Chapter 92: Purging the City
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"Glory belongs to us!"
"Long live the Emperor!"
"Victory!"
In the dark night, Liaodong City was full of the cheers of the Sui army at this time, in the slanting wind and drizzle, in the torches like stars all over the city, there were happy and excited Sui soldiers everywhere, as well as those who had just followed the battle of the people.
Chen Kefu's whole person was relaxed, he stood in front of the gate of the Rongliu Palace, in the inner city of Liaodong City, and at this time, the entire Liaodong City had finally been taken down by him. Hiding the ecstasy in his heart, he took off the dazzling white helmet from his head and turned to look around, surrounded by warriors with joy on their faces. One by one, they hugged and cheered, shouting loudly Long live His Majesty the Emperor!
He stretched out a hand and pointed into the distance at the ever-gathering army, "Clear the city!" ”
With the finger of his arm, the soldiers and horses that had just gathered scattered again, some riding the snatched war horses, and running in groups of three or five. Some of them formed groups of dozens of people in small groups with bright horizontal knives and began to clean up the whole city like combs.
As soon as he attacked the inner city, Chen Kefu got the news that Gao Jianwu, the defender of the Liaodong City, was the king of Goguryeo Rongliu, and when they rushed into the inner city, he hurriedly fled to the eastern city with more than 100 people. At this time, the Liao people were gone, and Liaodong City was in control, and he began to prepare to clean up the first fortress in the Far East.
With his more than 100 cavalry guards, Chen Kefu and his gang all rode the Liao war horses they had just snatched and headed towards Dongcheng. Riding his horse and galloping through all parts of the city, Chen Kefu saw that there were traces of the aftermath of the battle, the corpses lying on the ground everywhere, and the black blood stains on the ground, all indicating the battle that the city had just experienced.
Listening to the introduction of the guards around him, Chen Kefu knew that tonight they suddenly attacked Liaodong City with lightning speed, although the number of defenders was very small and they were quickly defeated, but most of the people in Liaodong City were on the side of the defenders. Many people in Liaodong City rushed out of their homes with kitchen knives and hunting forks and other things to fight with the Sui army who entered the city.
Just a few minutes ago, in front of this place, there were more than 100 residents of Goguryeo Liaodong City, and the Sui soldiers and civilians who entered the city had a battle, although the Liao people were brave, but those Sui people who had already been stimulated by adrenaline, how could they be afraid of these Liao people, the new troops who rushed into the city and rushed everywhere, and slaughtered all the Liao people who dared to resist in three or two strokes.
Looking at the piles of Liao corpses on the ground in front of him, Chen Kefu also understood in his heart that the Goguryeo people had been operating here for more than 200 years, and in the eyes of these people in Liaodong City, they were invaders. If you want them to honestly accept that Liaodong City has changed its owner, it is not so easy to let them be the people of the Great Sui.
Chen Kefu originally thought that these residents of Liaodong City would be his foundation in the future, but now that the situation is obviously not the case, it is not good, these 100,000 Liaodong people will be a big scourge for him. Because until now, all I have seen along the way are the people of Liaodong City who are resisting with various weapons, but I have not seen a single Liao person who has expressed obedience to the Sui army.
Mao Yi on the side looked at the situation in front of him, then looked at Chen Kefu's expression, and said busily, "General, these Liao people must be handled carefully, as far as we know." During the last siege battle in Liaodong City, there were not many defenders left, and in the end, the ability to protect the city was not lost, because the people in the city who could use weapons went to the city to defend the city. Originally, there were 200,000 people in Liaodong City, but now it is known that there are only about 100,000 people in the city, and most of them are disabled and infirm. Now that we are alone, this Liaodong City will definitely be our base camp in the future, and the 100,000 people in this city who are hostile to me have to think about it. ”
Shen Guang also nodded, he took a vanguard mission to attack the city tonight, although at first he rushed to the inner city, because there was no siege equipment and there was no way. But it was best to wait for the ladder and other things, and he was the first to rush to the inner city and open the city gates. At this time, he was covered in blood, and he rode his horse behind Chen Kefu, and said in a low voice, "General, although we now have hundreds of thousands of people, the army that can be fought is only 10,000 people. Last time, although we conquered the new city and all the cities, the people in the city were all sent to the Central Plains as slaves. Now the people of Liaodong are the first Liao people we have to face after occupying Dacheng. General, although this Huairen is good, it is better for these people of different races to be afraid of power first. ”,
Hu Hai smiled with a scarred face, and the blood on his face was even more hideous, "General, we take Liaodong City, this is definitely not the first city we want to occupy, if we can't let these Liao people feel the power of our Celestial Empire, I'm afraid that they will be even more disobedient in the future." My lord, when it is time to strike a thunderous blow, we must not hesitate, and after all those who dare to resist are punished, we can show them mercy in the future. Only with grace and power can we discipline these barbarians well. ”
It had rained heavily for a few days, and the city was warm and wet everywhere, and there were small puddles on the road from time to time, but the puddles were no longer pure rain, but mostly a crimson mixture mixed with blood.
