Chapter 834: Moving Forward Together

"General, Ashur's army was found ahead, and Zhongling Pass was lost.�� When Xiao Cheng was still immersed in despair, a cavalryman came hurriedly.

"Zhongling Pass was also lost!" Xiao Cheng was surprised.

Because Zhongling Pass faced the Yan Wang's royal army, Ashur and Orski were sent to resist.

He resisted the slightly weaker Qin army.

This Jian Pass is in the north, and Zhongling Pass is southeast. The distance between the two passes is only two days for infantry to reach.

Because he and his guards fled on horseback, they rushed to Zhongling Pass in one day.

Originally, he was going to Zhongling Pass to tell Ashur the news of the loss of Jian Pass.

Unexpectedly, Ashur was defeated, how could he not be surprised.

But at the same time as being surprised, he was relieved.

Ashur was defeated, so he couldn't be blamed for his defeat.

It's not that they can't fight, but the Yan Wang's army is too strong.

Thinking of this, he said: "Catch up with Ashur's army and go to Jiameng Pass together. "

After saying that, he urged his horse to go south.

Half an hour later, he caught up with Ashur.

Seeing Xiao Cheng, Ashur sighed, but they said nothing.

The two led the remaining troops to continue on their way.

Three days later, they arrived at Jiameng Pass.

Gather the troops again to prepare for another battle.

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Yancheng.

The battle reports of Chang Wei and Ma Han also reached Zhao Xu one after another.

The two took the corresponding passes only one day apart, which made him very happy.

With Jianguan and Zhonglingguan in hand, Jiangbei will be safe and there is no need to Worried about being harassed.

This battle means that he controls all the gates of Jiangbei.

From now on, only he can take the initiative to attack, and no one else can take the initiative to attack. Jiangbei can develop with peace of mind.

As for whether to pursue the victory next, he thinks it is necessary.

Since ancient times, Yizhou has been a place with many mountains and dangerous terrain, so there are many passes.

The outer passes are Jianguan and Zhonglingguan.

These two passes are built at the pass of the mountains. Breaking through these two passes will lead to the mountain road to Yizhou.

Jiamengguan is the end of the mountain road. Stepping into An important pass in the plain.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Chao fought Zhang Fei here.

Ma Chao went south from Hanzhong and prepared to enter Yizhou from Jiameng Pass.

After taking Jiameng Pass, he could overlook the entire Yizhou Plain.

However, Chang Wei mentioned in the letter that Ashur burned the food and grass when he evacuated.

This also reminded him.

After taking Jiameng Pass, he will face the problem of food and grass.

After all, Chang Wei has been fighting with Jingzhou at his back during this period, so he doesn't need to worry about the problem of food and grass.

And going to Jiameng Pass and going deep into Yizhou will need to consider this issue.

At that time I'm afraid it's inevitable to use civilians to transport food.

But in this way, it's inevitable to waste people's money and labor.

So, he began to hesitate whether to take Yizhou, a grain-producing area, first.

Of course, the powerful families will collapse faster if Yizhou is captured.

But the cost is also high.

Because compared with Yizhou, it is easier to transport food and grass by water in Jiangnan, and the cost of war is much lower.

And there is another point. If the fleet wants to go south to Luzon or even Malacca, it needs to establish a supply point on the southern coast.

This is also an urgent matter at the moment.

"Why not advance in two directions? "Zhao Xu suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but smile.

The Qin-style rifles fully demonstrated their powerful power in this war.

They fought against the army of the powerful families like adults bullying children.

Since he has the advantage, why not adopt a bolder strategy and end the war in Jiangnan this morning.

Thinking of this, he gave orders to Chang Wei and Ma Han respectively.

Let Chang Wei allocate 30,000 people to Ma Han, and let Ma Han gather 80,000 people.

The remaining royal troops were transferred to Jinling to attack other cities in Jiangnan.

As for the problem of food and grass, if it really doesn't work, we can only recruit civilians for transportation.

Otherwise, the war in Jiangnan will drag on, consuming more manpower and material resources.

Zhao Xu's eyes became firm after making up his mind.

This period of time is enough for the Westerners to spread the news of his rise in the East to their respective countries.

The Western world will respond soon.

He doesn't want the powerful families to get further support from the Western world.

Otherwise, the big Investing manpower and resources in the civil war, the Westerners will be the ones who laugh in the end.

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Britain.

As Zhao Xu predicted, with the arrival of a steamship from India, the entire British capital of Longton was in turmoil.

The next day, a huge black headline appeared in the Longton Daily: The yellow devil from the East destroyed the great Indian fleet, and the war is coming!

The newsboys waved newspapers in their hands and kept shouting this sensational headline in the streets and alleys.

The streets of Longton were full of cars and horses, and people attracted by the voices of the newsboys kept paying and buying newspapers.

The newspapers that the newsboys could not sell in a day on weekdays were sold out in just one morning.

Standing on the street, the people of Longton couldn't wait to learn about everything that happened in the East.

Reading that their fleet was destroyed and India was facing a threat, someone shouted: "It's time to teach these Eastern natives a lesson with guns and cannons. Blood debts can only be repaid with blood debts!"