Chapter 288: The Final Battle (1)
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The army soon left the city of Pingxiang in two ways, and Liu Xia left a large army of troops and a dozen captured red-coated cannons in the city of Pingxiang. As for the steel cannons, they were all taken away, and not a single one was left.
Julu City is not far, but it is not close either. It also takes several hours to march quickly. At dusk that day, Liu Xia led hundreds of steel cannons and finally came to the bottom of Julu City.
Julu City is just a small city, and the tattered female walls are all signs of the decline of this small city. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao, the general of Tiangong who held 36 soldiers and horses, fought with the Han army here, making Julu City write a strong stroke in history.
The sun is setting, and it is a good picture of the sunset and twilight.
The clatter of horses' hooves broke through the calm and vast North China Plain. The hot summer days are also bone-chilling.
Drive! Drive! Drive!
"Set up the cannon and get ready to fire!"
"The prince has an order, strive to break through the giant deer city before nightfall!"
"The prince said, whoever enters the city first will be promoted to the next level. If anyone catches Haoge Aobai, the official will be promoted to the third level. If one of the two is killed, the official will be promoted to two levels, and a reward of 1,000 yuan in silver coins will be awarded. β
One cannon after another aimed the swarthy muzzle at the dilapidated Julu City, a scene that Haulge had done to Pingxiang City not long ago. However, there are more powerful steel cannons in Pingxiang City, but at this time, the city of Julu City is empty, only the timid Han pawn who secretly glances at the underground cannon.
Hundreds of steel cannons lined up in turn, surrounding Julu City on three sides, leaving only the northern city empty, but the two battalions of the Tiger Ben Brigade were ambushed in the woods not far away.
"Bow to the dog thief, open the door and surrender quickly. My king will spare your lives for the time being, or you will break through the city, and the chickens and dogs will not be left! β
"The people in the city listened, if anyone caught one of the two of Haoge, he would receive a hundred taels of gold and several beauties from King Zheng. It is even more high-ranking officials. β
"Listen to the people in the city, quickly open the door and surrender, my king is not guilty of treason and betrayal of the country, otherwise when the city is breached, there will be no chickens and dogs!"
The scouts' shouts to the city were like the amulet, which made the people in it timid, and there were now 20,000 people in the city, of which ninety percent were Han soldiers, and if they rebelled, no matter how brave Ao Bai was, no matter how powerful Hao Ge was, he would only die.
Not to mention, this shout is really useful, the city suddenly began to panic, the power of the steel cannon outside the city, although the Han people who stayed behind did not know, but the momentum was also extraordinary.
"Big brother, what should we do? Is it just waiting for death? Big brother, I haven't tasted a woman yet, my old Zhang family is an only son, I don't want to die, even if I die, I have to leave a queen for my old Zhang family! β
A Han soldier had a bitter face, his lips were pale, his face was pale, and his whole body was trembling slightly, and he saw four or five soldiers standing next to him, all listless. They didn't know where the weapons in their hands had fallen, and the city was silent.
"Xiao Zhang, then you say, what should we do?"
The soldier known as Big Brother was a man in his thirties, and the top two mustaches made him look more calm. Even though it's the eldest brother, you have to respect the opinions of the other brothers. He therefore did not speak directly.
"Big brother, it's better for us to do the opposite! Have you heard the shouts outside, if we open the gates and surrender, we will be pardoned by His Royal Highness King Zheng. β
"If we are capturedβ" As soon as he said this, the boss interrupted, and hurriedly said, "This is not the wealth we can get, we just want to live, and we can't take any more risks." β
"Big brother is right, let's go and open the city gate quickly and welcome the army into the city."
It's just that what they don't know is that they have already been targeted, and before they can take a few steps, more than 20 soldiers who are also Han Chinese swarm with machetes, and before these four or five people can react, they are all cut down in the pool of blood. None of them lived, and their deaths were unknown. The most hateful thing is to be killed by his own people.
"Cut off their heads, go, let's go and get their rewards!" Hmph, these stupid bunches. than, dare to betray the prince and the general, haha, with these stupid . than the head, we can exchange a few bounties and drink. β
With that, one of the big men lifted his machete and cut off the head of the dead man, carrying the hair and tying it to his belt, and the others followed suit.
