Chapter 874: Gathering in Yiyang

Yiyang.

While Zhao Xu led his troops out of the pass, an army of 5,000 people was entering Yiyang City.

As soon as this army entered the city, it caused whispers among the people of Yiyang.

Some timid people did not even dare to move forward, but hid in the corner to peek.

"What kind of world is it now? Why are there more and more foreigners coming to our Yiyang City?" said a Yiyang citizen.

"It is said that the King of Yan has been stationing troops at Jiameng Pass. This is going to be a war. These foreigners are here to help Nanliang fight the King of Yan."

"Bah, these foreigners are ambitious. The Emperor of Nanliang and Beidi are shameless in collusion. They even brought in foreigners they have never seen before. It's really annoying."

"That's right, when there is a quarrel among ourselves, how can we ask outsiders to fight our own brothers."

"Shh! Stop talking, you are going to die."

"..."

Several people watched the army passing by and talked about it.

The army entering Yiyang was the Russian army.

The meeting with the King of Yan ended unpleasantly that day, and Chevs ordered the Russian army stationed on the Black Dragon River to go south and pass through the territory of Beidi to Yiyang.

Guard Yizhou together with the Ashur tribe and Nanliang.

In addition, the direct participation of the Russian Kingdom greatly inspired Mule Hongzhen, and he dispatched three more kings to Yizhou.

Originally, Mule Hongzhen wanted to send more troops.

But after Chevs left, the King of Yan seemed to have changed the defensive posture of the border army to both offense and defense.

The cavalry of the Ningjin Army continued to invade the area controlled by the Tongniu King's Tent.

The Yan King's army in Jinzhou Tongguan and Xiaoguan was also ready to move, extending its tentacles to the grassland.

There was a trend of attacking the grassland tribes.

For this reason, Mule Hongzhen had to be on high alert and could only withdraw the three idle kings.

But even so, Yizhou at the moment also gathered a million troops.

Nanliang, Mule Hongzhen and Ashur tribes of Beidi, and 100,000 troops of Nanping.

After the seven powerful families united to resist the King of Yan under the matchmaking of the British, the Nanping Kingdom did not show much enthusiasm.

They only took on the task of transporting people, that is, transporting some of the British muskets and artillery through Yunzhou to Bazhou and Yizhou.

But this situation changed after the King of Yan eliminated the millions of troops of the Liang family, the Han family, the Wang family and the Xie family.

In particular, the King of Yan's army went deep into Guizhou and Yuezhou, actually controlled these two states, and had expanded its sphere of influence to the border of Yunzhou.

Finally, the Fan family could no longer sit still.

So, when the King of Yan stationed troops at Jiameng Pass, Fan Xinglun sent 100,000 troops to Yizhou.

Among the eight powerful families in the past, the Fan family had always been the weakest.

The entire Yunzhou had only 150,000 troops.

The Fan family was very sincere in being able to mobilize 100,000 troops.

"Hahaha... Liang Kai was confident that he had a million soldiers, but he was still a waste after all. He lost so badly in the battles of Jiangzhou and Xiangzhou. It's really shameful. I think we have to teach the King of Yan a hard lesson." The palace built after the Southern Liang moved its capital is located in the south of Yiyang, facing the Central Street.

At this moment, Ashur, Temuta, Dou Mu, Dou Wei, Xiao Cheng, Orski and Fan Xinglun stood on the palace wall, watching the Russian army in black and blue uniforms.

Suddenly, the haze brought by the Yan Wang's troops dissipated, and Xiao Cheng laughed loudly.

Dou Wei nodded.

The uniform uniforms, neat marching pace, excellent muskets and field artillery of the Russian army left a deep impression on him.

It made him feel inferior.

He wanted to train the Southern Liang army to look like the Russian army.

Equip the Southern Liang army with excellent muskets and artillery provided by Britain.

But unfortunately, the King of Yan did not give them time and opportunity to train.

However, if this battle can severely damage the army of the King of Yan.

He believed that the time had come.

So, no matter what, they had to fight this battle well, no matter what the cost.

"The Russian army is indeed powerful, Instructor Orski, I will rely on you a lot in this battle." Dou Wei bowed.

Fan Xinglun also smiled and bowed.

He had no choice but to lead the army in person in this battle.

Yizhou is the northern barrier of Nanping. If the King of Yan takes it, Nanping will basically be finished.

It can be said that this battle is a matter of life and death, and he cannot ignore it.

After all, compared to the false name of an emperor, the foundation of the Fan family is more important.

He did not care about the emperor's pomp.

Thinking of something, he bumped Dou Wei's arm again and bowed to Ashur and Temuta, "Of course, there are two kings. This time, we can only rely on you to cut off the food supply of the King of Yan's troops."

Ashur and Temuta nodded, showing a satisfied look.

"You all have confidence, which is good, but this war will not be easy. The army of the King of Yan is more difficult to deal with than we thought." Unlike Dou Wei and others, Orski was worried.

After learning that 5,000 Russian troops arrived in Yiyang with the Northern Di army led by Temujin.

He first swore.

But when he learned that the order was issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs under the order of Emperor Nicholas, he shut up.

Obviously, this action was a strategic deployment of their Russian country.

As a soldier, he could only execute.

But he couldn't figure out why Chevs made this decision even though he wrote the information about the new musket of the King of Yan in the letter and sent it back during the Battle of Zhongling Pass.

In this regard, he could only think that the Russian country did not have a deep understanding of the King of Yan.

Or they firmly believe that they can make up for the gap in firearms with the King of Yan.

Therefore, in order to achieve a certain goal, it is worth taking risks, even if they fail, they must show the attitude of the Russian State.

Ashur nodded.

He and Orski personally experienced the Battle of Zhongling Pass, and they were also more cautious than Temujin.

He flicked the whip and said, "It's just that there is no other way. The battle of Yizhou must be fought, otherwise the King of Yan will unify Dasong, and the next target may be Beidi."

He directly told Dou Wei and others the purpose of their Beidi's participation in the war.

Although each of them has their own interests, the goal of dealing with the King of Yan is the same.

He was not afraid to tell Dou Wei, Xiao Cheng and others.

"That's right, that's right." Dou Wei and Xiao Cheng were even happier when they heard this.

They were most afraid that Beidi would abandon Yizhou.

Being able to show their role would make them feel more at ease.

"If you ask me, we don't want to make such a big deal. We will know who is stronger after a battle. I just don't believe that we can't defeat the King of Yan with our Beidi cavalry, the Russian army, and nearly 20,000 soldiers equipped with muzzle-loading rifles." Temujin snorted coldly at this time.

During this period, another batch of British muskets and artillery arrived.

Beidi, Nanliang and Nanping equipped a part of them.

The three families together have about 23,000 people.

They combined the soldiers equipped with muzzle-loading rifles.

Prepare to play a sharp role in this war.