Chapter 793 Liang Kaixin's Thoughts

"Kill!"

The noble soldiers were stunned by the grenade, but the Marines took the opportunity to jump into the trench.

Some of them picked up rifles with bayonets and killed the remaining Wu soldiers in the trench.

Some continued to throw grenades to the next trench and groped to the second trench from the middle aisle.

The explosions of grenades were mixed with the screams of Wu soldiers.

"I surrender! I surrender..."

The Marines were murderous, and the Wu soldiers who were still alive in the trench raised their hands to surrender.

Most of them were soldiers from ordinary people, and some were soldiers from nobles.

At this moment, they were all terrified and could not muster any soldiers to fight with the Marines.

This was not a war at all, but a thorough massacre.

Now, they would rather be captured and go to mine minerals than stay in the trench for a moment.

After taking the first trench, the attack of the Marines below was unusually smooth.

Under the bombardment of howitzers, the morale of the Wu soldiers was already extremely low, and some soldiers fled.

Seeing them rush into the trench, the Wu soldiers collapsed instantly, but a small number of stubborn elements in the nobles were still resisting them.

But this small group of trench soldiers could not affect the battle situation at all.

When the Marines occupied the trench, they were cleared by the way.

At this moment, more and more Wu soldiers crowded at the city gate.

They all wanted to enter the city.

But the gate of Lujiao City was closed, and they ignored the cries of the Wu soldiers.

Seeing that the Yan Wang army was getting closer and closer, many soldiers simply fled around the city.

In an hour, the Marines occupied the trench fortifications under Lujiao City.

The last trench dug by the Wu army was only more than 30 meters away from the city wall.

The trench of Wu became a protective umbrella for the Marines.

Standing in the last row of trenches, the Marines kept throwing grenades at the city wall.

Flowers of fire burst out on the city wall.

"Your Highness can really spend the night in Lujiao City tonight." The trench was conquered and the battle situation was basically controlled by the Marines, Zhou Yi smiled.

When King Yan gave orders to Pan Chang, he was still worried that Pan Chang would not be able to complete it.

Now, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"The people in Lujiao City are all new recruits. Liang Kai just didn't want to lose Yizhou like this, so he wanted to create some trouble. He also knew that this place could not be defended." Zhao Xu sneered.

Before going south to Yizhou, Xu Ke provided him with intelligence about Yizhou.

"No wonder the defeat was so fast." Zhou Yi understood.

After that, the two continued to watch the battlefield.

While the Marines threw grenades at the city wall, some Marines came from behind and carried ladders to the bottom of the city wall.

These ladders were transported with the warships.

Following the ladders, the Marines quickly climbed the city wall.

At this moment, in Lujiao City, Liang Xi looked ashen.

He had half of his troops stationed outside the city, and now some died and some fled.

When the soldiers of King Yan threw grenades onto the city wall, the soldiers on the city wall also collapsed.

The soldiers who were not dead fled down the city wall one after another. The soldiers of the supervising team went up and killed a few of them, but they could not stop the soldiers from disintegrating.

"Bang bang bang..."

At this moment, the Yanzhou army climbed up the city wall and shot at the Wu soldiers in the city, and the fleeing Wu soldiers fell one after another.

The fleeing soldiers were horrified, and some soldiers knelt down and raised their hands when they thought of something.

Seeing someone do this, more soldiers dropped their muskets and knelt on the ground.

Sure enough, these surrendered soldiers were not shot again.

Liang Xi was angry again when he saw this. He wanted to fight to the death, but he knew that he was powerless to save the situation.

If he wanted to escape, this Yizhou was surrounded by the sea. Where could he escape to?

As he was hesitating, he suddenly felt a pain. He touched his fingers and found that they were all bloody.

Then, he felt dizzy and fell down.

With the death of their commander, the Wu soldiers in Lujiao City were like headless flies, only concerned about saving their lives.

Another hour later, the Marines cleared out the Wu soldiers who resisted and completely controlled Lujiao City.

At this time, the sky had just darkened.

Zhao Xu and Zhou Yi entered Lujiao City one after another.

After taking this city, Beiyizhou fell into his pocket.

"Send someone to Marka City and tell Fei Wen that I want to see him in Lujiao City." Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi when he arrived at the Lujiao City government office.

After saying yes, Zhou Yi sent someone to go to Nanyizhou along the coast overnight.

Then, Zhao Xu ordered Pan Changqing to collect the deserters on the island.

These deserters are like bandits. If they are not eliminated, they will cause trouble to the area.

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At the same time.

The Wu warships that escaped from Yizhou arrived at Haizhou, opposite Yizhou. Then, an expedited horse set out from Haizhou and headed northward along the post road to Zhejiangzhou, which was adjacent to Yizhou.

In more than two days, the news that the King of Yan attacked Yizhou reached Lincheng.

"The King of Yan finally took action." In the imperial study, Liang Kai looked embarrassed.

Since he agreed to the British to provoke Jiangbei, he knew that this day would come sooner or later.

However, he did not regret it, because he knew very well that he and the King of Yan would have to decide the winner one day.

He did not complain about Britain at all.

During this period, Britain transported 30,000 of Britain's most excellent flintlock rifles and corresponding ammunition to Wu through Jiaozhi.

In addition, there were 36 field guns with great range and power.

In the future, Britain will continue to provide muskets and artillery to Wu.

Of course, these muskets and cannons need to be bought with silver.

But his Liang family doesn't have much else, but they have a lot of silver, so they can afford it.

As long as he can stop the King of Yan, he thinks it's worth spending some silver.

In addition to muskets and cannons, Britain also sent 150 craftsmen.

These craftsmen were led by ten British people, and the rest were Indian craftsmen.

With them, there were also two steam engines.

As promised, Britain provided all support to Wu.

And this also strengthened his determination to confront the King of Yan.

He believed that as long as he could stop the King of Yan for a while.

In time, with the wealth of Jiangnan and the steam industry provided by Britain, he would be able to crush Jiangbei into powder.

"Yizhou, a small place, is lost if it is lost." Liang Kai snorted angrily.

He knew very well that once Yizhou was lost, Wu's maritime trade would be over.

But he could only pretend not to care, so as not to hit the morale of Wu.

"Please ask Mr. Luther to come over." Thinking of something, Liang Kai's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

This Luther is a British man, commanding 5,000 people to serve the Wu Kingdom.

When the number of mercenaries in the Wu Kingdom reached 20,000, he issued an order to organize the mercenaries into an army, named the Wansheng Army, and Luther served as the general of the Wansheng Army.

This Luther was a major in the British Army.

After retiring, he formed a mercenary army to serve the Xitu National Company in the East.

He offered a high price to keep him in the Wu Kingdom.

With him, he believed that he would be able to stop the King of Yan from unifying Jiangnan.