Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 840

[Chapter 840]

“Come on, from today onwards, the gates of the city will be closed. Without my order, no one can leave Changcheng.” After pondering for a while, Xie An frowned and gave the order.

After that, he looked in the direction of Bacheng, only hoping that the reinforcements would arrive soon.

At present, 600,000 troops are stationed in Changcheng, and other cities in Jiangzhou are basically empty cities.

Taking these cities with the ability of King Yan’s army is like picking something out of a bag.

I’m afraid that in less than half a month, the northern part of Jiangzhou will be completely occupied, and its soldiers will point directly at Changcheng.

Furthermore, there is also a big problem with the food and grass of Changcheng’s army.

Although they levied heavy taxes on the people of Jiangzhou after the summer harvest, the food collected was only enough for a million troops for half a year.

After all, the populations of Jiangzhou, Xiangzhou, Yuezhou, and Guizhou are not large, and there are not many fertile fields that can be cultivated.

It is difficult to feed an army of millions.

Moreover, this time, in order to prevent the grain and grass from being looted by King Yan again.

Most of the grain and grass were transported to Bazhou, and only two months of grain and grass were left in Changcheng.

When the food and grass are in a hurry, the food will be transported from Bazhou.

“If Jiangzhou, Xiangzhou, etc. are lost again, defeat is certain.” Thinking of the problem of food and grass, Xie Anru was hit hard.

I’m afraid that this is the reason why his eldest son Xie Bi’s will was shaken.

Originally relying on the participating states and counties to harvest grain and grass for half a year, but waiting for the autumn harvest to harvest another half a year, and so on, it can be sustained.

But once King Yan captured all the states and counties outside Bazhou, even if they had millions of troops, it would be useless.

Although Nanliang promised to sell grain and grass to them.

But although Yizhou is a place of grain production, I’m afraid it will not be so easy to support Wu’s army and Nanliang’s army at the same time.

What’s more, King Yan’s Qin army is currently outside Jiameng Pass.

Once they capture Jiameng Pass and spread the flames of war to Yizhou, the farming in Yizhou will be affected, and the problem of food and grass will become more prominent at that time.

“The king of Yan really pushed us to a corner.” Xie An slammed his fist on the table.

But even though the current situation is very unfavorable to the powerful family, he still has no intention of betraying.

Like his elder brother Xie Duan, he was unwilling to lose to the Zhao royal family just like that.

Especially when he lost to the alien King Yan.

…

Bacheng.

King Yan’s army arrived in Anqing one day later than Changcheng.

The arrival of this news cast a dark cloud over the entire city of Bacheng.

The first time King Yan’s army marched westward was to cover their rescue of the people.

This time, it actually went westward.

At the same time, news from Jiameng Pass arrived together with this news.

King Yan’s Qin army, Chen Bing, is under Jiameng, and may launch an attack at any time.

The territory controlled by their clan was attacked on both sides by the army of King Yan.

“Yizhou is handed over to Ashur and Nanliang. We will do our best to deal with the royal family’s army. Immediately let Xiangzhou’s 600,000 troops march towards Anqing. If King Yan’s army attacks Changcheng, we will attack from both sides and try to annihilate it!”

In the study room of the temporary palace, Luther raised his fist fiercely.

Brooke nodded too.

Undoubtedly, after the king of Yan successfully ordered the people to return to the three southeastern states, their strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness failed.

Right now, the three states in the southeast have instead become the food and grass land for King Yan’s army.

After solving their worries, King Yan launched a general attack on them this time.

Now, they are driven to a desperate situation and can only fight with all their strength.

Otherwise, they will be defeated one by one, and the loss will be even worse.

Liang Kai’s face was so gloomy that he could scrape off a layer of frost.

Luther, Brooke and he all hoped to drag on with King Yan, waiting for the deployment of new muskets and the dispatch of fleets and troops from the Western Lands.

But King Yan obviously couldn’t wait to destroy them.

“Brother Liang, the only plan now is to fight to the death. If you lose, your family will be wiped out. If you win, the world will return to us. I, Han Zheng, am willing to be a pawn, going up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of fire.” Han Zheng said.

Wang Zi’an said: “If I can’t return to Yuzhou, I, Wang Zi’an, would rather die in battle.”

“And I, Xie Duan, except for the traitor of the Ma family, this time let our seven families be tied together and fight to the end.” Xie Duan said loudly.

Liang Kai nodded heavily. In fact, before Xia Harvest, he had a premonition that King Yan would attack them after Xia Harvest.

Now, as expected.

Standing up slowly, he said: “Okay, let’s kill them this time without leaving a single one behind.”

After finishing speaking, he immediately sent people to Yunzhou, asking Fan Xinglun to send troops to support him, and at the same time ordered the army of Xiangzhou to march towards Jiangzhou.

Then, he ordered Han Zheng, Wang Zi’an and Xie Duan to go to Changcheng.

Of the 600,000 troops in Changcheng, only 200,000 are from Wu, and the rest are from the three families.

Their patriarch’s visit in person will surely boost the morale of the clan’s generals and soldiers.

After that, he ordered Prince Liang Feng to strengthen the defense and intensify the training of the Wu Kingdom Guards equipped with British muskets and artillery.

If King Yan’s army attacked Bacheng, he would definitely make it difficult for King Yan’s army.

After discussing these matters, everyone left separately.

…

Anqing City.

The prince’s troops arrived here and rested for two days.

On the third day, 80,000 soldiers of the 100,000 royal family soldiers were stationed in Anqing, and the 20,000 soldiers divided into two groups and attacked south along the banks of Changhu Lake.

“The six counties on both sides of Changhu Lake have few garrisons, and De County, which has the largest number, only has 5,000 soldiers stationed. With the ability of the Royal Palace’s own army, it only takes 500 people to take it down. Therefore, the general dares to guarantee that it will only take six days. In time, all Jiangzhou prefectures and counties outside Changcheng can be captured.” Zhao Xu and Chang Wei watched the soldiers go away at the south gate of Anqing City, Chang Wei looked confident.

Zhao Xu nodded, he was very confident in the army of the royal family equipped with Qin-style rifles.

The gap between the current powerful army and them is like the first time the Western natives took flintlock guns to the New World hundreds of years ago and faced the Indians.

During the Opium War, due to the huge weapon generation gap, the Qing Dynasty paid more than 20,000 casualties, while the opponent had less than 500 casualties.

Facing the army of the powerful clan, he believed that the army of the royal family could also achieve great results with minor casualties.

Because in addition to the gap in firearms, the morale of the powerful clan has also dropped to the extreme.

People from the Fourth Academy even sent him such a funny information.

A member of the Fourth Academy was discovered by Xie An’s eldest son Xie Bi when he was inquiring about the news.

Xie Bi not only failed to arrest the member of the Fourth Academy, but negotiated terms with him through the member of the Fourth Academy.

It can be seen that the unsteady people within the clan have panicked.

After all, ants still steal their lives, let alone humans.

In this regard, he did not refuse. Dividing the enemy is also a means of war.

He promised Xie Bi that as long as he could persuade Xie An to lead the troops to surrender, he would save the lives of his father and son.

As for whether Xie Bi can do it, he has expectations, but his expectations are not high.

At the same time, he will not delay his offensive rhythm because of this.

(end of this chapter)