Chapter 2
Zhao Tai stabilized his body and realized that everyone around him had rushed out, only his brother was still there.
He received too much information when he first arrived, and he was a little confused. He was distracted for a while. In order not to make any mistakes, Zhao Tai tried hard to keep his mind clear. "This is a battlefield. I am in the Mongolian army. I may be killed at any time. This is not the rule of law."
Society."
Hearing the officer's roar, Zhao Tai quickly drew out his sword, picked up his shield to protect his vitals, and followed the team to press towards the city. His movements were actually very standard.
In the process of advancing, arrows rained down from the city head, and the people around him fell to the ground from time to time.
"This is the battlefield!" Zhao Tai's ears were filled with the sounds of killing and wailing. Thinking that the golden soldiers on the opposite side were not good, he gritted his teeth and came to the city wall with his shield in hand.
At this time, the Mongolian soldiers desperately climbed onto the city. The defenders on the city overturned the ladder, and the Mongolian soldiers set up the ladder again, and then rushed up. The two sides saw each other repeatedly at the top of the city.
"Zhao Tai, come up!" The ghost of the captain was still lingering. He came to Zhao Tai at some point and waved his sword to order Zhao Tai to paddle under the city.
Zhao Tai remembered his face and scolded this guy a thousand times in his heart, so he could only grit his teeth and climb up the ladder.
He climbed up the ladder, and when he was almost at the top of the city, two spears came down from the top of the city. Fortunately, he blocked it with his shield and was not stabbed off the top of the city.
However, Zhao Tai did not dare to continue climbing up, but the urging voice from below sounded again, "Zhao Tai, you little bird, get up here!"
Zhao Tai could only grit his teeth and hold up his shield. When he climbed to the top of the city, a spear immediately came towards him, but he blocked it with his shield like a reflex.
At this time, Zhao Tai saw clearly the appearance of the owner of the spear. He was a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, which shocked him.
The young man's immature face was full of ferocity that was inconsistent with his age. He raised his spear again and stabbed, shouting, "Go to hell, dog Tatar!"
Seeing this, Zhao Tai hurriedly retreated, but at this moment a figure jumped onto the city wall, grabbed a spear, raised his hand and slashed the young man over, and blood splashed on Zhao Tai's face.
Zhao Tai was shocked. The other person was just a child, and he died in front of his eyes. His heart was shocked.
"Zhao Tai! What's the matter with you? I'll deal with you after this battle is over!" The captain said, then rushed into the crowd with his knife and started fighting.
Zhao Tai originally thought that the people guarding the city were all Jin soldiers. He did not have a good impression of the Jin country. He felt that they were the same as the Mongols and he would not sympathize with them even if they died.
Now when he saw that in addition to the golden soldiers, there were ordinary people guarding the city, he couldn't take action anymore.
The young man's hateful eyes shocked Zhao Tai greatly.
At this time, there were actually not many golden soldiers on Dengzhou City. They were all the people inside the city defending the city. As the Mongolian army rushed to the top of the city, the city's defeat was a foregone conclusion.
"The city is broken, kill!" During a fierce battle at the top of the city, the gate of Dengzhou was knocked open by a siege ram. The Mongolian troops below the city immediately roared into the city. They killed everyone they saw and robbed things they saw.
After all the soldiers and civilians at the top of the city were killed, Zhao Tai also followed the team into the city. His subordinates went around killing people, men, women, old and young, and they were all hacked to death with one knife.
Zhao Tai stood on the street, watching such cruel and bloody killings. Zhao Tai's brain could not accept it all for a while, and his mind went blank.
"Master, please spare your life..." An old woman escaped from the house and saw Zhao Tai standing on the street. She was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.
Zhao Tai came to his senses, but before he could react, the old woman was beheaded by someone.
"Zu Niao, what are you doing standing there? I'm going to charge at you!" It was the commander of the Han army again. He beheaded the old woman with one strike and raised his sword to kill her.
"Damn it, you've urged me three times!" Zhao Tai cursed in his heart, but he still followed a large group of troops and charged towards the state government office along the street.
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At dusk, snowflakes drifted from the gray sky and fell on the rooftops and corpses in the streets, seeming to cover up this horrific battlefield and crime.
On the messy streets, corpses were lying one after another, including Mongolian soldiers, Jin soldiers, and more ordinary people.
The courtyards on both sides of the street were filled with ruins and broken walls. Thick black smoke rose from each house amid flying snowflakes, dyeing the already gloomy sky into pitch black, making it feel like a scorching hell.
Zhao Tai was sitting in front of the Yamen of Dengzhou Mansion, with a fire burning in the Yamen behind him. After the Mongolian soldiers entered the city, the magistrate of the Jin Kingdom set fire to the Yamen, and the entire family was killed in the flames.
At this time, in Dengzhou City, the streets were full of Mongolian soldiers walking around with swords and carrying large and small baggage to rob.
Zhao Tai could hear frightened wails, unwilling roars, and women's shrill screams everywhere. Corresponding to these sounds were the unscrupulous laughter, kicks, and loud curses of the Mongolian soldiers.
At this time, Zhao Tai had already figured out his situation. He was a member of Shi Tianze's command in the Mongolian Right Army.
This army came from the Song Dynasty to destroy the Jin Dynasty. It numbered more than 30,000 people and was led by Temujin's fourth son, Tuo Lei.
They suddenly appeared in the Kingdom of Jin and caught the Jin army by surprise.
Emperor Wanyan Shouxu of the Jin Kingdom quickly dispatched General Wanyan Heda to lead an army of 150,000, preparing to first defeat the Mongolian army that had detoured, and then turn back to consolidate the river defense.
