Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 603

[Chapter 603 War Horn]

“Bah!”

Chang Wei spat.

At this time, after struggling on the ground twice, General Dongpu didn’t get up, he could only lie on the ground, panting violently.

“Papa…” Zhao Xu clapped his hands.   Then he looked at the Dongying

general: “You should tell all you know, or let me do it.”

Zhao Xu shouted.

Without waiting for Haikou to translate, Zhao Xu waved his hand, “Give him to Xu Ke.” The

Dongying general said that he would not speak even if he died.

Then we can only let him see the methods of the Fourth Court.

With orders, two royal guards stepped forward and dragged the Dongpu generals away from the meeting hall.

“Your Highness, the last general is called back this time, is he going to attack Qi?”

Zhao Xu nodded, and from the arrogant appearance of this Dongpu general, we can see Dongpu’s current attitude towards Da Song.

Since they dared to set foot on Da Song’s territory.

He wanted Dongying to understand that if he wanted to bite someone, he had to have a good set of teeth, otherwise he would just be beaten all over the place looking for teeth.

Of course, there is also Qi.

As a citizen of Dasong, he actually hangs out with Dongying people and connives at Dongying soldiers killing the people of Dasong.

He believed that if his army did not arrive in time this time, the people in Dachang Village would definitely suffer.

Just this point, he wants to let the Han family understand that those who lead wolves into the house will suffer a terrible death.

“Hey…” Chang Wei clenched his fists to make a crisp sound.

King Yan admitted it.

Next, Yanzhou will use troops to align with the country.

Before Chang Wei came, Zhao Xu had prepared Da Song’s map.

At this time, he slowly spread out the map on a table.

Pointing to the three cities north of the Jin River, he said: “This king wants you to take down the three cities of Leling, Pingyuan, and Yangping.”

The dividing line between Yanzhou and Qizhou is not Jinhe.

It is the three cities north of the Jin River, and their control areas.

Throughout the ages, if you want to win Qizhou, you must win these three cities, and then you can cross the Jinhe River.

Similarly, if Qizhou forces want to take Yanzhou, these three cities are also very important.

Occupying here, they can advance and attack, retreat and defend, relying on these three cities to continuously harass Yanzhou.

But Yanzhou can only defend passively. Qi State’s tentative attack on Yanzhou this time is the epitome of this advantage.

Although it is a county seat, the walls of the three cities are not inferior to the county seat at all.

In order to prevent the northern forces from going south, the forces entrenched in them often hoard heavy troops in these three cities.

Chang Wei nodded, and King Yan wanted to go with him.

He was already upset with these three cities.

It’s like the neighbor across the river built an arrow tower in front of his house.

He can shoot arrows at your house through the arrow tower at any time, but if you want to break into their house, you have to pull out the arrow tower, which is very passive.

But as long as these three cities are taken down, the Jin River will no longer be an inland river of Qi.

They will be able to pass through the canals in Pingcheng, reach Fanyang, and from Fanyang to Jinhe.

In this way, in addition to the estuary of the Haihe River, Yanzhou will have an additional estuary of the Jinhe River.

“These three cities will soon become His Highness’s territory.” Chang Wei’s eyes lit up.

Zhao Xu’s eyes showed anticipation. The Jin River is the Yellow River.

Although the Hai River is also good, it is not as spacious as the Jin River.

Extending the territory to the Jin River is equivalent to adding an additional transportation line for merchant ships going to sea.

This can promote the development of commerce and trade in Yanzhou.

Although it is said that merchants can also borrow Jinhe in the past.

But passing through here, they will be heavily taxed by the Han family.

For this, Yanzhou merchants have long been dissatisfied.

In addition, relying on the strength of the Yanzhou Navy, he will be able to firmly control the river from Jinzhou to Qizhou from now on.

Sizhou, Jinzhou, and Yanzhou will be connected by the Jinhe River, and coal can reach Yanzhou more conveniently in the future, which is of great strategic significance.

Of course, there is another point that is equally important. After taking these three cities, Jinhe will become the natural moat of Yanzhou, protecting Yanzhou like Yanguan.

“Although the firearms of the soldiers of the Royal Mansion are better than those of the Qi State, you still have to be careful in this battle.”

“You can’t attack recklessly just because you are rushing for time, causing unnecessary casualties to the soldiers. After all, there are many soldiers placed on these three cities There are fewer artillery pieces, and we are on the offensive side, so we are at a disadvantage.” Zhao Xu said.

After a pause, he continued: “And from this Qi army, it can be judged that the Dongying people are obviously training Qi soldiers. It is unknown whether they have brought some different tactics from Dongying.”

“Yes, Your Highness, I will finally understand.” Chang Wei said.

What King Yan meant was to give him enough time to attack the city, and not limit when he could take these three cities, so as to avoid unnecessary losses caused by the generals of the royal family who were eager for quick success.

Agreed on this matter.

Chang Wei returned to Fan Yang.

Coincidentally, among the three southern counties of Yanzhou, Fanyang County is facing Leling, Guangning County is facing Pingyuan, and Dai County is facing Yangping.

Among them, Leling and Pingyuan are located in Qizhou, while Yangping is located in Yuzhou.

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at the same time.

The three soldiers who fled from Yanzhou had already crossed the Jin River and were heading towards Lucheng.

After another two days, the three of them arrived in Lucheng.

“What? The flintlock guns of King Yan’s soldiers can kill people at a distance of 150 meters!” Sato Mahisa looked shocked.

“It’s absolutely true,” said the only Dongpu soldier who escaped back.

Two Qi soldiers were describing the entire war process to Han Zheng.

Immediately, the two were silent for a long time.

Han Zheng sighed quietly: “It’s no wonder King Yan was able to win the battle of Ningjin and wiped out so many soldiers and horses in Beidi. It turns out that they replaced them with new flintlock guns.”

Looking at Sato Mahisa, he gave a thumbs up, “Sato Your Excellency is really considerate, if we rashly go to war with King Yan without this test, we will definitely suffer heavy losses.”

Sato Makoto smiled wryly, although he found out the details of King Yan, he couldn’t laugh at all. .

Dongying’s latest flintlock gun has a range of only 130 meters.

This proved to him that King Yan’s firearms were more advanced than Dongpu’s.

But the more so, it aroused his murderous intentions.

This made him realize that he must take advantage of Da Song’s split to destroy King Yan, otherwise, they will never have any chance in the future.

More importantly, this is about Japan’s national fortune.

Defeat Da Song, and Dongying will be the overlord of Dongtu.

On the contrary, he will live in the shadow of Da Song forever.

And this is unacceptable to him and the entire shogunate.

They have seen the glory of the Western Lands over the world, which is what they want in Japan.

Let them live in the mud, they would rather die.

Thinking of this, he immediately wrote a letter in person, and asked people to send it to the Dongying Merchant Hall, and asked them to rub it into several copies, hand them over to different merchant ships, and send them to the Dongying Shogunate.

Their great general, the Watanabe case needs to understand all this.

(end of this chapter)