Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Because of the tragic situation in Yunzhou City, the Dongsheng army stayed here for nearly twenty days.

Yongxin, on the other hand, launched an attack on Nanyue’s navy almost at the same time as they attacked Yunzhou.

Xiao Kai was originally the successor to the commander-in-chief prepared by Xiao Yan for the Canglan Navy, so after Xiao Kai arrived in Yuezhou City this time, he took half of his men to Yongxinzhou.

The other half was brought by Liu Mancang to meet up with Liu Donglai and the others.

Hu Ming had originally planned to retire, so he taught Xiao Kai almost everything he knew.

This time when attacking the Nanyue navy, he asked Xiao Kai to take Deputy General Qi, who was Xiao Kai's uncle from a branch of his maternal clan, to serve as the vanguard.

The purpose is to help him establish prestige in the Canglan navy as soon as possible.

Thanks to Mu Lingxuan's "strong support", Xiao Kai won this battle extremely beautifully.

The hole that Emperor Nanyue had filled for his brother was once again turned back to its original state, even worse.

Because Yunzhou was occupied again, they could only flee to the next city in a hurry.

After this battle, the Nanyue navy was also disintegrated in disguise.

After these wars, Nanyue's original naval force of 500,000 was reduced to less than 80,000 people, and less than 20 warships were sunk or looted. If this continues, how can they continue to fight?

The plan failed, the navy and the army suffered successive defeats, and the Nanyue court was in an uproar.

They all knew that Dongsheng would never give up. One of the ministers proposed to negotiate peace again, but his proposal was rejected on the spot.

"If you were Dongsheng, would you agree?" the old minister shouted angrily.

At the beginning, he did not agree to start a war again, at least not so soon. But the Third Prince listened to the counselors' slander, not only used poison on the battlefield, but also secretly sent smallpox into the Dongsheng army. Such despicable behavior made even a fool in Dongsheng no longer believe them.

This old minister did not know that the successor they had always favored not only brought smallpox to the Dongsheng army, but also into the cities of Yunzhou and Wuzhou, and sealed off the two cities, causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians.

Once this matter is exposed, Nanyue will probably be in chaos even without Dongsheng taking any action.

"Your Majesty, for now, we can only fight with all our might. As long as everyone in Nanyue is united, even if we lose some cities, we will always have a chance to take them back in time!"

The old minister's words brought silence to the court.

Emperor Nanyue wanted to refute, but in the end he could only acquiesce.

Helian Yue was defeated and killed, Xiling had already surrendered to Dongsheng. Now Dongsheng has food and weapons, and Nanyue was the one who broke the agreement on his own initiative. The Emperor of Dongsheng will certainly not negotiate peace with them again.

He didn't want to be a king who lost his country, so he had to fight to the death.

Fortunately, Nanyue has a vast territory and a large population. As long as everyone works together, they will be able to resist the invasion of Dongsheng.

Unfortunately, they didn't notice that two of the ministers below had flickering eyes.

These two were Nan Yiheng's confidants, so they naturally knew the true situation in Yunzhou and Wuzhou.

The two looked at each other and came up with an idea.

In mid-November, the navy and land forces led by Yang Rong and Hu Ming simultaneously approached Hancheng, the next city of Nanyue.

This is Nanyue’s largest port city, with the largest dock in the entire continent. It is also the base of Nanyue’s navy.

King Annan and his nephew Nan Yiheng were in the city at this time.

At the beginning, the two were still blaming each other and quarreled for several days before they calmed down.

Now the combined number of soldiers under the two of them is less than 300,000, and they can't even resist the army from Dongsheng.

Fortunately, Emperor Nanyue later sent a message asking them to pretend to resist, then quietly evacuate the people and withdraw to Tongcheng.

Even though the uncle and nephew were unwilling, they had to compromise when faced with the Dongsheng army, which had stronger forces and better weapons than theirs.

Five days later, the Dongsheng army arrived twenty miles outside of Hancheng.

At this time, whether the people in the city were willing or not, they were all sent out of the city to Tongcheng. There were only 40,000 garrison troops left in the entire Hancheng.

After hearing the spy's report, the two men looked at the city unwillingly again and rode their horses south.

The remaining garrison troops had already anticipated their own fate, but what else could they do? Military orders could not be disobeyed.

What's more, Nan Yiheng has already hinted that if they escape, their families will be treated as traitors.

For the safety of their families, they would delay as much time as possible, even at the cost of death.

It’s a pity that these people still underestimated Dongsheng’s strength.

On November 18, the winter solstice, people in Dongsheng’s military camps and warships ate dumplings and glutinous rice balls.

There are two types because the reinforcements are mostly from the north, while the navy and border guards are mostly from the south.

Yang Rong stood in front of the tent, looking at the distant Hancheng, feeling filled with emotion.

It has been a year since he came to southern Xinjiang to provide assistance, and a lot has happened in this year.

They had gone from being a defeated nation to becoming the most powerful nation on the continent. Looking back now, he felt like he was in a dream.

He had a guess in his mind that everything that happened in Dongsheng might be related to the little girl from Qinghe County.

No, not maybe, but definitely.

Looking at Liu Donglai, who was drinking and chatting with the soldiers not far away, Yang Rong couldn't help but sigh that he was lucky.

Who says women are inferior to men? His daughter is worse than countless boys from other families, and even he is envious of her.

And there is my own nephew. I can only say that this child might be born to be an emperor, which is why he has such a lucky girl to help him!

"General, the morale of the soldiers is high, and they are all looking forward to attacking the city as soon as possible!" The deputy general came over and said with a bow.

Yang Rong nodded slightly: "Don't worry, let's have a good holiday."

There was constant laughter and joy in the camp. The soldiers temporarily forgot the cruelty of war and enjoyed this moment of warmth.

But in Hancheng, there was deathly silence.

The 40,000 garrison troops were filled with fear and despair, but for the sake of their families, they could only stay here and wait to die.

The next day, at dawn, the Dongsheng army launched an attack.

The defenders on the city wall looked at the densely packed army outside the city with numb expressions and no morale.

Today's siege is too easy for Dongsheng.

With the bomb carrier in front, everyone stopped using ladders. They aimed their crossbows at the Nanyue soldiers but didn't shoot. They just watched as the explosives were thrown at the city gates one by one.

If Liu Xu were here, he would probably think that their siege of the city was like a piece of cake.

On the other side, the Canglan navy that landed at the dock was no different from them.

"General Hu, have you noticed something wrong with this Hancheng?" Xiao Kai asked puzzledly, looking at the indifferent defenders on the city wall.

Hu Ming also noticed the abnormality of these people and frowned: "They are too quiet."

"Will there be a trap?" Xiao Kai asked with a frown.

Hu Ming shook his head and looked at the city wall fiercely: "It doesn't matter whether there are traps or not. Today, we must break into this Han City."

Xiao Kai nodded and ordered the messenger to increase the force.