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At this moment, the city was crowded with troops coming from the north.

Hiding on the street and looking at these dejected soldiers, the people of Huaicheng talked a lot.

"Brother Wang, Brother Han, Lord Zuo Teng, you can rest when you get here. Pengcheng can at least hold off King Yan's troops for a while. Even if they pass Pengcheng, they still have to find a way to cross the Huai River." Xie Duan said.

After a pause, he continued: "Although my Xie family navy is not as good as the Liang family's, there are still hundreds of warships, and we will not let them cross the river easily."

Han Zheng and Wang Zi'an looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Along the way, they worked non-stop and did not dare to take a day off.

Because they know that even if they waste one day, they may be caught up the next day.

The long march made them very tired.

Now, finally, I can take a break.

After hearing this, Sato Zhenjiu said: "This is not enough. It is better to fill some ships with stones and scuttle these warships at the junction of the canal and the Huaihe River to prevent King Yan's warships from going south from the canal and entering the Huaihe River."

Xie Duan's eyes lit up and he said: "Sir Sato is wise, I will give the order right away."

All the troops entered the city.

Xie Duan ordered the powerful and wealthy troops to be stationed in the camp, and arranged a residence for Han Zheng and others.

In the evening, he held a banquet in the most prestigious restaurant in Huaicheng. He invited Han Zheng, Wang Zi'an, Sato Zhenjiu, etc., and also called several wealthy families to accompany him.

Although the war in the north is ongoing, Huaicheng still has a peaceful scene of singing and dancing.

From time to time, the sound of musical instruments and singing could be heard from nearby brothels.

In order to please Sato Zhenjiu, Xie Duan invited oiran ladies from various brothels in Huaicheng to add fun.

After drinking for three rounds, Xie Duan looked at Sato Majiu, who was having a drink with the oiran, and said slowly: "Sir Sato, the soldiers and horses of King Yan are pressing forward step by step. Our lives depend entirely on this alliance."

When he was in Lucheng, he was just worried about the casualties of the Xie family's soldiers and horses in the war.

Entering Ningzhou, he felt sorry for not only the Xie family soldiers, but also the counties of Ningzhou.

As it is now, although they can delay King Yan's troops from going south, they will eventually be driven to the south of Jiujiang.

If King Yan's troops cross Jiujiang and continue to attack them, then the Xie family will lose all their territory just like the Han family.

Therefore, he was able to join the Eastern Earth Alliance mentioned by Sato Masaku.

In this way, Jinling and several Xie family cities in the south of Jiujiang may be preserved.

Even in the future, they will be able to defeat King Yan and regain the lost land.

"Liang Kai will definitely agree. If he doesn't agree, King Yan will beat him next!" Han Zheng's face turned red and he placed the wine glass heavily on the table.

Since leaving Yicheng, he has been in a very depressed mood.

Because all the territory of his Han family was lost, and he was like a bereaved dog.

Although Xie Duan still spoke of him as Brother Han.

But he knew that his Han family could no longer be equal to his Xie family in Xie Duan's eyes.

The only valuable ones were the 50,000 Han family troops and 50,000 wealthy private soldiers he commanded.

There is also the Wang family. During the march, Wang Zi'an deliberately tried to please Xie Duan several times.

He knew that the two families of Wang and Han were trying to stay together to fight against King Yan.

Now, in order to protect himself, there is nothing wrong with Prince An being close to the Xie family.

But he just couldn't swallow this breath, and in the end he could only blame King Yan.

He was also crazy about the Eastern-Turk Alliance mentioned by Sato Mahisu, and firmly believed that it could be accomplished.

"What Brother Han said is that the Liang family fled without a fight and just wanted us to hold them back, but in the end, he couldn't escape." While Wang Zi'an was speaking, he poured a glass of wine for Xie Duan himself.

Xie Duan nodded, still looking at Sato Majiu, "I don't think the Liang family will sit still and wait for death, but it is said that the Liang family has some conflicts with Japan and Britain. Will the Liang family resolve their feud because of this?"

These words stopped Sato Majiu.

He only knew that the shogunate was building an alliance against King Yan, but he did not know how to resolve the conflicts between the Liang family and Japan and Britain.

However, the Japanese soldiers who sent him a message once said that the shogunate would place spies on the Liang family merchant ships traveling to and from Japan and use them to deliver intelligence.

So he said: "If it's correct, the latest information will be sent over in the next few days."

Xie Duan, Wang Zi'an, and Han Zheng were overjoyed and stood up to propose a toast to Sato Mahisa.

In this way, we waited for three days in Huaicheng.

They did not wait for the news from Japan, but they waited for the news that Pengcheng had been captured.

After taking Pengcheng, King Yan's troops continued southward. In two days, they arrived at the north bank of the Huaihe River and cleaned up the sunken ships at the intersection of the canal and the Huaihe River.

And four Yanzhou warships also arrived one after another.

This surprised them and they immediately decided to continue evacuating south.

This time they planned to go to Yangcheng, then cross Jiujiang and go to Jinling.

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North bank of Huaihe River.

While Xie Duan and others were fleeing south, Chang Wei was directing the prisoners who could swim to punt to the middle of the river to salvage stones.

After taking Yizhou, he considered going south to the Huaihe River.

Therefore, when they were in Yicheng, they sent cavalry to Jinhe River and ordered four warships to go down the canal to cooperate with them in the battle.

However, due to the twists and turns of the canal, the battleship moved slower than them and only arrived now.

Unexpectedly, the Huaihe River and the mouth of the canal were blocked.

"At this rate, it will take at least five or six days to clean up and the warships can pass." Chang Wei secretly thought.

Although Pengcheng's soldiers and horses were numerous, they were no match for their guns and artillery.

After three days and more than 80,000 casualties, the wealthy private soldiers and powerful soldiers in the city could no longer hold on.

On the third day they entered the city and the soldiers chose to surrender.

He wanted to work hard, but something went wrong.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown.

However, he had no other option.

On the sixth day, the river was finally dredged.

Four warships entered the Huaihe River, and they also allowed the royal army to collect enough civilian ships.

At noon on the sixth day, the royal army crossed the Huaihe River and arrived at Huaicheng after a day's march.

Here, Xie Duan left a garrison of 50,000 soldiers and horses.

After a night of fighting, the royal army easily captured Huaicheng.

After learning that the powerful army was fleeing to Yangcheng, Chang Wei immediately ordered to march towards Yangcheng.

The distance between Huaicheng and Yangcheng is three hundred miles.

Because they were advancing too fast, Zhongli's speed in establishing the rear seemed to be unable to keep up with them, and there was a problem with food and fodder.

Chang Wei had no choice but to let the soldiers rely on the spare fried noodles, travel lightly and head towards Yangcheng.

But when they arrived in Yangcheng, they suddenly discovered a surprising scene.

There are three trenches thirty meters apart in front of Yangcheng.

There were two layers of sandbags piled up in front of the trench, and the soldiers of the Shi clan were standing in the trench with flintlock guns, only one head exposed, pointing the muzzles at them.

There were even artillery pieces in the trench area, and everything seemed very orderly.

On the city wall of Yangcheng, Wang Xie and Xie An looked calm. Standing next to them was a man with blond hair and blue eyes wearing a blue shorts and black trousers.