Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 803

[Chapter 803 Strategic Adjustment]

“The Ashur tribes of Nanliang and Beidi are advancing towards Jianguan and Zhonglingguan   .

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Fortress, withdraw to Jiangzhou.”

“…”

In just over a month, pieces of intelligence flew towards Yancheng like snowflakes.

Zhao Xu continued to make strategic adjustments in response to the movements of the Shizu and Beidi.

“The purpose of withdrawing the soldiers and horses of the powerful tribes to Jiangzhou is to lure the enemy to go deep. It must not fall into the trap. The royal family’s troops only need to leave 30,000 soldiers and horses in Jinling and stick to Jinling. There is no need to garrison cities such as Sucheng and Songcheng. The troops were too scattered and all were defeated, and the remaining troops went to Jingzhou.”

“The Qin army focused on Jianguan, and the Wangfu’s troops focused on Zhongling Pass.”

“…” In the

study, Ma Han and Chang Wei are both present.

There was a change in Jianguan and Zhonglingguan, so Zhao Xu called Ma Han to Yancheng.

After the transformation, the Qin army is now completely under the command of the palace.

However, the commander-in-chief of the Qin army is still Ma Han, but Ma Han is directly under Chang Wei’s orders, which is equivalent to the generals under Chang Wei’s command.

His position is second only to the great general Chang Wei.

Chang Wei returned to Yancheng by steamboat after the powerful troops in Sucheng withdrew to Jiangzhou, and discussed the next action together.

“Yes, Your Highness.” After Zhao Xu gave the order one by one, Ma Han and Chang Wei agreed in unison.

Chang Wei has been frowning since he entered the study, and he said: “Your Highness, the current situation is very dangerous. The faction’s army and Beidi’s army are cooperating from the north to the south. This is tearing down our defense line and letting us disperse our troops in the border pass.” On several points, as long as one of them is wrong, they can take the opportunity to tear a hole and destroy Jiangbei.”

Right now, the Qin Army has deployed 40,000 troops in Xiaoguan, Yongzhou River Beach and Tongguan.

There are also 10,000 troops patrolling the coast of Jiujiang.

Only 50,000 troops were deployed to deal with Jianguan.

Their royal family’s army is okay, except for Jinling, and the division of troops to defend the coast of Jiujiang, they can dispatch 100,000 troops to Zhongling Pass.

And this is under the condition that the king of Yan asked to only guard Jinling, not Songcheng and Sucheng.

Otherwise, the soldiers and horses they can deploy will be similar to those of the Qin army.

He also agreed with King Yan’s decision.

There is no need to occupy the current Songcheng and Sioux City.

The powerful army engulfs the people and goes west, defending too many cities will only disperse their forces.

“This trick is really vicious, but the Shizu and Beidi troops stopped moving after they arrived at Jianguan and Zhongling Pass, as if they were waiting for something.” Ma Han cursed and added at the same time.

“Their purpose is to contain your Qin army, lure the royal family’s troops to go south, and then find an opportunity to annihilate the royal family’s troops. Therefore, they will not take any action in the west for the time being.” Zhao Xu sneered.

After a pause, he continued: “But they will be disappointed. This king did not go according to his plan. Instead, he will join their army and force them to fight at Jianguan and Zhongling Pass to steal chickens.” It won’t be a loss.”

Ma Han and Chang Wei looked at each other and nodded slowly.

This Dongpu has been cleaned up, and the natives of the West continue to stir up wind and rain.

Just after integrating Shizu and Beidi, he set a trap for them.

If it was King Yan who was eager for quick success and instant benefits, the royal army would really chase all the way to Jiangzhou, but the opponent would cut off the food road and cut off the retreat, and the big victory would turn into a big defeat.

“Go ahead, take Jianguan and Zhonglingguan to this king, Nanliang is called burning himself with fire.” Zhao Xu said solemnly.

In response, Chang Wei and Ma Han turned and left, one went to Qinzhou and the other to Jingzhou.

After the two left, Zhao Xu came outside the study and stood with his hands behind his back.

The strategy should be adjusted at any time according to the situation.

Originally, in order to attack Wu State, he controlled the grain-producing areas in the south of Ningzhou.

Now, since Nanliang has become a grain-producing area where the powerful clans depend for their survival, the focus of the attack will change.

Next, suspend the action in the direction of Jinling, and it is very necessary to seize Yizhou, the last grain-producing area controlled by the powerful clan.

And he has another purpose in doing this, which is to force the people’s uprising as soon as possible.

The people of Dasong are very hardworking, as long as they are not starved to death, they will not easily raise troops to rebel.

At present, the common people are run around under the influence of the powerful clan, but as long as they have something to eat, they dare not disobey the powerful clan.

But once there is a shortage of food, the powerful clan will only give priority to supplying food for the army, and the life of the people will be miserable.

Faced with the problem of survival, it is inevitable that the coerced people will not flee from the inland, or directly rise up.

At that time, the hearts of the people will completely fall to him.

The returning people returned to their hometown to recuperate, and it was also convenient for him to control the captured cities and provide supplies for the army.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu nodded slowly.

However, it is obviously more difficult to capture Yizhou than to capture Jinling.

Jianguan and Zhongling Pass are actually the easiest. To win these two passes, you have to face the problem of rugged mountain roads.

However, he is in no hurry.

After taking Jianguan and Zhonglingguan, the entire Jiangbei army will gradually replace the breech-loading needle rifles.

And the new tactics that appeared with the musket replacement will make the enemy collapse in front of them, which is nothing to worry about.

(end of this chapter)