Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1322 The Fall of Zhenzhou
On the seventh day of July in the sixth year of Jianji, it rained heavily in Zhenzhou.

On the potholed streets, there are messy tents, rice cookers, equipment and other supplies everywhere.

The warriors huddled their bodies in the corner of the wall as much as possible, avoiding the overwhelming rainstorm.

There is nowhere to hide from the rain.

The houses were demolished and turned into materials for repairing the city walls.The only houses that are fairly complete are also piled up with all kinds of urgent things, such as wound medicine, corn and wheat, bowstrings and so on.There were faint cries of women from inside. They were all senior officials and generals in the city, family members of aristocratic families, young and old, beautiful and ugly, all of them were taken away for the soldiers to vent.

The masters carried stretchers and took the corpses away for burial.

There is not enough space, so many corpses can only be squeezed together.If you look carefully, there seems to be an inaudible cry of pain when the corpse is thrown into the pit.

Maybe it's not dead yet, no one cares, and the road is fine in the morning.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and gradually merged into a stream.The warriors were soaked in the stream, hardly reacting at all.

Numb for a long time, just like this.

Shao Shude was speechless for a long time.

"Wang Rong?" Hua Wenqi, an envoy from the left wing of the Crane Control Army, rushed over, looked at Wang Rong who had been tied up by the sergeants, and sighed: "Detain him, interrogate him, and send him to Jinyang."

"Squeak!" The city gate was opened.

Who is to blame?No one can blame it.

He wanted to know his son's answer very much, and it was also his test for his son.

Obviously he is the successor that you intend to cultivate, he has done generally well, and he has established initial prestige and meritorious service. What are you worried about?
Shao Shude decided to avoid such boring emotions, and instead asked: "Jiangxi is fighting again, and the Huai army is attacking the city continuously. I want to appoint your brother as the commander. The governor's army will repel the Huai people. What do you think? Do you agree?"

Suddenly there was a fierce fighting sound from the top of the city.The warriors under the wall finally made some movement. Some got up and checked their equipment; some were still leaning there, but their eyes were wide open, looking around;

You can say that warriors are rebellious and like money and women, but there are really not many things like the end of Qin Dynasty and the end of Han Dynasty that vented their anger and massacred people to succeed. This challenged the moral bottom line of warriors.

Since the hardships, there have been countless wars between the imperial court and feudal towns. No matter how brutal the battles are, there has never been such a vicious event as massacre of a city.

After all the more than 200 Wuwei soldiers who rushed down the city were killed in battle, they rushed up and scattered the Zhao soldiers who were also at the end of their strength.

After finishing speaking, he personally led the team into Yacheng, controlling important places such as Guanya, Treasury, and Zhao Wangfu.

But it's futile.In the future, the whole city will definitely be seized, and every household will have to go through customs, and it will be impossible to hide.

Shao Shude was stunned.

Shao Chengjie was a little embarrassed, but he still said: "My son thinks that elder brother's ability to lead troops in battle is too poor, he can't do it."

But it's too late.The soldiers of the Crane Control Army who had been waiting for a long time rushed in.

The hands are covered with calluses, especially the palms and index fingers. The calluses are particularly thick, which is a sign of long-term bow and arrow shooting.

Whether he was greedy or unable to control Wu Fu, in short, he resisted to the end, and there was only one dead end.

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When the news reached Jinyang, Shao Shude was discussing with Erlang Shao Chengjie about the affairs of central Sichuan.

The 22-year-old eldest son seems to have matured a lot.

There was also movement in Yacheng.The gate of the city opened with a creak, and Jiedushi Wang Rong, under his personal guard, stood at the gate and watched from afar.

Formal resistance no longer exists in Yacheng.Those who can fight on their own are already considered warriors, and most of them hide everywhere, hoping to escape to death.

"That's okay." Shao Chengjie said: "Brother wins, there is no problem. If you lose, it's not a big deal. The Pinglu, Baoning and other troops have ulterior motives, and they don't look like pure people. If they die, they will die." .At worst, lead the troops personally, and go to flatten Huainan and Jiangxi."

You can only blame this world, people have no choice, people are neither human nor ghost, and finally go to destruction.

He wasn't worried about the Wuwei Army, what he was worried about was the soldiers from various provinces with varying quality, worried that they would vent their anger, kill people and plunder wantonly.

This second son really can't fix his old world.

The yamen soldiers also lost their previous arrogance.

The ones who really broke the rules were Huang Chao, Qin Zongquan and his like who used the banner of forcing the people to rebel against the government and acting on behalf of the sky.

If Dalang refuses to accept Erlang as emperor and rebels, are you confident that you will be wiped out?
He didn't get the answer he wanted, but he seemed to get it.

The guards also showed their temper, and the remaining hundreds of people took advantage of Zhao Bing's trance and rushed to the gate of Yacheng, killing a few bandits who tried to close the gate.

"Shuai Lu, Chengde has been flattened." Standing behind him, Li Yixian, deputy envoy of the Wuwei Army, said with a smile on his face.

He could well imagine his own fate.

discuss!discuss!discuss!Shao Shude was a little confused when he heard that, and asked, "Besides the campaign, have you ever thought of other ways?"

Perhaps after Yi Ding was destroyed, he had plans to surrender, but before that, he might not be willing to surrender, and he had always been one of the stubborn Hebei feudal towns.

He is the nominal owner of Zhenzhou, but he is also a poor man who is confined in the Yacheng and dare not come out.He couldn't even trust the Yamen soldiers who guarded the Yacheng, and he was trembling all day long. The 34-year-old man turned gray overnight.

