"Yuan Zhi, how is the training of the new army now?" As soon as Xu Ding returned to Xiaoyao City, he asked Xu Shu and gave him the edict to beg for thieves.

After Xu Shu took the edict of begging thieves and read it, he replied confidently: "There is basically no problem with the lord, the military discipline has been taught and received, and the new army has preliminary combat effectiveness." The firearms of the Southern Ming Dynasty and the ordnance of the Western Qin Dynasty are simple to operate and can be learned as soon as they are learned.

There is definitely a gap with the three major countries, but it is still more than enough to deal with the guards of these city lords' mansions. ”

"Good! Then draw up a plan and start to eliminate those city lords in my free city, and push me city by city, without mercy and thunderbolt means. Xu Ding was also extremely relieved when he heard this, and at the same time looked forward to the combat effectiveness of the new army.

This is a local army formed from the Longteng Continent, and he has no score yet, and it needs to be tested in actual combat.

If the guards of the City Lord's Mansion can't be solved, then how can they be pulled to the battlefield to fight against the Northern Barbarian army.

The direction of the plan Xu Shu has long been there.

He pointed to the map and said: "Lord, first of all, we will divide our troops into two routes, attack the left and right wings of my Xiaoyao City, seize the cities of all sizes into the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, firmly lock the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain in our hands, and push northward, forming two forces to eliminate the city with the Eight Sages King, one south and one north, and jointly attack and kill all the city lords who disobey the order." ”

"Okay, let's follow this plan, and the strategy I discussed with the Eight Sages King is the same. But don't use the name of the imperial court at first, just play the banner of my free city, distinguish it from the imperial court first, and be confused for as long as you can. Xu Ding affirmed this plan and did not propose a new plan.

Soon the 16,000 new troops were divided into three groups, each with 5,300 people, with cavalry from the Han Dynasty, about 7,000 men and horses all the way, and then attacked on the left and right, all the way to defend the city.

East of the Escape City! Sacrifice Fang City, the city lord's mansion.

"Report, the city lord is not in a good situation, and there are 8,000 soldiers and horses in Xiaoyao City rushing to our sacrifice city."

Hearing this, the city lord of the sacrificial party raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with displeasure: "Don't be frightened, is Xiaoyao City really coming to my sacrificial city?" Not to go anywhere else. ”

"City Lord, the army of Xiaoyao City is indeed coming to our side, they have passed through all the path forks, it is impossible to go to other cities, and they are fierce, they are a new army that has not been established for a long time, there are Western Qin ordnance, there are Nanming firearms, the city lord should prepare as soon as possible."

The city lord of the city of the sacrifice pondered for a while, took a few steps back and forth, and then said: "Beat the drum and gather the generals, transfer all the soldiers and horses to the city gate, and at the same time issue orders to the major mercenary organizations to assist in defending the city. ”

"Whoa!" The men immediately went down to spread the word.

Soon the gates of the city were closed, and the people were intimidated into going home and hiding.

About half an hour later, the army of Easy City was belated.

Xu Ding deliberately delayed time, just to put more pressure on the city of the sacrifice and let the city lord of the city of the sacrifice think more nonsense.

Let his City Lord's Mansion guards be more vigilant.

"Phew!"

The riders stopped, and Xu Dingshan rode forward.

Xiong Ba, the city lord of the city sacrifice party in the city, asked in a calm tone: "The person who came is the city lord Xiaoyao Hou." ”

"Exactly." Xu Dingyan replied concisely.

Xiong Ba was a little angry, and replied casually, he didn't take him seriously, so Xiong Ba asked again: "Dare to ask why Xiaoyao Hou brought a large army to my sacrifice Fang City?" ”

"Take the city!" Xu Ding still replied with two words.

This time, Xiong Ba's nose was crooked.

What a domineering two words.

seized the city, and didn't even hide the politeness.

It's so contemptuous of him.

"Xiaoyao Hou, I sacrifice Fang City and you Xiaoyao City have no festivals, and I Xiongba and you have no festivals, why do you want to come to take my city." Xiong Ba was puzzled and had grievances.

Xu Ding said coldly: "I want it!" ”

"Ahem......" Xiong was so angry that he didn't cough up blood lightly.

Listen, is this what people say?

Your sister wants to beat me if she wants, this is too domineering, too unruly.

"Xiaoyao Hou, my sacrificial city is not so easy to fight, you think you have a Xiaoyao City, and you can't manage it if you take my sacrificial city, why bother yourself." Xiong Ba glanced at the new army behind Xu Ding from a distance, and then said:

"How can you be a free marquis like this, it is not easy for your army to come from afar, I am willing to give 100,000 taels of silver and 10,000 stone of grain, and from now on I will become an ally with Xiaoyao City to jointly maintain stability in the south."

Xiongba's condition is also very large, and it belongs to cutting meat.

I was distressed.

