Chapter 7: Capture the county seat of Anxi
But the first wave of siege was still defeated, and the defenders' rolling wood hot oil was not vegetarian, and a large number of sergeants stacked under the city could not climb up. Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the second wave immediately launched a strong attack, because the first regiment paved the way, and the second regiment was able to rush directly to the city.
More and more ladders went up the trees, and more and more people climbed the walls. The first wave of attacks had already consumed a lot of the Yuan army's resources to defend the city, and as the corpses of the righteous people under the city piled up more and more, the battle on the city walls became more and more intense. The banner of the Yuan army was quickly replaced by the sun and moon flag by the dominant rebel army, and seeing the square banner waving in the wind in the sun, the army under the city suddenly burst into unprecedented cheers, and then it was even higher for a while, and many people were in tears.
At this time, the Third Reserve Regiment had also been sent by Li Da to the front of the city gate, and with the city gate being opened, there was no suspense about the outcome under the absolute superiority of numbers. LΓΌ Guangfu's cavalry regiment bore the brunt of the attack and quickly entered the city to seize the granaries, yamen, and armory to prevent the Yuan army from burning these resources.
In fact, the reason why the rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty won many battles in the early stage was not because of strategy and equipment, but only two words, that is, there were many people.
By the time Zhang Guanghua, Li Da and the guards rushed to the Yamen, LΓΌ Guangfu had already stabilized the situation.
Knowing that the Yuan army did not have time to burn anything, Zhang Guanghua was immediately overjoyed. But he thought of another problem in an instant, a common mistake made by ancient armies, and he felt that he should prevent it from happening. Since he has already boarded Li Da's warship, he has the obligation to change the direction of history.
"General Li, General Lu, do you believe me?" Zhang Guanghua looked at the two who were about to revel happily and said.
"Believe, of course believe! What did the military advisor say? Li Dayi sat on the judgment table in front of the county office, playing with the token, and said to Zhang Guanghua. Lu Guangfu, who was admiring the calligraphy on the wall of the county government, also turned his head and looked at Zhang Guanghua suspiciously.
"If the generals believe me, I hope that the rest can be done by me, and I hope you can lend me the guards." Zhang Guanghua didn't have the same joy as them, and said with a serious face.
Seeing Zhang Guanghua so solemn, Li Da and Lu Guangfu glanced at each other, and finally took out the tiger talisman and handed it to Zhang Guanghua. Although they knew the danger of doing so, they chose to believe in the brothers who fought together. Perhaps, this is the respectability of honest people.
patted Zhang Guanghua on the shoulder, and Lu Guangfu said to him: "What you want to do, just do it!" I believe you. β
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Two flowers, one on each table.
The county jail, where the criminals originally held had been transferred, is now home to a group of new prisoners, the original owners of the county jay. Daru Huachi (official citizen) of Anxi County is a Mongolian, and he is also the head of the county. At this time, he was sitting on the ground with a dead face, and the private room specially prepared for him did not show the nobility of his identity, but revealed a dead silence. The clerks, bookkeepers, lieutenants, and historians who were only separated by a wall were close to the wooden fence on Daru Huachi's side, and they were all relatives. Their eyes were foggy, and they didn't care about the torn official uniforms and crooked official hats on their bodies, which were far from the image of being well-dressed and crowned on weekdays.
"Hahaha~" Just as the air diffused with the breath of desperate death, an unusually sudden burst of laughter came from the corner of the cell.
"Huang Kaizheng! It's all so far, why are you still laughing! Everyone looked at Yin Yuan, who was sitting on the slope in the corner, and blamed one after another.
"Why can't I laugh? You are only despairing, but I am not allowed to be happy? Huang Kai, who stood up at this time, was brushing away the long hair in front of his forehead, quite like a madman. After speaking, he walked towards everyone, quite like a strong man rushing to the execution ground.
Seeing Huang Kai, who looked like crazy, was striding forward, everyone retreated in fear, and then scattered, revealing Daru Huachi standing alone behind him.
"Bang" kicked on the wooden fence, Huang Kaizheng stared at Daru Huachi with bared teeth, and then gritted his teeth and said, "Finally, you can have today!" β
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At this time, Zhang Guanghua was gathering all the guards together, he gave each of them a red cloth belt, tied them to their sleeves, and assigned them the task of patrolling along the street, and issued two orders: those who saw the looters of property should immediately step forward to stop them, and those who did not listen to the command should be killed! When you see a rape \ adulterer and a captive person, you immediately tie them up on the spot, and those who disobey the order are beheaded! By the way, Zhang Guanghua also asked them to inform the scattered soldiers to gather in a wasteland behind the county office. Wearing a red armband, Zhang Guanghua led the "gendarmerie" to set out and go to the streets to investigate and deal with the army's acts of disturbing the people.
Looking at the back of the departing military advisor, Li Da had mixed feelings in his heart. He didn't understand the intention of the military advisor's arrangement, but felt that the sergeant should not be treated well on the day of the destruction of the city. Don't let them relax now, if they don't have the excitement of these victories, how can they work for themselves in the future.
