Steel Dynasty - Chapter 508

[Chapter 508: Combine vertically and horizontally]

The green grass was stained with blood, and the faint smell of blood filled the air.

The smell of blood seemed to awaken the savagery and violence in the bones of the barbarians. They temporarily forgot about the dead soldiers in front of them, and only had the fantasy of slaughtering the people of Dayu in their minds.

“Flaghead, are we just going to endure this all this time?” asked a captain of ten thousand men.

Gurtai said: “Of course we have to endure it. Shanhaiguan is now in the hands of the Yu army. Only when there is chaos in the Yu state can we take advantage of the King of Liang to borrow troops and destroy the Yu state once and for all. By then we will die. The warriors of Dayu will pay for it with thousands of lives. On that day, I will definitely eat King Qi alive.”

When he said this, Gurtai’s eyes were full of violence.

Gultelema looked at the direction of Shanhaiguan with hatred and headed towards the tribe. He thought that the cavalry from Shanhaiguan was going to attack their tribe again.

But judging from the current situation, it seems that this army is just to kill this scout team.

Since Beishan was defeated in the Battle of Jizhou, the Huyantuo tribe has been reused again, and Jiwu Shugu has been reused more and more in Datai. It seems that the seat of Tian Khan must be his.

Because of this, not only was he acquitted of the charge of the Cangzhou War, Wu Shugu also sent 50,000 elite cavalry under his command in order to allow him to guard the grassland outside Shanhaiguan and prevent King Qi’s army from penetrating deep. Grassland, posing a threat to the Golden Account.

The other barbarian generals looked at the direction Gurtai left, sighed deeply, and asked other soldiers to take the scout’s body back. The barbarian cavalry gradually moved away like a torrent.

Outside the ambush site, Youzhou scouts were observing the movements of the barbarians with binoculars.

In the past, after fighting with barbarians, the barbarian cavalry would always come to Shanhaiguan and yell at each other for a while, but today these barbarian cavalry were a little abnormal.

Seeing this, the scouts turned and headed towards Shanhaiguan. They wanted to tell Lei Ming the news.

Shanhaiguan, Dudu Mansion.

Lei Ming was writing a battle report. After a while, a scout came to report and told Lei Ming about the barbarians’ unusual actions.

“This is strange. When did the barbarians change their temper?” Lei Ming frowned, and then he also wrote this news into the battle report and sent people to Qingzhou as fast as possible.

Three days later, the battle report from Youzhou arrived in Qingzhou smoothly. After receiving the news, Niu Ben immediately sent the battle report to Prince Qi’s Mansion.

At the same time, he and Pang Yukun went to the palace again to discuss the matter.

“Your Highness, this time Lei Ming killed 300 barbarian scouts outside the pass. The only difference is that this time the barbarians did not come to the pass to provoke as usual.” Niu Ben said.

Xiao Ming has been busy with government affairs in Qingzhou these days. After discussing this plan, the three of them thought that the barbarians would definitely make noise outside the customs out of revenge and lure Guan Ning’s cavalry into battle, but they obviously predicted this wrong.

“This is really strange. Could it be that the barbarians have learned to be cowardly turtles?” Xiao Ming said doubtfully. Although the barbarians were driven outside the pass by him, they were more arrogant outside the pass than inside the pass. They would often send people to detain the pass and insult the soldiers at the top of the city. , they have used this aggressive method from the fall of Shanhaiguan to the present.

And every time Lei Ming came out to beat the autumn wind, the barbarians would only become more and more angry, and sometimes even put on a posture of attacking Shanhaiguan. In reality, they had a great time playing with Lei Ming.

“The barbarians are brutal and violent in nature, but they are also very cunning. Maybe they just set a trap to let the Guan Ning cavalry go deeper and destroy the Guan Ning cavalry.” Pang Yukun said.

Niu Ben said: “Based on my understanding of the barbarians, they must be planning some conspiracy. The reason why the barbarians have been so arrogant and reckless in recent years is because they thought they could easily annex the Chongqing Kingdom. Now they have repeatedly suffered losses in our hands.” , the barbarians will probably use conspiracy and tricks as before. Back then, Shanhaiguan was breached by the barbarians from the inside.”

Xiao Ming nodded after hearing this, “In this case, we must strengthen our defenses. Now that the emperor is seriously ill, the court may fall into trouble at any time. Chaos, what I fear most is the barbarians taking the opportunity to invade,”

Niu Ben continued: “Your Highness, in this case, we must speed up the advancement of the fortress strategy. Next, we must focus on equipping the Youzhou Army to build up its combat strength. That’s right.”

Pang Yukun agreed: “Yes, Your Highness, I suggest Your Highness to postpone overseas development. Now that the sea routes are in our hands, we only need Yue Yun to maintain them. We cannot fight on two fronts at this time. Otherwise, I’m afraid we won’t be able to cope with it at all. As the old saying goes, no matter how big a country is, if it likes war, it will perish. Once this war starts, the people’s livelihood will be ruined, and the accumulation of your highness’s hard work in the past three years will probably be wasted. Therefore, your highness must not act on impulse. Now When it comes to making friends from far away and attacking closely, we should adopt the strategy of joining forces vertically and horizontally. Your Highness has handled this Dutch matter extremely well. If you can ease the war, you must ease the war to provide time for the development of Qingzhou.”

Xiao Ming deeply agreed. Now as the leader of the feudal country, he naturally. The more he understands this, the more he dares not say that I can kill a hundred. This is asking for his own death.

Even in modern times, the United States relies on many allies rather than fighting alone.

After thinking about this, Xiao Ming said: “Pang Changshi’s statement is the same as Zhan Xingchang’s. I have a sense of proportion in my heart. From now on, I should implement the strategy of combining vertical and horizontal lines. Now we should act according to the plan. Send this battle report to the court. If the emperor can stay for one more day, we will have one more day to prepare.”

The two looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

In front of Niu Ben and Pang Yukun, Xiao Ming personally wrote a memorial. In the memorial, Xiao Ming deliberately exaggerated the battle between the barbarians and Guan Ning’s cavalry outside Shanhaiguan. At the same time, he asked Queen Zhao and the prince to take careful care of Xiao Wenxuan.

After preparing the memorial, Xiao Ming handed it to Pang Yukun and asked the messenger to send it to Chang’an.

Then the three of them discussed the current situation before going back.

After sending Pang Yukun and Niu Ben away, Xiao Ming looked to the northwest, which was the territory of King Yong. What he was most worried about now was coal and iron, both of which were abundant in King Yong’s fiefdom.

If Dayu really falls into civil strife, the first thing he will do is to ensure the source of these two supplies, otherwise it will seriously affect the development of Qingzhou. As for saltpeter, he is not too worried now. According to Claire, although they and the British The war started, but the trade did not stop. They could obtain high-quality saltpeter from India.

As for sulfur, given the resource shortage in Japan, I am afraid that I have to sell these materials to him in exchange for other resources.

While he was meditating, a servant suddenly came into the main hall from outside and said to him: “Your Highness, the craftsman from the Equipment Department has brought a bell to Your Highness.”

(End of Chapter)