CHAPTER XV. The Conquest of Korea 9
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In front of Li Zuoche and Ruan Weng Shao, a hundred generals of the Qin army rode a war horse and said this sentence to the two of them with their fists in their fists.
Li Zuoche thought for a while, and after glancing at Ruan Weng Shao, he asked the hundred generals: "Can you know what the enemy's situation is?"
"Back to the army division, the enemy has deployed more than three hundred heavy troops on the street in front of the city lord's mansion, unlike the enemy troops we fought before, the opponent's equipment is quite sophisticated, and some of the enemy's officers and soldiers are even equipped with metal armor, and the hands should be spears and iron shields made of fine iron. ā
This hundred generals also knew the meaning of Li Zuoche's words when he asked him, so he briefly repeated to Li Zuoche what he had seen before he arrived.
Hearing the words of this hundred generals, Li Zuoche frowned slightly, and after he and Ruan Weng Shao glanced at each other, they could feel that the other party already knew what the enemy was talking about by this hundred generals.
Before leaving, Zhang Jiashi had ordered them to be careful with the phalanx troops of the Jizi Joseon. But before that, they had never received any news that the officers and soldiers on the front line had encountered such troops. And now, when they suddenly heard that there was such a phalanx in this city, how could they not surprise the two of them?
However, Li Zuoche also knew that Zhang Jiashi also gave the two of them a hint, that is, encountering these troops and mobilizing a large number of bed crossbow troops was the best way to solve the problem.
Although the hoplites under his command were also elite, and in many respects, they were much better than the North Korean phalanx. But Zhang Jiashi also had no plan to let the warriors in the army under his command go head-to-head with each other.
Before departure, the improved bed ballista was transported to the army on the northern route for loading.
Although the number of these bed crossbows is small, and in many ways the power is a little less disguised, in terms of service life, it is not so much better than the initial products that have been tested before.
Sacrificing the firing power and range of the bed crossbow, as well as improving the weight of the bed crossbow, the design structure itself makes the service life of these bed crossbows greatly improved, but also reduces the weight a little, making it easier to travel with the troops and quickly deploy on the battlefield.
In this case, Li Zuoche thought for a while, and then said to Ruan Weng Shao: "Let the bed crossbow troops enter the city." ā
After hearing Li Zuoche's words, Ruan Weng Shao nodded, and then said to the five hundred lords of the Qin army who were in charge of the command of the bed crossbow troops nearby: "This matter will be handed over to you, Huang five hundred lords." ā
"Well! I will definitely live up to the trust of the captain and the military advisor. ā
The five hundred lords of the Qin army, who were riding on a white war horse, quickly rode away from everyone's eyes and ran towards the rear of the battle array.
After a while, under the escort of more than two hundred Qin officers and soldiers, fifty bed ballistas that were dragged behind the carriage slowly drove towards the western gate of the city, which had been controlled.
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In the castle's lord's mansion, a slightly obese North Korean official is pacing back and forth restlessly.
He didn't expect that he couldn't hold this city for even half a day.
As one of the few great nobles in the northern region of Jizi Korea, he naturally would not sit idly by and watch his family's largest stronghold being captured by the Qin. Before the Qin people launched an attack, he sent out all the strength that his family had accumulated over the years.
Not only that, but he also used a lot of money to invite hundreds of elders, mainly from the Xuanniao Gate, the largest sect in the Jizi Joseon, and his disciples, to deal with the Qin people, who were likely to launch a fierce attack on the city.
In fact, in a sense, his arrangement was completely worth the price he paid, because these Xuanyao Gate disciples were indeed effective in solving the Mo family swordsmen who infiltrated the city, and inflicted heavy losses on the other party.
The Momen elder, who commanded the Mo family's swordsmen with the army, also had to give up the follow-up action that was like sending him to death.
It's just that one thing he didn't expect was that the combat effectiveness of the Qin army was so strong.
In his cognition, after he ordered to defend the city and wait for reinforcements, no matter how bad it was, he would be able to withstand the onslaught of the Qin people for three or five days.
But now, trapped in the City Lord's Mansion, facing this reality, he found himself very powerless.
This city basically concentrates the blood of his clan, which is one of the reasons why the Qin army encountered all kinds of strong resistance in street battles.
If it weren't for some considerations, he would probably have ordered the young guy to fight the Qin army as well. After all, in his mind, the decay of the clan could not happen to him.
As for the fundamental reason why he didn't give this order, it was that he considered a situation, if all the men were ordered by him to fight to the death with the Qin army, then once the anger of the other party was aroused, would this city be left behind?
He didn't dare to gamble, because once this result appeared, his clan could only disappear forever in the long river of history.
After the walls on both sides were captured by the Qin army, he shouted in front of his nephew, a young man who was excellent in many ways, who was in command of the street fighting.
