Become a feudal king from today

"Your Highness, the Xiliang army has moved. A large number of Xiliang troops are rushing to Huaicheng from Xincheng and Jincheng!"

In Hengshan County, the cavalry responsible for the investigation reported Xiliang's movements back to Zhao Xu. read

In the past few days, he has sent out a large number of exploration horses.

Taking advantage of the telescope, the detective horses easily avoided the Xiliang scouts and went deep into the hinterland of Jinzhou for reconnaissance.

"Great, Liu Tan succeeded." Chang Wei clenched his fist tightly.

Qin Shan and others also looked excited.

The Xiliang soldiers in Xincheng and Jincheng were transferred away, and the defense of the two cities would inevitably weaken.

This time they take Xincheng, and maybe they can take Jincheng in one go.

Zhao Xu nodded lightly, "Now we still need to wait a few more days. It is estimated that Xiliang's reinforcements will arrive in Huaicheng, and then we can capture Xincheng."

Taking premature action will only allow Murong Wuji to see through their plan to attack the east and the west.

When the Xiliang soldiers withdraw, they will be in trouble.

The generals nodded slightly, he naturally understood this.

Then, Zhao Xu asked Tan Ma to investigate again and report again, so as to keep abreast of Xiliang's movements at any time.

At the same time, let the generals be ready to set off at any time.

The time to capture Xincheng should not be too long.

After all, Liu Tan and his soldiers only brought ten days' worth of dry food.

Two days later, various messages from Tanma showed that the Xiliang army was estimated to have one day to reach Huaicheng.

At this time, Zhao Xu ordered the soldiers who went out to rest during the day and march at night.

Xincheng and Huaicheng are about the same distance from Hengshan County, both about three hundred miles.

However, since they had to bring artillery and other baggage, Zhao Xu gave them three days to march, and they would march day and night.

During the reconnaissance process, Tan Ma brought back the location of the jungle mountains on the path.

They will march according to nodes where they can hide and avoid exposure.

night.

Sixty thousand troops were ready to go.

Since there was a large amount of grain and grass stored in Hengshan County, he left 10,000 people for defense.

There were also sixty field guns with twelve-pound shells.

If the war goes against them, they will fall back.

Therefore, this base camp before leaving Jinzhou must not be lost.

Everything was ready, and the army set out at night.

In the thick darkness, the royal army disappeared into the darkness again.

This time, they will attack Xincheng.

Marched all night.

Before dawn, they arrived at their scheduled location, Yushan.

The army rested in hiding, and at the same time sent out detective horses to conduct reconnaissance to guard against the Xiliang scouts.

Sitting in the mountains and forests, Zhao Xu was eating fried noodles and drinking cold water like the soldiers, with a tired look on his face.

Chang Wei and Zhao Xu sat together and looked at the young King Yan with a gentle smile.

At this moment, it seemed that the respected prince in front of him was not King Yan, but him and his comrades fighting together.

"Why are you giggling? I don't have any flowers on my face." Zhao Xu glared at Chang Wei.

Chang Wei chuckled twice, "What the general is laughing about is that he can march at night with rough guys like the general. His Highness is probably the first person in ancient times."

Zhao Xu pinched his throat so that the fried noodles could slide down smoothly.

Then he said: "I just want to tell you that whatever hardships you can endure, I can also endure. In the future, no one of you can think of relying on your own merits and cocking your tail in front of me."

As the saying goes, a arrogant soldier is a powerful general.

This army has been extremely difficult to control since ancient times.

The people who can make the army obey are usually the emperors who conquer the world with martial arts.

Such as Li Shimin, such as Lao Zhu's father and son, etc.

These founding emperors also understood that the army was difficult to control.

Therefore, he was afraid that after his death, the old generals would not listen to the new king, and would either kill the heroes, or formulate a system of strong civil servants and weak military commanders, with civilian officials leading the army.

However, this also resulted in the subsequent weakness of the army.

It was with these considerations in mind that Zhao Xu decided to lay the foundation for his imprisonment in the army.

Therefore, he personally participates in every war at the moment.

With his illustrious military exploits, no general in the royal family's army should even think of comparing their achievements in front of him.

"How dare you, how dare you!" The generals immediately looked playful and smiling.

They admired King Yan from the bottom of their hearts.

At the moment, no one really dares to compete with King Yan in terms of merit.

Just as he was talking, a scout horse suddenly galloped up and entered the forest.

"Your Highness, Xiliang scouts were spotted ahead." Tan Ma said.

When Zhao Xu heard this, he gave the generals a look.

The generals immediately returned to their respective armies and ordered all the soldiers to lie down.

At the same time, muzzle the horses to prevent them from neighing.

Because Tan Ma was a Xiliang scout who discovered it with a telescope.

They had enough time to hide.

After a while, a Xiliang scout passed through the mountain road.

After the Xiliang scouts left, they sat up again to eat, then rested and slept.

At night, the army set off again.

at the same time.

At the foot of Huai City, Liu Tan decided to evacuate after more than four days of siege.

Tan Ma discovered the Xiliang army coming to support, with more than 90,000 people.

His task is to drag Xiliang reinforcements as much as possible.

So after nightfall, he marched again at night and headed towards Tongguan.

Xiliang's reinforcements rushed out and searched for Yanzhou's soldiers and horses everywhere. Suddenly they got news that King Yan's soldiers and horses were approaching Tongguan.

They immediately rushed to Tongguan.

But when they arrived at Tongguan, the Yanzhou army disappeared again, this time without a trace.

"We must find them." Geely looked at his colleagues in front of him, feeling extremely angry.

…

Under the city of Xincheng.

It was still dark at this time.

After three days of trekking, the royal army arrived here.

"Your Highness, Xiliang has sent 90,000 troops to support Huaicheng. The Xiliang troops in Jincheng and Xincheng will not exceed 60,000, maybe less. Especially in Xincheng, there are probably less than 10,000." Chang Wei analyzed.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Murong Wuji had a total of 150,000 people under his command.

This number is quite different.

Looking at the occasional firelight at the top of Xincheng City, Zhao Xu could feel that there was no defense here.

"Attack at dawn." Zhao Xu said.

This wave of attacks from the east to the west completely emptied the central part of Jinzhou.

After receiving his order, Chang Wei immediately ordered to siege the city on all sides, instead of sieging the city on three sides and setting up an ambush on one side like Hengshan County.

At the same time, the artillery was moved near the city gate.

However, Xincheng and Hengshan County are different.

Hengshan County does not have a moat, but Xincheng does.

So after arriving in Xincheng, he asked his soldiers to cut down trees and then trap the trees together to make a temporary pontoon bridge.

Gradually, a hint of fish belly white appeared in the east.

The outline of Xincheng gradually became clearer.

At this moment, a huge roar sounded.

Artillery blasted open the city gates.

But as the sawdust flew, Zhao Xu saw a pile of sandbags piled behind the door.

Chang Wei frowned when he saw this, and immediately ordered the soldiers to carry the pontoon and rush to the city gate to clear the sandbags inside the gate.

When the cannon sounded, the Xiliang generals in Xin City were shocked.

They hurried to the city wall and fell into complete fear as they looked at the soldiers of King Yan who surrounded Xincheng.

Because they knew very well that there were only a handful of 6,000 soldiers in Xin City.

How could these six thousand soldiers resist an enemy armed with artillery that was ten times their size?