Chapter 248: The Journey
What came to Sha Shaoyuan was a handwritten letter from Huang Yuanwu.
The letter mentioned that Huang Yongning and Huang Yanghui had returned to the Dongwang Mansion and brought back 170,000 fresh troops, and after learning the news of the enclave, they would use the shortest possible time, led by Huang Yongning, to enter the enclave and assist Sha Shaoyuan in consolidating the results achieved.
At the same time, he reminded Sha Shaoyuan to pass on such news to the front line and send it to Ye Guan, so that he could know it in his heart.
As for the prisoners of war in the enclave, Huang Yuanwu ordered Sha Shaoyuan to take care of them in the manner given by Liu Tianyang, and made sure that there would be no mistakes.
A letter that delivered the news, the number of words was not much, but it made Sha Shaoyuan's eyes shine.
The army of the East Prince's Mansion has finally returned.
After learning the news that Huang Yongning would soon lead the main force of the Eastern Prince's Mansion into the enclave, Sha Shaoyuan obviously felt relieved in his heart.
At this moment, the seizure of weapons from prisoners of war has also come to an end.
As Liu Tianyang said, the 40,000 soldiers under his command have lost the meaning of battle, and they have discarded their weapons one after another, without the slightest intention of resisting.
The work of collecting weapons was also going very smoothly, and the two sergeants sent out later carried back a large amount of war materials, which were now piled up in a corner of the camp.
And the enemy camp has no other voice. The sergeant guarding outside did not step into the enemy camp before receiving Sha Shaoyuan's order.
Sha Shaoyuan stood on the city wall, looking at the camp of the enclave sergeant in the distance, his eyes moved slightly, and then he turned around and gave an order. In a few moments, four large groups of sergeants walked out of the camp and headed straight for the enemy camp.
Immediately, Sha Shaoyuan ordered again, and a team of scouts, riding war horses, went away.
When they reached the edge of the enemy camp, the four sergeants formed a formation, surrounded the entire camp, and then picked up the weapons they carried with them and began to dig the lawn around the camp.
40,000 soldiers is also a big burden for any army. It is impossible for Sha Shaoyuan to arrange too many sergeants to take care of him, even if the other party has no weapons and has no intention of resisting. But things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and as a veteran of a hundred battles, Sha Shaoyuan will definitely not take this risk.
Time passed little by little, and the next morning, a chasm appeared around the enemy camp that was two zhang wide and more than two zhang deep. The sergeant of the East Wangfu used one night to turn the entire enemy camp into an isolated island, leaving only one passage, and this passage was blocked by the black armor iron cavalry of the East Prince's Mansion.
Sha Shaoyuan sent someone to ask Liu Tianyang before, and the grain and grass in the camp were enough for 40,000 people to use for about ten days. So, while this kind of siege may seem a bit stupid, it is a good way to do it once and for all.
After a night of tossing, the 40,000 sergeants in the enclave did not make any move, and the whole camp was quiet and lifeless.
Seeing this, Sha Shaoyuan exhaled softly.
Who wants to surrender without a fight? But these enclave sergeants have no reason to fight.
The fighting spirit was broken and morale was low, but not a single person left the camp.
After doing all this, Sha Shaoyuan felt that a big stone in his heart had finally landed. All that remains is to wait for Huang Yongning's reinforcements and the battle report from the front.
The 30,000 sergeants in Sha Shaoyuan's hands must not leave the Blackstone Bridge, if they leave at this time, they will be drawn from the bottom of the enclave, and all their previous efforts will be in vain.
Looking at the glimmer of white in the sky, Sha Shaoyuan stood on the city wall, with his back against the battlements, with a smile on his face.
Ye Guan and his entourage, the total number of troops entered 20,000, and they quickly left the range of Tianqing City and returned to the official road of the enclave.
According to Ye Guan's instructions, the direction of the troops' advance was directed towards Qiu Changcheng. But the speed of progress is not too fast, as if waiting for something.
Huang Yuchen rode on the war horse, silently followed behind Ye Guan, reflecting the sunset, walking on the official road of the enclave, with some doubts in his heart.
According to his estimates, the situation in the enclave is now very clear, and in the entire enclave, only Shen Tuyan and Tian Yuanbai can form an effective resistance to the Dongwangfu army. Out of Tianqing City, he should immediately open up, rush to Qiuchang City as quickly as possible, and catch Shen Tuyan off guard. But to his surprise, the troops marched unhurriedly, which made him wonder in his heart.
"Ye City Lord. Being in the army, Huang Yuchen couldn't call Ye Guan his senior: "Why are you marching like this, aren't we going to Qiuchang City at the fastest speed?"
This sentence is also what the general Cui Chi wants to ask, according to his idea, for the enclave, it should be advanced city by city, regardless of his so many twists and turns.
Hearing this, Ye Guan glanced back at Huang Yuchen, and said with a slight smile: "Don't worry, wait." ”
"What are you waiting for?" asked Huang Yuchen.
