If the Tang Empire won, it would say to its opponents: "You damn well behave yourself in the future, or be careful that I wipe out your entire clan. Pay tribute obediently every year!"
<...That night, Han Shizhong's thousand cavalrymen hurriedly left the city and arrived in Tai'an, where Cao Sheng was located, as fast as lightning. At this time, Tai'an was in complete chaos, and the main force of the Huaiyang army was fighting against the conscripted men who were rebelling.
When the soldiers and civilians stationed outside Tai'an City heard that the imperial army had arrived, they all made way for Han Shizhong, allowing him to enter as if he were in an empty place.
At this time, the Huaiyang Army inside the city, armed with knives and spears, fought against the soldiers and civilians on the streets. Although they were all useless and terrified upon hearing about the Jin army, they were very good at killing their own people. They all appeared "brave and fearless," and with swift strokes of their knives, they killed these ordinary people with great pleasure and ease.
Ge Zhongyi, the military commander of Huaiyang Army, said with a ferocious expression: "You lowly commoners dare to oppose the Imperial Guard! You all deserve to die! Kill them all! Leave no one alive!"
Soldiers and civilians shouted: "We're going to die anyway! Today we'll fight to the death! We hope the court will avenge us! Brothers! Let's fight!"
The two sides clashed. Many soldiers and civilians were unarmed and fought bare-handed. Some had their arms cut off as soon as they rushed forward, some had their necks slashed, and the sound of knives cutting into neck bones could be heard. Others had their heads chopped off.
Many children lost their fathers, and wives lost their husbands.
Some people, even with their faces slashed open, were still alive, lying on the ground crying out in agony, "Someone save me! My baby was just born! I don't want to die!"
At this moment, Cao Sheng, who was in the military camp in Tai'an City, angrily said: "Order the entire army to slaughter Tai'an City tonight! I want these lowly people to see what happens when they resist me!"
No sooner had he given the order than a scout rushed in to report: "Reporting to Commander Cao, the soldiers and civilians outside the city have begun their attack!"
"Those lowly commoners dare to attack the city! Pass down the order: kill them all without mercy!"
"yes!"
The streets of Tai'an were filled with tragedy. Outside the city, many soldiers and civilians cut down trees and, braving the rain of arrows from the city walls, began to ram the city gates with the tree stumps. People were constantly being shot to death, and others were constantly being brought up to take their place.
The reason they were attacking the city so desperately was that many of their families were still in Tai'an City and were facing the danger of being slaughtered.
Soldiers and civilians cried out tragically, "Brothers! Kill them all! Kill these sons of bitches! Kill these beasts!"
He had barely finished shouting when an arrow struck him in the head, his eyes wide open, before he died.
Boom boom boom...
The city gate was finally smashed open, and these people rushed in desperately, some of them calling out the names of their family members.