Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 293

[Chapter 293 Grain Road Safety]

“Your Highness still has far-reaching thoughts.” Chang Wei kept nodding after listening.

Wei Qun looked pensive, and finally nodded.

“Your Highness is right. The most hateful people are those who are lovers but flatter Xiliang. When encountering such people, one will kill the other.” Wei Qun said.

Then he turned around and went back to the soldier who had caught him, and said, “Are you willing to vote for Yanzhou?

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Wei Qun nodded, “Come here, give him a tael of silver as a package and let him go.

Hearing this, the soldier of the bumper son froze.

After a while he asked incredulously: “You said let me go back, Pay me back? ”

“You heard me right.” Wei Qun glanced at him, turned and left.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei looked at Wei Qun’s back.

Chang Wei said: “Wei Qun still understands the overall situation. ”

Zhao Xu nodded slowly.

Chang Wei was ordered to deal with the captives. Under the protection of Xu Lie, Zhao Xu walked around the camp.

Through the Xiliang soldiers who died in the camp, the siege equipment, and his military equipment for Xiliang I have some understanding.

The soldiers who were killed by the artillery included Xiliang soldiers and Zhuang Gongzi.

The Xiliang soldiers wore silver scale armor inside.

There were three red feathers inserted on the helmet.

The lining of the military uniform was also red.

This is a bit similar to the soldiers of the Dasong Forbidden Army.

After all, Xiliang broke away from Dasong, and no matter what, some things were learned from

Dasong. The armor of Mr. Bang is much rougher, but it is some old armor.

The armor plates are not very complete, and the gaps between the armor plates are also very large.

Also lying on the ground were the bodies of camels.

On the back of a camel, Zhao Xu saw a miniature catapult.

The stone projectiles fired by the catapult were only the size of a fist.

He knew that this was a unique military branch of Xiliang.

These small catapults on camels are highly mobile.

In the event of war, you can continuously shoot stone bombs, which is like throwing stones at the army.

Although these stones are not as sharp as arrows, killing the enemy mainly depends on the shock generated by the stone hitting the armor.

Even if a soldier in plate armor is hit, it is uncomfortable enough.

Finally, a soldier found a special armor from the tent.

It is estimated that when Xiliang soldiers retreated, they left it unintentionally in a panic.

This armor includes harness and full body armor of the soldier, iron chains.

The armor is still scale armor, but the plates are large and thick, and there are iron masks.

Soldiers can be said to cover the whole body when they wear it.

The horse’s armor is also in the shape of scales, but the armor is a bit bigger.

There is no doubt that this is the equipment of Xiliang’s heavy cavalry iron kite.

The iron chain is used by the iron kite cavalry to tie themselves to the horse.

It is said that even if it dies on a horse, it will not fall, and will keep rushing towards the enemy.

There are eight thousand such iron kite heavy cavalry in Xiliang.

In wartime, a team of 300 people is often used to attack local infantry.

After breaking into the enemy’s formation, the Xiliang infantry will follow up and charge.

To put it simply, this is somewhat similar to the contemporary Tanbu coordination.

And it is precisely by virtue of this tactic that Xiliang fought back and forth with Da Song when its national strength was weak.

Only then did Xiliang cavalry have the reputation of being second only to Beidi.

Come full circle.

It basically confirmed Zhao Xu’s understanding of Xiliang’s military equipment.

Bubazi infantry, iron kite heavy cavalry, camel catapults, and Zhuangzi all appeared in the four armies.

Coupled with the captured army, light infantry, etc., the whole picture of the Xiliang army took shape in his mind.

Obviously, in Xiliang, Beidi and Dasong’s struggle for hegemony.

Dasong focuses on infantry, while Beidi focuses on cavalry.

Xiliang is a combination of the two, and both infantry and cavalry attach great importance to it.

he was thinking.

Chang Wei came back and reported to him: “His Royal Highness, there are 1,800 soldiers who hit the son surrendered this time, and the die-hard ones died in battle. Of those who surrendered, 600 people were willing to vote for us, and more than 1,000 wanted to go back. There are a hundred stubborn ones, just like His Highness said, they are going to be chained and sent to mines.”

The soldiers on the battlefield are basically young and strong.

Six hundred people voted, which is a good start.

And he won’t lose a thousand money back.

It is also a good thing to take a tael of silver and make his humanoid self-propelled propaganda machine.

However, whether his strategy can be effective depends on the follow-up results.

If it doesn’t work, it is necessary to change the strategy in time.

“From now on, soldiers who bump into your son will be handled in this way.” Zhao Xu said.

For real Xiliang soldiers, he would not give this treatment.

He can always keep in mind the lessons of the Anshi Rebellion.

He also ordered the Xiliang camp to be demolished and the Feihuguan mountain road opened.

Zhao Xu returned to Feihu Pass.

Now, the battle has just begun.

Backed by Feihuguan, they can fight without any worries.

And once it goes deep into the territory of Jinzhou, the competition for the logistics supply line will begin.

night.

Zhao Xu, Chang Wei, Qin Shan, Guan Tong, Zhong Li, Chen Hu and others sat around the long table.

The Xiliang camp was withdrawn, and the road to Jinzhou was no longer obstructed.

They need to discuss the next offensive line again.

“The deeper you go into Jinzhou, the more unfavorable it is to the royal family’s troops, so this king thinks that you should take every step at a time and fight steadily, and don’t rush into it.” Zhao Xu said.

Then he pointed to the map on the table, “Next, hit here, and then use this as a springboard to take down Xinjun and Xincheng.”

Jincheng is located in the middle of Jinzhou, with Xinjun, Changping County, and Yangjun to the east.

Among them, Feihuguan is facing Xinjun in the north.

Chang Wei and the others looked in the direction Zhao Xu pointed.

That is a county seat in Xin County, Hengshan County.

This county is facing Feihu Pass, about eighty miles away.

The mountain road outside Feihu Pass is about thirty li long.

Once out of the mountain road, there is an endless plain.

Here, the Xiliang cavalry will be able to exert its greatest advantage.

Chang Wei and the others nodded, this was also one of their plans during the deduction.

It is also the safest plan.

At this time, Chang Wei said: “Your Highness, regarding the safety of the food road, the imperial army often uses a method.”

“Say it.” Zhao Xu was just about to say, when he saw Chang Wei’s exit, he showed interest.

“The cavalry is strong because it comes and goes like the wind, and if it encounters obstacles that prevent it from being charged by horses, it is only mediocre.” Chang Wei pondered, “That’s why the imperial army often uses five hundred carts of grain and civilians as a battalion, with archers. Spearmen, with swords and shields.”

“In case of a surprise attack by cavalry, form a square formation with grain carts and shoot arrows. If the cavalry dismounts, use spearmen with swords and shields to defend them.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

There is still something that can be used in Dasong’s long-term war with Xiliang and Beidi.

What he wanted to say was exactly the same as what Chang Wei said.

This is the prototype of the car camp.

Using chariots to form an formation achieves the same effect as repelling horses, preventing cavalry from breaking into the formation and forcing them to dismount and fight on foot.

In future battles, he wants to strengthen this method, not only to use this method to protect grain roads.

It is also necessary to set up a car battalion dedicated to dealing with cavalry to offset the advantages of Xiliang cavalry and Beidi cavalry over Yanzhou.

However, this method is better than unprepared food transportation.

But it’s not that there are no worries with this method.

It depends on the contest between the soldiers on both sides.

(end of this chapter)