Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 794

[Chapter 794 Entering Jinling]

“General Luther, what should we do now?”

Across the Yuntai River, their soldiers scattered in all directions, like headless chickens, and it was impossible to reorganize now.

In war, once the army is in chaos, it basically means failure.

“Retreat, now retreat to Sioux City immediately, and at the same time let the army in the city along the river abandon the city and go to Sioux City together.” Luther said with difficulty.

At present, there are only 50,000 soldiers in Jinling City, and only 50,000 soldiers in the trenches on the eastern front.

One hundred thousand soldiers and horses could not stop Yan Wang’s army at all.

It was impossible for soldiers from other cities to arrive before King Yan conquered Jinling.

Although the raid failed, there are still about 150,000 remnants left.

But these chaotic soldiers can’t play any role in the battle situation at the moment, and may actually be a disservice to the situation.

For example, the remnant soldiers retreating to Yuntai River.

These remnants will only charge back into the formation and cause more trouble.

After they went to Sioux City, it would not be too late to gather these remnants.

“Oh, Jinling, my Jinling, my fate.” Hearing this, Xie Duan beat his chest and stomped his feet, wishing he could be hit to the ground.

But he knew very well that what Luthor said was true.

King Yan’s army is taking advantage of the chaos to kill them, and they will not be able to leave if they don’t leave.

Han Zheng and Wang Zi’an looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

Originally, he had hoped that this raid would regain his confidence, but now he suffered a heavy blow instead.

“Brother Xie, let’s go. If you keep the green hills, you won’t have to worry about no firewood.” Han Zheng patted Xie Duan on the shoulder.

Xie Duan gritted his teeth again, and finally headed towards Jinling City.

Luther took a deep look at the battlefield, and the strong sense of frustration made him almost go crazy.

He lost at Niutautan, and he lost again at Jinling City.

The glory of his life was completely lost in Dasong.

“What I lost, I will definitely win back. I haven’t lost yet.” Clenched his fists, Luther said bitterly.

Then, he followed Xie Duan to Jinling City.

He didn’t dare to stay here any longer. With a hundred thousand troops, he might be able to persist for a while, but King Yan’s army was very treacherous, and he was afraid that he would not be able to leave if he wanted to.

Once Luther, Xie Duan and the others left, the battlefield completely lost control.

The soldiers of the powerful tribe who ran to the Yuntai River fought for the boats in order to cross the river.

Some soldiers ignored everything and jumped into the river to swim to the opposite bank.

Some, who could not swim at all, struggled in the river for a while, then rose from the water and drowned.

When the Yuntai River was in chaos, the soldiers of the royal family’s army were orderly.

The soldiers in charge of building the bridge were protected by two rows of soldiers in the middle.

They also ignored the scattered soldiers, and only focused on Jinling City on the opposite side.

When they reached the river bank, the soldiers put the boats into the water, and the following soldiers put down the boats again and connected them with iron chains. After a while, a pontoon bridge was built on the Yuntai River.

The other royal soldiers rushed towards Jinling City after crossing the river along the pontoon bridge.

Along the way, they encountered no resistance at all.

After crossing the second trench, they entered Jinling City smoothly and quickly controlled all the main roads of Jinling City.

Some generals even led the soldiers to climb up the city wall, and they waved the flags in their hands and cheered outside.

This Jinling City is the Dasong Imperial City, and no one in the world knows it, no one knows it.

Now that they have recovered the imperial city, they are naturally excited.

“Hahaha……”

Generals such as Zhao Xu and Chang Wei also crossed the Yuntai River under the guard of soldiers.

Looking at the soldiers cheering on the city wall, Zhao Xu, Chang Wei and others let out hearty laughter.

Originally, there should have been a fierce battle to be fought in Jinling City.

But the greed of the powerful clan was equivalent to giving them Jinling City for nothing.

Now the remnants of the Shizu army are continuing to flee south with their tails between their legs.

But it doesn’t matter anymore, no matter where they go, the royal army will eventually annihilate them.

The restoration of Jinling City meant the first victory in the Southward Campaign.

It will greatly boost the confidence of the soldiers.

“I think back then, the general had been in the Jinling Palace for five years. The general was familiar with every plant and tree in the palace. I don’t know if the palace is still the same as it used to be.” Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Although Yancheng is now a new imperial city.

But everyone still misses the old imperial city.

For example, Concubine Mi and some royal families often mentioned the prosperity of Jinling in front of them.

Zhao Xu looked at Jinling City, and something in his heart was touched.

Perhaps this stems from some memory in the mind.

After all, the Ninth Prince grew up in Jinling since he was a child, and he has a very deep affection for this place.

But even so, he has no idea of moving the capital to Jinling again.

None of the contemporary dynasties whose capital is Jinling has come to a good end.

After entering Jinling City with Chang Wei and others, the group went straight to the palace.

At this moment, the soldiers of the palace had already taken control of the entire palace.

The eunuchs and maids in the palace who did not have time to escape were detained on the square outside the Golden Luan Hall and knelt on the ground.

When Zhao Xu arrived, some old eunuchs and maids immediately recognized them, and kept saying: “Your Highness, please forgive me, Your Highness, please forgive me, we are also forced to serve the First Prince, please forgive me…”

Kneeling opposite the eunuchs and maids was They are some ministers in the palace, many ministers are very familiar with Zhao Xu.

They lay on the ground, trembling.

During the Jinling Rebellion, they chose to support the First Prince and stayed in Jinling City to assist the First Prince.

Now that the King of Yan was calling, they were scared to death before they could escape.

Like the eunuchs, they also kept begging for mercy.

Zhao Xu snorted coldly, all of these eunuchs and maids were selected into the palace, or some of them were innocent.

But all the powerful ministers who followed the first prince had blood on their hands.

Furthermore, since they chose the eldest prince, they are now traitors.

He said: “After interrogation, the eunuchs and maids were punished if they were guilty, and they were dismissed from the palace if they were not guilty. All these treasonous ministers will be imprisoned for execution.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” The general in charge of detaining the soldiers gave a military salute .

Chang Wei nodded slightly, his waist was straight and his neck was straight, like a fighting cock.

He has been like this since entering the palace.

In the past, when he served as the small flag of the Imperial Guard in the palace, he had suffered a lot.

Now, he came back again, already the number one general under the command of King Yan, quite proud of returning to his hometown.

Qin Shan and Guan Tong used to be Chang Wei’s subordinates, and so were they, and they were all in high spirits at the moment.

Lu Chang was different. He grew up in Yanzhou and had never been to Jinling, let alone the Jinling Palace, so he looked at everything curiously.

After announcing the punishment of eunuchs, court ladies and traitors, Zhao Xu was about to enter the Golden Palace.

At this time, a general came quickly, “Your Highness, General Chang, the treasury and granaries of Jinling City are all intact.”

“Great, they must have run too hastily, too late to take it away, and too late to destroy it.” Chang Wei looked excited.

When Zhao Xu heard this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This time, they really made a lot of money.

(end of this chapter)