But when he thought of the equipment of Xu Ding's new army, he could only bow his head.

The army of Xiaoyao City had the ordnance of the Western Qin and the firearms of the Southern Ming.

In this fight, the sacrificial party will be broken, and even if it is defended in the end, it will be greatly damaged.

It's the profit that is lost.

"Lay down the sacrificial city, the silver is mine, the city is also mine, you don't need to be given by others, if you want, you can take 100,000 taels of silver, and 10,000 stone of grain to leave with the guards, I won't stop you." Xu Ding raised his head and said calmly.

"Damn! Promise not to deceive others too much. Xiong Ba drew his sword and slashed at the wall, and he couldn't help it.

Let me take a hundred thousand taels of silver and ten thousand stones of grain.

This city is mine, why should I go, this money is also mine, I can take as much as I want.

Xiong Ba knew that this matter could not be discussed, so he was not hypocritical at all, revealing his true colors.

"What's wrong with bullying you, if you want to protect the sacrificial city, you can come out and fight with me, win me, I'll go, if you can't win, let go of the sacrificial city."

Or if you don't call for the lives of the people and guards in the city, then we will have an offensive and defensive battle, and fight for the final winner with blood and swords. Xu Dingdao:

"This is originally the rule of my big week, I think I shouldn't have violated it."

Xiong Ba was so refuted that he was powerless to refute.

The Great Zhou City Lord system is like this, whoever can win and kill the city lord is the new city lord.

To whom everyone will be allegiant.

Xu Ding's proposal for a duel is normal, and he can't find fault with it.

In the battle to seize the city, there is no righteousness and injustice, and there is no logic to talk about.

If you dare to think about it, then challenge it.

If you win, you have everything, and if you lose, you lose your life.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Sacrifice Fang City all looked at Xiong Ba.

Even the members of the mercenary organization below the inner city listened silently.

If you can fight a group battle, of course, it is better not to fight.

No one wants to die for this.

This can be regarded as forcing Xiong Ba into a corner.

At this age and status, who is willing to fight alone.

So he sneered and shook his head again and again: "Xu Dingxiu wants to trick me out of the city, do you think I don't know what the hell you are doing, if you have the ability, you can attack the city, I will come to see how much combat power your new army has, whether your new army is powerful, or the soldiers of my sacrifice city." ”

Xu Ding stared at Xiong Ba for a few moments, did not speak, and then turned around and urged the horse back to the military formation.

When he came back, he only gave one command: "Siege!" ”

"Siege!"

The drums of war were beating.

The divisions of the Escape City immediately spread out in a queue.

The firearms and crossbow units were scattered on both sides, and the artillery units slowly approached the city gate with their cannons.

"Artillery, that's Nanming's artillery, oh my God, Xiaoyao City has all the equipment of Nanming."

The soldiers of the government guards of the sacrificial city began to panic a little, and they kept choking.

Whether the small sacrificial city can be stopped is a debatable question.

"Don't be afraid, it's impossible for Nanming to give the best equipment to Xiaoyao City, these cannons are not powerful at all, everyone do a good job of avoiding them, listen to my orders." Xiong Ba himself was a little timid, but he still held on and waved the sword in his hand.

"Report, the artillery is aiming and can be reloaded!"

"Fill the bomb and open the fire, and bombard Lao Tzu's mother's sacrificial city." Hong Sheng, the general who commanded the artillery team, ordered.

The gunners immediately cooperated, stuffed the primer powder pack into the barrel, and then pushed the plug to compact, and pushed the shell forward.

This is followed by ignition.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The artillery pieces made a loud noise, and countless black smoke came out.

Then on the city wall of the city of the sacrifice square, the city gate tower, also exploded with a loud noise, and countless bricks and stone sawdust splashed.

The soldiers of the city lord's palace guards in the city were also blown away, and their flesh and blood were blurred......

"Boom ......"

Constant artillery bombardment.

Xiong Ba and others, the city lord, hurriedly dodged, and many soldiers in the city were hit one after another, either directly killed or injured by stray bullets and lost their combat effectiveness.

Even the walls were crumbling.

"Boom!" There was another loud bang, and the gates under the cave were blown up.

The city was blasted open.

The defenders above and below the city were terrified.

The power of the artillery is too strong.

In this short period of time, hundreds of people were killed and wounded, and they did not dare to go up the city wall.

"Crossbow Army Attack!"

The troops equipped with Western Qin ordnance launched an attack on the city of Saifang with the order.

The whole army rushed to the city.

The artillery on the other side stopped firing, and the musketeers began to slowly kick forward.

Firmly aim at the head of the city.

As long as there is an enemy on the head, shoot immediately.

"Damn, come back, guard the gates for me, and kill with me!" When Xiong Ba saw the fleeing mercenaries, he shouted and cursed, brought the captain of the guard, and took the guards to the inner city gate.

His palace guards also have weapons in their hands, and they are also made by Western Qin, and their power is equally amazing.

