klisemfg Chapter 253 Taking advantage of the situation
Chapter 253 Taking advantage of the situation
Su Wuan was horrified and shouted,
"Han Xuan, what are you doing? Come down quickly! It's better to live than to die. Who knows, your Kun Nation might pay to ransom you, or even exchange you for prisoners. Come down quickly!"
Han Xuan sneered,
“With such a divine weapon to aid you, the demise of Kun Nation is inevitable. Every country that loses its people has its own martyrs.
Although I, Han Xuan, am not talented, I am willing to be a common man who martyrs his country, serving my country with all my loyalty and dying a worthy death.
He faced south and roared loudly,
"Your Majesty! I will leave first!"
After saying that, he moved straight forward.
Su Wuan immediately pounced on him and tried to catch him, but it was too late.
They could only watch as Han Xuan fell heavily under the city wall and closed his eyes forever.
"oops!"
Su Wuan sighed heavily.
The Yan group slammed the city wall hard and said viciously,
"What a pity! Capturing it alive would have been more meritorious. This beast is truly despicable; he actually committed suicide.
Well, if I cut off his head, I could also get military merit."
Su Wuan shook his head and said,
"Forget it, he was a man of integrity and loyalty. He's dead, so let's leave him with an intact body."
"Come here, go collect Han Xuan's body. We will share the military merits."
"Yes!"
Some of the soldiers turned and went down the stairs.
Yan Qun rolled his eyes at Su Wuan and said,
"There's no military merit in committing suicide. It would be better to cut off his head and say we killed him."
"Hahaha, the prince is very perceptive and will reward according to merit."
Su Wuan laughed, and then said,
"Let's go to the government office quickly. It would be a great achievement if we could capture the county governor and his men alive. Don't let the Southern King's men get there first."
"Hurry up and go."
Several people, accompanied by soldiers, ran wildly on the street, heading straight for the county magistrate's mansion.
When Shen Changgong arrived, he saw chaos.
The Yan army was everywhere, searching house to house for hidden Kun troops. There were also Yan soldiers posting notices to reassure the people and shouting while beating drums and gongs.
"The Yan army will not harm civilians, only search for bandits. Please cooperate with us, everyone in the city. Anyone harboring bandits will be severely punished! Anyone who reports bandits will be rewarded handsomely!"
As Shen Changgong walked along, although he saw some Yan soldiers beating civilians in order to capture Kun soldiers or because they were obstructed during the search, at least he did not see any robbery of gold, silver, jewelry or women.
In the last battle of ** City, Shen Changgong saw that the Yan army had lax discipline and was used to being lazy. They didn't even know that the friendly troops had arrived at the city. A drunkard even shouted that the enemy was coming.
At that time he made up his mind to rectify military discipline, but he was still at war and it was not the time to do so.
In the following months, while recruiting new soldiers, they also disciplined the old soldiers and strictly rectified military discipline.
The importance of military discipline to an army is self-evident. Only with good military discipline can there be good spiritual beliefs, and only then can the army be loved by the people, and its combat effectiveness will be incomparable.
For example, the People's Liberation Army and Chiang Kai-shek's army are two extremes in military discipline, and the results of their battles are obvious.
Shen Changgong did not ask the Yan army to be like the people's soldiers who did not take a single needle or thread, but at least they could not rob, kill, rape, etc. at will. They attacked Kun State, not to rob and leave, but to incorporate all these lands and people into the territory of Great Yan and make them return.
Only in this way can we minimize the rebellious psychology of Kun people and make them accept it to the greatest extent.
Shen Changgong was not in a hurry to go to the City Lord's Mansion. When he entered the city gate, he had already seen Han Xuan's body. He had also been receiving intelligence that tens of thousands of Kun troops had escaped from the south of the city. But it didn't matter, because the 50,000 Tianyu troops led by Liang Kai were waiting for them.
He walked along the street, watching the Yan army fighting and capturing people in the city.
In this battle, Shen Changgong commanded the entire process without drawing a single blow.
Wearing bright silver steel armor, a white cloak behind him, and a ferocious mask on his face, he looks heroic, hideous, and oppressive.
Shen Changgong was riding a tall horse, and all the Yan soldiers along the way saluted him immediately when they saw him.
Suddenly, Shen Changgong heard a woman's scream and a man's lewd laughter not far away, accompanied by the screams of other men.
The sound came from a small courtyard on the side of the road. Shen Changgong immediately turned his horse around and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.
His eyes darkened. The military discipline of Dayan had been repeatedly emphasized, and it was strictly forbidden to rob property or rape women. Violators would be severely punished and dealt with as if they had disobeyed military orders during wartime.
I didn't expect that there are still people who dare to commit crimes in defiance of the law. Do they really think that his military discipline as King Lanling is bullshit?
Without his order, the guards behind him rushed forward and kicked the door open.
The guards rushed in with their swords drawn. Shen Changgong dismounted and also walked in.
However, the scene before him was different from what he expected.
I saw four or more young men, all wearing ordinary linen clothes. Some were beating others, some were happily moving valuables out, and four men were pressing down two beautiful women and stripping off their clothes.
When they saw Shen Changgong and others coming in, they were shocked and stopped what they were doing immediately.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Shen Changgong asked coldly.
The middle-aged couple who were being beaten quickly moved back. They could see that the armor they wore was from the Yan army. The armor from the Kun army was not of this color.
Bandits pass by like a comb, and soldiers pass by like a rake. This enemy army causes much more harm to people than those ruffians and hooligans.
Shen Changgong also realized that this group of people were probably a gang of local hooligans in Yangbei County. They wanted to take advantage of the situation to rob and loot. When the Yan army attacked the city and the officers and soldiers of Kun State were killed, no one cared about them. They wanted to take the opportunity to rob and rape to make some money.
No one cares anyway. Want to report it to the authorities? The authorities are all gone.
The leader of the gang saw Shen Changgong wearing fine armor and knew at a glance that he was an officer in the Yan army. He hurriedly came over with gold, silver and jewelry, bowed and said,
"Master, we are one family. We are also loyal to Dayan. We helped you to rob these as a gift to you."
"Help us rob them? What about these? What's going on with them?"
Shen Changgong pointed at the two women and the couple below and asked.
The gangster rolled his eyes and said,
"General, you don't know that this family are accomplices of the Kun Army. They are harboring the Kun Army. We came here to search and help you catch those Kun Army members."
"Really? Then you are truly loyal and good people. I must reward you well."
"Excuse me, General. It's my duty."
"Then whose orders were you following to come here to rob? Or to come here to search?
Tell me their names, and which legion?"
"Forehead……"
The gangsters were so nervous that sweat broke out on their foreheads. How could the Yan army possibly order them to help with the robbery?
But Shen Changgong had to be on guard against this situation.