The whole world must be the only one who knows I am there, and I can assume that I have disappeared. ——Michael K.
On the eighth day of November in the seventh year of Guangde, the anti-rebellion army arrived at Wuchang Mansion. Deng Changxiong ordered the army to rest and regroup in Jiangcheng. Three days later, Wang Division launched an attack on the rebels entrenched in Yunmeng County.
Not long after the fall of Yunmeng County, soldiers who escaped from the city reported that there were more than 10,000 rebels in the city, most of whom were farmers from the Jingxiang area who had never been trained. The Fourth Corps deployed a small number of artillery in Yunmeng. , there are almost no rockets, not to mention airships.
"In that case, why are you defeated? Are the rifles and bayonets in your hands just decorations?!"
Ten miles east of Yunmeng, in the large tent of the Wang Division's central army, the general of the world's crusade against thieves was surrounded by a group of generals. Under the big tent, kneeling were several generals from the garrison who had escaped before the city was broken.
Deng Changxiong looked indifferent, staring at the ground with dull eyes. Several generals who looked like training officers next to him pointed at the defeated soldiers and cursed without waiting for the general to speak.
"Don't talk nonsense! The imperial court has a total of 70,000 or 80,000 troops stationed in Jingxiang area. Excluding the 30,000 in the Fourth Corps, you have a total of more than 50,000 people. You are well-equipped and have plenty of food and grass. You are far ahead of the rebels. Now that the reinforcements have not arrived, you have completely lost all the prefectures and counties. If the generalissimo comes two days later, will even Wuchang Hanyang be occupied by Liu Yufei!"
The man kneeling on the ground knew that he was in danger, so he had no choice but to argue: "Shangguan Rongzhen, it's not that we are timid and afraid of death, it's just that the traitor is too powerful..."
At this time, another instructor next to him whispered to Deng Changxiong: "Commander, I think the Chu land has been peaceful for a long time. It has been almost twenty years since there has been a war. These defenders are not as good as ours back then. From the general's point of view, Yun Dreaming of being trapped is not a crime of war, but a crime of war.
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The training officer interrupted: "What crime is not a war? You have more powerful firearms than the Fourth Corps, and your military strength is also higher than that of Qin Jianxun. In the end, you fought the battle like this. Defeated again and again, and people started from Yunyang all the way." When we get to Yunmeng, we still have the nerve to say anything about crimes other than war."
Deng Changxiong coughed twice, faced the defeated soldiers, and waved:
"Drag them down and chop them down. Use their heads to sacrifice the flag. After an hour, attack Yunmeng with all our strength!"
The guards on both sides rushed forward and dragged the defeated soldiers outside without any explanation. Soon, the sound of heads falling to the ground was heard outside the door.
The remaining defeated soldiers were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They didn't expect that Deng Changxiong's methods were so ruthless.
"Commander, spare your life!" Hearing that he was going to be killed, the surviving defeated soldiers kowtowed to Deng Changxiong frantically, and their heads hit the ground with a thud.
"Commander, as long as you don't kill us, even if we are allowed to be used as cannon fodder, we can rush to the front and climb the city, and we will be punished for our crimes."
"Please, Commander, spare our lives!"
Deng Changxiong didn't even look at these defeated soldiers, and waved his hand to pull them down quickly.
No matter what the reason for defeat is, as long as you become a deserter, you will have another time to escape. If you encounter some difficulties on the battlefield, you will consciously choose to give up and surrender. One person leads a group of people, and a group of people leads the entire regiment of soldiers, and finally everyone surrenders together.
Therefore, the deserter must die.
Liu Yufei had already retreated towards Junzhou before Wang Shi arrived at Yunmeng. The eldest princess's behavior naturally gave people the feeling that the rebels were afraid of Wang Shi and did not dare to confront the main force led by Deng Changxiong.
….At the end of November, after three days of artillery preparations, the army successfully captured Yunmeng City after a day of fierce fighting. Under the cover of airships, tens of thousands of soldiers used ladders, carriages, tunnels and other siege methods.
Wang's division suffered more than 2,000 casualties, some of which were accidentally injured by firecrackers from both sides while watching the excitement.
Most of the defenders in the city died in the battle, and the few survivors were mostly old, weak, sick, and disabled, and there were also some rebel soldiers who were injured and could not evacuate.
The generals of each battalion asked the commander how to deal with these prisoners.
Deng Changxiong's answer was simple and forceful: "Behead them all. Each battalion will collect food and grass in the city, and set fire to the city before leaving."
The officers in charge of each battalion did not show too much surprise when they heard such an order, because killing them all had already been written into the edict by Emperor Guangde. It is the duty of soldiers to obey orders. Wherever the emperor said the sword should be pointed, everyone would do it. Where to point the knife.
After the system processed all the living people in Yunmeng City, Deng Changxiong could finally rest for a while.
However, once the killing started, it could not be stopped. As far as he knew, Xiaogan and Suixian were to be pacified next.
"We, the gentry and the good people, wish the commander-in-chief a successful victory."
Deng Changxiong glared at the man coldly and said nothing.
Regarding the prospects of fighting the rebellion, local officials showed strong pessimism. Everyone emphasized that they had tried their best, especially those generals who had retreated from Xiangcheng, Fancheng, and Gucheng.
"Liu Yufei has a giant python. Its scales are harder than a soldier's armor. A lead can't hurt it at all."
"Didn't you try using the artillery?"
When the reinforcements heard that they were about to face a being that was beyond common sense, they couldn't help but feel a little scared. As the rebels continued to advance westward, the legend about Liu Yufei, the leader of the bandits, became increasingly bizarre.
Deng Changxiong dismissed these rumors of ghosts and gods. He did not believe that the Supreme Emperor really ascended to heaven. If there were so-called ghosts and gods in this world, the things he did during the implementation of the New Deal would be enough for the Supreme Emperor to come and kill him ten times.
"It's just an excuse for the defenders in various places to evade responsibility for their poor defense." The staff also said the same to Deng Changxiong.
"Lin Zhenyu's father, the Marquis of Zhennan, and Duke Cheng Guo once saved the eldest princess's life. In Wendeng County, their mother and daughter were almost beheaded by Wu Sheng. If Liu Yufei could be treated with reason and emotion, they would be saved without a fight. This is the best way to conquer others."
Deng Changxiong shook his head gently: "Lin Yu is dead, and his son is now among the rebels. As for Wen Deng rescuing people back then, times have changed, and it is no longer interesting to talk about it now."
Deng Changxiong knew that the conflict between Emperor Guangde and the eldest princess was not only a battle for the throne, but also a life-and-death contest between two systems and two routes.
Liu Kan and Liu Yufei, siblings, only one can live now, either you die or I die.
The most terrible thing is that both of them regard themselves as the successors of the Daqi Dynasty, and both are determined to build Daqi into a heavenly kingdom in their own way. ..
When the Wuchang defenders mentioned Liu Yufei, their expressions obviously changed, which was extremely rare among the Qi army.
"The imperial court has hundreds of airships, each of which can burn down a fortress, not to mention pythons and turtles..."
"Mr. Cheng Guo, this is no ordinary turtle, but a Xuanwu."
Deng Changxiong wanted to comfort these people who had witnessed the war, but soon found that they had become frightened birds. Whenever the eldest princess was mentioned, their legs could not help but tremble. Deng Changxiong finally gave up the idea of letting them be the vanguard.
Although they set off fifteen days in advance, the vanguard regiment led by Deng Changxiong was quickly overtaken by Emperor Guangde because the latter was traveling in an airship.
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