Chapter 286 The sky is falling
The guard of a "rebellion" general cut off Li Rusong's head and raised it high. The general shouted loudly to the gathered Ming army:
"Li Rusong is dead, the enemy is fierce, we cannot fight, and we will continue to defend the city to death, and we will only die. After joining me in the People's Army, everyone can continue to survive."
The Ming army gathered over were silent and had low morale. The People's Army outside made the Ming army on the city wall dare not emerge. The Ming army would be defeated in this battle. Failure means death. Everyone has parents, wives and children, and no one is willing to die like this.
After a moment of silence, a lower-level officer of the Ming army shouted: "Let the general take charge of everything!"
Soon, other Ming troops expressed their obedience to the instructions of the rebel generals. The rebel general issued the first order, ordering all the Ming troops on the city wall to retreat and not to fight the People's Army.
The order was quickly transmitted to the city wall. At this time, the People's Army's siege vehicles were less than 100 meters away from the city wall, and the two armies were about to usher in close combat.
"Li Shuai is dead. We won't fight with the People's Army. Come down to the city wall."
"If you don't fight, don't fight anymore. If you keep staying on the city wall, you will die. You will all go down to the city wall."
"Brothers, we all go down to the walls with me, we don't have to die."
The Ming army on the city wall quickly ran down the city. The People's Army musketeers on the siege car did not know what they had fired, and continued to fire at the Ming army on the city wall, resulting in many Ming army being shot and killed by the People's Army on the way down the city wall.
Some musketeers felt something was wrong and immediately ceased the fire from the musketeers on the siege car he was in. Not long after, all musketeers on the siege car stopped shooting and stared at the retreating figures of the Ming army on the city wall not far away.
"How could the Ming army come down to the city wall?"
A messenger rode a horse and quickly sent changes on the battlefield to Wang Shengrong. Wang Shengrong was full of doubts. Is his own strength too strong and made the Ming army give up the city wall to prepare for street fighting, or did there be changes within the Ming army in the city?
In a short period of time, Wang Shengrong couldn't understand that the best way was to respond to changes in the same way and ordered all departments to continue to occupy the city walls as planned.
Outside the city wall, the People's Army's siege cars were constantly approaching. Inside the city wall, under the command of the Ming army generals of the uprising Ming army, the Ming army gathered on the main streets in the city, and the weapons were still in their hands. The Ming army generals of the uprising Ming army had to hold the final negotiations with the People's Army. If the negotiations were not successful, the Ming army would bite the People's Army even if they died.
The siege car finally approached the city wall. The People's Army soldiers quickly climbed up to the city wall through the siege car. There was no Ming soldier on the city wall. Some People's Army soldiers looked down from the other side of the city wall and saw that there were dense Ming soldiers under the city wall.
Seeing that the People's Army had climbed the city wall, a general of the Ming army's uprising took action personally to negotiate with the People's Army.
Half an hour later, the 100,000 Ming troops in Ganzhou Prefecture City put down their weapons. After cleaning up all the debris that blocked the city gate, the People's Army arranged for them to leave Ganzhou Prefecture City and stationed outside the city. The 100,000 Ming troops and tens of thousands of People's Army lived in the city together, which was too crowded for Ganzhou Prefecture City.
The fate of the 100,000 Ming army has been decided. Perhaps those in the 100,000 Ming army who bullied the common people will be exempted from death now. Ming army officers of the Ming army of the same level or above can choose to stay in the People's Army ruling after the war is over, or they can choose to return to the Ming ruling area.
Most other Ming army had to stay in the People's Army ruling areas. They needed to work for the People's Army for three years, build roads, build water conservancy facilities and even mining, and the People's Army controlled food and accommodation, and paid a certain salary.
These 100,000 Ming troops are not completely considered prisoners, or even uprisings in the face of battle. If they were captured on the battlefield, they would have worked longer every day, and they might even be exhausted.
Of course, coolies who are exhausted are generally those with poor performance and poor health. Coolers who perform well (only designated military prisoners) will be transferred away soon, their working time is shortened, and they can get a salary. If their home is in the People's Army ruling area, they can be sent home directly.
The People's Army had almost no casualties and wounded to capture Ganzhou Prefecture. At the same time, other units of Wang Shengrong's army had taken down Nan'an Prefecture and most of Ganzhou Prefecture in southern Jiangxi. The People's Army had entered Ji'an Prefecture, the north of Nan'an Prefecture, to capture the city and the land.
In the third day of the second month, less than 300,000 troops of Li Chengliang's army finally ran away in the dark. Among them, 110,000 defeated soldiers were gathered by Li Rusong in Ganzhou Prefecture. Now all surrendered, and at least 150,000 defeated soldiers fled in scattered and fled, and no longer had the courage to fight the People's Army again.
Except for Li Chengliang's army, there is no other Ming army in Jiangxi that can resist the People's Army. Now that Li Chengliang's army is completely defeated, it can be said that it is only a matter of time before the People's Army takes over the entire Jiangxi.
Nearly two days have passed since Li Chengliang's army was defeated. Li Zhengmao, Huguang and Zheng Yuewen, who are closest to Li Chengliang's army, have successively received news that Li Chengliang was defeated by the People's Army.
When Li Chengliang was just heard that Li Chengliang was defeated by the People's Army, Li Zhengmao and Zheng Yuewen were very happy. In the eyes of both of them, Li Chengliang's army had 500,000 troops and many elite troops under his command. Even if they were defeated by the People's Army, the People's Army would suffer heavy casualties, and then they would have the opportunity to make contributions.
But after learning more information, Li Zhengmao and Zheng Yuewen were both stunned. Li Chengliang's army was easily defeated by the People's Army, and the number of casualties in the People's Army was not as high as expected.
A feeling of the sky falling suddenly arises.
The Ming court used Li Zhengmao, Zheng Yuwen and Tang Qi to control Li Chengliang, but under Li Chengliang's means, the combined forces of Li Zhengmao, Zheng Yuwen and Tang Qi were not as strong as Li Chengliang's army, and there were even fewer elite troops.
If Li Chengliang's army fought against Li Zhengmao, Zheng Yuwen and Tang Qi's coalition forces, Li Chengliang's army could completely defeat the coalition forces if they could not have died or injured 100,000 people.
The People's Army easily defeated the strongest Li Chengliang army, and it would be easier to fight Li Zhengmao and Zheng Yuewen. Most of the Ming court's troops were here, and the People's Army defeated millions of Ming troops. Next, the Ming court was no longer able to resist the People's Army. The country that ruled by the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years was about to change hands!
After thinking briefly, Li Zhengmao and Zheng Yuwen immediately ordered the news of Li Chengliang's defeat. If the news was allowed to spread among the troops under their command, the People's Army would not need to be attacked. As long as the People's Army appeared, the soldiers under their command would throw their weapons and run away.
After controlling the spread of the message, Li Zhengmao and Zheng Yuewen thought carefully about what to do next.
There is a People's Army in Fujian and Huguang, each of which is sieging the city and territorial. Li Zhengmao and Zheng Yuewen received the emperor's secret order and have not fought with the People's Army and preserved their strength. But now judging from the experience of Li Chengliang's army, neither of them think that the tens of thousands of troops under their command have fought the 50,000 people on the opposite side.
Chapter completed!