After walking out of the City Lord’s Mansion, Zhao Hao got into the carriage with a dark face.
"To the mines!"
After a day and a night of non-stop travel, we finally arrived at the mine.
Wang Mengyu and Zheng Zhiqian are both here.
Everyone was very surprised to see Zhao Hao coming.
Zhao Hao didn't say anything polite and directly said to the two of them: "Right now, gather all the miners from the three mining areas!"
"Old Zheng, give all the weapons made in the smelting workshop to the miners!"
When the two heard this, they were immediately shocked and couldn't help but ask hurriedly: "Brother Hao, what happened?"
Zheng Zhiqian's mind worked quickly, and he asked hurriedly, "Is the situation on the south bank of Chushui River tight?"
The 10,000 troops they had here had all been transferred over there before.
Therefore, they also knew that Jianning had fallen and the Southern Chu army had already reached the south bank of the Chu River.
Zhao Hao said anxiously: "I don't have time to explain so much to you now. Go immediately. We need to organize all the miners as quickly as possible."
When the two heard this, they knew the matter was important, so they went there without saying anything.
Zhao Hao went straight into the smelting workshop and asked Wu Song to check the weapons there.
Among them, there were 3,000 sabers, 4,500 ring-handled swords, and 40,000 arrowheads.
Zhao Hao didn't expect that there were so many weapons stored in the smelting workshop.
I asked immediately and finally found out what was going on.
It turned out that after 10,000 soldiers were withdrawn, the workshop changed its method of transporting weapons.
Originally, it would take 30,000 arrows, 1,000 sabers, and 1,000 ring-handled swords to start the journey.
Because there are enough escort personnel, there won't be any uncontrollable troubles.
But after ten thousand soldiers were transferred away, the transportation of these supplies could no longer be so careless.
The shipment will only be made once a certain amount of goods has been reached to reduce accidents on the road.
Originally, he wanted to recruit some soldiers and organize more manpower.
Since Lu Kan was unwilling, he could only give up.
All the miners in the three mining areas have been integrated and organized, and the number of people is close to 30,000.
According to the situation of the Southern Chu Army, after completely taking over Tucheng, they would not have too many troops left, estimated to be between 40,000 and 50,000.
These troops are not enough for them to split their forces.
After occupying the south bank of Chushui River, they had to cross the river first and go to the north bank.
Then, more troops should be sent.
Without increasing the number of troops, it is impossible to divide the troops.
Therefore, he still has some time to prepare.
In fact, it was almost exactly as he predicted.
Xiao Danglu led the way and led the remaining 5,000 troops to fight with Nan Chu in the earthen city.
This battle lasted for another three days.
When Zhao Hao arrived at Qinzhou City, the Southern Chu Army had finally completely captured the Tucheng and wiped out all the stubbornly resisting soldiers.
Under the leadership of the old general, no soldier escaped.
None of the last 5,000 soldiers survived.
Only twenty or so Green Riders took Xiao Danglu and escaped at the last moment.
When he left, Xiao Danglu was seriously injured and had fallen into a deep coma.
Otherwise, he would fight to the death.
After taking Tucheng, Xie Daoxun immediately commanded the remaining Southern Chu troops to cross the Chushui River and set up camp on the north bank.
However, the generals of the Southern Chu Army did not carry out this order.
What they meant was that they had taken Tucheng, which was considered as a partial revenge for Prince Mu.
Now, Prince Mu's body should be transported back to the imperial capital for funeral.
As for the matter of advancing troops, we can make plans after reporting to the Emperor.
When Xie Daoxun saw this situation, he was extremely angry!
In order not to miss the opportunity, she immediately used the seal of the Southern Chu State and, as the Prime Minister of Southern Chu State, ordered the army to cross the Chu River immediately.
Upon hearing this, the generals of Southern Chu had no choice but to agree.
However, they disagreed to continue advancing and insisted on sending Prince Mu's body back to the imperial capital.
His troops were already insufficient, and he had to wait for reinforcements to arrive before making any plans.
Although Xie Daoxun held the seals of four countries, he was nominally the prime minister of Southern Chu.
However, facing these generals, she was unable to give them orders.
Therefore, after the 50,000-strong army crossed the Chushui River, they camped on the north bank.
No further action was taken.
Half a month later, Southern Chu sent an additional 50,000 troops, led by Xie Daoxun himself, and divided into two routes.
We went through Qinzhou all the way to Tongshan.
Another route went straight from Xinzhou to the capital.
On the sixth day of September, the two armies set out together and advanced separately.
Both armies raised banners with the word "Thank You" on them.
No one knows which army Xie Daoxun, the commander-in-chief, is in.
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Qinzhou, mining area.
Zhao Hao has organized all 25,000 miners.
Originally, there were nearly 30,000 miners, but Zhao Hao was unwilling to force them.
The facts were made clear to all the miners.
Tell the miners that what they will have to deal with next is the regular army of Southern Chu.
Moreover, there are more of them than them.
More than 3,000 miners chose to quit because they were the only sons in their families.
There were 25,000 people remaining.
All the sabers and ring-handled swords from the smelting workshop were distributed.
The remaining people who had no weapons took the mining picks as weapons.
After organizing all the miners, Zhao Hao asked someone to find a map.
"Lao Wang, Lao Zheng, we are really going to fight to the death from now on!"
"I have received news that the Nanchu army has been divided."
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