Steel Dynasty - Chapter 345

[Chapter 345 Gathering People’s Hearts]

“Boom…”

Another burst of cannon fire rang out, and several shells landed in the ranks of the Qinglong Guards.

Zhou Xing was horrified. Now they had become the target of the defenders’ attack. Every time this powerful weapon was fired, it would cause a large number of casualties to his soldiers.

Out of fear, he suddenly lost his position, and other soldiers of the Qinglong Guard also showed signs of disintegration.

But something that shocked them even more happened. Soldiers with stick weapons from the north gate began to walk toward them with neat steps amidst the sound of drums.

At the same time, the rumble of horse hoofs sounded, and the cavalry in silver breastplates from Yunzhou City galloped out. They raised their sabers, arranged in neat formation, and caught up with the scattered soldiers at lightning speed.

The extremely fast speed caused the war horse to rush through the crowd, and many people were trampled directly under the horse’s hooves. The war horse’s speed did not slow down, showing a crushing force and constantly impacting.

At this moment, the superiority of the cavalry was fully apparent, and the rebel army armed with a variety of weapons was unable to prevent effective resistance.

In the chaos, the people who had lost their will to fight began to flee in all directions. No matter how much Qu Shuai tried to make peace, he could not stop the people from fleeing.

Zhan Xingchang looked at this scene with a sneer.

Every soldier is flesh and blood and has his own thoughts.

When fighting, every soldier will first think about one question, why they are fighting. The more determined they are in their original intention of fighting, the braver the soldiers will be when fighting.

Now the thoughts of King Qinglong and the people are obviously very different.

What the Qinglong King wants is the world, and what the people want is just to fill their stomachs. As long as they put down their weapons and enter Yunzhou City, they no longer need to worry about hunger.

Because of this, the people quickly fell into chaos after suffering setbacks.

The collapse started from the north gate and quickly spread to other city gates.

The Qinglong King’s army was made up of improvised civilians, and they had no military morale at all. Seeing others collapse, other soldiers also began to collapse.

Qi Guangyi shouted loudly at this time: “Don’t kill those who surrender!”

“Don’t kill those who surrender!”

“Don’t kill those who surrender!”

“…”

A deafening sound also sounded from the top of the city. Wherever the cavalry passed, people were in extreme fear. One after another, the people dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.

The Qinglong King who was hiding among the rebels was shocked when he saw this scene.

But now the entire army is in chaos. The soldiers can’t find the generals, and the generals can’t find the soldiers. He can’t organize the army to resist at all.

Moreover, the front line attacked the rear line, which made his army more and more chaotic.

“Dong dong dong… dong dong dong…”

The neat drum sounds are getting closer and closer, and there will be a “bang bang” sound every time there is an interval.

Seeing that he could not stop the army from disintegrating, the Qinglong King immediately mixed with the crowd with his soldiers and fled.

At this moment, he suddenly understood that King Qi was not King Yong, and King Qi’s army was not King Yong’s army.

He understood better that King Qi’s victory over the barbarians in Cangzhou was not a fluke, but because he had an army that was good at fighting.

He glanced at Yunzhou City unwillingly, turned around and found Zhou Xing in the crowd, and quickly approached him.

The Qinglong Guard in Zhou Xing’s hand is the real trump card in his hand. As long as this army is there, he can still make a comeback.

“Your Highness, we have won.”

When Xiao Ming climbed to the top of the city, Zhan Xingchang bowed and said.

Xiao Ming nodded. After living in Chongqing for almost two years, Xiao Ming already had his own understanding of cold weapon warfare.

In fact, he dared to come to Yunzhou City because he believed that his army could defeat this seemingly outnumbered rebel army.

After all, in ancient times, an army of hundreds of thousands sounded scary, but often among these hundreds of thousands, only tens of thousands of troops could actually fight.

The same goes for King Qinglong’s army. Most of the army are just ordinary people pushing wheelbarrows to transport grain and grass.

These people will flee once they are defeated.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao was able to subdue the main force of the Yellow Turban Army, which numbered millions with five thousand soldiers and horses. This shows the difference between the regular army and the rioters.

“There are many people who have surrendered. It seems that we have to find a way to resettle these people.”

Through the telescope, a large number of people chose to surrender where Qi Guangyi passed. Just as he guessed, as long as they have food to eat, who among these people will want to follow? What about the Qinglong King’s rebellion?

The reason for this is really because I can’t live anymore.

Zhan Xingchang pondered for a moment and said: “Your Highness, although these Jizhou people have surrendered, they have followed the Qinglong King and killed the officers and soldiers of the Dayu Kingdom. The lower official thought that they should never be kept in Yunzhou City, but instead They dispersed and moved to different prefectures and counties, turning the masses into few and the few into nothing, otherwise once someone confuses them, they are likely to repeat themselves, and then Yunzhou City will be in danger.”

Xiao Ming took it seriously, Zhan Xingchang said. It reached his heart.

These Jizhou people are not a demographic dividend for him now, but a hot potato, because these people are likely to gather in crowds to rebel again because of certain things.

After all, after the first time, it will be easy the second time, not to mention that there is no guarantee that there will not be a few people with evil intentions among those who surrender.

Therefore, only when these people integrate into local life, gradually accept the new life, and identify with his fiefdom, will these people become a demographic dividend.

Before that, they were still a ticking time bomb.

The results of the battle outside the city were outstanding. At this time, the Yunzhou army guarding the city also came out of the city to cooperate with Qi Guangyi in gathering the people.

Two hours later, Yunzhou Chengcai gradually calmed down.

“Your Highness, the rebel army is too numerous and too chaotic, so we should let King Qinglong escape.”

Qi Guangyi came to report to Xiao Ming at this time.

The Azure Dragon King’s escape was within Xiao Ming’s expectation. It was easy to defeat the Azure Dragon King, but it was not easy to catch it. After all, the situation with hundreds of thousands of people was very chaotic.

The scattered people hindered the Qinglong King and also prevented Qi Guangyi from pursuing him in time.

“Forget it, stop chasing. The victims are the most important thing to collect. After this incident, he will not attack easily again.” Xiao Ming said.

Qi Guangyi nodded and immediately led the cavalry to gather the people.

The battle lasted from morning to noon, and it took another afternoon to gather the victims. In the evening, Zhan Xingchang gave him the approximate number of victims.

“Fifteen thousand people, it seems that more than 100,000 people are still separated. Let Qi Guangyi continue to go out tomorrow to guide the victims into the fiefdom. These victims can only become the tools of King Qinglong in Jizhou. Once the siege of Jizhou comes into contact, the imperial court and Yong The king is going to deal with the Qinglong King. At that time, these people will inevitably end up with a tragic death. Now that the country of Chongqing is full of holes, I don’t want to see the people lose their lives for the Qinglong King’s personal ambition.”

“Your Highness .

“Great justice.” Zhan Xingchang bowed and said, “It would be great if King Qinglong could be as focused on resisting the barbarians as His Highness.”

(End of this chapter)