Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 735 Figure it out

Li Yue said: "There is no need to rush. Let's wait for the grain, fodder and siege equipment in the rear, so that the soldiers can take a breath and consolidate the rear."

The biggest advantage of occupying the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is to control water transportation.

Logistics supplies can be transported directly down the river from Fancheng to the front line, which is equivalent to pouring Liang's national power down the Yangtze River. Chaisang City cannot resist it no matter what.

"Huan Mi and my uncle are on good terms, I may be able to persuade him to surrender!" Xie Xuan cupped his hands and said.

"You mean entering the city to persuade him to surrender?" Li Yue glanced at him, not suspecting that he had defected, but worried about his safety.

Huan Mi is none other than Huan Wen's biological brother.

"If Your Majesty is not at ease, I will enter the city alone." Xie Xuan first broke through the window paper, but misunderstood Li Yue's meaning.

"Don't forget when you are young, your sister is now a noble person, and you are also my brother-in-law. You are a fierce warrior. Your status is sensitive and you are easily tabooed by others. It is not suitable to enter the city. You can write a letter and let others deliver it. Get in."

Xie Xuan is indeed talented. He is not young at the critical age and has huge potential.

If he can be used by Daliang, he will be a handsome man in the future.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. However, Huan Mi has always been upright and will not harm the minister. It is difficult to show sincerity in a letter. Only the minister personally comes to the city to persuade him to surrender. Your Majesty does not know something. Huan Mi has always been with Huan Wen and Huan Wen. Huan Chong was at odds and was excluded. Huan Wen proclaimed himself emperor and all his brothers were granted the title of prince. Only Huan secretly led the Duke of Luling." Xie Xuan insisted.

"Is there such a thing?"

As soon as Li Yue said this, he felt that it was too ordinary. Several brothers from the Murong family were killing each other. In the Eight Kings Rebellion, wasn't it just that several brothers, uncles and nephews from the Sima family were killing each other there?

The gentry clan was also in a mess.

Xie Xuandao: "Now that the general trend of the world has become clear and the Yangtze River has been broken, can the remaining southeast wall resist the beam? The former Huanhuo will also fall."

"In that case, it doesn't hurt to give it a try." Li Yue nodded in agreement.

It would be best to take down Chai Sang without any bloodshed.

Li Yue is the emperor of Liang. It is best to stand in the light. As for those shady things, let others do it for him.

Xie Xuan took the order and left, entering the city alone.

"General Xie must have figured it out." Lu Qing whispered.

Li Yue was also slightly surprised that Xie Xuan was so cooperative, as if he was not afraid of Xie An's embarrassment.

However, Xie Xuan's words reminded Li Yue that Huan Huo's unscrupulous surrender seemed to have Huan Wen's tacit approval.

Now that Xie Xuan has returned to Daliang, how could he know that it wasn't Xie An who nodded?

Just like Xie An sent Xie Daoyun into the palace, the foreshadowing has been laid long ago.

The most outstanding disciple of the Xie family is Xie Xuan. With his talents, he will definitely not be buried in the Liang Kingdom. Li Yue's slogan is to make the best use of people, and Xie An is doing what he likes.

Even if Jiangdong is destroyed, the Xie family will not only be able to continue, but may even become prosperous.

Not putting eggs in one basket has long been their routine practice.

"The old fox is so scheming!" Li Yue chuckled. Xie An was thinking a lot for the Xie family.

Since Huan Mi has a good relationship with Xie An, he should not embarrass Xie Xuan.

"Your Majesty?" Lu Qing asked doubtfully.

"It's nothing. Pay more attention to the news in Kuaiji County during this period."

"only!"

Xie Xuan has been away for three days, but no news has come back.

Siege equipment has been shipped one after another, and there are 20,000 civilians accompanying them. Li Yue asked them to collect cannon stones and make preparations.

"Chai Sang dares to resist Master Wang, and we will massacre the city to scare Jiangdong!" Zhang Hao said with red eyes.

