Chapter 1368 - Relaxed
The Jinzhou defenders at the head of the city were dumbfounded, and the general artillery of the Jianzhou Jurchen also bombarded the city wall and caused damage to the city wall, but compared with the five artillery pieces in front of them, it was not worth mentioning at all.
If the city wall is a thick tree trunk, then the cannon of the Jianzhou Jurchen is a knife, and the trunk can be cut down with a knife, but it takes a lot of time to completely cut it off, but the artillery of the Zhao family army is an axe, and if it is constantly chopped, this trunk can be broken soon!
Thinking about the roar just now, thinking about the density of the shelling just now, everyone shuddered, under the artillery bombardment of the Jianzhou Jurchen, the defenders could continue to fill, and by the artillery bombardment of the Zhao family, I am afraid that there is no way to stop it, if the other party wants to break this city, it can be at any time!
There was not much time for the people in the city to be shocked and shocked, two people walked forward from behind the five cannons, different from before, the two people who came here, one was wearing armor all over his body, and the other was holding the military flag of the Zhao family, with black characters on a red background, hunting and flying.
Seeing these two approaching, everyone in the city also became serious, such a posture is equivalent to transmitting a message before the battle, this military flag is a guarantee, which makes people feel that it will not be child's play.
The two of them stayed out of the range of bows and arrows as usual, the person holding the flag stood still, and the other person took a deep breath and shouted loudly to the city: "Everyone in the city listen, disarm the first division of the Zhao family army within an hour, accept the adaptation, if you don't comply, you will be crushed!" ”
In order to make the people in the city hear clearly, the man below shouted three times, and then without any delay, he turned around and left.
The city head naturally heard these words clearly, Chen Jisheng's first reaction after listening to it was to prepare to stop the attack of the defenders in the city, Dongjiang Town on Phi Island and the defenders of Jinzhou and Jianzhou Jurchen had been fighting for so long, and they were all young, and they had already developed a hot temper, if they scolded back, or shouted to go out to fight, this matter would not be easy to clean up.
But to his surprise, everyone was very quiet, and when he looked at everyone, everyone also looked at him, with a face full of expressions asking you to make an idea, Zhang Pan's face was gloomy, but in the end only relaxation remained.
Just like that, you look at me, I look at you, the city is quiet, but there are people who turn their heads from time to time to look at the city wall in the northwest corner that has been destroyed by artillery.
After a while, Chen Jisheng smiled, there was sadness, helplessness, relief, and relaxation in his smile, and he raised his voice slightly and said: "I can't beat it, let's go down!" ”
The defenders were quiet for a moment, and then some people coughed dryly, some laughed awkwardly, but no one objected, no one had anger on their faces, but everyone was not in a hurry to respond, just like that, after a while, someone in the team shouted loudly and said: "It's not bad to follow this group of Xuzhou people, the court can't beat the Tartars, follow the Xuzhou people to fight, it's also good!" ”
The man spoke quickly, and when he finished speaking, he fell silent, and no one could be found to speak, but his words stirred up the emotions of the people.
"How many days have we been working hard here, just us and Mao Shuai supporting each other, how much food Shandong has sent, how many reinforcements have been sent, it's not up to us!"
"What are you fighting and dying here for, is it for glory and wealth, not to avenge your family, to avenge your fellow villagers, and to snatch this place back from the hands of the Tartars, but does the court care about us? It's always deductible like this, the court doesn't care about us, let's follow our people! ”
"There are no Xuzhou people this time, we all have to explain here, this life-saving grace can't be ambiguous!"
At first, a few people discussed, and then it became noisy, some words made sense, and some words were nonsense, but there was only one purpose, everyone should listen to the words of this Xuzhou Army and accept the adaptation of this Zhao Jiajun.
The specific meaning of the so-called "adaptation" word, the Jinzhou defenders may not understand it from top to bottom, but they can guess it, there is little difference between estimation and surrender obedience, everyone has no resistance to this, fighting life and death until now, and being rescued in a desperate situation, this savior is extremely powerful, this savior is still Han, everyone may not have the meaning of taking refuge in their hearts, but they don't know how to speak, they don't know how to mention it.
Since this Zhao Jiajun has done it so considerately, then everyone will also get off the donkey down the slope, whoever wants to agree, who wants to talk about loyalty, maybe everyone will be anxious with him.
A thousand words, both openly and secretly, all converged into one sentence in the end, lowered, lowered.
Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan didn't even look at each other this time, they just arranged things down, someone went to dig the hole in the city gate, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming were directly hung down the city wall with ropes, and they couldn't let the other party wait too long to cause any misunderstanding.
Someone was sent over here, and there quickly responded, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming brought back the specific procedures, everyone went out of the city from the north gate, handed over the weapons, and lined up within the circle to wait for the arrangement.
At this time, I saw the efficiency of Zhao Jiajun's actions in Xuzhou, and I could see that thousands of people came over, cleaned up in an orderly and simple manner, drew out the range, and then set up a large pot in the circled range, and threw dried meat and dry food into it, and directly cooked out the steaming mushy porridge.
