Chapter 452: Moving Forward Together

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Zhao Xu looked towards the northeast.

At this moment, Mo Yu stood in front of him like a primary school student who had made a mistake, holding a piece of paper in his hand and reading something.

"... The matter of the Beidi death soldiers was caused by my negligence. I will take strict precautions in the future and never let such things happen again." Mo Yu lowered his head after exhaling heavily.

"In addition, I will fine you half a year's salary to serve as a warning to others." Zhao Xu said.

After the Beidi death soldiers were exposed, Mo Yu apologized to him.

However, it was only a few days after the great victory at sea, so he temporarily ignored the matter.

This time when he came to Yanguan, he asked Mo Yu to write a letter of apology and read it to him, which was actually equivalent to the modern self-criticism.

"In addition, you will be temporarily responsible for the post of Yanguan garrison commander, but if there are any more mistakes within a year, I will reduce your position." Zhao Xu said.

This time, the Yuan family played a trick similar to the Trojan Horse, which was indeed very tricky.

Even he was careless.

However, since this incident happened, someone must be held responsible.

Of course, his purpose was not to punish the generals, but to alert the entire army through punishment.

Let them think one step further when they encounter similar incidents in the future.

"Yes, Your Highness, I accept the punishment." Mo Yu bowed.

He knew very well that the King of Yan had given him a break.

If he didn't punish him, he would feel bad.

After accepting Mo Yu's confession, Zhao Xu no longer mentioned the matter, but said: "Zhou Yi and Bai Shang should have arrived at Chrysanthemum Island."

The name of this Chrysanthemum Island in modern times is Juehua Island, located on the sea east of Liaoning Province.

This time, before Zhou Yi and Bai Shang set off, he specifically told them to take the island.

Because there are sailing warships, as long as they occupy Chrysanthemum Island, Beidi will not be able to take it back.

At that time, this small island will become a chess piece he placed in Ningjindusi.

"It's time to arrive." Mo Yu said, "Your Highness, should we ask General Chang to lead the troops back?"

"No hurry." Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes, "Ningjin Dusi, we are just bluffing, the three southern counties are the most important."

When Chang Wei went south to Fanyang, he specifically instructed him.

He ordered him to rob all the nobles in the three southern counties, burn all the land deeds, and drive out all the people.

In general, take away everything that can be taken away.

In this way, the three southern counties became a barren land for the nobles.

He could take the opportunity to ask Zhao Heng for it, after all, he had made great contributions this time.

Of course, the premise is that Zhongli and his party can save Zhao Heng.

While Zhao Xu was thinking, Zhongli and his party had already entered the territory of Sizhou.

Upon hearing the news, Ma Han immediately led his troops to meet them.

Under the protection of the Ma family soldiers, Ma Han accompanied Zhongli and his party to Qinguan.

"Does Captain Zhongli really not need the help of my Ma family's troops?" Ma Han hesitated.

After withdrawing from Xiangcheng to Sizhou, he sent someone to see the King of Yan to ask for his opinion.

The King of Yan just asked them to defend Qinguan.

Originally, he thought that the King of Yan meant that he would lead the army to rescue the emperor in person, but he didn't expect that he only sent a thousand cavalry and three carriages that seemed to be loaded with supplies.

"Mazhou Mu, don't worry. It's inconvenient to have too many people. Let's rest for a while. We will set out at night. Whether we can rescue the emperor depends on this." Zhongli bowed.

Zhongli's confident look made Ma Han more confused.

But since Zhongli didn't say it on his own initiative, he didn't ask.

The King of Yan and his men have always acted independently.

Sometimes he couldn't understand.

Thinking of this, he just asked the generals of the Ma family to take good care of Zhongli and his party.

...

An County.

After half a day of sailing, the fleet arrived at the nearby waters.

It was almost dusk at this moment, and the whole sea was dyed red like a burning cloud.

Zhou Yi and Bai Shang discussed and prepared to rest on the boat for one night and launch an attack on the Anxian iron mine the next day.

Yang Zhen sat on the ground, holding a flintlock in one hand, looking at it constantly, and exclaiming.

After boarding the warship, he had an illusion.

It was as if he had stayed on the island for ten years, and the outside world had passed a hundred years.

Otherwise, how could the fire gun become such a huge cannon.

There is also this kind of miniature iron cannon that everyone can hold in their hands to kill the enemy.

Especially when Bai Shang ordered the soldiers to shoot at him, his body was trembling slightly.

He could only murmur "really amazing" repeatedly to express his shock.

In addition to the shock, there was the ecstasy and tears that followed.

For him, there was hope to recapture Ningjindusi.

He was willing to be an unknown person in the Yanwang army and witness this day in the future.

After a night.

The next day, ten warships lowered the boat.

Under the leadership of Bai Shang, the soldiers of the royal palace landed on the coast.

Zhou Yi and the navy soldiers are waiting here for them to return.

"The iron mine is 20 miles northwest of An County." Yang Zhen pointed to the map, "We can march boldly. The Beidi people are very arrogant and have always neglected to guard their hinterland. It is impossible for them to expect that the troops of King Yan will come."

Bai Shang nodded and immediately ordered the soldiers to go northwest along the official road.

Along the way, they passed many abandoned villages.

These used to be the villages of the people of Dasong.

After the Beidi occupied this place, they turned them into slaves and let the village and nearby fields grow weeds and turned them into their racecourses.

On the way, they also encountered some Beidi people who were grazing.

Seeing a strange army coming, they all fled.

Bai Shang did not chase them, he wanted them to spread the news that the Dasong army appeared here.

About an hour later, an iron mine appeared in front of everyone.

At this time, the Dasong people in shackles in the iron mine were waving chisels to chisel stones.

The Beidi soldiers took whips and lashed the people who fell to the ground due to exhaustion from time to time.

The appearance of their group immediately attracted the attention of the Beidi soldiers.

"Woo woo woo..." The familiar horn sounded.

Not long after, five hundred Beidi soldiers rushed out from the corner of the mine.

The archers pulled their bows to the full on the four sentry towers.

"I thought that His Highness gave too few people for 6,000, but I didn't expect it to be too many." Bai Shang grinned and scratched his head.

Obviously, these five hundred Beidi soldiers were just supervising the people.

There was no special army guarding the mine.

"Kill them!" The smile on Bai Shang's face suddenly disappeared, and he shouted to the generals around him.

"Kill!"

The soldiers in the palace roared, and they were all excited.

This time they attacked the Beidi soldiers in the heart of Beidi, which was much more exciting than staying in Yanguan and passively being beaten.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The generals rushed to lead their soldiers to kill.

They all wanted to grab the first place.

In this way, they could brag about it when they went back and drank.

The Beidi soldiers had already been scared silly by this sudden army.

They were all thinking about one question in their minds, how did this Dasong army come to Anxian.

But they soon could never think again.

The dense lead bullets made them into sieves.