Chapter 789: Liang Kai's Intentions

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"Kill!"

The Rich Clan soldiers were stunned by the Hand Grenades, but the Marine soldiers took the opportunity to jump into the trench.

Some of them leveled their Rifled Muskets with Bayonets fixed and charged at the remaining Wu soldiers in the trench.

Others continued to throw Hand Grenades into the next trench, moving toward the second trench through the middle passageway.

The explosions of the Hand Grenades were interspersed with the screams of the Wu soldiers.

"I surrender! I surrender..."

The Marine soldiers were filled with murderous intent, and the surviving Wu soldiers in the trench raised their hands in surrender one after another.

Most of them were soldiers from commoner backgrounds, while some were Rich Clan soldiers.

At this moment, they were all terrified and could not muster the slightest will to engage the Marine soldiers.

This was not a war at all, but a complete massacre.

Now, they would rather be captured and sent to work in the mines than spend another moment in the trench.

Having taken the first trench, the Marines' subsequent offensive went exceptionally smoothly.

Under the bombardment of the Howitzers, the morale of the Wu soldiers had already hit rock bottom, and some soldiers began to flee.

Seeing them break into the trench, the Wu soldiers collapsed instantly, though a small number of diehards among the Rich Clan were still resisting them.

But this handful of trench soldiers could not affect the outcome of the battle at all.

As the Marine soldiers occupied the trench, they were cleared out in passing.

At this moment, more and more Wu soldiers were crowding at the city gate.

They all wanted to enter the city.

But the gate of Lujiao City was tightly shut, ignoring the wails of the Wu soldiers.

Seeing the Yan King Army getting closer, many soldiers simply bypassed the city and fled.

In the span of one hour, the Marines occupied the trench fortifications beneath Lujiao City.

This last trench dug by the Wu army was only thirty-some meters from the city wall.

The Wu trench had instead become a protective umbrella for the Marine soldiers.

Standing in the last row of trenches, the Marine soldiers continuously threw Hand Grenades at the city wall.

Flowers of Flame burst forth upon the city wall.

"His Highness can truly spend the night in Lujiao City tonight." With the trench captured and the battle situation basically under the control of the Marines, Zhou Yi laughed.

When the Yan Wang gave the order to Pan Zhang, he had been worried that Pan Zhang would not be able to complete it.

Now, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"The soldiers in this Lujiao City are all new recruits; Liang Kai is just unwilling to lose North Yi Prefecture like this, so he wants to create some trouble. He also knows clearly that this place cannot be held," Zhao Xu sneered.

Before heading south to North Yi Prefecture, Xu Ke had already provided him with intelligence on the prefecture.

"No wonder they collapsed so quickly," Zhou Yi realized.

Having said that, the two continued to watch the battlefield.

While the Marine soldiers were throwing Hand Grenades at the city wall, some Marines came up from behind, carrying Scaling Ladders to the foot of the wall.

These Scaling Ladders had been transported along with the Warships.

Following the Scaling Ladders, the Marine soldiers quickly climbed onto the city wall.

At this moment, inside Lujiao City, Liang Xi's face was ashen.

He had deployed half of his forces outside the city, and now they were either dead or fleeing.

When the Yan Wang's soldiers threw Hand Grenades onto the city wall, the soldiers on the wall also collapsed.

The soldiers who were not dead fled down the wall one after another; the Supervision Team soldiers went up and cut down a few, but they could not stop the soldiers from scattering.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Just then, the Yanzhou Army climbed onto the city wall and fired at the Wu soldiers inside the city, and the fleeing Wu soldiers fell one after another.

The fleeing soldiers were terrified; some soldiers thought of something, knelt down one after another, and raised their hands.

Seeing some do this, more soldiers threw down their firearms and knelt on the ground.

Sure enough, these surrendering soldiers were no longer fired upon.

Seeing this, Liang Xi was furious; he wanted to fight to the death, but he knew there was no turning back.

Wanting to flee, this North Yi Prefecture was surrounded by the sea on all sides; where could he flee to?

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly felt a pain, touched it, and his fingers were covered in blood.

Immediately, he felt a wave of dizziness and collapsed.

With the commander dead, the Wu soldiers in Lujiao City were like headless flies, concerned only with saving their own lives.

Another hour passed, and the Marine soldiers cleared out the resisting Wu soldiers, completely taking control of Lujiao City.

At this time, the sky had just turned dim.

Zhao Xu and Zhou Yi entered Lujiao City one after the other.

Having taken this city, North Yi Prefecture fell into his pocket.

"Send someone to Malka City to take a message to Fei Wen, saying that this King wants to see him in Lujiao City," Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi upon arriving at the Lujiao City government office.

Responding with an "aye," Zhou Yi sent someone overnight along the coast toward South Yi Prefecture.

Next, Zhao Xu ordered Pan Zhang to clear out the deserters on the island.

These deserters were like bandits; if not wiped out completely, they would become a scourge to the region.

At the same time.

The Wu warships that fled from Yizhou arrived at Haizhou, which sits opposite Yizhou, and immediately, an express horse departed from Haizhou, heading north along the post road toward the neighboring Zhezhou.

After more than two days, the news of Yan Wang attacking Yizhou reached Lincheng.

"Yan Wang has finally made his move." In the Imperial Study, Liang Kai's expression was grim.

Ever since he agreed to the British request to provoke Jiangbei, he had understood that this day would come sooner or later.

However, he did not regret it, because he was very clear that he and Yan Wang would one day have to decide

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Toward the British, he also held not the slightest resentment.

During this period, the British had transported thirty thousand of their current finest flintlocks and corresponding ammunition to Wu via Jiaozhi.

Besides this, there were also thirty-six field artillery pieces with massive range and power.

In the future, the British would continue to provide firearms and artillery to Wu.

Of course, these firearms and artillery had to be bought with silver.

But the Liang Family had nothing if not plenty of silver, and they could afford it.

As long as he could hold off Yan Wang, he felt that spending some silver was well worth it.

In addition to the firearms and artillery, the British had also dispatched one hundred and fifty craftsmen.

These craftsmen were led by ten British people, and the rest were Tianzhu craftsmen.

Along with them came two steam engines.

The British were, just as they had promised, providing all support to Wu.

And this only further solidified his determination to oppose Yan Wang.

He believed that as long as he could hold off Yan Wang for a period of time.

Given time, with the wealth of Jiangnan and the steam industry provided by the British, he would surely be able to grind Jiangbei into dust.

"Yizhou, a tiny plot of land, if it's lost, it's lost." Liang Kai snorted angrily.

He was very clear that once Yizhou was lost, Wu's maritime trade would also be finished.

But he could only pretend not to care, to avoid damaging the morale of everyone in Wu.

"Invite Mr. Luse over." Thinking of something, a sharp glint flashed in Liang Kai's eyes.

This Luse was a British man who commanded five thousand men under his banner serving Wu.

After the number of mercenaries in Wu reached twenty thousand, he issued an order to organize the mercenaries into an army, named the Wansheng Army, with Luse serving as the Grand General of the Wansheng Army.

This Luse had once been a major in the British Army.

After retiring, he formed a mercenary group, serving specifically for the Xitu Guo companies in Dongtu.

He had offered a high price to keep him in Wu.

With him here, he believed he would certainly be able to stop Yan Wang's plot to unify Jiangnan.

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