Chapter 865: Heads

Night fell, a full moon was in the sky, dyeing Jiangxia silver-white.

The air was still filled with the smell of gunpowder, but the sound of gunfire in Jiangxia had long stopped, and the whole city was quiet.

Zhao Xu washed up and was thinking about how to take Changcheng in front of the map.

At this time, Chang Wei knocked on the door and came in.

"Your Highness, good news, Ma Han and Lu Chang successfully took Jiameng Pass. According to the order, they are temporarily stationed at Jiameng Pass and did not go deep into Yizhou. Continue to wait for your order." Chang Wei handed a battle report to Zhao Xu.

"Well, very good, the war on both fronts is going smoothly. In this way, the civil strife in Dasong can be ended in two or three months at the shortest and half a year at the longest." Zhao Xu said.

He judged that it would take at least half a year for the Western Land to get the news, make judgments and deployments.

This is consistent with his plan.

When the Western Land people arrive in Tianzhu, they want to intervene in the civil strife in Dasong.

At that time, they will only be dumbfounded, and there will be no place for them to intervene in the entire Dasong.

Chang Wei narrowed his eyes slightly and looked towards the north. "After the civil strife is quelled, we can deal with the foreign enemies."

Da Song's mortal enemy, Bei Di, has been recuperating and waiting to make a comeback.

This time, he wants to bury Bei Di completely.

In addition to Bei Di, there are also the Westerners who intervened in the civil strife in Da Song this time.

If they had not instigated the powerful families and provided help to the powerful families.

This civil strife would not have continued until now.

It can be said that they are also the masterminds of this war, and their hands are stained with the blood of Da Song people.

Otherwise, why would they kill their compatriots.

This blood debt must be repaid.

Zhao Xu nodded, and Chang Wei was scolded by him, and finally got it.

His eyes finally stopped at the powerful families.

In fact, since he went south, he was equivalent to fighting a proxy war with the Westerners.

The Westerners sold firearms behind the scenes to empty the silver of the powerful families, and consumed the military and financial resources of Jiangbei through civil strife.

The most abominable thing is that this war has shattered the flower-like Jiangnan.

The powerful families used a move to clear the fields and forced the people to migrate westward. On the way, they killed countless people, and then they starved to death and died of disease.

Even if Jiangnan is pacified, the economy of Jiangnan will probably regress by ten years.

Moreover, during the migration to the west, the powerful families took the opportunity to plunder the property of many people.

Although he recovered some losses by raiding Changcheng, most of the wealth was transported to Bacheng by the Liang family.

This is still secondary.

The most important thing is the loss of population. From north to south, this war caused at least six million direct and indirect deaths.

The economy can recover in a short time, but the population cannot grow all at once.

This is also what hurts him the most.

Therefore, he must settle this debt with the Western countries that participated in the civil strife in Dasong.

"This king will make them pay a heavy price. The losses they caused to Dasong will be recovered by this king a hundred times and a thousand times." Zhao Xu said.

Then he looked towards Changcheng, "After taking Changcheng, we can launch an attack on Bazhou, Yunzhou and Yizhou. We will rest for two days and march towards Changcheng on the third day. During the rest period, we will spread the news that Shacheng has been lost and the Wu army has been annihilated."

Both Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou are peripheral areas.

At present, Bazhou, Yunzhou and Yizhou are the core areas where the powerful families are entrenched.

Only by taking these three states can the civil strife in Dasong be ended.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded and turned away.

The next day, a team of cavalry set out from Jiangxia and headed for Changcheng.

In three days, they arrived in Changcheng.

"Your Highness is mighty, and the 600,000 Wu army was wiped out in an instant." Bai Shang saw the cavalry and asked about the battle in Jiangxia, and he couldn't help but get excited.

Seeing the leading cavalry holding a box, he asked, "What is this?"

"Liang Tong's head." The cavalry said, "General Chang ordered us to give it to the general and throw it to Changcheng."

Bai Shang laughed softly, and said, "If Xie An knew that Shacheng had fallen and Liang Tong's army had been destroyed, I wonder what his expression would be?"

Thinking of this, he took Liang Tong's head.

That night, he ordered a team of soldiers to sneak under the city wall in the dark.

Throw Liang Tong's head up.

The patrolling soldiers of the powerful family saw a black thing thrown up and were almost scared to death, thinking it was a firearm that could explode in the Yan Wang army.

Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, some of them had the courage to go over.

"Isn't this the great general Liang Tong?" A general recognized him and was immediately shocked. He immediately sent the head to Xie An.

At this time, Xie An was about to fall asleep, and when he saw Liang Tong's head, he was so scared that he lost all his sleepiness.

"General, there is a note tied to the head." The general handed the note to Xie An.

Taking the note, Xie An saw a line of words written on it: Shacheng has been captured by my royal army, Liang Tong and 600,000 Wu troops were buried in Jiangxia, and I advise you to go out and surrender, so you can avoid death.

"This..." Xie An was shocked.

He and the generals in the city have been able to hold on until now because they hoped that Liang Tong could lead troops to rescue them.

But now, Liang Tong and his 600,000 troops were completely annihilated, and Liang Tong was also dead.

He knew very well that Liang Tong's 600,000 soldiers were better at fighting than his 600,000 soldiers.

After all, they belonged to the Wu Kingdom and were equipped with flintlock rifles made in the Wu Kingdom.

And many of his newly recruited soldiers were using bows and long swords.

Moreover, Shacheng was also lost, which meant that Changcheng was now an isolated island.

Outside the isolated island was the area controlled by King Yan.

"General, what should we do now? I'm afraid this matter will spread in the army." A general said anxiously.

Xie An's mind was blank, and he said, "You all go out, let me think about it."

The generals looked at each other, sighed, and left the room.

When they came to the street, the generals dispersed.

In the darkness, a general disappeared into an alley halfway.

After observing in front of a courtyard for a while, he pushed the door and entered.

"As long as the food and grass are burned, can I guarantee that I will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life?" He went straight to the main hall and looked at the young man in the hall and said.

"Of course, Liang Tong is dead. It will only take three or five days for His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan to lead the army to Changcheng. At that time, it will be your chance to show off. If you miss this opportunity, everything will be too late." The young man said.

The general nodded, "I will do it."

After that, he walked out of the yard.

The young man watched the general leave and frowned.

He was the leader of the four courtyards in Changcheng.

During this period, he has been trying to win over the generals.

He even instigated Xie An's eldest son Xie Bi.

But Xie Bi was too stupid to reveal the matter in front of his father.

As a result, he was placed under house arrest by his father and killed the members of the Fourth Academy who contacted him.

After this incident, he ordered the other members to lie dormant and reduce their actions.

Unexpectedly, this general would come to him today.

He knew that this was all because the King of Yan had won a battle.

If this general could really burn the limited food and grass in Changcheng this time.

Changcheng would fall without attacking.

Another five days passed, and Changcheng was still calm.

But under the calm, a storm was brewing.

That day, Xie An thought about it all night and still gave the generals an order to defend to the death.

His wife, concubines and mother were all in Bacheng. If he surrendered, Liang Kai would definitely slaughter them.

At this time, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei led the army to Changcheng.