Become a feudal king from today

"General, 9,600 Qi soldiers in the city were killed, more than 5,700 were wounded, and 15,000 surrendered."

After entering Wubao, Chang Wei and Lu Chang, escorted by soldiers, went straight to the general's mansion in the city.

An hour later, the sky turned completely dark, and the general who was cleaning up the battlefield came to report.

After a pause, the general continued: "Five hundred and sixty-eight of our troops were injured and sixteen were killed."

Hearing this, Lu Chang and Chang Wei were startled at the same time, both of them couldn't believe it.

"Sixteen people died in battle?" Chang Wei asked again.

The general nodded, "There are indeed only sixteen people."

Chang Wei and Lu Chang looked at each other, both showing expressions of relief.

Lu Chang said: "This is all the result of yellow gunpowder and grenades."

Chang Wei nodded.

Occupying the city wall, the soldiers were condescending. With a range of 350 meters, they basically hit wherever they wanted.

Against rifled guns, the flintlock rifles of Qi soldiers were rubbish and of no use at all.

The Qi soldiers who were hiding in hidden corners and trying to make a sneak attack were also severely dealt with by grenades.

Furthermore, the reaction of the generals seemed to be due to the effect of the leaflets. More than half of the Qi soldiers surrendered very simply.

Therefore, this result surprised him, but it was also reasonable.

After all, the difference in firearms between the two sides is too big.

This battle was basically a massacre, and Qi didn't even have time to use artillery.

The general added: "We took control of the granary in the city and found a large amount of grain and grass."

Hearing this, Chang Wei suddenly remembered what King Yan had told him before setting off.

So he said to Lu Chang: "Send someone to guard the granary, and you can find a guide to understand the situation in the nearby countryside. Tomorrow morning, we will go to uproot the wealthy fortresses in the countryside and wipe out the wealthy clans."

"Yes, General." Lu Chang said.

The next morning, Chang Wei got up early.

While he ordered people to go to Pingyuan City and move the troupe of the Propaganda Department to Wubao, he also ordered an attack on the other two Wubao.

After a night of digging, Qinshan and Guantong had already dug a circle of horizontal tunnels in front of the two remaining docks.

Since the three five-forts are three or four miles apart, the two five-forts naturally don't know the situation of the first one.

Therefore, when dense grenades fell on the city wall, the Qi soldiers in the two forts were as confused as Han Bi.

And their fate is destined to be the same as Han Bi.

After a morning of fighting, Qinshan and Guantong occupied two forts respectively.

Since then, all three forts built by Qi State at the south bank ferry have been demolished.

At the same time, Lu Chang followed Chang Wei's order and under the guidance of his guide, looked for Wubao in the nearby countryside.

Within two days, all the powerful Wubao houses within a radius of fifteen miles were occupied by Lu Chang.

However, those left in these wealthy families' Wubao are not direct descendants of the wealthy families.

After interrogation and the discovery of the fall of Wubao, these wealthy families fled to Dongping City one after another.

"General, there are only 50,000 people guarding Dongping City, so we might as well take advantage of the situation and capture it."

In Qinghua Village, ten miles south of Wubao, Lu Chang said to Chang Wei.

Shaking his head, Chang Wei said: "Don't be so eager for quick success. Compared with taking Dongping City, it is more important to establish a stable rear area at the moment."

"Establishing a rear area?" Lu Chang showed a strange expression.

Chang Wei nodded, this is what King Yan asked him to do.

Qizhou is different from Yanzhou. The people of Yanzhou and the royal family are one family.

In Yanzhou, wherever the royal troops went, the people enthusiastically supported them.

But the people of Qi State may not be like this.

Although during this period, they carried out a lot of propaganda to the people of nearby Qi State.

But the people are very smart and will not choose to believe it completely based on a leaflet.

Only if they see it with their own eyes and experience it with their own eyes will they abandon all worries and welcome the arrival of the royal family's troops just like the people of Yanzhou.

He even actively provided all kinds of intelligence, acted as a guide to help in battles, and took the initiative to provide help when the royal family's troops were in short supply of food and grass.

Reaching this point is tantamount to establishing a solid rear.

They can move forward without any worries.

Because, their backs are safe.

On the contrary, if these are not possible.

The people will watch indifferently, even with hostility and fear, treating them as intruders.

At this time, they will become the Han family's spies and provide all kinds of information to the Han family.

When they penetrate deep into Qizhou, they will join forces with Qi soldiers to attack their food roads.

If so, they would have to attack southward while also devoting troops to defend the rear.

This will inevitably distract their energy and consume more resources.

Thinking of this, he explained it to Lu Chang.

When Lu Chang heard this, he was immediately impressed and said: "Your Highness is always so cautious and far-sighted."

After relaxing his shoulders, he came to a well, picked up the water that the soldiers had just fetched, walked to a thatched house, and poured the water into the water tank in front of the door.

In front of the thatched cottage, stood an old man in ragged clothes.

Seeing this, he was a little at a loss, "This military master, it doesn't have to be like this, it doesn't have to be like this."

Lu Chang laughed and said, "My father-in-law, we Yanzhou soldiers and the people are one family. We came to Qizhou to let you live a good life and prevent the wealthy families from oppressing you."

Then, he went back to carry a bag of rice, entered the house, and poured it into the old man's rice vat.

The old man was even more flattered. It was always the officers and soldiers who snatched their things.

No officers or soldiers ever stuffed things into them.

The old man was leaning on crutches tremblingly, tears welling up in his eyes.