At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the competition for the deer in the world

Chapter 53

Yang Lian led Cheng De into Huai'an City, but Cheng De left 400 people stationed at the east gate that had just been captured.

As for the looting of other city gates, after the battle in the Yuan army's barracks is over, the Yuan army will be calmed down in one fell swoop, and then plans will be made.

To snatch it in advance will only scare the snake away.

In a quiet courtyard in Huai'an City.

Cheng De was brought here by Yang Lian.

"General, this place is quiet, no one else will disturb the general." Yang Lian said.

Cheng De didn't respond immediately, but looked at the night sky above his head, "It's really good, you have a heart."

Yang Lian was overjoyed in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he said, "General, there is something that my subordinates must report to you."

"What's the matter?" Cheng De's face was calm, and his eyes moved from the starry sky to Yang Lian.

Yang Lian paused, and then said: "General, this subordinate accidentally found out that there is a group of people hiding in the dark in Huai'an City, and they want to start an incident in the near future."

Cheng De's heart trembled, "How many people?"

"About 300 people." Yang Lian replied.

"Who is the leader?" Cheng De looked at Yang Lian calmly.

Yang Lian felt a burst of oppression coming towards him, lowered his head, and said, "This person, originally named Liu Siqi, later changed his name to Liu Gu. He intends to follow the example of Emperor Wu of Song Dynasty Liu Yu and establish a great cause."

Cheng De was silent for a moment, "Liu Jinu, who is as powerful as a gold and iron horse, swallows thousands of miles like a tiger, is not something that everyone can emulate if they want to."

Yang Lian then said, "The general is wise, and his subordinates also think so. However, if this person raises an incident, and everyone responds to it, it will definitely cause chaos in the city of Huai'an, and it will definitely bring a lot of trouble to the general."

Cheng De looked at Yang Lian with relief: "You reminded me well. If that's the case, then send the Juesheng Guards to keep an eye on them. After the Yuan army is calmed down, we will deal with them."

"Yes, General." Yang Lian responded with a bow.

"Is there anything else you need?" Cheng De asked, seeing that Yang Lian's body hadn't moved.

Yang Lian lowered his head and said, "General, although Ai Yinban is dead, his staff members are still there. May I ask the general, how should we treat those staff members?"

Cheng De glanced at Yang Lian, "If any of these staff members commit crimes, they will definitely be executed. But if they have nothing to do with Minqiu and do not bully the people, they can be spared. But—" Cheng De De paused, "Temporarily lock them in a room and send Juesheng guards to guard them. After the civil turmoil in Huai'an City is quelled, I will see them again when I have time. If I have the ability, I will also recruit them." Come under my command and do things for me. You can lead the Jueshengwei to do this matter now."

"Yes, this subordinate will leave." Yang Lian bowed and retreated.

Cheng De looked at Yang Lian's back and thought to himself: This person can take over Yang Zhongkai's duties in the future.

The age difference between Yang Lian and Yang Zhongkai is at least ten years, and Yang Lian looks younger than himself.

Unexpectedly, he is a person with real skills.

the student surpasses the master.

Standing in the courtyard, Cheng De looked at the endless night sky.

He was waiting for the news from Jueshengwei to send the Yuan army's original barracks.

An hour and half an hour later.

at this time.

The next person came to report, and there was a Juesheng guard outside the courtyard asking to see him.

Cheng De let Sapphire not far away, and brought Jueshengwei to him.

When the Jueshengwei saw Cheng De, he quickly lowered his head and handed the letter in his hand to Cheng De.

Looking at the appearance of Jueshengwei in front of him, Cheng De knew that this person was the deaf-mute of Jueshengwei.

After taking the letter paper and opening it to look at it, Cheng De's eyes showed more excitement.

The content on the letterhead: 4 people in the Yuan army killed each other. After an hour and half an hour, there are still 2 people left.

Finally, when the opportunity came, these Yuan troops in Huai'an City could be flattened.

Cheng De immediately left 500 people to garrison the courtyard, leading only [-] elite soldiers, led by Jueshengwei, and headed towards the Yuan army barracks in Huai'an City.

After two sticks of incense.

Cheng De and his party arrived outside the barracks of the Yuan Army.

Looking at the scene where the Yuan army barracks were still fighting each other, Cheng De's eyes lit up.

Because he could see that these Yuan soldiers were exhausted and their bodies were shaking a little.

And these Yuan troops didn't stop fighting after seeing Cheng De and his party coming.

Seeing this, Cheng De thought to himself: God help me!

Afterwards, Cheng De ordered: "Everyone, follow me to kill!"

"Kill Yuan Thief!!"

"Kill Yuan Thief!!"

The shouts shook the ground, scaring away the fighting spirit of thousands of people.

Riding on the horse, Cheng De was the first to charge forward, wielding a long knife in his hand, and killed in the direction of the Yuan army.

And the Sizhou army behind Cheng De followed Cheng De one after another, all of them were very excited.

The Yuan armies who were still fighting each other stopped at this moment.

They looked at Cheng De and his party with fear in their eyes, turned around and fled outside the barracks.

As for resistance, they don't have the courage.

He had already lost his courage due to lack of physical strength.

