Steel Dynasty - Chapter 149

[Chapter 149 Barbarian News (Additional update for the leader)]

It had been rainy for several days, but the sky suddenly cleared up this day.

The sapphire-like dome is high and far away, with a few white clouds floating gently. It is so beautiful that it feels like a pool of clear water has been poured into the soul.

There was some teaching in the Equipment Department yesterday, and today the Equipment Department will officially try to produce artillery.

Seeing that the date for the barbarians to go south was approaching, there was not much time left for him.

Li San and Wang Xuan have been inquiring about the activities on the grassland these days, and today they went to the palace to report the information they obtained to Xiao Ming.

“Your Highness, we have received news that the barbarians and the Ottomans seem to have reached some kind of reconciliation. Three months ago, the barbarians returned to the capital with the slaves and craftsmen they looted from the Ottomans.” Li San said.

“Does this mean the barbarians’ Western Expedition is over?” Xiao Ming asked.

“I’m afraid that’s the case.” Wang Xuan looked solemn.

This is indeed very bad news for Xiao Ming. After conquering the grassland tribes, the barbarians have become the most powerful empire in the northern land.

With the Dayu Kingdom declining day by day and under the premise of passive defense, the barbarians believed that they had no worries, so they began their conquest of the west.

After wiping out a series of small western states, the barbarians encountered the Ottoman Empire at its peak.

After three years of hostile conquests, both sides finally realized that the other side was a behemoth, so they stopped and returned to the court.

As a result, the pressure on Chongqing will suddenly increase.

Recalling the modern Mongolian Western Expedition, it seems that after completing the Western Expedition, Mongolia easily destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty.

“Is there any worse news?” Xiao Ming smiled bitterly, “What do you know about the population, army, weapons and equipment of the barbarians?”

Wang Xuan said: “There is one bad news. It seems that the barbarians were in the Western Expedition. There is a powerful siege weapon called the Huihui Cannon, which is said to be able to throw a three-hundred-pound boulder five hundred meters away.

“Huihui Cannon?” Xiao Ming asked, “Are you sure he threw the stone?

” I believe that businessmen on the grassland have described that this kind of return gun seems to be an advanced stone throwing tool,” Wang Xuan said.

Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the barbarians had not obtained artillery technology, it would be fine. However, before there were artillery, if there were such stone throwers, it would indeed be a huge threat to Cangzhou City.

He remembered that Mongolia seemed to be using a similar trebuchet in modern times, and this trebuchet was also introduced from that place in the Western Regions.

Li San said at this time: “Your Highness, if the barbarians use this kind of thing to attack Cangzhou City, the city wall may not be able to hold up.”

For Xiao Ming, it is a blessing that the barbarians do not have artillery. This kind of giant projectile with a range of 500 meters Stone tools are far inferior to the range of artillery. They can be destroyed in advance within the range of artillery, so there is nothing to fear.

“This is not worth worrying about. Is there any other information?” Xiao Ming asked.

Li San rushed to say at this time: “The population of the barbarians cannot be determined accurately, but generally speaking, there are still two million households.”

“So many?” Xiao Ming was startled.

“In recent years, some barbarians have settled in Changbai Mountain, and the population has increased a lot.” Li San said.

Now Xiao Ming finally understood what a headache was.

Today’s barbarians are no longer a pure nomadic nation, but a half-farming and half-herding nation. Such a nation is even more deadly to the Chongqing Kingdom.

Because half farming and half pastoralism means that the logistics of the barbarians will be better guaranteed, making it easier for the barbarians to expand.

What Wang Xuan said next gave Xiao Ming a headache even more, “This is just the population of the barbarians. The barbarians have always been accustomed to robbing slaves. Now the ratio of the barbarian regular army to the slave army has reached one to five.”

“Businessmen said Every time the barbarians march westward, there will be a large number of slave armies. When these slave armies are finished and the enemy is exhausted, the barbarian cavalry will attack. “

Li San said: “We have been exploring on the grassland these days and found out .

The barbarian cavalry is arresting the people north of Cangzhou City. These people used to be people from the Great Chongqing Kingdom. It seems that the barbarians are probably trying to deal with us the same way they dealt with the people from the Western Regions.”

After a pause, Li San shook his head .

He clenched his fist and said: “Your Highness, when the time comes, the people of Dayu are forced to go in front of the barbarians to attack the city. What should we do?”

“These barbarians are extremely shameless and have no humanity at all.” Wang Xuan said angrily.

Despicable tactics such as seizing people as human shields can be found everywhere in history, among which the Mongolian and Qing tribes used it most vividly.

It is precisely because of the clever use of the puppet army and the people that a small nation will conquer a country with a population dozens of times larger than its own.

But now the population of this barbarian tribe is only ten to one compared to that of Great Chongqing.

“What should I do? If Cangzhou City is captured, I will be the next King Kang.” Xiao Ming said in a deep voice.

Li San and Wang Xuan looked at each other, and they seemed to understand Xiao Ming’s thoughts.

The two of them told Xiao Ming some things about the barbarians, which were nothing more than the barbarian fighting methods.

At present, the barbarians use a composite bow made of animal sinews. This kind of bow has a long range, and the barbarian cavalry also has a technique of turning around and shooting arrows while escaping.

It was this method that caused the people of the Western Regions to be repeatedly defeated by the barbarians.

However, the people of Dayu have already learned about the characteristics of the barbarians. Because of this, the army of Dayu will not go out of the city to fight the barbarians on the grasslands.

Because this is purely seeking death.

In addition to the range of bows and arrows that can reach more than 180 meters, the most deadly thing about the barbarian army is its very strict discipline, which is far more dangerous than bows and arrows.

An army that is not afraid of death is truly terrifying.

Now Xiao Ming could imagine the barbarian infantry still climbing up from the pile of corpses under the fire of artillery.

“In addition to arresting people, businessmen on the grassland said that the barbarian army has been training very frequently recently, and they are very wary of the barbarians from Dayu who travel to and from the grassland. Many businessmen have been captured by the barbarians.” Li San finally said.

Xiao Ming nodded. Many of the barbarian movements were obviously abnormal. It seemed that it was only a matter of time before they attacked Dayu.

He said: “Continue to keep an eye on the movements of the barbarians, especially the movements of the barbarian army, and report to me in time.”

Li San and Wang Xuan nodded, turned and left.

At this time, Xiao Ming got up and went to the Equipment Department. Fortunately, he asked the Equipment Department to produce artillery at full capacity, otherwise he would not be able to withstand this kind of returning artillery catapult from a distance of 500 meters.

A three-hundred-pound stone hitting the city wall was not much weaker than an artillery bombardment.

After all, artillery fires solid bullets, and he doesn’t have the ability to produce explosive bullets now.

Thinking of this, he quickened his pace, and a deep sense of crisis enveloped him.

(End of chapter)