Steel Dynasty - Chapter 258

[Chapter 258: The enemy retreats and we advance]

“Commander, come and eat!”

The Cangzhou Camp in Cangzhou City was filled with tables at this time, and there were sumptuous meals on the tables. This was to reward the soldiers who were attacking the grassland this time.

At this time, a group of soldiers and generals were eating and drinking.

Especially the people in Niu Ben were like hungry wolves, showing no signs of eating. They munched on the food on the table. From time to time, some people choked on their food.

After hiding in the mountains for three days, they were so hungry that they didn’t care about their image. Niu Ben was just like an ordinary soldier, holding a chicken leg in one hand and a pig’s trotter in the other, and his mouth was full of oil.

“Old General, this attack on the grassland has yielded a lot. You and Lu Fei have made outstanding contributions. Come on, I will give you a toast.” Xiao Ming said to Niu Ben.

Niu Ben raised his glass and said, “Your Highness, you’re welcome. It’s our duty to resist the barbarians.”

“Yes, Your Highness, the barbarians neglected to take precautions this time. This time we entered the grassland as if we were entering an uninhabited land. What we killed was a happy one .”

“The soldiers and I eat meat every day,” Lu Fei laughed.

“Humph, you won’t be hungry anywhere.” Xiao Ming scolded with a smile.

Entering the grassland this time, Niu Ben and Lu Fei drove nearly ten thousand good horses into Cangzhou City.

Qingzhou’s horse administration has been sluggish, and the introduction of these good horses can greatly improve it. In this way, after several years of breeding, Qingzhou will also have a large number of war horses.

Although Xiao Ming’s purpose was to push Great Yu into the age of firearms, the cavalry continued until World War II. It can be seen that there is still a need for cavalry to stay at this stage.

Lu Fei said: “Hey, but I, Lu Fei, almost couldn’t eat this meal.”

“What’s going on?” Xiao Ming asked.

Before Lu Fei could say anything, Lei Ming rushed to say, “Colonel Lu was a little unbearable when he saw a barbarian girl. Who knew he almost cut off his life with a knife?”

“You are the only one who talks a lot.” Lu Fei said. His hand hit the back of Lei Ming’s head, causing Lei Ming to grin.

“You deserve it!” Xiao Ming scolded: “The barbarians have always been cruel. They regard our people of Dayu as cattle and sheep. Even children take pleasure in killing people of Dayu. You can’t bear it. Others want to eat your meat and drink it.” Your blood.”

“Your Highness, Lu Fei will remember this time and will never show mercy next time, but thanks to the plate armor this time, otherwise his life would have been saved,” Lu Fei said.

In this attack on the grassland, for the convenience of marching, the two thousand cavalry wore lightweight plate armor, which weighed only about twenty kilograms. Although the protection of such plate armor was slightly weak, it still had good defense against hacking.

And because it is basically a sneak attack, it will not engage the barbarians’ cavalry and archery, but close combat, so this full-body protective armor is even more necessary.

Although Lu Fei’s words were said lightly, they were enough to illustrate the danger of going to the grassland. An ordinary barbarian woman could be so fierce, let alone an elite barbarian soldier.

If they were besieged this time, these two thousand people would really not be able to come back.

Niu Ben put down his wine glass at this time and said: “What is your highness’s next plan? If we can’t find any trace of us, the barbarians will definitely come again with a large army.”

Xiao Ming said: “This time, the enemy is advancing and we are retreating .

Preserve your strength and make the enemy tired. After this search, the barbarians are also short of men and horses, and they will need to repair for a while.”

Then Xiao Ming said: “It will take at least ten and a half months to organize the army. This total can be done. Buy us a month. By then the new city wall should be poured to a height of five meters. At this time, we are not afraid of the barbarians coming. Moreover, when the barbarian army arrives and the rear is empty, you can attack the grassland from the cave. Disrupt their rear.” “Wonderful!” Niu Ben couldn’t help but nodded, “This strategy can only rely on His Highness and Governor Zhan. I

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Niu Ben, only need to be responsible for the tactics, and then let the barbarians bleed for thousands of miles.”

Xingchang looked at each other and raised their glasses together, “Go for it!”

They rewarded the returning soldiers. On the next day, Cangzhou City continued the construction of the new city wall, while Niu Ben, Lu Fei and others were recharging their energy in the city, waiting. Set off again.

Xiao Ming directed the slaves to build the city wall day and night. In another month, the first layer of the city wall was poured as planned.

At this time, Chagatai, who had searched the grassland for half a month without success, almost fell into madness.

“Who can tell me where these Yu cavalry went?” In the copper tent, Chagatai kicked the table away.

Gu Duo, Kuha stood under the account with a look of death on his face.

During this period, the entire Blood Wolf tribe was searching for Dayu’s cavalry, but there were no clues. At the same time, no tribe was attacked again.

“Flaghead, I suspect these cavalry have gone back!” Gu Duo said.

“It’s impossible. The cavalry we sent was very timely. Even if one of them managed to escape, it was impossible for them all to escape, because one of the cavalry almost penetrated deep into the vicinity of the copper tent.” Chagatai said.

Everyone fell into silence, and no one could explain this problem.

At this time, a flag leader suddenly said: “A businessman from Dayu once said that this King of Qi knows witchcraft. Could it be that…”

“Fart!” Chagatai was furious, “Washcraft? Do you want me to use this reason? “Go and explain to Beishantai Ji?”

Walking back and forth anxiously, Chagatai said: “Beishantai Ji has become angry and ordered us to go to Cangzhou immediately to destroy the new city wall of Cangzhou. We can’t waste any more time on this matter. , Summon the slave soldiers immediately!”

After he finished speaking, he looked at the flag commanders, but everyone was silent and no one answered.

Because the cavalry could not be found, none of them dared to send troops, but the miserable appearance of the Qing tribe and the Kuha tribe was still in front of them, and they did not want to be the next.

“Do you want to test whether my scimitar is sharp enough?” Chagatai narrowed his eyes dangerously.

The flag commanders were angry when they saw Chagatai and had to go back to prepare troops.

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Cangzhou City.

After selecting the mares, the remaining 8,000 male horses were added to the army. Within a month, Niu Ben and Lu Fei once again expanded the Guan Ning cavalry.

The victory in the attack on the grassland encouraged two thousand Youzhou children to join the Guan Ning Cavalry.

Niu Ben and Lu Fei spent their free time training these recruits.

“Your Highness, are these soldiers okay?”

At the Cangzhou camp, new soldiers were riding back and forth on war horses, practicing hacking at the scarecrow on the ground.

When Xiao Ming walked into the camp, Lu Fei said proudly.

“I have the skills, but I’m not yet proficient in them.”

Xiao Ming looked at the new recruits who were still a little unfamiliar with riding horses. These cavalrymen practiced cutting at close range, and they were still very troublesome when encountering mounted fire.

However, if these cavalry are turned into lancers, they will probably be able to deal with these barbarian cavalry and archers.

(End of chapter)