Chapter 168: The Trump Card

Two days later.

Chang Wei arrived with his troops, and one day, Mo Yu led his troops to Shanggu City.

"Your Highness, the four northern counties of Shanggu County have all been captured by the general, leaving one battalion of soldiers in each county to garrison." Chang Wei said.

Joining forces and heading north to attack the county seat, he encountered little resistance.

After all, the wealthy people in Shanggu spent a lot of money on the ambush.

Now, the elite they gathered were defeated and naturally unable to resist any longer.

"The four counties in the south were also taken. Among them, Shangyi County of the Zhong family surrendered to the general." Mo Yu handed over.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Liu Fu told him about the Zhong family.

If it weren't for Zhong Shidao, Liu Fu would not have figured out the conspiracy of the Shanggu wealthy family so clearly.

After the war broke out, Zhong Shidao sent a letter to his family, asking the children of the Zhong family to surrender to King Yan.

Zhao Xu still chose to accept the wealthy families who surrendered, and there was no need to push them against him.

"It seems that the hardest bone is only Gaojiawu Fort." Zhao Xu picked up the tea and blew it gently, "Gaojiawu Fort has high walls and thick walls, and there are nearly 20,000 private soldiers of the wealthy families gathered in it. If A hard attack will probably cause a lot of casualties, what do you two think?"

Chang Wei and Mo Yu looked at each other.

When heading to Shanggu City, they left their troops outside Gaojiawu Fort.

I also visited Gaojiawu Fort in person.

The Gaojiawu fort wall is about fifteen meters high, and there are many soldiers guarding it.

Although the two were confident that they could win, attacking a city was different from defending it.

From the bottom up, you will definitely encounter stones, rafts, kerosene and other objects.

Although plate armor is hard, it is not very protective against these falling heavy objects.

If it were a forceful attack, thousands of casualties would probably be inevitable.

After hesitating for a while, the two seemed to reach an agreement.

Chang Wei said: "Your Highness, I think it's better to use cannon."

Mo Yu nodded.

"I knew you would choose this." Zhao Xu smiled.

In the past two days, he visited Gaojiawu Fort and was also scratching his head.

If there was no such thing as artillery, this time it would definitely be a hard attack.

Otherwise, he would have to besiege the city for a long time, which would also be detrimental to him.

After all, the situation in Yanzhou is changing rapidly, and it is not a good idea to put many troops here.

"Then His Highness agrees?" Chang Wei was delighted.

They knew the power of artillery, but they didn't know what effect it would have on the battlefield.

So for the two of them, this was a good opportunity to accumulate experience in using artillery.

Zhao Xu nodded, although he wanted to leave the first actual artillery battle to the Beidi people.

But there is no need to waste the lives of the palace soldiers because of this.

"It still needs to be covered during transportation, so as to avoid leaking the news." Zhao Xu added.

"Yes, Your Highness." The two said loudly.

Then, Chang Wei immediately sent people back to Yan County and ordered the soldiers to transport ten artillery pieces to Shanggu City.

…

Fan Yang, Yuan family.

"Husband, you must save my father."

In front of Yuan Li, a woman was kneeling on the ground, crying.

She is Gao Yuan's daughter and married Yuan Li as a concubine.

After the tribe told her about the siege of Wubao, she immediately came to beg Yuan Li.

Yuan Li looked gloomy and said nothing.

After Shanggu County was included in King Yan's fiefdom, he instructed Gao Yuan to deal with King Yan secretly, preferably to kill him.

Gao Yuan also did this, but unfortunately failed.

Now King Yan defeated the ambush, basically took control of Shanggu County, and besieged Gaojiawu Fort.

Although he was angry in his heart, King Yan sealed the land, so he rashly led his troops away.

Not to mention whether he could scare King Yan and relieve the siege of the Gao family, he would not be able to justify this matter if it were brought to the court.

But if we don’t save him, what will happen to the wealthy families in other counties?

