Six hundred and sixtieth chapters Huai River please surrender
Chapter 666: Please come down from the Huai River
Two days later, the southern Loop army slowly approached Edo Castle. However, the Loop army did not attack immediately, but waited motionless for two days. When Dugu's northern army appeared in the north of Nara Castle, both sides slowly
Surrounding Nara and Edo on three sides, the remaining coastal areas also showed signs of the Hetao naval coalition. The Hetao finally began to close the net.
In the past few days, the Hetao army was in a very bad mood. It was not because the battle was not going well, but because the roads they passed were filled with corpses in tragic death conditions. These corpses were from the days when the Japanese invaders were wreaking havoc on the world.
After so many years of slavery, the Eastern Japanese slave owners who felt that the Jingzhuang and women who had been plundered from the coastal areas of Goryeo and Qingfeng had lost their use value simply killed them all. If they took them all the way
Moving forward will not only consume a lot of food, but who knows whether they will suddenly turn against the enemy when the Hetao attacks. Therefore, letting them die is the best option.
The southern region is the prosperous economic zone of Dongwa. Most of the Qingfeng men who were robbed are concentrated here. Therefore, there are the most corpses along this road. Xue Sha and others bury these corpses along the way. They made a rough estimate.
, they buried more than 400,000 corpses.
"Don't be discouraged, everyone. Our pace is a bit slow. However, as long as we can avenge them, then they will surely be able to die in peace." Seeing that everyone was a little sad, Xue Sha comforted them.
Dugu raised his neck: "I'm not that sentimental. I'm just thinking about how we can wipe out all the Dong Japanese, which have a population of nearly four million in the country. Nara and Edo gather together.
Less than ten miles away, are we going to divide and destroy them, or are we going to attack them together, and how should we deal with these Japanese on the periphery?"
Dugu had just arrived. Hetao held a military meeting, and naturally he, the infantry commander, was indispensable.
Xin Ke said with a smile: "Millions of people from the Eastern Japan are stationed here, and they obviously want to slowly consume our strength. During our expedition across the sea, every soldier who died in battle was one less, and there is no way to compare with the other party.
.Therefore, once you take action, it must be a thunderous blow that will kill you."
Millions of people are hoarding here. The number of tribes and famous people from all over the East and Japan alone is as high as hundreds. The continuous camps and houses are close to a hundred miles. In addition, there are three rivers flowing through it, so if you want to ride on horseback,
Joint venture is extremely difficult.
"Do you have any objections from the navy?" Xue Sha asked. He is the temporary organizer of the military meeting. After all, he is God's adoptive father and has the highest seniority among everyone. This point, even if he is a gangster,
Dugu, you have to give him some face.
Zhang Yuewan shook her head: "Your army is the main force in this battle, and our navy can only help so much. In order to prevent us from attacking from the sea, the Japanese built countless wooden piles along the beach and burned down the docks along the coast.
, our large warships cannot get close, and small ships carrying soldiers on board will only die if they land."
Everyone was a little helpless. The Dongbo side had indeed done a good job in clearing the country. Zhang Yuewan saw that everyone was a little discouraged and said helplessly: "However, if you feel that the force is a little weak, the more than 100,000 officers and soldiers of our navy can also disembark.
Fight."
After careful calculation, Zhang Yuewan said: "However, the number of naval officers we can mobilize now will not exceed 100,000. I have ordered some warships to patrol north two days ago. If any Eastern Japanese ports and docks are found, they will be destroyed.
Burned."
Xue Sha and the others snorted, but Feng Jing opened his mouth and said: "Don't worry, mistress, our total strength now reaches 400,000, and it will not be a problem at all to deal with a mere Japanese."
Zhang Yuewan stopped talking. When she spoke just now, she did not consider the feelings of Feng Jing and others. Fortunately, Feng Jing was the one who answered. If Dugu opened his mouth, it would definitely not be a good thing.
Xue Sha tapped his fingers on the table, looked around at everyone and said, "I think it is necessary for us to explore the background of Dongbo."
"We need to explore the bottom of the Loop."
The Holy Sect of Paradise was destroyed, Dahu Road Ouyang Jingzhong announced his unconditional surrender to Hetao, and the last piece of territory of the Qingfeng Empire also fell into the hands of Hetao. Now, within the original territory of the Qingfeng Empire, in addition to the four southern Yunnan tribes, there is also the support of Jinhua Mitsukoshi
In addition to relying on the geographical advantage to fight against the Hetao, in the rest of the places there is only one Huai River Zhang family who is stubbornly resisting. The general trend of the world has become quite obvious. The unification of China in the Hetao is already a strategic position and unstoppable. The Huai River originally had a lucky attitude.
