Dong Jishu watched the Eighteen Cavalry leave, and there was a commotion and panic below the city. Before it was his turn to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the roar of the rebels below again, like a mountain roar and a tsunami.
These people have been depressed for too long. I have been oppressed for too long. Where there is oppression, there is resistance.
Dong Jishu is a veteran, and he knows exactly what these people are thinking. Why should they rebel because they have nothing to lose.
If they rebel, the situation will not be worse, but will get better. Dong Jishu has been leading troops for more than 40 years. He has experienced countless rebellions, mutinies and riots.
In his opinion, these people are both hateful and pitiful. He sympathized with the plight of these soldiers, but after these soldiers mutinied and harmed the people during robbery, he became deeply resentful.
Moreover, he knew clearly that once a soldier embarks on this path of no return, he will no longer be able to serve as a soldier with peace of mind.
Once a bandit, always a bandit. If you become wild-minded, you can't go back. Even if the recruitment is successful, there will still be some instability.
Once the situation changes, they can turn into rebels again at any time. Just like when people get divorced, they feel uncomfortable for the first time. As long as they get through this, it will be the same no matter how many times they get divorced in the future and they won't take it seriously.
The same goes for these rebels. The real pain is the moment of rebellion. As long as they pass the threshold in their hearts, these people will raise the flag to rebel again in the future without any psychological burden.
Seeing the people below the city making noise again, he quickly shouted: "Get ready to defend the city immediately, they are going to attack the city." The rebels below the city were besieged from all sides like a tide.
Carrying the wooden ladders they had made in the past two days, they rushed towards the city wall from all directions. Tongzhou must be laid down.
Because this is their retreat, if they are defeated in the capital, they must retreat from here. If Tongzhou is not captured, they will go around and attack the Gyeonggi region. Once defeated, there is a risk of their retreat being cut off.
Huang Teng is far from these big-headed soldiers. He knows clearly that this rebellion will not last long. Although Ming Dynasty was plagued by diseases, countless thorny problems could not be solved.
But there is still no problem in dealing with these rebels. He had already arranged for his servants to guard Da'ankou. Once they were defeated, they would take the looted wealth and family documents and leave the fortress at Da'ankou to escape the Ming Dynasty's pursuit on the grassland.
At this time, he once again boosted his morale. He took his three thousand troops and stood on a small high ground, watching the rebels on all sides, climbing the city like ants.
He specializes in robbing officials, nobles and wealthy families. He clearly knows that there are rich people in Ji Town.
As long as the clamping stick is used, there is no silver that cannot be clamped out. At this time, on Tongzhou City, the camp soldiers and guardsmen guarding the city were shooting arrows down the city.
Throw stones and logs. Things started in a hurry, and Tongzhou did not have any materials such as rolling logs and stones to defend the city. Even if there was, it would have been used for corruption by military officers.
Build yourself a house or a pigsty. Dong Jishu had no choice but to demolish the warehouse in the city.
The bricks here are all city wall bricks. Each brick is a foot and a half long and weighs more than fifty kilograms. Smashing it down from the city wall would definitely knock a bunch of people off the ladder.
Tongzhou is the end point of the Grand Canal, where merchants from the north and south gather. There are all kinds of supplies here. Dong Jishu didn't care about the background of these merchants.
Direct requisition if necessary. As for whether there would be trouble in the future, he didn't care. Tongzhou was lost, and even if he did not die, the emperor would not be able to spare him.
If you can't wait to raise your eyebrows, just look at the present. The jars were thrown down from the city wall one by one. The jar hit a rebel on the head and broke into pieces. The white powder inside immediately flew away in the strong wind.
Under the entire city wall, there was a vast expanse of white.
"No, cough, cough, this is lime. Close your eyes quickly and don't rub your eyes with your hands." A small flag shouted loudly.
He shouted a few times before lime entered his mouth. When the lime met the saliva, it reacted immediately and burned his mouth.
He shut up immediately. Don't dare to shout anymore. Immediately afterwards, someone threw several pots down from above.
"ah!"
"My face!" There were screams in the city. When the lime met the water, the skin and flesh were burned directly. He didn't have time to close his eyes, and his eyes were burned directly.
The strong wind blew away the white fog, and there was a wailing in the city. This wave of rebels was defeated, and more rebels came up from behind.
They carried ladders to avoid those who had been turned white by lime. After the lime jars were thrown on the top of the city, another long-handled iron ladle was thrown down, and the hot dung was thrown down.
There was another scream from the city. It's summer now. The clothes were relatively thin. The climate in the capital was already unbearably hot after the Dragon Boat Festival.
The boiling fecal juice is thrown down by long-handled wooden spoons and iron spoons, and it will directly burn you if it falls on your body.
Moreover, mercury, arsenic, lime and other substances are added to these fecal juices. Mix these ingredients together, bring to a boil, then toss with a long-handled spoon.
As long as it is splashed a little, it will directly burn the skin, and toxic mercury and arsenic will enter the human body.
Cause the wound to fester. Lime is extremely corrosive to the skin, making wounds more difficult to heal.
Stool is particularly likely to cause burns to become infected. Basically, soldiers who get soaked will die from the infection over a period of time.
Soon, this round of attack was drenched with hot excrement juice. At this time, under the city wall, there were rebels who were burned by lime and scalded by feces juice. They were rolling and wailing one by one. They couldn't die for a while, it was very miserable.
"Let's prepare for the next wave. Put the umbrella up on the discounted oil-paper umbrella, which is dripping with manure juice and lime. It will block these dirty things." Huang Tengyuan ordered.
Soon, the third wave of rebels came up. This time, they also learned to commit adultery. The soldiers were all wearing quilts or discounted oil-paper umbrellas.
He set up the ladder on the city wall again and climbed up. Dong Jishu took a look. I was also very anxious.
These people are actually so tough. According to the Ming Dynasty's officers and soldiers, they should have run away by now. How could they continue to attack the city with such heavy casualties?
What he didn't know was that it wasn't that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty couldn't fight. The key was that the benefits of fighting would not fall on them.
If there is only dedication and no reward, naturally no one will try their best. It will just be a fool's errand, which is pretty much it.
Watching the dense crowd of rebels below, they rushed up again, and this time they all wore quilts on their heads and held oil-paper umbrellas to resist the hot excrement.
This time, the defenders on the city were suddenly surprised. How can we defend the city now? The dung juice and lime are useless.
Thick quilts can also resist three-eyed muskets and bows and arrows.