The prestige of his Yuan family must have plummeted.

Will that wealthy family be willing to sacrifice their lives for themselves in the future?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but fall into a dilemma.

"Guo Changshi, what do you think?" Yuan Li looked at Guo Tu.

After several clever strategies, Yuan Li now trusted Guo Tu and appointed him as the chief historian to assist him.

Hearing this, Guo Tu thought for a while and said, "It's not right to send troops this time, and it's not wrong not to send troops this time."

"Exactly." Yuan Li nodded, and Guo Tu guessed what he was thinking.

"Just now, the Gao Chamber of Commerce mentioned that the head of the Zhong family, Zhong Shidao, died in a sea of ​​fire. Why don't you blame King Yan and tell Captain Zhong to seek revenge? In this way, this matter has nothing to do with you. "Yes." Guo Tu shook his head and said slowly.

Yuan Li's eyes lit up, "Yes, Zhongli has spoken disobediently many times, and I have long been dissatisfied with him. I instigated him to go this time. It would be best to save Gaoyuan. If he cannot be saved, there is no harm in dying in Shanggu County. Yanzhou The rich people also know that I, Yuan Li, am dedicated."

"That's exactly what I mean. Zhongli's riding skills are superb. He can hardly match his spear in the Xuanjia army. It's hard to believe that it can achieve miraculous results." Guo Tu said with a smile.

Yuan Li clapped his hands excitedly and immediately asked someone to call Zhongli.

Not long after, a black-armored general strode over.

"See Mr. Zhou Mu." Zhongli knelt on one knee and said.

When Yuan Li saw him, he sighed and said, "Captain Zhong, I have to tell you something. Your father was killed by King Yan."

"What!" Zhongli was shocked when he heard this.

Yuan Li secretly smiled in his heart, but there was a sense of sadness and anger on his face, "The King of Yan was unscrupulous and wanted to murder the wealthy people of Shanggu County. Your father returned to the inn after discussing with Gao Yuan, but unexpectedly he was set on fire by King Yan's people and killed. Governor Gao could not be more indignant. , led the troops to attack the King of Yan, but now he is trapped in Wubao by the soldiers of the King of Yan. "

"Is this really happening?" Zhongli was filled with grief and anger.

"If you don't believe it, Captain Zhong can lead his troops to Shanggu City. If it is true, I hope that Captain Zhong can rescue Gao Junshou when he takes revenge. I am willing to give you 20,000 soldiers." Yuan Li said.

Zhong Li's eyes were bloodshot, "I will go to Shanggu City now."

...

Shanggu City.

After waiting for two days.

Ten cannons arrived in Shanggu City under the escort of more than 500 soldiers.

Also coming were artillerymen who had been trained for several days.

They have mastered the firing process of cannons.

"My baby."

Seeing the cannons, Chang Wei wanted to go up and give them a big kiss.

In his opinion, this was the beginning of a qualitative change in the royal army.

When the cannons in the army were in place, the 150,000 Xuanjia Army of the Yuan family was just a pile of meat in front of him.

As for the Beidi people, they might not be able to win in a field battle, but they would definitely be invincible in defending the city.

Mo Yu was more controlled than Chang Wei, but there was also excitement on his face.

"Pull the artillery to Gaojiawu Fort, it's time to end the chaos in Shanggu County." Zhao Xu said.

He had seen the affairs of Shanggu County during this period and was annoyed.

His orders could not be carried out smoothly in his own fiefdom, which reminded him of the terrible situation in Yan County at that time.

Therefore, when the ambush troops on the plateau wanted to kill him, he was not angry at all, but was very happy.

He was finally able to quickly resolve the power of the nobles in Shanggu County through the violent machine of the army, and he had a legitimate reason.

Even if the incident was brought to the court, he was not afraid at all.

"Yes, Your Highness, let's go!"

Chang Wei slapped the cannon again and shouted loudly.