The Huai State army entered the city and immediately began to blockade the city. At the same time, it sent some troops to the palace city. On the other side, the people who had already surrendered to Huai State were asked to persuade them to surrender.
"Send people to patrol. Kill those who resist in the corner, kill those who commit adultery and plunder, kill those who rob property, and kill those who rape women! Let the people in the city go home and take shelter." Wei Ping issued an order.
"Here!" A group of soldiers immediately rushed to deliver the order.
"Send people to control the four city gates and all major transportation routes, and send people to transport grain. After the city is under control, open warehouses to release grain."
After issuing a few orders, Wei Ping led his army into the city, and Huai Guo's agents, who had been ambushing the city for a long time, also came to report the news.
The riots that broke out in the city were partly caused by the deep grudges of the nobles of Han State, and the other part were also caused by Huai State's Xi Zuo.
With the help of these people who were familiar with the country of Han, and the help of the people, the country of Han was quickly controlled, but the king of Han fled in advance with some people.
Next, Wei Ping ordered people to open the treasury of Han State and distribute the food inside to the people in the city. All kinds of property collected by the king of Han and many nobles fell into the hands of Huai. These people tried their best to squeeze the gains from the people, and before they had time to enjoy them, they made wedding clothes for Huai. They just distributed some food and immediately won the support of the people of Han.
The nobles of Han State suffered heavy casualties in the previous riots, so Weiping had people return the plundered properties and houses to the people. As for the properties of these nobles, all of them were sealed into the treasury.
Greed allowed these Han nobles to exploit the people, but in the end they even lost their lives.
Under Wei Ping's governance, in just three days, Han State calmed down and all order was restored.
On the other side, Marquis Han escaped from the secret passage and only had time to take his wife, son, and dozens of guards with him. After exiting the secret passage, everyone did not dare to stop and ran all the way to the bank of the Yangtze River. They wanted to cross the river to the Kingdom of Wu and asked the Marquis of Wu to send troops to help them recover their country.
The group of people came to the bank of the Yangtze River, which was still in the hands of the Han Kingdom. The Marquis of Han immediately ordered the navy to cross the river.
Three thousand navy troops escorted Han Hou towards the south bank of the Yangtze River, leaving only an empty water fortress. At this time, Han Hou breathed a sigh of relief.
The naval fleet was very fast, with dozens of ships sailing on the river in an orderly manner. The river flowed straight into the sea. At this moment, some black spots suddenly appeared on the river in the distance. These black spots expanded rapidly, and soon everyone saw that it was a ship.
"No, it's the navy from Huai Kingdom!"
"Quickly pass the order and prepare to fight!"
Seeing the Huai army fleet, the Han navy immediately sent an order to go down.
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"General, this time the navy of Han State is out in full force!" a soldier next to him said after quickly counting the ships of Han State.
Xu Lie nodded: "The entire naval force is dispatched. It seems that the country of Han is going to make a desperate move. I think there should be nobles of the country of Han on board!"
"Order the entire army, mobilize the entire army, and don't let a single ship go!"
"Here!"
The Huai navy immediately divided into two teams, one on the left and one on the right, to attack from both sides. At the same time, dozens of walking boats were also lowered. These walking boats have long and narrow hulls with ramming horns on their bows, and are equipped with many fire starters. The speed is extremely fast. Once it hits a big ship, the collision angle will pierce into the hull, making it extremely difficult to escape. Coupled with the igniting materials in it, the big ship can be set on fire very quickly.
The Huaiguo fleet attacked from both sides, and there were a large number of pirates in the middle. The Hanguo navy was no match at all. Only part of the navy of Han State wore armor, and most of it was leather armor, while all the navy of Huai State wore rattan armor woven from old vines in the mountains.
This rattan armor sword is hard to damage, and it is very light. After falling into the water, you can even rely on the rattan armor to surface, making it a powerful weapon in water warfare.
Three thousand Han navy troops were besieged from left and right. The river surface was undulating and the ships were swaying up and down. However, the Huai navy troops were still able to keep their bodies steady and at the same time shoot their bows and arrows.
The Huai Kingdom's naval forces are all elite and have been training for five years. Even on the ups and downs of the ship, they are still superb in archery. Almost as soon as the two armies came into contact, Han's soldiers were shot down, while Huai's soldiers were almost unscathed.
The arrows of Han State were shot at the navy of Huai State, but they were all bounced away by the rattan armor. The ships collided with each other, and the Huai navy, which had been well prepared, jumped directly onto the Han ship.
The soldiers of the Huai Kingdom displayed extremely superb martial arts one by one, moving around as if they were walking on the flat ground. The sharp swords in their hands were like poisonous snakes spitting messages, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the soldiers of the Han Kingdom.
Coupled with the vine armor on the Huai soldiers, even if they were besieged by several people, they were not at a disadvantage, and instead killed the enemies one by one.
The navy of Han State is not a professional army, only part of them are full-time soldiers, and the three thousand navy soldiers of Huai State are completely full-time professional soldiers, coupled with the gap in equipment. However, after only a moment of contact, the Han navy was killed and wounded heavily, and their morale had completely collapsed.
Many Han soldiers dropped their weapons and surrendered, and some ran around like headless flies before being killed by the Huai soldiers who were marching in formation.
The bronze sword was constantly dripping with blood, and the vine armor was also stained red by blood. Blood flowed across the ship's planks, almost dyeing the entire plank red. For a while, it was impossible to distinguish the original color of the ship's planks.
Although the numbers of both sides were basically the same, the speed of the Han navy's defeat was surprising. In addition to these soldiers jumping into gangs, archers from the Huai Kingdom were also shooting arrows. The Han soldiers without armor were shot down in large numbers.
The ships on both wings were constantly occupied by the Huai navy, while the ships guarded in the middle did not dare to stay at all and wanted to break out of the siege.
But Xu Lie had already made sufficient preparations, and those walking wheels bumped into each other one after another. The sharp angle hit the side of the ship hard, and then the flames rose, quickly setting the ship on fire.
Originally, the Han navy wanted to take advantage of the ship's height and sturdiness to directly knock off the walking boats, but they were all set on fire by walking boats. Fires were rising, arrows were raining like rain, every Huai soldier was covered in blood, blood was dripping from his sword, sword marks were all over his rattan armor, and his murderous face, all this became a nightmare for the surviving Han soldiers.
The soldiers of Han State had been completely defeated and their resistance became increasingly weak. Ships fell quickly one after another, and some ships were even set on fire. A large number of Han soldiers jumped into the water to escape. It's a pity that we are in the middle of the river at this time, so even if the water is good, there is a narrow escape.
The Huai navy surrounded them, and the Han navy was completely defeated. All the ships were either captured, burned, or sank into the river.
The three thousand navy troops suffered heavy casualties. The surrounding river water was dyed red with blood, and a large number of corpses were floating on the water. The fish here must be very fat this year.
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The speed of Han's destruction was astonishing. It seemed as if Han was wiped out overnight. This was extremely rare in China's thousands of years of history. The consequences of human greed are extremely serious. History has taught us an unforgettable lesson, but the only lesson humans learn from history is that humans never learn lessons. ——"Cambridge History of China·History of the Western Zhou Dynasty"
