Chapter 675 Rewards

Chapter 675 Rewards

Chapter 675 Rewards

What does it look like when the waves hit the cliffs? This is what it looks like in and around Ji County.

The auxiliary soldiers shouted slogans and drove the battering ram towards the city gate.

Dust covered people's heads and faces, but the person rushing to the door ignored it and continued to push and ram the car.

Jijun City was not a military fortress, and there were no soldier hiding holes inside the city gates, so it was impossible to stop the influx of siege soldiers - in fact, it didn't matter if there were any, because the Jin army was eager for them to rush out and fight face to face.

There was a lot of noise behind the city gate, and it seemed that they were holding various things to prop up the gate to prevent it from being broken.

The two sides continued to wrestle, shout, and even cry.

On the city wall, the soldiers rushed up enthusiastically and strangled him repeatedly.

The battle lasted less than an incense stick of time before Kong Tun personally took to the battlefield.

The enemy's offensive was too fierce, and the 3,000 defenders were not enough. The temporarily recruited strong men and women struggled to resist the siege troops, and fell down in droves. When the second round of attack was launched, they were even more desperate and scattered. In the end, it was Kong Tu who led his personal soldiers to plug the gap and barely drove the enemy out.

Feint attacks were also launched on the north, west and south walls.

No, it may not be a feint. There are tens of thousands of soldiers besieging the city, and if you randomly send a few thousand people over, what can you do to stop them?

A new round of attack was launched outside the east city wall.

The battering ram hit the city gate like a sledgehammer. The defenders standing on the top of the city wall could feel the power that seemed to destroy the world.

There was a lot of noise and crowds of people under the city wall.

A soldier fell down from the city wall, staggered to his feet, but had no weapon for a moment. The fellow villager who had fallen to the ground handed him a ring-handled sword and said, "Tie Niu, give me five dou of grain after you take over the city."

Tie Niu nodded and climbed up the ladder again, intending to climb the city wall for the second time.

A soldier was shot down by an arrow, bleeding from his mouth and nose, but he was unaware. He struggled to get up, his mind full of the scene of his parents, wife and children smiling happily after he returned with food. He staggered a few steps, and finally couldn't hold on any longer, and fell to the ground, his face full of regret.

Someone was covered in flames, screaming and falling from the ladder. After rolling on the ground for a few times, the fire was extinguished, but his body was stinging. He knew that this was a hopeless situation, so while he still had some strength, he endured the pain, turned his head to look in the direction of the banner, and decided to try his best to achieve great success.

Another person rushed to the top of the city wall, knocked down two defenders, and rolled down.

Wave after wave of attacks never let up in intensity.

The battlefield was filled with people shouting with red faces.

This kind of passionate emotion seemed to be contagious, causing each and every cheap soldier like weeds to burst out with tremendous energy, wave after wave, impacting the defenders' shaky defense line.

"The first one to climb up is Anyang Tong Qianjin!" A strong man in armor rushed to the top of the city wall, waving a long axe and sweeping away everything.

The defenders fought hard for half a day and suffered heavy casualties. They were intimidated by the enemy's power and were all afraid.

"Swoosh!" An arrow shot and hit Tong Qianjin right in the eye socket, and he fell down unwillingly.

"Pah!" Shao Xun slapped the armrest of the bed, stood up and said, "Find out this man's name and report it immediately. If he survives, he will be appointed as the leader of the army. If he dies in battle, his family will be given 50 pieces of silk and 100 hu of grain."

"Yes, sir." Immediately two clerks mounted their horses and rushed to the front line to inquire.

Shao Xun sat back down.

Being knocked down from the city wall certainly doesn’t count as being the first to reach the top.

But this man was very brave. When he climbed the city wall, he killed several people in a row and almost succeeded. This greatly boosted the morale of the people, so he didn't mind giving him a reward on the spot.

The clerk quickly arrived outside the city and searched for a long time, but still could not find out the truth. So he waited quietly, intending to ask again after the group of people attacking the city retreated.

However, the soldiers who were about to set off immediately became more motivated when they heard that Lord Liang had been paying close attention to the war and was rewarding the brave warriors who climbed the city walls.

What kind of fighting is worthwhile? When the Supreme Commander is watching, your desperate actions are most likely to be rewarded.

