Chapter 1201: Take Wanzhou
Wanzhou City in the vast snow is now full of wickedness, and the city walls are destroyed. Countless Chu soldiers held up flags and shouted and rushed into the city from ladders one by one. With the rumbling sound, the heavy city gate slowly opened. The cavalry who had already waited outside the city gate rushed in with their sabers.
Wanzhou City was captured by the Chu army when the last snow of this winter came.
The flag of the central army was rushing in the wind and snow. At this moment, Bian Wushuang, covered in her body, looked at the soldiers rushing into the city ahead with a smile. After several months of planning, she finally got the reward.
A total of 20,000 people hid in the vast ice and snow for half a month, silently cutting into the city of Wanzhou without a break. Zhou Jiyun caught off guard, conquered Wanzhou City in one fell swoop. Now Zhou Jiyun's main force is completely isolated from the Jinghu area and is destroyed for a long time.
What Zhou Jiyun never expected was that in such a snowy season, there would be a force that ignored the extreme weather and interspersed hundreds of miles to the city.
"A guy who is capable but is too arrogant." This is what Bian Wushuang commented on Zhou Jiyun. Do you really think that the Qi army is invincible in the world? In terms of individual combat capabilities and the degree of hard work of soldiers, Qin soldiers are the best in the world, especially those guys who crawled out of the Luoying Mountains.
This time, the joint operation with Bian Wushuang was 10,000 troops from Bian Wushuang's headquarters, plus 10,000 former Western Army of Chu in Suqian. These two troops fought in the Luoying Mountains for many years and were completely unsatisfied with the cold winter. In the Luoying Mountains, the fight was always going on, no matter what season.
He turned around to look beside him. It was Yang Qing, the commander of the inner guard. The emperor's confidant, now he was haggard and covered in stubble. He was afraid that he would lose more than ten pounds.
In the past half month of sneaking, in order to cover up the whereabouts, all the inner guard elites came out, and they kept hunting the scouts and horses of Qi on the way forward. Even the powerful Yang Qing also attacked himself. Now he has finally achieved great success. Although he was extremely tired, Yang Qing finally showed an uncontrollable smile on his face.
"Congratulations to General Bian for his great achievements. Zhou's troops suffered heavy damage and were unable to defend the six eastern counties. General Bian regained the six eastern counties and revived our great Chu territory just around the corner!" Yang Qing bowed and said to Bian Wushuang with a smile.
"This time, Commander Yang and his inner guards have made great achievements repeatedly. Without your help, the army would not be so easy to arrive at Wanzhou City without Zhou Jiyun's knowledge. In terms of memorials for merit, Commander Yang should be at the forefront!" Bian Wushuang responded with a smile.
The inner guard is at the critical position and is omnipresent. Even if the inner guards of Chu no longer have the same strength as before that they can compete with ghosts, they still have great power in Chu. Yang Qing is also the emperor's hardcore confidant. It is naturally beneficial to have a lot of friendship with such people. It would rather offend a gentleman than offend a villain. If you really offend an inner guard, you will inevitably have many troubles. Like Cheng Wuben, it is the lesson of the past.
"Some little contribution is not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!" Yang Qing was so happy that he couldn't stop talking. In the past two years, the inner guard was ghosted by Qi in the foreign war, and the Eagle Nest of Ming Dynasty could not raise his head. Yang Qing had been angrily scolded by Min Ruoying many times. The Holy Jun was not as good as before. If not, this time, the decent inner guard commander, as a decent inner guard commander, would not need to charge forward like an ordinary general. For him, the Holy Jun is everything.
A horse galloped from the direction of Wanzhou City. When he came to Bian Wushuang, a beautiful dressed saddle dismounted, rushed to Bian Wushuang, and bowed and said, "Report to the commander, the outer city has been fully under the control of our army. Zhou thieves led the remaining troops to retreat into the inner city and are fighting stubbornly. The clearing work in the city has also begun."
"Yes!" Bian Wushuang narrowed his eyes and looked at Wanzhou City where the beacon was everywhere: "Go and report to General Su, but he really put Zhou Jiyun in a cage. At least he had to let him have a way out!"
The soldier who came to pay his respects showed a hint of confusion on his face, but it was just a fleeting moment. He answered loudly and ran back to the city with his horse.
"Zhou Jiyun is so lucky. He is like this, and he still has to let him live." Yang Qing said with emotion.
Bian Wushuang laughed: "Only letting him live can bring us greater benefits. If you really want to kill him, the one who is worthy of Qi is the Emperor Luo! The powerful forces of Qi were swept up by General An Ruhai and General Jiang Tao, and then killed a group of them by Emperor Qi himself. Those who can persist until now are all old brands. Now these old brands have been bitten hard by us. If we kill Zhou Jiyun, the benchmark figure, they will really be in a slump. They should leave some hope to give them some signs of Qi's emperor!"
