Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 816

[Chapter 816]

“General, Ashur’s army has been spotted ahead, Zhongling Pass has fallen.” When Xiao Cheng was still immersed in despair, a cavalry came in a hurry.

“Zhongling Pass has also fallen!” Xiao Cheng was taken aback.

Because Zhongling Pass was facing the royal army of King Yan, Ashur and Olski were sent to resist.

He resisted the slightly weaker Qin army.

This Jian Pass is in the north and Zhongling Pass is in the southeast. The distance between the two passes can only be reached by infantry in two days.

Because he and his personal guards fled on horseback, they arrived at Zhongling Pass in just one day.

Originally, he planned to go to Zhongling Pass and tell Ashur the news that Jian Pass had fallen.

Unexpectedly, Ashur was also defeated, how could he not be surprised.

But while surprised, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Ashur has lost, so you can’t blame him for losing too.

It’s not that they can’t fight, it’s that King Yan’s army is too strong.

Thinking of this, he said: “Catch up with Ashur’s army and head to Jiameng Pass together.”

After finishing speaking, he urged his horse to sit down and headed south.

Half an hour later, he caught up with Ashur.

Seeing Xiao Cheng, Ashur sighed, but they didn’t say anything.

The two led the remnant soldiers and defeated the family and continued on their way.

Three days later, they arrived at Jiameng Pass.

Gather the army again for another battle.

…

Yancheng.

The battle reports of Chang Wei and Ma Han also reached Zhao Xu’s hands.

The two of them won the corresponding pass just one day apart, which made him very happy.

With Jianguan and Zhonglingguan in hand, Jiangbei is safe and sound, and there is no need to worry about being harassed.

This battle meant that he controlled all the gates in Jiangbei.

From now on, only he will take the initiative, and no one else will. Jiangbei can develop with peace of mind.

As for whether to take advantage of the victory and pursue it next, he thinks it is necessary.

Since ancient times, Yizhou has many passes because of its many mountains and dangerous terrain.

The outer passes are Jianguan and Zhongling Pass.

These two passes are built on the mountain passes of the mountains, and if you break through these two passes, you can enter the mountain road to Yizhou.

Jiameng Pass is the end of the mountain road, an important pass into the plain.

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Chao fought against Zhang Fei here.

This Ma Chao went south from Hanzhong, preparing to enter Yizhou from Jiameng Pass.

After capturing Jiameng Pass, he can overlook the entire Yizhou Plain.

However, Chang Weixin mentioned that Ashur burned the grain and grass when he evacuated.

This also reminded him.

After capturing Jiameng Pass, they will face the problem of food and grass.

After all, Chang Wei was backed by Jingzhou during the war during this period, so he didn’t need to worry about food and grass at all.

When going to Jiameng Pass and going deep into Yizhou, you need to consider this issue.

At that time, I’m afraid it will be unavoidable to use civilians to carry food.

But in this way, it is impossible to avoid wasting money.

Therefore, he began to hesitate whether to give priority to taking down the grain-producing area of Yizhou.

Taking Yizhou, of course, the powerful clans will collapse faster.

But the cost is also high.

Because compared with Yizhou, Jiangnan is easier to transport grain and grass by water, and the cost of war is much lower.

And there is another point, if the fleet wants to go south to Luzon, or even Malacca, it needs to establish a supply point along the southern coast.

This is also a matter of urgency.

“Why not go both ways?” Zhao Xu couldn’t help but smile when he suddenly thought of something.

The Qin-style rifle fully proved its powerful power in this war.

They beat the army of powerful tribes like adults bullying children.

Since he has the advantage, why not adopt a bolder strategy and end the war in Jiangnan this morning.

Thinking of this, he gave orders to Chang Wei and Ma Han respectively.

Let Chang Wei allocate 30,000 people to Ma Han, and let Ma Han gather 80,000 people.

The remaining royal troops were transferred to Jinling to attack other cities in the south of the Yangtze River.

As for the issue of grain and grass, it really doesn’t work, and we can only recruit civilians to transport it.

Otherwise, the war in the south of the Yangtze River has been dragging on, consuming more manpower and material resources.

After making up his mind, Zhao Xu’s gaze became firm.

During this period of time, it was enough for the people in the West to spread the news of his rise in the East to their respective countries.

Westearth will be quick to react.

He didn’t want the powerful clans to get further support from the Western Earth.

Otherwise, if a lot of manpower and material resources are invested in the civil war, it will be the natives who laugh after all.

…

Britain.

Just as Zhao Xu predicted, with the arrival of a steam ship from Tianzhu, Langton, the capital of Britain, caused huge waves.

The next day, a huge black headline suddenly appeared on the Longton Daily: The yellow demon from the east destroyed the great Tianzhu fleet, war is coming!

Newsboys shook their newspapers and kept shouting this sensational headline in the streets and alleys.

The streets of Langton were full of cars and horses, and people who were attracted by the newsboy’s voice kept paying and bought newspaper after newspaper.

Newspapers that daily newspaper boys could not sell out in one day were all bought in just one morning.

Standing by the side of the street, the people of Langton couldn’t wait to understand what happened in Dongtu.

When they read that their fleet was destroyed and that Tianzhu was facing threats, someone shouted: “It’s time to use guns to teach these Eastern natives a lesson. The blood debt can only be repaid with blood debt!”

(End of this chapter)