Chapter 5: Breaking the City (Asking for Collection)
"Kill! Whoever dares to take a step back will be killed. After seeing the cannon fodder sent to siege the city being beaten back by a rain of arrows, Jiang Cheng was furious, and then issued an order to kill without mercy.
The soldiers of the Red Turban Army, who served as the overseers at the back of the team, immediately raised their long knives and slashed at the cannon fodder who were deserters after receiving Jiang Cheng's order.
"No, spare your life!" These defeated soldiers thought that they had been lucky enough to save a life, but they did not expect that what they got was not comfort, but the cold long knife cut them down without hesitation.
"The general has an order, all the soldiers who have fled will be killed, everyone will go up for me, I tell you, take the city, you will have a chance to live, otherwise what the consequences will be, you know. ”
The cold words came out of the mouths of the officers of the Overseer, and after these cannon fodder soldiers were killed for a while, the rest of the people turned around and rushed towards the city wall.
Just like they said, there is still a glimmer of life when you rush forward, and if you take a step back, you will definitely be dead, and Jiang Cheng is ruthless for being greedy for life and afraid of death.
The shouts of "kill" sounded again, and these cannon fodder soldiers rushed towards the city wall again.
"Hold on, don't let them rush up, our reinforcements will arrive soon. ”
The prefectural commanders and others on the city walls were also constantly commanding the soldiers. He didn't want to fight off the first wave of attacks, and he was relieved in his heart.
The most fearful thing about this defender is that he has no faith, he is not the current county soldiers, everyone is afraid in their hearts, and now that they have seen the first attack of the rebels repulsed, the confidence in their hearts has been aroused again.
"Keep rushing, don't stop, and give the order to go down, as long as you attack the city three times, you can join the Red Turban Army. ”
An hour later, after the first attacking team had already suffered heavy losses, Jiang Cheng also ordered these tortured soldiers to retreat.
After the first echelon was torn down, the attack team of the second echelon had been preparing for a long time, and the soldiers who had arrived in the camp first had been frightened by the bloody and tragic price of their predecessors.
"Prepare for the siege. "But it's a pity that even if they are reluctant, they can't do it, and with Jiang Cheng's order, they are also driven to start the siege of the city.
"The first to ascend the city will be rewarded with ten taels. At this time, Jiang Cheng didn't say anything, and directly tempted these soldiers with money to fight hard.
"Fight, fight, fight. After hearing the reward, the soldiers were also aroused to the last courage, and one by one they rushed towards the city wall with red eyes.
"Throw arrows, pour gold juice, and you can't let them come up. "The county commander and others who were guarding the city above were also in a hurry to die, and these rebels rushed to the city wall as if they were not dying.
What do you do with these soldiers who have not experienced much war, if this continues, Yongle County will not be able to stand it.
"General Tiangong, let the brothers rest, the brothers have been attacking for a long time. Six hours later, even Yuan Qing came to complain.
This is really the siege battle during the day today, which is too cruel, with groups of soldiers attacking the city, and then groups of people dying.
Moreover, Jiang Cheng also intensified his efforts to drive the people to attack the city, not caring about the lives of these people at all.
"Give the order to go down and let the women's battalion charge me too. After hearing Yuan Qing's suggestion, Jiang Cheng was not moved at all.
What is Jiang Cheng doing now? He is really a rebellion, and it is also a very dangerous peasant uprising, and if such an uprising does not form a snowball force at the beginning, most of them will end up being the pioneers of the king.
If you are lucky, you can get the title of the first person in the peasant uprising in the history books, and if you don't fall well, you will be the No. 1 thief in Tianzi.
Therefore, Jiang Cheng didn't listen to persuasion, and directly asked his women to pick up weapons and attack the city.
"Yes!" Although Yuan Qing and the others couldn't bear it, they didn't dare to disobey Jiang Cheng's order. Since Jiang Cheng formed the Red Turban Army, the military power has always been firmly in his hands.
If these people dared to annoy Jiang Cheng, they had no doubt that Jiang Cheng would kill them.
Three hours later, it was time for both sides to reach their final moments.
"Pass the order, after the city is broken, the city is allowed to be washed, and then the gold, silver, and women will all be theirs, give me a rush!"
After reaching the limit, Jiang Cheng issued the news that the city could be slaughtered after the city was broken, and soon the soldiers who had been completely inspired by the blood in their hearts moved forward desperately.
By this time, Jiang Cheng had already revoked the so-called echelon siege, and instead let thousands of people join the siege.
"The city gate is open, the city gate is open, the city gate is open!! just an hour after Jiang Cheng gave the order to slaughter the city, the gate of Yongle County was broken.
"Kill!" After seeing the city gate open, the morale of the Red Turban Army increased greatly.
On the other hand, the soldiers defending the city are all discouraged, in this era, the city guard is subject to the city gate, and when the city gate is opened, they are finished.
"Kill in and tell the soldiers that the county government and the barracks are not allowed to move, and the rest is theirs. After seeing the city gate opened, Jiang Cheng then ordered the army to enter the city.
The first thing the soldiers of the Red Turban Army did after entering the city was to take control of the barracks, and then to suppress all the soldiers.
After doing these things, they surrounded a street under Jiang Cheng's orders, and then these soldiers turned into the Grim Reaper and entered it to kill on a large scale.
Not to mention the cruel acts of these soldiers who began to slaughter the city after breaking the city, Jiang Cheng is now sitting in the barracks, and after taking control of the barracks, Jiang Cheng ordered the soldiers to change their clothes.
One by one, they all put on the weapons and armor that only the regular army had, and of course the weapons were easy to say, but the armor was only ten pairs.
Most of the rest is leather armor, but that's not bad, after all, it can protect yourself.
After cleaning up the barracks, Jiang Cheng also ordered the soldiers to control the whole city.
As for Yongle County Ling and others, at the moment when the Red Turban Army broke through the city, most of them said that they died in the chaos, and a few others also committed suicide.
Only a few were captured.
Time passed quickly in Jiang Cheng's busyness, and in a blink of an eye, it was the next morning.
Yongle County can be described as a bad overnight military disaster, Jiang Cheng's men broke the manors of many wealthy families at night.
They were all killed, and after a night of looting, all their food was also confiscated by Jiang Cheng.
The next morning, Jiang Cheng arrived at the camp where the captured soldiers were held, and after the battle, there were more than 300 soldiers, only a small part of whom were regular soldiers.
The rest were all young adults who had been recruited.