Chapter 305: Decisive Battle (III)

Wang Wen hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and ordered: "The armored troops and cavalry are scattered outside the city, and the infantry and logistics troops follow the command organs into the city."

Wang Wen needed to build Hucheng into a logistics transfer base, so it is necessary to make some changes in the city, and a large number of soldiers are still necessary.

Following the large army, Wang Wen sat in a small jeep and entered the Tiger City. The street paved with blue bricks was very flat and the shops on both sides were relatively prosperous. It seemed that the residents here did not feel any panic about the Tang Dynasty troops entering the city.

Anmin’s notice was posted yesterday, and the 20,000 soldiers who entered the city in advance did not cause any disturbances. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the residents of Hucheng are relatively stable.

After all, the Great Zhou Kingdom was separated from the Tang Dynasty. When he walked on the street, Wang Wen almost suspected that he had arrived in a northern city in the Tang Dynasty. There was no strange place in the scene in front of him, but the shops and pedestrians on both sides seemed a little poorer.

The Great General's Mansion in Hucheng is located in the center of the city and looks extremely tall and mighty. However, when you enter the mansion, you find that the layout inside looks extremely simple. There is no luxurious place except for necessary things. It can be seen that the officials of the Great Zhou Kingdom are still quite honest.

Entering the spacious hall, Wang Wen sat down in the upper seat and ordered his subordinates to bring in the prefect of Hucheng and the officials in charge of public security. In order to control Hucheng well, it is necessary to let the original officials continue to manage the place. It can be seen that they did a good job.

When the prefect of Hucheng was given a deposit, the county looked panicked, his face was pale, and his eyes kept looking around, looking a little restless. In comparison, the official in charge of Hucheng's security was much calmer.

"You don't have to be reserved. I believe you have also read the Anmin notice posted yesterday. Long live my emperor. The Tang Dynasty went to war this time to avenge Princess Changle. Therefore, the common people and ordinary officials are not in danger of their lives. As long as you can surrender to the Tang Dynasty, you will still have the management of Hucheng."

The two officials hurriedly knelt down and thanked Wang Wen. When they stood up, the face of the prefect of Hucheng was still very pale.

"Your family members must be living here too. It's okay. We won't take them hostages. What you did before, but there will be no change after today. It's just that your loyalty has changed."

"General Xie." No matter how you look at it, the prefect of Hucheng seemed frightened.

"Mr. Wang, the prefect of Hucheng, why are you so pale? Is there anything you hide from us?" Wang Wen sat down with the prosecutor general of the First Legion. This position was the highest supervisor and supervisor officer sent to the army by the Procuratorate Office. He took his subordinates to monitor the abnormal actions of the officers and soldiers in the army at any time. If necessary, the position of commander of the legion can be removed. Due to the habit of working for a long time, the prosecutor general involuntarily began to interrogate the prefect.

Hearing this question, the prefect of Hucheng's face turned paler. He raised his head and looked at Wang Wen and the others in horror, and waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't misunderstand, you have nothing to hide. You can become an official of the Tang Dynasty. The official is grateful. If you have nothing to do, the official will step down and deal with matters related to Hucheng."

"Don't worry, you can sit here first, I have something to ask you." Seeing the prefect's performance, the procurator general of the First Legion became even more suspicious.

The prefect couldn't help but look at his feet and stammered: "Sir, Hucheng has just stabilized, and there are still many things for the officials..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted: "You have to wait for a big deal. Don't try to play tricks in front of me. Just tell me honestly, what have you hidden?"

The prefect's forehead was covered with sweat, and he urgently found an excuse full of loopholes: "Sir, Xiaguan's mother is currently seriously ill, Xiaguan wants to rush back to take care of her."

"So that's it. Since that's the case, someone will bring the prefect's mother and family here and let our military doctor treat them."

"No!" The prefect suddenly screamed, then covered his mouth with a pale face, and his dripping eyes kept turning around.

"Is there anything wrong with this general's mansion?" The prosecutor sensitively realized the abnormality of the matter and asked sternly: "Tell me quickly! Otherwise, I will kill your family first."

"No! This matter has nothing to do with them!" the prefect screamed.

"I'm still procrastinating! I'll give you a chance and tell me the truth immediately, otherwise I'll catch your family immediately."

The prefect's face was bloodless and cold sweat flowed. He glanced at the prosecutor general in a daze, and then said with a sad face: "Sir, the official only knows about this matter. Before the general of Hucheng decided to surrender, a large amount of explosives were planted in the general's mansion..."

