There is no such thing as the Kangxi and Qianlong eras

Chapter 69 Everyone Wants to Surrender the City
Huarong County finally fell into chaos.

Luo Shixuan, who was hiding in the inner courtyard of the county government office, anxiously rushed out with his sword in hand: "Liu Dianshi, what's going on? Why is there a fire in the city?"

Liu Dianshi, who had just rushed over from the Dianshi Office, was also bewildered: "I don't know, sir. Maybe it's because of the dry weather, and some houses accidentally caught fire..."

"Bullshit! It's spring now, and it's about to rain. How can it be so dry? It's obvious that someone set the fire on purpose." Luo Shixuan said angrily.

Luo Shixuan was angry, and Liu Dianshi, who was being used as a punching bag, was also very upset.

You already know this and you still ask me?

After feeling aggrieved, he became a little panicked, because just a few days ago, the clerk under Liu Dianshi came to the palace to ask him what to do, and the implication was that they wanted to force him to join the bandits.

It's only been a few days, could it be that they have all become thieves?

At least take him with you even if you are a thief!

Liu Dianshi cursed in his heart. He was clearly still struggling and hesitating fiercely that day, wondering whether to live his wife and children or himself. In just a few days, he had completely ignored his wife and children who were far away in another province.

The only difficulty in life is death. Unfortunately, he is afraid of death.

This can be seen from his hesitation that day, rather than his determination like the county magistrate.

If you lose your wife and children, you can remarry and have another one, but if you lose your life, you are really dead.

Liu Dianshi was about to find an excuse to flee, but Luo Shixuan grabbed him and said, "Liu Dianshi, you must go to the city wall immediately and calm the people. These rebels set the fire just to surrender the city. We must not let them succeed!"

Liu Dianshi was delighted and was about to agree.

"Sir, I will..."

As the words were on the tip of his tongue, a huge commotion suddenly came from the direction of the city wall, accompanied by shouts.

"The city is broken!"

"Run!"

"The county government office is in front, don't let that bastard magistrate get away..."

Finished!

Luo Shixuan and Liu Dianshi thought to themselves almost at the same time.

Nonsense, with such a big commotion in Huarong County, how could the Han army outside not notice it?

He Shunan would take out a telescope from time to time to observe the movements on the Huarong County wall. He thought that it would take two or three days for chaos to occur, and that it should be the city gate that was deliberately left empty under their tactic of surrounding three sides and leaving one side, so that they could take advantage of the chaos to break out.

But unexpectedly, when I looked over, I saw smoke coming out from inside the city wall, which clearly meant there was a fire in the city.

After a quick guess, He Shunan concluded from the previous experience of breaking into the cities of Gong'an and Shishou that someone in Huarong County took the opportunity to set fire and cause chaos, and wanted to surrender the city.

"Attack the city immediately!"

He Shunan made a prompt decision and issued a military order.

Hundreds of Han soldiers pushed the cloud carts and began to climb the city wall.

Many young and strong militiamen on the city wall were unaware of the situation in the city. When they saw the Han army attacking the city, they immediately started to throw rolling logs and falling rocks in a panic, and took out the pot of golden juice that had not been boiled for several days and poured it down.

However, it was useless. Their movements were too slow. After all, they were not professional soldiers and had not even practiced.

There was no strategy for defending the city, and even when throwing rolling logs and falling rocks, they still followed the orders of the yamen runners nearby.

A group of yamen runners from the third shift who had never fought in a war and had only practiced martial arts were commanding another group of young and strong civilians who were simply forced to defend the city. They were the Han army, which had undergone formal training and had been trained for several months according to the training methods of the Qi family army to fight the attack and defense of the city wall.

Even though strictly speaking, both sides should be new recruits, the poor performance of these young and strong militiamen when they were demolishing the house earlier had already made many Han soldiers look down on them.

In order to achieve the goal in one go, He Shunan deliberately arranged the Han soldiers who had demolished the houses a few days ago to be the first team to attack and capture the city.

