The Han army invaded the city from the gap in the west city and started street fighting with the defenders in the city. The fighting lasted throughout the day and did not stop until nightfall, when the city of Weizhou was already in flames. The firelight illuminated Weizhou, but in the wider world in the distance, there was still deep darkness.
Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Han Xun took his people back to the inner hall after the city was defeated and waited for further orders. There was chaos outside the city. Guo Xinchao's soldiers could not find his superiors, Xie Hui and Wang Jin, so they had to take their headquarters back to the camp temporarily.
Of course, he can also lead people into the city to clean up the rebels, but the artillery has already played a key role in the siege, and there is no need to compete with other troops for credit. Besides, no one can guarantee whether there will be any other mishaps in the street fighting. occur. Although Guo Xin is not a cautious person, when it is not necessary, he will not often rush forward with passion like he did in Daizhou.
On the second day, the fire in the city was extinguished before dawn, and Guo Xin finally received an order from Xie Hui, ordering him to lead his troops into the city.
When Guo Xin led his men into the city from the west main gate, he saw a group of Han troops escorting a long team out of the city.
Guo Xin waited outside the door for the escort team to pass while observing the team. All the detainees were seen, their hair was disheveled, their faces were sloppy, their armors were stained with blood, and there were also a large number of Kunfa Khitan people mixed in among them. They were obviously rebels who had surrendered in the city.
When Guo Xin was thinking about how Liu Zhiyuan would deal with these rebels, a sudden scream came from his ears: "What a horse!"
Guo Xin turned around and saw a general and several cavalry soldiers reining in their horses by the roadside. He pointed his riding whip at the BMW under his crotch and repeated: "What an eight-treasure unicorn!"
Guo Xin saw that the general was quite old and was followed by soldiers on horseback. He was probably more senior than himself, so he clasped his fists and said, "General, he is very knowledgeable."
The military general and his men walked towards Guo Xin, his eyes never leaving Guo Xin's crotch, and his mouth was still admiring. After a long time, he raised his head and asked: "Which army are you from, and who do you belong to?"
Guo Xin replied: "Guo Xin, the envoy under the command of the state, is under the command of King Yuhou Wang Jin of the Zuoxiang capital."
The general's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this: "Are you Guo Xin?"
"That's the last general." Guo Xin responded calmly, wondering secretly in his heart. Why did he feel like everyone knew him? Did he not know when he had become a celebrity in the military?
"It turns out to be Commander Guo, haha!" The general laughed, "The army defeated this city yesterday, thanks to Commander Guo. By the way, this general is Liu Ci, the Marquis of Yu, the capital of Fengguo's right wing."
Guo Xin also bowed his hands to Liu Ci and said, "I have heard about Liu Duhou's name for a long time."
Having said that, it was actually last night that Guo Xin heard Liu Ci's name for the first time. Although the military numbers of the left and right wings of Fengguo were the same, there was no subordinate relationship between them. Therefore, Guo Xin was not familiar with the generals on the right wing of Fengguo. He did not know any of them except Wang Yin, the commander of Xiangdu.
As for what I heard about Liu Ci last night, it was entirely because after the wall was destroyed yesterday, Wang Yin, the commander of Fengguo's right wing, and Liu Ci, the duke of Yuhou, took the lead and took the lead in entering the city with arrows. It is said that Wang Yin was even hit in the cheek by a stray arrow during the battle, but he broke the arrow cluster in his mouth and continued to fight... He became the most dazzling figure in the battle.
The rumors were very sensational, and Guo Xin was dubious, but he still said: "Yesterday the envoy from Wangxiang and Liu Duhou fought hard to enter the city. They are really heroes."
Liu Ci was really impressed by what he heard, and the beard at the corner of his mouth turned up: "When it comes to being a hero, Wang Xiangshi is indeed worthy..."
At this time, Liu Ci turned around and saw that the escort team had all left the city, and said: "I had a great time chatting with Commander Guo, but I have to deal with serious matters. I have to escort these straight-laced thieves to Xishuimen to be beheaded, so I have to meet Guo another day." The conductor talks freely.”
As Liu Ci, he was unable to deal with the decisive rebels, so the execution of the surrendered troops could only be due to Liu Zhiyuan's will. Based on this, Guo Xin figured out Liu Zhiyuan's attitude towards the Weizhou rebels, and thought that Du Chongwei had disturbed the Central Plains for so long, and this time he finally ushered in the long-overdue end.