"Not good! Retreat immediately!" Before the prefect finished speaking, Wang Wen immediately screamed and issued an order to retreat.

The people who had just entered the General's Mansion panickedly guarding the officials of the command center and ran out quickly. When they were still far from the gate, they heard a dull explosion sound from behind. Then, the hall where they were standing just now flew into the sky, and the covered stones smashed down at the people in the yard. The soldiers who were closer to the hall were immediately knocked away by the powerful shock wave, and the broken limbs flying everywhere flew out a long way.

Wang Wen was surrounded by everyone and was not affected by the shock wave, but the bricks and tiles falling from the sky were not something his guards could resist. Before he could run out of the yard, he was buried in it by broken bricks.

Hearing the sound of explosion, the soldiers around him rushed towards this place and rescued the people buried in the rubble with all their strength. Wang Wen crawled with several guards, resisting most of the bricks and stones for him. Even so, he was still hit on the head by a big brick and unconscious. The command of the entire legion was instantly paralyzed.

When Cheng Wu, the commander of the vanguard troops who arrived later, saw this situation, he could naturally guess what happened. As the general with the highest rank besides the several highest commanders of the legion, he naturally took over the command of a legion.

"The soldiers in the city immediately implemented martial law throughout the city! The messengers informed the outside teams to suspend the escort of the prisoners, monitor them closely, and prevent them from taking the opportunity to riot. The Forward Force Command temporarily served as the First Corps Command and followed me out of the Tiger City."

There was immediately chaos in the tiger city, and all the people on the streets were forcibly driven back to their homes, and the streets immediately became the world of Tang soldiers.

With the rescued personnel, Cheng Wu and the others evacuated from Hucheng and issued another order in the tent outside the city: "Take me the admiral Zhao Sheng, the Hucheng Admiral, and all the generals."

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly ran into the tent: "Report! A riot occurred in the prisoner camp. There were too few people guarding the prisoners. They have been washed out now. Several nearby camps are more dangerous."

Cheng Wu suddenly stood up and said sternly: "What do the armored troops do for? Immediately dispatch armored troops to suppress them!"

The prisoner camp was located on one side of the camp outside the city and was guarded by two regiments of soldiers. These people were originally very honest, but after the explosion in the city, these people immediately rushed towards the guards. Although the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had advanced automatic rifles in their hands, they quickly lost the shooting distance in front of the dense crowd. After sweeping down a large number of soldiers, they were overwhelmed by the prisoners of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

After rushing out of the guards, the prisoners immediately removed the fences of the prisoner camp and launched an attack on the nearby camp.

Fortunately, the soldiers near the camp responded quickly and quickly organized a counterattack after receiving the news of the riot. They took advantage of the distance between the camp fences and the camp to shoot wildly at the prisoners. In a short while, tall corpses piled up between the two camps. However, although the people in front fell down like cut wheat, the people behind still rushed forward without fear. Occasionally, some prisoners who seized rifles were fighting back at the Tang soldiers, which led many soldiers from the Tang Dynasty to be under the bullets.

Some clever prisoners simply grabbed the bodies on the ground and kept in front of them to continue to attack, and were about to rush to the front of the camp.

At this time, the rumbling armored vehicle drove over.

The armored troops crushed the camp fences and swarmed towards the prisoners from all directions. The heavy machine guns in the car fired a long tongue of fire, smashing the prisoners to pieces. At the same time, the cannons on the armored vehicles also began to shoot flat in the prisoners' group. Suddenly, the prisoners who were still howling and rushing forward were immediately repelled.

The prisoner's riot lasted for more than an hour. When it was loaded into the car and crushed into the camp, none of the more than 200,000 prisoners were standing. The prisoner's camp was covered in blood and blood, and all the prisoners were killed in this resistance.

The statistics quickly reached Cheng Wu, and all the soldiers of the two regiments guarding the prisoner camp were killed. There were dozens of soldiers killed in other camps. None of the prisoners of the Great Zhou Kingdom survived except for senior officials who were detained in other places alone.

Holding this telegram, Cheng Wu's hands were trembling. For the first time in his combat career, he saw the enemy's fierce resistance, which made him have a greater understanding of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Kingdom, making him dare not look down on the slightest in future wars.

Wang Wen finally woke up in the evening with the emergency rescue of the doctors with the team. The first thing he did was to call Cheng Wu to learn about what happened during his coma and get news of the prisoner riot. Wang Wen was also in a very heavy mood. Too much underestimation of the enemy made his troops pay the price of blood. The death of the two regiments of soldiers was a loss that had never been seen in previous wars.
Chapter completed!