"Kill, fame and fortune are right in front of you. If you take that man's head, you can even make him his wife and son!" Following the encouragement of their commander, a group of soldiers swarmed towards the city wall and attacked.
Soldiers who have never been at the bottom will never be able to understand the desire to climb up. Since they were civilians, they have been exploited by landlords and officials.
Moreover, at any time, officials or noble young masters may be used as an object to vent their anger if they are unhappy, and the safety of their lives will not be guaranteed.
As for the laws of the Han Dynasty, they were used to restrain the peasants at the bottom. Use a reasonable excuse to make them obey the government obediently, pay taxes to the government, squeeze every bit of value out of them, and make them take it for granted.
And it was used to protect the nobles and officials from bullying the civilians, so they could get effective protection, and in the name of righteousness, the civilians who resisted fell into a moral disadvantage.
After joining the army, he became an ordinary soldier in the Han Dynasty. I practice every day on weekdays, and although I have food every day, I can barely fill my stomach, and I look like I am eighty percent full, unlike the state I had before I became a soldier and could barely avoid starving to death.
However, in the past few years, there have been wars and wars in the Han Dynasty. There have been natural and man-made disasters everywhere. There has also been a shortage of soldiers in recent years, and they have to constantly sell their lives.
There used to be forty or fifty of his fellow soldiers who were in the army together, but now I don't know if there are three or four of him. I see all the fellow soldiers around me dumping their bodies in the wilderness and burying their bones in other places.
These soldiers said in their hearts that they did not feel the sorrow of the rabbit's death and that they felt the same. Even if they said it, they themselves would not believe it.
Now, before the war, they received a message from their generals. The first to reach the city would be rewarded with a hundred gold coins and be promoted to one level. The leader of the group would be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and be promoted to three levels. Other rewards were also honored immediately after the war without any delay.
This kind of promise is not something that is usually unobtainable. Anyway, they have never seen this kind of promise since they became soldiers.
According to their gossip, it is said that the army outside the pass, like their current commander-in-chief, Anguo Xiaowei Guo Cheng, made a promise to help them break the city. After the completion of the matter, Guo Cheng, the school captain, will be granted a county territory as his territory. ’s feudal country.
At first, many people didn’t believe that even our Han Dynasty openly made the White Horse Alliance, which was composed of non-Liu family members and the kings fought together. How could people outside make such a plan to separate their own territory to their subordinates? Action!
However, many examples later showed them that the reason why so many counties outside them surrendered was because they were seduced by the temptation of that feudal country.
Moreover, the emperor of Yuguo did not break his promise and fulfilled it on the spot. Therefore, the soldiers within the checkpoint believed in the oath made by their captain and believed that their captain would not make fun of the country he had almost obtained.
What if the angry soldiers within the level trigger a mutiny? At that time, not only will his life be in danger, but even the feudal country he has won will be blown away!
After this mobilization temptation, all the soldiers rushed to the city wall with jealousy, killing the enemy who they thought was a living achievement, money, status and wealth in front of them.
Suddenly, the Han soldiers, who originally had low combat effectiveness and morale, suddenly burst into flames. They rushed up to the city wall less than five meters high and climbed up continuously along the ladder.
Even if someone fell down or was killed by the defenders on the city wall, the remaining people didn't care, and instead rushed forward even more desperately and bravely.
For a time, the guards on the city wall were in danger, and the originally insufficient heatstroke prevention materials were now exhausted. The people on the city wall could only fight hand-to-hand on their own.
At this moment, the geographical advantage of the city defenders was greatly reduced. The city wall was already not high, and without the assistance of long-range attacks, the well-prepared rebels climbed onto the city wall in two or three attacks, which can be said to be effortless.
In just one hour, more than 3,000 defenders on the entire city wall were killed without leaving a trace. Only the remaining two or three hundred of his men were left to retreat to the main hall of the city lord's palace to defend themselves.
Another half an hour later, along with the last two or three hundred people, all of them died in battle. The city guard, Lu Zhi, and more than ten loyal generals of the Han Dynasty all committed suicide in the main hall.
Troops were carefully sent to clean up the battlefield to prevent any omissions from lurking in the mansion, waiting for opportunities to assassinate them, and to eliminate all dangers as much as possible.
Guo Cheng also came to the main hall of the city lord's palace, looked at Lu Zhi's body, swung his sword, divided the body into two parts, and asked someone to take his head, clean it and pickle it, so that he could give it to him later. Han Kai, the general who conquered the east outside, received the reward.
After finishing his main business, he asked people to tidy up the city lord's palace and waited for the army to enter the city. How could General Zhengdong have no place to live? This city lord's mansion is just right.
An hour later, all the battlefields were cleared, and people were sent to tidy up the residences after the army entered the city. Guo Cheng also sent people to the Yuguo camp outside the pass to inform General Han Kai of the Eastern Expedition that he could reorganize the army and move into the pass to receive rest at any time.
After some time, the sky has brightened and the sun has shone onto the earth, bringing a touch of warmth to the night full of darkness and killing, dispelling all the coldness and chill.
Outside the city, in the imperial camp, the soldiers had already arranged themselves neatly under the shouts of their commanders, and approached the Xuanmenguan city wall one by one, and within a moment they approached the city. under the door.
At this time, the city gate was wide open, and Colonel Guo Cheng, leading the city guards, lined up neatly a hundred steps away from the city gate, looking respectfully and flatteringly at the slowly approaching army.
The 3,000-strong army at the head did not pay attention to them. Instead, they entered the city directly and took over the defenses at the city gates to prevent them from suddenly defecting and harming the commander-in-chief.
He looked at the generals of the vanguard army with a somewhat stiff expression, and ignored him at all. Instead, he went straight into the city, making it clear that he did not trust himself, the general of the surrendered army.
I was a little angry in my heart, but I still suppressed it. I just said bitterly in my heart: What are you proud of? After a few days, I will be a king, and you are just the leader of the vanguard army. When the time comes, I will be the king and you will be the minister. Let’s see who is proud in front of whom.
Seeing that the city defense had been taken over by his own soldiers, Han Kaicai slowly led hundreds of his personal guards and slowly approached the surrendering generals at the city gate.
First, he comforted these unhappy generals with some kind words, and then assured them that his previous promises were absolutely true. He also took out the imperial edict he had brought before and read it out in front of them. Watching the faces of these people slowly soften, they finally became excited after seeing the imperial edict, and even their words were a little unclear.
He smiled and joked a few words, and then slowly led them into the city, patrolled the pass, and looked at the pass that had blocked him for several days.
Later, when he arrived at his residence, he found that the city lord's mansion, which originally belonged to Lu Zhi, had been cleaned cleanly. Even the smell of blood from the previous night had been sprayed with floral fragrance, and there was not a trace of it.
I couldn't help but be very satisfied with this Guo Cheng, and praised him a few times, which made this Guo Cheng feel flattered and flattered me even more diligently.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became extremely harmonious.
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