Chapter 838: Gathering and Annihilating the Thieves
The admonition to sweat more in peacetime and shed less blood in wartime is well understood not only by the soldiers who charge into battle, but also by the engineers.
They skillfully fastened the numbered angle steel, and it didn't take long for the lookout posts to be assembled one after another, and the walls of the Beijing Division, which were controlled by the fire of the "God of War", continued to extend, and the enemy troops who were ready to surrender soon discovered the clues.
The sniper, who was closely watching the city, noticed a wooden pole with a white cloth tied to it, and then slowly crawled out of a man dressed as a Ming army.
Under the gaze of dozens of pairs of eyes, this Ming army came down to the head of the city to tie a rope at the head of the city under the gaze of dozens of black guns, and slid to the ground, and continued to raise his hands and shout:
"The small one came to surrender, and the small one was originally a gunner in the Beijing camp, and he had to surrender to the thief. There are a few brothers in the back, please don't let go of the 'God of War' big brother. ”
Such stories are constantly unfolding, and many Ming soldiers who have just surrendered to the thieves have found a way to defect to the "God of War".
However, there are very few original "Dashun" troops who surrendered, which is understandable, after all, these people should have hidden no less than 100 taels of silver on average, and maybe there are people who occupy the delicate ladies in the capital, of course they don't cry when they don't see the coffin.
The plan of the Zanhua Department is to carry out a propaganda offensive after surrounding the capital, so that the lucky thieves will be completely discouraged, and finally achieve the effect of the thieves raising their hands and surrendering in groups.
The siege of the Beijing division by the soldiers of the "God of War" is very different from the siege of Dalinghe City by Jiannu and the siege of Kaifeng City by thieves in history, because in order not to cause a large number of people to starve to death during the siege, "Nanming" stored a large amount of grain in the capital in advance.
When the thieves seized the capital, there was no grain depot to set fire to the scorched earth to fight the thieves, but obediently let the thieves seize a large amount of grain, and the thieves had more food, so there was no need to rob the people's homes of the grain.
Of course, the thieves will definitely go to loot the people's grain when the grain runs out, but this will take up to a year and a half, and in the capital surrounded by the "God of War", how can the thieves hold on until the food is eaten up?
The purpose of besieging the capital on all sides was not to trap the enemy army, but to better gather and destroy the thieves.
It is certain that after this general battle, the strength of the pseudo-"Dashun" was lost, and there will be no large-scale battle at all.
This is like the War of Liberation, after the three major battles of Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin, the next story seems to be bland, and it has become the norm to destroy the withering and decay and hope for the wind to fall.
With the combat effectiveness of the firearms of the "God of War" soldiers, it is easy to break through the wall of the Beijing Division.
Commander-in-chief Huang Mingli is not in a hurry, besieged but not attacked and slowly disintegrated the heart of the thief army, he was actually waiting, unwilling to immediately enter the capital to destroy the "Dashun" puppet dynasty, he knew that it would be effortless to defeat Li Zicheng, he had to wait for the arrival of the head of the family in the yellow robe before launching a general attack.
The shelling on 9 May lasted less than an hour before it ended, and the hot air balloons that floated over the capital again distributed a large number of leaflets.
The content, of course, is to warn the thieves not to leave anything to chance, the shelling in the morning has already controlled all the artillery defending the capital, and in the future, only the "God of War" unilaterally shelled the thieves.
Soon after, the soldiers and civilians of the capital near the city wall heard the shouting, that is, the "God of War" propaganda team had boarded the lookout post and used the loudspeaker to publicize the policy of preferential treatment for the surrendered army.
They also instructed those who were about to surrender how to climb the city with a white flag, how to raise their hands to show that they were not carrying weapons, and then how to use the ropes left by those who had surrendered before to fall down the city and surrender.
There will also be a former Ming army who has just successfully surrendered with a loudspeaker shouting to tell the former robes in the city how to leave the city wall safely. The presence of too many comrades-in-arms who successfully surrendered made the already panicked thief team even more restless.
Of course, the thieves were not willing to lose control of the city walls, and they would not allow the soldiers to slip away and surrender, so the old battalion organized themselves to pick up arquebuses and prepare to rush to the city to shoot at the "God of War" musketeers at the lookout posts.
But it backfired, and every time several leaders urged a team of arquebusiers to climb the city, the bullets of the "God of War" were like eyes, and the leaders of the old battalion were shot in the head as long as they appeared.
Often a team of thieves arquebusiers just touched the place where they were ready to counterattack, and there was a gunshot from the opposite side, and the leaders immediately fell in response, and the rest of the arquebusiers were unwilling to take risks.
If a boss who hasn't been killed is ready to start again, the slightly larger action will be killed.
Of course, it was the lookout posts that were far above the city walls that played a huge role, and the sniper, who had been fed with bullets all these years, finally had a chance to play a role, and whenever there was a thief who pointed fingers, he would mercilessly shoot him in the head.
The thief arquebusiers lying at the head of the city did not dare to move, they were extremely embarrassed and could not advance or retreat, but fortunately at this time the propaganda team at the lookout post began to shout: "Listen to the people on the other side, throw away the weapons in your hands and slowly climb to the city wall, where there are tied ropes, and you don't need to be afraid after surrendering." ”
"Don't move, or your head will bloom."
Not every thief was willing to be captured, and a man got up and was just about to run, and "Boom, Boom, Boom......" Not only did the sniper fire, but the musketeer also fired the flintlock pistol that had already been loaded.
The thieves who tried to escape in vain were beaten into honeycomb coal, basically unable to see the original appearance, the bullet penetration of this era is not strong, the damage effect is huge, the skin and flesh will be stirred up after being shot, and the wound is very terrifying.
Soon two thieves who were splashed all over their faces and covered in blood could not bear the psychological pressure, and cried and threw away the arquebus, screaming for mercy, while desperately crawling towards the city wall......
The thieves in the capital were panicked, and they were not willing to participate in the battle to regain control of the city wall, and such a mood was spreading rapidly, and even the old camp thieves began to be tired of fighting, and even the big leaders began to say strange things.
Of course, the defenders of the Ming Dynasty who had just surrendered to the thieves would not be willing to give their lives to the post man, and those who could go up to the city wall chose to surrender, and those who did not get the opportunity also formed a small group under the encouragement of some well-intentioned people, and they were ready to fight back when the "God of War" general attack.
In the following days, as long as the wind and sun are good, hot air balloons will float past Beijing to distribute leaflets, and the lookout posts are no longer just shouting to persuade them to surrender, sometimes some people sing hometown tunes with Henan accents, and some people shout an ancient Qin dialect.
shouted and tied up outside the tent, and couldn't help but laugh at Haojie. A single person trampled on Tang Ying, the sons and daughters who were killed directly were saddened, the blood of the direct kills returned to the sea like a river, and the bones of the direct kills were piled up in mountains and had nowhere to bury. Xiao Tang'er was frightened by a certain guts, who dared to come to the fifth battalion of horses......"
The penetrating power of the Qin dialect is extraordinary, and many of the thieves hiding under the inner city wall are from Shaanxi, and they are all silently listening to the local sound at this time, and several old soldiers have burst into tears......