Unexpectedly, the Mongolian Khan Wokuotai led a large army in the middle, captured the river, crossed the river and occupied Zhengzhou, threatening Kaifeng. Wanyan Shouxu had no choice but to order the Jin soldiers who had gone south to block Dengzhou to abandon Dengzhou and return north to aid Kaifeng.
After the main force of the Jin army retreated, Dengzhou's defense was empty, so it was quickly overcome by the Mongols who stayed behind.
In response to the resistance of the defenders, the Mongolian army massacred the city as punishment for the soldiers and civilians of Dengzhou as usual.
At this time, the evil in the city was still going on in the wind and snow, which Zhao Tai'er couldn't bear to hear or see. He clenched his hands, but he could do nothing.
I don’t know how long it took, but a voice from behind said, “Get up!”
Zhao Tai was kicked again. When he looked up, it was still the same Qianhu.
Now Zhao Tai already knows that this Qianhu is his boss, named Shi Wanquan, and is a relative of Wanhu Shi Tianze.
"The Mongols have finished looting. You guys will take some people to search and collect all the bows, arrows, swords, guns, and valuables for me!" Shi Wanquan ordered without question. After speaking, he glanced at Zhao Tai again and threatened fiercely.
Said: "None of you are allowed to hide it secretly. If I find out, I will skin you!"
Zhao Tai could only stand up and found that the city had calmed down for some time. This meant that the massacre was over and there was probably no one alive in the city except the Mongolian army.
The snow in the sky became heavier again. Zhao Tai led his men and horses through the layers of corpses. The strong smell of blood made his stomach churn and he almost vomited.
He saw the corpses of Jin soldiers and civilians thrown to death everywhere on the street. Their flesh and blood were turned out, exposing their white bones. The blood flowed out and gathered into streams with blood foam and heat. It was shocking.
"Bloodbath" is a somewhat exaggerated term, but it is very suitable when used here. Everywhere in the city is indeed as if it has been washed by blood, and there are dazzling colors everywhere.
Zhao Taiqiang endured the discomfort in his heart and walked in the bloody mud that reached the top of his feet. Looking at the scene in front of him, he felt extremely sad.
At this time, they were cleaning up the battlefield along the street and collecting the loot. The scenes before them broke through the bottom line of people and gave him a strong impact.
Zhao Tai looked at the piles of corpses on the street. Most of them were old, weak, women and children, and even newborn babies. They were all nailed to the wall with spears.
When he thought that such a scene would continue to play out, from the north to Sichuan, and then to the south of the Yangtze River, and the world would flow into rivers of blood and pile up mountains of corpses, his heart felt cramped.
How can people be so cruel, how can they be so inhumane?
Suddenly, Zhao Tai tightened his grip on the handle of the knife. His heart began to harden, and he understood the meaning of his coming to this troubled world. "I cannot let the Mongols continue to kill. I want to protect the country and the people, and build a peaceful world."
The terror of the Mongol Empire made the world tremble. All major empires and civilizations on the Eurasian continent were destroyed by the Mongols.
The only thing Zhao Tai is lucky about now is that the Jin Kingdom has not yet been destroyed and the great war between the Mongolian and Song Dynasties has not officially started yet, so he still has the opportunity to make changes.
If it were in Yashan, it would be really disappointing.
At this time, Zhao Taishen was walking on the street with nowhere to go. Looking at his subordinates snatching away the trophies, he felt chills running down his spine and understood that his situation was actually quite dangerous.
"I have to leave the Mongolian army as soon as possible and stay here. They will definitely let me kill civilians and be complicit with them! If I refuse or show the slightest hesitation, they will find out." Facing the killing, Zhao Tai gradually calmed down.
Come down and start thinking about how to go from here.
I should go to Lin'an first, or go to the famous Southern Song Dynasty general Meng Gong to accumulate strength as soon as possible to deal with the Mongolian invasion from the south.
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhao Tai saw a few shops not far away. He thought that if he went to the Southern Song Dynasty, he would have to have a lot of money, otherwise he might not be able to move. So Zhao Tai ordered his subordinates, "You guys, collect the arrows on the street."
, I’ll go over there and have a look.”
Several Han soldiers raised their heads and looked at Zhao Tai with some surprise, feeling that their hundreds of households were a little unusual today.
However, everyone was busy rummaging through the corpses for money, so they did not investigate what was wrong with Zhao Tai, but instead snatched the property they found.
At this time, Zhao Tai entered a store. There was a male corpse lying in the lobby. He went behind the counter and saw a female corpse whose clothes were torn. The goods in the store were scattered everywhere.
After seeing the corpses all over the street, Zhao Tai's inner discomfort was no longer as strong as before. He casually picked up a piece of coarse cloth, covered the female body, and then went to look in the cabinet, only to find that it had been searched long ago.
Several bloody copper coins were found on the ground.
Zhao Tai put the money into his trousers, left the cloth store, and entered a drug store.
There were no corpses seen in this shop. The Mongols were ferocious, but they valued talents from all walks of life. Craftsmen and doctors would leave their lives behind so that they could serve the Mongols.
This may also be the reason why Mongolia is so powerful.
Zhao Tai entered the store, rummaged through the cabinets, and found a few copper coins and two coins.
"Huh! Illiterate, uneducated, it's terrible!" Zhao Tai estimated that the Mongolians didn't recognize this thing and thought it was just waste paper, so it was not taken away.
At this time, he looked at the two pieces of Jiaozi. They were both worth ten guan, which was a lot of wealth. With this money, he should be able to reach Lin'an without having to beg for food on the way.
At this time, Zhao Tai searched for a while, but found nothing else useful. He stood up and looked around, looking at the cabinet where the medicine was kept.
Chapter completed!