Chapter 689 Secret

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Under Jicheng, the grenadiers kept throwing grenades onto the city wall.

Under rounds of explosions, the Yuan family soldiers on the city wall suffered heavy casualties in an instant.

At the same time, other royal palace soldiers prepared ladders and were ready to climb the city wall at any time.

Looking at the top of Jicheng, Qin Shan touched his chin and murmured: "This kid from the Fourth Courtyard really succeeded, which is quite interesting."

Originally, he had no hope that the young man from the Fourth Courtyard would assassinate Yuan Li.

After all, there must be a large number of soldiers guarding Yuan Li.

But he obviously underestimated the ability of this young man from the Fourth Courtyard.

Seeing a firework light up in the sky, he knew that the young man from the Fourth Courtyard had succeeded, so he immediately launched an attack instead of waiting until midnight.

After all, Yuan Li's assassination would definitely cause chaos in Jicheng. If he didn't attack the city now, when would he attack?

As he guessed, the explosion in the city and the fireworks flying into the sky attracted the attention of the Yuan family soldiers on the city wall.

When the grenadiers reached the bottom of Jicheng, they were not on guard at all.

When the grenade exploded on the city wall, Yuan Li was doomed to fail in this war.

"Boom boom boom..." The explosion continued.

The generals of the Yuan family on the city wall were injured or killed.

The remaining soldiers hurriedly asked for help from the city, but because of the death of Yuan Li and many generals, the Yuan family army had been in chaos and no one paid any attention.

Some Yuan family soldiers learned that Yuan Li was dead and made up their minds.

After wandering outside for so long, they were tired and didn't want to continue to escape.

Now, they don't want to fight anymore, they just want to return to Yanzhou, return to their hometown, and live a stable life.

The news that the soldiers of the King of Yan did not kill prisoners strengthened their beliefs.

The explosion on the city wall continued for a while, and then the Yuan family soldiers in the city heard the deafening shouts of killing.

The soldiers of the palace climbed up the city wall through the cloud ladder and rushed into Jicheng. The Yuan family soldiers were in chaos and could not organize an effective attack at all.

The fragmented counterattacks were as fragile as a piece of paper in front of the Yanzhou soldiers.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, more Yuan family soldiers knelt down on the roadside and threw their swords and muskets on the ground.

Thirty thousand royal palace soldiers fought from the north to the south of the city.

At dawn, they occupied the entire Jicheng.

Qin Shan climbed up the south gate of Jicheng and looked down at the bottom of the mountain. It was a plain that could not be seen at a glance.

At this time, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This battle was simpler than he imagined.

The Yuan family soldiers, who had no leader, were vulnerable to the royal palace troops.

"Immediately notify His Royal Highness the King of Yan that Jicheng has been taken." Qin Shan said.

Taking Jicheng is equivalent to cutting a hole in the four southwestern counties of Qi.

They don't need to fight to the death with the powerful soldiers and horses in Yangcheng, as long as they enter the four southwestern counties from Jicheng and kill towards Lucheng.

"Yes, General." After receiving the order, a cavalryman set out from the north gate of Jicheng and headed towards Yangcheng.

Two days later, the cavalry arrived at the royal palace camp outside Yangcheng.

"Jicheng was breached?" Chang Wei could hardly believe his ears.

This was too fast. It took only five days from Qinshan to Jicheng. It was incredible.

The cavalry then told about the assassination of Yuan Li.

Zhao Xu nodded when he heard it. In a trance, he suddenly felt a little funny.

Thinking back to when he woke up in the Prince of Yan's Mansion, the Zhang family alone gave him a headache.

Yuan Li was a giant in Yanzhou at that time, making him nervous all the time.

But unexpectedly, Yuan Li's death did not cause any waves in his heart.

Because to him, Yuan Li had already become an insignificant figure.

However, Yuan Li's death finally put an end to his worries.

Over the years, Yuan Li owed countless blood debts in Yanzhou, and now it was blood debts that were paid.

Skipping this matter, his mind returned to the current battlefield. He said to Chang Wei, "Leave 30,000 people to stare at Yangcheng, and the remaining 60,000 people will go to Jicheng at night and attack Lucheng."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei said.

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Lucheng.

The news of the fall of Jicheng also reached here, and Han Zheng and Xie Duan were shocked.

"This Yuan Li is really a waste. Your Han family thinks too much of him. How can you let him defend Jicheng?" Xie Duan looked like he was disappointed with him.

Han Zheng was already irritated, and Xie Duan got angry at him. He said angrily: "It's useless to say these things now. The King of Yan is making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. Even if someone else is replaced, Jicheng can't be defended. Don't say these anymore, or think about what to do."

Xie Duan sighed.

Indeed, just as Han Zheng said.

Even if someone else is replaced, Jicheng can't be defended.

The King of Yan marched towards Yangcheng in a big way, deceiving everyone.

"I originally thought that relying on Yangcheng, we could hold off the troops of the King of Yan for more than a month. Now, it's only five days, and the King of Yan has taken Jicheng. I'm afraid that in another five days, they will reach Lucheng." Xie Duan shook his head, "There is no other way, quickly evacuate to Pengcheng."

Han Zheng hesitated, as only a small part of the Han family's treasury was moved.

As the two were talking, Sato Shinjiu rushed over.

Looking at Han Zheng and Xie Duan, he really wanted to scold them.

But thinking that the Japanese navy was almost wiped out by the King of Yan's fleet overnight, he didn't have the face to say anything.

With a long sigh, he said: "Three months, no matter what, you have to hold on for three months. As long as you convince the Wu Kingdom, I, Japan, can promote a new alliance. By then, you will be safe, and the King of Yan will not be able to continue to invade the south."

The important matter in the letter is exactly the plan that the Shogun Watanabe Kishi is implementing.

Establish an East Land Alliance with Dongying as the core to achieve the goal of influencing the situation in Dasong.

This is just like the offshore balancing strategy implemented by Britain in the Western Continent.

While keeping Dasong turbulent and divided, no powerful country is allowed to rise and threaten the interests of Dongying.

When he received the letter, the British consul stationed in Dongying and the consul of Sam country were a little moved by this matter.

After all, due to the long-term colonization of the Western Kingdom, they know how to balance in a region.

For example, Britain's rule over India relies on instigating internal strife among the Indian states.

Pull one group and beat another, let them fight endlessly, and get the most benefits from it.

In the past, Dasong was a unified dynasty, and they were still a little afraid.

But since Dasong was divided, they naturally did not want to see Dasong unified again.

A divided Dasong is in their interests.

However, they knew very well that they could not achieve the goal of splitting Dasong by themselves.

And they have this hope if they work together and rely on Japan.

Especially Britain, their local parliament has already formulated a plan against Dasong.

And the Sam Kingdom does not want to see Wu, with which they have a huge trade relationship, destroyed by the King of Hell.

After discussion, they decided to pull Wu into their alliance, so that the division of Dasong can be a foregone conclusion.