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Chapter 756 The New King’s Northern Expedition
In mid-February, when the princes fought fiercely and refused to give in to each other.The new king of Dongyang, Huizi Zhaoming, issued an edict ordering the feudal vassals to stop attacking. The lords of the vassals went to the imperial capital to meet the new king in person, and the new king would mediate the war for the feudal vassals.

When the edict was passed to the princes, everyone was in shock. It was obvious that Emperor Tianhua must be behind this edict.But what is the intention of Emperor Tianhua's move?What's even more ridiculous is that even letting the Lord of the Princes go there in person, isn't that sending him to death?The princes dare not gamble with their heads.

Therefore, after the edict was conveyed, the princes of all walks of life remained unmoved.But the original scuffle finally stopped.They had already sensed something was wrong, so they couldn't help but stop fighting and make peace, and quietly watched the movement of the imperial capital.

Sure enough, as soon as the deadline for issuing the edict passed, Zhaoming Huizi immediately issued a crusade order to call up troops and horses to attack the princes in the north.

As soon as this move came out, the princes were in an uproar, and they immediately lost face. They withdrew their previous support for Zhaoming Huizi, and instead supported the old Emperor Dongyang, raised the banner of King Qin, united with each other, and prepared to fight against the conquest from the imperial capital.Everyone knows that the Tianhua Army is Zhaoming Huizi's most powerful backing. After this scuffle, the strength of the princes has been greatly reduced, and now they can only seek to protect themselves.

Soon, with the support of Lin Yifan, Zhaoming Huizi gathered more than 15 soldiers and horses, of which [-] were former captives.The remaining [-] were reinforcements from Penglai Island, and the remaining [-] were the Tianhua Army.

The mighty army marched northward, which immediately caused panic among the princes from all walks of life.At this time, they discovered that the combined strength of almost all the princes was only about 15.But it is impossible to stop the [-] army, because in this army, there are [-] Tianhua troops and their terrifying sharp weapons.

The princes united with each other and formed a coalition army. On the one hand, they recruited soldiers in their respective territories, trying to block the opponent's attack by relying on the crowd.As a result, the scope of enlistment had to be expanded among young and middle-aged folk who had lost countless lives. Men from the age of 14 to 60 were all within the scope of enlistment.

Finally, with all the efforts of the princes from all walks of life, the army expanded from 20 to 40 horses in one fell swoop.For them, it was like losing all their fortunes.After all, the population of the entire Yingzhou Island is only about 300 million, and now the population under the control of the princes is only about 200 million. In addition to the loss of soldiers and generals, it has exceeded 20. How can there be extra young people to make up for it? loss?

Most of these 40 horses are ordinary people, without any experience in war, so they can only be driven away for cannon fodder.They could only hold the agricultural tools or sticks they brought from home, and wore worn and thin clothes. They were shivering in the cold camp, and countless people died of freezing every day.

Maintaining such a huge army, the allied forces of the princes could not sustain it for a long time.After a hasty alliance, they immediately went south to meet up and took the initiative to attack the crusade army.

The two sides soon met in Liuxia City, an important town in the central part. After occupying the city, the crusade army immediately stepped up the construction of the city defense to block the way of the princes going south.

After learning the lesson of the last siege, the coalition forces of the princes immediately became cautious.Immediately, the soldiers surrounded Liu Xiacheng, rushed to manufacture a large number of siege equipment, and then organized a large number of cannon fodder to attack the city defenses, never daring to dispatch elite soldiers and horses to test the danger.Anyway, maintaining such a large number of civilians has already made them overwhelmed. It is better to consume them directly under the city, which can not only reduce the consumption of food and grass, but also consume the opponent's ammunition and arrows.

For several days in a row, tens of thousands of civilians died under the city during the charge. The corpses piled up in piles, and the land was completely invisible.But the princes remained unmoved, and continued to force the peasants to charge one after another. If they refused, they would all be tortured to death by the warlord's soldiers and horses.

In fact, in the city at this time, the crusade army is not having a good time.Although they have no worries about food and grass for the time being, they are still relentless in the face of the cannon fodder that keeps swarming up.The Tianhua Army who supervised the army at the back, except for some occasional support, mostly drove the newly formed Dongyang Army to fight on the wall.

Just as the two sides were at a stalemate in Liuxia City, a fleet suddenly appeared north of Yingzhou and occupied Shui Shengjia's harbor in one fell swoop.Not long after, tens of thousands of troops swarmed ashore.This large army consisted of [-] Tianhua Army and [-] Dongyang Affiliated Army. They gathered [-] soldiers and horses. Under the leadership of Niu Dali, they opened up a second battlefield here.

At this time, the main force of the Shui Sheng family has been exhausted, and the defensive power of the territory is very empty.Not long after the [-] troops assembled, they immediately headed straight for the main city of the Shui Sheng family.

The main city of the Shui Sheng family was now defended by only a few thousand soldiers and horses. When they learned that the harbor was occupied by the enemy and [-] soldiers and horses were heading towards them, they were frightened.Immediately closed the gate of the city and dispatched soldiers and horses to garrison it.

A day later, the Tianhua army arrived at the main city of Shuisheng.An envoy was sent under the city to shout and ordered the whole army to attack after failing to surrender.

But one day, the main city of Shuisheng fell, and Niu Dali captured the whole family of Shuisheng and put them in the army.After the army rested in the city overnight, it immediately bloomed in all directions, annihilating the resistance forces in the cities of the aquatic territory.

Afterwards, the army continued to rampage freely in the princes' territories, capturing members of their families and cutting off their channels for transporting food and grass.

More than ten days later, a letter of urgent military information was sent from the rear to the frontline princes and coalition forces.At this time, they also fell into a dilemma.After consuming 10,000+ civilians, the crusade army is still firmly occupying the city wall, showing no sign of collapse.After attacking for so long, the sharp artillery and various sharp weapons of the Tianhua Army have never been seen to join the battle, which made the coalition army dare not invest their own elite troops to attack the city.It is impossible to take down the city wall just by relying on these non-combat civilians.

But now, another enemy army appeared in the rear, sweeping their territory recklessly.It's too late for them to stay here for too long.

So, after some discussions, everyone decided to launch a large-scale siege, and put all the elite of the army into it.It would be best if Liuxia City could be breached. If not, then we must retreat immediately, guard the passes, and deal with the enemy troops in the rear first.

Soon, under the cover of countless civilians, the elite soldiers of the coalition army mixed in and launched a fierce attack on the city with cannon fodder.The situation changed quickly, and the defenders were suddenly overwhelmed. Under the sneak attack of the elite coalition forces, they suffered heavy losses. Some city walls were even occupied by the enemy, forming an advantage.

Seeing this, Lin Yifan couldn't help but frowned slightly, "Well, the enemy army has already panicked. It seems that the news that Dali is in the north has already reached the princes. But it is not so easy to escape."

(End of this chapter)