Chapter 233 Attack Jiangyou, go straight to Longhu

Author: Traveling from the South

Chapter 233 Attack Jiangyou, go straight to Longhu

There was not much blood left in the royal family, and considering the views of the Great Yan scholars and ministers, Zhou Bai did not kill Zhu Lang directly in the end.

Instead, he was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in a temple in Nanyun Province, under the supervision of Zhou Yuan who was stationed at the rear.

However, they did not show any kindness to the main militant faction in the city who had resisted resolutely before, and killed them all. Those who deserved to be confiscated and exterminated would not show any mercy.

This is to spread the word that if anyone dares to follow the disobedience easily in the future, even if the master's family is fine, you supporters will definitely die.

After the bloody suppression, the officials and gentry in Xishan Province were extremely obedient to Zhou Bai, and the officialdom had no complaints about his transfer and placement.

However, Zhou Bai did not proceed with the more detailed combing. On February 5th, the news that the Tatar chiefs suspended hair shaving and changed clothes has spread to Xishan.

He understands very well that the environment in which plane wars take place is not the real world, but a virtual world that imitates a historical episode. It is the magical power of creation that operates according to the rules of heaven.

But even in the virtual world, all events formed by the intersection of characters develop in accordance with the normal laws of the real world.

Zhou Bai emerged as the last backbone of the Broken Dayan and presided over the counterattack against the Tatars in advance.

All these will inevitably have an impact on normal historical development and there will be unpredictable changes, and he has already been mentally prepared.

But Zhou Bai never expected that the big change would come so quickly.

Under normal circumstances, the Tatar court had just suspended hair shaving and changing clothes in November for the sake of face and to break the backbone of the Han people. Finally, when continuous bloody massacres and suppression failed to work.

But now it is a full nine months ahead of schedule, which is somewhat beyond Zhou Bai's expectations. The lands in Yichuan, Huguang and Lingnan have not yet been fully recovered, but only a staged victory has been achieved.

Could this be the "butterfly effect"? A butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the world can set off a hurricane on the other side of the world.

Zhou Bai was a man in the game and couldn't see through it. He just thought it was too strange that Tatar suddenly stopped shaving his hair and changing clothes.

It would have been easy to tell one, two months or even three or four months in advance, but nine months in advance really almost wiped out the last chance of a comeback for Dayan.

It's not broken at all, it's purely Zhou Bai's own variable.

While the public anger aroused by Fengtian's campaign against Hu Xi was still there, and while the remaining bravery of the rebel armies in various places was not wiped out, on February 6, the fourth year of Hong'an, Zhou Bai led the renovated Yulin Army to march towards Jiangyou via Lingnan.

With the experience of obtaining the three-foot sword, he can basically confirm that the stone carvings of dragon and tiger talismans mentioned by Yang Hui are the magical objects of luck in this world.

The legend of Longhu Mountain is recorded in Taoist temples in the southwest. Before the founding of Dayan, a dragon and tiger descended from the sky and landed on the nameless mountain on the right side of the Yangtze River.

At that time, Emperor Taizu of Dayan happened to be passing by on his march and saw this scene, so he named it Longhu Mountain.

Zhou Bai had no idea how he later discovered the Heavenly Inscriptions, how he built the Heavenly Master's Mansion to sit in, and even how he allowed people to cultivate the true way.

But he is certain that Longhu Mountain must be the key to breaking the situation. With the luck of Dragon and Tiger, martial arts can regain its glory in this extraordinary world.

On February 15th, the army entered Jiangyou, and there was chaos along the way.

There are rebels attacking the city, there are Tatars suppressing the rebels, and there are countless bandits taking advantage of the chaos.

In short, if Zhou Bai comes across it, he will not miss it. This trip is not only for Longhu Mountain, but also to win the land of Jiangyou.

Jiangyou is a strategic location, an important grain-producing area, and a place of great prosperity in military, cultural, economic and other aspects.

