Rebirth at the turn of the Zhou and Sui dynasties

Chapter 222
Outside Jingkou City, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, dawn has already broken.

The torches have been extinguished one after another, but the expressions of horror on the faces of the rebels can be vaguely seen.

How could the Sui army not take prisoners, how dare they not take prisoners!
"Cui Che!"

Zhu Mowen was seriously injured. With the support of his cronies, he shouted loudly across the crowd:
"You really want to put me to death! Don't you know that if today's events are known to all rebels, they will fight to the death!"

No one answered him.

The battlefield was extremely quiet, and the heavy breathing of the soldiers could be clearly heard.

Zhu Mo asked and shouted:

"Most of them are coerced by me. If you are willing to surrender and spare them, I am willing to kill myself and die!"

After finishing speaking, he drew out his saber and placed it across his neck.

All the cronies stopped one after another:

"The governor! No way!"

Finally, someone among the cavalry in the south replied loudly:

"Zhu Mo asked, I respect you as a man, and I don't want to deceive you. You can only avoid death if you do anything in front of the battle. Now that the war has been fought, I will not take prisoners, but I can also give you a chance to jump into the river and die. Yes, I won't ask any more!"

It is Cui Che who is surrounded by heavy guards, he cherishes his life, so he will not answer more than others, if he is really going to be shot in the cold, where can he complain.

After all, Cui Che shouted loudly:

"Go on!"

Zhu Mowen knew he was going to die, so he endured the pain and led the rebels to charge several times, but they still could not get out of the encirclement
The Sui army surrounded on three sides approached step by step, and the range of activities of the rebel army became smaller and smaller. From time to time, some people were squeezed into the water and swallowed by the rolling Yangtze River.

Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through the siege, and the Sui army was unwilling to accept the surrender, Zhu Mowen looked up to the sky and sighed:

"One general is incompetent, and the whole army is exhausted. This is all my fault, Zhu Mowen!"

After all, he was already bruised and jumped into the river, splashed a few times in the water, then sank, and no more splashes were made.

The main general threw himself into the water and died. The rest of the rebels had long since lost their will to fight. They stayed on the shore and were sure to die. They sang the songs of their hometown in slang and jumped into the waves to fight for a chance.

The Sui army fired arrows on the south bank to force them to go to the center of the river, but now it is the spring flood, and the water is much faster than when Mai Tiezhang swam at night, even if he is proficient in water, he can't swim to the other side anyway.

Of the rebels outside Jingkou City, except for a small number of routs who managed to escape before the encirclement closed, the rest were either beheaded or buried in the belly of fish.

Standing on the bank of the river, Cui Che witnessed the rebels struggling in the water, and thought:

'It turns out that this is the wrath of the emperor. '

I also know that as the escaped rebels spread everywhere that the Sui army would not take prisoners, the subsequent counter-insurgency will not be so easy.

At least, no one will take chances and think that the Sui army is a division of benevolence and righteousness, who can treat the prisoners well, so they will easily disarm.

Compared with the anti-rebellion in the original time and space, only the candidate for the chief general was replaced, but the cruel suppression method has not changed.

Whether it was Yang Su or Cui Che, they could not go against Yang Jian's will. The anger of the great Sui sage must be wiped out with the blood of the rebels.

In the original time and space, in order to fight against the rebels who were determined to die, Yang Su adopted high-handed means to rule the army.

Before the war, Yang Su would deliberately find out the mistakes of the soldiers, and kill them to establish their prestige.

In wartime, send 200 people as the vanguard, and if they win, they can save their lives.

Whenever they retreat, no matter how many people there are, they will be beheaded, and then two or three hundred people will be sent to continue fighting fiercely with the enemy.

Cui Che secretly decided that if the follow-up battle is unfavorable, he can only learn from Yang Su's high-handed tactics to arouse the Sui army's will to die.

The soldiers cleaned the battlefield silently. Although they knew in advance that no prisoners would be taken in this battle, it was really shocking that tens of thousands of rebels threw themselves into the river tragically under their noses.