After Liu Ci led the people away, Guo Xin suddenly asked Guo Pu: "Do you think Wang Yin and Liu Ci can be regarded as heroes?"
Guo Pu didn't know why: "Brother Yi just said that..."
Guo Xin shook his head and said: "Wang Yin and Liu Ci can only be regarded as brave warriors, but they may not be regarded as heroes."
"Who do you think is the hero?"
Guo Xin looked serious: "I heard that there was a judge named Wang Min in the city. Because of the stubbornness of the Du thief, the city was starved to death. Wang Min tried his best to remonstrate with him and begged him to surrender to your majesty, so as to save all the people in the city from starvation. You Don’t you think that those who dare to risk the pressure of those in power and ask for life for the people are far more worthy of the word hero than those who risk the battle to seek fame and wealth for themselves?”
Guo Pu was thoughtful and suddenly shouted: "Then if we can help the people and make contributions at the same time, wouldn't we get the best of both worlds!"
Guo Xin sighed slightly: "Many things are not so easy to do."
As soon as Guo Xin led his troops into the city, an unspeakable stench hit his nostrils. Guo Xin was no stranger to this stench—it was the smell of rotten flesh mixed with blood.
He covered his nose. Both sides of the road in the city were covered with corpses. Among them were warriors wearing armor, and more corpses were dressed as civilians... The corpses were exposed to the sun like that, and even the straw mats that covered the corpses were not available. No, the same scene is the same on every street.
After a while, a horseman came looking for him, and Guo Xin recognized him as a soldier beside Wang Jin. The soldiers quickly conveyed the mission of Guo Xin and others to enter the city - to help clean up the countless corpses of soldiers and civilians in the city.
So Guo Xin and others began to work hard to clean up this tragic scene in the city. They said they were cleaning up, but in fact they just piled the corpses randomly on carts and pulled them out of the city to wait for digging holes for burial or collective burning.
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When the situation in the entire Weizhou City was completely calmed down, it was also the last month of the twelfth year of Tianfu.
After the war, in addition to appeasing the people and rebuilding the city, what was more important was to reward the meritorious soldiers and deal with the rebels and thieves.
Liu Zhiyuan adopted the advice and executed more than a hundred of Weizhou Yajiang generals at Xishuimen, and killed more than a thousand Khitan Youzhou generals, causing the water in the moat outside Weizhou City to remain red for several days.
And Du Chongwei's family also got the ending they deserved. Liu Zhiyuan personally issued an edict saying that Du Chongwei "cannot escape guilt and violated the power of God" and had his car broken up in the city. His sons Hongzhang, Honglian and Hongcan were also executed. And all the Du family's wealth was distributed to the entire army. In the entire Du family, only Du Chongwei's wife, Shi Shi, the eldest princess of the previous dynasty, and Gao Xingzhou's youngest daughter Gao Shi were spared.
However, Guo Xin was more concerned about post-war rewards than the Du family. It stands to reason that he and Han Xun contributed artillery and aircraft, and the artillery and aircraft set up an opportunity to break the city on the first day of battle. No matter how you look at it, it is a certainty that you will be rewarded.
However, when the list of awards drawn up by Liu Zhiyuan came out, Guo Xin and the people around him were surprised and disappointed. Among the people who performed outstandingly in the Battle of Weizhou, Wang Yin was promoted to the commander of the infantry capital of the guards, Liu Ci was added to the school as a Taibao, and even Han Xun was promoted to the East and West Class to accept the decree - only Guo Xin was not promoted. No title was given, just symbolic rewards such as brocade robes and golden bamboo shoots.
Guo Xin was unexpected, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be reasonable. He is already the commander, and if he is promoted to the capital commander, his father Guo Wei is the deputy director of the Privy Council, and the Guo family members Guo Rong and Li Chongjin have already entered the ranks of mid-level generals of the Forbidden Army. If he is added to the list as the capital commander, The Guo family's power in the military seems too strong.
While Guo Xin secretly guessed Liu Zhiyuan's power intentions, the Han army was also limited by the increasingly scarce food and fodder. Gao Xingzhou was left behind to guard Yedu, and Tianxiong Jiedu envoy began to return to the court one after another.
