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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 885
Wang Cheng, acting head of the Sixteenth Banner Regiment, shouldered the heavy responsibility of guarding Jingyang Mansion, and he was under a lot of pressure.
At night, he was worried about being attacked by rebel cavalry, so he went around the guard post twice, so he didn't fall asleep until late.
When he was woken up in his sleep, he realized that it was already bright outside, so he grabbed the saber under his pillow, strode over and opened the door.
"Master Banner, I'm sorry to disturb your rest, but the rebel cavalry has arrived at the city again"
An officer standing at the door was also apologetic when he saw the sleepy Wang Cheng.
"It's okay, let's go, go to the top of the city to have a look."
Wang Cheng didn't blame the officer who disturbed his dream, and immediately strode straight to the top of the city.
"Master Banner Leader!"
When Wang Cheng arrived at Xichengtou, the archers of the Qinghe army from the brigade were already on guard at the city, and several officers quickly greeted him.
"Master Banner Leader, those rebels outside the city have captured a lot of people. If they threaten us not to open the city and surrender, they will kill those people."
A military officer pointed at the clamoring rebels outside the city, and reported with righteous indignation.
Wang Cheng walked to the side of the battlements, turned his eyes to the outside of the city, and saw that the rebel cavalry were beating the civilians they had captured with scarlet whips.
The common people fled in a panic under the beating of the rebel cavalry, screaming and screaming endlessly.
"Haven't the people in the surrounding areas of Jingyang Mansion been evacuated?"
Seeing those blood-stained people, Wang Cheng also felt quite troublesome.
"We did send people to evacuate, maybe they ran back secretly."
"Master Banner, do you want me to lead my troops out to rush and rescue those common people?"
An officer couldn't bear the people outside the city to be beaten by the rebels, so he clasped his fists angrily and asked for a fight.
"This is a trap set by the rebels. Once we open the city, their cavalry will follow the trend and attack the city."
Seeing the rebel cavalry standing in battle, the deputy head of the banner categorically rejected the officer's suggestion.
"But if we don't help, those people will definitely not survive today." The sympathetic officer couldn't bear to say.
"If we help each other, not only will the people die, but we will die too." Wang Cheng said coldly.
"Pass my military order, without my order, those who attack without authorization, will be executed!"
As a former general of the Southern Army, Wang Cheng naturally understands the truth that kindness does not command soldiers.
His current task is to defend the city of Jingyang Mansion. If he loses the city for hundreds of people, he will be buried with the temporary 16th Banner Regiment. He can clearly distinguish which is more important.
"Listen, people at the top of the city, if we don't open the city and surrender, we will kill all these people!"
The rebel cavalry outside the city was obviously a little impatient. While a rebel cavalry officer was speaking, he swung the saber in his hand like lightning, and slashed at a civilian.
Under the sharp saber, the commoner's head was thrown flying, and the blood gushed out of his neck, making the defenders at the top of the city unable to restrain their exclamation.
"Brothers, the rebels are cruel and heartless. They want to force us out of the city for a decisive battle, but we cannot be fooled!"
"They killed the people, let us remember what they did today, and we will pay back a hundredfold in the future! Let them pay with their blood!"
Seeing that the soldiers at the head of the city were also clamoring, the acting head of the banner, Wang Cheng, also shouted loudly.
"eye for eye!"
"eye for eye!"
The brothers of the provisional 16th Banner Regiment guarding Jingyang Mansion also knew that the rebels wanted to force them out, and they also knew that once they left the city, they would definitely become the targets of the cavalry massacre.
Seeing that the rebel cavalry began to slaughter the common people, they also raised their arms and shouted at the top of the city, their eyes were red, wishing to kill all the rebels outside the city now.
The rebels outside the city didn't expect their strategy to fail, and angrily hacked and killed the people. Suddenly, the city was filled with blood and mist, and the people were constantly chopped to the ground.
On the contrary, the behavior of the rebels angered the defenders at the top of the city, filled them with righteous indignation, and their morale rose rapidly.
After the rebel cavalry beheaded the civilians they captured, they began to gallop towards the city.??, keep shooting arrows at the top of the city.
"Don't fight back, keep them close."
Seeing that the rebel cavalry kept throwing arrows towards the city, Wang Cheng ordered the vigilant cavalry to hide behind the shield and deliberately not to fight back.
The rebel cavalry thought that the Qinghe army at the top of the city was afraid of them, so after a few rounds, they were getting closer and closer to the city wall.
When the rebel cavalry approached the city wall again and shot arrows at the top of the city, Wang Cheng gave the order to counterattack.
"Fire the arrow and shoot back!"
Amidst the cold shout of Wang Cheng, the acting banner chief, the archers of the Qinghe Army who were waiting in full battle at the head of the city flashed out from behind their shields one after another, and rained arrows on the rebel cavalry outside the city.
"Puff!"
"ah!"
Facing the attack from the arrows at the top of the city, the rebels immediately turned on their backs and retreated in fright, leaving behind more than two hundred corpses.
Although the rebel cavalry were furious, they were cavalry and did not carry any siege equipment, so they could only look at Jingyang Mansion and were helpless.
The tentative 16th Banner Regiment guarding the top of the city gradually felt relieved when they saw that the cavalry would do nothing for them for a while.
At noon, a large group of rebel infantry appeared on the outskirts of Jingyang Mansion. They were the vanguard of the infantry.
?The rebel army under Yang Hao swept across the prefectures and counties of the Dongjiang Province, not only threatening the young and strong everywhere, but also wantonly recruiting the Southern Army troops, so the expansion of the army was extremely fast.
However, except for the incorporated Southern Army, the rebels under his command are almost all mobs.
Seeing the rebel infantry brigade appearing on the outskirts of the city, they not only have gray-haired old men, but also some young-looking children, and some strong women are among them.
?They did not have a unified military uniform, and the clothes they wore were quite messy, and their weapons were even more varied, including captured war knives, sharpened pillars, sickles, axes, and so on.
Under the scolding of the rebel officers, these rebel soldiers were like a group of driven ducks, their eyes were dull, and they approached Jingyang Mansion with empty eyes.
For most of these rebel soldiers who were coerced, they were just ordinary people not long ago.
What they long for is just to live their own life and take care of the crops in the field.
However, the ferocious rebels gathered them and pushed them to the battlefield, and those who did not follow were killed on the spot. .
Facing those vicious and brutal rebel officers, the morale of these rebel soldiers composed of civilians was low, and they wanted to escape all the time.
However, the strict system in the rebel army made it impossible for them to escape at all. One person escaped, and the whole team was beheaded one after another.
Now their hearts are full of fear and despair, and they are also full of hatred for the rebel officers, but they dare not resist in the slightest.
In the beginning, almost none of those who resisted survived. They were all brutally suppressed, and their bodies were hung up until they rotted and stink, and there was no way for them to be buried in the ground. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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