Chapter 75 Slogans
In Jian'an City under the night sky, there was a little fire flashing, and the mountain breeze gently blew, bringing the sound of the city to the halfway slope. The Goguryeo soldiers lurking halfway slope listened to the faint crying in the wind, gritting their teeth one by one.
After the fall of Jian'an City, all the soldiers and civilians in the city were captured, and the enemy would inevitably ravage in every way, so there are crying sounds coming out now.
Thinking of this, many soldiers were so angry that their teeth were clattering, and they wanted to sneak into Jian'an City immediately and tear those hateful enemies to pieces.
But now that the enemy is shortly after nightfall, the vigilance of the enemy must be very high. At this time, they are approaching rashly and easily noticed by the other party, so they have to wait.
Thinking that he had to wait, many soldiers suppressed their anger and lay in the grass thinking about how to give the enemy a good look in order to avenge them.
Of course, we have to take revenge. In the past year, Zhou State has done a lot of things in Liaodong, but he just doesn’t do human affairs and does all kinds of bad things, one or two, three or four, and there are many things that everyone remembers clearly.
Therefore, the military and civilians of Goguryeo called the invading Zhou army "Zhou Kou".
Last autumn, the Zhou Kou captured important places such as Beisha City at the end of the peninsula, and then used this as a stronghold to start raiding the northern part of the peninsula. Fortunately, winter came soon, and the Zhou Kou's invasion quickly stopped.
By the beginning of spring this year, Zhou Kou became active again, took a boat north, and began to harass the area near Jian'an.
At the beginning, no one really took this kind of harassment from the pirate style. While keeping a close watch, he just thought that the other party was a fly that smelled the flesh.
Unexpectedly, these flies became more and more bold, and there were more and more. Later, there were more than 10,000 people landing directly on the west coast of Jian'an City, and many cavalrymen.
There were not many troops in Jian'an City, and they could only protect themselves. Therefore, after sending envoys for help to Anshicheng north, the soldiers and civilians seized the city and waited for the arrival of reinforcements.
Anshicheng and Liaodongcheng soon sent reinforcements to repel the enemy while reinforced Jian'an. As a result, after a major war, the official army was defeated and the enemy became more and more arrogant.
They surrounded Jian'an City but did not attack, but burned, killed and looted the surrounding areas, destroyed many crops that had just been planted in the fields, and then went north and began to harass Anshi City.
The Anshi City defenders fought against him in the field. After suffering several losses, they defended themselves behind closed doors. Zhou Kou destroyed the farmland and water conservancy facilities outside the city, and dragged the prisoners to gallop outside the city.
This move inspired the soldiers and horses in the city to fight. After many confrontations, the official army still suffered a lot of losses, so they could only watch the enemy destroy the farmland but had no choice but to do anything.
These Zhou enemies did not attack the city, and after destroying the farmland outside the city, they withdrew their troops. After a lot of trouble, the spring farming in Jian'an and An City was completely destroyed.
The garrisons in the two places organized the people in the city to replant crops, but missed the best spring plowing opportunity. By autumn, grain output will inevitably drop significantly.
As a result, at the end of the Xia Dynasty, the Zhou army came on a sea boat again and still landed near Jian'an, defeating the attacking official army, burning, killing and looting everywhere, forcing the people to hide in Jian'an City, and then the Zhou army began to destroy farmland again.
Anshi and Liaodongcheng sent much more reinforcements than the last time, but they were still defeated by Zhou Kou in the field.
The Zhou Kou then raided An City and destroyed all the crops that had not had much farmland outside the city. This move was extremely vicious.
The purpose of Zhou State's two invasions was to destroy farmland, damage crops, artificially create a bad harvest, and eliminate harvest. The harsh methods, despicable intentions, and outrageous atrocities made the Goguryeo soldiers gritted their teeth in hatred.
This time, when Zhou State invaded, everyone thought that the other party would retreat after damaging a lot, but Jian'an City was actually captured by Zhou's enemy.
The fall of Jian'an City means that Zhou Kou's intention is very dangerous: the other party wants to attack Liaodong, rather than being satisfied with robbery or sabotage.
If the Liaodong Peninsula is compared to an arm, Beisha City is the wrist, and the city located at the armpit, on the east side (the east coast of the peninsula) is Daxing City located on the banks of Yalu Water, and on the west side (the west coast of the peninsula) is Jian'an City located at the intersection of the sea and rivers.
Once the Zhou army occupied Jian'an City and garrisoned for a long time, it not only threatened Anshi City north of Jian'an, but also completely lost the possibility of Goguryeo's recovery of the Liaodong Peninsula.