At this moment, countless people looked back at the canopy under the banner, eager to try.

The first group of people were ultimately unable to capture the enemy, and after all of them were killed or wounded, the remaining soldiers retreated wailing.

"Charge!" A shout that resounded through the sky rang out, and more than a thousand people rushed to the city again.

The ladders were filled with people climbing up.

There was no defensive equipment such as boiling oil or golden juice on the top of the city wall, let alone any kind of baton. The attacking soldiers bravely climbed up, half of their bodies reaching the top of the city wall.

"Puff!" The giant axe chopped down, and the first soldier who showed up had blood gushing out of his neck, and fell down with a scream.

"Bang!" A teenage boy plucked up his courage and poked a sharpened bamboo stick at the man, hitting him right in the face. The second man rolled down the city wall with blood all over his face.

"Kill!" More and more people rushed forward.

The spears stabbed against the iron armor and shields, making a sharp scraping sound. The people climbing the city wall shouted and rushed forward together, forcing the defenders to the back.

"Swoosh! Whoosh!" Dense arrows fell from the city wall, regardless of friend or foe, and knocked down dozens of people who were fighting.

Another group of people came up from the city and stood firmly on the top of the city wall.

The leading officer sent a part of his men to charge the tower and slaughter the archers. He personally led more than ten men to block the entrance to the horse path and fight with the enemy troops who were trying to reinforce them.

Behind him, more and more soldiers bravely rushed forward, and archers from below the city shot upwards, knocking down another group of people.

But there were too many people rushing up and had already started to rush down along the trail.

The officer who had just climbed the city wall first had disappeared, and all the people in his group who had climbed the city wall were killed or wounded. But it didn't matter, because the top of the city wall was now full of Jin soldiers, one group after another, without end.

The defenders finally couldn't hold on any longer. No one knew who started it, but they threw away their weapons and ran away. The others followed suit, immediately losing their courage to fight and fleeing in panic.

"Where is the rebel general Kong Tun?" someone shouted from the top of the city wall.

"Kong Tun is here." Someone shouted from inside the city wall.

People flocked in.

Kong Tun was a veteran on the battlefield after all, with extraordinary skills, but at the moment he was covered in wounds and exhausted. When he saw the pursuers coming, he chopped down one of them, then hurriedly left the city wall and fled to the city wall.

Another group of soldiers rushed towards them, and the pursuers behind them also caught up.

More than ten spears rushed out, following the broken armor plates and going straight into the flesh.

They exerted such force that Kong Tuan, a man weighing 180 kilograms, was lifted into the air by the spears.

Blood flowed down his arms, trouser legs, and boots, gradually gathering into a small pool of blood.

Kong Tun opened his mouth wide, his face full of pain, and stared at the big banner in the distance with wide eyes, and died.

Shao Xun stood up again, asked someone to bring the war horse, and galloped out.

There were no enemy troops on the city wall, the city gates had been opened, and thousands of soldiers swarmed into the city. There were screams in the city, and no one knew who was being killed. Shao Xun signaled with his eyes.

Yang Qin understood, selected five hundred personal soldiers, rode out on horseback, and rushed into the wide-open city gate.

There were people slaughtering and looting civilians on the street, and the soldiers whipped their horses repeatedly, beating those people so hard that they fled in panic. It took a long time to stabilize the situation.

Shao Xun reined in his horse and stopped in front of the regretful soldiers who had not set out yet. He said with a smile, "We have taken the city in one day, which is quick and efficient. I will give you an extra bushel of grain as a reward."

Cheers broke out and the soldiers struck their shields with their swords in joy.

Shao Xun sat on his horse, looking at the officers and staff who gradually gathered around him, and said, "Find the first person to climb up."

"Yes." A clerk left in a hurry to look for someone.

Some people in the city were already going out, and upon closer inspection, they were the five hundred imperial soldiers who had just entered the city. They opened the treasury and took out the few treasures that were stored there.

In addition, a group of people were escorted out stumblingly, including men, women, old and young. Upon further questioning, they turned out to be the families of the rebel army's officers.

Ji County was Shi Hu's territory, and many of his officials and generals settled here.

The sun gradually set in the west, and Shao Xun waited patiently, without moving.

The soldiers also waited patiently, looking excited, as if they were expecting something.

