Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 864

[Chapter 864 Empty City Plan]

Summer rain is like a baby’s cry, it is impossible to predict when it will be big and when it will be small.

It was still light rain when the soldiers of Wangfu rushed to Miancheng.

But when the soldiers entered the city, it rained heavily again.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark and the rain seemed to have a tendency to last all night, Zhao Xu decided to stay in the camp.

Instead, let Chang Wei enter the city, lead the soldiers to take over Miancheng, and at the same time extinguish the flames in the granary.

After all, the chariot can’t enter the city for a while, so if you leave it here and don’t ask, it’s afraid that nothing but accidents will happen.

The ever-changing battlefield cannot be taken lightly.

As for the coalition forces fleeing south, Zhao Xu was not prepared to pursue them.

the reason is simple.

In ancient times, there were no asphalt roads extending in all directions, and even official roads were dirt roads.

Once it rains, mud can flood the ankles.

In such a muddy field, the soldiers’ movement is limited, and it is too strenuous to pursue them.

Furthermore, although Qin-style rifles and oil-paper-wrapped ammunition are resistant to rain.

But it doesn’t mean that it can be protected from rain for an unlimited time.

Even contemporary metal bullets may fail if exposed to moisture for a long time.

What’s more, the oil paper on the outer layer of the paper shell bullet is tied up, so it is no problem to be waterproof for a short time.

But soaking in rainwater for a long time will inevitably cause problems.

When the time comes to catch up with the enemy, the musket will not work, and you will die.

Another night.

The next morning, the weather was still not clear, but the light rain turned into drizzle.

At this time, Zhao Xu, Ma Han and other generals went to Miancheng together.

The soldiers dragged the chariots, followed by artillery.

After entering the city, Chang Wei immediately greeted him with a smile on his face.

“Your Highness, fortunately, they evacuated too quickly. The granary burned for too short a time. Although 10% of the grain and grass were lost, 90% of the grain and grass were saved by us.” Chang Wei said, “The general has roughly counted the grain and grass. , The food and grass in this cotton city is enough for 600,000 troops to feed for two months, and we will have enough for the first half of the year.”

Hearing this, Zhao Xu exchanged glances with Ma Han and other generals, and smiled.

Dou Wei, Ashur and the others played the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the field with themselves.

Now because of the Battle of Cotton City, this strategy seems to have completely failed.

With the grain and grass reserves for the past six months, they no longer have to worry about grain and grass issues.

So, he laughed and said, “Dou Wei and the others are afraid that they will vomit blood now.”

Everyone laughed after hearing this.

After joking for a while, Chang Wei led Zhao Xu to the Miancheng government office.

It was set up as a temporary combat command room.

After taking down Miancheng, they will focus on the next goal, which is the capital of Yizhou, Yiyang.

“Your Highness, although we took down Miancheng this time and obtained a large amount of food and grass, we will be worried that if we continue to move forward, the Tiemu Tower Department will take the opportunity to go south and cut off the road between us and Miancheng, making it impossible for us to get from Miancheng. The city will be supplied.” Spreading the battle map of Yizhou on the table, Chang Wei raised his concerns.

Ma Han nodded, and said, “It’s very possible. This tail is really annoying. Why don’t you think of a way to get rid of it.

” It’s hard.” Qin Shan said.

Lu Chang laughed a few times, and said: “Why do you care about him? I don’t think you should care about the food and grass in Miancheng at all, and attack Yiyang directly. After Yiyang, you will be able to feed on the enemy.”

Guan Tong shook his head. Shaking his head, “You think too well of them. In order to stop us, I’m afraid they will dare to do anything evil. When the time comes, kill all the people in Yizhou and burn them all. We will only have a piece of scorched earth.”

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei looked at each other, their eyes slightly darkened.

Guan Tong is usually careless, but this time the guess is not impossible.

After all, at this point, the power clans have gone mad, and the people of Beidi and Ross are not my race.

They most want to leave themselves a mess.

“So, we can’t rush to Yiyang.” Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes.

After searching the map, he looked at Maojun.

Mao County in Yizhou is the gateway from Yizhou to Tubo.

There is a pass here, named Songyang Pass.

As long as he wins this Songyang Pass, he will lock Beidi and Ross people in Yizhou.

So Songyang Pass is simply the lifeblood for them.

The location of Songyang Pass is not far from Miancheng.

It is located in the northwest of Yiyang, southwest of Miancheng, about 350 miles away from Dayue.

“If we attack Yiyang, they may really slaughter the people as Guan Tong said, but if we attack Songyang Pass, they have only two choices.”

“Either send troops to Songyang Pass and fight us head-on, or Fleeing away from Songyang Pass and handing over Yizhou, no matter what they choose, they will have no time to do evil.” Zhao Xu said again.

“What Your Highness said is very true. It is precisely because of this that they will fight us to the death in Miancheng, because this is the gateway of Yiyang and also the gateway of Songyang Pass.” Chang Wei said.

In his opinion, Ashur and the others must have had the idea of spending time with them in Cotton City until their food and grass were almost exhausted.

At that time, even if the cotton city was breached, they could still burn food and grass calmly.

As they lacked food and grass, their only choice was to go south to Yiyang to get supplies, and it was impossible for them to go west to the desolate Songyang Pass.

But this battle in the rain completely destroyed their plans.

They won too quickly, and they took the granary, which was well stocked.

Even if you don’t rely on Miancheng’s food and grass, and simply supplement it, more than a month is enough to win Songyang Pass.

“However, as Ma Han said, the little tail of the Iron Wooden Tower is abominable. When we attack Songyang Pass, they will definitely cut off the food road between us and Miancheng immediately. Although I still have confidence in you, there will be no tolerance on the battlefield.” Mistake, before attacking Songyang Pass, it is indeed necessary to get rid of the Tiemu Tower Department.” Zhao Xu snorted softly.

After contemplating for a while, he said, “Right now, this king has a way, which is to use the iron and wooden pagoda.”

Chang Wei, Ma Han and the others were overjoyed, and quietly waited for King Yan’s next words.

“Don’t forget how we dealt with Beidi Qiushou for the first time.” Zhao Xu said slowly at this time.

“Your Highness, do you mean authentic?” Chang Wei immediately understood.

Nodding his head, Zhao Xu said, “In the past few days, the Tiemu Tower Department will definitely follow. We can take this opportunity to dig tunnels in the courtyards of the city and hide our soldiers in them. When the time comes, we will leave 60,000 troops, and the remaining ten 10,000 people left the city and marched towards Songyang Pass, and opened the city gate when they left, making them think that Miancheng is an empty city.”

“Wonderful, wonderful.” Ma Han couldn’t help giving a thumbs up, “The cavalry is fighting the infantry in the city. Basically, there is no threat, and 60,000 people are more than enough to clean up the Iron Wooden Pagoda.”

After a pause, he said: “Your Highness, the Qin army, the last general, is willing to take this responsibility.”

(End of this chapter)