A Cai's work: The Emperor's Phoenix: The Godly Doctor and the Abandoned Concubine ... Volume 1 1887 Attack the city, surrender as soon as possible
Anyone who has been to a battlefield or attacked a city knows that defending a city is not easy, and attacking a city is even harder. Unless the two sides are extremely disparate, it is completely unrealistic for the attacking party to quickly attack the city. Regardless of when, attacking a city requires a huge price to be paid.
The rebels only had more than 20,000 men, and the strength gap between the two sides was not that big, so it was almost impossible to break the city. Their only advantage was the experts provided by Sky Dome Castle, so when attacking the city, all the vanguards were from Sky Dome Castle.
When attacking the city, the advantages of these people became apparent. Under the cover of ordinary soldiers, these people rushed to the city wall at the first opportunity. Some of them were so skilled in martial arts that they even stepped directly on the city wall and rushed up...
Although these people may not be able to capture the city, and martial arts masters cannot be arrogant for long in front of the army, the casualties will be severe, which is what King Qing does not want to see.
"It's your turn to take action." King Qing said to the row of men in black behind him.
Having spent a lot of money, they must be exploited to the fullest. When they are not fighting, they act as bodyguards for him. When fighting, these people rush in first. To paraphrase Feng Qingchen, King Qing is using the Assassin Alliance as mercenaries.
Killing people for money is the rule. When the killers heard King Qing's words, they did not hesitate for a moment. The Flying Tiger Claws provided by Zuo An were shot out immediately. Six black shadows suddenly flew down from the top of the city and fell on the city wall, forcing the attackers to stop.
"You guys, go and deal with these people." Upon seeing this, the masters of Sky Dome Castle immediately directed their firepower at the six killers, preparing to deal with these six people first.
The killers said nothing, but swung their long swords immediately and slashed the opponent's outstretched hand.
The broken palm and blood flew out at the same time...
The first key to killing someone is not to waste time talking to the target. Compared to talking, they prefer to take action directly. They are killers, not heroes, so there is no need to leave a name.
"Who are these people? Every strike of their sword is deadly. Aren't they afraid of death?" Although there were not many killers, they were ruthless. While the people from Sky Castle were complaining, the killers had already taken their positions and blocked their way.
"He looks like a killer." After all, the people from Sky Dome Castle are from the underworld, so they do have some knowledge.
"Why would an assassin work for the imperial court? Aren't assassins always unwilling to accept commissions from imperial officials?" The people of Sky Dome Castle were puzzled. The assassins who had been silent all this time finally spoke their first words: "Scum of the underworld, lackeys of the imperial court, anyone can kill them."
Although the words were few, the meaning was very clear. The people in Sky Castle almost jumped up. Damn it, you were clearly ordered by the court to kill us, so why do you say we are the court's running dogs? But...
They had no time to talk, as the shining sword was coming towards them again.
The assassins from the assassin alliance held back the Sky Dome Fort's men, so the rebels couldn't attack for a while. The ladders were cut off just after they were hung up, and the giant tree that was used to hit the city gate was shot by arrows before it could be lifted to the city gate...
The defenders had the advantage of geographical location, and the King of Qing got the news first and deployed his troops in advance. It was absolutely impossible for the rebels to capture the city within a day.
At this time, there were no hot weapons and equipment, no airdrop planes, and if you wanted to attack the city, you had to use piles of human lives and flesh and blood to climb up the city walls...
Wave after wave of people rushed forward, and another wave of people rushed forward stepping on the corpses of their companions. A few people with strong skills climbed up the ladder with great difficulty. Just when they were about to reach the top of the city wall, the ladder was lifted up by the people guarding the city, and they fell straight down with the ladder, and their heads were directly smashed.
There were also a few who climbed up using ladders, hooks, etc., but were hit by a bag of heavy sand. They didn't die, but they were crushed by the falling sandbag and couldn't turn over. Not to mention the lethality of rockets and kerosene...
Sieges always result in heavy casualties, and this time it was especially obvious. Jiangnan City was too well prepared, with plenty of arrows, kerosene, and sandbags, as if they had known about it in advance.
In fact, the King of Jiangnan and the King of Qing did know about it in advance, otherwise they would not have been so calm.
When the rebel leader saw this critical situation, he wanted to retreat first and make plans later. However, if they retreated like this, they would have no food or supplies, so how could they let their soldiers fight again?
At this moment, the rebel leader regretted it. He did not regret betraying the King of Qing. His talents and military achievements were not inferior to those of the King of Qing. If the King of Qing had not been born better than him, how could that yellow-haired boy become a prince? If he had not betrayed the King of Qing, he would have been his dog all his life, and even if he made achievements, he would have belonged to the King of Qing.
What he regretted was that he acted on his own and used up all the food and supplies, cutting off the soldiers' retreat and making it impossible for him to order a retreat, leaving his soldiers and himself with no way out.
"I hope the King of Qing will not come out to call for surrender." What he feared was bound to come true. As soon as the rebel leader opened his mouth, the King of Qing walked up to the top of the city wall and shouted, "Surrender early. Those who surrender first will not be killed... The first person to surrender will be promoted one level; the second to 1,000 people will be forgiven; the 1,001st to 2,000th people will be given a major punishment; the 2001st to 3,000th people will serve in the army for generations; the 3001st to 4,000th people will be slaves for three generations; the 4001st to 5,000th people will be slaves for generations. After the 5,000th person, no more surrenders will be accepted and they will all be killed!"
Are there different levels of surrender?
When the Qing King said this, everyone was stunned. The rebels who were preparing to attack the city also paused. They stared blankly at the top of the city wall, thinking they had heard it wrong. But the Qing King gave an order and had people repeat it loudly over and over again. Every time he repeated it, he would remind them: "I advise you to surrender as soon as possible. The later you surrender, the more miserable it will be. Those who want to surrender, put down your weapons, hold your heads with your hands, and squat along the left city gate one by one, with the city gate as the line. The first person to surrender will be promoted. The second to the thousandth will not be punished. When surrendering, please line up consciously. Anyone who cuts in line or makes trouble will be killed after 5,000 people!"
"Surrender as soon as possible. Why are there so many rules for surrendering?" Not to mention the soldiers on the battlefield who were confused, even Yun Xiao and Wang Qi in the rear couldn't help but prick up their ears when they heard the calls for surrender getting louder and louder in the front.
They had never seen such a way of persuading surrender in their entire lives.
"Prince Qing's method of persuading people to surrender is really unique." Yun Xiao nodded in praise, his eyes drifting towards Feng Qingchen. He always felt that such a weird method was not something that the honest Prince Qing could come up with, so Feng Qingchen was almost the same.
As expected, Feng Qingchen did not hide anything and admitted generously: "The number of rebels is small, but it is impossible to ask them to surrender. After most of them are killed or injured, if we can recruit 5,000 people to surrender, the rebels will be insignificant."
"In order to get them to surrender voluntarily, we naturally have to offer them benefits. We need to become famous as early as possible, and of course we also need to surrender as early as possible. The earlier they surrender, the more benefits they will get. Only in this way can we stimulate them to rush to surrender one by one, so that the good things won't be snatched away by others."
People love to compare. If one person surrenders, the people behind him will see that the other person has taken advantage, and they will definitely follow suit, fearing that if they are one step late, the best will be snatched away by others...