The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 695
The defenders of Mianyang were quickly defeated under the fierce offensive of the National Defense Army's cannons. Coupled with Di Qing's previous offensive strategy, the collapse was even faster.

The infantry rushing to the top of the city began to chase and kill the rout soldiers, and at the same time opened the city gate, lowered the drawbridge, and let more officers and soldiers rush into the city.

The defenders fled in all directions, kneeling down and surrendering without the will to resist under the pursuit of the officers and soldiers.While taking the prisoners, the officers and soldiers continued to pursue and kill them.

The city was in chaos. After Di Qing entered the city, on the one hand, he ordered to maintain order in the city and strictly prohibited harassment of the people. On the other hand, he sent cavalry to join the team chasing the deserters.

It was learned from the captives that Sun Kewang did not die in the artillery fire, but was escorted by a group of personal soldiers and rushed out of the south gate and fled towards Jinguan City.

Di Qing sent a team of cavalry and a few captives to hunt down Sun Kewang as designators, and told them to chase only fifty miles away, and return immediately if they didn't have any hands by then.

The life and death of a Sun Kewang will not affect the overall situation. After all, under the pressure of artillery, an artifact of war, the significance of personal bravery or resourcefulness has been reduced to a very small level.

When it was getting dark, all the soldiers who chased and killed the deserters rushed back, bringing back many prisoners at the same time.

After statistics, a total of more than 4000 prisoners were captured.Nearly tens of thousands of enemies were killed, and less than ten thousand of them escaped.

On the contrary, Sun Kewang escaped with his life by chance, but most of the soldiers who escorted him to escape lost most of them.

Di Qing didn't take it seriously, and ordered the captives to be resettled, and the whole army buried pots to cook food, so that they could recuperate, and prepare themselves for the next battle.

At the same time, Di Qing ordered to count the achievements of all the soldiers in this war, and rewards will be given according to their merits.

The national defense army is very serious about the verification of military achievements, but the rewards in response are also very generous. Not only are there monetary and material rewards, but also the person can be promoted, and his family can also be honored and respected because of his meritorious deeds, and even tax exemption Special treatment such as corvee service, non-admission to officials, and priority in imperial examinations can be said to be full of gold.

This is also one of the important reasons why Jiang Chuan was able to form an elite army of one million in just half a year, because the enthusiasm of the people to join the army was truly aroused.

The most direct impact of this reward system among the people is that many people will give priority to soldiers when choosing husbands for their daughters.

Soldiers today are not the cannon fodder soldiers of the past. Many people go to the army simply because they are coerced or forced to survive.Serving as a soldier now not only has rich and affordable rewards that make people jealous, but also has a much higher probability of surviving on the battlefield.

After all, everyone knows that the artillery of the official army is mighty and invincible, almost invincible in the world.When fighting, it is no longer necessary to pile up human lives as before. Instead, the cannons are set up and blasted for a while, and the soldiers go up to pick up heads when the enemy is beaten to the ground and defeated.

Who wouldn't want such an army?
As a result, soldiers of the National Defense Forces suddenly became popular in the blind date market, and the thresholds of some young military officers' homes were even broken by matchmakers who came to propose marriage.

But the national defense force is the court field army after all, and it is the absolute main force in the regular army.Moreover, the core is composed of soldiers from the fortress base, and only a small number of soldiers are composed of ordinary people's children.

Too many monks and too few porridges naturally cannot meet the needs of the blind date market, so many people have to settle for second best and turn their attention to the soldiers of the National Guard.

Although they belonged to the local garrison and belonged to the second-tier army in terms of rank, they could not be compared with the national defense army in terms of elite level or treatment and equipment, but they were also the regular army of the imperial court after all.

Moreover, according to the regulations promulgated by the imperial court, National Guard soldiers who have performed particularly well in combat can be selected to serve in the National Defense Forces.

This is equivalent to giving these soldiers and their families a hope of rising.

This popular phenomenon in the blind date market has prompted more people to actively ask to join the army, thus ensuring that the quality of soldiers in the army has been further improved.

Coupled with the fact that the imperial court published various news stories about the glory and benefits of joining the army in the capital, the status of soldiers in the hearts of the people all over the world suddenly rose a lot.

Therefore, the soldiers in the army are eager to fight, yearn to fight, and the spirit of daring to fight is very full, and the atmosphere of rewarding meritorious deeds is even more enthusiastic.

The gold content of military merit is so great, so it is even more important to ensure fairness and justice.In addition to the staff officer who specializes in recording military achievements, each unit has to explain himself, and more than three people will testify, and finally form a conclusion, to ensure that every soldier gets a fair evaluation to the greatest extent.

It is precisely because the atmosphere of seeking war in the army is extremely strong that the cavalry unit chasing Sun Kewang can go all the way and chase them separately. Although they failed to kill Sun Kewang, they killed most of his soldiers and made him flee. His combat effectiveness is even more terrifying.

Not to mention that Di Qing was rectifying the army and horses in Mianyang City and preparing to march towards Jinguan City, but Sun Kewang fled back to Jinguan City in embarrassment to plead guilty to Zhang Xianzhong.

Zhang Xianzhong was moody and had a penchant for killing. If he wanted to kill someone, he would just find an excuse to kill him.

Sometimes even his confidants would be killed by him at will.

Although Sun Kewang was Zhang Xianzhong's confidant general and adopted son, but this time he suffered a big defeat, not to mention the loss of troops, and the loss of Jinguan City, which is already a capital crime.

Not to mention that he has given up on being Zhang Xianzhong's successor now, and only thinks about how to save his life.

The army was coming so fiercely, and the artillery was so sharp and invincible, it was difficult for the Great Western Army to resist, and the so-called Great Western Kingdom would be finished sooner or later.Zhang Xianzhong, the famous Eight Great Kings, might not be able to protect himself in the end. Who would be interested in being the so-called successor.

In addition, he often belittled Li Dingguo and others intentionally or unintentionally in front of Zhang Xianzhong. This time, Li Dingguo will definitely make trouble in front of Emperor Daxi, and it will be hard to say whether his children will survive.

But he had to go back to Jinguan City, because he had nowhere to go, and his wife and children were all in the city.If he fled just now, his wife and children would definitely die.

Although he followed Zhang Xianzhong and killed countless innocent people, he also had such deep feelings for his family and was unwilling to give up easily.

After Sun Kewang returned to Jinguan City with trepidation, he didn't even have time to change into clean clothes, and immediately went to the palace to ask to see the emperor.

Knowing that he was guilty, he found a bundle of thorns and carried it behind his back, knelt outside the palace, making a gesture of pleading guilty, hoping to fight for some chance of survival.

As for how effective it would be, he had absolutely no confidence in his heart.

A companion is like a tiger, while Zhang Xianzhong is a moody and vicious tiger, and his mind is even more difficult to guess.

(End of this chapter)