894 The Atrocities of Military Disasters, Shi Xianfeng's Helplessness
Zhaoyi's army in Zezhou was located in the southeastern end of Shanxi Province in later generations. The entire city wall has also fallen into chaos.
The Later Tang Jinqi, riding a horse and entering the city, rushed around the city walls. The troops guarding the city had begun to run around like headless mustard flys. The defeated generals tried to escape from another city gate, but saw a large number of infantry soldiers pressing over layer by layer, screaming and wailing louder. The scattered crowd formed by the trapped Yajun generals were still to be eaten by the Later Tang horse infantrymen.
Li Jitao was arrogant and rogue. He changed his flag and turned against the Later Tang Dynasty and turned to the Wei Dynasty. Now he is an independent and independent force. Among the Ya army formed by Li Sizhao, the father of Li Keyong, who was originally adopted by Li Keyong and a famous general in Hedong, he still tends to follow the Later Tang Dynasty. He either follows the Ya general Pei Yue and fights the destruction of the Yangwu Army Ge Congzhou Army; or is gradually eliminated by Li Jitao.
Therefore, the current Zhaoyi army has been cleaned up internally, which is different from the Wei Dynasty and the Later Tang Dynasty. If Li Cunxu sent troops to conquer, Li Jitao must also respond to the Wei Emperor's emergency and rely on several nearby Wei Dynasty vassal states to send troops to rescue.
This time, Shi Jianyan, the governor of Hezhong, and the two military brigades dispatched by Hedong, suddenly broke out. The defenders of Yangcheng, Zezhou were caught off guard. The city walls were lost and were quickly captured by the Later Tang army.
But it was not only targeting the defenders in the city, but also attacking the Hou Tang army who rushed into the city, and they were vicious and fierce, swung their swords and chopped them up, and stabbed them hard... and landed on some civilians who were running around the streets. Even if they were vendors, the doors and windows were closed, some soldiers still kicked open the door and immediately robbed the things.
Some people subconsciously resisted, and were chopped over and knocked down by the red-eyed soldiers without saying a word, turning into corpses and falling into pools of blood. Their families did not dare to resist anymore, but just pounced on the murdered relatives and let out desperate and shrill crying. They had to let the soldiers who were like wolves and tigers rob their property of snatching them up...
Shi Jianyan, the governor of Hezhong, entered the city wall surrounded by a group of soldiers of Yaya. He immediately stood up and looked around the chaos in the city. He saw that the generals and soldiers were plundering and slaughtering the people, and the situation was becoming increasingly fierce...
There were countless corpses on the streets and alleys, and many civilians were mixed in the bodies of the Zhaoyi Town defenders. Looking around, there was almost no living person except the Later Tang generals running around and the people hiding in the houses crying and begging for mercy... Although the war was very smooth this time, Shi Jianyan's face was infiltrated, and there was a sense of anger between his eyebrows.
Until another Later Tang general rode his horse to him, Shi Jianyan stared at him and then scolded him loudly:
"Zhang Wanjin! Even if you break through Yangcheng, all the grain in the warehouse will be taken by our army. However, your troops under you will invade the people in this way, it would be a bit out of line!"
At the beginning, the army of the Later Tang Dynasty, which was based on the Hedong Army, was definitely not called a army that would not demolish houses when frozen to death, starved to death and not plunder, but did not violate the people. At first, King Li Keyong of Jin led his troops in a rough way, and led his troops to fight south and north, break the city walls, and there were many soldiers who were plundering... Shi Jianyan was a powerful general who licked blood from the knife, and certainly he was not a kind-hearted man and woman. When he saw his generals under his command, he was unwilling to investigate as long as he didn't do it too much.
But the problem is... everything must be done. At present, a large number of Later Tang soldiers rushed into the city, like hungry wolves, and immediately rushed to various houses to burn, kill and loot. Shi Jianyan could no longer bear it.
Especially although Li Jitao changed his flag and betrayed the Later Tang Dynasty, the Zhaoyi army he commanded was originally a citizen of the Later Tang Dynasty. Even if Shi Jianyan was a military general, he knew very well that what the Later Tang Dynasty wanted to retake was a prosperous population and could constantly provide the country with military resources and money and food, rather than a deserted dead city...
