After the Ming army attacked continuously for a day and night, under the command of Shi Pu who came to the front line in person, the Ming army finally reached the top of Zhangzhou City.
Facts have proved that as long as one person can climb the city wall and make a good start, more and more soldiers will be able to climb the wall.
The rebels on the city wall were tired of dealing with the officers and soldiers climbing up, but the people in the city were tired of dealing with the rebels who came to force them to die.
What the people want is very simple, that is, to have enough to eat and to live in peace. Before the rebel army captured Zhangzhou City, the people in the city were originally full of disgust for these uninvited guests, but after Chen Fu made a three-part agreement, the people did not cause trouble. , anyway, no matter who you are as the master, it has nothing to do with us, as long as you don’t bully the people and let the people live.
More and more Ming troops climbed to the top of the city. A general bravely stepped forward to admonish Liu Tong: "General, I have something I don't know whether I should say or not!"
"What are you doing, mother-in-law and mother-in-law? Just fart at this time!"
"General, we are already defeated. How about we surrender?"
"surrender?"
"General, if this continues, all the brothers will be wiped out. We might as well surrender and save the remaining brothers!"
Liu Tong sneered repeatedly. This was the first person who was trying to persuade him to surrender. With a cold face, Liu Tong suddenly drew his sword and slashed at the general.
A severed arm fell to the ground, and the fingers were still twitching and shrinking. The blood spurted out instantly dyed the skirt of the general's clothes red. The general's face, who had just been trying to persuade him to surrender, instantly turned sallow, with big beads of sweat. Oozing from his forehead, he fell to his knees in pain, his body curled up, and he let out a heart-rending scream, "Ah..."
Liu Tong still wanted to press forward, but the generals on the side hurriedly stepped forward to stop him: "General, wait a moment, calm down the thunder's wrath, and never act out of anger! Now is the time when we are employing people, so let's spare his life!"
The general couldn't bear it any longer and cursed loudly despite the severe pain: "Liu Tong, you are a brave and foolhardy man. You are arrogant and self-righteous. It won't be long before the Ming army breaks into the city and you will be captured." They were cut into pieces with knives!"
Liu Tong's face was ashen, he raised his sword, and regardless of everyone's advice, he stepped forward and chopped the general into pieces.
At this time, on the top of the Beichu city wall, Fujian's commander was on the top of the city. He brandished a sword and charged into the crowd of rebels. Where the sword flew, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the rebels who were killed were defeated one after another.
Just as this general was being killed, several other generals also climbed to the top of Zhangzhou City from different directions and pursued the defeated rebels. The rebels who were killed continuously shed blood and suffered heavy losses. Seeing that the entire army was about to be annihilated.
Liu Tong was suddenly shot at the top of the city by an arrow from an unknown person in the Ming army and hit his vital part. He was lying on the top of the city unable to sit up. Seeing the fierce offensive of the Ming army, Liu Tong regretted that he had not listened to Er Niu's words. , let more than five thousand brothers die in vain, and now it is useless to say anything.
He could only give an order with a hoarse throat to the generals who were protecting him: "You guys and two oxen will lead your troops to break out. You can break out as much as you can. If you continue to fight, I'm afraid the whole army will be annihilated!"
After Liu Tong finished speaking, he roared and died.
There is a stupid battle going on on the city walls, and the people are still being forcibly expropriated in the city.
Let's say that this general went to the city to requisition the people on Liu Tong's order. The war was urgent. In order to speed up the requisition of the people, the general divided his troops into a small school under his command and asked him to persuade the people in Xicheng.
This general was named Bai Shu, and he was also very capable. He was a pirate whom Chen Fu conquered in the South China Sea, and Chen Fu later asked him to serve under Liu Tong. After Bai Shu arrived in Dongcheng, he immediately began to lobby the people of various families and promised generous rewards. For a while, there were young and strong men in the city who wanted to join the army.
On the other hand, after Bai Shu's subordinate, the primary school leader, arrived in Xicheng, he used force to forcibly pull men from every household for recruitment. At this time, a relatively well-known old man in Xicheng couldn't stand it anymore, so he pointed at this primary school soldier. He yelled:
"You treacherous officials and traitors, just a few idiots, are actually planning to rebel against the Ming Dynasty. When the imperial army breaks through the city, you will definitely be left to die without any body parts!"
After hearing this, the schoolmaster became furious, drew his sword, and split the old man's head in half from the middle.
Then the primary school student climbed onto the high platform, glared at the people who were forcibly pulled out below the platform, and roared loudly: "Whoever dares to say that we are traitors and traitors in the future will be punished without mercy. Besides, we are here to save you! Today we are here to save you!" If you don't go to the city to fight the enemy, then you won't even be able to survive for me!
"Dog thief, dog thief!"
When the people below the high platform saw the old man being split in half by Cao Zhang, they were all filled with indignation and started to curse.
"Kill them all, behead them all." The small schoolmaster was so angry that he was almost crazy. In addition, the Ming army outside the city immediately attacked, and he suddenly felt a strong desire for revenge.
"Kill all these unruly people for me. Massacre the city, massacre the city, massacre the city. Tell me the important things three times."
When the rebels were defending the city, they were violently attacked by the Ming army outside the city. Since yesterday, at least more than 10,000 people have been killed by the Ming army's cannons and crossbows. They had suffered consecutive defeats and their morale was low. Now they are in the city. The resistance aroused the desire for revenge, and he brandished a butcher knife and started killing in the autumn rain.