In the distance, a galloping horse came, and it was Yang Guang's messenger. The defenders entrenched in Jingkou had already surrendered, and Yang Guang came to ask Cui Che how to deal with it.

After Cui Che was silent, he said:

"Since it is an initiative to dedicate the city, there is no need to kill him. All the rebels in the city will be sent to Jiangbei as slaves."

After cleaning the battlefield, cutting off the noses of the rebels, and burying the corpses, Cui Che led the army back to Jingkou, and Yang Guang was already waiting outside the city.

"Zicheng won the first battle. He killed enemies in the first battle. This king has sent envoys to report the victory to Daxing. The saint must be rewarded."

After learning that Yang Guang had entered the city, he had already issued a notice, and Cui Che did not enter the city, but camped outside the city, and sent someone to notify Jiangbei to take over Jingkou's defense.

The notice was drawn up by Cui Che before leaving Daxing, and Yang Jian reviewed it.

One is to inform the people in the south of the Yangtze River to abolish the decree of reciting the "Five Religions".

The second is to refute the rumors that people from the south of the Yangtze River will be sent to the north.

These two items are naturally intended to prevent more people from participating in the rebellion.

Article states that the purpose of crossing the river this time is to suppress the rebellion and will not plunder the people, so that the people need not be afraid.

As for the fourth article, it is aimed at the rebels, telling them frankly that no prisoners will be taken in this battle, and only an uprising before the battle can save their lives.

After the battle, the soldiers were already exhausted. After Cui Che arranged for the troops to take turns to guard, he let the whole army rest.

Until noon, outside the Jingkou camp, the sound of assembly drums sounded, and the soldiers were awakened. They didn't know why, but they quickly dressed and went outside the camp.

When they walked out of the camp gate, they saw an unforgettable scene.

On the left is a mountain of supplies, and on the right are countless women and girls, surrounded by Boling cavalry soldiers, panicking.

I don't know when a high platform was built outside the camp, facing the camp gate.

Cui Che stood on the high platform, pointed at the supplies and the rebel wives and daughters, and said loudly:
"These are all your trophies! Today, I will reward you according to the merits of this battle.

"It's just that women are not allowed in the army. After the distribution, I will send all these women and supplies to Jiangbei, and the Yangzhou General Manager's Office will temporarily take care of them. After the rebellion is suppressed, you will get them yourself!"

The cheers of the generals of the Sui army resounded through the sky.

As soon as Cui Che stretched out his hand, Kong Yingda beside him respectfully handed him the credit book. After Cui Che opened it, he said loudly:
"Mai Tie rod!"

Three thousand cavalrymen heard the sound and shouted:

"Where is the wheat iron stick!"

Mai Tiezhang straightened his chest and came under the high platform:
"The end is here!"

Cui Che didn't look at him, but said loudly to the whole army:
"Mai Tiezhang ventured across the river, found out the enemy's situation, and made great achievements. In the battle at Jingkou, he killed several enemies. Today I will give him two criminal women, ten pieces of cloth, and ten stones of rice. Do you have any objection!"

"No objection!"

The soldiers responded.

Cui Che nodded slightly, he lowered his head to look at the Mai Tieshang under the stage and said with a smile:

"Do you still want me to choose for you!"

When Mai Tiezhang heard this, he was even more delighted.

Everyone saw that the order of receiving the rewards was arranged according to the degree of merit, and they all regretted it.

If you knew it early, you should fight for the first, but if you have a bit of beauty, how can you stay until the end.

　In fact, when the Sui army quelled the chaos of the Five Religions, women were taken as spoils of war. Unless the men revolted before the battle,

　　Otherwise they will all die.

　　It is not clearly stated in the history books that Yang Jian instructed Yang Su to do this, but considering Yang Jian's narrow-mindedness, it should be his instruction. After all, Yang Su actually loves fame.

　　There are three more chapters.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)