If we can firmly control Jiangyou, Huguang can attack at any time, and it will also greatly deter Jiangnan, forcing the Tatars to defend with heavy troops.

However, Zhou Bai knew this, and the Tatars naturally knew it. From the moment the Yulin Army entered Jiangyou, Jiangyou General Hetua had been constantly dispatching troops and generals.

On February 20th, in the Hongdu City located in the north of Jiangyou, in the Jiangyou General's Mansion, Hetua was yelling at his subordinates.

"Suppressing the mob? What kind of mob should we suppress? Those weak-legged people are just knocking on the corners at most. They are supervising the country and recruiting soldiers."

"Let those fools in front retreat to the city and delay the process."

"Tell Wula that 10,000 Han banner troops and 1,000 national soldiers must guard Qiancheng Mansion for half a month."

He repeatedly scolded and issued military orders, which made his subordinates sweat profusely in this sunny month of February, so they could only respond incessantly.

But as Hetua's confidant, he had to check for leaks and fill in the gaps: "Sir, I heard that this Zhu Jun is not simple. Although he is the unknown eldest son, he is the first royal family of the Yan Kingdom to make the Erke County Prince suffer."

"Would you like to send more troops and horses to support General Wula? Jiangyou is not enough, so you can ask Nandu for help."

The reminder from his confidant made Hetua calm down a little, but after thinking about it for a moment, he could only shake his head helplessly and said: "The south is too hot and humid, and even the sons and daughters of the country are not used to it. The imperial court never really wanted to rule the south of the Yangtze River.

.But who would have thought that Great Yan would be so corrupted that it would easily abandon thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. When the wealth from the south of the Yangtze River is sent to the northern capital, the nobles will be reluctant to part with it."

"Stabilizing Jiangnan is the prince's top priority. Although hair shaving and changing clothes are temporarily cancelled, the restlessness caused by Zhu Jun will take time to calm down."

The confidant seemed to understand, and said cautiously: "Sir, are you saying that as long as Jiangnan is not lost, everything else can be easily recovered?"

This confidant is his own nephew, and Hetua doesn't mind explaining it in detail. The world is about to be unified, and it will be too late if he doesn't cultivate him.

"Well, yes, the wealth in the south of the Yangtze River is the lifeblood to fill the loopholes in the north. Let Wu La take the lead for a while, and then I can gather the soldiers and horses that have been dispersed to quell the chaos, and then I can take care of Zhu Jun. I took advantage of this once and dared to advance like this.

, Thirty thousand Yanjun, huh..."

But before Hetua could reveal his plan, the frontline messenger, covered in blood, sent an urgent military report.

"Qiancheng was destroyed at noon on the 18th..."

On February 15th, he entered Jiangyou and captured the first county seat. On February 18th, he captured the most important city in the south of Jiangyou?

Even the heavenly soldiers and generals wouldn't be so fast, right? Is there someone collaborating with the enemy, or maybe something happened to Wula?

However, when Hetua read the military report, he almost spit out blood. Such a simple trick to lure the enemy can be fooled!

On the way to Qiancheng, Zhou Bai received a group of shaved-headed rebels who took refuge. This was something he asked Heaven for permission from Hu Xiuzhong, so he naturally accepted their surrender.

But as soon as they took refuge, they made great achievements.

The Provisional Staff used this as a tactic to lure the enemy, allowing all the rebels to put on Tatar armor and clothing, and also taught them a few simple words of Tatar.

As a result, the 30,000-strong Yan army was unable to gain a stable foothold, and the Tatar reinforcements that supported Qian City broke through the camp.

Wula was young and energetic, and looked down upon the weak Yanren. When he heard the friendly troops shouting for death at the top of the city, he immediately thought that there was an opportunity to make a great contribution, and personally led more than a thousand true Tartars and thousands of Han army flags out of the city to attack.

But once he left, he never came back. He used a trick to lure the enemy, not only losing his own life, but also easily losing Qiancheng Mansion.

On the right side of the river, south and north, are Hongdu and Qiancheng, and the rest are just foils.

