Chapter 181: Breaking the City (Part II)

Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it is a month

In this month, Fang Xin's army has lost 40,000, but the defenders of the city, only 10,000 Xu, have reached the end of the road, such a large city, 10,000 soldiers can't cover everything at all.

In fact, the problem of the fortress can be solved with a giant trebuchet, and the key is the human heart.

The advantage of the fortress is that there is no dead end, the area is small, and hundreds of people can defend it, but at the same time, in terms of small scale, if the attacker digs a ditch on the periphery and besieges it for a long time, in the absence of foreign aid, the people of the fortress cannot be defended - in the grassland, there is a big enemy, and it can be held.

In short, after a month, the huge provincial capital, thousands of soldiers could not be carefully defended, and it had reached the end of the road.

On this day, in the evening, torches were also lit and the attack continued

Fang Xin knew that he had reached the most critical juncture, he stood high on the high platform, under the moonlight and torches, his eyes shining, scanning the tragic offensive and defensive battles between the enemy and us.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The sword light and sword shadow, shouting and killing

Inside and outside the city, thick smoke and flames were already rising up, illuminating the city walls.

Building cars, sasswood, crashing cars, desperately at all costs, rather pay a heavy price than break in, the arrows and rolling stones of the defending side have been consumed, only the rain of arrows from the besieging side of the city, from the arrow cart like locusts projected into the city.

And groups of siege troops, like soldiers and ants, flocked to the enemy formation, adding the last bit of strength to the crumbling enemy formation.

"Boom!" Finally, there was a bang, and a city wall collapsed, flying up dust and rubble.

The besieging side was also extremely tired, and when they saw this, their morale was suddenly boosted, and the sound of shouting and shouting shook the sky, and for a while, the sound of fighting and the sound of weapons fighting were completely muffled.

Fang Xin looked at it and gave an order, and suddenly, five thousand horsemen rode out, in case someone took the opportunity to break through, and paid the price of 40,000 people, so naturally they all had to be recovered.

Then the order was issued, and the soldiers in the rear pressed forward, and in the gap, a large number of troops had already poured in.

Suddenly, the sound of killing in the city was everywhere, thick smoke and fire covered the sky and candles, and more fierce hand-to-hand combat began, Fang Xin closed his eyes, until this time, he did not order the city to be cleaned-not mercy, those military and civilian officials who swore to resist to the death, at this time, there was no chance to surrender.

One day is trimmed, and tomorrow is slaughter—the army, officials, and generals who resist will be tried and slaughtered in batches in public like chickens, and then made into a landscape, which is what the big man does.

As for the common people, they will be killed if they are drawn, so as to punish and help the army and the people resist.

And all the property of these people will be confiscated as the capital to reward the soldiers tomorrow.

Military law is ruthless, it's like this!

When he had made up his mind, he ordered it to go down, and since someone recorded it and published it, none of the soldiers and officials with him persuaded him.

After waiting for another hour, the sound of weapons in the city gradually decreased, and the Li family army continued to pour into the city, clearing them one by one, and at the same time, the personal guards cavalry also entered to maintain order, and if there was robbery and rape, they would be killed immediately.

Public robbery is the royal way, and privateering is a strong robber, which is one of the principles of seizing the world.

"Lord, the city has generally been solemnized, and Pei Xu has been captured." Someone reported it.

Fang Xin was surrounded by a group of personal guards, and rode slowly through the streets, advancing towards the provincial capital Buzheng Embassy, and from time to time there were cavalry reporting the situation.

At this moment, the thunderstorm came in an instant.

A bolt of lightning pierced the sky, the sky and the earth flickered like the transformation of day and night, the muffled thunder rumbled, the raindrops crackled down, Fang Xin glanced up and smiled.

In the blink of an eye, I went straight inside, and I could enter the embassy - there were blood spots everywhere.

Fang Xin ordered: "There are many things in the middle of the night, I will go to rest first, tomorrow morning, deal with things one by one, and order the chief to rest immediately, I am old, I can't work overnight." ”

How to deal with things, there is naturally a set of mature rules to do, which no longer needs to be said.

After the order was given, Fang Xin went straight into a side hall, and he got up temporarily, and he was already very tired from the January war, and after the rain again, he ate a little, and fell into a deep sleep.

As soon as it was dawn, Fang Xin didn't know where it was for a while, and after a while, the early autumn blew in, and he pounced on his body with a coolness, and then he woke up.

"What time is it?"

"Lord, it's been a moment."

"Oh!" It turned out that it was already half past nine, Fang Xin got up and began to clean himself, since someone brought a wooden barrel, and when he washed it and changed into new clothes, it was extremely refreshing for a while, and someone sent some snacks, and after a little use, he realized that the surroundings had been cleaned up.

At this time, someone approached and saluted: "Lord, the lords are already waiting outside. ”

"Oh, please." Fang Xin sat down before speaking.

For a while, the ministers of civil and military affairs stepped forward, making this side hall full of people, all of them with red eyes, only Shen Xuan was slightly better, but he must have gotten up early in the morning.

