Chapter 189: Just one Xiao Xuan can still turn the sky upside down

Just when the major dynasties began to guard against the Su Mo border army, the generals from all over the country also received Su Mo orders.

Each dispatched a large army to attack the four dynasties in an orderly manner according to the previously formulated attack plan.

In Tai'an City, more than 100,000 troops under Bai Qi have begun to attack the border city.

The two military factories in Tai'an City were also working day and night, and red-coated cannons and muskets were continuously transported to the front line.

Zao Wou-ki, Cheng Meng and others also received brand-new muskets and red-coated cannons.

As the equipment of the border armies gradually became sophisticated, Bai Qi's command was already equipped with a full 500 red-coated cannons, and the siege efficiency was greatly improved.

But at this critical time, a huge problem arose.

In the military tent, Bai Qi, Zhuge Liang, Su Mo and others gathered together, and a document was placed in front of everyone, recording the offensive achievements of the border army in the past ten days.

On the side, Bai Qi said helplessly.

"General, the red-coated cannon can't be used any longer."

"Those generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty who defended the city drove the people up the city walls."

"The power of the redcoat cannon is too great to control."

In the past few days, the generals under his command have been constantly reminded of this.

If it is placed in the front, the border army only cares about bombing, and does not care about those defenders at all, and anyone who resists can be directly bombed and killed.

But now the situation is different, the purpose of everyone attacking the city is to be the emperor, and if they want to rule the Great Zhou Dynasty, the people's will is extremely important.

In particular, the pacification work after the siege is even more important.

Once the redcoat cannon is used, these things become extremely complicated.

In particular, the subsequent progress of the border army will become difficult to solve because of this matter.

In response to today's complicated situation, Su Mo ordered the border army to stop using red-coated cannons and try to use muskets to solve the defenders in the city.

He also gave such an order because the Great Zhou Dynasty now has no elite troops, and the border troops in various places are also persuaded by the Great Zhou Dynasty to surrender.

When everyone is attacking the city, it often appears that their own troops know the defending troops, and in the face of such a situation, the border army only needs to persuade the defenders to break the city, and the use of red-coated cannons will have the opposite effect.

As for the siege, the biggest trouble was the stubborn defenders, and in the face of this situation, the muskets were enough to deal with it, and the redcoat cannons were completely useless.

Listening to the reports of the lieutenant generals, Su Mo nodded and reissued the military order to everyone.

The core content is to reduce the consumption of red-coated cannons within the Great Zhou Dynasty, mainly to persuade surrender, supplemented by siege, and collect the counties and counties in the border passes as soon as possible.

Regarding Su Mo's military order, everyone agreed and conveyed it to each other.

As Su Mo changed his strategy, the border army attacked the city faster and faster.

All 27 cities in the three border states were captured by Bai Qi.

Among them, only four cities were captured by brute force, and the rest of the cities were all border army soldiers coming to the city, and then sending a letter of persuasion to the commander, and finally a familiar person came forward to persuade him to surrender.

After such a set of processes, a city will be directly attributed to Su Mo.

When the border army entered the city, it was to rectify internal affairs, clean up the remnants, and improve the local departments as soon as possible.

The siege of the border army, which was smooth sailing, soon encountered the first obstacles.

Three hundred miles away from the border, in the border towns of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Bai Qi encountered extremely strong and stubborn resistance.

Xiao He, the king of the Great Zhou Dynasty, led 30,000 defenders to resist to the death and defended to the death.

This made the border army stalemate for a while, and it was necessary to mobilize red-coated artillery from the rear.

Outside the city wall, Bai Qi led 30,000 elites to attack the city in person, and the siege battle was too smooth these days.

Bai Qi really couldn't stay in the barracks, and now he heard that there were people who resisted to the death, which made him interested and personally led the army here.

Looking at the elites on the city wall, Bai Qi smiled unprecedentedly.

Over the past few days, the defenders of the Great Zhou Dynasty were all undressed and poorly equipped.

The border army under the command of Xiao He still has such an elite, which makes him quite interested, a border prince, made 30,000 elites not rebel, but became a loyal minister.

The contradictions and conflicts in this made Bai Qi extremely curious, and he planned to see what the so-called Su Wang Xiaohe was.

As the border army under his command began to attack the city, the defenders on the city wall also used bed crossbows to return fire, and the arm-thick arrows went straight to the Chinese camp.

Looking at the other party's perfect city defense equipment, Bai Qi directly ordered the red-clothed artillery to attack the city.

With the familiar sound of explosions, the defenders on the city wall fell one after another, and even the masters of the rivers and lakes invited by King Su died in an instant.

