Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 653

[Chapter 653 Rear]

“General, 9,600 soldiers of the Qi State in the city were killed, more than 5,700 were injured, and 15,000 surrendered.”

Entering Wubao, Chang Wei and Lu Chang, under the guard of soldiers, Go straight to the General’s Mansion in the city.

An hour later, the sky was completely dark, and the general who cleaned the battlefield came to report.

After a pause, the general continued: “Our army injured five hundred and sixty-eight people and killed sixteen people.”

Hearing this, Lu Chang and Chang Wei were stunned at the same time, and they couldn’t believe it.

“Sixteen people died in battle?” Chang Wei asked again.

The general nodded, “Indeed there are only sixteen people.”

Chang Wei and Lu Chang looked at each other, both showing gratified expressions.

Lu Chang said: “It’s all thanks to the yellow gunpowder and the hand grenades.”

Chang Wei nodded.

Occupying the city wall, the soldiers were condescending. With a range of 350 meters, they basically meant where to fight

against rifled guns. The flintlock guns of Qi soldiers were rubbish and were useless at all.

And the Qi soldiers who were hiding in a hidden corner and tried to sneak attack were also severely dealt with by grenades.

Furthermore, the reaction of the generals seemed to be due to the effect of the leaflets, and more than half of the Qi soldiers surrendered very simply.

Therefore, this result surprised him, but it was also reasonable.

After all, the firearm gap between the two sides is too great.

This battle was basically a massacre, and Qi State didn’t even have time to use artillery.

The general said again: “We took control of the granary in the city and found a large amount of grain and grass.”

Hearing this, Chang Wei suddenly remembered what King Yan had told him before he set off.

So he said to Lu Chang: “Send someone to guard the granary, and you can find a guide to understand the situation in the nearby countryside. Tomorrow morning, we will go to pull down the Wubao of the rich people in the countryside and wipe out the rich people.”

“Yes, general.” Lu Chang said.

The next morning, Chang Wei got up early.

While sending people to Pingyuan City and moving the theater troupe of the Propaganda Department to Wubao, he ordered an attack on the other two Wubao.

After a night of digging, Qin Shan and Guan Tong dug a circle of horizontal tunnels in front of the remaining two fortresses.

Since the three five forts are separated by three or four miles, the two five forts naturally do not know the situation of the first Wubao.

Therefore, when the densely packed grenades fell on the city wall, the soldiers of Qi State in the two forts were as at a loss as Han Bi.

And their fate is destined to be the same as Han Bi’s.

After a morning of fighting, Qin Shan and Guan Tong occupied two Wubao respectively.

Since then, the three docks built by Qi State at the ferry on the south bank have all been removed.

At the same time, Lu Chang followed Chang Wei’s order and under the guidance of the guide, looked for Wubao in the nearby countryside.

Within two days, Lu Chang occupied all the wealthy Wubao within a radius of fifteen miles.

However, those who stayed in Wubao of these wealthy families were not the direct descendants of the wealthy families.

After interrogation, it was discovered that after the fall of Wubao, these wealthy families fled to Dongping City one after another.

“General, there are only 50,000 people guarding Dongping City, so it’s better to take advantage of the situation.”

Lu Chang said to Chang Wei in Qinghua Village, ten miles south of Wubao.

Shaking his head, Chang Wei said, “Don’t be so eager for quick success. Compared with taking down Dongping City, it is more important to establish a solid rear now.”

“Establish a rear?” Lu Chang showed a strange expression.

Chang Wei nodded, this is what King Yan asked him to do.

Qizhou is different from Yanzhou. The people of Yanzhou and the royal family are a family.

In Yanzhou, wherever the royal family’s troops went, the common people enthusiastically supported them.

But the people of Qi State may not be like this.

Although during this time, they conducted a lot of publicity to the people of Qi State nearby.

But the common people are very smart, and they will not choose to believe it completely based on a leaflet.

Only by letting them see and experience it with their own eyes, will they abandon all concerns and welcome the arrival of the royal army just like the people of Yanzhou.

He even actively provided all kinds of information, acted as a guide to help in combat, and offered to help when the royal family’s army was short of food and grass.

Reaching this point is tantamount to establishing a solid rear.

They can move on without any worries.

Because, their backs are safe.

On the contrary, if you can’t do this.

The common people will wait and see indifferently, even with hostility and fear, and regard them as invaders.

At this time, they will be the eyes of the Han family, providing various information to the Han family.

When they go deep into Qizhou, they will attack their grain roads with Qi soldiers.

If this is the case, they will have to attack south while drawing troops to defend the rear.

And this will inevitably disperse their energy and consume more resources.

Thinking of this, he explained it to Lu Chang.

Hearing this, Lu Chang sighed in admiration. He said, “Your Highness is always so cautious and far-sighted.”

Loosening his shoulders, he came to a well, picked up the water that the soldiers had just brought up, walked to a thatched hut, and poured the water into it. In the water tank in front of the door.

In front of the thatched cottage, stood an old man in ragged clothes.

Seeing this, he was a little at a loss, “Master, it doesn’t have to be like this, it doesn’t have to be like this.”

Lu Chang laughed, “Old man, we Yanzhou soldiers and common people are a family. We came to Qizhou to let you live a good life and let the rich no longer oppress you.”

Then he went back to carry a bag of rice , Enter the house, and pour it into the old man’s rice jar.

The old man was even more flattered, it was always the officers and soldiers who robbed them of their things.

Never have officers and soldiers stuffed things for them.

Trembling on crutches, the old man had tears in his eyes.

(end of this chapter)