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Chapter 2564: Conquer 2 cities in a row!

Chapter 2564: Conquer two cities in a row!

After all, they are not fools and they know that such good armor will probably be taken back after the war.

The morale of both sides was rising on one side while falling on the other. If the morale of the Dangxiang people was originally twice that of the Beggars' Sect, now they were equal.

At this critical moment, although Wang Yue, who was rushing in the front, was wearing armor, he suddenly used the Cloud-Stepping Step. When he was only a dozen steps away, his body suddenly came to the side of the city guard captain and chopped off the city guard captain's head with one sword.

The Tanguts lost their leader and went crazy. Led by the leader's relatives, they shouted for revenge and launched a counterattack against Wang Yue.

The Dangxiang people were used to bullying the surrounding ethnic groups over the years. They thought that if Wang Yue appeared next to them, they would be outnumbered and could tear Wang Yue to pieces even if his armor was better.

After all, two fists are no match for four hands, and people will get tired!

It’s a pity that these people were facing Wang Yue, which broke their common sense.

Although Wang Yue could not use any magic power, his body as a celestial being had endless strength. With the help of his Cloud-Stepping Steps, he chopped down dozens of the most ferocious Dangxiang people in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Bai Yutang and his men rushed over. The remaining Tanguts saw this and stopped fighting. They dropped their weapons and shouted,

"We surrender!"

"Spare your life!"

It's not that they are spineless, they just don't want to fight with such a devil, nor do they want to die.

After all, this was a completely one-sided massacre, which made them not feel at all as straightforward as they should have been when facing the Uighurs and the Song people.

Wang Yue had already captured the city gate, so he left behind 100 men, including more than elite soldiers led by Bai Yuting, to control the city gate and suppress the surrendering Dangxiang people.

Wang Yue led the remaining thousand people and headed towards the other southern city gate.

After the people arrived, Wang Yue still used the same routine as before and easily captured two city gates in succession.

It was not until they arrived at the north gate that the Dangxiang people here got the news. They actually abandoned the city and fled, then headed west along the city wall, obviously wanting to inform Li Yuanhao.

However, Wang Yue did not care about this. He left 50 elite soldiers at each of the three city gates, and then left more than brothers of the Beggar Gang to guard the three city gates, and then returned to the west gate.

After this simple massacre and battle, of the 3,000 Dangxiang people left, except for more than 500 who were killed and more than 500 who escaped, a full 2,000 of them surrendered.

The soldiers under Li Deming originally included not only Tanguts, but also a majority of Han people. And most of the more than 2000 surrendered soldiers were also Han people.

After Wang Yue and Bai Yutang pulled out more than 1500 Han people, they let these 1500 surrendered Han people hack to death the remaining -odd Tangut people in the street.

Wang Yue had no choice but to do this. He was short of manpower and needed the loyalty of those who surrendered. Only by letting the hands of these surrendered people be stained with the blood of the Dangxiang people would they truly help deal with the Dangxiang people.

Although Bai Yuting felt a little reluctant, he also understood that Wang Yue had no choice but to do so. After all, with only more than 200 elite soldiers and more than 2000 untrained Beggar Gang disciples, it would be harder than climbing to the sky to defend the city of Yangzhou.

But if there were these 1500 soldiers whose hands were stained with the blood of the Dangxiang people, it would be a different situation, because these people would probably be more ferocious than the Beggars' Sect disciples when they rebelled.

With the addition of these 1500 soldiers who were ready to die, Bai Yutang now had nearly 4000 men. Although these people were not strong enough for attack, they could still hold on to the city of Liangzhou.

However, Wang Yue never liked a confidence level below 1500%, so he directly used these 1500 people to replace 1500 Beggar Gang disciples. Then he let these Beggar Gang disciples, wearing the armor captured by the Dangxiang people, go to the vicinity of Xiliang City and move all the surrounding people into the city.

Wang Yue knew that it would take less than a day for Li Yuanhao to pursue him to Ganzhou, and it would take more than a day for those who escaped from Liangzhou City to pass on the news.

Therefore, Wang Yue only had less than two days to rearrange the defense of Liangzhou City, and he must have more troops.

Therefore, Wang Yue not only released all the more than 2000 Uighur prisoners captured by Li Yuanhao when he broke into Liangzhou City, but also began to recruit soldiers in the city.

However, due to the emergency, Wang Yue's method of recruiting was different from others. He planned to bring the disciples of the Beggar Gang to the city to fight against the local tyrants, divide the land and hold a grievance meeting.

In less than a day, when the more than 1500 Beggars' Sect disciples brought the people into the city from all directions of Liangzhou City, they happened to see the public trial of the gentry and wealthy families in Liangzhou City.