Once Qiancheng is lost, there is no big obstacle to the northward journey. It can be said that the right half of the river has been lost.

Sure enough, in the next half month, news of the collapse of various prefectures and counties continued.

There are those who rush forward and win by force regardless of damage, and there are also those who use various strategies to win easily, which can be said to be a vivid display of Master Wang's temperament.

Moreover, as they went all the way north, the size of the king's division also continued to expand. In addition to the 30,000 Yulin, there were 50,000 more useful rebels.

As for the larger number of surrendered troops, they will be left behind for reorganization. This is not only due to factors such as combat strength and trust, but also because of worries about logistics being unable to keep up.

Tatar's rise was so fast that Dayan had no time to recuperate, and the resources that the three southwestern provinces could provide were very limited.

If Jiangyou hadn't been rich and could support war with war, no matter how anxious Zhou Bai was, he would not have dared to make a "Northern Expedition" now.

The fighting power of the Yan army that entered Jiangyou was so astonishing that Hetua had to take a defensive position. Just when he finally gathered 20,000 Han, Tatar banner troops and 30,000 miscellaneous troops to prepare to hold on to Hongdu Prefecture.

The brother of the Tatar Emperor was in charge of everything in the south. Prince Erke sent him a secret order, asking him to guard the less important Daoshan Prefecture on the right side of Hongdu Prefecture.

What does Daoshan Prefecture have? The population, resources, and wealth are all at the end of Jiangyou. The most it has is Longhu Mountain.

I heard that Longhu Mountain is the node of the Great Flame Dragon Vein, and the Tianshi Mansion is an important institution in suppressing the national destiny, so Hetua went there in person after he became General Jiangyou.

But after you go there, it is just an ordinary mountain, and your mind will be calmer. There is no such thing as the heavenly master and immortal, who burned it all with fire and nothing happened.

Well, those Taoist priests of Tianshi Mansion did have some tricks, but under the iron heel of his army, they were just tricks.

Hetua didn't know the meaning behind the secret order, but Erke informed him that it was actually an order from the Emperor of Beidu.

In this way, it doesn't matter whether Hongdu Prefecture is defended or not. Daoshan Prefecture must be defended first.

On February 25, Hetualu left his confidants to guard the provincial capital of Jiangyou, while he led an army of 50,000 people and rushed to the nearby Daoshan Prefecture.

There were only a few thousand Tatars and more than 10,000 Han military flags. Of course Hetua was a little unsure, but reinforcements from the south of the Yangtze River were coming.

This was a reinforcement force deployed as Jiangnan had not yet been completely pacified and bandits and pirates were still raging.

Such an obvious signal is enough to illustrate the importance of Daoshan Mansion to the imperial court and the strict order the emperor gave Erke.

Thanks to the power of Zhou Bai's consecutive victories, all kinds of news and intelligence continued to come from the enemy-occupied areas, and the movement of hundreds of thousands of troops converging on Daoshan Mansion was clear.

At this time, the main force of the Yan Army was three hundred miles away from Hongdu and five hundred miles away from Longhu Mountain in Daoshan Prefecture.

During the break, Zhou Bai summoned the trusted senior generals in the army and told him his decision: "Everyone, I intend to lead the imperial guards to Longhu Mountain."

As soon as he finished speaking, many powerful generals knelt down to dissuade him: "No, Your Highness!"

"You are Dayan's last hope, how could you do such a risky thing!"

"The last general is willing to lead the army to supervise the country and his party..."

The faces of these tiger generals turned red, and they were obviously very anxious. They didn't understand why Zhou Bai had to take the risk to go to Longhu Mountain.

Of course, the few who spoke out are all real Great Yan people and have no memory of the main world.

The generals from the main world, even if they were as violent as Gao Hu, would not refute Zhou Bai's decision at this time.

In their understanding, Zhou Bai always followed the good advice, and even the combat command was mostly based on the plans of his staff.

But once he is at a critical moment, he will often act decisively and make the most correct decision.
To be continued...