The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 447
The south bank of the Suihe River was busy at the moment.

A large number of soldiers carried the rafts and sent them to the river one by one. The river with a width of more than [-] meters is far and near.

The first group of 300 to cross the river included all the upgraded soldiers.

There are zombies on the other side of the river, and the Ming army who may kill them at any time, so they need to go to the other side to establish a line of defense.

At a distance of 20 meters, the raft passed quickly, and the first batch of soldiers to cross the river went ashore, and they were greeted by a large number of zombies.

The zombies are vicious and have been waiting on the river bank for a long time, so the soldiers were on the boat at first and pulled all the zombies into the water.

This method of elimination is less labor-intensive than killing zombies.

Zombies, after being hooked into the river, disappeared without tossing twice, and then another zombie fell into the river.

As time went on, the density of zombies gradually decreased, and the soldiers were transferred from the raft to the shore.

But even when they landed, these soldiers couldn't relax, because there were still zombies rushing over.

But in the end, the line of defense was stabilized by them, and more people could start to cross the river.

A rope was attached to the raft, and it could easily be pulled back to the opposite bank, and the next group of soldiers continued to cross the river.

Zombies kept coming, but the Ming army cruising in the distance never dared to attack.

There were nearly three hundred of them, all of them were cavalry who came and went freely, led by Zhu Xiaohe.

At this moment, he is extremely helpless, he really wants to lead someone to fight out, but he is not sure of winning, let alone the courage to bear the defeat.

Every ounce of troops today is the guarantee for defending Liaoping, so he can only lead his troops back.

As a result of this, the Yong army was able to cross the river smoothly, and then continue to march towards Liaoping.

Of course, before they continued northward, they had to use rafts to build a pontoon bridge, which made it easier to deploy troops and transfer food.

Building a pontoon bridge does not require very high technology. After stumbling, they took about 10 minutes to build a simple pontoon bridge.

In this way, horses can also cross the river quickly, and it is up to them to carry a large amount of rations.

After crossing the river, the large force continued to go north. Zhao Yanxun left hundreds of people to guard the pontoon bridge. These people would be withdrawn only after the encirclement of Liaoping.

Leading the brigade to the north, Zhao Yanxun continued to receive reports from the explorers, which gave him a clear understanding of the situation in Liaoping.

While receiving the report, Zhao Yanxun also received news that Xingyuan and Liu'an had been captured, and people who were willing to go to Liaoping to persuade them to surrender were recruited.

Liu'an Xingyuan was captured, and Zhao Yanxun actually knew about it in advance, because the system reminded him of the increase in the actual population.

Now his actual population has reached 88658.

"Send an order to Wang Cheng and Fang Sheng, let them send the sergeants who are endowed with the power of the gods to Xingyuan and Liu'an respectively, and send the people from the two places to the north!"

Gao Zheng'an's troops are not many, and he has to defend two counties, so Zhao Yanxun has to share the pressure for him.

Although we will rush to Liaoping Fucheng today, we will not directly attack the city, so the soldiers who have been upgraded are useless for the time being, and sending them to pick up people is just to make the best use of them.

Fang Sheng and Fang Sheng quickly responded to the order conveyed by Zhao Yanxun, and they quickly sent people out.

The army continued to go north, and they would still encounter zombies along the way, so it was not until late afternoon that Zhao Yanxun and his party arrived outside the city of Liaoping Prefecture.

This prefecture city has a tall city wall, but there is no moat, which can be said to be somewhat congenital.

But this is already Zhu Jinzhang's best choice. Several other small counties have moats, but the shallow ditches in the city are not very useful.

The troops of the Yong Army Brigade arrived, and under Zhao Yanxun's order, the army began to set up camp.

I don't know how long it will take here, so the camp must be built, and there is actually a lot of knowledge in it.

In this regard, Zhao Yanxun is not as good as the two Qianhus, so he didn't point fingers at random.

To build a camp, the demand for wood is relatively large, so Zhao Yanxun sent people to cut down trees.

Around the city of Liaoping Prefecture, the density of zombies is not too high. This is also due to Zhu Jinzhang's cleanup. He wants to build the north of Suihe into his basic base.

But he worked hard for more than half a year, and now he made a wedding dress for Zhao Yanxun, so that he can set up camp with peace of mind.

Of course, the low density of zombies does not mean that there are no zombies, so Zhao Yanxun also specially ordered all the soldiers who cut down trees to be careful.

On the city wall, looking at the busy Yong army in the distance, Zhu Jinzhang's expression was extremely solemn.

Now under his command, there are only 800 veterans. In order to secure the defense of the city, Zhu Jinzhang recruited another [-] young men from the city.

There are about 2000 people in the city, and Zhu Jinzhang has temporarily recruited these [-] people, which is already at the limit of expansion.

Zhu Jinzhang would only arrange this if he was forced to a dead end, and he couldn't care about anything right now.

Although there are many defenders in the city now, Zhu Jinzhang doesn't feel much security.

In several fights with Zhao Yanxun, Zhu Jinzhang never won, which made him extremely afraid of Zhao Yanxun.

Can you keep it?Zhu Jinzhang can't guarantee it.

At this time, someone reported: "Brother, Xiaoan is back!"

"Has the food shipped back?"

"They escaped back, and lost some brothers this time!"

Hearing this, Zhu Jinzhang almost died of anger.

"Call him over!" Zhu Jinzhang was furious.

After a while, Zhu Xiaoan appeared on the city wall.

Zhu Xiaoan said decisively: "Brother, punish me!"

"I asked you to transport food, and even sent you additional manpower. You can't do this well?" Zhu Jinzhang asked coldly.

While asking this question, Zhu Jinzhang thought of his failures in recent months, so that he suddenly felt relieved.

He failed to defeat the Yong army on the battlefield, so what qualifications did he have to ask Zhu Xiaoan to do so.

Looking back at Zhu Xiaoan, Zhu Jinzhang regained his composure and said, "What's going on with Xingyuan?"

"The minister is leading the army to suppress the common people, but because of the complex terrain around Xingyuan, the sentinels only discovered it when the Yong army approached, so..."

"So you all ran away!"

Faced with these words, Zhu Xiaoan also had no way of answering.

"Yong's army is powerful and united with the people in the city, so I can only evacuate first!"

Zhu Jinzhang didn't want to pursue the matter, but asked, "How much food did you bring back?"

"There are three hundred stones left in the granary, and I only took more than 80 stones!"

"How many brothers did you lose?"

"There were originally 300 people, but only 95 people returned with my younger brother!"

There was a silence on the city wall, Zhu Jinzhang endured it as much as he could, but now he can't bear it anymore.

"In the future, you don't want to lead troops anymore, get out!"

Zhu Xiaoan was slightly disappointed to be dismissed from his post, but then he was also relieved.

It doesn't matter if you don't lead the army, at least you don't have to worry about it.

"Yes!"

Seeing Zhu Xiaoan disappear, Zhu Jinzhang sighed.

Others can retreat, but he has no way out.

(End of this chapter)