Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 791

[Chapter 791 Zhao Xu’s Pit]

“Bang bang bang…”

“Boom!”

“…”

When Luther and Wang Xie withdrew to the second trench, the battle at Niutautan showed a one-sided trend.

When the powerful soldiers who were fighting in front suddenly realized that there was no support from the reserve team, their hearts suddenly collapsed.

A large number of soldiers directly dropped their weapons, raised their hands, and chose to surrender.

In less than half an hour, the soldiers of the palace took control of the entire Niutautan.

Niutoutan was conquered, Zhao Xu, Chang Wei, Lu Chang and other generals crossed the river by steamboat.

“Your Highness, all the remnants of the powerful clan fled towards Jinling, and probably went to the second trench fortification.” The

battlefield was filled with gunpowder smoke, and the trench was filled with the corpses of powerful soldiers and mercenaries. Zhao Xu was inspecting with serious brows. Wei said.

Just now a school lieutenant reported to him what had been detected.

Zhao Xu nodded and took Niutautan, leaving only two trenches in Jinling City.

The next step is to destroy these two fortifications and annihilate the enemies on the battlefield.

The main goal of any war is to annihilate the enemy’s vital forces, rather than simply siege cities and villages.

Most of Xie’s, Han’s, and Wang’s forces are concentrated in Jinling. If this force is wiped out, both Sioux City and Songcheng will be defeated.

But if they cannot be wiped out, they will rely on their strong forces to fight him city by city.

That’s why he didn’t take advantage of the tricks to attack other coastal cities from the downstream.

In the end, he still couldn’t avoid the battle of Jinling.

“There’s no need to chase after them. Let the soldiers rest for two or three days before marching towards Jinling.” Zhao Xu said after a moment of pondering.

Jinling City is right in front of you, so you can’t run away.

The Xie family and the other three families would not run away either, and if they ran away, the Tianxia Granary fell into his hands.

Therefore, both of them always have to decide the outcome.

Furthermore, the east and west trenches of Jinling City can support each other.

Why should he use a tired army that has fought against a powerful army that is waiting for work.

It’s better to take a rest in An’an and take it all in one pot.

In addition, there is one more.

There are two rivers in the east and west of Jinling, the Yuntai River in the west, which is the modern Qinhuai River, and the Jiuxiang River in the east. There is a mountain in the middle of the two rivers, which is the modern Zhongshan River.

Including Jiujiang, Jinling is located between three rivers and one mountain, which can be described as easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Because Jinling’s trench fortifications are behind the Qinhuai River and Jiuxiang River.

So he needs to prepare tools to cross the river.

For example, drag some small boats ashore and nail planks on them.

When fighting, push these small boats into the river and connect them back and forth with iron cables to form a pontoon bridge.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chang Wei replied.

Zhao Xu looked at the nearly ten thousand soldiers of the powerful clan who had been captured, and said, “In war, sometimes you also pay attention to the strategy of attacking the heart. These prisoners can be used to tap the morale of the powerful clan.”

Chang Wei didn’t know why, so he looked at Zhao Xu , waiting for the following.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Xu said: “Take these captives to Jiangbei, and let them see the prosperous life in Jiangbei.”

Chang Wei smiled wryly, “Your Highness, these captured soldiers are either from a wealthy family or relatives of a wealthy family. The common people are equally grateful for His Highness, and it is useless to let them see you.”

“It is not certain.” Zhao Xu rolled his eyes, “This king has not exterminated all the wealthy families, and the wealthy families who are willing to hand over their land can live well in Jiangbei? ”

After a pause, he continued: “Let them see that the rich family who handed over their land is still doing well, and will always leave them with some shocking impressions. Then let them come back and spread it among the powerful clan army. At least it can disintegrate some people’s will to resist.”

Chang Wei nodded slowly, “Your Highness still thinks deeply.”

After deciding this matter, Chang Wei ordered the prisoners to be taken to Jiangbei, and led them to the countryside for a walk. Turn around, let them see the earth-shaking changes in Jiangbei.

After resting at Niutautan for two days, Zhao Xu ordered the army to approach Jinling City.

In the case of Yuntai Hexi, he confronted the opposing army of the clan.

Stopping two kilometers away from the Yuntai River, he looked through the binoculars at the well-organized trench fortifications on the other side of the river.

Compared with the Niutautan fortification, the Jinling trench fortification is longer, basically walking around the city.

Moreover, the first row of trenches is only about ten meters away from the river, apparently to prevent them from crossing the river.

In comparison, it is more difficult to attack than Niutautan.

After observing for a while, Zhao Xu frowned and ordered the soldiers to set up camp.

However, he didn’t let the royal family’s troops set up wooden fences around the camp to keep horses from waiting, but simply set up tents.

“Hey, Your Highness, will they be fooled?”

In Zhao Xu’s tent, Chang Wei laughed heartlessly.

When marching and fighting, setting up camps is a must, this is to prevent the army from being attacked at night and suffering heavy losses.

This time Zhao Xu did the opposite, so he naturally had his own plans.

Because they have a more powerful means of defense than wooden fences – mines.

The opponent’s trench position was difficult to attack, so he led the snake out of the hole, let them take the initiative to attack, and took advantage of the chaos to win.

“The chance of being fooled is very high.” Zhao Xu looked confident.

With the strength of the royal family’s army, it is easy for the other party to think that they are arrogant, so they don’t even set up a camp.

In this way, a large number of elites will be sent to try to attack at night.

After all, no general will let go of an opportunity to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

In this way, he could have soldiers plant mines around the tents.

Surprise them when they sneak up.

At the same time, the soldiers of the palace can also sleep peacefully.

It’s not too late to come out to fight until the mine is detonated.

“Hahaha, the last general can’t wait.” Lu Chang, Qin Shan, Guan Tong and other generals were also there, and they couldn’t help laughing.

Zhao Xu went on to say: “However, soldiers go to sleep when they sleep, but when they wake up, they must be able to enter the battle as soon as possible, enter their respective positions, and leave a mark when laying mines, so as not to be unable to get out the next day.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Everyone answered yes.

Although the royal army has long brought the landmines to the north bank of Jiujiang.

But due to the confrontation across the river, they were basically useless.

The other party doesn’t understand landmines, so it will definitely surprise them.

On the other side of the Yuntai River.

Luther and Wang Xie naturally noticed the encampment of the royal family’s troops.

There is a flat river near the Yuntai River, and the barracks of the royal family’s troops are just like this without any protection. They are stationed in a wide area, just like a young girl walking alone at night.

“Could it be a trap?” Wang Xie asked Luther.

The failure of the Battle of Niutautan made them more and more hopeful that there would be a victory, which was inspiring.

“Maybe, maybe not, I can’t tell.” Luther shook his head.

The opponent’s defenseless camp made it difficult for him to suppress the idea of a sneak attack.

But the battle at Niutautan made him afraid again.

So dare not decide.

But he didn’t want to let go of this opportunity, so he said, “We’ll find out after investigating at night.”

(end of this chapter)