Steel Dynasty - Chapter 362

[Chapter 362: Conquering the Rebellion]

In the early morning, a ray of sunlight penetrated the mist and shone on the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army marching north.

Yesterday, he and King Yong made a plan to encircle and suppress the Qinglong King. On the next day, Niu Ben sent his troops north to seize Xiongguan Shanhaiguan Pass according to the plan.

Beishan’s life and death were unknown this time, so it was naturally the best time to attack Shanhaiguan. It was necessary to make a quick victory before the Golden Horde could react.

Therefore, under Xiao Ming’s order, the Qingzhou Army, which had just rested for two days, embarked on the road of conquest again.

And he planned to stay in Jizhou with Luo Quan and work with King Yong to defeat King Qinglong and regain the city south of Jizhou.

“His Royal Highness has contributed most to this great victory in Jizhou. His Majesty must be very happy, and His Royal Highness is getting married soon. This is really a double happiness.”

The Qingzhou Army set off north in the early morning, and then the Jizhou Army and the Jinwu Guards marched southward non-stop.

Although the siege of Jizhou was lifted, the rebel army in Jizhou was still there. Luo Quan’s imperial mission included helping King Yong to encircle and suppress the rebel army of King Qinglong.

So after reorganizing the remaining troops, the Jinwu Guards and the 60,000 Jizhou Army prepared to jointly suppress the rebellion, while Xiao Ming followed with the cuirassiers and 2,000 musketeers led by Qi Guangyi.

After the incident at King Wei’s mountain camp, Xiao Ming gained wisdom through seeing him, and now he doesn’t trust anyone.

He would feel at ease only if King Yong gave him what he wanted.

And after Niu Ben takes Shanhaiguan, he will go to the King of Wei with the accusation of “Shanziying”. This is a very heavy bargaining chip. If he does not get enough compensation, he will not go to the country with this accusation. The court said.

After all, once he controls Shanhaiguan, there will be no problem with the security of the north for the time being. At this time, the vassal king who has maintained superficial unity because of the barbarians is likely to enter a state of conflict. With this crime, his neighbor in the south must be honest. a little.

As for King Yong, he has suffered heavy losses from the barbarians and is not afraid at all. In this way, the environment around him is considered stable.

While thinking about it, Luo Quan’s words broke Xiao Ming’s thoughts.

He said: “The general has been praised. In this siege of Jizhou, the Jinwu Guards were the first contributors. Our Qingzhou Army was just cooperating with the general.”

“Your Highness, please don’t harm me. In this battle of Jizhou, the Jinwu Guards You can’t have merit, you can only have fault. The veteran is not a prince like His Highness, and having too much merit is poison. Therefore, Your Highness, please don’t ask for credit for the veteran this time.”

Xiao Ming rolled his eyes and said to Zhan Xingchang. He did mention the matter of Jin Wuwei a little bit.

Now that he was no longer the political idiot he was before, he naturally understood what Luo Quan meant. He sighed, “In that case, I will obey the general. It’s just that it doesn’t seem appropriate for me to bear the credit alone. The merit is so great.” I also understand the truth of the Lord.”

“When Your Highness defended Cangzhou City, there was no way to retreat. The more merits, the better,” Luo Quan’s words contained hidden meanings.

Zhan Xingchang followed Xiao Ming. After listening to Luo Quan’s words, he said, “General Luo is really a sensible person, but our Highness can’t see through it yet.”

Xiao Ming frowned, it wasn’t that he couldn’t see through it .

Toru, it’s just that he doesn’t want to mention this matter. Why doesn’t he know the thoughts of these subordinates now?

Because of this, he can’t show it. There is no impermeable strength in the world. No matter what goal he wants to achieve, it is enough to continue to become strong. The rest is just a matter of waiting for it to change.

Seeing that Xiao Ming’s expression became unhappy, Luo Quan suddenly laughed twice and stopped mentioning the matter. Instead, he said: “Your Highness, after this artillery, this musket will probably become a weapon that many vassal kings are vying to buy.”

Speaking of this matter, Xiao Ming smiled and said, “It depends on what the father wants.”

After this battle, Xiao Ming knew that his status in the Great Yu Kingdom would be further improved.

In Xiao Wenxuan’s eyes, he is probably also a very important person, and his status will be at least equal to that of the current King of Wei.

The King of Wei is now the Prince of Three Pearls, and he is only the Prince of One Pearl. There is still a difference in status.

In recent years, relying on the respect of his position, King Wei secretly made many small moves.

Naturally, he should take the opportunity to gain some benefits this time. After all, this time he knew better that there were not many people he could rely on.

The army slowly advanced on the official road. In the next half month, under the army’s conquest, the cities in the southern part of Jizhou were conquered one after another.

Under the suppression of the three armies, as many as 300,000 people surrendered.

With the continuous victory, the rebel army led by King Qinglong continued to collapse. After the last city occupied by the rebel army was captured, all the lost cities in Jizhou were recovered.

What surprised everyone was that they didn’t find the Azure Dragon King at all. It seemed that the Azure Dragon King ran away when the army was dispatched.

“Your Highness, we asked the victims and they said they have never seen the Green Dragon King since the barbarians retreated.” Zhan Xingchang said to Xiao Ming through the artillery on the battlefield.

“Gone.”

Xiao Ming looked at the people with sallow faces and thin muscles. These people all had fear in their eyes, for fear of being killed.

“Perhaps he ran away in advance.” Luo Quan said: “Your Highness, don’t be surprised. The Qinglong King has evil intentions and will not live and die with the people. We have checked and found that all the silver and jewels in every city have been taken away. , It seems that he did run away.”

Xiao Ming snorted, he had underestimated the shamelessness of this Azure Dragon King.

He said: “By publishing King Qinglong’s portrait, I want to see where he can run.”

“Yes.” Zhan Xingchang nodded.

While the group was talking, King Yong came over with a big belly and said, “Good nephew, General Luo, thanks to your help this time, otherwise these bandits don’t know when they will be calmed down!”

Luo Quan said: “Your Highness, you are welcome. The Jizhou army was very brave in the encirclement and suppression of the rebellious people this time. The credit belongs to Your Highness.”

King Yong burst out laughing when he heard this. He was not polite and said: “In this case, I hope you will The general should say something nice for me in the court.”

“Of course, of course.” Luo Quan was scornful in his heart, but he was kind on his face.

Xiao Ming looked at the victims all over the city, and said at this time: “In front of my father, I will also say a few words of kindness for the Fourth Emperor, but these victims?”

King Yong understood, and this time Xiao Ming handed over the artillery to Jizhou. Army, he has seen the power of this artillery.

As long as the artillery fired, the rebels in the city quickly surrendered.

Thinking of Xiao Ming’s Qingzhou Army and their muskets, he was still jealous, and he did not dare to break his promise at this time, so he said: “These rebels should be relegated to slaves. Since my nephew lacks manpower, these 300,000 rebel troops will be at my nephew’s disposal. “

Xiao Ming nodded, and now he felt at ease. With the victims recruited during this period, he got almost half a million victims at once.

After signaling to Zhan Xingchang, Zhan Xingchang immediately asked Qi Guangyi to escort these people to Yunzhou.

(End of chapter)