Looking at the corpses on the city wall, King Xiao He instantly sat down on the ground, he hadn't taken the horror of the red-clothed cannon to heart before, and felt that these were just boasting.

But now when the red-clothed cannon exploded in front of him, Xiao He was instantly afraid.

No wonder the ancestor would die at the border, with such a terrifying weapon, who could stop Su Mo?

Beside Xiao He, the general in charge of guarding the city also covered his head in embarrassment, and said with a look full of fear.

"Lord, lord, surrender."

"What you can't keep, what you can't keep."

On the city wall, Xiao He sat weakly on the ground and nodded.

He was well aware of the situation, and he was no match for the red-clad cannon alone.

Not to mention that the opponent's large army is watching from a short distance, and the only way now is to surrender.

As Xiao He nodded, the general defending the city immediately hung up the white flag and began to greet the soldiers under his command to surrender.

The strange movement on the city wall was reflected in Bai Qi's eyes, and he turned away rather boredly.

He also thought he had encountered a hard stubble, but he didn't expect it to be a soft and rotten waste.

Bai Qi asked his vanguard to rush into the city, and then returned to the barracks to report the specific battle situation to Su Mo.

Just when the Su Mo border army was steadily advancing, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, everyone suddenly fell into chaos.

In the imperial capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the vassal kings from all over the country have entered Beijing, and everyone is carrying heavy troops and stationed not far from the emperor.

A scout burst into the hall with a panicked expression and said in a trembling voice.

"Your Majesty, King Su has surrendered."

Hearing this, Xiao Xuan on the dragon chair suddenly got up, his expression full of disbelief.

Su Wang Toucheng, how is this possible?

King Su is second only to the existence of King Ding'an in the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and when it comes to Wen Taowu, no one dares to say that King Su is stable except for King Ding'an.

Since Lao Zu left the customs, King Su was ordered to recruit troops, but in just a few months, he prepared 30,000 elite troops, which was the most outstanding among the vassal kings in various places.

Previously, Su Mo raised troops, and King Su even sent a blood letter, saying that he wanted to live and die with Shu County, and would never take half a step back, but now he actually surrendered?

Xiao Xuan just used the example of King Su to scold the behavior of the vassal kings for entering Beijing, and now King Su has surrendered to Su Mo, which makes him feel shameless.

Before he Xiao Xuan could speak, Xiao Ping, the martial king on the side, got up and said.

"Your Majesty, it seems that His Royal Highness King Su is not loyal to the country as you said."

"We brought troops into Beijing to defend the national capital."

"Isn't it loyal and patriotic compared to King Su's act of surrender?"

His words were extremely calm, but his words were full of murderous intent, and the meaning in and out of his words was threatening Xiao Xuan to release power to everyone.

Xiao Rui, the king on the side, also spoke coldly.

"What King Wu said is reasonable."

"Could it be that Your Majesty means to let me wait to return to the fiefdom and follow the example of King Su?"

Xiao Xuan was furious when he heard this, and he pointed at Duan Wang and scolded.

"Bastard."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Is it a threat to me?"

After saying that, he smashed the jade in his hand.

Duan Wang dodged sideways, his expression was full of disdain, he didn't plan to save any face for Xiao Xuan at this time.

The ancestor is dead, the Great Zhou Dynasty is in turmoil, and the Su Mobian Army is eyeing each other, and now the Great Zhou Dynasty must change its emperor, otherwise it will really be over.

The military department Shangshu on the side paused, got up and dissuaded.

"Your Majesty, King Duan's words are reasonable."

"The vassal kings of each region are weak, and if they fight separately, I am afraid that they will be defeated one by one."

"If you gather the forces of all the vassal kings together, you can defeat the enemy."

After saying this, he bent down, not daring to look directly at Xiao Xuan, and all the officials on the side were shocked when they saw this.

The military department Shangshu actually chose the vassal kings, is this to force the palace to fail?

On the dragon chair, Xiao Xuanqi's chest rose and fell, and the whole person's facial features were crowded together, extremely angry.

He never expected that his military department Shangshu would choose to rebel, since there is one person, naturally there will be others who choose to surrender.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xuan said coldly.

"Who else thinks like him?"

When the voice fell, the household department, the official department, and the criminal department were also out of the ranks, and even the officials behind them also came out of the ranks.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xiao Xuan gritted his teeth angrily, and he jumped out of a sentence.

"Okay, okay."

"Retreat."

After finishing speaking, he got up directly and brushed his sleeves and left, and the vassal kings in the court glanced at each other, and they could all see the disdain in each other's eyes.