Chapter 740: The Capital

Compared with the fleeing northern captives, the Jiazhou army was much more prepared, each soldier carried dry rations and water bags, and there were special personnel in the team responsible for transporting the concentrate needed for the horses; They also maintained a good formation in pursuit, so even if the desperate Beiyu soldiers launched a decisive counterattack, they could not cause them too much damage, but were easily crushed by them, and won countless heads. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The infantry began to clear the remnants of the soldiers in the camp that occupied the northern captives, and those who resisted were killed on the spot, and those who surrendered were under centralized custody to receive the materials left by Arub, although the grain and grass that Yale did not spend guarding had been burned by the Wudang army, but there were still a lot of food, armor, weapons, and war horses left in the camp, and the Jiazhou army could be described as a bumper harvest.

The cavalry continued to pursue the defeated soldiers scattered everywhere, if these routs were not cleared in time, let them scatter everywhere, it was not a good thing for the people around Gyeonggi Province, fortunately, most of these northern captives were bent on escaping back to the north, so there were only a few routes to escape, and the Jiazhou army was not troublesome to pursue, and they had been sticking to the back of the northern captives like kraft candy, as long as they escaped a little slower, they would immediately catch up and start a fight.

In this way, the northern captives continued to suffer huge losses in the process of fleeing, and these unintentional armies went to Anu late to be the opponent of the Jiazhou army, and when Arub fled to the capital, there were only 30,000 horses left around him, and only one-tenth of the 300,000 troops who went south this time could survive safely.

Xu Shiyong, who was at a loss, hurriedly went out to greet them, searched the capital fiercely, prepared enough food for them, and at the same time waited anxiously for his fate; When he heard of the defeat of Arubu, Xu Shiyong almost collapsed, and the reason why he can still survive now is because he still has a little use value for Arubu, and he can help Arub control Gyeonggi Province a little, but the root of his control of the capital and Gyeonggi Province is that there is a strong army of Arub behind him, and now this army has been defeated by the Jiazhou Army, and he will not be able to recover his vitality in the next ten years, so it is self-evident what kind of fate awaits him, Therefore, Xu Shiyong kept proposing to Arubu that he was willing to follow him to Dragon City, hoping that this would allow him to live for a few more years, even if the Jiazhou army could capture the capital, it would take a few years to fight to Dragon City, right?

But Arubu was reluctant to agree to his request, in Arubu's view, the only meaning of the existence of Xu Shiyong and Yang Deming and others is to serve Dayuan, and now Li You's pursuers are behind him, for the safety of Dayuan's army, Xu Shiyong and Yang Deming must stay in the capital, prepare the city defense to block Li You, and win them a little respite, so how can he agree to Xu Shiyong's request?

"General Yale, because of you, my Great Yuan Fang will be defeated and returned, it stands to reason that I should have put you and all the soldiers guarding the granary to death, but I remember that your Yale Department has always been loyal to me, and has made countless achievements before, so I will temporarily exempt you from capital crimes, and allow you to wear the guilt and make meritorious contributions." After Xu Shiyong left, Arubu called Yale Buhua to him, first falsely intimidated, and then began to give orders, "I order you to lead your troops and horses to stay in the capital to supervise Xu Shiyong and them to defend the city, be sure to block Li You's pursuers, and wait for me to return to Longcheng to organize my troops and horses, and then go south to fight Li You." ”

Now that almost half of the remaining soldiers and horses were Yale, how dare Arub put them all to death? The reason why he left Yale Buhua and these troops in the capital was that Yale Buhua was one of the few remaining generals who could withstand a battle, and on the other hand, it was to eliminate the threat of the Yale Department, because Yale Buhua was assigned to the rear, they were able to save a large number of soldiers and horses in this escape, and in the current situation, it has formed a threat to Arub's throne, and he did not dare to put such a powerful faction in Dragon City.

"The last general obeys!" Yale Buhua didn't think of so much, he is still caught in the humiliation of being burned by the Wudang army under his nose and can't extricate himself, all the time looking forward to a chance to take revenge on the Jiazhou army to wash away the shame this time, before in the process of fleeing because of the defeat of the army and unable to return to the army to fight, now Arub gave him such a chance, Yale Buhua immediately agreed.

"That's very good, then all the affairs of the capital will be handed over to General Yale!" Arubu said solemnly, "If Xu Shiyong and Yang Demin don't listen to your orders, you can deal with it yourself without reporting to me." Arub handed over all the power of the capital to Yale Buhua, hoping that he would be able to resist for a little more time, so that he could take a breather.

After a day's rest, Arubu ignored Xu Shiyong and Yang Deming's pleas and retention, and continued to return north to Longcheng with the remaining soldiers and horses, leaving Yale Buhua and his more than 10,000 soldiers and horses here.

In order to ensure that these people would not plot against him, Yale Buhua directly sent troops to surround the mansions of all the high-ranking officials of the puppet Chu regime, gathered all their families together and guarded them strictly, and forced them to act according to their orders with the lives of their families.

In this regard, the people of the capital will inevitably have some schadenfreude thoughts while lamenting, these pseudo-Chu heavy ministers' families have not relied on their status to oppress the people in the capital before, and now they see that they have ambitions, and naturally they secretly applaud in their hearts; These people were frightened and silently prayed that the Jiazhou army could break through the city as soon as possible, so as to free them from the oppression of foreign races.

The forbidden army was even more worried, Arubu's soldiers and horses were so powerful in their eyes, and they almost didn't dare to imagine what the Jiazhou army would be like if they could defeat them, and they almost didn't dare to imagine that they were about to fight against such a terrible army, these forbidden troops couldn't even hold the swords and guns in their hands, if it weren't for Yale's army to watch over them, they would probably have scattered and fled in a hurry.

Now these forbidden soldiers are looking in the direction of the south with anxiety, and they are trying to find a way to save their lives in such a bad situation, and they have no idea of accompanying Yale to die with Xu Shiyong.