These Han soldiers knew too well what kind of people the "Qing soldiers" on the city wall were like, so they didn't even bother to hide and climbed up the ladder in two steps.

Rolling logs and falling rocks were thrown down in a hurry, but almost all of them hit nothing. Only two or three rocks hit the Han soldiers climbing the ladder. However, because the rocks were not big enough, they only hurt the people a little, but did not cause any harm. Instead, they aroused the ferocity of the recruits.

However, the golden juice in the pot played a significant role. When several large pots were poured down, the juice splashed all over the area.

Even though the Han soldiers reacted quickly, they still couldn't avoid it. Fortunately, the water was poured hastily and not heated enough to cause burns or infection, but it was still disgusting.

Can you imagine how it feels like for a person to fall into a cesspool?
His face and body were covered in sticky stuff, and he even swallowed some of it, almost vomiting from nausea.

"You bastards, if you can't win, you're just playing dirty tricks, throwing shit at me, right? I'll chop you to death!"

A Han soldier suddenly climbed up the city wall, covered in feces, urine and flies, and started slashing with his Tang sword.

The young and strong militiamen around were all terrified, and one of them was hacked to death on the spot by the Han soldier.

Only after seeing someone die did some people react.

"Traitors...traitors are coming to kill us!"

"We are many in number, don't be afraid of him, drive him away!"

“Kill…Kill!!”

A burly man mustered up his courage, wielded the machete issued by the government, and chopped at the Han soldiers in front.

"Click~~!"

The machete broke with a sound, but the Han soldier reacted quickly and swung his knife.

The manganese steel Tang sword made with industrial technology once again proved its hardness, which is completely incomparable to this ancient traditional steel-clad machete.

It breaks with a touch and tears with a rub. It is almost comparable to a magic weapon, and it is a magic weapon that every Han soldier has!

Some young and strong men mustered up their courage, raised their machetes, and took advantage of the Han soldiers' inattention to chop them down from behind.

"Huh? How come?"

The knife did cut down, but it only cut through the outer layer of the red military uniform, revealing the stab-proof suit underneath.

"Damn it, a sneak attack from behind!"

The Han soldier was not injured, but in pain, he killed the stunned man with the broken sword in front of him with one sword, and then turned around and struck again.

The young man was unable to react in time and his head was split in half diagonally on the spot.

As blood gushed out, the Han soldier licked the blood that splashed on his face.

"Hahaha! So happy!"

"Ghost! Ghost!"

"The rebels are not human beings! They are ghosts, evil ghosts!"

"Run!"

Wow, with just a Tang sword, a stab-proof vest, and a Han soldier, they successfully defeated a dozen young and strong men in this small section of the city wall.

Under the other sections of the city wall, Han soldiers were also climbing up the city in batches. Every time a Han soldier climbed up the city wall, it was like an evil ghost killing god.

The difference in weapons is too big, and there are stab-proof vests for protection.

Not to mention the young and strong militiamen, even if there were a few courageous yamen runners, when they saw these Han soldiers who could not be killed and were like evil ghosts and killer gods, why would they bother fighting?

It’s not that they didn’t try their best, it’s just that the rebels were too powerful.

In less than half an hour, hundreds of young and strong militiamen on the city wall were completely killed by less than a hundred Han soldiers.

The yamen runners saw that the situation was not good and saw fires everywhere in the city and the chaos. They simply gave up and ran away.

Without the suppression and command of the yamen runners, who among the remaining young and strong militiamen would fight for their lives?

Those who could run all ran away, and those who couldn't run simply knelt down and surrendered. In short, no one was willing to fight to the death.

The Han soldiers who climbed the city wall did not rush to chase and kill, but remembered their mission, quickly seized control of the city wall, and then opened the city gate.

He Shunan raised his hand and gave the order: "All troops, attack the city! Great general, victory!"

(End of this chapter)