"General, I found Ashur's army ahead, and Zhongling Pass was lost." When Xiao Cheng was still immersed in despair, a cavalry came hurriedly.

"Zhongling Pass has also fallen!" Xiao Cheng was shocked.

Because Zhongling Pass faced the royal army of the Yan king's palace, Ashur and Orsky were sent to resist.

He resisted the slightly weaker Qin army.

This Jian Pass is located in the north, southeast of Zhongling Pass. The distance between the two passes can be reached in only two days by infantry.

Because he and his personal guards fled on horseback, they rushed to Zhongling Pass in one day.

Originally, he was going to Zhongling Pass and tell Ashur the news that Jian Pass had lost.

Unexpectedly, Ashul was defeated, so how could he not be surprised?

But while he was surprised, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Ashur has lost, so we can't blame him for losing too.

It’s not that they can’t fight, it’s that the King of Yan’s army is too strong.

Thinking of this, he said: "Catch up with Ashur's army and head to Jiameng Pass together."

After saying that, he activated his horse to sit down and headed south.

Half an hour later, he caught up with Ashur.

When Ashul saw Xiao Cheng, he sighed, but they said nothing.

The two of them led the remnants of the army and continued their journey.

Three days later, they arrived at Jiameng Pass.

Gather the troops again in case of another battle.

...

Yancheng.

The battle reports between Chang Wei and Ma Han also came to Zhao Xu one after another.

The two of them only took down the corresponding pass one day apart, which made him very happy.

With Jian Pass and Zhongling Pass in hand, Jiangbei will be safe and safe without worrying about being attacked.

This battle is equivalent to him controlling all the gates of Jiangbei.

In the future, only he can take the initiative, and no one can take the initiative to attack, Jiangbei can develop with peace of mind.

As for whether to pursue the victory next time, he felt it was necessary.

Since ancient times, Yizhou has many mountains and dangerous terrain, so there are many passes.

The outer passes are Jianguan and Zhongling Pass.

These two passes are built on the mountain passes. If you break these two passes, you can enter the mountain road to Yizhou.

Jiameng Pass is an important pass at the end of the mountain road and stepping into the plain.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Ma Chao fought against Zhang Fei here.

Ma Chao headed south from Hanzhong and was preparing to enter Yizhou from Jiameng Pass.

After taking Jiameng Pass, he could look down at the entire Yizhou Plain.

However, Chang Weixin mentioned that Ashur burned the food and grass when he evacuated.

This also reminded him.

After seizing Jiameng Pass, you will face the problem of food and grass.

After all, Chang Wei has been fighting for Jingzhou during this period, so he has no need to worry about food and grass issues.

When you go to Jiameng Pass and go deep into Yizhou, you need to consider this issue.

At that time, I am afraid that it will be inevitable to use civilians to transport food.

But in this way, it is impossible to avoid waste of money and damage to the people.

So, he began to hesitate whether to give priority to the grain-producing area of ​​Yizhou.

To capture Yizhou, although the tribes will collapse faster.

But the cost is also very high.

Because compared with Yizhou, Jiangnan is more likely to transport food and grass through water, and the war costs are much lower.

And there is another point that if the fleet wants to go south to Luzon or even Malacca, it needs to establish supply points along the southern coast.

This is also an important matter at the moment.

"Why not go in the two directions?" Zhao Xu suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but smile.

The Qin-style rifle fully proved its powerful power in this war.

Their army of the power tribe is like adults bullying children.

Since his advantage lies in him, why not adopt a bolder strategy to end the war in Jiangnan this morning.

Thinking of this, he ordered Chang Wei and Ma Han respectively.

Let Chang Wei allocate 30,000 people to Ma Han, and let Ma Han raise 80,000 people.

The remaining royal family members were transferred to Jinling to guide other cities in Jiangnan.

As for the issue of food and grass, it really doesn't work, so I can only recruit people to transport them.

Otherwise, the war in Jiangnan would have been dragged down and the manpower and material resources would be consumed even more.

After making up his mind, Zhao Xu's eyes became firm.

During this period, enough Western natives spread the news of his rise in the Eastern natives to their respective countries.

The Western Land will react soon.

He didn't want the powerful people to get further support from the Western Land World.

Otherwise, if a lot of manpower and material resources are devoted to the civil war, the people who laugh at it will be the Westerners.

...

Britain.

As Zhao Xu predicted, with the arrival of a steamship from India, the entire British capital Langton caused great turmoil.

The next day, a huge black title appeared in Langdon Daily: The yellow demon from the East destroyed the great Indian fleet, and war is coming!

The newspaper boy was shaking the newspaper in his hand and kept shouting this sensational title in the streets and alleys.

The streets of Langton were full of cars and horses, and people attracted by the voices of newspapers kept paying money and buying newspapers.

The newspapers that the newspapers that the boys can’t sell in a day were bought in just one morning.

Standing on the street, the Langton people couldn't wait to understand what happened in the East.
Chapter completed!