Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 704
Not everyone in the Qi army cherished their lives as much as Chang Yuan and Xu Hu.

Lin Haifeng, one of the three generals who came to support, chose to defend the city and remained unmoved despite Zhao Kang's three attempts to surrender. In the end, when the city was breached, he even chose to commit suicide with the gunpowder he carried and perished with the city.

It caused some damage to Qianjun, but that was all.

Standing on the top of the main city of Yongzhou, Zhao Kang looked at the towering houses in the city behind.

In front of him were Xu Hu and other Yongzhou officials who surrendered in Kaicheng.

Zhao Kang felt something in his heart. This was probably what the poet wrote about the country's destruction.

"Xu Hu, right?" he said.

Xu Hu quickly responded: "Commander."

Zhao Kang said: "Jingjun will arrive tomorrow and take over the main city of Yongzhou. The next thing you have to do is cooperate with Jingjun to appease the people."

"I understand, I understand." Xu Hu nodded.

Zhao Kang: "Take me to the gunpowder magazine."

"This way, Commander, please."

A group of officials hurriedly said, and then took Zhao Kang to the place where the gunpowder was stored.

Opening the Yongzhou warehouse and looking at the piles of gunpowder barrels, Zhao Kang clicked his tongue. If so much gunpowder exploded, would it go to heaven?
Liu Yanran was ruthless enough. When Qi State's finances were so tight, she was still able to produce so much gunpowder, but it was a pity that she was entrusted to an inhumane person.

Now everything is at an advantage.

After sending troops to guard the place, Zhao Kang said nothing more and asked Xu Hu and others to go down to appease the people in the city.

While walking in the city, the progress of attacking Yongzhou was much simpler than that of Yongzhou, taking only thirteen days.

Next, we just have to wait for Jingjun's large forces to take over the Yongzhou cities one by one, and this state can be considered as captured.

Xu Hu and his group of 10 people should be the newly trained soldiers of the Qi Army during this period.

I just don’t know if Liu Yanran has recruited private soldiers raised by those aristocratic families.

If this was the case, it would save him a lot of effort. As long as these private soldiers dared to go into battle, he would have reason to continue to go all the way to find trouble for the clan members.

While he was thinking, Sun Fang trotted over from a distance: "Commander, Eunuch Fang and the others are here."

Zhao Kang nodded: "Take me there."

After Fang Shao and others escaped from Shengjing City, they hid in Yongzhou, which was far away from the imperial capital.

These days, they have been scattered and lurking in the main city, hoping to wait for an opportunity to kill Xu Hu, the state pastor.

Unexpectedly, the other party surrendered so quickly, which saved them a lot of effort.

"National Division!"

When he saw Zhao Kang, Fang Shao greeted him respectfully.

Looking at the people behind Fang Shao, Zhao Kang couldn't help but frown: "So many people have died."

Except for Chen Jiang, Henan Gonglong and the other 30 killers who were brought to Qi State, Fang Shao now only has more than [-] people left with him.

Fang Shao said with some fear: "There are three third-level masters in Shengjing City. They were noticed the night of the operation, so they lost a lot of people. Please punish the national master."

Zhao Kang waved his hand: "It goes without saying that there are some and some of these. Assemble your troops and wait with the army, and then you rush back to the country and speed up the time to increase the manpower to train the Jin Yiwei."

If we want to be stable in the future, Jin Yiwei will be indispensable. Fang Shao must be asked to expand the manpower of Beizhen Fusi.

"Yes!" Fang Shao responded immediately.

As Jingjun arrived and took over the main city of Yongzhou, Zhao Kang issued an order to the Qianjun who were fighting in Yongzhou.

Speed ​​up your attack!

Immediately, Zhang Long, Diao Ge, Li Goudan, Zhou Long and other generals received the news as if they had been given blood.They began to attack crazily, especially Li Goudan, who even conquered four cities in three days.

At the end of the battle, this guy directly ran the cannon to the rear, marched with thousands of people on horseback, and only used grenades to blow up the Qi officials in the city. They panicked and finally surrendered out of the city.

Everyone felt that Qianjun's offensive had become more intense than before.

Within eighteen days, Yongzhou fell completely. In some places, after hearing that Xu Hu and others had surrendered, they simply couldn't resist, and Qian's army opened the city gate before they could reach them.

Wait until the Qianguo soldiers arrive and start shooting directly.

Damn it, the [-] troops on the front line have been gone in just a few days, and I only have dozens of officers and soldiers under my command. Are you asking me to fight against the Qian army?
This is no embarrassment!

With this mentality, Yongzhou fell much faster than Yongzhou.

General Jing Guo, who followed Zhao Kang and took over the city, was quite happy these days.

I have never seen such a fight in my life!

Pushing and crushing them all the way is simply too enjoyable. Compared to Zhao Kang and others, Gao Yuan and others felt more like they were on a trip.

There is no use for them at all. They can just follow Qian Guo and take over the city.

That's called a relaxed freehand brushwork.

So much so that some of Jingguo's new army felt a little itchy and asked their generals for orders to follow Qian's army to the battlefield.

Now, the eyes of the Qi court and even all the states are staring at the battlefield in Yongzhou.

Therefore, when Yongzhou was occupied by Qianjun, the news was spread everywhere immediately.

It’s a result of disbelief and acceptance.

Liu Yanran covered her mouth, forced to swallow the hot blood that surged into her throat, and clenched her left fist tightly.

The civil and military officials below were all silent at the moment, and there was not even a sound of quarreling.

Everyone looked at Liu Yanran.

"Zhou Yue, how are the private armies gathering in various places?"

Hearing Liu Yanran's words, Zhou Yue spoke quickly and looked at him cautiously: "Fifty thousand people have been assembled to defend the capital."

"Fifty thousand!" Liu Yanran's eyes were stern.

Zhou Yue trembled, knowing that he couldn't hide this kind of thing, "Back to Your Highness, the Qianjun army's offensive was too fierce and Yongzhou fell. Now the aristocratic families in Xiazhou, Yuzhou and other places have begun to rebel, and some even..."

"Even what." Liu Yanran closed her eyes.

Zhou Yue lowered his head: "These people are making slogans saying they are welcoming newcomers, pushing and violent."

His eyes were raised slightly, scanning the officials opposite without any trace, and Zhou Yue lowered his eyes.

This is the sequelae caused by Liu Yanran's previous increase in taxes on merchants and forcing officials to donate money to replenish the national treasury.

There was no trouble in Qi State before, so these people just dared to be angry and dare not speak out.

But now that Qian State is attacking, Qi State is already in danger of subjugation, so these people are starting to become restless.

Instead of waiting for the Qian Kingdom to attack, it is better to cooperate first and speed up the demise of the Qi Kingdom.

It can be regarded as meritorious service to Qian Guo, which is equivalent to selling a favor to Qian Guo.

Zhou Yue knew very well that many of the people behind the scenes of these troubled aristocratic families were standing in this court!

They are not fools. They can clearly see the current situation. Qi is really going to die!
So I started looking for a way out for myself early.

Liu Yanran smiled, and you could vaguely see the blood between her lips and teeth.

(End of this chapter)