Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 96

[Chapter 96]

” “The army of the royal family plus the county soldiers, the current strength of our Yan County is 33,000, and this king will deploy 8,000 of them in Wu’an County, Yishui County and Zhu County with 2,500 each people.”

“The three counties in the south are relatively safe, so I will give you a total of 5,000 people, two counties each with 2,000 people, the last county with 1,000 people, and Yancheng with 10,000 people.”

Zhao Xu took a slender Tap the bamboo pole on the map of Yan County.

“There are 15,000 people left in Yancheng, Your Highness, this is too dangerous.” Liu Fu was taken aback, “Yancheng has so few troops, if Beidi finds out, they will definitely attack with all their strength.”

“My king What I want is to attract them to Yancheng.” Zhao Xu snorted coldly.

Now that he knew the plans of the Zhang family and Beidi, he naturally wanted to cooperate with them.

In the past, every autumn hunt in Beidi was like plowing, plundering from north to south.

Every county in Yan County will be attacked.

After the city was broken, the people, food, gold and silver were all looted.

Now that he has sent heavy troops to these counties, if Beidi continues to gnaw like in previous years, he will have to lose a few teeth.

When they arrive at Yancheng, they will lose a lot of troops, and 10,000 people will be enough by then.

Of course, the best situation for him is that Beidi gives up attacking these counties and directly throws all his troops to Yancheng.

In this way, Yan County will suffer the least loss.

Moreover, the Zhang family and Bei Di had been secretly hooking up. After learning about his deployment of troops, Yancheng was even more tempting to them.

In this way, Beidi people can slip into his trap smoothly.

“It’s just for His Highness’s safety…” Liu Fu swallowed hard.

Zhao Xu smiled, “You are good at governing, but you are laymen in war. Even if Yancheng is besieged, the royal army in your county can come to support at that time. At that time, Beidi will suffer from the enemy, and it will be equally uncomfortable. It will be adjusted at any time.”

The county magistrates understood what they said, but they still didn’t understand why Yancheng left so few troops.

But others didn’t understand, but Liu Fu figured it out quickly.

He knew that the Zhang family was connected to people from Beidi, so he was worried about Yancheng.

But seeing King Yan’s self-confidence, he might have a plan in the dark.

Immediately, he said, “Your Highness, what do the county magistrates need to do?”

Zhao Xu glanced at the seven of them, “You have to cooperate with the soldiers of the palace’s pro-army, organize the people and soldiers to guard the county together, transport food and grass, Take care of the wounded.”

In his view, this fight against the Beidi people required the mobilization of the entire Yan County.

Now that the layout of the countryside has been perfected, the county town has also taken action.

“Yes, Your Highness.” The county magistrates understood.

During this autumn hunt, King Yan focused on fighting against the Beidi people, instead of choosing to escape like the previous wealthy families and officials.

Whether they are officials or common people, of course they must work together with the palace.

“There are rural soldiers in the countryside, and the ones in your county are the county soldiers. Young and strong men are selected to serve as them. Weapons will be distributed to them at that time, and they will all obey the command of the pro-military generals. Their main role is to bluff…” Zhao Xu explained to the county magistrates .

There is no way for him to adopt special tactics in the countryside.

Because the countryside is not protected by city walls like the county town.

If it is said that they want to escape into the mountains, firstly, the people will not be able to take too much food with them, and secondly, if they are discovered, they will inevitably be slaughtered.

This happened not once or twice.

Only then did he decide to take the approach of letting the countryside join the war.

The weapons and equipment given to them are also good, after all, they belong to the field.

As for the county seat, it is protected by the royal army.

He is only going to use the old weapons and equipment in the warehouse for the county soldiers.

Only when the royal family’s personal soldiers are finished fighting will they be allowed to go to war.

Therefore, Zhao Xu didn’t have high demands on them.

After all, at that level, Yan County is definitely over, and so is he.

After discussing with the county magistrates, Zhao Xu asked them to go back to prepare.

This is only a temporary deployment, and specific responses will be made according to the situation in Beidi.

Of course, for Zhao Xu, the biggest benefit of letting the county magistrates this time is to make them firmer in their determination.

This is very important in war.

“Your Highness, General Chang is here.” Feng’er said when she entered the study.

Zhao Xu nodded, Chang Wei has been much busier than him these two days.

He needs to handle all affairs of the royal family and the army.

“Your Highness, according to the military situation that just arrived, Beidi dispatched 30,000 cavalry this time, and most of them stayed in the king’s tent.” Chang Wei said.

“Thirty thousand cavalry?” Zhao Xu murmured, “How many people came last year?”

“I heard there were 20,000 cavalry.” Chang Wei said.

“It seems that the extra 10,000 people are here for this king.” Zhao Xu smiled.

However, unlike the servant army, the 30,000 cavalry in Beidi this time are real Beidi people.

The servant army is just prisoners of war. It is composed of young men who were forced to conquer a place in Beidi, and their combat power is quite similar to that of real Beidi people.

According to his understanding, in every battle, the Beidi cavalry is elite cavalry when mounted, and powerful infantry when dismounted.

Chang Wei sneered, “If these 30,000 cavalry are just galloping and looting, we can’t do anything about it, but if they attack Yancheng, they will have miscalculated.” After

a pause, he said: “The royal family’s army is not Yuan Those trash at home.”

“Strategically, you can despise the enemy, but tactically, you must pay attention to the enemy.” Zhao Xu reminded Chang Wei.

This guy has been a little swollen since the whole army was changed, and he is confident that his combat power has surpassed the Forbidden Army.

Of course, Zhao Xu also has this self-confidence, but it’s not enough to underestimate the enemy.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Chang Wei recollected Zhao Xu’s words, thought it really made sense, secretly wrote down these words, and took them back to reprimand the generals under him.   Zhao Xu pushed the map in front of him, “The county magistrates came just now. It seems that there is no need to adjust the strength of Beidi now. Fifteen

thousand people in Yancheng are enough.”

It is said that we must pay attention to the enemy tactically, which means that only 15,000 people will be left.

Hearing this, he wanted to say something, but he didn’t know what to say.

Zhao Xu could see Chang Wei’s thoughts, just like Liu Fu, they were all concerned about their own safety.

He said: “You came just in time, I’ll take you to see a new weapon.”

“New weapon?” Chang Wei was startled.

Zhao Xu closed the blueprint, ignored Chang Wei’s doubts, and took him directly to the Military Division.

After seeing Wang Ying, Zhao Xu gave him a look.

Wang Ying understood and took the two of them to the yard.

The three stopped in front of a pile of flour-like things.

“Is this a new type of weapon?” Chang Wei was dumbfounded.

Seeing Chang Wei’s appearance, Wang Ying smiled and said nothing.

Zhao Xu said: “This thing is called quicklime. It burns in the eyes. You can only wash it with oil. If you wash it with water, your eyes will burn out.”

After speaking, Zhao Xu poured a bowl of water on the quicklime, and the quicklime immediately smoked .

“Try.” Zhao Xu said to Chang Wei.

Chang Wei squatted down, touched it with his hand, and immediately withdrew his hand, it was very hot.

“Your Highness is going to use this to deal with Beidi people?” Chang Wei has already imagined how to use this thing.

Although Xin Dao’s trick is poisonous, it is very practical.

But speaking of poison, Beidi people are even more poisonous, their arrows are all soaked in dung water.

(end of this chapter)