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"We are outnumbered and the victory has been decided. Our Han army is so majestic that wherever it passes, counties and counties are looking forward to the wind and surrendering. Now we are surrounding all the troops and the city. This is the general trend. Why should the general persist and besiege the isolated city?"
Outside Zhenjiang City, Naval Councilor Zheng Quan was shouting at the city wall, seemingly trying to persuade them to surrender. However, this attitude could not be said to be harmonious, but could also be considered extremely arrogant.
Hai Ling's cheeks kept twitching, and he slapped the city wall and shouted: "Dongyi dog thief! How dare you humiliate me in front of the two armies?! I, Dajin, can only die in battle without being a general, and there are no cowards who surrender! If you want to fight, fight. , I’m afraid you won’t make it!”
Hearing this, Zheng Quan replied calmly: "General, do you want the entire Zhenjiang City to be buried with you? When the two armies are fighting, the people are suffering the most. I hope the general can think of the people in the world and surrender the city, so that we can escape from the sea of suffering as soon as possible!"
"Shut up!" Hai Ling roared, "Thieves, don't be so arrogant. If you fall into my hands, I will strip you to pieces!"
"I'm afraid you don't have what it takes!" Zheng Quan simply stopped pretending and started talking directly, "It's not that I look down on your army, but you guys who were defeated in one battle are worthy of being compared with me, a majestic man. ?
If I hadn't been ordered to come here to persuade you to surrender, I wouldn't want to waste words with you Nanyi disciples who are so proud of themselves. If you don't surrender, then go back and wash your neck and wait.
When my army breaks the city, it will be time for you to wait for your family to mourn! Ha ha ha ha! "
After speaking, Zheng Quan rode back to the camp with a smile. Hai Ling was so angry that he broke through the defense and almost vomited a mouthful of old blood on the city wall.
"Dongyi is bullying others too much!"
Haiwei suggested angrily.
"General, why don't you let me go out of the city to kill their spirit!"
Hai Ling was naturally furious, but he quickly calmed down: "No! This is clearly a way for Dongyi to provoke the generals. You must not fall into the trap. Go ahead and pull the people who are building fortifications to the city wall during the fierce battle tomorrow!"
Haiwei: "General, what are you doing?"
Hai Ling sneered and said: "Don't Dongyi claim to be the master of benevolence and righteousness? Tomorrow I want to see how benevolent and righteous they are."
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Early the next morning, three thousand Han troops approached Zhenjiang City again.
But just when they were about to launch a general attack, they saw the city head full of figures, and even faint sounds of crying could be heard.
Zhang Hong frowned and immediately ordered the entire army to stop. Then he picked up the looking glass and took a look at the top of the city. He was shocked and said: "Go back quickly and inform Admiral Gan that there are changes at the top of the city. It is up to him to make a decision."
On the walls of Zhenjiang, hundreds of ragged people stood.
At this time, they were pushed and pushed by the Jin soldiers to the crenel. If they resisted a little, they would be punched and kicked.
"Master, what are you doing? We have reinforced the city wall as you ordered."
"Master Jun, I'm afraid, don't scare me."
"Master Jun, what are you going to do? Why did you bring us here?"
When the people asked about it, Jin Bing only gave him rough treatment.
One of the golden soldiers raised his scabbard and hit an old man hard, shouting angrily: "Be honest, ask one more question and see if I can kill you!"
The people on the top of the city suddenly became noisy, and when they looked at the Han army's lineup outside the city, they became even more frightened.
Many people realized what might be going on and started crying.
Hai Ling stared at the people silently, without any emotion in his eyes, but with endless coldness.
Haiwei on the side said: "General, is this too much? These are our Zhenjiang people too!"
Hai Ling snorted: "Just because they are Zhenjiang people, they should do their part to resist Dongyi. Whether they can survive depends on Dongyi's attitude."
In the direction of the Han army, Gan Ziba heard that there were changes on the front line, and immediately led his guards to the front of the formation. When he saw Zhang Hong, he asked, "What's going on?"
"Admiral Gan, you can see for yourself."
Taking the looking glass, Gan Ziba immediately looked into it.
After seeing clearly that the city was full of densely packed people, his expression froze.
"The gold thief actually used innocent people as a wall of flesh?"
Ganzi was so domineering that his whole body couldn't stop trembling.
Driving the common people to serve as frontline troops is not uncommon at home and abroad during times of war.
However, those are all people from enemy countries or other forces.
Gan Ziba had no memory of such a situation in which his people were driven to defend themselves against the enemy.
"Damn it! What do these thieves think? Do you think they want my army to retreat just like this?" Gan Ziba put down the looking glass and cursed angrily, "Then they made a wrong calculation. They ordered the artillery battalion to prepare to attack!"
Just as Zhang Hong was about to respond, Hai Ling's voice suddenly sounded from the top of the city.
"Listen, Dongyi. Since you are known as teachers of benevolence and righteousness, you will never harm the people. Now that there are 80,000 people in Zhenjiang City standing against the high wall, do you still dare to attack?"
When Gan Ziba heard this, he immediately grabbed the loudspeaker and shouted loudly: "Golden dog, listen! Since ancient times, when the two armies have fought, they have never heard of using their own people as shields. If you do something unjust and unjust, you will not be afraid of divine punishment." ?”
Hai Ling: "They are all citizens of Zhenjiang City, and their bodies and minds are under my control, Hai Ling. Hehe, these are your immigrants from Dongyi. Do you dare to harm them?"
Gan Zi stamped his feet domineeringly and paced back and forth. When he was irritated, he suddenly asked: "How is the preparation of the artillery camp?"
Zheng Sanbao was stunned: "Admiral Gan? Do you really want to bombard the city?"
Gan Zi said domineeringly: "The overall situation is now the most important thing. Our Han army must not let the golden dog seize any opportunity!"
Zheng Sanbao gritted his teeth and returned to inform the artillery camp.
At this time, Hai Ling continued: "If your army is really an army of benevolence and righteousness, it should quickly withdraw from Zhenjiang, exit Wusongkou and return to the sea. This can protect these people from death.
If the stalemate continues..."
Having said this, Hai Ling pulled a young girl over and raised her to the crenel with one hand.
"No~"
The girl stood on the top of a city several feet high, with the abyss of hell beneath her feet, and she was so frightened that she suddenly felt like she was falling asleep.
"Then this is their fate!"
"Ah~~"
After finishing speaking, Hai Ling pushed her, and the girl screamed and fell off the city wall, falling to her death in front of the city gate.
This scene made the Han soldiers' eyes wide open.
If the people who died were people from other countries, they would not have such a big psychological fluctuation.
But before the expedition, the military had popularized the knowledge that these people in South Australia were just like themselves, they were compatriots who were living in a distant place.
For their compatriots, the Han army officers and soldiers have a natural duty to protect them under the influence of many years of education and thought.
Now seeing the tragic deaths of their "compatriots", everyone is filled with righteous indignation.
"Hahahahaha! Listen to Dongyi, if you want these people to survive, retreat immediately! If the stalemate continues, I will push ten people down every quarter of an hour until the entire city is buried with you for your willful actions!"
Hai Ling's face became more and more ferocious. To him, the people of Zhenjiang City were just like ants, and he didn't regard them as human beings at all.
Ganzi was trembling with domineering power, and the pulsing nerves on his forehead indicated that he was on the verge of an explosion!
