Steel Dynasty - Chapter 652

[Chapter 651 Artillery Support]

Yingzhou.

This is a city in the southern part of Yan State.

Compared with Bozhou, the city of Yingzhou was not big, only ten miles long and wide. After King Yan led his officials to flee here, Yingzhou, which was already small, became more and more crowded.

“Father, now Bozhou is occupied by the four princes, and only half of the city of Yan is still in our hands. What should we do now?”

All the officials in the temporary palace in the city looked at King Yan longingly.

At this time, King Yan looked decadent, lying on the chair and seemed very tired. In the past two days, bad news had come one after another.

In the end, the Black Feather Army failed to stop the powerful tribes. Today, Bozhou has been completely occupied by the four princes. At the same time, the royal prefectures and counties once occupied by the Yan Kingdom were successively captured by the Qi King’s army, and all six cities were lost.

Under such betrayal and separation from relatives, King Yan gradually lost his previous calmness and became increasingly irritable.

King Yan did not speak, but the underground officials became more and more anxious. If they continued to hold on, they would be the unlucky ones.

An official took the opportunity and said, “Your Highness, Xiao Ming has ascended the throne as emperor. All he wants is the country of Chongqing. If he surrenders to Xiao Ming at this time, he will definitely be happy and may not care about it anymore.”

” Yes, Your Highness, King Qi’s army is unstoppable, and those who know the current situation are heroes,” another official said loudly.

“That’s right, it’s not too late to be loyal now.”

“…”

After these two officials, other officials agreed.

King Yan suddenly sneered when he heard this, and looked at the officials. These officials naturally wanted him to be loyal to Xiao Ming.

Because when the time comes, he will be cut into pieces by Xiao Ming, but they will still be officials, and Xiao Ming will still use them to manage Yandi.

So for him, everyone can surrender, but he alone cannot surrender.

“No need to say anymore, I have made up my mind. If anyone mentions surrender again, it will be like this.” King Yan suddenly pulled out his sword and slashed it on the table in front of him.

Suddenly the table was cut into two sections with a sharp sword. When the officials saw this, they immediately shrank their necks and did not dare to speak any more.

With a snort, King Yan waved his hand and asked the officials to leave, leaving only brothers Cui Cheng and Cui Hao.

At this time, King Yan said: “You keep an eye on these officials. If anyone wants to eat like the Tian family and the Ji family, all he needs to do is…”

After saying this, King Yan made a gesture of cutting his neck.

Cui Cheng and Cui Hao looked at each other and nodded. Cui Cheng said, “Father, King Huainan has sent 100,000 troops to attack Yingzhou, but there are only 70,000 soldiers and horses in the city. If Yingzhou is lost again, we will have no place to hide.” Land.”

King Yan pondered and said: “This king may not be Xiao Ming’s opponent, but he is definitely not someone who can be manipulated by King Huainan. From now on, he will recruit troops from the remaining five states, and all men over the age of thirteen will be recruited. I have to join the army. If Xiao Xiaoming wants to kill me, I will fight him to the death.”

“Thirteen years old.” Cui Cheng looked surprised, but it seemed to him that it was too late.

The age of conscription in Dayu was sixteen, and now it is starting from thirteen just because now they have no way out.

After hesitating for a moment, the two said in unison: “I obey my father’s order.”

At the same time, King Huainan and his eldest son Cui Shangan led an army of 100,000 to Guangzhou yesterday.

Guangzhou is located in the southwest of Yingzhou, only seventy miles away from Yingzhou. In the past, it has always been a military stronghold for the King of Huainan to resist the King of Yan.

“Father, I have sent people to find out the situation in Yingzhou City. Currently, there are only 70,000 troops stationed in Yingzhou City.”

Standing on the city wall, letting the north roar by, King Huainan looked in the direction of Yingzhou City. Said: “Seventy thousand people, King Yan is really powerful. Even after being defeated by the emperor, he still has so many troops.”

Cui Shangan felt a little unfair: “King Yan is a one-word king, while my father is a two-word king. “

The king is not only lower in status than the King of Yan, but also does not have as many cities as the King of Yan. But in terms of loyalty to the royal family, who can compare with the father? “

“Hahaha… Dalang’s words are wrong. This vassal king was decided by the Emperor Gaozu, and the royal family did not dare to change the vassal king’s name easily, but so what if it is a one-word king, now we are not going to have to die one by one.” King Huainan said with a look in his eyes. With the light of wisdom.

“What my father said is absolutely true. It is precisely because my father has no ambition that the emperor trusts his father so much and allows his sister to enter the palace and become the imperial concubine.” Cui Shangan said thoughtfully.

The King of Huainan sighed, “Your Highness is not at ease with any vassal king, otherwise he would not have sent us to attack Yingzhou. This is a test in itself. This time my father’s personal expedition is also to reassure the emperor. My father does not want to follow the example of King Wei.” “

Compared with other vassal states, his vassal state has only five states and a population of only 900,000. It can be said to be weak among many vassal states.

In the past, they had been living in the cracks of many vassal kings, so they never had any intention of betraying the royal family.

After King Wei was destroyed, he keenly felt that his opportunity had come. Taking advantage of this moment to join Xiao Ming, he would surely have a bright future in the future.

His choice this time sounds like speculation, but judging from the current situation, he seems to have made the right choice.

Cui Shangan was silent. After a while, he said: “But father, now the attack on Yingzhou has been exhausted. If a hundred thousand people are defeated in Yingzhou City, wouldn’t it be a great loss to the strength of the vassal state.”

“Those who achieve great things will do so.”

No matter the trivial matter.” King Huainan said, “A fight is a sign of my father’s loyalty to the emperor. If I can’t beat him, it’s a sign of lack of strength. We tried our best.”

Cui Shangan nodded after hearing this, “I hope the emperor can understand my father’s loyalty. Chi Dan, let my father become a one-word king from now on.”

While the two were talking, a general suddenly climbed up the city wall and said to King Huainan: “Your Highness, two merchant ships from Qingzhou came outside the city. The merchants on board said that they had sent fifty artillery pieces to His Highness on the order of the Emperor. “

Artillery.” King Huainan was overjoyed when he heard this, “Really?”

“The general did see artillery on the ship, and there were cannonballs and ammunition on the other ship. The visitor said that it was difficult to attack the city because the walls were strong, and only artillery was needed.” Just blow down the city wall, and there will be people on board to train the soldiers on how to use the artillery,” the general said.

King Huainan burst out laughing when he heard this, “Your Majesty is still thinking about me. He has long heard about the power of artillery. This time, having artillery is even more powerful.”

Cui Shangan’s brows also relaxed. At first, he always suspected Xiao Ming wanted to make both of them lose, but now it seems that he misunderstood.

After being excited, the two men immediately followed the general to Gwangju Pier to receive the artillery. In five days, they trained an artillery team consisting of fifty artillery pieces.

After mastering the use of artillery skillfully, King Huainan and Cui Shangan personally led the army towards Yingzhou.

(End of chapter)