I am a commoner, but I will lead the empress to unify the world

Chapter 397 Killing and Punishing the Heart

Both the Yan army and the rebels were determined to defeat the enemy within a day.

The Yan army relied on its powerful firearms, which could blow the enemy and the city gates to pieces.

The rebels relied on their invulnerable armor and crudely made swords in their hands.

The next morning, the Yan army set out.

Sun Tzu's Art of War says: "Thus, the rule of employing troops is to surround them if you have ten of them, attack them if you have five of them, fight them if you have twice as many as them, fight them if you are the enemy, flee if you are outnumbered, and avoid them if you are inferior." Therefore, the strength of a small enemy is the strength of a large one.

Shen Changgong had an army of 300,000 men, while the enemy had an army of 100,000 men. They also took many of the city's civilians with them and turned them into believers, making their numbers even greater.

However, when the difference in military strength was not that big, Shen Changgong chose to attack the city by siege.

Two hundred and fifty thousand infantrymen were divided into four groups, pulling artillery and marching directly to the four city gates.

Attack from four directions simultaneously, trying not to let any enemy troops escape, and must annihilate them all.

It stands to reason that in a normal siege, it is impossible to use such a force to besiege a city, because this will result in weak forces on each line, making it easy for the enemy to concentrate its strength and defeat them one by one.

However, Shen Changgong's soldiers were all fully armed elites, while the people in front of him were just some rebels who couldn't even get enough food.

He was naked and had no military training.

Shen Changgong couldn't even muster the energy to deal with these people.

But the soldiers below were all eager to try and were extremely excited.

Because when they were fighting on the grassland before, it was basically the Shenji Camp and the Zhennan Army who made the contributions, so they helped to surround the enemy and massacre the elderly, the weak, women and children.

This time is different. This time it is a siege, and the Zhennan Army is useless. The Shenji Camp can only help to bombard the city walls. The rest of the siege and killing of enemies are all the work of their infantry.

Moreover, all the enemies are weak, so it will be easy to kill them.

This is simply a piece of military merit that was picked up for free.

Under the Yan State's reward system for killing enemies, all the Yan soldiers were transformed into killing machines. Even though they knew that these people were once the people of Dayan and rebelled because they were hungry, heads meant military merit, and military merit meant money, and no one could resist money.

They will not have any scruples when they take action.

At the East Gate, 50,000 Changning troops were the first to line up, and the troops at other gates also took their positions one after another.

Now they just need to wait for the sound of a cannon from the East Gate and then they will start the attack.

But Shen Changgong was not in a hurry to attack the city, but called Li Wei over.

Li Wei understood what he meant, smiled, and waved his hand, ordering people to drag out all the prisoners who had been captured before.

The Yellow Turban Army on the top of the city looked at the enemies below, wondering what they were going to do.

When their national teacher saw the yellow scarves wrapped around those people's heads, his face suddenly changed.

He had already anticipated what the Yan army wanted to do.

Li Wei brought those people and a group of soldiers to a distance of two arrows outside the city wall, and then asked those people to kneel down.

Li Wei rode his horse, walked up to those people, and shouted loudly,

"You! Tell me loudly! Are you loyal to the Fish God?!"

Those people looked at each other, knelt on the ground and trembled, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Seeing that they didn't say anything, Li Wei picked up the horsewhip and whipped one of them in the face.

A bloody scar instantly appeared on his face, blood gushed out, and he fell to the ground wailing.

The soldier immediately helped him up and kneeled down again.

Li Wei shouted again,

"This general is asking you a question. Are you loyal or not? Look up. Your leader and other believers are watching you.

Are you going to betray the fish god you believe in?"

Hearing this, those people raised their heads and looked at the national teacher on the top of the city wall, their eyes instantly filled with faith.

One of the small yellow croakers immediately shouted loudly,

"loyalty!"

Everyone else started shouting as well.

"Loyalty! Loyalty!"

"Are you sincere to the Fish God?"

Li Wei laughed and asked again.

"Cheng!"

Those people roared in unison.

Li Wei laughed loudly, quieting them down, and shouted to the people on the top of the city wall,

"Rebel leader, and the traitors of the Yellow Croaker Cult, you all heard it, these people are the most loyal believers of your Yellow Croaker Cult!

They have great faith in the Fish God, and their loyalty is witnessed by the sun and the moon!

Each of them has a magic talisman painted on their body, and they are all invulnerable to swords and guns!

So, we decided to come and witness this miracle, to see the power of the great fish god!"

Li Wei had someone drag out a small yellow croaker, throw it on the ground, and pointed a big knife at the man's neck.

“Everyone, keep an eye on this guy, he’s a small yellow croaker, he’s your captain of a thousand men!

Those who can embroider fish on the Yellow Turban are all your most loyal believers. If they are not loyal, they cannot become a thousand-man commander! Let us see if they are really invulnerable to swords and guns! "

"Next, it's time to witness the miracle!"

Li Wei smiled brightly and waved his hand.

"cut!"

The executioner raised his knife and chopped off the heads of the small yellow croakers with one stroke.

This scene frightened many people on the city wall and they screamed in fear, unable to bear to watch.

They are not afraid of killing people, as many of them have killed people.

But they have always firmly believed that they are invulnerable and that their hearts are the most sincere, and their belief is unwavering.

But the scene before them made them waver.

"What's going on? Aren't you the Dharma Protector Ertai? He is the most sincere."

"Yes, I often see him praying to the gods before eating every day, thanking them for the food, and worshiping the statues of the gods before going to bed every night."

"Whenever he had nothing to do, he would recite scriptures and pray. I never thought that someone with such a sincere heart would be killed."

"It's over. My heart isn't as sincere as that of the Dharma Protector Ertai. Am I going to die too?"

"Is this invulnerability real or not?"

The noise of people's discussions reached the ears of the Imperial Master, making his face darken.

What a murderous and heartbreaking move!

Do you think you can break the fighting spirit in our hearts with just this one move? Wishful thinking!

The Imperial Master immediately shouted,

"Those who believe in God, don't listen to the nonsense of the enemy below. The people they killed were indeed our former believers.

But when they chose to surrender, they were no longer sincere. They actually surrendered to the enemy and the devil. The Fish God will no longer protect them, so they will not be invulnerable!

As long as your heart is sincere enough, you will be invulnerable to swords and guns.

loyalty!"

After hearing this, the ignorant people immediately understood and started shouting loyalty together.