"But now they are getting weaker and weaker. If they lose their energy and then carry it with the emperor, we will steal the chicken and lose the rice!" Yang Qing said with some concern.
"Don't worry about this. Old nobles, they don't cry without seeing the coffin. In Qi, there are many such old forces. The history of their family is much longer than that of Qi, and some even lasted until the early Tang Dynasty. They are all extremely proud. If they want them to obey, hehe, it's hard!" Bian Wushuang said.
His Bian family, not to mention that he was not an old nobleman. When he was in the western region, it was because of their support that the Ma family jumped up and established the Western Qin Dynasty. Later, in order to balance their Bian family, he supported the Deng family again.
Such a great family has one of the most prominent characteristics, that is, family honor, family extends above everything else, and the country is just a tool for them. If this is not possible, just change it. Throughout the dynasties, it would be fine if the people failed to rebel, but all the fruits of the fruits were finally settled on these big clans. Even the Tang Dynasty established by Emperor Li Qing, who was so majestic thousands of years ago, when Emperor Li Qing left, it eventually became the most powerful weapon in the clan. By the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was finally driven out of the stage by the clans. The prosperous Tang Dynasty finally fell apart. At that time, the Cao family, Min family, Ma family, and Wu family were just the largest families in the Tang Dynasty.
Therefore, Bian Wushuang rebelled against Qin State because he had no psychological burden. I could make you stand up and let you collapse. This is the voice of these aristocratic families.
So Bian Wushuang knew with certainty that the wealthy families in Qi who could persevere until now would never surrender to the emperor of Qi. What he had to do was just to retain a little more strength for them.
This is also an important one of the conspiracies he had with Qin Feng at the beginning.
The Ming Dynasty was unwilling to face a Da Qi who was united internally, which was a terrifying thing. It was spared no effort to create civil unrest in Qi, cause trouble for Emperor Qi, and try to delay his reform process. The result they wanted was.
For this reason, Zhou Jiyun certainly cannot die.
The aristocratic families of Qi were once again severely damaged. If the Emperor of Qi thought it was a great opportunity to weaken or even annex the aristocratic families, he believed that he would bite a hard stone. To be honest, Bian Wushuang was really looking forward to Cao Tiancheng's next actions.
The winter counterattack was a systematic project. Although the army led by Cheng Wuben did not participate in this operation, Cheng Wuben tried his best to ensure that all the logistics supplies for Bian Wushuang to launch this war without setting any obstacles. The army led by him even made a series of strategic deterrent actions, which forced the Zhou army to be vigilant and dare not act rashly. Like the cavalry led by Jiang Shangyan, they were dispatched many times.
Under Ning Zhiwen's leadership, the Jinghu Navy won consecutive battles and almost uprooted the naval forces that the Qi army had finally established in Jinghu. In the end, the head of the Zhou family fled in a panic, and the core generals of the Zhou family and elite soldiers were killed in one battle.
The navy completely occupied the advantage of Jinghu battlefield, allowing Bian Wushuang to use the navy's transportation capacity to invest 10,000 troops under his command, 10,000 troops under Suqian, and 20,000 troops under Luo Hu and Luo Bao in the vigorous frontal battle, firmly restraining the main force of the Zhou family. Secretly, Bian Wushuang and Suqian personally led 20,000 elite troops to raid the base of Zhou Jiyun, the Wanzhou County City, and achieved success in one battle.
Until now, Bian Wushuang has confirmed that the Jinghu naval commander Ning Zhiwen is the hidden secret of the Ming army. The so-called stalemate with the Qi people in the Jinghu water battle and even fell into a disadvantage for a while. It was just that they pretended to force the Chu court to prepare for the purpose of allowing themselves to control the Jinghu frontline.
As soon as he took office and gave an order, the navy immediately launched a fierce offensive to defeat the Qi Navy in one fell swoop, and once again grasped the strategic advantages of Jinghu.
And this is also a demonstration by Cheng Wuben.
Bian Wushuang was not sure about the Ming people's infiltration of the Jinghu frontline, or after he had completely controlled the situation in Jinghu, he could slowly find out some tricks.
Thinking of this, Bian Wushuang couldn't help but shake his head. Qin Feng was a little too scary. While fighting with Qin, he had already eroded Chu to the point of being in a state of great influence. Or when Chu's shoes were overthrown, Min Ruoying would still be confused about what was going on!
With a gentle reins on the horse, Bian Wushuang ran forward: "Commander Yang, I think Zhou Jiyun has escaped from Wanzhou City now. Let's also enjoy our spoils!"
Chapter completed!