He looked at the excited sergeants not far away, they must be talking about how many rewards they can get this time, right?
Alas, with this kind of enthusiasm, maybe there will be no peace in a short period of time.There are still too few people who are as tired of killing as he is.

Holding long spears, they advanced in array, unstoppable.

"Go back." Wang Rong sighed weakly.

"It's a good thing that you have this spirit." Shao Shude said with a smile, "How is the situation in Sichuan?"

Shao Shude's heart tightened, and he asked calmly, "Why?"

The guards came from the first wave of reinforcements.After a year of fighting, they have grown very rapidly. In addition, Shao Shude is willing to give them good equipment, and the training is also in charge of veterans in the battlefield, so their combat effectiveness is not weak.

Lu Huaizhong does not want to be the No. 1 massacre of the city for more than a century.

What are the reasons for approving Shao Siwu as handsome?
What is the reason for disapproving Shao Siwu as handsome?
"I don't agree." Shao Chengjie said bluntly.

The cruel and lengthy battle has wiped out their unruliness.Many people subconsciously feel scared, but it seems that it is too late.

"The summer thief is rushing down!"

When will we have real peace?

The bodyguards drove the rout soldiers to create chaos, resisted them head-on, and at the same time allocated some of their men, rushed to the city gate, and hacked to death the remaining dozen or so Zhao soldiers.

On the wall of the inner city, there were already dense crowds standing on it.They were covered in mud and looked haggard and tired, but their eyes were fierce, and they charged down with their weapons.

Zhao Bing, who was resting at the base of the city wall, was no longer indifferent.Many people gathered spontaneously without the orders of the officers, and began the final resistance.

"Send a good news to Jinyang." Feeling relaxed, he suddenly felt a little tired.

"Plop!" Wang Rong was pushed down in a puddle by several guards and soldiers, and he was extremely embarrassed.

"The city is broken! The city is broken!"

In the evening of the same day, Lu Huaizhong, the commander of the Xingzhou camp, also entered the city.

He really didn't expect that Erlang would give such an answer.

Shao Shude didn't know what his mood was at this moment, it was very complicated, he didn't even want to delve into it, he didn't want to reveal the innermost part of his heart.

Wang Rong supported Zhu Quanzhong, supported Li Keyong, blocked the three towns of Yun, Yan, and Qi, and joined forces with Lu Yanwei to plunder Dizhou. Out of the strength of breastfeeding, sending troops and money, very hard.

"Get up! Get up!" the generals walked over angrily and shouted.

He didn't know whether to be happy or worried, so he asked again: "What if I must appoint him as the commander?"

In fact, he did not resist at all, nor did he escape.Sadness is greater than death, and it is Wang Rong at this time.

"Yes, it's settled..." Lu Huaizhong looked at the messy Zhenzhou City, as if he saw the devastated land of Hebei.

The skin has become darker and rougher.Wu Fu is marching outside, exposed to the wind and the sun, how can he look like a little boy?
Perseverance and determination can be seen in the eyes.This is not surprising, you have to make a decision when commanding a large army to fight, and sometimes the scariest thing is not whether the decision you make is right or wrong, but that you are hesitant to make a decision.Considering that he often takes risks when he marches, he is obviously a man with ideas.

"Brothers, fight hard!"

"Kill them quickly!" Almost all the Chengde yamen soldiers in the yamen city rushed out, frantically attacking the guards who broke into the city, trying to prevent them from opening the gate of the inner city.

Not physically tired, but mentally tired.After 30 years of fighting and killing, he was a little tired.

After almost a year of siege, the last stubborn nail on the land of Hebei was finally pulled out.

He didn't expect Erlang to be so confident...

"They won't let us go, kill!"

In the streets and alleys, there were Chengde military officers who brought people to reinforce them.

Yes, you clearly foresee the consequences, but you are powerless to change, you can only watch it step by step towards the worst outcome.This feeling can only be understood by those who live in it.

"Order the battalions to restrain the soldiers and not kill the people indiscriminately." Lu Huaizhong ordered.

"The Qiang people in the west have repeatedly made troubles. Although they have been appeased, they are not really convinced. There will be troubles in the future." Talking about the place where he fought for several years, Shao Chengjie couldn't stop talking. In the south, many barbarians formed strongholds to protect themselves and refused to accept Wanghua. My son beheaded more than a thousand ranks once, and the barbarians begged for peace, but they refused to register as a family. If there is no call from my father, my son is going to drive back the soldiers, and then It’s just that the terrain is complicated, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, it’s too troublesome. The supply is also very difficult, and there are many epidemics in the army, so I have to think of a good way.”

The soldiers complained and got up slowly.

Xia Jun, who was besieging the city, also knew that it was a critical moment, so he decisively promised a heavy reward and invested in a rotation of troops.

"After you are convinced, we will talk. If you are not convinced, then fight until you are convinced." Shao Chengjie said: "After you are willing to make a household of Qimin, I will give those barbarians some official positions."

fine!Shao Shude secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that slapping a sweet date was not a muscular martial artist, so he smiled and said, "If you can think so, you can rest assured as a father. Let's go back to Beiping Mansion to meet your mother first. Let’s talk about the rest later.”

"Yes." Shao Chengjie agreed, and then asked again: "Grandpa, I want to visit Luzhou."

"Hurry up and go back to Beiping." Shao Shude slapped the table and said.

(End of this chapter)