On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 222 Died by drowning in the river

Outside Jingkou City, on the south bank of the Yangtze River, it was already dawn.

The torches have been extinguished one after another, but the frightened expressions 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. He was supported by his confidants and shouted loudly across the crowd:

"You really want to put me to death! Don't you know that if what happened today is known to the rebels, they will fight to the death?"

No one answered him.

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

Zhu Mowen shouted again:

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

Having said that, he drew his sword and placed it across his neck.

A group of cronies stopped him and said:

"Provincial Governor! No!"

Finally, someone among the cavalry in the south shouted back:

"Zhu Mowen, I respect you as a man and don't want to lie. Only by fighting in front of the battle can you avoid death. Now that the war has begun, I will not take prisoners, but I can also give you a chance. Jump into the river and die.

Is it alive? I won’t ask any more questions!”

It was Cui Che who was surrounded by many guards. He cherished his life and would not answer in front of others. If he was really hit by a cold arrow, where would he go to complain?

After saying that, Cui Che shouted:

"March!"

Zhu Mowen knew he would die. He endured the pain and led the rebels to charge several times, but they could never break out of the encirclement.

The Sui army, surrounded on three sides, approached step by step. The rebels' range of activities shrank smaller and smaller. From time to time, people were squeezed into the water and swallowed by the rolling Yangtze River.

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

"One general is incompetent and the three armies are exhausted. This is all my fault, Zhu Mowen!"

After that, he jumped into the river, already scarred, and splashed in the water for a few times, then sank, and no more splashes were splashed.

The leader threw himself into the water and died. The remaining rebels had long since lost their will to fight. They stayed on the shore and were certain to die. They sang songs from their hometown in slang and jumped into the waves to fight for a chance of survival.

The Sui army fired arrows at the south bank to force them to go to the center of the river, but now it was the spring flood and the water was much faster than when Mai Tiezhang had swam at night. Even if they were proficient in water skills, they would not be able to swim to the other side.

Of the 40,000 rebels outside Jingkou City, except for a few defeated soldiers who managed to escape before the encirclement was closed, the rest were either killed or buried in the belly of a fish.

Cui Che stood on the river bank and witnessed the rebels struggling in the water, thinking:

'So this is the wrath of the emperor.'

We also know that as the escaped rebels spread the word that the Sui army would not accept prisoners, the subsequent counter-rebellion would not be so easy.

At least, no one will be lucky anymore, thinking that the Sui army is a benevolent and righteous army and can treat prisoners well, so they will easily disarm.

Compared with the counter-insurgency in the original time and space, only the candidates for the main generals were replaced, but the brutal suppression methods remained unchanged.

Neither Yang Su nor Cui Che could go against Yang Jian's will. The anger of the Sui sage must be extinguished 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-pressure methods to run the army.

Before the war, Yang Su would deliberately find faults in the soldiers and kill people to establish his authority.

During the war, one or two hundred people are sent as vanguards. If they win, they can survive.

Whenever there is a defeat, no matter how many people there are, they will all be beheaded, and then another two to three hundred people will be sent to continue fighting the enemy fiercely. If they fail to win, they will be beheaded.

Cui Che secretly decided that if the subsequent war was unfavorable, he could only use Yang Su's high-pressure methods to arouse the Sui army's determination to die.

The soldiers swept the battlefield in silence. Although they knew beforehand that no prisoners would be taken in this battle, it was really shocking to see tens of thousands of rebels tragically throw themselves into the river under their noses.

In the distance, a horse was galloping towards him. It was Yang Guang's messenger. It turned out that the defenders entrenched in Jingkou had surrendered. Yang Guang's messenger asked Cui Che what should be done.

After Cui Che fell silent, he said:

"Since we are offering the city voluntarily, there is no need to sacrifice their lives. All the rebels in the city will be sent to Jiangbei as slaves."

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

"Zicheng won the first battle and killed 40,000 enemies in one battle. I have sent an envoy to report the victory to Daxing. A saint will definitely be rewarded."

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

The notice was drawn up by Cui Che before leaving Daxing and was read by Yang Jian.

The first is to inform the people in Jiangnan to abolish the decree of reciting the "Five Religions".

The second is to refute the rumors that the people from the south of the Yangtze River are going to the north.

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

Article 3 specified that the purpose of crossing the river this time was to quell the rebellion, and that the people would not be robbed, so that the people did not need to 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 by uprising in front of the battle can they save their lives.

After the battle, the soldiers were already exhausted. After Cui Che arranged for the troops to be on guard duty, he let the entire army rest.

It was not until noon that the drums of massing were beaten outside the Jingkou camp, and the soldiers were awakened. They didn't know why, but they quickly dressed up and went outside the camp.

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

On the left are mountains of supplies, and on the right are countless women. They are surrounded by Boling's cavalry, fearful and uneasy.

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 your spoils of war! Today, I will reward you according to your merits in this battle.

"It's just that women are not allowed in the army. After the distribution, I will send all these women and materials to Jiangbei, and they will be temporarily taken care of by the Yangzhou General Manager's Office. After the rebellion is suppressed, you can collect them yourself!"

The cheers of the Sui army officers and soldiers resounded throughout the sky.

As soon as Cui Che stretched out his hand, Kong Yingda beside him respectfully handed him the merit book. Cui Che opened it and said loudly:

"Wheat Iron Staff!"

The three thousand cavalrymen heard the sound and shouted:

"Where is the iron rod?"

Mai Tiezhang puffed up his chest and came under the high platform:

"The end is here!"

Cui Che did not look at him, but shouted to the entire army:

"Mai Tiezhang took the risk to cross the river, found out the enemy's situation, and achieved great success. In the battle at Jingkou, he also killed several enemies. Today I will give him two guilty women, ten pieces of cloth, and ten stones of rice. Do you have any objections?"

"No objection!"

The soldiers responded.

Cui Che nodded slightly, lowered his head and looked at the Mai Tiezhang in the audience and smiled:

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

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

When everyone saw that the order of receiving rewards was arranged according to the size of their merits, they all felt regretful.

If I had known earlier, I would have fought bravely to be the first. If I had a little bit of beauty, how could I save it until the end?

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

Otherwise they will all die.

The history books do not clearly say that Yang Jian gave Yang Su the instruction to do this, but considering Yang Jian's petty mind, it should be his instruction. After all, Yang Su actually loves reputation.

There are three more chapters.

(End of chapter)