For a time, this quiet and peaceful Zhangzhou was like a purgatory on earth. The sounds of women struggling, the screams of people being hacked to death, and the cries of children crying for their fathers and mothers, soared into the sky, making it unbearable to hear.
After more than half an hour of massacre, more than three thousand old, weak, women and children fell into a pool of blood, and no one escaped. The autumn wind is bitter and the rain is blowing, and there is a haze between the sky and the earth. Zhangzhou is like a cemetery at this moment.
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The elementary school student was still angry and even ordered a fire to be set off. Even the continuous autumn rain could not extinguish the gradually burning house. The raging fire shot up into the sky, almost turning the sky red.
Bai Shu spent a lot of time and finally pulled up a group of people in the east of the city and was walking towards the top of the city. Halfway through, he suddenly saw thick smoke burning in the sky, and he looked in the direction of the west city.
"Oops, Zhuzi has ruined my business! Go to Xicheng quickly!"
As soon as Bai Shu finished speaking, he saw the city gate collapsed, and officers and soldiers from all over the mountains and plains rushed in.
"Kill! Kill!"
I saw the Ming Army cavalry rushing in in formation. The rebels who were fleeing in front were all enemies of the Ming Army cavalry. Those who ran slowly were trampled into pulp in an instant.
Seeing this, Bai Shu drew his sword and shouted: "Brothers, fight them!"
Although Bai Shu was extremely brave, more and more Ming troops surrounded him. After resisting tenaciously for a while, they were gradually surrounded by the Ming troops. Seeing that the situation was over, Bai Shu looked up to the sky and roared, because there were so many people in the team. There were newly requisitioned civilians. In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, they ordered their sergeants to put down their weapons and prepare to accept surrender.
"Who are you? I think you are good at martial arts. If you have such ability, why not be loyal to the imperial court? Why do you want to help Zhou do evil?" Shi Pu jumped on his horse with a sword and pointed at Bai Shu.
Bai Shu lowered his head and sighed, and said: "I was originally from a hundred households in Zuowei, Ningbo, Zhejiang. However, by chance, I accidentally bumped into the cashier of the Zuowei commander. Therefore, I was not tolerated by him. He regarded me as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh. , repeatedly ostracized me, but I had no choice but to join the sea as a pirate, and then joined Chen Fu's rebel army."
After hearing Bai Shu's excuse, Shi Pu nodded slightly and said:
"Since you are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and have nothing to do with the traitor Chen Fu, it is not too late to remedy the situation. You can lead your troops with me to attack the rebel army's Quanzhou camp, and falsely open the camp gate in front. I will lead the army to cover it up and kill them. Enter, if you can make great achievements, you can certainly make up for your mistakes."
After Bai Shu heard this, he immediately knelt down and accepted the order: "I would like to follow the general's instructions and lead my troops as a vanguard to falsely open the Quanzhou camp gate!"
After negotiating the terms of surrender with Shi Pu, Shi Pu continued to rectify the officers and troops to appease the people, while Bai Shu rode his horse up high and loudly persuaded the rebels who were still resisting to surrender:
?????????????????? "Soldiers, we are originally citizens of the Ming Dynasty. We served for the rebels before so that we could have enough to eat and no longer be oppressed by corrupt officials. We don't want to The rebel army actually killed people and set fire to Zhangzhou City, and Chen Fu actually proclaimed himself king publicly, which led to endless wars, starvation and death everywhere, and the people were in dire straits. Now the king's army is advancing with great success, destroying everything, and the rebels are already in a precarious state. Those who know the current affairs will abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, and fight against the rebels. The thief strikes back!"
Liu Tong, the defender of Zhangzhou City, was killed in battle, and there were interceptions in front and pursuers in the rear. These rebels had long been panic-stricken. Except for some die-hards who still resisted, most of the rebels surrendered and expressed their willingness to abandon the dark side and surrender to the bright side.
In order to show his determination to abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, Bai Shu personally took up his sword and led his troops to kill the rebels who were still stubbornly resisting. He and Shi Pu attacked from front to back, and soon killed corpses all over the field, wiping out all the loyalists of the rebels.
"Soldiers, raise your flag and follow me to open the Quanzhou camp gate in front of you!" Xia Houlan held a broadsword in his hand and rode his horse in the lead. He showed great enthusiasm and presented a certificate of surrender to Shi Pu as much as possible.
At that moment, Bai Shu led the way, and Shi Pu led the Fujian officers and soldiers to follow, heading towards the rebel camp outside Quanzhou City to cover up and kill them.
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It's an autumn day in October, and it's rainy.
The Beijing army that conquered Chen Fu went south and trekked on the rugged mountain roads of the Central Plains for nearly half a month before finally reaching the front line.
Just as the Beijing army was setting up camp, after receiving the order from the Zhejiang governor, Xiao Zhang rushed to the war front almost at the same time after two days and one night in order to establish Ma Wensheng's authority in the Zhejiang army.
Xiao Zhang came all the way to the front line to read the handwritten message. The Zhejiang generals and others all understood and paid homage to Ma Wensheng together.
"We have met the governor and are willing to follow the general's orders and work together to wipe out the rebels as soon as possible."
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