In the newly built government affairs hall of Yangcheng County, not only the government officials of Yangcheng County were gathered at this time, but there were also some military generals and high-level officials of the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce present today.

Xiao Jiu, who was sitting on the main seat, saw that the people were almost here, and began to announce the official opening of the meeting, and then motioned to Li Hao on the side to narrate the news of Jiangzhou Zhong'a raising 100,000 troops to attack Yangzhou one by one.

Today, I called these high-level officials in Yangcheng County to hear whether they want to rush to Yangzhou, or simply help Zhong Asi to enter Yangzhou to obtain more rights and interests.

After Li Hao finished talking about the news he received, everyone present began to discuss it in a whisper, and it didn't take long for the hall to be quiet again, and Xiao Jiu asked.

The first to speak were the generals of the Yangcheng County Military Region, and most of them said fiercely that the current military strength of Yangcheng County can definitely affect the battle situation in Yangzhou.

These generals are thinking more about military merits, because many welfare policies formulated by Xiao Jiu are biased towards soldiers, and the way to obtain these privileges is military merits.

Therefore, whether it is those soldiers in Yangcheng County, or officers like the Lingshui Military Region and the Yujun Military Region, they are all very belligerent.

They may not care who they fight, but they know that as long as they fight, they can be promoted.

However, at this time, the officials of the government system were divided in their own opinions, and some believed that sending troops to Yangzhou could obtain more rights and interests after the war was over.

On the other hand, the opposing side believes that at this time, the warlords in the north are quietly accumulating strength, and now the muddy waters in the south can easily drag themselves down.

After those generals finished speaking, Xiao Jiu turned his head to look at Zhou Jin on the side, "What does Lord Zhou think?" ”

Zhou Jin slowly sat up from his seat when he heard this, and did not directly answer Xiao Jiu's inquiry, but analyzed the pros and cons from a dialectical perspective.

"Lord Xiao, I don't think this battle can be fought, but I can participate in this war."

As soon as these words came out, many people present were a little confused, but Xiao Jiu looked at Zhou Jin with interest and waited quietly for the following.

Feeling the gaze of the eyes around him, Zhou Jin did not sell it, and continued to speak word by word.

"Yangzhou is rich, Zhong Asi of Jiangzhou has coveted it for a long time but he can't attack Yangzhou for a while, as far as I know, the land in Yangzhou has basically been divided up by the local clans, and in the face of the murderous Daizhou army, he will definitely spare no effort to organize resistance."

"We can participate in the war in the form of hire, but we will never help whoever is strong, but let Taiwan and them continue to fight in order to ensure the interests of our Yangcheng."

"It is now possible to sell firearms, ordnance, grain and grass to the opposing sides, and all they need to give us is the right to build factories."

Listening to Zhou Jin finish his thoughts in one breath, even Xiao Jiu had to sigh at the delicacy of his thoughts.

Zhou Jin's words, Xiao Jiu understood, that is, to play the role of an arms merchant on the battlefield in Yangzhou and let Yangzhou continue to fight.

Before the two sides did not decide the winner, Xiao Jiu could rely on this war to earn a lot of benefits.

Xiao Jiu's Yangcheng County did not border Yangzhou, so they would not worry that Xiao Jiu had ambitions for Yangzhou, which other warlords did not allow.

All Xiao Jiu can use the oppression of Yangzhou by the Daizhou Army to continuously plunder the power to build factories, perhaps after the end of the war, the influence of the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce will be enough to determine whether the people of Yangzhou can have enough to eat.

Thinking about this, Xiao Jiu had already made a decision in his heart, and Li Fu, the president of the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce, also narrowed his eyes with a smile at this time.

He also understood Zhou Jin's words, and the army naturally would not come forward in the matter of reselling military supplies on both sides, and sooner or later it would fall on the head of the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce.

In this way, the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce is not just making profits from ordinary goods, and the income will definitely enter the chamber of commerce's pocket like flowing water.

And to set up a factory in Yangcheng County, with the huge financial resources of the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce, it is absolutely possible to crush the local small workshop-style factory in Yangzhou effortlessly.

At that time, will the governor of Yangzhou still dare to charge a high commercial tax to the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce? If you dare to collect taxes, you must be prepared for a large number of unemployed and displaced people in Yangzhou.

With Xiao Jiu's decision, the matter was quickly settled, and although many generals in the army looked frustrated, they did not dare to refute.

Early the next morning, Li Fu, the leader of the Lingshui caravan, got up and went to Wanpingkou to arrange a fleet, and Li Fu was accompanied by a large amount of food and ordnance.

With the escort of the newly established navy, Li Fu embarked on the journey south to Yangzhou, and Heizi, who had been planning the Japanese kingdom, and the navy under his command were also temporarily transferred.

Seven days later, Li Fu arrived in Yangzhou with the merchant ships of the Lingshui caravan and sent a large number of ordnance to Yangzhou City.

In the palace of the city lord of Yangzhou City, You Yichun met with Li Fu, who had come from afar, and discussed an alliance with him.

After hearing Li Fu say that Yangcheng County could only provide ordnance and firearms, You Yichun was not much surprised by this, but what Xiao Jiu asked for really made him a little embarrassed.

The power to build a factory in Yangzhou?

