Chapter 648: Artillery support

Yingzhou.
This is a city in the south of Yan State.
Compared with Bozhou, the city of Yingzhou is not big, with only ten miles in length and width. After King Yan led officials to escape here, the small Yingzhou became more crowded.
"Father, now Bozhou is occupied by the four princes, and only half of the city of Yan is still in our hands. What should we do now?"
A group of officials in the temporary palace in the city looked at King Yan eagerly.
At this time, King Yan looked decadent, and he seemed to be very exhausted while lying on his chair. Bad news came one after another in the past two days.
In the end, the Black Feather Army did not stop the powerful tribe. Today, Bozhou has been completely occupied by the four princes. At the same time, the royal state and counties once occupied by the Yan Kingdom were successively conquered by the Qi king's army, and all six cities were lost.
With such a betrayal, King Yan gradually lost his former calmness and his mood gradually became irritable.
King Yan did not speak, but the underground officials became more anxious. If they continue to hold on, it will be them who will follow.
An official took the opportunity to say, "His Royal Highness, Xiao Ming has ascended the throne as emperor. What he wants is the country of the Great Yu Kingdom. If he declares himself a minister to Xiao Ming at this time, he will be happy in his heart, and maybe he will no longer care about this."
"Yes, Your Highness, King Qi's army can no longer stop, and those who know the current affairs are outstanding." Another official said loudly.
"Yes, it's too late to be loyal now."
"..."
After these two officials, other officials echoed.
King Yan suddenly sneered a few times when he heard the words, his eyes looked at a group of officials, who naturally hoped that he would be loyal to Xiao Ming.
Because at that time he will be cut by Xiao Ming thousands of times, but they are still officials, and Xiao Ming will still use them to manage Yandi.
So for him, everyone can surrender, but he alone cannot surrender.
"Needless to say, this king is determined, whoever mentions surrendering should be the same table." King Yan suddenly pulled out his sword and chopped it on the table in front of him.
Suddenly the table was stood for two paragraphs with a sharp sword, and the officials suddenly shrank their necks when they saw this, and they dared not continue speaking.
With a snort, King Yan waved his hand to let the officials leave, leaving Cui Cheng and Cui Hao brothers.
At this time, King Yan said: "You stare at these officials. If anyone wants to eat like the Tian and Ji family, just..."
Having said that, King Yan made a cut of his neck.
Cui Cheng and Cui Hao glanced at each other and nodded. Among them, Cui Cheng said: "Father, King Huainan has sent one hundred thousand troops to attack Yingzhou, but there are only seventy thousand soldiers and horses in the city. If Yingzhou loses again, we will no longer hide. place."
King Yan groaned and said: "This king may not be Xiao Ming's opponent, but he is definitely not the one to let the Huainan king pinch. From now on, he will enlist in the remaining five states immediately. Any man over the age of thirteen must join the army, Xiao Xiao Ming wants to kill this king, so this king will kill him."
"Thirteen years old." Cui Cheng looked surprised, but it seemed to him that it was too late.
The age of enlistment in the country of Da Yu is sixteen years old, and now the conscription from the age of thirteen is just because now they have nowhere to retire.
After hesitating for a while, the two said at the same time: "Follow the orders of the father."
At the same time, King Huainan and his eldest son Cui Shangan led an army of 100,000 to Gwangju yesterday.
This Gwangju is located in the southwest of Yingzhou, only seventy miles away from Yingzhou. In the past, it has always been the military center of Huainan King to resist King Yan.
"Father, Haier has sent someone to investigate the situation in Yingzhou City. Today, there are only 70,000 garrisons in Yingzhou City."
Standing on the city wall and letting the north whizz by, King Huainan looked towards Yingzhou City and said: "70,000 people, King Yan is really strong, and the defeat by the emperor still has so many troops. "
Cui Shangan feels a little unbalanced: "The King Yan is the King of One Character, and King Father is the King of Two Characters. Not only is he inferior to King Yan in terms of status, but also not as many as King Yan in the number of cities. It's just about who is loyal to the royal family. It can be compared to the father."
"Hahaha... Da Lang's words are very bad. This prince was set by the emperor, and the royal family did not dare to change the name of the prince easily, but even if it is a king of one word, it is not necessary to have one by one. Being broken by death and fame." King Huainan had a wise light in his eyes.
"What the father said is that it is precisely because the father has no ambitions that the emperor believes in the father so much, and let his younger sister enter the palace and become an imperial concubine." Cui Shangan said with a deep voice.
King Huainan sighed, "His Royal Highness is not at ease with any feudal king, otherwise he will not send us to attack Yingzhou. This is a temptation in itself. This time the father's conquest is also to make the emperor feel at ease. In the footsteps."
Compared with other vassal kingdoms, his vassal kingdom has only five states and a population of only 900,000. It can be described as weak among many vassal kingdoms.
In the past, they had been living in the cracks of many vassals, so they had never intended to betray the royal family.
After the death of King Wei, he keenly felt that his opportunity had come ~EbookFREE.me~ Taking advantage of this time to join Xiao Ming, he would surely have a bright future in the future.
His choice this time is also a speculation, but from the current situation, he seems to have chosen the right one.
Cui Shangan was silent, and after a while he said: "But Father, now that the attack on Yingzhou has already exhausted the power of the prince, if a hundred thousand people finish fighting in Yingzhou City, wouldn't the power of the vassal kingdom be greatly damaged."
"Those who make big things don't stick to the trivial." King Huainan said, "Fighting is the loyalty of the father to the emperor, but not being able to fight is a lack of strength, and we have tried our best."
Cui Shangan nodded when he heard the words, "I hope the emperor can understand his father's loyalty, so that he will become the king of the word from now on."
While the two were talking, a general suddenly walked up the city wall. He said to King Huainan: "His Royal Highness, two merchant ships from Qingzhou have arrived outside the city. The merchants on the ship said that they had sent fifty artillery pieces to His Royal Highness on the orders of the emperor. ."
"Artillery." Huainan Wang was overjoyed upon hearing this, "Really?"
"The final officer did see artillery on the ship, while the other ship was filled with artillery shells and ammunition. Someone said that the difficulty of siege lies in the strength of the wall. You only need to use artillery to collapse the wall. Someone on the ship will train soldiers how to use it. Artillery." The general said.
King Huainan burst into laughter when he heard the words, "The emperor is still thinking about this king. He has long heard about the benefits of artillery. This time the artillery is more powerful."
Cui Shangan's brows also stretched out. At first, he always suspected that Xiao Ming was trying to hurt them both. Now it seems that he misunderstood.
After being excited, the two immediately followed the generals to the Gwangju Pier to receive artillery. In five days, they trained an artillery team consisting of fifty artillery.
After mastering how to use artillery, King Huainan and Cui Shangan personally led the army to Yingzhou.