It's just that the number is not very large.

It is usually used to deter the city and make the major mercenary organizations surrender.

"Spot the enemy, fire the arrows." The general wearing the binoculars saw that there were enemies in the cave of the city who were also holding Qin soldiers, estimated the distance, and then asked the archers to release their arrows.

More than a hundred bows and arrows were shot at the same time.

It's a completely blind shot, and the distance is really a bit far, and the eyesight of ordinary people can't reach that far.

So these hundred or so arrows were shot over, and they were scattered.

But it's enough to kill.

The palace guards, who had not had time to fight back, were shot through in an instant and nailed to the inner city gate or wall.

Xiong Ba rolled on the ground and dodged, and when he saw more than a hundred or so arrows shot from outside the city, he hurriedly went up to the female wall, and then ran down the wall from the other side and ran into the city.

The bears all ran away, and the others didn't have the heart to defend the city, so they also swarmed away.

The army of the Escape City slowly entered, and it was better to be cautious.

Captured the city gate and found that Xiongba was about to run, so he began to pursue.

After taking the city gates, the large army quickly entered the city, and then attacked the important places of the treasury.

Xiong Ba fled out of the northern city with a few elites and a small amount of property, but was soon overtaken by Xu Ding's cavalry, and then shot through the back by a strong crossbow, and all the troops collapsed.

The city was taken down so easily.

After a brief rest of two hours, the troops continued to kill the next city.

The manpower to manage the city was handed over to Xu Shu's people.

With Western Qin ordnance and Southern Ming firearms.

Xu Ding's process of seizing the city was unusually smooth.

Every city must be fought, and if it is struck, it must be struck.

One by one, the city lords were either killed or ran away.

In just eight days, Xu Ding won more than ten cities such as Chong, Huo, Kun, Li, and Lu.

Don't go all the way is also quite smooth, fighting successively, killing 10,000 enemies, and capturing nine cities.

The direct sphere of influence of the Easy City suddenly expanded.

The actions of Xiaoyao City caused the other city lords to be frightened, so they contacted the conspiracy and asked Ho Kyung for a ruling, saying that they wanted Xu Ding to return justice to everyone.

With such a domineering annexation of cities, there is no royal law and heavenly law.

But soon they were waiting for a rebuke from Hokyo.

"As the lord of the Great Zhou City, you don't think about being loyal to the country, don't think about the dawn under the rule of T-shirts, collude with traitors, and buy the interests of the Great Zhou with the enemy country, which is really worthy of killing.

If you repent and reform, you only need to hand over the city under your rule, and you can avoid death, and give you a knight, and rest with the country......"

Basically, every city's reply is like this.

At the same time, the news that the Eight Sages King was ordered to crusade against the city also came from Hojing.

Of the 200,000 troops, 40,000 were left to defend Kyoto, and the rest marched south.

Wiped out all the city lords along the way.

All of them are characterized as collusion with traitors and traitors who buy the state.

Of course, although the Eight Sages King had an army of 160,000, the speed of the siege was far less than that of Xu Ding.

After all, the 160,000 army is just a huge number, but the combat effectiveness is low.

However, the Eight Sages had the ability to place men in each city.

It should be combined with the outside world, and it has been successfully obtained, and it is also a city in the bag.

At this time, Xu Ding continued to launch the battle to capture the city, advancing northward to meet the north and south of the Eight Sages King.

At this time, the cities wanted to form an alliance against the Eight Sages King and Xu Ding, but after the time was not ripe, there were no conditions and enough trust.

Some city lords knew that their strength was weak, so they surrendered to Xu Ding and the Eight Sages King in exchange for being a rich man.

Father City!

Xu Ding's army and the Eight Sages finally won the battle, and the two successively got rid of more than 60 cities, swept away all the city lords from Haojing to Xiaoyao City, so that Haojing to Xiaoyao City was completely accessible, and the emperor's order could be directly issued to the place.

The remaining dozens of cities in the east and west saw that the situation could not be violated, and under the leadership of the eldest and second horses, they also submitted a request to remove the city lord system and were willing to accept the county system.

However, the condition is that they serve as county commanders and retain their military power in the local area.

At this time, Western Qin and Southern Ming also reacted and sent envoys to interfere with the annexation of the Great Zhou in both directions.

And give weapons support.

Considering that the army had been on the campaign for almost a month and the consumption was huge, Xu Ding and the Eight Sages decided to temporarily stop the east-west invasion and agreed to the conditions of the two departments.

After all, in a few months, the northern barbarians will go south, and it is not good to tear their faces with Western Qin and Nanming.

At this point, the Great Zhou War ended, the county system began to be implemented, new national policies were implemented, and all-round efforts were made to develop the economy and deepen reforms.

After the war, Xu Ding ended the experience of the New Army, and then brought it back to Dahan as a training model for the New Army on the Han side.

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