Without further ado, Qin Jun and Niu Dazhuang turned around and returned to the center of the formation. After the artillery battalion 500 meters away signaled that they were ready, he pulled out the Qin King Sword that he had spent a high price to copy and swung it hard.
"Attack!"
It didn't take much. Ten 120-caliber mortars fired three rounds at high speed, and thirty shells whistled toward the city wall.
Although some of them missed and fell into the city, most of them still accurately hit the city tower.
Boom! Boom!
The explosion drowned out the screams of Liu Zao and the others. After a round of explosions, the city gate tower, which was not very strong, was blown into pieces. Countless bricks and stones collapsed, mixed with a lot of gravel and blood.
Fire and smoke rose into the sky as thousands of Qin soldiers raised their spears and cheered.
Dumb!
The Qing soldiers who were lucky enough to survive on the nearby city wall looked like they had lost their minds. They sat on the ground and looked at the city tower that was still there a moment ago. Their hearts were filled with extreme fear.
What kind of weapon was this? They hadn't even seen a cannon, and the city tower had already been blown into ruins. Was there still a need to resist?
As long as there was life, there was hope. Someone shouted.
"Stop fighting, we surrender!"
As a result, one after another, people threw their weapons down from the city walls. The Tartar officers came to stop them and directly hacked them to death with their swords. No one could stop them from surrendering.
They were all Han, so the Qin army probably wouldn't kill any Han captives.
In front.
The Qin army, who was about to raise their guns and shoot, was a little confused. They surrendered just like that?
At least resist and shoot me a few times. Don't you know that we get rewards for killing enemies? What's the point of surrendering?
"Damn it, what a coward. I thought I could kill a few more enemies today and get some rewards.”
"Isn't that so? Yesterday, Wang Ergou killed twelve Tartar Cavalry, and tonight, the Quartermaster delivered six taels of silver to him. Our brothers more or less received the reward, and only our 3rd Battalion didn't have the chance to shoot.”
"It's all Battalion Commander's fault for being so cowardly. If he could stand in the first line and open fire, he could make half a tael of silver even with his eyes closed.”
" Shh, don't talk about it. I heard that the officer promotion system will be implemented soon. Each person who kills an enemy will be given one silver coin, but they can accumulate military merits. Once they accumulate enough military merits to be promoted, they can be promoted to an officer. The salary of an officer is high, and even the military uniform is different!”
"Really?"
" It's absolutely true. This is what I heard from the battalion commander. When he went to the meeting this morning, the lord personally told me about the military rank system…the military merit promotion system…and all kinds of military benefits…"
"What's a military rank?"
"I don't know. He should be a squad leader, platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, or regiment commander.”
"Oh."
The soldiers whispered to each other for a few minutes. After Qin Jun made sure that no one resisted, he threw away all his weapons and turned to order Niu Dazhuang.
"Leave a company behind to guard the captives and the city gates. The cavalry battalion will spread out and guard the other three city gates. Before nightfall, you are allowed to enter Spring City, but you are not allowed to leave.”
"After entering the city, capture all the Tartars, confiscate their properties and transport them to the governor's yamen. In addition, cut off their braids from house to house in squads and platoons.”
"Don't be soft-hearted. Cutting the braids is a hard requirement, understand?”
Cutting braids in the whole city?
Niu Dazhuang was slightly nervous.
Since 1659, when the Tartars occupied the southwest region, they had ruled for a full hundred years. The people had initially resisted, but now they were obedient, and then they were loyal. It was not that easy to cut off their braids.
If they conquered the entire southwest and made the people realize that the Qin army was unstoppable and that the Tartars were bound to lose, they only needed to send out a notice to cut their braids.
"My lord, I think we should wait for a while. It's not the time to cut braids on a large scale yet.”
No!
Qin Jun shook his head. He didn't want to look at that disgusting braid for even a minute. If he looked at it any longer, he would feel his stomach churning and he would want to vomit.
"Forget it. Let the cavalry send out an order to the entire city. Leave the braids without the head. Leave the head without the braids. Whoever dares not cut the braids within four hours will be sentenced to death if they are found out!”
He couldn't persuade her.
Niu Dazhuang could see the disgust in Qin Jun's eyes. He knew that he couldn't persuade him today. If he tried to persuade him, he would be scolded.
"Yes, I'll make the arrangements now."
An hour later.
The Qin army officially took over Spring City. They guarded the city gates and set up machine guns. On the streets of Spring City, more than a hundred Qin soldiers on warhorses shouted.
"The king of Qin ordered that those who do not cut their braids within four hours will be killed without mercy!”
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"The king of Qin ordered that those who do not cut their braids within four hours will be killed without mercy!”
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"The king of Qin ordered that those who do not cut their braids within four hours will be killed without mercy!”
The moment the order was given, Spring City instantly erupted into an uproar.
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