Chapter 812: Taking Control of Jinling

"General Luther, what should we do now?"

Across the Yuntai River, their soldiers scattered in all directions, like headless flies, and it was impossible to reorganize them at the moment.

In war, once the army is in chaos, it basically means failure.

"Retreat, retreat to Sucheng now, and let the troops in the cities along the river abandon the city and go to Sucheng together." Luther said with difficulty.

At present, there are only 50,000 soldiers in Jinling City, and there are only 50,000 soldiers in the eastern trench.

100,000 soldiers are simply unable to stop the army of King Yan.

And the soldiers in other cities simply cannot arrive before King Yan conquers Jinling.

Although the raid failed, there are still about 150,000 remaining remnants.

But these chaotic soldiers cannot play any role in the battle situation at the moment, but may even make things worse.

For example, the remnants retreating to the Yuntai River.

These remnants will only counterattack the army and cause greater trouble.

After they go to Sucheng, it will not be too late to gather these remnants.

"Oh, Jinling, my Jinling, my life." Xie Duan heard this and beat his chest and stamped his feet, wishing he could die on the ground.

But he knew very well that what Luther said was the truth.

The Yan Wang army was taking advantage of the chaos to kill them, and if they didn't leave now, they would not be able to leave.

Han Zheng and Wang Zian looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

Originally, he hoped that this surprise attack would restore his confidence, but now he has suffered a heavy blow.

"Brother Xie, let's go, as long as the green mountains are there, there will be no worries about firewood." Han Zheng patted Xie Duan on the shoulder.

Xie Duan gritted his teeth again, and finally went to Jinling City.

Luther looked deeply at the battlefield, and the strong sense of frustration made him almost crazy.

He lost at Niutou Beach, and he lost again under the city of Jinling.

The glory of his life was lost in Dasong.

"I will definitely win back the lost things, I haven't lost yet." Luther said hatefully, clenching his fists.

Then, he followed Xie Duan to Jinling City.

He didn't dare to stay here for long. With 100,000 soldiers, he might be able to hold on for a while, but the army of King Yan was very cunning. He was afraid that he would not be able to leave even if he wanted to.

After Luther, Xie Duan and others left, the battlefield was completely out of control.

The soldiers of the powerful families who ran to the Yuntai River scrambled for small boats to cross the river.

Some soldiers didn't care about anything and jumped into the river to swim to the other side.

Some people couldn't swim at all. After struggling in the river for a while, they floated out of the water and drowned.

When the Yuntai River was in chaos, the soldiers of the royal palace were in order.

The soldiers responsible for building the bridge were protected in the middle by two rows of soldiers.

They would not pay attention to the scattered soldiers, and they only had the opposite Jinling City in mind.

When they reached the river bank, the soldiers put the small boat into the water, and the subsequent soldiers put down the small boat again and connected it with an iron chain. After a while, a pontoon bridge was built on the Yuntai River.

The other soldiers of the palace crossed the river along the pontoon bridge and rushed towards Jinling City.

Along the way, they did not encounter any resistance at all.

After crossing the second trench, they successfully entered Jinling City and quickly controlled all the important roads in Jinling City.

Some generals even led the soldiers to climb up the city wall, waving their flags and cheering to the outside world.

This Jinling City is the imperial city of Dasong, and everyone in the world knows it.

Now that they have recovered this imperial city, they are naturally excited.

"Hahaha..."

Yuntai River, Zhao Xu, Chang Wei and other generals also crossed the river under the protection of the soldiers.

Looking at the soldiers cheering on the city wall, Zhao Xu, Chang Wei and others laughed heartily.

Originally, there should have been a fierce battle in Jinling City.

But the greed of the powerful families was equivalent to giving Jinling City to them for nothing.

Now the remaining powerful family troops are fleeing south with their tails between their legs.

But it doesn't matter. No matter where they run to, the royal family's personal army will eventually annihilate them.

The recovery of Jinling City means the first great victory of the southward campaign.

It will greatly boost the confidence of the soldiers.

"Thinking back then, I was in the Jinling Palace for five years. I am familiar with every tree and grass in the palace. I wonder if the palace is still the same as before." Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Although Yancheng is now the new imperial city.

But everyone still misses the old imperial city.

For example, Concubine Mi and some royal family members often mentioned the prosperity of Jinling in front of them.

Zhao Xu looked at Jinling City, and some parts of his heart were touched.

Perhaps this came from some memories in his mind.

After all, the ninth prince grew up in Jinling since he was a child, and he has a deep affection for this place.

But even so, he had no idea of ​​moving the capital to Jinling again.

The contemporary dynasties that set their capital in Jinling all had a bad end.

After entering Jinling City with Chang Wei and others, the group went straight to the palace.

At this moment, the soldiers of the royal palace had controlled the entire palace.

The eunuchs and maids who had not escaped in time were detained in the square outside the Jinluan Palace and knelt on the ground.

When Zhao Xu arrived, some old eunuchs and maids immediately recognized him and kept saying, "Ninth Prince, spare us, Ninth Prince, spare us, we were also forced to serve the eldest prince, spare us..."

Kneeling opposite the eunuchs and maids were some ministers in the palace, many of whom Zhao Xu knew very well.

They fell to the ground, trembling.

During the Jinling Rebellion, they chose to support the eldest prince and stayed in Jinling City to assist him.

Now that the King of Yan had attacked, they had no time to escape and were scared to death.

Like the eunuchs, they also kept begging for mercy.

Zhao Xu snorted coldly. These eunuchs and palace maids were all selected to enter the palace, and some of them were innocent.

But the hands of these powerful ministers who followed the eldest prince were all stained with blood.

Moreover, since they chose the eldest prince, they were traitors at the moment.

He said: "After the interrogation of the eunuchs and palace maids, those who are guilty will be punished, and those who are innocent will be expelled from the palace. All these treasonous ministers will be imprisoned and executed."

"Yes, Your Highness." The general in charge of detaining the soldiers saluted.

Chang Wei nodded slightly, his waist was straight, and his neck was stiff, like a fighting cock.

He has been like this since he entered the palace.

In the past, when he served as a small flag of the imperial guards in the palace, he didn't know how much he had suffered.

Now, he has returned again, and he is already the first general under the command of King Yan, and he is quite proud of returning home in glory.

Qin Shan and Guan Tong were once Chang Wei's subordinates, and they were also like this, all of them were in high spirits at this moment.

Lu Chang was different. He grew up in Yanzhou and had never been to Jinling, let alone the Jinling Palace, so he looked at everything curiously.

Zhao Xu was about to enter the Jinluan Palace after announcing the disposal of eunuchs, palace maids and traitors.

At this time, a general came quickly, "Your Highness, General Chang, the treasury and granary of Jinling City are all intact."

"That's great, they must have run too fast, and they didn't have time to take it away, nor did they have time to destroy it." Chang Wei looked excited.

Zhao Xu heard this and a smile appeared on his lips.

This time, they really made a lot of money.