Even the air was mixed with the pungent smell of blood, and the chaos, fear, and blood of war. After a big battle, the fortress that had just been captured was full of groups of soldiers and people who were cleaning up the remnants of the city. The screams and tears of the two and three were endless.
Although hundreds of thousands of people and men of the Great Sui have been organized according to the military establishment, they have long been out of establishment at this time. These people flocked in, and when they poured into the city, they were all scattered. The gang could not find a team, the team could not find a brigade, and even the new troops of the fifth and sixth divisions were not much better, and sometimes the people around a battalion commander were not as many as those led by a battalion commander, and they were already in chaos.
Fortunately, although the Sui army that entered the city was chaotic, most of them strictly obeyed Chen Kefu's orders before entering the city, and looting was strictly prohibited. At this time, they just wandered around the city like headless flies, and when they saw those who dared to resist, they swarmed up.
Feeling all this, Chen Kefu stopped his horse, stood still, closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and said coldly, "You are right, the so-called non-my race, its heart must be different. Now we are in Liaodong, although we have won Liaodong City, but in fact we are still weak, if we want to firmly hold Liaodong, the first fortress in Liaodong, then how to treat the people in the city is very important. ”
With a sigh, Chen Ke replied, "The people in this Liaodong city are stubborn and have repeatedly resisted the might of our Heavenly Empire. even did not hesitate to help the Goguryeo people with his life, and now that my Celestial Empire army is based on this city, of course I have to ask for an explanation for the fallen soldiers of my Great Sui. It is decreed that all the people of the Goguryeo tribe shall be killed, except for children who are higher than the horizontal sword, and women who are under thirty years old. The rest of the people of all ethnic groups in the city, all those who had been stained with the blood of the people of our Sui Dynasty, were killed without mercy, and all their families and relatives were confiscated as slaves, and their property was confiscated into the army. In addition, all the nobles and tyrants in the city were beheaded by men, enslaved women and children, and confiscated their property. Since they dare to resist the power of the heavens, they should know that after resisting, they will accept the thunderous wrath of my heavenly empire. ”
For Chen Kefu, not slaughtering the whole city is already the result of his softness. Now that they have occupied Liaodong City, he will still gain a foothold here in the future, and if he can't establish a deterrent position to break the military camp, then it will be difficult for him to gain a foothold here in the future.
The merciless blow to the nobles, wealthy families, and wealthy families in the city was naturally because these people were originally the upper class of Goguryeo and the traditional rulers of Liaodong City. Now that he is here, of course he has to establish his rule, and these former ruling classes must have been inextricably linked to the Goguryeo people. Now he does not have an absolute advantage, and is even in an absolute weakness, so at this time, he can only show his strength to the outside world, in order to better occupy and rule here.
The strong show mercy to the outside world, because they have that strength as a guarantee, while the weak can only deter those who are not convinced by iron-fisted means.
Hu Hai grinned and said, "General, why bother so much, I think it's all killed, anyway, these barbarians won't become my Great Sui people." My Great Sui three expeditions to Goguryeo, casualties of more than one million soldiers and civilians, now take Liaodong City, when the city is slaughtered, in order to deter the Liao people. ”
"No, killing is not an end, killing is only a means. What we want is to gain a long-term foothold in this Liaodong, not to kill all the Liao people. From now on, this is the territory of our barracks, so killing people alone will not solve the problem. We can't just keep an empty city and a scorched earth, right? Although there were 3 million people in Goguryeo, there were only 1 million Goguryeo people, less than one-third. In the past, in Goguryeo, the people of the Goguryeo tribe were first-class people, and the nobles and rich people were all them, while the rest of the tribes were large in number, but most of them were slaves captured by them through war, and most of them were slaves from other tribes who were slaves many years ago and slowly converted into free people, so we should treat them differently. ”
When Mao Yi and the others heard Chen Kefu say that this Liaodong City would be the territory of the broken military camp in the future, they all guessed something about it. For example, Hu Hai, Shen Guang and others naturally thought that Chen Kefu now occupied Liaodong, and he would definitely prefer to be a soil emperor here for a while, rather than follow back to the emperor to be a guard general.
But only Mao Yi understood some of Chen Kefu's plans more faintly in his heart, and Chen Kefu had revealed a little bit of his thoughts when talking to him several times before. Now that I am thinking about it, I also guess for a while that Chen Kefu probably saw the situation in front of him and had some thoughts of his own. Looking at what they are doing now, which one really intends to retire from the army in half a month for His Royal Highness the Emperor? Looking at Chen Kefu's thoughts, it is clear that he wants to occupy the land of Liaodong for a long time, thinking of this, Mao Yi turned his head to look at Chen Kefu, Chen Kefu was riding on a horse at this time, his eyes were staring ahead, and his eyes were full of bright brilliance.
The corners of Mao Yi's mouth turned up slightly, for him, he finally found a reason to make him more willing to fight for the Chen family and Chen Kefu!
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