With a sigh, Li Da returned to the county office, although he was puzzled, he still fully respected the opinion of the military advisor, and he still knew the priority of the matter.
There was a lot of noise, but in the end it stabilized the chaotic situation, and although it was said that the disobedient could be beheaded on the spot, the gendarmerie still only tied them up.
When order was restored in the city and the prisoners were properly disposed of, Zhang Guanghua began to arrange for the treatment of the wounded, and the citizens were ordered to close their doors and not go out. By the time he had taken care of everything, it was sunset. Zhang Guanghua was so tired that he couldn't breathe, and he didn't have time to drink a sip of water for most of the day, but he couldn't rest now, he was so tired that he sat on the ground and rested for a few minutes, and then began to assemble the team to settle the casualties.
When the results came out, it was exactly as Zhang Guanghua expected, although the casualties visually measured during the siege were very large, but in fact, compared with the base of more than 10,000 people, there were more than 100 cavalry casualties and more than 1,500 infantry casualties, which was a big victory.
After returning to the county government and discussing with Li Da, Zhang Guanghua immediately made a decision to move out the grain and government treasury silver for reward. Taking out a loudspeaker made of iron sheets, he began his passionate speech again: "Heroes, brothers! We're victorious! Seeing the warm applause and shouts below, Zhang Guanghua pressed down with both hands, and continued after being quiet: "This is inseparable from everyone's desperate struggle, and now I will start to reward everyone, everyone has a share!" As for those who have made greater contributions to this siege, we will give additional rewards after tomorrow's statistics are confirmed. β
"I know that people have a lot of opinions about me not allowing you to take things, and some people think that since everything in the city is ours now, why can't we take it, and I'll tell you why! Ask yourself, what would they think if everyone rushed to the front, and the soldiers who fought desperately on the city walls entered the city behind, and when they came in, they found that some of the brothers who were not desperate had robbed them of all the good things? And everyone took things privately, so what do we use to make weapons, what do we use to buy food, and what do we use to recruit soldiers? Don't forget, our goal is not only to lay down this county, we want to lay down this world! β
"If you look further back, there is Quanzhou Road, which is only two days away from us. There are still thousands of Yuan troops stationed there, and we, to be honest, are actually a rabble now. If they move north, what will we do to resist them at that time? β
Seeing that some soldiers already had thinking expressions, Zhang Guanghua felt that if he gave them a stick, he had to give them another date. So he continued: "But everyone will think that everyone didn't get the good things, but they were all taken by us generals, so who knows? I tell you now, you elect a representative for every 100 households, and now the whole audience will participate in our financial statistics, and I will post a notice to inform you after the statistics are completed. In the future, every money used by the army, I will ask everyone to send a representative to supervise us, and I will also post the use of the money in the barracks and publicize it widely! β
"Of course, those of us who are generals don't take nothing, we will take it, and we may take a little more than everyone else according to our position, but this is what they win by strength. And from now on, I will hold an assessment every three months, and those with strong ability, even if you were just the most ordinary soldier before, you can be promoted to general, and every time you break the city, you will get more money! β
Seeing that everyone was already emotional and ready to move, Zhang Guanghua knew that he couldn't talk nonsense anymore: "Start rewarding now." But I can't send it to you first, I want to send it to the dead soldiers first! The list has just come out, and in two days my names will be engraved on a tablet and stand outside the city, and I will let the world remember them forever. I gave their names, and everyone answered them for them, and their rewards would be supervised by their 100 households, and given to their relatives in the future, and those who did not have relatives would be given to the 100 households where they lived. In the future, their wives and daughters will also be supported by us! β
"Li Dayi."
"Here!"
"One hundred taels."
"Lu Hong."
"Here!"
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By the time everything was finished, Zhang Guanghua's mouth was already dry, but he knew that he must do a good job in this kind of inspiring thing, which was a major matter related to the army's combat effectiveness. However, he handed over the next thing to Lu Guangfu to do it for him, and sent it according to the standard of 50 taels for serious injuries and disabilities (one tael = 500 yuan), 30 taels for recoverable serious injuries, 10 taels for minor injuries, and 5 taels for ordinary sergeants, and everyone also got a month's worth of food to take home. After the soldiers were distributed, the part of the generals began to be distributed, and this time Li Da was going into battle in person, and the distribution was increased according to the level of ten, hundred, thousand, and ten thousand households, and Zhang Guanghua was also divided into 40 taels of silver and a bag of grain as a thousand households.
After arranging all the sergeants to camp in the wilderness of Dongcheng, Zhang Guanghua, Li Da and LΓΌ Guangfu counted the seizures together with the sergeant representatives under the leadership of the account office. Finally, the most exciting moment came, and although disasters are frequent, the county's granary is still half stacked with grain. After checking the account books, the master determined that there were more than 3,000 quintals, which were all summer taxes in the county this year, and they had not yet had time to hand over to the imperial court. In addition to grain, there were thousands of cotton cloths and other tax materials that could be used to offset grain.
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