The public trial was chosen at this time, which was still a very strange thing. Wang Yue just picked a leader, and the public trial became like a prairie fire. In fact, it was very simple. Wang Yue just found two or three pieces of solid evidence as a spark. Then the people of Liangzhou City saw that Wang Yue really made the decision for them, and there was no need for him to deliberately arrange a stand-in. The public trial went on vigorously, and it was out of control!

Wang Yue led his men to try all the big families in Liangzhou City, and found that not a single family was absolutely innocent.

However, this is also normal. Among the families in the Hexi Corridor, which is full of war, there are few that are absolutely good people.

After the trial, Wang Yue naturally confiscated all the family's land and property, which also made his military funds unusually sufficient.

He simply took out a portion of it and distributed it equally to the people participating in the public trial, and he immediately won the hearts of the people.

Of course, those who were persecuted by these big families got more property, but most people were not envious, after all, it was all paid for with blood.

In order to block everyone's escape route, Wang Yue directly distributed the land deeds in public. At the same time, he arranged for the people who got the land deeds to stab the evildoers to cut off their chances of rebellion.

After the public trial, there was a grievance meeting, and then a large number of soldiers were recruited.

In this situation, although some people were still hesitating and waiting, Wang Yue easily recruited more than 10,000 young and strong men in Liangzhou City.

You have to know that among the people living in the Hexi Corridor, even if some of them were farming, they could ride and shoot, and those who were herding were even more skilled in archery and horse riding.

Therefore, these more than 10,000 young and strong men, although they have not received training, are much more powerful than the original disciples of the Beggars' Sect. After all, they are fighting for the land!

Wang Yue took the opportunity to disperse the disciples of the Beggars' Sect. Except for some who were willing to continue serving as soldiers, the rest returned to the Beggars' Sect.

Of course, no matter where these Beggar Gang disciples are, they are eyes and ears, and it is also convenient to control the entire Liangzhou City.

It was in this situation that Li Yuanhao, who learned that Liangzhou City had been captured, immediately led his more than 2 Tangut troops in a hurry back, only to face more than 1 well-equipped defenders.

You know, it is clearly written in the Art of War that if you don't have five or ten times the strength of your enemy, don't even think about attacking by force.

Li Yuanhao was able to become the founding emperor of Western Xia because he was very proficient in military tactics. He just took his troops for a run outside the city of Liangzhou, and then made a trial attack. When he found it difficult to capture the city, he actually led his troops to retreat.

While Li Yuanhao was retreating, Wang Yue led his troops to chase him from a distance. Of course, he always kept a distance from Li Yuanhao's team. In fact, it was considered a courtesy farewell.

It was not until Li Yuanhao led the army across Wushaoling that Wang Yue left some men behind to station in the mountain stronghold on Wushaoling and took the rest back.

Of course, the soldiers stationed here are not there to guard the stronghold, but to provide surveillance. When a large group of people arrives, they only need to light the beacon fire in time to notify Liangzhou City, and then they can hide.

As long as Liangzhou City is not lost, even if the surrounding strongholds and outposts are lost, they can be taken back sooner or later.

Wang Yue’s current target is actually Ganzhou City. He needs to take control of the entire Hexi Corridor before the brothers of the Beggars’ Sect are completely exposed.

Xu Qing, who stayed in Ganzhou City, was more capable than Bai Yuting. Also, because this place was closer to the territory of the Guiyi Army, he gathered more than 3000 people in Ganzhou City.

When Wang Yue arrived, he still used the same old routine. He prepared more than 3000 sets of armor and asked these people to put on the armor and then fight together.

However, this time Wang Yue did not directly attack the Uighur soldiers guarding the city. Instead, he surrounded the Uighur leader's residence, used a magic talisman to control the Uighur leader, and then asked him to gather all the leaders together. Then, Xu Qing and his men directly captured him.

Under the effect of the body-control talisman, the Uighurs' surrender process was very smooth. Except for a few people who resisted fiercely and were killed, most of them had no objections.

After all, in the entire Hexi Corridor, between the Guiyi Army and the Uighurs, either the east wind prevailed over the west wind, or the west wind prevailed over the east wind, and everyone had become accustomed to changing masters.

Now that all the Uighur leaders, big and small, have been captured, of course no one will truly resist.

Thus, Wang Yue took Ganzhou without bloodshed. He left Xu Qing to lead the Beggar Gang disciples to guard Ganzhou City, and led more than 12,000 surrendered Uighurs, together with the 10,000 people waiting outside the city, to head towards Suzhou.

The leader of the Beggars' Gang in Suzhou City is Han Zhang. He recruits fewer people, only more than 1000 people.

(End of this chapter)