Chapter 671 Before the Final Battle

"Boom boom boom..."

Taro Aida was in doubt when the sound of cannons rumbled from the sea. Read М

The Yanzhou fleet attacked their warships.

"How many warships do they have?" Taro Aida asked the Japanese soldier who was delivering the letter.

He still had a glimmer of hope.

If these were just a few warships that happened to pass by, they might still be able to break through.

The Japanese soldier said, "A total of 32 ships."

"32 ships!" Taro Aida was shocked.

Obviously, this fleet was specially sent for them.

At the beginning, the twelve warships of the King of Yan made the warships of the 100 Wufeng pirates flee in all directions.

This time, how could the 32 Yanzhou warships win with only his 120 warships?

Besides, they were blocked in the port.

There were wolves in front and tigers behind. Taro Aida frowned and finally made a decision.

Let all the Japanese sailors disembark and retreat southward with the people of the trading house, leaving only Dasong and the Goryeo pirates to continue fighting.

For him, this situation would be like sending Japanese soldiers to die in vain to fight the Yanzhou fleet at sea, and they would be captured by the Yanzhou army if they stayed in Qingcheng.

At the moment, they belonged to the alliance party, and as long as they went south, they would be safe.

Having made up his mind, he immediately led the Japanese people in the trading house to set off together.

When he arrived at the south gate, he climbed the city wall and looked at the sea from a distance.

On the sea not far from the port, 32 Yanzhou warships continued to emit flames, and thick smoke rose from the Japanese warships at the dock.

The Japanese soldiers received his order and fled from the warships and came in his direction.

"King Yan, we Japanese will remember this account. Your head will be temporarily placed on your neck. One day, we Japanese will come to take it."

After that, he headed south without looking back.

On the sea.

Zhou Yi soon discovered a surprising scene at the port.

The Wufeng pirates did not choose to fight them, but fled off the ship and headed south.

The warships parked at the dock all became empty ships.

What happened? Zhou Yi frowned.

They could understand that the Wufeng pirates fled, because the outcome of this war was doomed.

But why did this group of pirates flee southward instead of fleeing to Qingcheng?

In just half an hour, he had the answer.

An army appeared at the Qingcheng dock. When he saw this army, he immediately ordered to stop the shelling.

Because the soldiers of this army were wearing the new army uniforms of Yanzhou.

There was no doubt that they were the royal army attacking Qi.

With joy in his heart, he immediately ordered the warship to sail to the dock.

Because the dock was full of burning Wufeng pirate warships, they were far away, so they could only put down the small boat and row the famous boat to the dock.

"Lv Chang." Zhou Yi smiled when he got on the dock.

This army was led by Lv Chang.

"Hahaha, what a coincidence. When I heard the cannon fire from the sea, I knew it must be you, so I accelerated the march. It's just a pity that I was still a step too late. These Japanese guys ran away." Lu Chang was a little regretful.

"They all fled to the south." Zhou Yi pointed to the direction where the Japanese fled, "You are making rapid progress."

Hearing this, Lu Chang immediately ordered the cavalry to pursue.

Then he smiled, "It's not that we are making rapid progress, but that Qi State gave up these unimportant cities and wanted to fight a decisive battle with us."

Then, he said to Zhou Yi: "Why are you here? "

Zhou Yi then told Lü Chang about the plan to attack the Japanese navy.

The Wufeng pirates fled without a fight, leaving behind a large number of warships, which meant that their attack plan was a complete success.

Now, the ocean will truly belong to their Yanzhou Navy.

At the same time, what excited him was that Lü Chang occupied Qingcheng, which would become their first supply point for the southward march.

Lü Chang's eyes widened when he heard this.

Raising his fist, he said, "Great, these little bastards from Japan still want to stir up civil strife in Dasong, they should be made to suffer. "

The two talked for a while.

Zhou Yi asked Lu Chang to help them look after the Japanese warships on the dock.

The navy naturally looked down on these warships, but it would be a waste to throw them away, so it would be better to tow them back for the merchant company to use.

Then, he entrusted Lu Chang to send cavalry to deliver the naval battle report to Dongping City, and he led the fleet back to Jinghai Wharf.

In two days, his battle report reached Zhao Xu.

At this time, Zhao Xu was discussing the decisive battle with Chang Wei.

The Xie family's troops entered Lucheng a few days ago, and the armies of Nanliang and Beidi were also coming to Qizhou with great momentum.

"There is no need to worry about Japan. Zhou Yi's sneak attack was successful, and the warships in Wufeng Haikou were also destroyed near Qingcheng. They can't even think of transporting the Japanese army to Qizhou. "After reading Zhou Yi's battle report, Zhao Xu said to Chang Wei.

Chang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, "The tentacles of Japan extending into Dasong have been cut off, and the alliance to attack Yan is missing a corner. The only foreign force left is Beidi."

Then, he and Zhao Xu looked at each other, and they both said at the same time: "Ma Han!"

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "Yes, it's time for Ma Han to take action. Since Beidi is determined to participate in the alliance, I will make him pay the price and make them lose both the wife and the army."

Then, he opened Lu Chang's battle report, and in the report, Lu Chang mentioned the occupation of Qingcheng.

Qingcheng in Qizhou is the modern Qingdao, which is a rare deep-water port.

Otherwise, the Japanese would not have set their sights on Qingcheng.

But now that Qingcheng has fallen into his hands, the Japanese will not want to get involved in this place in the future.

After resolving the threat from the sea, Zhao Xu focused his energy on the next decisive battle.

In at most ten days, the troops of the Southern Liang will arrive in Lucheng, and by then Qizhou will gather a million coalition forces to attack Yan.

In order to deal with the coalition forces to attack Yan, he was not idle during this period, but together with Chang Wei, he would only ask the soldiers of the royal palace to dig trenches in front of the county city.

There are more than ten such trenches in front of each county city.

One of the purposes is to slow down the attack of the enemy soldiers, and the other is to provide convenient terrain for soldiers to throw grenades before the war begins.

Of course, the coalition forces to attack Yan may not be stupid enough to attack the city defended by the royal palace, but they have to take these defensive measures.

After all, the battlefield changes rapidly, and they must be very careful.

He talked with Chang Wei about some matters before the decisive battle, and he sent someone to Sizhou to bring his order to attack Qinzhou and Yongzhou to Ma Han.

Since the troops of Nanliang and Beidi have been dispatched, it is time for Ma Han to attack the two states.

If Nanliang retreats and supports the two states, he will take the opportunity to destroy the armies of Qi and Xie.

If they ignore him, with the 100,000 troops under Ma Han's command, he can easily capture the two states and restore the territory of Dasong.