"Let's talk about the situation in the city first!" Fang Xinci everyone sat down and talked together.

"Yes, my lord, the household division and the sergeant have seized the warehouse, and in the warehouse, the inventory of the grain and grass that has been hoarded has been completed, and the treasury alone has 1.2 million taels of silver."

"Huh?" Even Fang Xin was taken aback, there are so many? After a pause, he came back to his senses, and sure enough, Pei Xu Day's ambition is not small, and the strength of the family is also very strong!

Zhang Hong is the assistant political secretary of the law department, and he stepped forward and said: "I have worked overnight, and I have detained all the officials and their families, and all the soldiers and generals, and counted them one by one, and asked the lord to read them. ”

"Really?" Fang Xin solemnly took it and flipped it over casually.

At this time, everyone sat down, and the sound of needles falling to the ground could be heard in the huge hall.

After a while, I heard Fang Xin sigh softly, put down the file, but asked, "Where is Pei Xutian?" ”

"Back to the Lord, I have been captured last night, and I am waiting outside the temple, as long as the Lord summons me, I can bring it up immediately." A guard stepped forward and said.

"Then bring it with you!" Fang Xin said with a smile.

After a while, Pei Xuday was pulled in by the soldiers, and Peng Hanzhi, who was present, trembled in his heart, originally this person, no matter when he saw him, was a gentleman, humble and polite, standing tall, stopping at the edge of the mountain, and teaching people's hearts to break - now, his body was stained with blood, his face was pale, and only a pair of eyes were still dark and bright.

Waving off the soldiers, Fang Xin stared and looked, and this person was also surprisingly calm at this time, silent for a long time, he suddenly asked: "My old lady, how is it at the moment?" ”

Fang Xin looked at it, and someone said: "It's already settled, there's no embarrassment for her!" ”

Pei Xu was silent, and then said: "Needless to say, the old mother is not guilty, can she keep her life?" ”

"Yes, yes, but you can't." Fang Xin started to come out, his tone was softened, and he walked away, saying: "The Pei family has a deep foundation, and I can't stay, all men must be punished, but you wait for the female dependents, you can stay, I will leave a yard and some fields, which can be regarded as a friendship in the same year." ”

Pei Xu laughed miserably: "Under the nest, there are no eggs!" Success and defeat, that's how it is! ”

Although he smiled miserably, his expression was still calm, and his eyes were dark and clear.

Fang Xin poured a little admiration, looked at it intently, and saw that although a piece of purple qi was crumbling, it was not broken, he sighed in his heart, and immediately ordered: "Come on, pull him down, and after I personally supervise the beheading, behead and hang the whole city, the nine clans of Peimen, all the men, all of them will be beheaded, and the female dependents can be given 500 acres of land to be placed in a selected place." ”

As soon as this order was given, the soldiers immediately pulled him out, and everyone's faces changed.

Fang Xin asked again: "How many remnants of the captured soldiers are there?" ”

"Lord, there are more than 2,800 people, many of whom are disabled!" These are warriors who have fought for a long time.

"All of them are beheaded, and the corpses are piled up to form a landscape, and the family members of their captains and above are also punished to warn the world!" Fang Xin's expression was calm, but his tone did not hesitate: "If not, how can you win the world in the future?" ”

"All the officials with grades in the city are the same, they are all punished, and the female dependents don't have to stay, but they don't have to accumulate corpses, but they can be buried afterwards." Fang Xin also issued an order: "The officials who surrendered before should stay in their places, and those who have meritorious service will be grateful, but such officials who resist will never leave a bloodline." ”

"Pension soldiers, reward meritorious people, I will pay a million taels, after today's deliberations, in front of hundreds of thousands of troops, kill these people, and then promote the soldiers, award official positions, clear in silver taels."

"As for the people who resisted, they were driven out, and one out of ten was drawn, and those who were chosen killed killed their whole families."

"The Lord is wise!" The ministers said in unison that those who can enter this hall are all cores, and they all know the opportunity of life and death, and no one has any vulgar morality.

If you don't punish those officials, soldiers, and even ordinary people who resist fiercely, then how can the army arrive, the county surrender, or even be decided at once?

After a moment of silence, Fang Xin said, "If it's okay, just do it!" ”

So, an hour later, the 200,000 people in the provincial capital were driven out into the open space outside, and then the massacre.

First, Pei Xu's nine clans were killed, and the men were pulled up one by one, and then there were old men and children, and even babies who had just been born were among them.

The second is the whole family of officials of all grades, and they are punished one by one

Again, the soldiers, covered in blood and scarred, were also beheaded one by one

In the end, the army was in control, and one out of ten, a tenth of the people, and the whole family was beheaded

Heads rolled to the ground, blood splattered, and when the girl and child came on, everyone was silent, except for the helpless sobs of the women and the frightened cries of the children

The people watching the empire couldn't help but vomit, and some even wanted to protest, or even intercept, but they were immediately killed, Fang Xin at this time, no matter whether it was the person from the family in the main world, if it was against it at this time, they would all be killed.

Yes, a total of 36,856 people, including 63 in the Empire.