Steel Dynasty - Chapter 122

[Chapter 122 Defense Strategies]

“Your Highness, do you mean to deal with the barbarians alone?”

Qian Dafu looked confident.

Xiao Ming nodded, “Yes, this time I have to protect my fiefdom by myself. These days, no one can be relied on, but myself.”

The affairs of the Wang family, Princess Pingyang’s calculations, and King Wei’s secret plans, every day One thing told Xiao Ming that he was surrounded by wolves, and no one was worthy of trust.

The only one he can count on is himself.

“Your Highness, this is no child’s play. The Chongqing State has poured out its power and still ceded land to pay compensation over the years. Does Your Highness expect that these six states can deal with the barbarians?” Qian Dafu continued to persuade.

As long as he can remember, the name Barbarian has been as scary as a ghost. When he was a child, his grandmother would often scare him by saying “Barbarian will take you away”. ‘

This shows the image of the barbarians in the hearts of the people of Chongqing.

Qian Dafu’s reaction was as expected by Xiao Ming. What happened three years ago left Qian Dafu with an indelible memory of terror.

At that time, the city of Cangzhou was broken, and the barbarian cavalry poured into the hinterland of the six states, burning, killing, looting, and doing everything. On their way to Chang’an, corpses lying in a pool of blood could be seen.

Many of the corpses had no heads on them. This was because the barbarians recorded their military merits on human heads. Many barbarians massacred civilians as military merits for their merits.

This memory is very clear in Xiao Ming’s mind, which shows how deeply this incident left a deep impression on his predecessor Xiao Ming.

It was precisely because of this invasion that the vitality of the six states was severely damaged, and it did not recover in three years.

“I only need to defend Cangzhou and prevent the barbarians from entering my territory.”

At this stage, Xiao Ming can only do this. It is basically impossible to counterattack the grassland, because the current comprehensive strength of Qingzhou is not enough. Support him to take the initiative to attack a grassland empire whose national strength is not that of Great Yu.

After all, the population base is here, the army is limited, food is limited, and money is limited.

“But can it be defended?” Qian Dafu was a little anxious, “Your Highness, you can keep the green hills without worrying about having firewood.”

“Qian Dafu!” Xiao Ming suddenly became impatient, “This is my king’s fiefdom. Without the fiefdom, I am nothing. When I return to Chang’an, if I don’t talk about my father, will the other princes let me live my whole life?”

“This…” Qian Dafu stopped talking. Xiao Ming’s words were correct. Since the founding of the Chongqing Kingdom, , each generation of kings has many heirs, but few princes can survive in the end.

Taking the princes of Xiao Wenxuan’s lineage as an example, there is only one King Wei and one King Kang left alive today, and the other ten princes have all turned into dust.

This is almost the case for every generation of princes, and now this fate has happened to Xiao Ming again.

“Old slave understands.” Qian Dafu’s expression suddenly became firm. “Concubine Zhen once asked me to protect your highness. If your highness stays in Cangzhou City to resist the barbarians, I will go with you.”

“Well, This is what I, the King, should say.” Xiao Ming said.

This time it was not that he was stupid and bold, nor was he blindly confident. During this period of time, he wanted to understand one problem, that is, he had no way out.

If you want to survive, you can only manage your own fiefdom carefully, and now the barbarians want to touch their own cake, of course this is not possible.

This incident happened so suddenly that Xiao Ming no longer had any intention of staying in the Prince’s Mansion and instead went to the Governor’s Mansion.

At this time, Pang Yukun was talking to a young official.

Seeing Xiao Ming coming, Pang Yukun said, “Your Highness, aren’t you discussing medical skills with Dr. Sun? Why are you here?”

“The barbarians will attack Cangzhou at the end of autumn this year.”

Qian Dafu also followed, and before Xiao Ming could say anything, Qian Dafu Said hurriedly.

The young man standing next to Pang Yukun asked with a smile: “Since the barbarians are going to attack Cangzhou, it must be an extremely secret matter, why do you let His Highness know it in advance?”

Pang Yukun seemed to mean the same thing, but he remembered something, he told Xiao Ming Said: “Your Highness, this is the Zhan Xingchang I mentioned to you.”

Xiao Ming glanced at Zhan Xingchang and said, “Are you Zhan Xingchang? Pang Changshi said that you are more resourceful and decisive than you. Let’s talk about how this king should respond.”

“You can win every battle only if you know your enemy and yourself. First of all, how did your highness get the news?” Zhan Xingchang asked, neither humble nor arrogant.

Looking at each other with Qian Dafu, Xiao Ming told Hongyun that he came to him and mentioned the affairs of the Wang family.

Pang Yukun frowned and said: “Your Highness, the words of a Qinglou woman may not come true. Are you being hasty?”

“I would rather believe what is said than what is not. Pang Changshi has forgotten the barbarian cavalry last year. What happened? Those cavalrymen probably didn’t arrive outside Qingzhou City on purpose, but rather they seemed to have gone the wrong way and arrived at Qingzhou City.” Xiao Ming said.

Zhan Xingchang said: “So now we should send people disguised as caravans to the grassland to spy on the information and pay close attention to the movements of the barbarians.”

“This is one of them, but what if this is confirmed?” Xiao Ming asked again.

“Your Highness should know better than me that he should defend Cangzhou City to protect the safety of the six states.”

“What if I want to regain the lost land in the north?” Xiao Ming asked.

“Of course not. We should also build fortresses widely and keep the walls clear. This is the so-called advanced construction technique.” Zhan Xingchang’s expression remained as usual.

Pang Yukun stroked his beard with satisfaction and said: “Xingchang, please explain carefully what is the art of building.”

Zhan Xingchang continued: “The most important thing in attacking the grassland is the food road, and at this time, facing a powerful The food road is very dangerous for the barbarian cavalry, so we should build a fortress every other day to ensure that the baggage can be transported to the fortress. “

“Secondly, the prairie cavalry is not good at attacking cities, but defending cities is our advantage. The distance between the forts is short, so we can quickly support each other. If the barbarians bypass the fortress in front and attack Cangzhou, we can dispatch the troops in the fort to cut off the barbarians’ food supply. “Tao, invincible.”

Xiao Ming nodded. Zhan Xingchang really has two skills. The best way to deal with the nomads is to use fortress advancement tactics, and at the same time, the barbarian cavalry will not be able to feed themselves.

However, this tactic also requires the Qingzhou Army to have sufficient field capabilities to ensure it. Otherwise, how can the fortress advance?

“Let’s not talk about the art of building for now. Now that we still have the ability to attack, let’s talk about how to defend the city.” Xiao Ming said.

Zhan Xingchang said: “The only thing that can strengthen the city is the fire tube.”

Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes slightly. Fire tubes have been used in the Great Chongqing Kingdom. They are basically equivalent to the first-generation artillery, but they shoot stone bullets. And the range is not far, so to speak it has not been taken seriously at all.

But Zhan Xingchang proposed fire tube defense, which can be said to be a very advanced idea in this era. This fire tube was the first generation of artillery.

Nowadays, with the ability of Xiao Ming Iron and Steel Workshop, it is impossible to make precise guns, but earthen cannons such as fire tubes are still no problem.

(End of chapter)