Although it is late summer and not too far from winter, even if the Zhou State had ideas about Liaodong, it would not be possible to start a large-scale attack at this time. However, Goguryeo's Jusa (the official position of Goguryeo, equivalent to the governor of the Central Plains) realized that they could not let the Zhou State do whatever they wanted, so they mobilized a large army to go south to recapture Jian'an.
The army had tens of thousands of troops, and they were heading south in a mighty manner, and they made great efforts along the way. This was to allow the Zhou army to understand in detail.
At the same time, a small group of elite soldiers set out first, taking advantage of the time when the Jian'an Zhou Kou thought the official army would arrive in a few days, and then unexpectedly.
Now that night is getting darker, it is already late at night, the Goguryeo soldiers who have been preparing for a long time have begun to touch Jian'an City on the mountain.
Jian'an City is built on two undulating ridges in the north and south, and it is more than ten miles round. The city wall is made of earth and stone, and it is irregular rectangular, wide in the west and narrow in the east. As long as they touch the city from their "waist", they will soon be able to divide the Zhou gangs in the city into two.
The city is like a depression, high in the east and low in the west, with a small hill in the middle and relatively flat on the top. It is the core of the city's defense. It can easily command the city's defense. I think it will be the place where the enemy coach sets up camp.
This is the main attack target of the Goguryeo elite. As long as you touch the city at night and attack the camp at the top of the hill, you will definitely be able to capture or kill the enemy's chief general. By then, if the Zhou Kou loses his leader, there will be chaos.
Last year, Zhou Kou took advantage of the heavy rain to touch Beisha City. This time, they were going to fight for tooth.
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In the early morning, the sun shone on the blood-stained ground, and the frozen blood was red and black. The soldiers who fell to the ground had their arms stripped off, and any valuable things on their bodies were also plundered.
The angry Goguryeo soldiers were now gone, lying naked on the cold ground, like wild boars with their throats cut and bloodshed.
The battle broke out in the middle of the night and ended in the early morning. The hunter turned into prey, and the prey turned into hunters. The battle result was one-sided and there was no suspense.
The Goguryeo army headed south with great momentum. It would take several days to reach outside Jian'an City at its marching speed. A fierce battle would only begin at that time. However, the other side is likely to send a small group of elite troops to set out in advance and take advantage of its own unpreparedness to launch a sneak attack.
This is the prediction of the Zhou generals before the war. Now it has become a reality. The elite Goguryeo who touched the city in the middle of the night was easily defeated by the Zhou army soldiers who were waiting for the rabbit. Then they "cut melons and vegetables" one-sidedly.
It was troublesome to capture prisoners in the dark, so the Zhou army soldiers were killed. As long as the people who did not have white cloth straps on their shoulders as their signs, they would shoot them to death. After dawn, dead Goguryeo soldiers were everywhere inside and outside Jian'an City.
Maybe some fish that escaped the net escaped, but the Zhou army soldiers didn't care. As for killing Goguryeo soldiers who knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, this move might be attacked by the "knowledgeable people" in the court, but they wouldn't care.
Killing prisoners is too cruel. This is just for the officers and soldiers. The Zhou army in Jian'an City is actually not the official army. They are armed personnel hired by the Beiyang Trading Company, which is similar to the bodyguards who protect the caravan.
Since we are not an official army, we are not serious soldiers. There is no need to pay too much attention to those military disciplines that the official army must strictly abide by.
This is the case when dealing with prisoners of war, and the same is true for dealing with other spoils. Beiyang Trading Company has its own "rules".
The bell rang on the hills in the city. It was the commander who issued an order to everyone to clean up quickly, withdraw their troops immediately, give up Jian'an City, and go down the mountain with the spoils, board the boat by the beach, and go back home.
The gold, silver, jewelry, money, grain, cloth and silk that were looted from Jian'an City have now been loaded and waiting to be shipped. The women who were allocated and "enjoyed" by the winners are now radiating their heads and weak legs. They are carried onto the car by the new owners, curled up and looked around in horror.
The carriage slowly moved, went down the mountain along the path, took them away from Jian'an and went to a foreign land.
The armed personnel accompanying him looked at all kinds of spoils, looked at the captives in shackles, and the women who were crying with their heads down, and everyone was satisfied.
The company has regulations: those who are capable work more and more, and those who work more and get more rewards. The spoils that everyone snatches through their abilities can be dealt with as much as they want.
The Beiyang Trading Company launched an attack on the Goguryeo Jian'an City with the purpose of "robbery". After enough robbery, the team will naturally withdraw, and there is no need to fight the Goguryeo army to the death.
Everyone is working hard for Beiyang Trading Company, not for the "national justice" that they don't understand, but for the "buy life money" promised by Beiyang Trading Company, and that slogan:
Chapter completed!