His original intention was to punish his nephew, who was ineffective in fighting, but after seeing that the other party had wounds in many places and was very mentally exhausted, he couldn't say anything.
Because when he saw this scene, he knew that his nephew, who had been adopted since childhood, had done his best.
At this time, what else can be saved by scolding the other party?
After being silent for a long time, he waved his hand helplessly and let his nephew continue to fight under his command.
And he was silently waiting for the final moment to come.
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Zifu, a descendant of the surname Zi, is a young man who is one of the distant relatives of Mizi Joseon, and he also has a passion for serving the country.
But in an incident a few years ago, he had become disillusioned with a country that had become decaying.
After leaving the Minzi Korean Army, he returned to his hometown where he was born and raised, and took refuge with his uncle.
Over the course of these years, he gradually became one of the few senior commanders of the military power at the clan's disposal.
It can be said that in this battle, because of the trust of his uncle, that is, the head of the clan, he became the de facto supreme commander.
But he didn't tell anyone, after seeing the Qin army outside the city organized a rigorous and orderly military formation, as well as various equipment, he had a hunch that he, and the officers and soldiers under his command, would be difficult to resist the fierce offensive really launched by the other party.
It's not that he doesn't believe in his own ability, but that he, as a very realistic person, doesn't know that although many things have not been eliminated in the current Minzi Korea, these things that have not been eliminated can no longer meet the requirements of war.
It was not that he did not persuade his uncle to abandon this city and go south to join Wang Jiancheng's Ji Zhun and concentrate on resisting the invading Qin army.
However, after his uncle was silent for a long time, and finally sighed and shook his head, he knew that his uncle would choose this path.
After having the city gate blocked, Zifu knew that they had become a turtle in an urn and could not choose another path.
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After fierce battles with the small forces that the Qin army kept appearing in front of him, Zifu had a hard time understanding why the Qin army had such a large number of elite troops. Many of them fought to the death against their own men or with him, and many of them would not give up the last fight back against them, even if they were nailed to the wall by a few spears......
In Zifu's heart, he couldn't imagine that the other party was also a human being, so was the other party not afraid of death at all?
Zifu didn't know that if these Qin officers and soldiers already had family members and children, once they died in battle, their families and children would be taken care of accordingly. Of course, this does not mean that General Zuo's Mansion will support them, but their families will receive certain tax exemptions and subsidies, and their children will be able to enter the school that has gradually been established in their future lives.
Many Qin officers and soldiers do not know how to write, but it does not mean that the vast majority of Qin officers and soldiers will think that reading is useless. Because even if their children can't inherit their father's business in the future, becoming a soldier who may be better than them, studying and becoming a civilian official is also a way out.
Some Qin officers and soldiers with a good cultural foundation realized a truth, that is, Zhang Jiashi's Zuo General's Mansion to a large extent, intentionally or unintentionally downplayed the way of military merit.
But they don't have too many opinions, after all, military merit is good, but they hope that their efforts can be passed on rather than tainted by future generations.
After the last battle of the Great Wall, the surviving Qin officers and soldiers basically did not receive rewards such as fields, but were rewarded with corresponding money.
This money is more than enough to buy the corresponding military merit rewards, so many Qin officers and soldiers did not have much complaint.
With the corresponding money, some officers and men who have not yet married will naturally be able to do more things, which also shows that such a change is not an unacceptable result for the majority of officers and men.
Zhang Jiashi really wanted to implement the land state plan, which is why he made such a change. How to effectively avoid land annexation is often one of the effective means to effectively extend a country's power. At the very least, in a society where the main body is still feudal, as long as a large amount of land is avoided, the possibility of a big mess will not be too great.
Of course, nothing is absolutely harmless. Zhang Jiashi hopes that there will be many problems in the situation of state-owned land. However, in many ways, the lesser of two evils tends to be the lesser of two evils, and all he can do is try to find a better path of development.
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Guarded by several personal guards who had also suffered multiple wounds, Zifu stood in the military formation formed by his last group of subordinates who were still able to command, and looked at the Qin officers and soldiers who kept appearing in front of him with a stern expression.
He was well aware that the fact that more and more Qin troops were appearing here could only illustrate the reality that the other troops under his command, as well as the rest of the city, were basically under the control of the Qin army.
At this time, he did not order the troops to make a final stop with the Qin army, but waited for the Qin army's next move.
The sun was slowly deflecting towards the west throughout the day, and even if many North Korean troops did not move, and the current temperature was not too high, but in this case, the physical exertion was also very large.
Even if Zifu ordered them to attack the enemy, it is estimated that few people would be able to fight after the charge.
However, in addition to the last defenders and the Qin army, which was constantly cleaning up small groups of resistance, there were also third-party armed forces in the city.
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In one area, more than two hundred disciples of the Xuanyao Sect were vigilantly watching the Qin army troops passing in front of them.