The Zhang family did not dare to be stubborn this time. As soon as they heard that Ouyang Jingzhong had surrendered, the Zhang family immediately held a high-level meeting to discuss the future of the Zhang family.
However, Zhang Cangwu's words still caused a big sensation. Everyone present started talking, and Zhang Keliang had to hammer the table several times to stop everyone's noise.
"Cangwu, you mean, we also surrender to the Hetao?" Zhang Keliang said with a gloomy face.
Zhang Cangwu shook his head. At this time, even if he was thinking about surrendering to the Loop, he could not express it clearly like this. Otherwise, the backlash from the family alone would be enough to make him unable to stand up. He organized his words.
, Zhang Cangwu said in a deep voice: "It's not surrender, I just want to understand the attitude of Hetao. Our Zhang family still has 250,000 elite troops, and the total strength of Hetao south of the river is only 400,000, and it is quite large.
If the conditions in the Hetao are too harsh, we will have no choice but to fight to the death."
Zhang Huayang said disdainfully: "Isn't this surrender?"
Zhang Jishi suddenly stood up and said fiercely: "This is definitely not surrender, it is just negotiating terms with Hetao. It is not that our Zhang family does not have the capital to fight, our current strength is still very strong, Hetao should be more concerned about our
strength."
Zhang Huayang closed his eyes and stopped talking. When Huaishui launched a coup that day, Zhang Huayang was a loyal ally of Zhang Jishi and his son. However, as the Hetao moved southward, the performance of the Zhang family and his son became more and more disappointing to Zhang Huayang. Hearing that Zhang Jishi
Forcibly describing surrender as peace talks made Zhang Huayang feel even more indescribable contempt.
Surrender was absolutely undesirable in his opinion. After all, Zhang Cangwu and his son were Zhang Yuewan's direct relatives, and Hetao had to worry about this factor. But Zhang Huayang was different. He went out of his way to assassinate Zhang Cangxiong, intercepting and killing Hao.
Tian's two sons, he is also the main force. If the Zhang family surrenders, everyone in Hetao may be spared, but he, Zhang Huayang, must be among those who must die. It's just that he doesn't have the final say in the Zhang family now. He, the deputy commander of the Yellow Turban Army,
The troops that can be controlled are also quite limited, so they simply close their eyes and ignore them.
Not many people attended the meeting. Among the three major aristocratic families, the Zhang family is the thinnest. The only elder of the older generation is Zhang Keliang. As for Zhang Cangxiong's generation, Zhang Canghao died of illness many years ago.
After being assassinated during the coup, Zhang Cangzong surrendered to Hetao with Zhang Yuewan, leaving only Zhang Cangwu and Zhang Cang'ao, who had no real power in the family.
Zhang Yuewan's generation is also sparse in population. Zhang Cangxiong only has an only daughter, Zhang Yuewan, Zhang Canghao leaves behind a son Zhang Jinan, Zhang Cangzong's only son Zhang Jiwei, and Zhang Cang'ao has no descendants at all. Zhang Cangwu is still very capable and has two sons, respectively.
It's Zhang Jishi and Zhang Jimin.
Since this matter involved military generals, senior generals from Huaishui such as Zhang Huayang, Zhang Qizhi and Zhang Pingxiao were also present. However, except for Zhang Huayang, all the generals maintained due silence on this matter. They were very
They knew that there was a big gap between the combat effectiveness of their own army and that of Hetao. If Hetao sent troops to attack, they would not be able to stop the other party's steps.
Zhang Keliang frowned, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone, do you have any opinions?"
"The Hetao has strong military strength. The only thing we can rely on now is the complex terrain east of the Huai River. But don't forget, hundreds of thousands of land and sea troops in the Hetao are currently on an expedition to the East Japan. When they come back, we will not have the strength to do so.
Any advantage. After all, Yue Wan is also from our Huai River, and our navy is simply incomparable to the Dragon Legion." Zhang Cangwu said loudly.
