Chapter 1059: Good News from Kuye Island

Just as Liu Zheng had anticipated.

Although Xie Tianyao had ordered all Feudatory Kings to send troops to reinforce the battlefield against Tsarist Russia before his death, as the situation changed, the troops of these Feudatory Kings immediately began to slack off.

Except for the Qingzhou Army, the Hanzhong Army, and the Chuan Shu Army...

That is to say, apart from the troops belonging to the New Aristocracy, everyone else—whether they were regular combat units or logistics units transporting grain and supplies—began to deliberately drag their feet.

This was also normal.

If Xie Tianyao were truly dead, everyone would want to preserve their own strength to cope with the chaos about to engulf the world.

However...

With a formidable enemy currently at the gates, doing this was truly a bit short-sighted.

The common people could not help themselves when they saw these dawdling troops.

"Have you not eaten your fill?"

"Are you a bunch of sissies?"

"Run!"

"Pah!"

"A bunch of trash!"

"The Liangzhou Army is still fighting to the death, yet you are here resting! You are unworthy of being soldiers!"

"Unworthy of being soldiers!"

These commoners wished they could throw rotten vegetables and stinking eggs at them.

But these soldiers remained unmoved, covering only a dozen or so miles of road each day. This left many of the soldiers themselves feeling very dissatisfied. The entire Longyan was filled with an incredibly strong spirit of resistance, yet they were here, constantly slacking off? Listening to the military reports coming from the border every day, they wished they could draw their swords and fight the enemy with all their might!

Alas.

This was political struggle. Military orders were like mountains; what was not permitted was simply not permitted.

And so.

A strange situation emerged throughout Longyan.

Large troop after large troop began to leave their territories and wander within the borders of Longyan, yet they refused to take the main roads. If it were just one unit, it might not have been anything, but with so many doing the same, it appeared somewhat eerie.

Everyone knew.

They were waiting...

Waiting for news from Longyan.

And among them, the most obvious was naturally the great army from Youzhou.

"What did you tell me?"

"Father King is dead?"

"Killed by Vice Minister Liu?"

When Xie Ping heard this news, he was first furious, then his eyes lit up, followed by burning ambition.

Father King is dead?

Who should inherit his throne? One must know, he still had two older brothers, one was Xie Chen, and the other was Xie Chao! Both were dragons among men, especially Xie Chen, who had even lurked in the palace for so long and made great contributions to the entire family! Xie Ping was the youngest of the three, so his possibility of inheriting the throne should be the smallest...

But...

Xie Chen was still in Jinghua at this time.

Xie Chao himself was not skilled at leading troops, but was adept at government affairs.

Did this not give him a massive opportunity?

"How preposterous!"

"That dog thief Liu Zheng!"

Although Xie Ping was joyful in his heart, his face remained agonizingly painful, and he was covered in tears.

"Young Master..."

"Young Master, please restrain your grief!"

"Young Master, this great blood feud must be avenged!"

A group of generals also began to wail loudly.

Xie Ping shouted coldly: "The hatred of a father's murder is irreconcilable!"

"Men, follow me to take Kuye Island! And then take Liaodong!"

"Yes!"

The funeral procession finally returned toward Jinghua under the heavy-handed control of Liu Zheng.

The process naturally needs no detailed description.

The expressions of all the Feudatory Kings were not very good, but there was no other way; the situation was stronger than the people. The Duqi Duwei Imperial Guards were all under Liu Zheng's control.

The Prince of Zhao, Xie Sheng, died on the spot. Another elderly minister was beheaded in public for questioning whether Xie Tianyao was truly dead. For a time, the entire procession was in a state of panic, and in private, there was endless discussion.

Liu Zheng was currently sitting in the dragon carriage, which was filled with the smell of alcohol.

He was thinking.

He was thinking about the current situation. With the Prince of Zhao dead, the Youzhou Army would definitely go straight to attack Liaodong. Liu Zheng had even suspected all along that this Youzhou Army, and this Xie Sheng, acting so perversely this time, must have had their own trump card. That would, in all likelihood, be the Tsarist Russia side... because they were the closest to Tsarist Russia.

If the Youzhou Army and the Russian Army were to join forces at this time, they would undoubtedly be a formidable enemy for Longyan.

The Qingzhou Army was destined to have a fierce battle.

Fortunately...

The time it would take for the Qingzhou Army to reach Kuye Island should be before that of the Youzhou Army.

For a moment.

This Niu Chaofeng had now become a key figure. Because everything still depended on whether he could hold out.

Just at this moment.

Jiang Xuan lifted the curtain and entered, his face full of joy: "Young Master, a victory report from Kuye Island!"

"What?"

Liu Zheng trembled all over, and then he was also overjoyed.

The victory report was opened.

"What a Niu Chaofeng!"

Liu Zheng could not help but beam with joy, slapping his thigh.

It's settled!

With this, Kuye Island should be able to hold on for a few more days!

"Fire!"

"Bombard them for me!"

Niu Chaofeng had truly fought a good battle. No one had expected that he would dare to use his remaining twenty thousand troops to ambush the powerful Russian Army! Relying solely on five Red Barbarian Cannons and twenty thousand men, he launched a close-quarters battle against Tsarist Russia!

He had great courage!

Everyone knew the formidable individual combat capability of the Russian Army. The Slavic people were a warrior race by nature, coupled with their physical advantages. Furthermore, after Peter the Great vigorously developed the military, their Weaponry and Equipment had been significantly improved. During the era of Peter the Great, the army of Tsarist Russia looked down upon the world; whether in wars against Sweden, wars against the Ottoman, or major battles against other countries, Tsarist Russia always held the advantage. In particular, the combination of Armored Spearman and Musketeer that Tsarist Russia introduced from the West made enemies tremble with fear.

Of course, there were the Cavalry of Tsarist Russia, as well as their Dragoon Regiment, plus their Artillery.

It could be said.

The equipment of the Tsarist Russia Army was incomparably powerful and mature.

Furthermore, in Tsarist Russia, being a soldier was a matter of supreme honor, and the benefits were quite good. After obtaining military status, the soldier's entire family did not need to pay taxes, the soldier himself could never be demoted to a serf, and the soldier could own his own land.

Additionally.

Tsarist Russia also had the historically famous, nearly invincible Cossack!

In short.

No one had expected that Niu Chaofeng would actually dare to engage them in close-quarters combat!

Niu Chaofeng, in fact, had no other Method.

There had to be this battle of carrying a coffin.

Fortunately.

They won.

Although the victory was quite tragic, they had ultimately killed the ten thousand Russian Army troops who had already landed, leaving not a single piece of armor intact.

Once again.

They had protected Kuye Island.

The reason why this victory could produce a miracle was, first, due to the precision and power of these five Red Barbarian Cannons; second, due to the fact that the Longyan people, being relatively leaner, still had a certain advantage in the jungle. Third, it was because Niu Chaofeng was very clever; he did not let his brothers confront the Russian Army head-on, but only drove them into the range of the Cannon bombardment.

Furthermore, the Russian Army was not familiar with Kuye Island to begin with, and were even less familiar with it than the Longyan people who had arrived first.

Once they entered

the jungle, they became half-blind.

Of course.

The biggest reason this battle could be won was still Andongliefu's underestimation of the enemy.

The victory report spread throughout all of Longyan on the first day, and everyone was jubilant. Pop-ups have been frequent recently, please click to download to avoid pop-ups.