Chapter 815: Meeting Moves with Moves

"According to his Great Khan's strategy, we must use the muskets and artillery of the Ross and British to arm the Northern Di, and like a wolf pack hunting, wait patiently for the prey to grow weak, then strike a fatal blow," Tiemuta thought to himself.

In his view, this moment was drawing ever closer.

Firstly, this time the Northern Di could obtain muskets equivalent to those of the Yan Wang Army from Britain and the Ross nation.

Secondly, in this Jiangnan battle, they must use every means possible to annihilate the Yan Wang's Prince's Personal Army.

Once they won this battle in Jiangnan, they could launch a full-scale offensive against Jiangbei.

The Shizu Army would head north, while they and the Ross army headed south.

With British and Frankish reinforcements arriving one after another, they would then fully encircle the Yan Wang Fleet from the sea and rescue Dongying from the Yan Wang's hands.

In this way, the Yan Wang would never be able to recover.

They hit it off regarding the cooperation, and everyone was overjoyed.

After discussing the specific actions to follow, Dou Wei and Tiemuta returned to Southern Liang, while Brook remained in Changcheng.

Next, he would oversee the entire army together with Luse, guiding the Shizu Army in combat.

Of course, besides him, a Ross officer named Fulami'er was also participating in the tactical planning.

Three days later, just as Liang Kai was planning to move the capital to Ba City.

A team composed of Franks arrived in Changcheng under the escort of the Nanping army.

Accompanying them was the Crown Prince of Nanping, Fan Tong.

Under pressure from the Franks and anxiety over the Yan Wang's southward advance, the Emperor of Nanping, Fan Xinglun, decided to join.

The arrival of the Franks made Liang Kai even more overjoyed.

The frustration of losing Jinling was cast to the nine heavens.

In his dreams, he even dreamt of killing the Yan Wang with his own hands.

Upon waking, the Yan Wang was, in his eyes, nothing more than a grasshopper after the autumn, unable to jump for many more days.

And in order to see this day arrive with his own eyes,

he officially moved the capital to Ba City.

The British, Franks, and Ross would also go with him, sitting in Ba City to battle the Yan Wang.

Yancheng.

The British, Ross, Franks, and Northern Di arrived in Changcheng one after another.

Their physical features, different from those of the Song People, were very eye-catching.

This naturally could not escape the investigation of the Four Courts' informants.

Intelligence reports were sent out from Changcheng, delivered to Jiangbei, and reached Yancheng.

At this time, Zhao Xu was inspecting the Official Manor outside the city.

Winter passed and spring came; every year, March and April were the planting season for spring potatoes.

Last year's autumn potatoes had already been harvested while he was attacking Dongying.

The potatoes harvested from over two thousand mu of potato fields had almost filled the Official Manor's warehouses.

Now, the potatoes from these two thousand mu of fields had been used for seedling cultivation, producing enough potato sprouts to plant forty thousand mu of land.

Besides supplying the Yanzhou Official Manor, these potato sprouts would be transported by merchant ship to Official Manors in other prefectures and counties of Jiangbei.

And after this wave of autumn potato harvests, they would officially introduce potatoes to the public.

During the winter, the commoners of Jiangbei would be able to purchase potato sprouts from the Official Manors.

However, before that, the promotion of potatoes also had to begin.

He would have the Propaganda Department introduce potatoes in detail in the newspaper, while simultaneously holding potato-tasting events in various places to promote them.

Of course, besides potatoes, there were also sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and chili peppers.

"Your Highness, intelligence from Changcheng." As Zhao Xu planted a potato sprout with his own hands, Xu Ke's voice sounded.

Frowning, he brushed the dust off his hands.

Since he returned to Yancheng, the intelligence from the Four Courts had become dense.

This was because the Shizu, Northern Di, and Westerners were acting frequently.

Xu Ke had chased him all the way to the Official Manor to deliver the intelligence; this time, the intelligence was naturally not minor.

Pulling out the letter and scanning it, Zhao Xu tucked the letter back.

"Ba City? This Liang Kai really chose the right place." Zhao Xu frowned.

This Bazhou was none other than the contemporary Chongqing region.

During the contemporary Song Dynasty, the name of Ba City was Diaoyucheng.

In the war of the Yuan Dynasty destroying the Song, this small city did not fall for twenty years under the attack of the Yuan army, and even exhausted the Yuan Dynasty's Mongke Khan to death.

This Mongke Khan was the eldest son of Tolui and the grandson of Temujin.

In the end, it was only when Diaoyucheng ran out of ammunition and food that it voluntarily surrendered to Kublai, finally falling to the Yuan Dynasty.

More recently, the Japanese army spent six years and still could not capture this mountain city.

It is evident how easy Bazhou was to defend and how difficult it was to attack.

Especially with the reliance on the grain supply from the Yizhou plains, attacking Bazhou would be even more difficult.

However, although Bazhou was difficult to attack, it was not impossible to capture.

With a generational gap in weapons, he believed it was no problem for the Prince's Personal Army to take Bazhou.

But spending a certain amount of time was unavoidable.

Moreover, before taking Bazhou, one must take the other regions around Bazhou, especially Yizhou.

Otherwise, if the Shizu in Bazhou could obtain a steady stream of grain and troop support, the difficulty of the attack would increase greatly.

"The British have not only united with the Franks and the Ross people, but have also reorganized the Shizu and devised this scheme. Your Highness, the unification of Great Song is becoming increasingly difficult," Xu Ke sighed.

"Do not worry. The more joyfully they leap about now, the more miserably I shall make them weep in the future," Zhao Xu said indifferently.

Britain has always been adept at stirring up trouble.

Whether here or in the modern era, Napoleon met his end in regret under the siege of the Anti-French Alliance organized by the British.

Russia's seizure of the outlet to the sea in Kelimia was also instigated by Britain, which united with the Franks and the Ottoman Empire to fight a war against Russia, causing Russia to collapse and never recover.

The same situation occurred with Germany in the First World War, which also fell at the hands of the British.

Now, the Britain here is playing this same game against Great Song.

They want Great Song to follow in the footsteps of Tianzhu, becoming a colony of the Western Lands to be bled dry by them in the long term.

He only wanted to grab the British by their heads and tell them: You are daydreaming.

As the Steam Industry in Jiangbei gradually moves toward its peak, it is making a sprint toward the Second Industrial Revolution.

In the face of his absolute power, the tricks played by Britain will only appear pale and ridiculous.

However, since Britain has already played its hand, he cannot remain silent and not respond.

Leaving the Official Manor and returning to the Prince's study, his gaze swept over the map of Jiangnan, and several actions the Shizu might take appeared in his mind.

Punching the Jinling region, he decided that after Chang Wei consumes the southern part of Ningzhou, he will stop moving south and consolidate the battle results.

Then, he will recall the Prince's Personal Army to Jiangbei to take Jian Pass and Zhongling Pass with the Qin Army.

This Jian Pass is the gateway from Yizhou to Qinzhou, and Zhongling Pass is the modern-day Hanzhong, leading directly to Jingzhou.

Originally, Southern Liang was half-dead, and these two passes posed no threat while in the hands of Southern Liang.

But since Southern Liang has joined the alliance promoted by Britain, the hinterland of Jiangbei is now in danger, and these passes must be controlled in his own hands.

The reason he made such a decision is that this is the move the enemy could take that poses the greatest threat to him.

In a head-on confrontation, they have no chance of winning.

The British can naturally judge this point as well.

And the subsequent movements of the Shizu Army further confirmed his conjecture.