Everyone was silent, this is a fact. There are not many troops left in Hetao now, and they are widely dispersed. There are only about 150,000 troops in Tiandu Shengjing, and the rest of the soldiers in Hetao are currently being exterminated on Yangzhou Road
It can be said that the Paradise Holy Cult is extremely busy. Every day, there is an endless stream of Paradise Holy Cult members who pass by the official road of Tiandu Holy Capital and are escorted to Niantian Holy Capital to build a city.
Now, the Hetao army on Yangzhou Road is attacking the Paradise Holy Capital in Guazhou under the command of Xuanji. This is already the last stronghold of the Paradise Holy Sect. As long as this place is captured, the Paradise Holy Sect will no longer have any room for improvement.
What the Zhang family wants to confirm most now is the attitude of Hetao. If Hetao is prepared to treat them like Yizhou Road or even Yangzhou Road, then the Zhang family will never agree. The only way is to fight to the death. But if it can be like Qinchuan
If the Li family is so magnanimous, the Zhang family can think about it carefully.
However, no matter what the decision is, the choice must be made before the Hetao expedition army comes back.
If you have to fight hard, then there are currently only 400,000 troops in Hetao south of the river, and they are quite scattered. There are even only 150,000 soldiers in Tiandu Shengjing. If the Zhang family urgently expands the army, and then the entire army goes north, there is at least a 70% certainty
Being able to capture Tiandu Shengjing. The reason why Hetao is so powerful and famous is because they have never been defeated since their rise. As long as Hetao fails, his status in the hearts of all forces will be shaken. And he
Once you show fatigue, the surrounding wolves will definitely attack in packs.
The Song family in Yizhou was not wiped out, and the Li family in Qinchuan was even more unwilling to surrender. The foreign tribes outside the Great Wall were still eyeing the Hetao, and Jinhua Mitsukoshi was also a tiger and wolf. None of them wanted to see the Hetao unify the world. This is Zhang
opportunity for the family. However, if this is really the case, then the Zhang family will definitely face the violent revenge of the Hetao family first. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the Hetao army is too powerful. If the Zhang family army leaves its own geographical environment,
We were extremely familiar with the Jianghuai area. We sacrificed our strengths and weaknesses to attack Hetao. Not to mention the odds of victory, the military morale could not be united.
If it is surrender, the main force in Hetao is now outside, so it can gain a good reputation for surrendering voluntarily. At least, this is better than surrendering after the army from Hetao comes back and the army is pressed. The Zhang family still has a lot of chips:
There are more than 200,000 elite troops, including the well-preserved Yellow Turban Army; the mountains of food can support the needs of the entire Chinese people for at least half a year; Zhang Yuewan's hometown, Hetao owed a lot of favors to Huai River. Any of these
, are enough to make Hetao's heart beat.
However, the risks are equally huge. Zhang Cangwu and others launched a coup to assassinate Zhang Cangxiong. As Zhang Cangxiong's legitimate daughter, will Zhang Yuewan insist on revenge? After all, she is Haotian's wife. If she insists on her own opinion, Haotian will not
Will not give her face.
There is no doubt that the 20,000 Qinchuan soldiers led by Zhang Huayang who went north that day would be dragged to the Holy Capital of Heaven to build a city. This was no doubt that after Qinchuan surrendered that day, Hetao also treated Qinchuan in this way, and the Zhang family would definitely not be an exception. In the end,
The main thing is, who knows whether Hetao will settle accounts in the future, which worries Huaishui the most.
After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Keliang, as the only remaining elder of the Zhang family, finally felt that the interests of the family were the most important, and pointed at Zhang Cangwu with difficulty: "Go to Tiandu Shengjing and see what the Hetao is planning.
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Although Zhang Cangwu had thousands of reluctances in his heart, since Zhang Keliang had already said it, he could not disobey it, so he could only nod his head resignedly, and he couldn't help praying to gods and Buddhas in his heart.
It is not very far from Shouzhou, the current core of the Zhang family, to the Holy Capital of Heaven. It only takes one day to arrive at a high speed. However, Zhang Cangwu was obviously not so enthusiastic, so he walked for three full days. He was
He hopes to have peace talks with the Hetao, but he does not want the envoy responsible for the peace talks to be him. He is very aware of the virtues of the Hetao. If Haotian beheads himself in public in a rage, he will die unjustly.
However, Zhang Cangwu was very lucky. When he arrived at Tiandu Shengjing, Chu Xiangcheng happened to be free. Since he had nothing to do, Chu Xiangcheng took the opportunity to meet his former colleague.