"You are talking nonsense. Once the city is slaughtered, how will this move be different from that of the barbarians? It will definitely arouse the hatred of the same enemies in Jiangdong." Li Yue scolded.

When Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou, Xu Si's heroes either went south to join Wu or fled to Jingzhou, including Zhuge Liang.

Li Yue personally feels that the reason why Cao Wei has never been able to unify the world and has been criticized by others is related to this.

The lesson of the Sima family is to do less immoral things.

It would be good to rest in Chaisang and wait for news about Ma Guchenjin's navy.

It's late autumn now, and it's almost time to take action over there. Huan Mi should know the consequences of killing Xie Xuan. Not only would Li Yue not be able to spare him, Xie An would not let him go either.

The army then temporarily rested in Chaisang.

It was not until half a month later that two news came from the east. First, Prince Li Jian led 50,000 Heiyun troops south to Hefei to intensify the offensive against Ruxu.

Secondly, the navy has already set off, with 20,000 troops and more than 500 ships moving southward.

After receiving the news, the powerful people in Kuaiji also prepared their troops to counterattack Jiankang.

Now it seems that it is not that they are too slow, but that their own progress is too fast.

In more than two months, they broke through the Yangtze River defense line and moved down the river, pulling out Wuchang and reaching Jiangdong.

Li Jian's 50,000-strong Black Cloud Army marched south. Huan Wen suddenly felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy and had to lead his army north to support Ruxu.

Huan Wen moved, and Li Yue naturally followed suit, putting some pressure on Huan Mi, "Let them see the power of the new catapult."

"Take the order!" Liu Laozhi held the command flag and left.

Zhang Hao curled his lips and Lu Qing said: "The stone chariot created by His Majesty is no longer a thing of the previous generation, so why not choose another name."

This reminded Li Yue that new weapons should have new names.

Catapult is not intimidating at first sight.

But for a moment, Li Yue couldn't think of a good name. He glanced at Zhang Hao beside him and said, "General Zhang, what do you think this thing should be called?"

Lu Qing and the guards around him laughed.

Zhang Hao doesn't know a word of Chinese characters, he is a typical rough guy.

"Your Majesty, isn't this difficult for me?" Zhang Hao touched his forehead.

Li Yue looked at Lu Qing again, "What did you call it?"

Lu Qing thought for a while, "This thing was first used in Xiangyang. How about calling it Xiangyang Cannon?"

"You've been studying for so many years in vain. If you use it in Xiangyang and call it Xiangyang Pao, wouldn't it also be called Chaisang Pao if you use it in Chaisang?" Zhang Hao laughed with a big grin.

The Xiangyang cannon is not as murderous as the thunderbolt chariot.

Li Yue shook his head.

Lu Qing looked at Zhang Hao and said, "Please give General Zhang a name."

While talking, dozens of new catapults were launched.

Cannon stones and oil tanks streaked across the sky and hit the wall of Chaisang City hard.

boom……

The earth shook and the mountains shook, and the flames boiled.

The cannon stones weighing more than 100 kilograms left more than a dozen deep dents on the city wall.

The defenders on the city had probably never seen such a thing before, and they were so frightened that they even forgot to avoid it.

"This thing is much more powerful than the final general. How about calling it an enemy of ten thousand people?" Zhang Hao opened his eyes wide.

"An enemy of ten thousand people? That's quite appropriate." Li Yue's eyes lit up. The effect of this thing can indeed be worth ten thousand people. "What a good name. From now on, it will be called an enemy of ten thousand people!"

Zhang Hao laughed loudly and showed off his pride in front of Lu Qing and others.

Lu Qing smiled bitterly and did not dare to talk back to him.

At this moment, the gate of Chaisang City creaked open.

"Stop the attack and put the infantry on alert." Li Yue ordered.

As soon as the enemy's offensive of ten thousand people stopped, dozens of unarmed people walked out of the city, "Chai Sang is willing to surrender!"

"I won't shed tears until I see the coffin!" Li Yue cursed lightly.

With Chai Sang defeated, the door to Jiangdong has been opened...

(End of this chapter)