Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 678

[Chapter 678 Choice]

“Your Majesty, Xie Duan asks to see you.” While Han Zheng and Sato Mahisa were discussing, another eunuch came to the imperial study.

Looking at each other with Sato Mahisa, Han Zheng said: “What did you really say, what is it?”

Then, he turned to Sato Mahisa, and asked, “Master Sato, do you want to avoid it?”

Shaking his head, Sato Makoto said: “No need , since he came here for the Nanliang withdrawal, with me here, I can persuade him to join you in resisting the King of Yan.”

Han Zheng also meant this, and he nodded to the eunuch, motioning for Xie Duan to come in.

After a cup of tea, Xie Duan arrived, and he was obviously surprised when he saw Sato Mahisa.

But now, he could no longer care about the presence of outsiders, and said anxiously, “Your Majesty is up so late, you must already know the news about Nanliang’s withdrawal.”

“That’s right.” Han Zheng said truthfully.

Seeing Han Zheng’s unhurried expression, Xie Duan said annoyedly, “It’s at this time, Your Majesty is very calm, without the 200,000 soldiers and horses from Nanliang and the 100,000 cavalry from Beidi, how can we compete with King Yan?” World War I?”

After a pause, he continued: “After the Liang family and the Fan family left the village in Nanliang, they also withdrew their troops to the south.”

Han Zheng’s eyes darkened, and this matter was within his expectation.

It’s just that he can’t criticize the Liang family and the Fan family now, because if the battle goes against them, they will have to rely on them.

So he said: “It’s not that I’m not in a hurry, but it’s useless to be anxious. After all, the most dangerous people in this war are you and my two families. They haven’t reached their eyebrows yet, and they haven’t been so anxious.”

Xie Duan almost cried out, “” But what should I do? Can our two families win against King Yan? ”

” You have to fight if you can’t win. Don’t tell me you want to hand over Jinling to King Yan?” “Han Zheng asked back.

“Naturally he would not. If King Yan wanted to occupy Jinling, he would have to pay the price of some blood, but even so, if he lost, our heads would have to be used as chamber pots for King Yan.” Xie Duan wry smile.

“That’s not necessarily the case!” Han Zheng glanced at Sato Mahisa and gave him a questioning look.

Sato Majiu nodded, and Han Zheng told Xie Duan the plan in the letter.

Xie Duan was surprised when he heard this.

Turning his eyes, he said: “This is also a way out.”

After that, he nodded to Sato Mahisa and said: “I am willing to fight with Qi and King Yan, and delay the pace of King Yan going south.”

Sato Majiu laughed loudly, put his arms around Han Zheng with one arm, and Xie Duan with the other, and said loudly: “This is an advance based on retreat. If King Yan is destroyed in the future, I promise to help you restore your country and continue to be your happy emperor.” .”

Xie Duan and Han Zheng nodded, and said at the same time: “In this case, I will depend on Mr. Sato.”

They immediately took a solution.

If they don’t agree to Sato Majiu, they will have to fight Yan Wang to defend their territory.

That being the case, it is better to cooperate with Dongying’s plan.

After all, they could see that Dongpu did not want King Yan to rule Dasong, but hoped that several dynasties would emerge on the territory of Dasong.

And it goes along with their interests.

After agreeing on this matter, the three discussed how to deal with the next battle.

Without the soldiers and horses of Nanliang, they could no longer take the initiative to attack King Yan.

However, it is still possible to occupy the danger and resist the King of Yan every day.

At the moment, their goal is to defend the fortress outside Lucheng.

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Dongping City.

At the same time that Nanliang was withdrawing troops, Zhao Xu also received a message from Ma Han.

According to what Ma Han said, the regulations have already arrived in Xiangcheng.

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Zhao Xu immediately sent scouts to investigate, and sure enough, he found the Nanliang soldiers and horses and Beidi cavalry retreating to the southwest.

After a while, they received information that the soldiers of the Liang family and the Fan family were retreating southward.

“Hahaha… Your Highness’s move really hit the snake’s seven inches. This Dou Wei is extremely selfish. Facing the crisis in Xiangcheng, he really doesn’t care about attacking the Yan coalition army, but only cares about himself.” Chang Wei said.

At the moment, both he and Zhao Xu are in the command room of Dongping City.

Zhao Xu nodded. He asked Ma Han to march to the northwest. One was to cut off the connection between Beidi and Nanliang, so as to prevent Beidi from continuously sending troops to Nanliang and participating in large-scale civil strife.

The second is to resolve the Yan coalition forces.

Although, he is confident that he can defeat the army of millions of clans that gathered in Qizhou.

But even if they win, the royal army will definitely suffer certain casualties.

The casualties will be measured in tens of thousands, which he does not want to see.

A few days ago, after investigation, the Allied Forces against Yan had assembled more than 1,500 artillery pieces in Qizhou.

Although the range and power of these artillery are far inferior to those of Yanzhou.

But if the two armies confront each other, the Yanzhou artillery can’t clear them immediately, and these artillery can still cause a lot of casualties to the soldiers of the palace.

Therefore, it is the most cost-effective to disassemble and cut down Yan.

In this way, he can defeat the powerful clans one by one.

“However, the soldiers of the Xie family didn’t seem to have withdrawn. They seemed to be defending Lu City together with the troops of the Qi State.” Chang Wei frowned.

“It’s not surprising. For the Xie family, the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. Qi is dead, and the Xie family’s Ningzhou can’t be kept. Instead of withdrawing, it’s better to deal with us with Qi.” Zhao Xu said.

After pondering for a while, he continued to Chang Wei: “It’s better to fight two at the same time than to fight five at the same time. You immediately go to rectify the troops and prepare to take down the whole Qizhou.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chang Wei looked excited.

During this period of time, the army of the Wangfu captured eight counties outside the four counties in the southwestern part of Qi State.

Moreover, the eight counties have been restructured and government offices have been established.

Now, these eight counties are completely in their hands.

With the support of the people, the folks in Yanzhou only need to transport the grain and grass to Qizhou, and then the people in the eight counties can relay the grain and grass to Dongping City.

Even, they no longer need as much food and grass as planned.

Because part of the food and grass supplies can be obtained from the eight counties of Qizhou.

After Chang Wei left, Zhao Xu looked at Lucheng on the sand table.

This city of Lu is the contemporary Shandong Tai’an. It is located at the southern foot of the Taishan Mountains.

And on the mountain road leading to Lucheng from the two mountain ranges, there are four fortresses that are both passes and cities.

They are Jicheng in the north, Zicheng in the east, Yangcheng in the west and Yicheng in the south.

Among them, Yicheng borders Ningcheng, and you can reach Pengcheng in Ningzhou after leaving Yicheng.

Looking around, he finally looked towards Yangcheng.

The terrain of Jicheng and Zicheng is dangerous. Although Yangcheng is also among the mountains, the mountains here are slightly slower, so it is most suitable to attack here.

However, Han Zheng can naturally think of this, so he will definitely deploy heavy troops in Yangcheng.

But there is no way, not every battle on the battlefield can use ingenuity, and only tough battles can be fought when necessary.

As for Yicheng, he didn’t think about it, because Yicheng was at the southernmost tip of Yimeng Mountain, spanning hundreds of miles.

It would be laborious and time-consuming to go around, it would be better to hit Yangcheng.

Thinking of this, his eyes narrowed slightly.

For him, it is time to sweep the north of Dasong, and go south to unify Dasong.

(end of this chapter)