The group tied their heads to their belts, carried their red-stained machetes, and strode away happily, asking for merit.
Ao Bai had also ordered that anyone who caught a soldier who was about to surrender would be rewarded with two taels of silver, and he would spend the night in the military prostitute camp in the city. So under the effect of money and beauty, the 20,000 Han soldiers and horses, who were originally short of military spirit, became monolithic at this moment, and no one dared to show the slightest rebellion, in case they were killed by the people next to them.
The military prostitutes were arrested by Aobai to get the women in the city, and now that the morale is low, Aobai uses this trick to improve the cohesion of the army, and when this is besieged, it is very effective to reward soldiers with women and money.
Especially women.
A soldier has been fighting for months, which one is not unbearable? Which is not an infinite increase in hormones? This also verifies that in troubled times, strong. Why do rape crimes occur the most?
Military prostitutes would have disappeared during the wars in China, except for comfort women who were made by the Japanese army a few hundred years later.
Soon, the soldiers walked to the reward room set up by Aobai with their heads in their heads, and went in to receive their corresponding rewards. Then he happily walked to the house where the military prostitutes were held. The next step is to enjoy the taste of a woman in comfort.
"It's been a long time since I've been to a woman, and I've forgotten what it's like."
"Hahaha, I'm going to have a good time today, her dog. Damn. β
"As the saying goes, there is only a tired cow, how can there be a bad land? You're going to kill her, I'm afraid you don't have that ability! β
Hearing this, everyone laughed.
Compared to the indifferent appearance of the soldiers outside, at this moment Ao Bai was anxiously walking back and forth in the house, at this moment the artillery outside was gathered, and with only one order from Liu Xia, the giant deer city could be razed to the ground.
Most of the soldiers in the city didn't know the power of the cannon, not to mention that Ao Bai had already let out a voice, and Duoduo would lead a large number of elite cavalry of the Eight Banners to help in the battle. Although Dodor had been defeated several times, the soldiers had long since lost hope for him. But the tens of thousands of Eight Banners elites caused waves in everyone's hearts.
As a surrendering army, they are clearly aware of the strength of the elite of the Eight Banners. With the arrival of the elite of the Eight Banners, they were no longer afraid of Liu Xia outside the city.
However, Ao Bai knew that the elite of the Eight Banners did not know when they would come. Before the elite of the Eight Banners came, they were a piece of meat in front of the enemy's mouth, and Liu Xia could swallow it at any time.
"Now Prince Su hasn't woken up yet, and Prince Yu doesn't know when he'll come. Looks like I'm ......."
And not to mention the worship of the Ao. But it was said that Duoduo led 10,000 elite of the Eight Banners to ride a handsome war horse and galloped towards the giant deer city. I didn't dare to stop along the way, and a large number of scouts were scattered on the left and right to prevent the enemy from attacking.
Hanjiazhai
Zhang Yang accompanied Shouhu and Li Wen with tens of thousands of soldiers to stand neatly in the matrix, waiting for Duoduo to come, all the soldiers raised their spears, waiting for an order, and the ten thousand were released.
The summer breeze brushed the soldiers' cheeks, refreshing and cool.
Then the ground began to shake, like thunder and lightning, and the flood flowed.
"Attention the whole army! The enemy is coming! β
There was nothing more galloping than this, and the ground was shaking, like an earthquake.
It's close!
The shadow is getting bigger.
It's close again!
Dordor! Duoduo took the lead, armed with a sharp saber in hand, and galloped forward.
"Shoot!"
Although the enemy had not yet reached the firing range, Li Wen waved his hand expressionlessly, and suddenly the guns roared.
Deafening.
Bang bang
There was another burst of gunfire, one round going on, and the second round of firing continued, without stopping.
Soon Nadotor and his soldiers were already in range, and the bullets flew like locusts. Soon several Eight Banners soldiers fell to the ground, and were trampled into meat sauce by the cavalry swarming from behind. Fortunately, some of them were just injured and were fine.
"Kill!"