Chapter 789

With a hint of cool north wind from Shanhaiguan City roaring by.

Xiao Ming, Niu Zhen and other generals stand at the head of Shanhaiguan and look at the vast grassland in front of them. In the next few days, the state of Dayu will have a war with the barbarians here to decide the fate of the country.

Different from the contemporary environment full of fog, the vision of this era is very clear. Xiao Ming can see far away from the telescope.

"Emperor, this is the stratagem discussed by the ministers and others."

Lu Fei tells Xiao Ming the marching strategy he discussed with Luo Xin and Lei Ming a few days ago.

Turning around, Xiao Ming looked at dozens of generals behind him and said, "it took a long time to build Wubao, and the preparation materials were also very complicated. This time, I mobilized all the chariots to send them to Wubao. You can build a chariot fortress that can depend on each other every 20 miles, which is much more flexible than Wubao. "

Lu Fei looked at the dense chariots outside Yanshan customs. Over the years, the state of Chongqing has been manufacturing chariots, and now there are 1800 chariots.

On weekdays, in addition to normal training, they would also perform with chariots and encounter the situation of barbarian cavalry.

Niu Zhen said: "take the chariot as a stronghold to attack and defend, and you can evacuate quickly when you encounter unfavorable conditions. This time, the barbarians will surely devote their strength to the country. For the sake of safety, it's better to rely on the chariot. At that time, it's not too late to send the construction camp to build the Wubao."

Luo Quan nodded his head.

Lu Fei three people look at each other, at the same time bow body way: "yes, Emperor."

Xiao Ming turned and looked at the grassland again. "Ammunition supply is very important in this war. Once we run out of ammunition and food, we will lose all our advantages. So as long as we guarantee ammunition supply in this war, we can win, otherwise we will be in danger. "

all the generals look dignified. So far, there has never been such a big war in Dayu state.

It was not a civil strife in the state of Dayu, but a small battle at the border. It was an all-out war between Dayu and the barbarians.

After inspecting the city defense of Shanhaiguan, Xiao Ming and a group of generals went down the city wall. Along the way, the soldiers looked at Xiao Ming with reverence.

The Emperor they worship day and night appears at Shanhaiguan and will fight with them, which makes the soldiers excited.

Xiao Ming looks at the soldiers with a smile on his face. The purpose of his coming here is to boost morale. During the whole war, he will stay at Shanhaiguan instead of going out with the army.

The reason for this is that he did not want to increase the burden on the generals, because once the barbarians knew that he was in the army, they would attack at all costs.

In this way, the general will concentrate on protecting him and forget his goal. He doesn't want to make the mistake of Ming Dynasty Civil fort.

Coming down from the city wall, Xiao Ming did not rush to set up the staff headquarters here, but went directly to Shanhaiguan camp.

Now the soldiers coming from all over the state of Dayu are concentrated here.

When they arrived at the barracks, Xiao Ming and the generals went into the barracks of the soldiers one by one and asked about their current needs.

"The Emperor Up, what are we You don't need anything. "

An 18-year-old soldier is straight, his throat is rolling, and his nervous speech is stuttering. He is chatting with a camp soldier when Xiao Ming comes in.

Xiao Ming patted him on the shoulder and said in a loud voice, "there will be a war soon. Maybe you can't come back when you go to the battlefield. Now is not the time to tell lies."

The young soldier smell speech, nervously looked at Lufei, he is the soldier under Lufei.

After swallowing, the soldier said, "I want a woman. "

all the way, the generals laughed, and Niu Zhen said," the emperor can't give it to you, but when you come back from the war, I'm afraid the matchmaker in your family will break the door. "

The soldiers scratched their heads when they heard the speech. He cried out, "yes, general."

After chatting with other soldiers for a while, Xiao Ming continued to patrol the barracks in other places.

After he left, the young soldier sat down on the ground, he said: "when I go back, I must tell my mother that I saw the emperor, and the emperor patted me on the shoulder. "

the other soldiers were all in high spirits. One soldier said," I didn't expect the emperor to be so approachable. "

when the soldiers discussed, Xiao Ming went to five or six barracks again. At noon, he and the soldiers had dinner in the same barracks. This kind of friendly behavior made the soldiers feel high.

In the afternoon, he and his generals gathered in the general staff to plan the next day's war.

According to the attack plan, the army will leave the city tomorrow to advance to Pingzhou city. According to the news from the cavalry hunters, the barbarians have gathered 120000 cavalry near Pingzhou, and more than 200000 slave soldiers have been stationed in Pingzhou city.

"According to the information provided by the secret guards, the total number of barbarian cavalry is 350000, and there should be 290000 left after the war of Bashu. Some of these 290000 cavalry are in the west to guard against the Ottoman Empire. Now the barbarians have deployed 120000 cavalry in Pingzhou City, which must be the majority of the eastern barbarian cavalry forces. "Luo Quan said.Xiao Ming nodded. In this era, it is a terrible thing for any country to have more than 300000 cavalry.

Because only the consumption and maintenance costs of more than 300000 cavalry are enough to drag down the financial resources. If the barbarians had not owned a large area of grassland and raised horses in groups, it would not have been possible to develop the cavalry to such a scale.

However, in addition to cavalry, the barbarians also have a large number of farming population, in addition to slave soldiers, there are also barbarian infantry, so the total strength of the barbarians can not be underestimated.

"The number of barbarian cavalry in the West should be about 100000. In this way, there are still 70000 cavalry who have not been mobilized. These cavalry should be the forces guarding the golden tent. "Said Niu.

Lu Fei said at this time: "and we have a total of 110000 new recruits, including 80000 infantry, 30000 cavalry, 30000 cavalry under Qi Guangyi and 30000 infantry under Ye Qingyun, with a total of 170000 troops. "

" there is a big gap in quantity. " Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes, but the number of modern army is not comparable to that of feudal army.

Looking at the sand table of the general staff, he continued: "the most dangerous thing for us is the barbarian cavalry. As long as we kill the barbarian cavalry, the other infantry are just a mob and can't confront us head-on."

The generals all knew this, exchanged their eyes and nodded one after another.

After analyzing the forces of the two sides, Xiao Ming and the generals determined the position of the enemy's forces on the sand table. At the same time, they worked out the way to March the next day, and then they disbanded.

The next morning, a red sun just rose to the horizon. The gate of Shanhaiguan was wide open. The soldiers in green uniforms, carrying the captive and flint guns, marched bravely to Pingzhou city.

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