Zhang Wanjin, who was questioned by Shi Jianyan, was originally a Turkic person and was fierce by nature. However, when he cooperated with the war, he was also very impressed by Shi Jianyan, the pioneer Shi Jianyan who was one of the few brave men in the Later Tang army. However, this time, when Shi Jianyan scolded him, Zhang Wanjin sneered and replied without giving in at all:
"Shi Jieshuai, you are in charge of the river, at least you are in charge of the country, gathering the army, the people, and the finances. But in recent years, the court has collected tributes and tributes from various vassal states more heavily? But do you also know the suffering of our military under the rule of Hedong, the capital of the capital?
The military pay for my children had not received it for four months, and they were so poor that they could not afford to support their wives and children. The money and grain paid by taxes from various places were all entered into the inner treasury of the imperial city, but they were like a Pixiu that swallowed gold and could only enter and leave!
The men in the army are already full of resentment. Now that they are attacking Zhaoyi's army with the order, do you think they are willing to do their best? If they break the city wall, they can rob them all! If I ask me, every time I break a city wall, I will not seal the sword for three days, so that my brothers can continue to fight. After all, you are the commander of the vassal state and have the remaining strength to support the Ya army under our command, but how should we survive the army under Hedong?”
Zhang Wanjin's retort, even though Shi Jianyan was as choked, he was immediately choked. Yes... He couldn't let his soldiers fill their stomachs and support their families, so why should he order them to fight with their lives? Why should he order them to strictly abide by military discipline and not to infringe on civilians?
However, Shi Jianyan still remembered that when his father Shi Jingsi was still alive, he said that he would follow King Yi to take over Hedong, fight against Huang Chao, and support the Tang Dynasty's country... Although the Hedong army frequently sent troops to fight east and west, one day he would quell the chaos, which would at least allow more people to live a peaceful life.
But now it seems that the Later Tang army that entered Yangcheng was almost slaughtered and stripped of living people. If the methods were more cruel and tyrannical, it seemed that there was no difference between Qin Zongquan, Sun Ru, Li Hanzhi and other infamous brutal warlords...
Now the imperial court is in chaos and has many political origins. The empress doctrine, the empress's teachings, and the emperor's imperial decree are issued to all places, regardless of the vassal states or local governments. In addition, Kong Qian and others are expending bribes, and the head of the actor Jing Jin, who sent people to various offices to ask for property, the warehouses and warehouses in various places are no longer enough to make ends meet.
With Shi Jianyan's nature, he certainly wanted to kill all the powerful and traitors who were seeking money and property everywhere. But he still remembered it very clearly that even Guo Chongtao's trusted officials who were trusted by the emperor were not as good as Empress Liu of the inner palace, and even the actors and eunuchs around His Majesty were even more favored, and even ended up being wrongly killed and killed.
After all, Shi Jianyan was a very pure military general. He did not understand the methods of power and mentality of the ministers around the emperor, and even the ministers in the court, and did not know how to reorganize the dynasty... Shi Jianyan only knew that his father and son were both father and son, who were both the ancestors of the Li family in Hedong. His Majesty worked hard for the two generations, and he could only continue to fight. With his ability to charge and lead troops to fight, he would build a greater country for the Later Tang Dynasty.
However, Shi Jianyan could not refute Zhang Wanjin's words at the moment. He just realized that indulging the military in various departments to burn, kill, loot, and the atrocities that infringe on the people were becoming increasingly uncontrollable. This was inappropriate... It was silent for a moment, but Shi Jianyan suddenly heard a woman screaming and howling in the nearby houses, tearing her clothes and silk, the lewd laughter of the soldiers, and even the heart-wrenching crying and begging for mercy in the civilians. His thick eyebrows stood up, and his eyes seemed to be spewing out of fire!
Shi Jianyan stared at Zhang Wanjin viciously again, and shouted violently:
"You said that your soldiers are not full, but they still have the strength to do such a savory thing! The food and fodder in Yangcheng will not be missing from your troops. With me, Shi Jianyan, you can transfer food and fodder in Hezhong Town, so they can naturally have the strength to fight!
But if you distribute people, I will immediately restrain my troops. Even if I don’t care about it, I will see a soldier killing people for no reason and even doing things to defile the women. I will be killed on the spot and behead them immediately!”
Chapter completed!