"Wait for news from the enclave. Ye Guan chuckled lightly and whispered to Huang Yuchen and Cui Chi: "One day we entered Tianqing City, counting the previous day, Liu Tianyi's surrender order must have covered the entire enclave, and all the enclave city lords, including Shen Tuyan and Tian Yuanbai, should have received this order." After getting this news, the hidden problems of the enclave will also be exposed. ”
Huang Yuchen scratched his head when he heard this, he knew that Ye Guan was delicate, but he always felt that he was a little too cautious.
"Whatever he wants. Cui Chi interjected on the side: "With the combat power of my black-armored iron horse, it is not a problem to take down all the cities in the entire enclave, and at this moment, it should be pushed over one city by one, so that all problems will be solved." ”
"That's a good idea. Yu Sheng on the side glanced at Cui Chi coldly and said, "Otherwise, I'll let you do a good job in my position as a general." ”
When Cui Chi heard this, he immediately shrunk his neck in fright, and said, "My subordinates are talkative." ”
Yu Sheng glared at Cui Chi, snorted coldly, and said: "According to your style of play, even if our Dongwang Mansion occupies the enclave, we will have to invest huge energy to win over the hearts of the people in the enclave in the future, and there is no benefit in the slightest to just roll up the flames of war." ”
"Yes, my subordinates understand. Cui Chi lowered his head, not daring to look at the eyes of the rest of his life. Before he was in charge of 16,000 black-armored iron horsemen, and easily took a city, he was naturally a little complacent in his heart, and he looked at the war in the enclave very shallowly, so that Yu Sheng said a few words, and immediately did not dare to interject.
"A short distance ahead, you will come to a city. Ye Guan's voice did not change in the slightest, nor did it fluctuate in any way because of Cui Chi's interjection, it was still a tone that sounded very comfortable: "We can take the next city, so that the road between the front and back will be opened, and if we enter a long-term tug-of-war in the future, we will not fall behind." ”
Huang Yuchen probably understood what Ye Guan and Yu Sheng meant. It's not that Dongwangfu doesn't have the strength to directly take over the enclave, but they are afraid that once Dongwangfu conquers the enclave by force, not only will it not play a role in strategic depth, but it is also very likely to pull Dongwangfu into a quagmire. This is not a good thing for the East Palace.
Ye Guan's words fell, and when no one spoke, the 20,000 sergeants marched slowly on the official road of the enclave, and all they could hear was the clear sound of horses' hooves.
A hundred miles away, Changhui City.
A man in a brocade robe sat in the city lord's mansion, holding two flower-like beauties in his arms, watching the singing and dancing going on in the hall. While pranayama and the beauty in her arms, she drank at the same time, which was so pleasant.
On his fat face, a lewd smile appeared from time to time, and his hands moved a few times, which provoked the beauty in his arms to laugh again and again.
This person is the city lord of Changhui City, Yang Yun.
Changhui City is a medium-sized city in the enclave, covering a small area, but because it is a traffic artery, entering the left and right cities, you have to pass through Changhui City, which also makes Changhui City a place of trade, quite rich.
This also dragged the blessing of the unification of the enclave, Changhui City before the unification, it was a place of four stations, and the surrounding cities wanted to attack each other, the first thing to fight was Changhui City, the Changhui City Lord at that time, every day left and right, when he saw other city lords, he had to nod his head and waist, for fear that others would be unhappy and come to the city.
After reunification, such a hard life can be regarded as the end.
Because of Liu Tianyi's unified strategy, transportation arteries such as Tianhui City could directly collect taxes and fees from the surrounding trading cities. Of course, the tax enclave government also has to take a part, but the rest is enough for the entire Tianhui City to eat.
As a result, Yang Yun's life has changed dramatically. The previous nod and waist became arrogant, and the caravans around him that needed trade had to pay him a smile. Not only that, but the city lords of the surrounding cities, who used to show off their might in front of him, also had to put down their posture and take the initiative to show favor to themselves, and now the two beauties in his arms were sent by a surrounding city.
Yang Yun touched the beauty in his arms, looked at the singing and dancing in front of him, and felt that the days of the gods were nothing more than that.
"Report!"
A loud shout broke the sound of singing and dancing in the hall, and a sergeant ran in, knelt straight outside the hall, and shouted loudly: "Tell the city lord, urgent order!"
Yang Yun glanced at the herald with some impatience, waved his hand downward, and the singer band in the hall retreated one after another. The two beauties sitting in his arms were just about to get up, but they were pulled back by Yang Yun, and then touched the two girls twice, causing a coquettish smile.
"What's the matter, hurry up. Yang Yun glanced at the herald under the hall angrily, threw down such a sentence, and then shifted his gaze to the face of the beautiful woman in his arms, with a squinting expression, if it weren't for the herald by his side, he hated to put his whole face directly on the soft place.
"City Lord!" the herald's tone was hurried, not feeling abrupt at all, and said: "The leader has ordered all the cities in the enclave to be surrendered to the East King Mansion immediately, and there must be no head-on conflict with the East King Mansion. ”
"What?" Yang Yun didn't believe his ears, his eyes widened, he looked at the herald, and said sharply: "You say it again!"
"City Lord! The leader has ordered the surrender of the East Palace! Wufeng City, I am afraid that the East Palace!" the herald immediately returned.
"Smack......
The wine glass in Yang Yun's hand fell to the ground with a shocked expression.