Although many of these people are still ordinary swordsmen, there are not many people who can be regarded as professionals. But in the eyes of these North Koreans, these ordinary Qin troops are nothing more than local chickens and dogs.
Many people wanted to raid this Qin officer and soldier who was guarding a large number of bed ballista carts, but without the orders of the two elders in charge, they could only hold back their thoughts.
In a relatively small room, an old North Korean and a middle-aged North Korean, after looking at each other, the old man sighed softly: "You are right, we should not have been involved in such a thing." Although some people in the Central Plains have given us a hint that this Qin invasion is nothing more than the self-made assertion of a young general, we in Korea only need to drag the other side into the quagmire of war to be able to force the other side to abandon their plans. ā
The middle-aged man did not speak, but waited for what the old man had to say next.
Sure enough, after a long while, the old man looked at him with a complicated expression and said the following words: "The other party didn't expect that this young general's methods are indeed extremely vicious, and in just over ten days, according to some clues collected by others, the Qin army troops who have entered our land have already controlled a considerable part of the people's hearts. It's a pity that those of us who have been displaced from the Central Plains will meet the old people from the Central Plains again under such circumstances. ā
"Uncle, Master's order ......" The middle-aged man glanced at his uncle and muttered his inquiry.
"Senior brother's order, he doesn't know that if we do this, sooner or later we will be uprooted by the Qin people. Give it up. You should also be well aware of this, after all, you are one of the first few people who opposed our involvement in these matters. The old man glanced at his nephew and shook his head gently: "You are the one who gave the order for this operation, you should think about it." ā
The old man slowly closed his eyes, his face very calm.
The middle-aged man was silent for a long time, grabbed a bronze sword placed beside him, and slowly left the room......
As he walked out of the room, he saw the last carriage with a bed ballista slowly passing by outside the window, and shook his head at a swordsman......
Perhaps, the Qin officers and soldiers outside, not knowing that there were many of them, were supposed to go to the Ghost Gate Pass once. However, if such a thing had not happened, no one would have thought of such an outcome.
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Qin Jun's bed ballista, after a period of driving, came to the side of a street.
Relying on the cover of the building, many Qin army bed crossbowmen quickly untied the bed crossbow from the back of the carriage, and then slowly pushed it towards the street that was still facing each other in front.
The Korean army in front of the City Lord's Mansion naturally didn't know what was going on, but a North Korean army crossbowman who was on guard at the height of the City Lord's Mansion had to warn him after seeing that behind the formation of the Qin military officer, someone actually pushed the bed crossbow one after another.
Perhaps, the commander of the Qin army in this place should find a crossbow master to snipe these sentinels.
But at this time, it's too late to say this.
After receiving information from a guard from the City Lord's Mansion, Zifu subconsciously swallowed his saliva. Because he naturally knows very well why the other party did this.
Because the other side obviously does not want to lose more soldiers, and adopts this combat method to solve their "troubles".
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Zifu could only make a quick decision, which was to have the guard convey his advice to his uncle.
After this guard heard Zifu's words, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, because he didn't want to die.
After Zifu turned around and ran back to the City Lord's Mansion, Zifu looked at the Qin Army's shield array that was still unchanged, and a trace of fine sweat couldn't help but ooze from his forehead......
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After getting the guard's words, a cold sweat broke out on the forehead of a middle-aged fat man. Of course, the other party could not use some large equipment in this place, but for the Qin people, who were good at using bow and crossbow technology, the other party no longer intended to delay doing so.
Whether it is life or death is just a difference between his thoughts.
Finally, he conveyed an order, one that he would be glad for in the future:
"Pass the order, all those who are still resisting, surrender......"
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In the eyes of the shield soldiers of the Qin army at the forefront of the Qin army's formation, the enemy formation facing each other for more than a hundred meters seemed to be chaotic.
And then, what these officers and soldiers saw was that after a few people with something in their hands slowly moving forward, many North Korean officers and soldiers laid down their weapons.
And these people were not afraid of the shots of the Qin army's crossbowmen who had occupied many houses on both sides of the street, so they moved forward step by step.
When the other party came to a place about twenty or thirty meters away from them, these officers and soldiers saw the person in charge, holding a piece of black silk with a golden ribbon on it......
And the two or five hundred lords of the Qin army who were in charge of the command, under the report of a soldier, knew about the situation. The two or five hundred masters of the Qin army, who knew some things, made people stop the actions of the bed crossbow troops.
Because he knew very well that the enemy was planning to surrender by doing so.
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In the "Records of the Qin Empire" compiled by later generations in this world, there is a record of this battle:
On March 28, 209 B.C., Li Zuoche, then the military division of General Zuo's Zuo, and the captain Ruan Weng Thieu led the army to break through Shangliang City, losing more than 1,000 troops, killing more than 4,000 people of the Korean army of Jizi.
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