my wonderful zoo

Chapter 99 Target Guangzhou
The embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed in the ant's nest.

If one person starts to run away, others will naturally follow his example.

The Forbidden Army was busy guarding the central army, and more and more Xiang troops who had no one to suppress and supervise the battle fled.

The catapult was quickly destroyed by grenade blasts at close range. The pressure on the defenders on the village wall was greatly reduced, and they began to suppress the remaining officers and soldiers under the village wall and shoot.

The artillery roared, and the shotguns cleared out a whole area of ​​enemies at once, making the officers and soldiers rout out of control.

In the development of this war so far, the status of the enemy and the enemy has been completely reversed.

The officer-in-chief is now the shackles in the urn, being surrounded by the horse troops in Chenjiazhuang, and it is difficult to escape.

After the Miao Dao team led by Chen Xun destroyed the catapult, they also had their hands free and began to form their team.

The goals speak for themselves.

Even the infantry guards on the Zhuang Wall organized 300 people to come out, all of them were a combination of swords, shields and crossbowmen.

There was also a crossbow pushed out by the auxiliary soldiers at the back. If the artillery hadn't been too heavy, it would have been unloaded from the wall of the village.

Chen Xun led the Miao Dao team to a hundred steps away from the round formation of officers and soldiers. Looking at the remaining officers and soldiers with more than 1000 people in front of them, he had the idea of ​​persuading them to surrender.

But soon this idea was suppressed.

This war is a battle to establish Chenjiazhuang's prestige, and we must give full credit.

Just as he was about to give the order to start fighting, he never thought that a white flag would rise in the camp of officers and soldiers on the opposite side.

Even though they were still superior in numbers, they surrendered.

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Chen Xun interrogated the commander of the officers and soldiers in the large tent of the commander of the officers and soldiers: Yang Dong, the general manager (du deployment).

This is a rare talent who serves as a military commander and serves as a general manager.

The Guangnan Pacifying Envoy has more than a dozen governors under his jurisdiction. Only Yang Dong is a military commander. The other governors are civilian officials. The matching deputy governor is a military commander.

Yang Dong was able to achieve this step not only because of his strong ability, but also because of his literati temperament.

Looking at it now, Yang Dong, standing in the middle of the tent, dressed in a child's clothing, if Chen Xun had not figured out his details, he would have thought that he was a civil servant.

"You probably weren't at the end of your rope before, so why did you surrender?" Chen Xun asked.

"The outcome has been decided. If we continue to fight, it will only increase casualties." Yang Dong replied.

"But from the perspective of you senior officials, it doesn't matter if the soldiers under your command die more or less. As long as it can consume the strength of the bandits, isn't it a good deal?"

Yang Dong was a little silent after hearing this, because what Chen Xun said was not wrong.

According to common practice, the end of the war should be for the remaining imperial troops to confront Chenjiazhuang, and they can just escape under the protection of their own soldiers. There is no need to surrender directly and become a prisoner of the thieves.

"This time is different. If I don't surrender, the generals below will make the decision for me." Yang Dong explained.

It turned out that this time he led the army to suppress the bandits as the governor of the capital, but the soldiers under his command were all raw soldiers. The three-state forbidden army already had a command, and the first army of the forbidden army coming from the border was also commanded by a deputy governor of the capital.

It can be said that except for dozens of his personal soldiers, his other subordinates were temporarily filled in.

The battle situation was uncertain at the beginning, but he could still command smoothly.Just now, the remaining soldiers were besieged by Chenjiazhuang's horse army. There was no other way except surrender.

An ant is still living an ignoble existence. In order to be promoted, Yang Dong can study and pretend to be a scholar. Naturally, he can also make pragmatic choices to survive.

Otherwise, he might have been hanged by his generals as a certificate of surrender.

Chen Xun waved his hand and asked his men to take him down for further interrogation, while he walked out of the tent.

All the auxiliary soldiers in the village have come out and started to dismantle the camp. All the materials will be useful when they are dismantled. Even the wood used as fences can be dismantled and taken home for fire.Outside the camp, all the officers and soldiers had been disarmed. All the officers and soldiers only wore a single piece of clothing and were guarded by infantry guards holding crossbows.

Some prisoners were also ordered to help clean up the battlefield.

Everyone in Chenjiazhuang had smiles on their faces.

The victory was hard-won. In this battle, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers were defeated, and they felt a little fearless.

"What's next?" Lu Hui came over and asked, accompanied by Sun Zheng and Lai Qingyun.

"What do you think?" Chen Xun asked.

The successive victories made Chen Xun clearly aware of the weakness of the southeastern Forbidden Army.

Maybe I can take a bigger step.

"I think we should take advantage of the victory to attack Guangzhou." Lu Hui said something that spoke to Chen Xun's heart.

Close your eyes and think about the map of Guangzhou.

Except for the two counties of Huaiji and Qingyuan in the north, the other six counties are all surrounding Guangzhou Bay. Chenjiazhuang now controls the sea in this bay, and it is indeed very easy to attack these counties.

As for the management issues after the occupation, the personal guards under his command have gone through years of cultural study, so there is no difficulty in transferring from the army to the official position.

"What do you two think?" Chen Xun asked Sun Zheng and Lai Qingyun.

"I think several counties next to Guangzhou Bay can be captured, including Yangjiang, Guishan and Haifeng counties." Sun Zheng replied, with a slightly bolder suggestion.

Yangjiang is Fuguo County of Nan'en Prefecture. Nan'en Prefecture has only two counties, Yangjiang and Yangchun.Since Yangjiang can be captured, Yangchun can also be captured.

Guishan is Fuguo County of Huizhou, and Haifeng also belongs to Huizhou and is close to the sea.

"Gaoyao County in Duanzhou is located in the lower reaches of the Xijiang River, and Sihui County is located in the lower reaches of Water Skiing. These two waterways enter the sea from Guangzhou Bay. I think they can also be captured." Lai Qingyun suggested, even more boldly.

With the manpower of Chenjiazhuang, the four prefectures and twelve counties are not afraid of dying.

After all, Snake Swallowing Elephant is just a legend.

"Since you all agree, let's be conservative first and take over all the counties around Guangzhou Bay. We will first control the salt production industry in Guangzhou Bay." Chen Xun decided.

You can't blindly expand your territory. If you take too big a step, you'll easily lose your head.

The sites of Nan Enzhou, Huizhou and Duanzhou are not very important to the current Chenjiazhuang.

In comparison, these salt farms in Guangzhou Bay are all lucrative fat.

No matter how fierce the fight between Chenjiazhuang and the officers and soldiers is, the people will always want to eat salt. If Chenjiazhuang has salt in his hands, he will not be afraid that he will not be able to sell it for money.

The decision has been made and it is time to act quickly.

The first target is Panyu City, and Chen Xun can't wait to catch Wang Si and let him receive the punishment he deserves.

After sending a letter to Ke Lei, asking him to send ships to support the next battle to capture the city, Chen Xun returned directly to Chenjiazhuang, where he wanted to express condolences to the personal guards who were injured in the battle to defend the village.

There are specialized military doctors taking care of these wounded soldiers. After years of practice, all the medical measures that Chen Xun can think of have been implemented in the hands of these military doctors, especially nursing.

However, the difference is that men account for a larger proportion of nurses in Chenjiazhuang.

This is not to discriminate against women, but in recent years, Chenjiazhuang's battlefields have been overseas. As far as sailing by ship is concerned, men do have a much greater advantage than women.

Under the current navigation conditions, women are basically excluded from the seafaring profession within one menstrual period.

(End of this chapter)