Zhang Cangwu naturally knows that Chu Xiangcheng is a real man who has matured with age. Moreover, the reason why he came here at this time must be for the future of Huaishui. To put it nicely, it is to negotiate for peace. To put it more bluntly, it is to take a look at what he has in his hands.
How much can the chips be exchanged for?
Therefore, Zhang Cangwu made it clear to Chu Xiangcheng that Chu Xiangcheng was also aware of the current situation of Huai River anyway. After politely explaining his purpose of coming, Zhang Cangwu just waited for Chu Xiangcheng's response.
answer.
The one who can really make the decision in Hetao is, first of all, Haotian, and secondly, the two old monsters Chu Xiangcheng and Luo Xiang. As long as Chu Xiangcheng gives conditions for this matter, Haotian will not object in principle.
It's mostly just a matter of modifying a few details.
But what surprised Zhang Cangwu was that Chu Xiangcheng did not give his answer. After pondering for a long time, he asked Zhang Cangwu to wait in the post house. He could decide this matter, but at least he had to report it to Hao first
Tiandu, and Luo Xiang can arrive at Tiandu Shengjing in at most two days. Chu Xiangcheng also hopes to discuss it with Luo Xiang.
Haotian also had some headaches when he took this matter. He also had some feelings for the Zhang family. The Zhang family could surrender without any bloodshed, which was a good thing for Hetao and the Zhang family. However, Zhang Yuewan was currently in Dongbo. Since she was
When dealing with the Zhang family's affairs, we should refer to her opinions to some extent. After all, she is Zhang Cangxiong's legitimate daughter. Regardless of her father's hatred or her understanding of Huai River, it is impossible to ignore her existence.
However, it is impossible to delay the Huai River matter until Zhang Yuewan comes back. Now that Zhang Cangwu has come to the door, he will finally give the other party an answer. Delaying tactics will definitely not work. If the Zhang family thinks that the Hetao is
If you are perfunctory with them and are so flustered, you will definitely take risks, which will turn a good thing into a bad thing.
"Let's see, the Zhang family is also very kind to us in Hetao. We in Hetao are not ungrateful people. We must at least give them some explanation." Luo Xiang also just returned to Tiandu Shengjing. After looking at the details, he said: "I think that the Zhang family
It is necessary to refer to the Li family in Qinchuan for the treatment. The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Legion who went north that day must be executed. This is also an explanation for the people of Dingzhou who were killed that day. This naturally includes Zhang Huayang, the deputy commander of the Yellow Turban Legion. Otherwise, Li Xiao
There's definitely going to be big opinions there."
"The Zhang family?" Haotian asked.
Luo Xiang replied: "In the final analysis, the assassination of King Weiyuan can be regarded as a family matter of the Zhang family in Huaishui. Of course, my lord, you are also qualified to intervene now. Therefore, Zhang Cangwu, his son and others, I think it is better to wait for Yuewan."
The decision will be made after the mistress comes back."
Haotian thought for a while and agreed with Luo Xiang's opinion. If the Zhang family really insists that Zhang Cangxiong's matter is their own family matter, it can be tolerated. Since the Qinchuan and Li family's army besieging Dingzhou can be explained in another way.
In this way, the Zhang family in Huaishui sent people to intercept and kill their two sons, and the nature is not much different. If the Zhang family is to be exterminated, even within the Hetao, there will probably be different voices.
"What about the Zhang family's army?" Haotian is most concerned about this issue. As a soldier, Haotian is always particularly sensitive to the army.
"There are still 250,000 troops in Huaishui, but those with real combat effectiveness are at least barely elite in our eyes. There is only one Yellow Turban Army." Luo Xiang said with a smile: "In this case, it is better to follow suit.
The Li family, based on the Yellow Turban Legion, compressed 250,000 soldiers into a legion of 100,000 people, and all the remaining soldiers were sent home. As for the commander of this legion, let the Zhang family be the leader for the time being.
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Haotian frowned and said: "The Zhang family has never had good generals. When my old father-in-law was here, the Yellow Turban Army could somewhat support the appearance. Now Yue Wan is in Dongbo again, Zhang Cangzong is a naval general, and Zhang Jiwei does not have enough prestige.
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Luo Xiang and Chu Xiangcheng looked at each other. Chu Xiangcheng was a little hesitant. After all, the Zhang family had given the Hetao a lot of help, especially when the Hetao was short of food. The Zhang family's grain ships could be said to have been continuously transported to the Hetao.