This rare opportunity, Cheng De did not let it slip away from his hands, but led the Sizhou army to hack and kill behind the Yuan army.

The screams from the Yuan army were endless.

And these screams made those yuan troops almost completely lose their resistance.

Instead, they just ran desperately outside the barracks, racing against death.

Obviously, they all failed miserably.

Cheng De did not surround them on all sides, but led the Sizhou army to drive them in one direction only.

Let these yuan troops hold a hope, and they will lose a bit of fighting spirit.

This is Cheng De's purpose.

To disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Yuan army will be completely disintegrated, without giving them a chance to resist.

After hacking and killing for half an hour, Cheng De ordered the Sizhou army to shout: "The surrender will not be killed!"

Hearing that the descendants would not be killed, many yuan soldiers dropped their weapons and fell to their knees.

Cheng De would not refuse anyone who came, and gathered all these Yuan soldiers who surrendered and put them in a place in the barracks.

Regarding the surrender of Yuan soldiers, he deeply remembered a sentence in "Historical Records": There is no disaster greater than killing and surrendering.

He felt that he needed to be cautious about the handling of the surrendered soldiers.

Otherwise, a bad one may cause uncontrollable things to happen.

At that time, I'm afraid it will be too late for him to regret it.

Then, Cheng De sent Sizhou Army soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield.

According to statistics after the war, the Yuan army surrendered 1 people, and nearly 8000 died, and the Sizhou army died 20 people. They seized countless weapons, ten cannons, [-] firecrackers, and [-] horses. , [-] shi of grain and grass.

These gains made Cheng De very happy.

He finally had the confidence to establish a firecracker army belonging to the Sizhou Army.

He had sent people to investigate the reason why so many Yuan soldiers died in this battle report. In fact, there was another reason.

Many people were trampled on by the Yuan army's own people and died tragically on the spot.

Later, Cheng De left 3000 people in the barracks to guard the surrendered Yuan army, and he personally led [-] elite troops to quickly attack the south gate, north gate, and west gate.

Less than half an hour.

All the gates of Huai'an City fell into the hands of the Sizhou Army.

After garrisoning 400 people at each city gate, Cheng De led 1000 people (including those who attacked the city gate and surrendered) and returned to the barracks.

He was going to deal with these Yuan army prisoners.

Later, he came to the place where these Yuan troops were guarded.

"I've seen the general!" All the Sizhou army guards bowed to Cheng De and saluted.

This scene fell into the eyes of all the Yuan soldiers who surrendered, and they all trembled.

They knew that the one who decided their fate was coming.

They all looked at Cheng De who came here, anxiously waiting for Cheng De's verdict on their fate.

Looking at these disgraced and dejected Yuan troops, Cheng De looked at them calmly: "Since you have chosen to surrender, it means that you all want to survive. Since you want to survive, I will give you another choice."

All Yuan soldiers raised their heads to look at Cheng De, with hope in their eyes.

"Join my Sizhou Army, and you will survive. Of course, don't worry, I will deal with you. Before you, many Yuan armies under my rule surrendered, and their current identity is the Sizhou Army. The Yuan army not only It is not only composed of Yuan people, but also Han people, Semu people, etc. Now, our Sizhou army is the same, there are Yuan people, Han people, Semu people, etc. "

Speaking of this, Cheng De looked at the prisoners of the Yuan army and paused for a moment, then continued: "Do you know why I told you this?"

The crowd shook their heads.

Cheng De said with a smile: "As long as you join the Sizhou Army, we are one body, and we will not treat you any differently from others. In my eyes, anyone who abides by my Chinese etiquette has his heart in China, and they are all Han people. The same Li, anyone who joins our Sizhou Army has his heart in the Sizhou Army, and is a brother of the Sizhou Army who lives and dies together."

Everyone thought about it, with joy in their eyes.

"I'll give you two days to think about it." Cheng De left after saying this.

Two days later.

Cheng De came to the barracks again.

All Yuan soldiers knelt on one knee this time, "I'll wait to see the general!"

In the past two days, Cheng Derang's eloquent men publicized his reputation among the prisoners of the Yuan army, that he was here to rescue them from the sea of ​​suffering, and that he was sent by God to bring them a good life.

After two days and two nights of continuous publicity, it finally worked.

And, the effect looks pretty good.

Seeing the captives of the Yuan army lower their heads one after another, showing a sincere look, Cheng De smiled happily, "Everyone, get up!"

Subsequently, Cheng De began to organize the prisoners smoothly.

He put the [-] elites he brought this time into the reorganized team of these Yuan army captives.

Let five of every ten Yuan soldiers captives be Sizhou soldiers.

Moreover, the leader of the brand is temporarily held by soldiers of the Sizhou Army.

In this way, the morale of the army can be stabilized.

It is also possible to allow these Sizhou troops to assimilate these Yuan army captives and deepen their sense of belonging to the Sizhou army.

After finishing this matter, Cheng De went back to the big tent of the military camp to handle some official affairs in Huai'an City.

However, as soon as he entered the big tent, the Juesheng guard came to report: Liu Gu is preparing to start an incident tonight in Huai'an City.

(End of this chapter)