Chapter 842: Risking One's Life

"Maybe. This King of Yan is really an unpredictable guy. No one knows what his real purpose is for mobilizing the army. What is fake may be true, and what is true may be fake." Luther spread his hands.

What Brooke said was right. The King of Yan's army equipped with new muskets fought against the powerful tribe's army. It was undoubtedly equivalent to them using muskets and artillery to bully the natives who only knew how to use swords.

Sometimes, numbers cannot determine victory or defeat.

Then he said: "In any case, we must strengthen the defense around Bacheng and build trench defense lines on key roads to resist the advance of the King of Yan's army."

"I think Wang Xie's strategy is not a bad idea. Why should we always defend passively? Maybe we can try to recapture Jinling, capture the King of Yan alive, and then cut off the retreat of this royal army. In this way, it will be once and for all." Xie Duan suddenly said, his eyes a little crazy.

"Brother Xie, I know you have been heartbroken since you lost Jinling, but we can't even defeat the King of Yan when defending the city, let alone attacking the city. It's better to follow the plan." Liang Kai said.

"But Jinling has at most 30,000 royal guards, and the remaining 30,000 are distributed in Sucheng and Songcheng. If 300,000 troops can't take it, can 600,000 troops not take it?" Xie Duan said, "Besides, if we attack Jinling, the royal guards advancing westward will definitely retreat, and Bacheng will be safe."

"This..." Liang Kai touched his chin after hearing this, and looked at Luther and Brooke.

What Xie Duan said seemed to make some sense.

Luther and Brooke looked at each other, and Luther said, "This is exactly what I'm going to say. At the beginning, we decided to lure the enemy deep into our territory, then seize Jinling, cut off their food supply, and then annihilate the royal guards. Now, isn't this royal guard just delivered to our door?"

After a pause, he continued, "But the King of Yan is cunning. When attacking Jinling, if the situation is not right, we should retreat immediately and never fight to the end."

Xie Duan was delighted when he heard this, "We are willing to let our soldiers be the vanguard."

Liang Kai's eyes wandered over Luther and Xie Duan.

After a moment of silence, he said, "I think we should pay attention to the movements of the King of Yan. If he leaves Jinling, it is definitely a conspiracy, and this war should not be fought. If the King of Yan stays in Jinling City, they really want to attack Bazhou this time."

For him, the King of Yan may be cunning, but he will never put himself in danger.

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

Brook said, "In this case, let the Wu army build a trench defense line in the west of Xiangzhou, and let the troops of Wang, Han and Xie go downstream to Zhejiangzhou, and then go north to attack Jinling."

Half of the Wu navy is currently in Changcheng.

They can go to Zhejiangzhou along the waterway they came from.

"If we can borrow another 200,000 soldiers, perhaps the chance of success will be greater." Xie Duan said.

Changcheng is currently stationed with 400,000 soldiers and horses withdrawn from the vicinity of Jinling.

And in Xiangzhou and Bazhou, there are 800,000 troops of Wu.

Deep trenches and high fortifications are needed to defend against the 60,000 troops of the King of Yan.

Besides, the Southern Liang and the Nanping Kingdom can send troops to support Bazhou at any time.

"Then allocate another 200,000." Luther said.

This is also a counterattack in their desperation.

They have been forced to retreat by the King of Yan.

Since the King of Yan came to their door, they will try every means to defeat him.

After deciding this matter, Brooke said in order to ease the heavy atmosphere, "Now, you just have to do everything you can to delay the war. Our muskets and artillery will arrive soon. If we can wait until the arrival of the British Army on the mainland, it will be time to counterattack."

"Please rest assured, Ambassador Brooke, we will definitely survive." Liang Kai said firmly.

The reason why he agreed to Wang Xie's suggestion was also for this purpose.

Attacking Jinling is an adventure, but it may also be the beginning of victory.

Of course, as he said, if the situation is not right, retreat immediately, and there will not be much loss in the end.

Such a thing, why not do it.

In the afternoon, various orders came out from Bacheng.

The armies of Xiangzhou and Changcheng began to mobilize one after another.

Of course, all this could not be hidden from the eyes of the Fourth Court.

Intelligence continued to reach Jinling.

"Your Highness, this trick really works. The armies of the powerful families have moved." Chang Wei said with a smile.

The powerful families would never have thought that they were not here to fight this time, but to allow the relocated people to return home.

No matter how they responded, as long as their armies moved, they would have fallen into the trap.

"The next step will depend on the Fourth Court and the Third Army." Zhao Xu was drinking tea and couldn't help but smile.

Most of the people in the coastal states of Dasong were forced to go west.

Among them, the people were mainly from three states, one was Zhejiang, that is, Zhejiang, one was Haizhou, that is, Fujian, and the other was Jinzhou, that is, Guangzhou.

The people of Zhejiang and Haizhou were mainly relocated to Jiangzhou, because Jiangzhou bordered these two states.

Jinzhou was mainly relocated to Xiangzhou and Jiaozhou, that is, Guangxi, also because it bordered these two states.

The places where the Fourth Court and the Third Army went were these three states.

"But the powerful army of Jiangzhou seems to be ready to hand over Jinling City, Your Highness..."

"I will stay here and not go anywhere." Before Chang Wei finished speaking, Zhao Xu said, "You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your child. This time, I will take the risk and let them come to Jinling boldly."

"Your Highness, this is not a joke." Chang Wei was anxious.

In the eyes of the powerful, there may be 60,000 royal guards near Jinling.

But in fact, there are only 30,000 royal guards near Jinling.

There are only 20,000 people in Jinling City.

The remaining 10,000 people were distributed in Sucheng and Songcheng.

If the city was surrounded by a large army, it would still be very dangerous.

"No need to say more, the Qin-style rifles were not given to you to be used as firewood sticks. At most, the soldiers from Sucheng and Songcheng will be transferred to Jinling during the war." Zhao Xu continued.

He knew very well that once he left, the value of Jinling City would be much less.

He wanted to be a piece of meat to attract wolves.

Because this plan was of great importance.

Once the people came back, the powerful families would never be able to take them away.

In this way, the powerful families lost their source of soldiers and a lot of labor, and their strength was greatly damaged.

He also avoided greater damage to Jiangnan.