Steel Dynasty - Chapter 176

[Chapter 176 Barbarian Army]

Last night, Xiao Ming fell asleep after eating. The whole night, his dreams were filled with scenes of the bloody battle in Cangzhou City.

The frightened eyes of the slave soldiers, the blood splattering everywhere, and the blood mist caused by the explosion of the gunpowder can.

More than half a year ago, he was still an otaku enjoying the favorable environment in the laboratory, but now he had to face this cruel cold weapon war in order to survive.

This kind of scene is a hundred times, a thousand times more frightening than watching a street fight with your own eyes.

When the crowd roars and rushes over, it is a kind of mental pressure in itself.

It’s just that he has to bear this now and get used to it, because he is likely to be accompanied by this kind of scene for the rest of his life.

On the city wall, the supplies that were consumed yesterday were brought back again. These new recruits who had never experienced war seemed to have matured a lot in one night.

Yesterday’s victory made them understand that as long as they unite, the barbarians are not terrible.

“Your Highness, it is estimated that the barbarians will not attack again in the past two days.” Niu Ben said to Xiao Ming while looking at the barbarian camp with a monocular.

Xiao Ming was also looking at the barbarian camp. At this time, bonfires were still burning in the barbarian camp. The slaves were shuttled between the camps and were driven to re-make ladders and other engineering equipment.

The barbarians, on the other hand, were roasting cattle and sheep around the campfire. The smell of meat made many soldiers swallow their saliva.

“Don’t be greedy. Once you win the battle, I will let you eat meat too!” Xiao Ming said to a kind of soldier.

“Hehe…”

The surrounding soldiers immediately burst into laughter.

Niu Ben said: “Your Highness is right. It has always been the barbarians who robbed us. When we win, we will also rob their cattle and sheep so that you can eat enough.”

“It’s hard to say. When the time comes, I will Take the cavalry out of the city and grab a barbarian wife for you!” Lu Fei said rudely as he didn’t know when he would come over.

This time the soldiers laughed even louder.

The soldiers are not allowed to play with the formality in the army. After all, these soldiers are basically illiterate. The most important thing is to talk about reality. He said: “Have you seen the land outside the city? Is this land fertile?”

” Fertile!” the soldiers shouted in unison.

Xiao Ming continued: “Well, from now on, every time you kill a barbarian, I promise to give you ten acres of land outside Cangzhou City. The more you kill, the more land you will have. One day, I will lead you Take back Shanhaiguan, and you will all be damn rich.”

“Your Highness, are you serious?” Suddenly a soldier asked.

“I spit on each one and nail one on the other. Lieutenant Lu and Commander Niu are both here.” Xiao Ming said to the soldier.

The soldier looked excited and said, “Your Highness, I used to be from Youzhou. I fled to Cangzhou. If one day I am attacked in Shanhaiguan, can I choose a piece of land in my hometown?”

“Of course.” Xiao Ming said. .

The soldier nodded, with a firm look on his face, and said: “Your Highness, there are many people in the Qingzhou Army whose hometown is in Youzhou. For your Highness’s words, we must fight with all our lives to kill the enemy.”

Niu Ben and Xiao Ming looked at each other. After one glance, they all nodded with satisfaction.

In the army, a soldier’s desire to fight is a very important factor in winning a war.

For a soldier, their desire for expedition is basically not big. This time the Qingzhou Army was able to defend Cangzhou with high morale. A large part of the reason was that they had their own land and parents behind them.

If Shanhaiguan is to be recaptured in the future, these soldiers will have relatively less desire.

At this time, the desire of the soldiers who originally lived in Youzhou will be stronger.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming came up with an idea, “Captain Niu, I want to build a special army called Guan Ning Iron Cavalry.”

“Guan Ning Iron Cavalry?” Niu Ben looked playful and said, “If I didn’t guess, Wrong, this pass should be Shanhaiguan, and this Ning is Ningyuan. It seems that His Highness has a long-term goal.”

Xiao Ming nodded. The Guan Ning Cavalry was actually the three most capable troops in the late Ming Dynasty. It’s one of them.

Because at that time, they followed the strategy of using Liao people to defend the Liao land and using the Liao land to support the Liao people, and selected elites from the Liao people to form the Guanning cavalry that later frightened the Jin army.

Xiao Ming’s purpose this time was the same, which was to use King Yong’s old troops and old people to form a cavalry. This cavalry would definitely fight the barbarians in its homeland with all its strength.

“Exactly.” Xiao Ming then told Niu Ben what he thought.

Niu Ben nodded, “Well, your highness has thought deeply and I admire you, but the country of Chongqing is short of horses. The horses of this cavalry are a problem.”

“If there are no horses, we will find a way to snatch them from the barbarians.” Xiao Ming said while looking at the groups of horses in the barbarian camp.

Niu Ben shook his head. He didn’t believe that he could snatch horses from the barbarians in this situation.

Defending the city is not enough, so there is no need to mention attacking.

Just as Niu Ben said, the Huyantuo tribe did not attack the city again for three consecutive days.

On the night of the third day, a huge army appeared to the north of the Huyantuo camp.

Through the telescope, Xiao Ming saw a wolf head painted on the flag fluttering in the army. This was a royal flag that only the barbarian khan had the right to carry.

At the same time, four artillery pieces from the Equipment Department also arrived in Cangzhou City, along with 500 gunpowder cans and many granules of gunpowder.

That night, Xiao Ming ordered the soldiers to set up all the artillery on the fort.

This time, the barbarian army could not be seen at a glance, and he could not judge how many barbarian troops were coming.

But at this scale, I’m afraid the number of slave soldiers is enough to give him a headache.

The war was coming, and the atmosphere in the city suddenly became solemn, with a heavy look on everyone’s face.

“Can it be defended?” This is the question in everyone’s mind, but the answer will soon be solved…

the barbarian camp.

Gurtai and Liu Xuan entered the king’s tent at the same time. A tall man like an iron tower was sitting inside. Gurtai looked a little unhappy and said, “Beishantaiji, didn’t the Great Khan come?”

This man was the official in Chang’an City. When the messenger came to Beishan, he said: “Why does a small Cangzhou city need Father Khan to come in person?”

“Then Beishantaiji carries the royal flag, isn’t it disrespectful to the Great Khan?” Gurtai’s voice was a little hoarse.

Beishan stood up from his seat and said: “This is the order of Father Khan. It’s just Wang Qi. He just came to scare these soldiers of the Chongqing Kingdom. What? The leader of Gurtai Banner gave Father Khan’s order very much.” Are you dissatisfied?”

“How dare I disobey the Khan’s words?” Gurtai said.

Beishan sneered. This Gurtai had always been very close to his elder brother, and he had always been unkind to him.

After all, it will be his eldest brother who will inherit the throne in the future, and he will only go to a remote place to establish his own khanate.

(End of chapter)