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"General, Ashur's army has been discovered ahead, and Zhongling Pass has fallen." When Xiao Cheng was still immersed in despair and unable to extricate himself, a cavalryman came in a hurry.

"Zhongling Pass has also fallen!" Xiao Cheng was surprised.

Because Zhongling Pass was facing the royal army of King Yan, Ashur and Orsky were sent to resist.

He resisted the slightly weaker Qin army.

This sword pass is in the north and Zhongling Pass is in the southeast. The distance between the two passes can be reached by infantry in only two days.

Because he and his guards fled on horseback, they arrived at Zhongling Pass in one day.

Originally, he was going to Zhongling Pass to tell Ashur about the fall of Jian Pass.

Unexpectedly, Ashur also lost, how could he not be surprised.

But while he was surprised, he was also relieved.

Ashur was defeated, so you can't blame him for being defeated too.

It's not that they can't fight, it's that King Yan's army is too strong.

Thinking of this, he said: "Catch up with Ashur's army and head to Jiameng Pass together."

After saying that, he urged his horse to sit down and headed south.

Half an hour later, he caught up with Ashur.

Seeing Xiao Cheng, Ashur sighed, but they didn't say anything.

The two led the remnants of the army and continued on their way.

Three days later, they arrived at Jiameng Pass.

Gather the army again to prepare for another battle.

…

Yancheng.

The battle reports of Chang Wei and Ma Han also reached Zhao Xu one after another.

The two of them captured the corresponding passes just one day apart, which made him feel very happy.

With Jiangguan and Zhonglingguan in hand, Jiangbei will be safe and there is no need to worry about being attacked.

This battle meant that he controlled all the gates in Jiangbei.

From now on, Jiangbei can develop with peace of mind only if he takes the initiative and no one else takes the initiative.

As for whether to take advantage of the victory and pursue it next, he felt it was necessary.

Since ancient times, Yizhou has been a place with many mountains and dangerous terrain, so there are many passes.

The outer passes are Jianguan Pass and Zhongling Pass.

These two passes are built at the mountain passes. If you break these two passes, you can enter the mountain road to Yizhou.

Jiameng Pass is the end of the mountain road and an important pass into the plains.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Chao fought Zhang Fei here.

This Ma Chao was going south from Hanzhong, preparing to enter Yizhou from Jiameng Pass.

After seizing Jiameng Pass, he could overlook the entire Yizhou Plain.

However, Chang Weixin mentioned that Ashur burned the food and grass when he evacuated.

This also reminded him.

After capturing Jiameng Pass, we will face the problem of food and grass.

After all, Chang Wei had Jingzhou as his back during the war, so there was no need to worry about food and grass issues.

When going to Jiameng Pass and going deep into Yizhou, you need to consider this issue.

At that time, I am afraid that it will be unavoidable to use civilians to transport food.

But in this case, it is impossible to avoid wasting people and damaging money.

Therefore, he began to hesitate whether to give priority to the grain-producing area of ​​Yizhou.

Capture Yizhou, of course, the powerful clans will collapse faster.

But the cost is also high.

Because it is easier to transport grain and grass by water in Jiangnan than Yizhou, the cost of war is much lower.

And there is another point. If the fleet wants to go south to Luzon or even Malacca, it will need to establish a supply point on the southern coast.

This is also an urgent matter at present.

"Why not go in two directions?" Zhao Xu suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but smile.

The Qin-style rifle fully proved its power in this war.

They beat the powerful troops like adults bullying children.

Since the advantage lies with him, why not adopt a bolder strategy and end the war in Jiangnan this morning.

Thinking of this, he gave orders to Chang Wei and Ma Han respectively.

Let Chang Wei allocate 30,000 people to Ma Han, and let Ma Han gather 80,000 people.

The remaining royal troops were transferred to Jinling to attack other cities south of the Yangtze River.

As for the problem of food and grass, if it really doesn't work, we can only recruit civilians to transport it.

Otherwise, the war in Jiangnan would continue to drag on, consuming even more manpower and material resources.

Having made up his mind, Zhao Xu's eyes became determined.

This period of time was enough for the people of the West to spread the news of his rise in the East to their respective countries.

The Westworld will react quickly.

He didn't want the powerful clans to get further support from the Western World.

Otherwise, if a large amount of manpower and material resources are invested in the civil war, the Westerners will laugh after all.

…

Britain.

Just as Zhao Xu predicted, the arrival of a steamship from Tianzhu caused huge waves in Langton, the capital of Britain.

The next day, a huge black headline suddenly appeared in Langton Daily: The yellow demon from the east destroyed the great Tianzhu Fleet, and war is coming!

Newsboys, waving newspapers in their hands, kept shouting this sensational headline in the streets.

The streets of Longton were busy with traffic, and people attracted by the newsboy's voice kept paying money to buy newspapers one after another.

The newspapers that the daily newspapers could not sell in a day were all bought in just one morning.

Standing on the street, the Langton people couldn't wait to learn everything that happened in Dongtu.

After reading that their fleet was destroyed and Tianzhu was facing threats, someone shouted: "It's time to teach these Eastern natives a lesson with guns and cannons. The blood debt can only be repaid with blood debt!"