The attack on King Annan's city took no more than a pack of cigarettes. It was a clean and tidy attack.
The whole process was almost a textbook-level surprise attack.
However, the rumbling sound of cannons that shook the world also sent an alarming message to the Fujian Army and Annan Army who were fighting fiercely in the north of the city.
As the saying goes, if something goes wrong, there must be a monster. If there is a strange noise in the royal city, something big must have happened.
The commander-in-chief of the Annan Army believed that this move must be the success of the Fujian Army's plan to build plank roads openly and secretly attack Chen Cang.
What does this mean?
According to their speculation, the invading Fujian army must have divided into two groups beforehand, one of which started a fierce battle here to attract their own main force; while the other group went straight to the royal city and took advantage of the opportunity to attack.
The two armies were overt and the other was dark, overt as appearance and dark as reality. They cooperated seamlessly with each other and successfully disrupted their own vision, hearing and judgment.
What a good calculation!
The Fujian Army's idea was another version.
Gao Ming believes that the Annan Army must have purchased land-based artillery from the French people. Otherwise, how could there be the sound of sky-high cannons here?
Yue Sixian is relatively well-informed. He said: The current Annan Kingdom only has a naval fleet and has never possessed land-based artillery. This news is absolutely true. In other words, the gunfire just now must have been caused by external forces.
External forces?
who?
Who else could it be?
Naturally, Qiong Jun has arrived!
It seems that Qi Yu did not follow common sense. After experiencing the fierce battle, he not only did not stop to reorganize his troops, but immediately sent troops. This move was truly unexpected.
How infuriating!
It's no use getting angry, you still have to think about what to do.
Hey! Got it!
The dog-headed strategist Yue Si first thought for a moment, and then came up with a magical plan that he thought was right: next, he could take the initiative to retreat and open up a distance between himself and the Annan Army. In view of the changes in their own royal city, the enemy will definitely abandon the pursuit and choose to return to defense. In this way, this war can end without paying for it.
Next, we entered the core part of this plan: the Annan army that rushed back to defend would definitely fight a bloody battle with the invading Qiong army. When they were both injured, we chose to attack decisively and eat the enemy in one fell swoop. The remaining remnants of the two families. In this way, great things can be accomplished.
Yue Sixian also euphemistically said: This is a plan for fishermen to benefit from the snipe and the clam fighting.
Alas, these people are all smart people, and there is no so-called fool.
Qi Dalang wanted to be a fisherman, and Yue Sixian also wanted to be a fisherman. Both parties were thinking of becoming fishermen, so who would be the sacrificed snipe and clam?
Tsk tsk, it fits the saying, there are many people pretending to be stupid in this world, but few are really stupid.
Back to business.
The plans and movements of the Fujian army will not be stated for the time being, and we will only talk about the current situation in the Annan Royal City.
After the city was captured, the Qiong army immediately divided into two groups according to the original plan.
One of the groups was led by Haitao, who was responsible for taking over the defense at the city gate; while the other group was led by Qi Yu himself and took the Annan Palace directly as soon as possible.
From an impression point of view, whenever an enemy invades a city, it will be accompanied by bloodshed. The unarmed people are the first to bear the brunt and are reduced to being chopped into pieces, and may even suffer brutal and bloody massacres.
This is not nonsense, but history serves as a lesson.
Take the "Ten Days in Yangzhou" and the "Three Massacres in Jiading" when the Qing army entered the customs as an example. Adding the two together, more than 800,000 living beings were wiped out. Although this number is not necessarily accurate, it can fully Reflects the cruelty of war.
It seems that the destruction of the city means mountains of bones and rivers of blood, and the beautiful homeland of the past will instantly turn into a hell on earth.
However, when the Qiong army entered the city, they were a different kind of strange flower. They had nothing to do with ordinary people. They neither harassed nor asked questions, and seemed to ignore them.
On the avenue in the center of the city, there was hardly a drop of eye-catching blood.
As everyone knows, Mr. Qi has already issued a military order, saying: After entering the city, there are three things you should not do: first, do not kill innocent people indiscriminately, second, do not commit adultery, plunder, and third, do not set fire to houses.
Anyone who disobeys the order: beheaded!
What is a teacher of justice? What is a civilized teacher? What is a mighty master?
The current Chinese Qiong Army is such an example!
However, this incident confused the trembling Annan people.
Who is this person who behaves so well?
Soon, they figured out the identity of the enemy.
What surprised Qi Yu was that the local people not only did not look at him with hatred, but instead showed friendly smiles.
Why is this?
There is no other reason. Among these people, more than half have had the experience of working in Qiong. Those years of working were the most prosperous and happiest moments in their lives, and they still have endless memories when they think about it.
In their impression, Qiongzhou is a good place with fair justice and moral promotion. Working there is like living in paradise, bathed in happiness every day and every night.
But the good times did not last long. In only about two years, the foolish king of his own family chose to break off diplomatic relations with Qiongzhou, and it seemed that they would never have contact with each other until death.
As a result, income fell directly from heaven to hell.
As far as the people of Annan are concerned, they do not have any noble feelings about their family and country. Wherever they can eat, that is a good place.
And Qiongzhou on the other side is what they yearn for.
Now when I see Qiong Jun again, not only do I feel no fear, I actually feel a sense of intimacy that I miss Zheng Yin.
This shows how failed King Annan's governance was.
Qi Yu never dreamed that he actually still had the basis of public opinion here.
So he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted to show respect.
The reaction of the Annan people surprised him.
They actually bowed to both sides and made a welcoming gesture. If they were to serve a plate of chicken legs and half a bottle of wine, it would be enough to welcome them as if they were at home.
This situation made Qi Dalang's heart suddenly tremble and he suddenly felt enlightened.
It was not until this moment that he truly understood the true meaning of the saying, "If people from afar are dissatisfied, then cultivate virtue and virtue to come to them." As long as you can convince people with virtue, don't use force to coerce them. The gain of sincere submission is far more than surrender.
After sighing with emotion, Qi Yu hurriedly clasped his fists again to express his goodwill to the people.
After greetings, he went straight to the Annan Palace without making any further stops along the way.
At this time, the advance troops had already captured the palace and successfully captured King Annan alive. Now they were waiting for Mr. Qi to rush over and arrest him.
During this period, there was another unexpected incident.
It is said that the soldiers found the king from a dry well. Due to the lack of oxygen in the well in the middle of summer, the old king actually fell into a coma due to suffocation.
Currently, rescue is underway.
"Is there such a thing? Take me to see it quickly!"
"yes!"
Qi Yu's face straightened and he strode into the palace gate.
