Chapter 837: Risking Oneself

"Perhaps. This Yan Wang is truly a fellow who cannot be fathomed. No one knows what his true purpose is in mobilizing his army; the fake could be real, and the real could be fake." Luse spread his hands.

Brook was right; the Yan King Army, equipped with new firearms, fighting the Shizu Army was undoubtedly equivalent to them using guns and artillery to bully natives who only knew swords and blades.

Sometimes, quantity cannot determine the outcome.

Then he said: "In any case, we must strengthen the defenses around Ba City and establish trench defensive lines on key roads to resist the advance of the Yan King Army."

"I believe Wang Xie's strategy is not without merit. Why remain passively on the defensive? Perhaps we could attempt to retake Jinling, capture the Yan Wang alive, and then cut off the retreat of this Prince's Personal Army. In this way, we would solve the problem once and for all," Xie Duan said suddenly, his gaze somewhat frantic.

"Brother Xie, I know you have been heartbroken since the loss of Jinling, but we cannot even defeat the Yan Wang while defending the city, let alone attacking it. It is better to proceed step by step," Liang Kai said.

"But Jinling has at most thirty thousand of the Prince's Personal Army, and the remaining thirty thousand are distributed in Su City and Song City. If three hundred thousand troops cannot take it, surely six hundred thousand can?" Xie Duan said. "Furthermore, if we attack Jinling, the Prince's Personal Army heading west will inevitably retreat, and Ba City will be safe."

"This..." Liang Kai heard this, rubbed his chin, and looked toward Luse and Brook.

What Xie Duan said seemed to have some logic.

Luse and Brook exchanged a glance, and Luse said: "This is exactly what I was about to say. We originally decided to lure the enemy deep, then capture Jinling, cut off their supply lines, and annihilate the Prince's Personal Army. Isn't this Prince's Personal Army delivering itself to our doorstep now?"

After a pause, he continued: "However, the Yan Wang is cunning. When attacking Jinling, if the situation is not right, we must retreat immediately and absolutely must not become entangled in the battle."

Xie Duan was delighted to hear this. "We are willing to order our soldiers to serve as the vanguard."

Liang Kai's gaze wandered between Luse and Xie Duan.

After pondering for a while, he said: "I believe we should pay attention to the Yan Wang's movements. If he leaves Jinling, this is definitely a conspiracy, and we should not fight this battle. If the Yan Wang remains in Jinling City, then this time they are truly going to attack Bazhou."

To him, the Yan Wang might be cunning, but he would never risk himself.

Everyone nodded upon hearing this.

Brook said: "Since that is the case, order the Wu army to establish trench defensive lines in western Xiangzhou, and order the troops of the Wang, Han, and Xie families to sail downstream, reach Zhezhou, and then head north to attack Jinling."

Half of the Wu Navy is currently in Changcheng.

They can simply follow the waterway they came from to reach Zhezhou.

"If we could borrow another two hundred thousand troops, perhaps the chance of success would be greater," Xie Duan said.

Currently, there are forty thousand troops stationed in Changcheng who retreated from the vicinity of Jinling.

And there are eight hundred thousand Wu troops stationed in Xiangzhou and Bazhou.

There is simply no need for so many troops to defend against a mere sixty thousand Yan King soldiers with deep trenches and high ramparts.

Moreover, Southern Liang and Nanping can send troops to support Bazhou at any time.

"Then allocate another two hundred thousand," Luse said.

This was also a counterattack in their desperation.

They had been forced into a corner by the Yan Wang with nowhere left to retreat.

Since the Yan Wang had come to their door, they would try every possible means to defeat him.

Having decided this, Brook, in order to ease the heavy atmosphere, said: "Now, you must try every possible means to delay the war. Our guns and artillery will arrive soon. If we can hold out until the arrival of the local Britain Army, it will be time for a counterattack."

"Please rest assured, Ambassador Brook, we will definitely be able to hold out," Liang Kai said decisively.

The reason he agreed to Wang Xie's suggestion was also for this purpose.

Attacking Jinling was a risk, but it could also be the beginning of victory.

Of course, just as he said, if the situation was not right, they would retreat immediately, and in the end, they would not lose much.

For such a thing, why not do it?

In the afternoon, various orders were sent out from Ba City.

The armies of Xiangzhou and the armies of Changcheng began to mobilize one after another.

Of course, all of this naturally could not escape the eyes of the Four Courts.

Intelligence arrived in Jinling continuously.

"Your Highness, this move is truly effective; the Shizu Army has moved," Chang Wei laughed.

The Shizu probably never imagined that they were not here to fight a war at all, but to allow the displaced commoners to return home.

No matter how they responded, as long as their army moved, they had fallen into the trap.

"Next, it depends on the Four Courts and the Third Army." Zhao Xu was drinking tea and couldn't help but smile.

Most of the commoners in the coastal provinces of Dasong had been coerced to move west.

Among them, the commoners were mainly from three provinces: one was Zhezhou, which is Zhejiang; one was Haizhou, which is Fujian; and another was Jinzhou, which is Guangzhou.

The commoners of Zhezhou and Haizhou were mainly moved to Jiangzhou, because Jiangzhou borders these two provinces.

Jinzhou was mainly moved to Xiangzhou and Jiaozhou, which is Guangxi, also because it borders these two provinces.

The places the Four Courts and the Third Army went to were these three provinces.

"However, the Shizu Army in Jiangzhou seems to be preparing to attack Jinling City, Your Highness..."

"This King will stay right here, I am not going anywhere." Before Chang Wei could finish, Zhao Xu said, "If you don't risk the child, you won't catch the wolf. This time, I will risk myself to let them boldly come to Jinling."

"Your Highness, this is no joke," Chang Wei said anxiously.

In the eyes of the Shizu, there might be sixty thousand of the Prince's Personal Army near Jinling.

But in reality, there are only thirty thousand of the Prince's Personal Army near Jinling.

Jinling City only has twenty thousand people.

The remaining ten thousand are distributed in Su City and Song City.

If the city is surrounded by a large army, it is still very dangerous.

"No need to say more. The Qin-style Rifles were not given to you to be used as fire pokers. At worst, during the battle, we will also move the soldiers from Su City and Song City to Jinling," Zhao Xu continued.

He knew very well that once he left, the value of Jinling City would be much less.

He was going to be the piece of meat to lure the wolves.

Because this plan was of great importance.

Once the commoners return, the Shizu will never be able to coerce them away again.

In this way, the powerful clans lost their source of soldiers and also lost much of their labor force, causing their strength to be greatly diminished.

He also prevented Jiangnan from suffering even greater destruction.

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