didn't say anything anymore when he knew that the matter was urgent, he just grabbed Li Guangqing's hand and shook it fiercely, and then quietly went down the city wall with his own soldiers and civil and military ministers.
When Li Guangqing saw Ruan Zhengyu leaving, his face immediately returned to indifference.
At this time, the white flag and the white flag ordered the captives to begin the siege again, and this time these people were even more courageous.
Because just now, Jia Ke saw the cruelty of the siege battle under the city, so in order to boost morale, he had promised the captive soldiers that they would not seal the sword for three days after the city was broken, and all the captive soldiers who participated in the siege could loot in the city for three days.
So these captive infantry are even more courageous, and the young men on the head of the city have been consumed in the first few siege battles, and those who can defend the city are only some children and old people, and although those women also picked up their blades to resist, but these people are naturally weak, where can they resist these crazy captive soldiers. So it didn't take much effort. and was again attacked at the head of the city.
Li Guangqing is now with a blue face, carrying a sword, with his own personal soldiers, and reinforcements from the left and right.
But as time went by, there were fewer and fewer people defending the city at the head of the city, and Li Guangqing saw that this was not the way to go, so he immediately ordered a few of his own soldiers to go to the city again, and drove all the people who could stand up to the head of the city.
This time only slightly relieved the pressure on the city, but these old men and women were really not the material for war, and it didn't take long for them to be killed and wounded.
Li Quang Thanh now also knew that it was the last moment, so he fought desperately to give the king of Annam, Nguyen Thanh Ngoc, some time to escape.
But no matter how hard he fights, there are more and more captive soldiers on the city, and there is not much effort left, and there are only a few young children and old people left in the city.
The women and children who were forced to go to the city, as soon as they saw the enemy attacking fiercely with knives and guns, they trembled one by one, threw all the weapons in their hands to the ground, and squatted aside with their heads in their hands.
And the captive soldiers, for these women and children who put down their weapons, did not feel embarrassed, but just assigned some people to guard them and prevent them from running around.
It is not that these captives are merciful, but that these women and children are their trophies, and when the battle is won, it is time for them to enjoy it.
Li Guangqing is now surrounded by dozens of people on the side of the city tower, his own soldiers have been killed, and he should have died a long time ago, but these captive soldiers looked at him as a big official and wanted to capture him in order to ask for credit.
Li Guangqing took the sword and watched the enemy army approaching more and more, and sighed, "The king doesn't listen to me, and the Central Plains has today's disaster, I hope the king will work hard to revitalize the country from now on." ”
After Li Guangqing finished speaking, he threw the sword in his hand like the nearest soldier, and the captive soldier was caught in the chest by this sword, and immediately fell to the ground with a scream.
When the other captives saw that the old man was not honest in the end, they were immediately furious, and one by one they stepped forward and stabbed him to death.
Li Guangqing looked at some of these traitors with contempt, and then suddenly turned around and jumped down the city tower.
Seeing this, the other captives hurriedly looked down at the city, only to see that Li Guangqing had fallen to the ground and turned into flesh.
Next, these captives who broke into Longcheng Pass began to rape and plunder unscrupulously.
And Jia Ke was not in a hurry to continue the attack, he took the Manchurian Eight Banners and the wolf soldiers to camp outside Longcheng Pass, after all, Jia Ke had already agreed, and if he did not seal the knife for three days, he naturally could not lose his trust in these captive soldiers.
Only three days later did he order the Manchurian Eight Banners to go in and collect these captives.
Originally, Jia Ke thought that it would be good if these captives could finally recover half of them, but when the Manchurian Eight Banners came back, none of these captives escaped.
It turned out that these people in the Eight Banners of Manchuria had already gained experience, and they blocked the front and back doors of Longcheng Pass, and these captive soldiers acted recklessly in Longcheng Pass.
Although some of these captives wanted to escape, most of them did not have this intention, because since they had already participated in the siege of the city and killed so many soldiers of the Annan Kingdom, there was no way to go back, so it was better to serve the dynasty of the Central Plains loyally.
Since these people had no thoughts, the captives began to vent unscrupulously in Longcheng Pass, and this time Longcheng Pass immediately became a hell on earth, almost all the women were violated, and none of the remaining old and weak men could survive.
All the houses in Longcheng Pass were looted, and even the Treasury Mansion was robbed by these people.
After Jia Ke gathered the soldiers, he then asked people to clean up the inside and outside of Longcheng Pass, and bury all the corpses to prevent the plague.
When Jia Ke entered Longcheng Pass with a large group of people, he saw many disheveled women sitting or lying on both sides of the street, looking like they had just been harmed by those captive soldiers.
Jia Ke took the Wenwu into the Longchengguan General Soldier's Mansion, and then sat down in the lobby, and the Wenwu lined up on both sides.
"Everyone, this time we occupy Longcheng Pass, which can be regarded as a first opportunity, and further south is the Yima Plain, how do you think this battle should be fought next."
Everyone looked at each other, they really didn't have much experience in this kind of large-scale strategic matter, some people have been following Jia Ke, where Jia Ke pointed, where they want to say let them make ideas, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them.
Only Sun Yan closed his eyes for a while, then opened his eyes and said to Jia Ke: "My lord, the people of Annan have always been unruly, I think it is better to raise a puppet to facilitate our rule." ”
After listening to this, Jia Ke didn't know if it was okay, and then looked at the young general Xiao Yue and said, "Xiao Yue, you are also the commander of the Fenwu Battalion now, and I will also tell you your opinion." ”
When Xiao Yue heard Jia Ke's question, he knew that this was Jia Ke cultivating himself, so he didn't shirk it, he first stood up for the class, and then arched his hand and said: "Lord Qiqi, if we want to withdraw from Annan after this battle, it is good to leave a puppet, but our combat goal is to annex the entire territory of Annan, if we support a puppet, then in the future the Annan people will have a backbone, and when we want to annex Annan, I am afraid it will be even more difficult, it is better for us to attack this time, Kill all these people who resist, so that these people are afraid of us from the bottom of their hearts and dare not resist. ”
After Jia Ke listened, a smile finally appeared on his face, "Xiao Yue's opinion is exactly what I want." ”
After Jia Ke finished saying this, he immediately slapped the table and commanded below: "We are now in Longcheng Pass, there are more than 500,000 soldiers, and it will be unfavorable to us if we continue to confront each other for a long time." ”
After Jia Ke said this, he looked at the Manchu Eight Banners, and then said to them: "From today onwards, each of your Eight Banners will go out with your captive soldiers to sweep the villages of Annam on the plain. Raise as much grain and grass as you can, and catch some strong men to deliver grain and grass to us. ”
The eight Eight Banner Commanders all laughed together after hearing this, this is their old job, and this time when they went out, Jia Ke didn't say what to do with the plundered silver, it seemed that they had shed oil and water.
"Don't worry, the slave will not dishonor the master's life when he waits for this time." Together, the eight of them assured Jia Ke.
Among them, Ji Rigra, as the commander of the Zhenghuang Banner and Jia Ke's absolute loyal servant, now wants to go out this time and hand over all the harvested grain and grass to the army, so that everyone can use all the silver in their Eight Banners, and then divide half of the silver and hand it over to their master Jia Ke, and the rest can be brought back and used by the Eight Banners tribe.
Jia Ke naturally saw their careful thoughts, but he didn't break them, but continued: "This time, you go out and look at those captive soldiers carefully, if some of them are really loyal to us, you might as well promote them, and set an example for others." ”