Chapter 449 Chrysanthemum Island

"Boom boom boom..."

The roar of the artillery sounded like thunder.

The gate of Fanyang City was broken instantly.

Yuan Li fled south, and Fanyang City lost its backbone.

The officials and generals who stayed in the city had no fighting spirit.

When the artillery exploded, they were scared.

Now the city gate was blown open by the artillery, they got off the city wall and ran away.

"Kill!"

The city gate was wide open, and Lu Chang led the heavy infantry to roar and rushed into Fanyang City.

Looking at these soldiers of the King of Yan who were wrapped in armor and only showed their eyes, how dare the private soldiers of the nobles resist?

After hesitating for a while, they followed the officials and generals of the nobles.

"General, do you want to chase Yuan Li now?" Qin Shan asked.

The chaos on the top of the city made him realize that they would be able to take Fanyang without any effort.

But I'm afraid they won't be able to catch Yuan Li this time.

Chang Wei looked to the south, "No need to chase, this time we will quickly sweep through the three southern counties and take away everything we can. Otherwise, if Qizhou Mu Han Qi takes action again, it will be very troublesome."

The King of Yan asked Yuan Li for a debt this time, but he did not intend to be an enemy of the world.

If the Han family sent troops to Fanyang again, they would not be able to fight or not fight.

Qin Shan nodded when he heard this.

Half an hour later, Lu Chang came back.

With just heavy infantry, they controlled Fanyang City.

"General, Fanyang City's warehouses, granaries and other important places are all under our control, and the four city gates have also been taken down." Lu Chang took off his helmet.

Although the weather was cold, he was still sweating profusely after walking around Fanyang City in this heavy suit.

Chang Wei smiled.

Just like this time when he took the initiative to attack the grassland and plunder the Black Iron King's tent.

This time, His Royal Highness the King of Yan used his own way to treat others.

The Black Iron King's Tent robbed them, so they robbed the Black Iron King's Tent.

The Yuan family had played tricks on them many times, and this time they also played tricks on the Yuan family.

He agreed with the King of Yan's practice of pursuing debts.

Why, they honestly built their fiefdoms, did not steal or rob, but were repeatedly murdered by them.

"Qin Shan, you lead the troops to Dai County, in the name of the local nobles assisting Yuan Li, to confiscate the nobles' mansions, and most importantly, burn their and the people's land deeds." Chang Wei said.

The four northern counties only have 10% of taxes, and this matter has long been spread throughout Yanzhou.

The people of the three southern counties yearn for it.

But the Yuan family has repeatedly issued decrees, not allowing the people to leave the county easily.

Even if you want to leave the county, you must have a pass issued by the government office, otherwise you will be imprisoned.

However, even so, there are people who yearn for the four northern counties and escape.

With such popular sentiment, they could take advantage of Yuan Li's rebellion to transfer the people and wealth of the three southern counties to the four northern counties.

As for Yuan Li, he seemed less important than this matter.

"Yes, General." Qin Shan responded, and immediately assembled his troops and headed for Dai County.

Then Chang Wei asked Guan Tong to lead the troops to Guangning County.

As for Fanyang County, he would do it himself.

After Qin Shan and Guan Tong left, Chang Wei entered Fanyang County.

He first checked the treasury and granary.

Because Yuan Li left in a hurry, the things in these two warehouses were not taken away.

Now, they will all become the property of the four northern counties.

While ordering the soldiers to count the treasury and granary, Chang Wei ordered the generals to search the nobles in Fanyang City.

At the same time, he sent some generals to the seven counties under Fanyang County to also seal up the property of the nobles and lead the people to the four northern counties.

...

"Ugh..."

On the sea, twelve warships were tossed in the wind and waves.

After one night of sailing, a strong wind suddenly blew on the sea the next day.

The huge waves rolled, and the warships were like fallen leaves in the rapids, rising and falling from time to time.

In the turbulence, the soldiers of the palace could not bear it and almost vomited all the food they ate.

"It's dead, it's dead." Bai Shang squatted in the captain's room in the cabin holding a pottery jar, his face pale, "I haven't even reached Ningjindusi yet, and I'm half dead."

Zhou Yi laughed, and seemed to be very happy to see Bai Shang's joke.

"You can be happy secretly. If it were an ordinary building ship, I'm afraid it would have been overturned by the wind and waves now, and you and I would have to feed the fish in the sea." Zhou Yi said.

Thinking of this, he admired King Yan even more.

If it weren't for King Yan, he wouldn't be so majestic in the waves today.

"Dad, what you didn't do, I did, and what you want to do, I will also help you achieve." The shaking warship suddenly reminded Zhou Yi of his father.

In the past, his father often took him on the ship when he was in the navy of Ningjindusi.

Every time he looked into the depths of the ocean, his father's eyes were often filled with reluctance.

Until his father died, his father stroked his head and told him his wish.

"How I want to go to the end of the sea to take a look."

Whenever he recalled this sentence, his heart would beat violently.

So, after learning that the King of Yan had secretly built a fleet, he immediately recommended himself.

"Dad, I will go to see the end of the sea for you." Zhou Yi murmured, with a smile on his lips.

Bai Shang glanced at Zhou Yi, thinking that Zhou Yi was still laughing at him, so he said: "This ship is naturally good, otherwise it wouldn't be so expensive. The silver for building a warship is enough for the monthly military pay of the soldiers in the palace. Twelve ships are enough for a year's military pay."

After a pause, he said: "Originally, this silver should be given to us."

Hearing this, Zhou Yi was immediately unhappy.

He knew that these generals in the palace were dissatisfied with the navy spending so much money.

He snorted and said, "Are 100,000 Beidi soldiers not enough for your annual military pay? Wait, our navy will bring more wealth to the four northern counties in the future."

Bai Shang was speechless when he heard this, but he said stubbornly: "So what, can your warships go on land? Don't we have to fight the war on land?"

"..."

While the two were bickering, the wind and waves gradually stopped.

The sun shone in from above.

At this time, the soldiers on the watchtower shouted: "Chrysanthemum Island is here!"

Bai Shang and Zhou Yi were immediately excited when they heard this, and they rushed to climb onto the deck.

At this moment, a small island appeared less than three miles ahead of them.

On the west side of the island, there was only more than 20 miles away from the coastline.

This small island is Chrysanthemum Island.

In the past, people in Ningjindusi liked to call Chrysanthemum Island Turtle Island.

Because the whole shape of the island is like a crawling turtle.

Just because they lost Ningjindusi, they called it Chrysanthemum Island after the Chrysanthemum Village on the island to express their nostalgia.

"Take Chrysanthemum Village first!" Bai Shang suddenly became energetic and the feeling of seasickness disappeared immediately.

Before setting off, the first thing the King of Yan told him was to take Chrysanthemum Island.

With the navy's warships, as long as they occupied this place.

It is impossible for Beidi to take this place back.

After that, they built artillery here and stockpiled troops and horses, so that they could threaten Beidi's rear at any time.

Zhou Yi was also excited, and he shouted, "Full speed ahead!"