Become a feudal king from today

"Perhaps, this King Yan is really an unpredictable guy. No one knows what his real purpose is in mobilizing the army. What is fake may be real, and what is real may be fake." Luther spread his hands.

Brooke was right. The King of Yan's army equipped with new muskets was undoubtedly equivalent to using muskets and artillery to bully the natives who only knew how to use swords.

Sometimes, quantity cannot determine victory or defeat.

Then he said: "No matter what, we must strengthen the defense around Ba City and establish trench defense lines on key roads to resist the advance of King Yan's army."

"I think Wang Xie's strategy is not a bad idea. Why keep passively defending? Maybe we can try to recapture Jinling, capture King Yan alive, and then cut off the retreat of the royal family's soldiers. In this way, it will be settled once and for all." Xie Duan suddenly said, His eyes were a little crazy.

"Brother Xie, I know that you have been heartbroken since the loss of Jinling. However, we can't defeat King Yan when we defend the city, let alone attack the city. It's better to follow the plan step by step." Liang Kaidao.

"But there are at most 30,000 royal troops in Jinling, and the remaining 30,000 are distributed in Su City and Songcheng. If a 300,000-strong army can't take it, can't a 600,000-strong army also be able to take it?" Xie Duan said, "Furthermore, if we attack Jinling, the royal troops advancing westward will inevitably retreat, and Bacheng will be safe. "

"This..." Liang Kai heard this, touched his chin, and looked at Luther and Brooke.

What Xie Duan said seems to make sense.

Luther and Brooke looked at each other, and Luther said: "This is exactly what I am going to say next. At first we decided to lure the enemy deep, seize Jinling, cut off its food routes, and annihilate the royal army. Now this Didn’t the pro-military troops just come to your doorstep?”

After a pause, he continued: "But King Yan is cunning. When attacking Jinling, if the situation goes wrong, he should retreat immediately and never be willing to fight."

Xie Duan was overjoyed when he heard this, "We are willing to make our soldiers the vanguard."

Liang Kai's eyes wandered over Luther and Xie Duan.

After pondering for a while, he said: "I think we should pay attention to King Yan's movements. If he leaves Jinling, this is definitely a conspiracy. Let's not fight this war. If King Yan has been staying in Jinling City, they are really serious this time. They want to attack Bazhou."

To him, King Yan may be cunning, but he will never put himself in danger.

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

Brooke said, "In this case, we ordered the Wu army to establish a trench defense line in the west of Xiangzhou, and ordered the soldiers and horses of the three families of Wang, Han and Xie to go down the river, arrive in Zhezhou, and then go north to attack Jinling."

Half of the navy of Wu State is currently in Changcheng.

They can just go to Zhezhou along the waterway they came from.

"If we can borrow another 200,000 soldiers, we may have a greater chance of success." Xie Duan said.

Currently, the troops stationed in Changcheng are troops and horses withdrawn from the vicinity of Jinling, totaling 400,000.

In Xiangzhou and Bazhou, Wu's 800,000 troops were stationed.

There is only 60,000 King Yan soldiers and horses in deep trenches and high fortifications, so there is no need for such a large number of troops.

What's more, Nanliang and Nanping can send troops to support Bazhou at any time.

"Then allocate another 200,000," Luther said.

This was also their desperate counterattack.

They have been forced by King Yan to retreat.

Now that King Yan is coming, they try their best to defeat him.

After settling the matter, Brooke said in order to ease the heavy atmosphere, "Now, you are trying every means to delay the war. Our muskets and artillery will arrive soon. If you can survive until the arrival of the British Army, that is It’s time to counterattack.”

"Ambassador Brook, please rest assured, we will definitely get through this." Liang Kai said firmly.

The reason why he agreed to Wang Xie's suggestion was also for this purpose.

Attacking Jinling is an adventure, but it may also be the beginning of victory.

Of course, as he said, if the situation is not right, retreat immediately and you will not lose much in the end.

Why not do such a thing.

In the afternoon, various orders came out from Bacheng.

The troops in Xiangzhou and Changcheng began to mobilize.

Of course, all this cannot be hidden from the eyes of the Fourth Academy.

Intelligence continued to arrive in Jinling.

"Your Highness, this trick works really well, the powerful army has moved." Chang Wei said with a smile.

The powerful clansmen probably never imagined that they were not going to fight this time, but to allow the migrating people to return home.

No matter how they respond, as soon as their army moves, they are trapped.

"Next we have to look at the Fourth Academy and the Third Army." Zhao Xu was drinking tea and couldn't help but smile.

Most of the people in the coastal states of Dasong were carried away to the west.

Among them are mainly people from three states, one is Zhezhou, which is Zhejiang, one is Haizhou, which is Fujian, and the other is Jinzhou, which is Guangzhou.

People from Zhezhou and Haizhou were mainly moved to Jiangzhou because Jiangzhou borders these two states.

Jinzhou was mainly moved to Xiangzhou and Jiaozhou, that is, Guangxi, also because it borders these two states.

These are the three states where the Fourth Academy and the Third Army went.

"However, Jiangzhou's powerful army seems to be preparing to surrender Jinling City, Your Highness..."

"I will stay here and won't go anywhere." Zhao Xu said before Chang Wei finished speaking, "I can't bear to leave my children, and I can't trap the wolf. I will risk my life this time to make them boldly come to Jinling."

"Your Highness, this is no joke." Chang Wei became anxious.

In the view of the powerful clan, there may be 60,000 royal troops near Jinling.

But in fact, there were only 30,000 royal troops near Jinling.

There are only 20,000 people in Jinling City.

The remaining 10,000 people were distributed in Sioux City and Songcheng.

If the city is besieged by a large army, it will still be very dangerous.

"Needless to say, the Qin-style rifles given to you are not meant to be used as fire sticks. At worst, soldiers from Suzhou and Songcheng will also be transferred to Jinling during the war." Zhao Xu continued.

He knew very well that once he left, the value of Jinling City would be much less.

He will be used as a piece of meat to lure the wolf.

Because this plan is of great importance.

Once the people come back, the powerful clan will never be able to take them away.

In this way, the powerful clans lost their sources of soldiers and a lot of labor, and their strength was greatly reduced.

He also prevented Jiangnan from suffering greater damage.