For Xiao Jiu's request, You Yichun felt that it was a bit excessive, he was not a reckless man who only grasped the army, and he knew very well that if the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce entered Yangzhou, it would be difficult to get out when the time came.

After thinking about it again, You Yichun did not agree to Li Fu's conditions, but directly bought firearms from Yangcheng County at a high price, and Li Fu only smiled and nodded and agreed.

After leaving the city lord's mansion in Yangzhou City, Li Fu got drunk and rode back to the caravan station, and when he saw his boss's performance of not paying attention to anything, he couldn't help but remind him.

"Chairman Li, why did you promise to sell firearms directly to Yangzhou just now, what Lord Xiao wants is the right to build a factory."

Hearing this, Li Fu squinted his eyes at the elder of the Chamber of Commerce beside him, and said indifferently; "I didn't expect him to say yes when I came to visit."

"And why is that?" , the elder of the Chamber of Commerce was still puzzled.

Li Fu didn't sell Guan Zi either, and continued: "I only sold you a part of the firearms, and I am going to sell the rest to Zhong Ah Si, and I am not afraid that he will not agree at that time." ”

Listening to Li Fu's answer, the veteran of the Chamber of Commerce was still a little unsure, worried that this would anger You Yichun and completely clear the power of the Chamber of Commerce in Yangzhou.

But after thinking about it, since Xiao Jiu sent Heizi to Yangzhou with the navy, isn't this what he is guarding against?

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After Li Fu and the Lingshui caravan arrived at Yangzhou City, the large force of the Jiangzhou army had already arrived in Sulin County, Yangzhou, which bordered Jiangzhou.

The city of Surin County was originally a small city, but before that, You Yichun continued to transfer troops from Yangzhou, and no less than 50,000 troops had gathered in the city.

Outside the city, Zhong Asi, who was wearing strange gold earrings, rode on a horse, looking at the dense human heads on the tower of Surin County, his brows furrowed slightly.

The Jiangzhou Army's Eastern Crusade can be said to have been planned for a long time, and the 100,000 troops he brought are only the vanguard troops, and once the war expands, there will be Jiangzhou troops into the battlefield in the future.

Before the start of the war, the Jiangzhou army still shot the letter of persuasion to surrender into the city as if it were performing war etiquette, but soon the bow and arrow were directly shot back intact.

Zhong Ah Si had expected this, and ordered the whole army to camp ten miles away, preparing to start the siege on the second day.

Early in the morning of the second day, the two sides of the confrontation had an early fire breakfast, and after the soldiers had finished eating, the Jiangzhou army from afar launched a fierce attack.

First, catapults continued to throw boulders at the city of Surin, and then the two sides exchanged a rain of arrows.

After the bows and arrows of both sides were fired, the Jiangzhou army took out well-prepared ladders and other siege equipment and led a large army to attack the city.

Under the heavy reward, the soldiers of Jiangzhou launched a desperate charge like chicken blood.

In previous wars, in the face of this siege scene, most of them were bows and arrows combined with rolling wood and stones to attack = siege soldiers.

But today's Surin City, because of the large number of firearms sent by the Lingshui Chamber of Commerce before, directly erected a strange slender cannon barrel on the city tower.

This is the modified version of the tank, the 2.0 version, which is mounted on the tower with the wheels removed.

Peng ~ Peng Peng ~

A muffled sound rang out from the towers of Surin City, instantly taking away the lives of a large number of besieging soldiers at the place where the cannonballs landed.

In the face of such a big killing weapon, many Jiangzhou soldiers turned around and retreated in fear, but they were quickly killed directly by the soldiers in the rear.

With the deterrence of military orders, these first soldiers who were besieging the city could only continue to charge at this time, constantly praying in their hearts that the shells would not fall on them.

And Zhong Asi, who was in the rear of the army, squinted at the barrels of the guns that were constantly spewing flames on the city tower, and his brows were directly twisted into a lump.

The deafening thunder sound Zhong Ah Si was no stranger, and now the firearms in Xiao Jiu's hands were very famous in the entire Central Plains.

After all, Jiangzhou belongs to the mainland area of the southern territory, and it basically has little connection with Xiao Jiu, so this latest firearm is the first time he has seen it.

As time went on, the soldiers besieging the city in front died more and more, and the Yangzhou troops who defended the city also saw that the enemy had suffered heavy casualties and their morale was greatly increased, and they howled loudly on the city tower.

"Let all the soldiers in front of you withdraw."

After a long time, Zhong Ah Si gave the order to Mingjin to withdraw his troops with a gloomy face, and those siege soldiers on the front line couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they heard the horn of retreat.

In the afternoon, Zhong Ah Si summoned his generals to gather in his tent to discuss the deployment of the siege later.

"Their firearms are so powerful that our soldiers were killed before they could touch the root of the wall, and the people behind didn't dare to get on when they saw it."

"Yes, yes, my subordinate Zasang wanted to shoot the dead city with archers, but before they reached the range of archery, they directly let them blow up their intestines."

“……”

Everyone kept complaining, and Zhong Asi, as the supreme commander, only felt that there were countless flies buzzing around his ears, but he didn't have any good way to restrain the firearms on the upper floor of Surin City for a while.

Just as the irritable Zhong Ah Si was about to wave his hand to expel their men and go back, the sound of the guards announcing came from outside the tent.

"Marshal Qiyu, a spy who spies on the military has been caught outside the camp."