Chapter 867 Good News

"A million-strong army was reduced to ashes. The powerful families in Bacheng and the people of the West would have great expressions if they knew about it. Unfortunately, I can't see it with my own eyes." Chang Wei looked at Bacheng and teased.

"Hahaha..." Zhao Xu laughed, "No matter what their expressions are now, I will make them cry in the end."

For his own selfishness, he did not hesitate to introduce foreign enemies, causing the lives of the people to be destroyed. This is a traitor to the country.

Only killing him can relieve his hatred.

After inspecting Changcheng, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei returned to the government office.

The soldiers cleaned up and this place became a wartime command room.

Taking Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou, and destroying the powerful family's million-strong army at the same time, this is indeed a staged victory.

However, it is still a little short of a complete victory.

So, the two immediately discussed the next action.

"Shacheng goes south to Guizhou, and then goes around Yunzhou to attack Bazhou. This road is too dangerous and has to go around a big circle. It also takes a long time to defeat the Nanping army in Yunzhou before it can get close to Bazhou." Zhao Xu said.

Unlike the present, the natural environment in ancient times was very good.

This resulted in dense forests and swamps everywhere, and wild beasts and poisonous insects were rampant in the mountains.

There was even miasma in some places.

And Guizhou and Yunzhou are exactly the most places of this kind.

The most important thing is that after this circle, the royal army has to walk more than 3,000 miles.

During this period, I am afraid that the non-combat casualties caused by the natural environment will be more than the deaths in the war.

So, this road must not be taken.

In this way, there are only two ways left.

One is to go upstream along the Yangtze River. This road is the most direct, but also the most dangerous.

Because the famous Three Gorges in the present is in this section from Xiangzhou to Bazhou.

It can be said that the mountains are steep and the monkeys on both sides are crying.

As long as a few cannons are set up at a dangerous place, the ships below will be beaten.

This route can be tried, but it cannot be forced.

Then the only way left for them is to enter Yizhou from Jiameng Pass and then attack Bacheng from Yizhou.

Yizhou is flat and only separated from Bacheng by several mountains in the west.

As long as the pass of the mountains is opened, Bacheng can be reached directly.

Moreover, Yizhou is also the fulcrum for prying open Yunzhou.

Entering Yunzhou from Yizhou is more convenient.

Of course, there is another very important point, which is to capture the last grain-producing area of ​​Dasong and cut off the grain supply of Bazhou.

After that, even if the attack on Bacheng is frustrated, he only needs to capture Yunzhou and surround Bacheng until its grain and grass are exhausted.

However, he believes that it will not come to this step.

The victory of Jiangxia and Changcheng not only made him, but also made the royal army from generals to soldiers have a clearer understanding of the current strength of the royal army.

Make them more confident.

It might not be that difficult for them to break through Yizhou and take Bazhou and Yunzhou.

"So, for now, we only need to leave 10,000 people to guard Shacheng and Changcheng, and the rest of them will cross the river to the north, bypass Jiameng Pass, and take Yizhou together with the Qin army." Zhao Xu said.

As for the matter of attacking Bazhou upstream from Jiujiang, he plans to dispatch some marines to try.

Unlike the training of the royal army, there is one item in the daily training of the marines that is emphasized.

That is water nature.

In the water, the marines are as flexible as fish.

Even if the warship sinks, they have a higher chance of survival than the royal army.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded.

Including the 10,000 people left in the three southeastern states, the 10,000 people who have gone to Yuezhou and Guizhou.

They left 30,000 people in Jiangnan.

These 30,000 people are enough to deal with any emergency.

As the two were talking, a soldier came in and handed a letter to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu unfolded the letter and glanced at it, smiling.

This letter was from Wang Chong, and in the letter, Wang Chong gave him a surprise.

It turned out that at the same time as the battle to the south started, Li Wei, who was in charge of the power test, built the first generator.

After that, he built the transformer according to the drawings with the cooperation of the corresponding workshop.

Soon, they would conduct a thermal power generation test.

In the letter, Wang Chong also asked him if he wanted to participate in person.

Zhao Xu naturally wanted to participate in this matter.

After all, this is a historic event.

Although this is just a thermal power generation test, the door to the second industrial revolution and the power revolution has been opened.

From then on, Dasong will surpass the West in industry from catching up.

"I have to go back. After you deal with the prisoners, you can lead the troops to Jiameng Pass. Then I will meet you again." Zhao Xu said.

There are too many prisoners captured this time, and it will take some effort to deal with them.

Otherwise, these people will cause chaos.

In the Qin-Zhao War, Bai Qi killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers, not because Bai Qi was cruel.

But because Bai Qi, an excellent general, knew very well that keeping these captives and feeding them would be a heavy burden on logistics.

Regardless of them, these young and strong men without food could rebel at any time in the rear, so they were simply killed.

However, he naturally did not need to learn Bai Qi's method.

First, after the summer harvest, there was sufficient food and grass in the south of the Yangtze River.

Second, killing so many young and strong men would be a loss for Dasong.

At that time, Qin only had to face the six countries and did not need to consider threats outside the Central Plains, so it could naturally do so.

But what he wanted was to try his best to retain the strength of Dasong while fighting.

So, when Chang Wei dealt with these captives and went north to Jiameng Pass, he basically arranged the next step of power development.

After deciding this matter, Zhao Xu took a steamer back to Yanzhou the next day.

In three days, he returned to Yancheng.

At this time, the war between Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou also spread to Bacheng.

Hearing this news, Liang Kaizhen was like a thunderclap on his head. He was stunned for a cup of tea, and then burst into tears.

In the palace, whether it was Luther or Brooke, or Han Zheng, Wang Zian and Xie Duan, they all looked ashen, like bean sprouts wilted by the sun.

Especially Han Zheng, Wang Zian and Xie Duan.

Originally, they were going to Changcheng to supervise the battle. The three of them went to Shacheng from the mountain path, and then went to Changcheng from Shacheng.

But they didn't expect to learn about the fall of Shacheng halfway.

Feeling that something was wrong, they immediately returned to Bacheng.

But in less than half a month, their million-strong army was gone.

This means that the Wu Kingdom only has a small Bazhou left.

"Father!" At this moment, Liang Kai's crying suddenly stopped, and he fell off the chair, having cried himself to death.

Liang Feng saw this and immediately rushed forward.

Others also gathered around, some fanning him, some pinching his Ren Zhong.

After a long time, Liang Kai woke up slowly, looked at everyone, and said sadly: "It's over, it's all over, we have nothing left, we can only stay in this small Bazhou and wait to die."