Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 695

[Chapter 695]

Huai City.

At this moment, the city is full of troops coming from the north.

Hiding on the side of the street, looking at these dejected soldiers, the people of Huaicheng talked a lot.

“Brother Wang, Brother Han, Lord Zuo Teng, you can rest here. Pengcheng can at least stop King Yan’s troops for a while. Even if they pass Pengcheng, they have to find a way to cross Huai River.” Xie Duan said.

After a pause, he continued: “Although my Xie family’s navy is not as good as the Liang family’s, there are still hundreds of warships, so they won’t let them cross the river easily.”

Han Zheng and Wang Zi’an looked at each other, relaxed tone.

Along the way, they did not stop, not daring to rest for a day.

Because they know that even if they waste one day, they may be caught up the next day.

The long march made them very tired.

Now, finally, I can rest.

Makoto Sato heard the words and said: “This is not enough. It is better to fill some ships with stones and scuttle these warships at the junction of the canal and Huaihe River to prevent King Yan’s warships from going south from the canal and entering the Huaihe River.”

Xie Duan’s eyes lit up, and he said: “Master Sato is wise, I will give you my orders.”

All the troops entered the city.

Xie Duan let the powerful and wealthy troops station in the camp, and arranged a house for Han Zheng and others.

In the evening, he held a banquet in the most prestigious restaurant in Huaicheng, and invited Han Zheng, Wang Zi’an, Sato Majiu, etc., and also called several wealthy families to accompany him.

Although the war in the north is going on, Huaicheng is still peaceful with singing and dancing.

From time to time, the sound of piano and singing came from the nearby brothel.

In order to please Sato Majiu, Xie Duan invited the oiran ladies from various families in the Huaicheng brothel to add fun.

After drinking for three rounds, Xie Duan looked at Majiu Sato who was having a cup of wine with Mrs. Huakui, and said slowly: “Master Sato, King Yan’s army is pressing on every step of the way. My life depends on this alliance.”

In Lucheng At that time, he was only worried about the casualties of Xie’s soldiers and horses in the war.

When he entered Ningzhou, he was distressed not only by the soldiers of the Xie family, but also by the counties in Ningzhou.

As it is now, although they can delay King Yan’s troops from going south, they will eventually be driven to the south of Jiujiang.

If King Yan’s soldiers and horses crossed Jiujiang and continued to attack them, then their Xie family would lose all their territory just like the Han family.

Therefore, he was able to join the Eastern Land Alliance that Sato Mahisa said.

In this way, Jinling and several Xiejia cities in the south of Jiujiang may be preserved.

Even in the future, they will be able to defeat King Yan and regain the lost land.

“Liang Kai will definitely agree. If he doesn’t agree, King Yan will beat him next!” Han Zheng blushed and put the wine glass back on the table.

Since leaving Yicheng, his mood has been very dull.

Because, all the territory of his Han family was lost, just like a bereaved dog.

Although Xie Duan still talked about Brother Han to him.

But he knew that his Han family was no longer equal to his Xie family in Xie Duan’s eyes.

The only things of value are the 50,000 Han family soldiers and 50,000 Hao family private soldiers he swung.

As for the Wang family, during the march, Wang Zi’an tried to curry favor with Xie Duan several times.

He knew that the Wang and Han families were originally huddling together to keep warm and fight against King Yan.

Now that Wang Zi’an wants to protect himself, there is nothing wrong with getting close to the Xie family.

But he just couldn’t swallow this breath, and in the end he could only put the blame on King Yan.

He is also obsessed with the Eastern Land Alliance that Sato Mahisa said, and firmly believes that this matter can be achieved.

“Brother Han said that his Liang family fled without a fight. He just wanted us to stand up to him, but in the end, he couldn’t run away either.” When Wang Zi’an was speaking, he poured Xie Duan a glass of wine himself.

Xie Duan nodded, still looking at Makoto Sato, “I also think that the Liang family will not sit still, but it is said that the Liang family has some conflicts with Dongying and Britain. Will the Liang family settle down because of this?”

This question stopped Makoto Sato.

He only knew that the shogunate was building an alliance against King Yan, but he didn’t know how to resolve the conflicts between the Liang family and Dongying and Britain.

However, the Dongying soldiers who sent him the letter once said that the shogunate would plant eyeliners on the Liang family’s merchant ships traveling to and from Dongying, and use them to pass information.

So he said: “If it is correct, the latest information will be sent in the next few days.”

Xie Duan, Wang Zi’an, and Han Zheng were overjoyed, and they all stood up to toast Sato Majiu.

In this way, I waited for three days in Huai City.

They didn’t wait for the news from Dongpu, but they waited for the news that Pengcheng had been captured.

After taking down Pengcheng, King Yan’s troops continued to move southward. In two days, they reached the north bank of the Huaihe River and cleaned up the sunken ships at the intersection of the canal and the Huaihe River.

The four Yanzhou warships also arrived one after another.

This took them by surprise, and they immediately decided to continue their evacuation south.

This time they plan to go to Yangcheng, cross Jiujiang, and go to Jinling.

…

the north bank of the Huaihe River.

When Xie Duan and others fled to the south, Chang Wei was directing the prisoners who could swim to go to the middle of the river to salvage stones.

After taking Yizhou, he considered the problem of going south to the Huaihe River.

Therefore, when they were in Yicheng, they sent cavalry to Jinhe and ordered four warships to go down the canal to cooperate with them in fighting.

However, due to the twists and turns of the canal, the warships moved slower than them, and they only arrived now.

Unexpectedly, the mouth of the Huaihe River and the canal were blocked.

“According to this situation, it will take at least five or six days to clean up and the battleship can pass through.” Chang Wei secretly said.

Although there are many soldiers in Pengcheng, they are no match for their guns and artillery.

After three days of suffering, more than 80,000 people were killed or injured, and the private soldiers of the rich and powerful families in the city could not hold on anymore.

On the third day they entered the city, the soldiers chose to surrender.

He wanted to give it a go, but something went wrong.

Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but frown.

However, he had no other way.

On the sixth day, the river was finally dredged.

Four warships entered the Huaihe River, and they also let the royal army collect enough civilian ships.

At noon on the sixth day, the Wangfu’s troops crossed the Huaihe River and arrived at Huaicheng after a day’s march.

Here, Xie Duan left 50,000 soldiers and horses to guard.

After a night of fighting, the royal army captured Huaicheng easily.

Knowing that the powerful clan’s army fled to Yangcheng, Chang Wei immediately ordered to march to Yangcheng.

The distance between Huaicheng and Yangcheng is three hundred miles.

Because they were advancing too fast, Zhongli couldn’t keep up with them in establishing the rear, and there was a problem with food and grass.

Chang Wei had no choice but to let the soldiers rely on the spare fried noodles, pack lightly, and go to Yangcheng.

It’s just that when they arrived in Yangcheng, they suddenly discovered an astonishing scene.

In front of Yangcheng, there are three trenches 30 meters apart.

Two layers of sandbags were piled up in front of the ditch, and the powerful soldiers were standing in the ditch with flintlock guns, with only one head exposed, pointing their guns at them.

There’s even artillery in the trench area, and everything appears to be in order.

On the city wall of Yangcheng, Wang Xie and Xie An looked calm, and beside them stood a man with blond hair and blue eyes, wearing a blue jacket and black pants.

(end of this chapter)