Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 244 Rapid Progress

In the prefecture city of Haizhou, Shi Ming, the state shepherd, is dealing with various affairs.

After the court ministers fled, there was chaos everywhere, and Haizhou was also affected because it was not far from Yunzhou.

The city generals in several places took the opportunity to rebel and ignored Shi Ming, thinking that he was a weak and deceitful state shepherd.

Faced with this situation, Shi Ming naturally would not tolerate it.He immediately mobilized a large number of soldiers and sent capable generals to lead them to suppress the rebels.

He doesn't care about other states now, as long as he can keep Haizhou first.

The business is urgent, and subordinates keep sending express reports to him.

Just as Shi Ming was still thinking about how to end the suppression of the rebellion, a confidant suddenly rushed into the room with a panicked expression.

"Master Shi!"

"Wang Ben, what's wrong?"

Seeing his expression, Shi Ming hurriedly asked.

This confidant named Wang Ben sadly said: "Master Shi, the Bei'an Army has landed from the east bank!"

"what!!!"

Hearing this, Shi Ming couldn't sit still any longer and stood up abruptly.

He rushed in front of Wang Ben, grabbed the latter's shoulder and asked, "When did it happen? What about the fortifications on the east bank? Where are the sergeants stationed there!"

"It's gone! My lord, it's gone!" Wang Ben wept with a mournful face, "Thousands of soldiers were wiped out, and the Bei'an army is like a devil, and it's overwhelming. Now it has conquered six cities, unstoppable!!"

Shi Ming felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his hands and feet were cold, and his face was extremely pale.

"How could this be..." He murmured, as if he still couldn't accept this fact.

The Bei'an army came so fast that he had no defense at all.And it happened at this time!All the elite of his east bank city were transferred away, which made the Bei'an army feel as if they had entered a land of no one...

Wang Ben said anxiously: "My lord! We have to withdraw! According to the speed of the Bei'an army, they will be able to reach Fucheng in less than three days. We can't hold our troops!"

"..."

Shi Ming took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He asked: "How many people from the Bei'an Army landed on the east bank?"

"According to the observation and estimation of our escaped soldiers, there are about 1000 people."

"Only 1000 people?" Shi Ming said angrily, "With 1000 people, you can count down several cities in such a short time! Are those soldiers guarding the city trash!"

He was surprisingly angry, even if all the soldiers in the city were old and weak soldiers, they wouldn't be so crushed by 1000 people, right?
"My lord, you don't know! The 1000 members of the Bei'an Army have muskets, and there are also martial arts masters! They seem to have cannons in their hands. Xiayuan City wanted to defend to the death, but the cannons directly knocked down the city walls!"

"This……"

Hearing this, Shi Ming didn't dare to underestimate the 1000-member Bei'an Army.

He considered for a moment and decided: "Even so, we can't leave Fucheng!"

"grown ups?!"

"If Fucheng is abandoned, the Bei'an Army will gain a firm foothold here. Once its large force arrives, the entire Haizhou and even Jiangnan will fall!"

Shi Ming clenched his teeth.

"I will never allow this to happen!"

He was so determined, but Wang Ben was secretly worried.

The emperor has disappeared, and the imperial court has dispersed, so why are you a state shepherd?

It is almost a foregone conclusion for Su Yuan to rule the world in Bei'an!What's the point of doing unnecessary resistance?
"You immediately send someone to notify the generals who are fighting abroad and let them lead their troops back!" Shi Ming ordered, "Since the Bei'an army is rushing to Fucheng, we will find a way to destroy his vanguard here! "

"……Yes!"

Wang Ben agreed, but when he turned around, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

After he left the State Shepherd's Mansion, he didn't go to let people inform the Quartet. Instead, he returned to his mansion and gathered his trusted servants and guards.

"Everyone." He looked at the crowd, his eyes were like knives, "The Bei'an army has come from the east bank, old man Shi Ming wants us to fight to the death, and be buried with his Da Zhou loyal minister Meng!"

"what?!"

"This...how can we defeat the Bei'an Army!"

"The Bei'an army is victorious in every battle! How could Master Zhou make such a decision?!"

"I don't want to die..."

Wang Ben saw the fear in everyone's face and was very satisfied.

"Everyone doesn't want to die! I don't want to die either! Then...there is only one way left!" Wang Ben used his hand as a knife and slashed hard on his neck.

"Catch or kill Shi Ming! Go and surrender to the Bei'an Army!"

……

At night, Su Yuan stood on the wall of Caocheng, looking towards the west with the starlight.

In one day, his vanguard army took down six cities, which is an astonishing speed.

"Continue to advance tomorrow, and Haizhou will be captured soon. Unification is just around the corner."

Su Yuan thought, Shen Lian came to the city wall at some point and reported to Su Yuan.

"My lord, most Haizhou soldiers would rather die than surrender, and it is difficult to subdue them."

"Well. After all, there are grudges."

It can be said that Su Yuan's Bei'an Army and Haizhou soldiers have deep grievances.

When the Bei'an army attacked the capital, the Haizhou soldiers were one of the reinforcements who rushed to the capital.At that time, Zhou Cheng led this army to fight against the Bei'an Army.

The end result was that the Haizhou army of tens of thousands was wiped out, and none of them returned to Haizhou alive.

The battlefield is so cruel, it is impossible for Su Yuan to show mercy to the enemy.

This caused Haizhou to be full of hatred for the Bei'an Army and Su Yuan from top to bottom.

After Zhou Cheng established the Southern Zhou court, the only ones he could command were the Yunzhou soldiers and the Haizhou soldiers.The latter was motivated by hatred and wanted to fight back to the north for revenge, so he was willing to support Zhou Cheng.

Now that Zhou Cheng is missing, the court of the Southern Zhou Dynasty collapsed, and the Bei'an army came again, one can imagine how desperate the people of Haizhou will be.

But even so, these Haizhou soldiers were still unwilling to surrender and wanted to fight to the end.From a personal point of view, Su Yuan respected these soldiers.But from the perspective of a leader, he will not show any mercy.

"Those who swear to resist will be killed." Su Yuan said lightly.

Shen Lian cupped his hands and said, "Yes."

The order was quickly passed on, and some Haizhou soldiers who tried to attack the Bei'an Army after being controlled were all executed.

This naturally aroused the indignation of a large number of Haizhou people. Some people tried to attack the Bei'an Army, and ended up like those Haizhou soldiers.

The Bei'an Army has warned everyone that anyone who tries to attack Bei'an soldiers, whether they are soldiers or civilians, will be regarded as an enemy.Once it is considered an enemy, it will be beheaded.

At dawn, in the county government, Shen Lian told Su Yuan a number, which was the number of rebels killed last night.Su Yuan nodded expressionlessly.

"My lord." Shen Lian said in a low voice, "This subordinate believes that there are many rebellious people in the city. They will definitely take action when your lord leads the troops away."

"Ah."

A cold light flashed in Shen Lian's eyes: "My lord, why don't you nip these threats in your infancy. If your lord agrees, this subordinate will immediately take someone to clean it up."

"..."

As Jin Yiwei, Shen Lian's fierceness has never disappeared.Seeing the strong desire of the people in the city to resist, he seemed to have the idea of ​​massacring the city.

Su Yuan didn't think about it at all. He shook his head and said, "No. It doesn't matter what you think, no matter how evil a person thinks in his heart, as long as he doesn't act, he can't be punished."

"Yes, my lord."

"However, if the Haizhou people keep not cooperating, they will resist passively. I also have a way to deal with them."

(End of this chapter)