The aroma rises, the people in the city smell it and salivate, the belly roars like thunder, although these days the supply has not been broken, but it is almost to the time when the ammunition is exhausted, hungry, dizzy and dizzy is also the daily norm, now smell the aroma of food and meat, appetite is immediately hooked.
"Since everyone is about to surrender, then don't have any other thoughts, look below, the cannon is still standing, and the battalion head is ready at any time, don't kill yourself!" Before everyone started to prepare, Zhang Pan yelled.
The artillery under the city is still in its original position, but the muzzle of the cannon is still turned to the side of the city gate, although the Zhao family's army has an absolute advantage, but there is no slack.
After all, the defenders of Jinzhou have persisted until now, fighting to the death, it is impossible to say that there is no loyalty, so I have to remind not to have a brain fever for a while, everyone has seen the combat power of the Zhao family's army, and if you really want to move blindly, it is possible to be killed.
Fortunately, the defenders of Jinzhou understood very well that the city gate was opened, the city gate was opened, the weapons were thrown down from the city wall, and the people went to the demarcated area from the city gate.
Both sides were in a hurry, and the defenders with empty stomachs wanted to eat the mushy porridge, but they didn't bring utensils, but the Zhao family army didn't have enough preparations, so they could only let the defenders go back to get the bowls.
Although the dry food brought by the Zhao family army was only three days, because he did not worry about the next supply, he was very generous to the defenders who accepted the adaptation, and he would not be given enough food, but each person only had a limit of three bowls, for fear that he would die if he ate too much.
Watching the battle at the head of the city just now, I only saw the momentum and equipment, and now the distance is close, and the spirit of the Zhao family army can be clearly seen, the Ming officials and soldiers, with ruddy faces, are only the generals and the guards who are strong, and the others are yellow and thin, the reason is known to the world, and the food and salary are deducted layer by layer, and only a few elites can be maintained, so that they can eat and train well.
And the Zhao family army seen in front of him, even the most ordinary soldiers were strong men, and they were also wearing a full set of iron armor, and they were stunned when they saw the Jinzhou defenders, thinking that this was the lowest soldier, what would the elite look like.
There are also a few dishes on the noodles, looking like they are all people's husbands, but they can also see that they have eaten enough recently, which makes everyone even more stunned, thinking that it is possible that this Zhao Jiajun has not deducted a little?
They are looking at Zhao Jiajun, Zhao Jiajun is also looking at them, Jinzhou City is a state city, and it originally had a population of more than 10,000, but now there are only more than 2,000 defenders in the entire city, everyone is skinny, everyone is scarred, but everyone looks very strong, this kind of strong and unyielding spirit makes people admire.
But it's also a bit strange, everyone is yawning, it seems that they can lie down and sleep in the next moment, but there are smart people who understand that "being pressed by the Tartar for so long, this is a relaxation, and the spirit can't stand it".
The two main generals of the Jinzhou garrison were brought to Chen Sheng, Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan said that they were young, but they were also in their thirties, and when they saw Chen Sheng, they reacted the same as everyone who saw the generals of the Zhao family, but they didn't expect to be so young.
Chen Sheng was not arrogant, when he saw these two people coming, he got up to greet him, he was much taller than these two people, and his sturdiness was far better, Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan both felt slightly suffocated breathing, and they both felt the oppression coming to their faces.
"How's going on over there at Phi Dao?" This is Chen Sheng's first question.
There are dozens of people in the Jinzhou garrison who went out of the city and surrendered wearing the standard armor of the Zhao family's army, Chen Sheng naturally knew that this came from the Phi Dao sergeant battalion, but the news over there has been broken for many days, and the fleet that went there has not yet come to this side to converge, everything is unclear, so it is natural to ask clearly.
"Mao Shuai asked me to wait for the first retreat, and when I left Phi Island, the soldiers and horses of Dongjiang Town had been attacked by the Tartar army from two sides, and they had completely collapsed, and the hundreds of people in your army might not be able to support it." Chen Jisheng said very clearly, when he said this, Chen Jisheng was a little apprehensive, in a sense, it was equivalent to abandoning the Zhao family's Phi Dao sergeant battalion, not to mention the small means they did before the situation collapsed.
Chen Sheng's expression was gloomy, and then he returned to calm, as a soldier, people are on the battlefield, it is normal to encounter such a thing, but if the Phi Island sergeant battalion is annihilated, it will be the biggest loss of the Zhao family's army since it started.
"The injured in the defenders will go to Shandong to recuperate, and the disabled will also go to Shandong to resettle, but the rest of the people must obey the arrangement, and they will be broken up into a team of ten people, and they will be dispersed to the baggage grain and grass and guides, and they will be incorporated into the combat unit in the future, and the two of you and the elite generals below will be assigned to each regiment as counselors, and if you are interested in joining the Zhao family's army, there will be special arrangements." Chen Sheng said directly.
These words made Chen Jisheng and Zhang Pan a little stunned