After a while, the clerk came over with a short, sturdy man. He was followed by several people, most of whom were his comrades and senior officers.

Shao Xun glanced at him and turned his head to ask.

Several people testified that this man named Feng Bachi was one of the first seven or eight people who climbed the city wall and fought bravely. The others all died, but he survived. He was wounded several times and had two heads beheaded.

After confirming it, Shao Xun immediately dismounted, took off his cloak, tied it around the man, and asked, "Where are you from?"

"I'm from Xingyang." Feng Bachi replied respectfully.

"Any family?"

"They died while fleeing, and I'm the only one left."

"Are you an official?"

"White body."

"Appoint him immediately as Sima of the separate department of Longxiang Prefecture in Pingqiu." Shao Xun pointed at him and said.

Yang Wu, a clerk in the Western Division of the Longxiong Shogunate, immediately stepped forward and handed the official seal to Feng Bachi.

Feng Bachi took the official seal with trembling hands. For some reason, he suddenly burst into tears: "Ming Gong, all the villagers who rushed with me are dead."

Shao Xun looked at Yuan Neng, the chief clerk of the general, and said, "Check these people. In addition to the normal pension, each family will be given ten hu of grain and three pieces of silk."

"Yes." Yuan Neng agreed immediately, then found his subordinates and told them to handle it.

"The captured property will be rewarded separately. The army has its own rules, so I won't say more." Shao Xun took a few steps, pulled out a woman from the families of the enemy generals who were taken out, pushed her into Feng Bachi's arms, and said, "A brave warrior will be rewarded handsomely. She is yours."

Feng Bachi subconsciously took the piece of warm and soft jade and looked at Shao Xun blankly.

The woman seemed to be a lady from a noble family. When she saw Feng Bachi's fat face, she was so horrified that she fainted.

Feng Bachi hurriedly helped him up.

The soldiers around looked at it and burst into laughter.

Shao Xun also smiled and said, "Go home, you don't have to fight, go directly to Pingqiu and wait for your appointment as an official."

"Bang!" Feng Bachi threw the woman to the ground, knelt down and kowtowed several times.

Shao Xun helped him up and said, "You are alive today because of the blessing of our ancestors. Go home and let this woman give birth to your children and expand your family. From now on, the Feng family will also be officials, so live a good life."

Feng Ba Chi kowtowed twice more and said, "When my son grows up, I will send him to follow you to the war."

"You should have a son first." Shao Xun said with a smile, "Give him a horse and twenty men to escort him home."

Someone was leading a horse not far away.

Feng Bachi bowed again, picked up the woman, and walked away quickly.

The soldiers all looked at him with envy, lamenting in their hearts why it was not them.

"Find the person who killed the rebel general Kong Tuan." Shao Xun shouted again.

A moment later, more than ten people arrived.

Shao Xun looked at him and said with a smile: "What a brave and heroic man! Now that I have such a brave warrior, what else do I have to worry about?"

After saying that, he clapped his hands.

A carriage was pulled over, filled with all kinds of valuables.

Shao Xun didn't even look at it, he just picked up one and stuffed it into the soldier's hand, saying: "After the battle, when you are commended for your merits, you will certainly get some benefits. Take these rewards first. Those who fight for me should be rich and noble."

The soldiers accepted it with profuse thanks, then held their heads high and looked at the soldiers from other battalions lined up nearby, feeling extremely proud.

After rewarding them with money and goods, Shao Xun pulled some people from the pile of women and pushed them into the arms of the dozen men one by one, saying, "You don't have to fight anymore, go home."

The women cried and hid behind.

Yang Qin quietly stepped forward and pulled a dazed woman to the back.

Shao Xun dragged more than ten people and stuffed them out without caring about their age or status.

After finishing the work, he turned around and looked at the soldiers who did not receive any bonuses, and asked with a smile, "Are you envious?"

"Envy." The troops shouted in unison.

Shao Xun pointed to the west and said, "Conquer Hanoi for me, and you will have money, food, women, and everything else. Do you dare?"

"Dare!" the soldiers shouted.

"What are you waiting for?" Shao Xun shouted, "Attack Hanoi!"

"Attack Hanoi!" the soldiers stamped their feet and shouted.

Shao Xun laughed heartily, jumped on his horse, and galloped past the troops one after another.

Wherever they went, the cheers continued for a long time.

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