Steel Dynasty - Chapter 354

[Chapter 354 Reunion]

“Artillery!”

Luo Hong’s heart skipped a beat.

Zhan Xingchang nodded, “According to the information we received, the barbarians came with at least two hundred artillery pieces this time. At this time, the artillery should be used to destroy the barbarian artillery. According to His Highness, the artillery sold to Chang’an has the longest range.” The artillery that is far away may be able to suppress the barbarians. I don’t know how many artillery the general has brought.”

“Not a single one,” Luo Hong almost said, his face suddenly turned gloomy.

“Why is this? His Highness has sent three hundred artillery pieces to Chang’an…” Zhan Xingchang glanced at it, and sure enough, there was no trace of artillery in the camp.

Luo Hong spat, “It’s not like those cowardly dog officers sent by the Lord and are afraid of death. They said that this artillery should be used to protect the important area of the capital, the land of Jizhou. The Qingzhou Army’s artillery is enough. Humph, in fact, they just want to It’s better for us to die in Jizhou.”

Hearing this, Zhan Xingchang sighed slightly in his heart and felt even more fortunate that he had made the decision to come to Qingzhou. He said, “So, I have wronged the two generals this time.

“We admit our grievances. It’s just that our Luo family has served the country with military merit for generations, but now we are jealous of the officials in the court… Hey, it’s okay not to say anything.” Luo Hong seemed to have some scruples and stopped talking

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Zhan Xingchang is proficient in tactics and instantly understood what Luo Hong meant. I am afraid that not only the officials are suspicious, Xiao Wenxuan may also be somewhat suspicious of Luo Quan.

In this expedition to Jizhou, only the Jinwu Guard came alone out of the 500,000 forbidden troops. On the surface, the Jinwu Guard was extremely powerful, but it was better to say that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including Xiao Wenxuan, wanted to weaken the Jinwu Guard.

It is precisely because he has seen through this that Luo Hong may feel this way.

He persuaded: “I am a strong master, I am suspicious. This is an unchangeable thing in the past dynasties. If your Majesty does not send Jinwu Guards to come to Jizhou, the two generals will be really in danger. It seems that your Majesty at least remembers the benefits of generals.”

Luo Hong is a soldier and has always been straightforward. At this time, Zhan Xingchang suddenly realized what he was doing.

But he still couldn’t accept it in his heart. He said: “It’s just a pity for our soldiers.”

“Since His Majesty the King of Qi’s soldiers can sacrifice to protect our country, why can’t the general’s soldiers sacrifice?”

Zhan Xingchang felt unhappy .

Yue, the crisis in Jizhou, only the imperial court and the King of Qi devoted themselves to resolve the crisis in the vast country of Chongqing.

Nowadays, many vassal kings are probably sitting on the sidelines, waiting for both the royal family and the barbarians to lose in the fight, so that they can wait for the fishermen to benefit.

What’s more, the royal family is also not united. Not to mention King Wei’s evil intentions, King Yong even cowered in Jizhou City and did not dare to go to war.

Now Luo Hong’s words made him even more annoyed.

Who doesn’t feel sorry for his soldiers, and who is willing to go on an expedition.

When Luo Hong heard this, he felt as if he had been hit hard. He looked ashamed and said, “What Governor Zhan teaches us is how to hide selfishness while being loyal to the country.”

After a pause, he said, “I wonder what Governor Zhan has planned?

” Xingchang calmed down for a while. He was heartbroken by the corruption of the Chongqing Kingdom. He secretly hated it in his heart, thinking that one day he would smash the heads of the southern vassal kings to make them understand what loyalty is.

He was about to say something when suddenly the sound of “woo woo…” came.

Hearing this voice, Luo Hong was overjoyed and said: “This is the clarion call for the retreat of the barbarians. It seems that the barbarian cavalry is about to withdraw.”

“We got the news that this time it was just Beishan who led the Blood Wolf tribe to rush in. The barbarians were not the whole country. The troops came, so Bei Shan’s troops and horses are somewhat insufficient, and all the cavalry who hijacked the grain road were killed. Bei Shan will definitely use artillery to break your formation, use heavy cavalry to suppress the formation, and annihilate you in one fell swoop. “

Other generals will naturally not be able to understand artillery .

The threat to the infantry battle formation.

But their Qingzhou generals knew this very well. With artillery and barbarian heavy cavalry, Luo Hong’s men and horses might not be able to sustain an attack.

Then he asked: “How many soldiers do you have available to mobilize now?”

“We also suffered heavy losses fighting for the food road. Now I only have a few hundred cavalry left in my hands, and only more than 70,000 infantry left. Many soldiers were injured by the harassment of cavalry.”

Zhan Xingchang calculated that this time Luo Hong and Luo Quan each sent 10,000 cavalry to rush to the rescue, and there were not many 20,000 left.

And now the unit led by Luo Hong also suffered losses due to the barbarian attack.

In other words, they basically only have infantry left now. Using infantry against cavalry in a flat and open area is inherently at a disadvantage.

Infantry can only reduce losses by forming a tight battle formation, and even so, they can only passively defend and cannot attack. After all, two legs cannot outrun four legs.

So he said: “Now is the time for the barbarians to retreat and get closer to the general. Do not move towards Jizhou City alone, otherwise I am afraid that not many of the 70,000 soldiers will be able to go back alive.”

Luo Hong nodded and showed Xingchang’s vision is very vicious. Without the protection of the cavalry, it will be very dangerous for them to go deep alone.

He said: “In this case, I will now gather the soldiers and set off to Fencheng to join my father.”

“Well, without further ado, the army will gather, respond internally and externally, and the outcome will be determined in one battle! We must not let Beishan’s artillery take advantage of it .

, At this time, only the artillery of the Qingzhou Army can suppress the barbarian artillery fire.”

These words made Luo Hong more determined to move to Fencheng.

He immediately ordered the entire army to gather and march towards Fencheng. At the same time, he gathered the remaining cavalry and Qingzhou cuirassiers to guard the two wings.

Although it was divided into two places, it was only twenty miles away from Fen City. Luo Hong and Zhan Xingchang asked the soldiers to march quickly, and they arrived outside Fen City in the evening.

“Father!”

Seeing Luo Quan, Luo Hong felt reassured. It seemed that only Luo Quan would not collapse on this day.

When the two armies turned around, Luo Quan was also happy. He patted Luo Hong on the shoulder, and then looked at Zhan Xingchang.

Luo Hong took the initiative to introduce Luo Quan.

When he learned that Zhan Xingchang had arrived with the Qingzhou Army, he immediately laughed heartily and said, “Thank you so much, Governor Zhan, otherwise the army led by my father and son would have been divided into two places.”

“It’s just a little effort, the general. The Qingzhou Army took the risk to come to the rescue, which makes Zhan Mou admire him deeply,” Zhan Xingchang said while observing the barbarian camp with a telescope.

Luo Hong was a little envious. Along the way, almost every general of the Qingzhou Army had a telescope, but the real Jinwu Guard only had Luo Quan alone.

After observing, Zhan Xingchang said to Luo Quan: “General, it is getting late and it is not suitable to attack now. Otherwise, I am afraid that when the internal and external attacks are combined, it will be dark and we can’t see clearly and hurt our own people. Moreover, the hot air balloon has not returned yet. Wait for them Come back, it won’t be too late for us to attack.”

“Hot air balloon?” Luo Quan was confused.

Luo Hong finally understood, and said to Luo Quan: “Dad, His Highness is really amazing. He actually created something that can fly.”

(End of Chapter)