Steel Dynasty - Chapter 330

[Chapter 330 War Outpost]

Qingzhou Secret Guard.

After receiving the news from Yongzhou, Wang Xuan immediately went to Prince Qi’s Mansion.

In the days when King Qi was reforming the Qingzhou system, the situation in Yongzhou took a turn for the worse. More and more people under the command of King Qinglong gathered together, and King Yong was retreating steadily.

But this is not the most important, because the 60,000 cavalry led by Chagatai seemed to have seized the opportunity at this time, and had already divided into two groups and moved south to serve as the vanguard of the barbarian attack on Jizhou.

“What! Chagatai has gone south?” After learning the news, Xiao Ming’s expression changed slightly.

Wang Xuan nodded, “The news can’t be wrong.”

“King Yong, you stupid pig!” Xiao Ming slammed the table. His plan could never keep up with the changes. All his plans were defeated because of his pig teammate, King Yong. Messy.

Although he had already had a premonition after the civil unrest in Yongzhou, it happened too quickly.

And the last letter of advice he sent to King Yong has not been heard from until now, and it is probably thrown away by King Yong long ago.

This King Yong has always been stubborn and does not listen to others’ advice. Under this crisis, he still does not hit the south wall and does not look back.

“What should I do, Your Highness? Jizhou is only two hundred miles away from Yunzhou. This time King Yong will use most of his troops to suppress the rebellion. At this time, the city of Jizhou will definitely be empty. If it is captured by the barbarians, it means that the door to the fiefdom will be opened to the barbarians.

” Ming pondered for a moment and said, “We must not let the barbarians bring the flames of war to my king’s fiefdom. Go and call Niu Ben and others.”

“Yes.” Wang Xuan answered and turned around to leave.

He has been busy with reform matters for nearly two months. It is now late July. According to his plan, he will conduct a northern expedition against the barbarians in October. Now that the barbarians move south, he has lost three months of preparation period.

So now his army is only equipped with 10,000 flintlock muskets, the Guan Ning cavalry and the Qingzhou cavalry are only more than 10,000, and there are only 300 Hussite chariots.

This is the result of spending all his money on military spending.

Wang Xuan quickly brought Niu Ben and other Qingzhou generals over.

On the way, Wang Xuan told Niu Ben and others the news.

“Your Highness, the whole army must go to Yunzhou now and provide support at any time according to the situation in Jizhou. If the barbarian cavalry is allowed to enter the fiefdom, it will definitely cause serious damage to the fiefdom.” Niu Ben said.

After a pause, he continued: “But your Highness, don’t worry too much. There is no food for people in Jizhou now. It is like a fortified wall and a clearing of the country. Chagatai can only attack Yunzhou with the support of capturing the city of Jizhou.”

“This King Yong .”

You are really stupid, how do you manage this fiefdom?” Lu Fei scolded.

Xiao Ming sighed after hearing this. He was not afraid of opponents who were like wolves, but he was afraid of teammates who were like pigs.

While everyone was discussing, Zi Yuan suddenly ran in and said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, the 800-mile express from Chang’an has arrived.”

Xiao Ming and Niu Ben looked at each other, and he immediately walked out with the generals. A post general outside was waiting at the door holding a letter.

Xiao Ming took the letter from the post general and opened it and glanced at it. He said to Niu Ben: “My father asked me to send troops to help King Yong suppress the rebellion and jointly resist the barbarian cavalry going south.”

“Why! We are guarding Cangzhou. Why didn’t King Yong send any troops at that time, but now he asks us to help King Yong? The emperor is too biased,” Lu Fei said dissatisfied.

Niu Ben frowned. He was also dissatisfied with this matter and felt aggrieved by King Qi.

Under the situation at that time, Xiao Ming was the weakest among the many vassal kings, but the heavy responsibility of resisting the barbarians fell on his shoulders.

But he also understood that it was one thing to feel wronged at this time, but they couldn’t sit back and ignore it. After all, if the barbarians captured Jizhou, they would be the ones who suffered from the enemy.

“In this case, let’s not talk about it. Even if the emperor does not issue the decree this time, we will go to Jizhou. Now that the decree has arrived, we can go to Jizhou naturally, not to mention the imperial army and the army of the King of Wei have already marched towards Jizhou.” Ming said.

“The Forbidden Army and King Wei’s army have already set off?” Niu Ben and others heaved a sigh of relief. This time they were not fighting alone.

It seemed heavy on the surface, but Xiao Ming had been looking forward to leading troops into Jizhou for a long time.

This Jizhou chaos was both a crisis and an opportunity for him. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao conquered 300,000 Qingzhou troops and rose to great heights from then on. This shows the dividends that this rich population brought to Cao Cao.

These days, although Pang Yukun sent people to Jizhou to guide the refugees into Qingzhou, the effect was very little. After all, they had traveled a long distance and were unfamiliar with the place.

Furthermore, during times of disaster, human traffickers are often rampant, deceiving and abducting people, and the victims do not dare to easily trust the people sent by Pang Yukun.

But if the Qingzhou Army enters Jizhou, the effect will be different. The victims will naturally believe in the army’s guidance.

Xiao Ming was reading “On the King” during this time, which mentioned that a qualified monarch must have the strength of a lion and the cunning of a fox to survive.

In the current chaotic situation, he had no choice but to be shady, not to mention that he had to charge some fees for sending troops to Jizhou. He would not come back unless he brought back 340,000 victims from Jizhou this time.

After deciding to go to Jizhou, Xiao Ming ordered Niu Ben and others to go to Jizhou with 10,000 cavalry, 2,000 crossbowmen, 3,000 spearmen, 5,000 sword and shield bearers, 10,000 musketeers and 300 Hussite chariots. .

Leave the troops of other states to guard their respective states and counties, and at the same time let Pang Yukun open the folk Uburg. Once the barbarians enter the fiefdom, organize the people to hide in the Uburg to minimize losses.

As in previous battles, the most critical issue in heading to Jizhou this time was logistics. As the saying goes, the soldiers should go ahead without using food and grass.

However, last year, Xiao Ming ordered all states to reserve food for war preparations. The food stored in Yunzhou City should be enough to support his trip to Jizhou this time.

Therefore, compared to the past, his food pressure this time was a little easier, but after leaving Yunzhou, the logistics would be troublesome again, not to mention that this time Niu Ben also brought thirty artillery to Jizhou, and he had to rely on horse-drawn horses along the way. People carry it.

Although the news was received in time, the war was not a quick trip. It took ten days to prepare ammunition and weapons before Niu Ben set off for Yunzhou with more than 20,000 people.

Xiao Ming is not going to go to Jizhou to mix things up in this battle. Now everyone has to perform their own duties. He is responsible for coordinating the fiefdom, the soldiers are responsible for fighting, and the officials are responsible for assisting him.

Seeing off the Qingzhou Army at the gate of the Qingzhou Camp, Xiao Ming felt a little worried.

Qingzhou has only been exposed to firearms for three or four months, and he can’t guarantee how it will perform on the battlefield, so this time the musketeers only accounted for one-third.

But this step must be taken out sooner or later for him, and it will be more able to sharpen the soldiers on the battlefield and gain practical combat experience.

Of course, he told Niu Ben that the most important task was to collect the victims.

(End of chapter)