Steel Dynasty - Chapter 7

[Chapter 7 Finally tasted the meat]

The barbarian cavalry who fell to the ground had not completely lost their combat effectiveness. Bows and arrows continued to shoot at the shield array, but they were all blocked by the tight shields.

Lu Fei was good at dealing with the barbarian cavalry. He smiled evilly and said: “Brothers, don’t get stuck by your own caltrops. Pick them up and throw them over.” The

iron caltrops hindered the movement of the barbarian cavalry and also hindered the defenders of the city. action.

After Ruda gave the order, the soldiers picked up the caltrops under their feet and threw them at the barbarian cavalry.

The barbarian cavalry continued to shoot arrows while cursing.

The shield array gradually completed the encirclement, surrounding all the barbarian cavalry like an arc.

Bows and arrows are powerful, and the barbarian cavalry is also good at close combat. However, due to being surrounded by iron caltrops, the barbarian cavalry cannot display its combat effectiveness at all.

Occasionally, if a barbarian cavalry jumped out of the range of the caltrops, he would be beaten to the ground.

In less than ten minutes, all thirty barbarian cavalry were captured.

“Your Highness, you have to make the decision for the general. Lieutenant Lu bullied others too much. In order to grab credit, he ignored his colleagues. Look at my face.”

The barbarian soldiers were escorted into the city. Li Kaiyuan’s nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he had runny nose. Cry to Xiao Ming.

Lu Fei looked disdainfully at Li Kaiyuan and said calmly: “Your Highness Mingjian, if the general hadn’t kicked him, this guy would be dead.”

Xiao Ming could see clearly that he was not the mediocre Xiao Ming he used to be .

Wrong and wrong, he said: “Captain Lu is right, he saved your life, you should treat him to a drink.”

“Hahaha… Your Highness is wise.” Lu Fei laughed heartily, looking at him in his eyes Xiao Ming lost that layer of contempt.

Xiao Ming felt proud. He was notorious in the fiefdom and not many people liked him.

This time, his little plan to capture the barbarians may be able to save him some honor, but Lu Fei’s attitude towards him can be seen to be effective.

“Captain Lu, I will leave these barbarians to you. You must ask where they crossed Cangzhou from.” Xiao Ming said seriously.

“Yes, as ordered.” Lu Fei replied loudly.

Then Lu Fei paused, seemed a little embarrassed, bowed and said: “Your Highness, can the horses, armor and bows of this barbarian be rewarded to the general?”

Xiao Ming glanced at the Qingzhou cavalry following behind him, they were still wearing Leather armor, sitting horse is not strong enough compared to the barbarian horses.

When Lu Fei spoke, the eyes of these cavalrymen also shone, waiting for Xiao Ming’s answer.

“You are the elite of Qingzhou. These fine horses and armor will not be given to anyone else except you.”

If he wants to live stably in the fiefdom, Xiao Ming must maintain a good relationship with his generals. This is just borrowing flowers to offer Buddha.

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Lu Fei looked excited. The equipment of these elite barbarians was much better than the dilapidated equipment on them. “

At this time, Chen Bingcao, who was in charge of military equipment, said: “Your Highness, the equipment and horses have been carefully accounted for, but two of the barbarian horses are seriously injured and are unlikely to survive. Do you think? “

Xiao Ming’s eyes lit up like a wolf. He hadn’t had any meat in the past three days, and he was almost gnawing on his feet.

He said: “Dafu, let the cooks of the palace kill these two horses, stew them, and reward them. Look at the soldiers. “, the cook in his mouth is also the cook.

“Thank you, Your Highness. “

The soldiers guarding the city roared in unison. Their Adam’s apples were rolling and their saliva was almost drooling. It is too difficult to eat meat these days.

Xiao Ming also seemed to smell the fragrance of horse meat. He secretly said to Qian Dafu: ” Keep the horse’s legs for me. “

“Old slave understands. “Qian Dafu smiled treacherously.

At dusk in the evening, the smell of meat wafting out of Prince Qi’s palace spread throughout Qingzhou City along with the news that Prince Qi had planned to capture the barbarian cavalry.

The people were greedy for horse meat and at the same time they also wondered why Prince Qi He changed his temper, and instead of hiding in the palace and peeing his pants, he took the initiative to capture the enemy.

Although the news was unbelievable, the people were suspicious and expected that King Qi would really change.

“Your Highness, I asked, this team. The barbarian cavalry came in from a cave in the Qinling Mountains by mistake. ” Lu Fei said.

While eating horse meat around the cauldron, Lu Fei reported the results of the interrogation to Xiao Ming. Interrogation results for a rough general like Lu Fei are always very fast.

“Do you know about the other barbarian cavalry in the cave? “Xiao Ming frowned and turned over the map in the science and technology library.

In contemporary times, the Qinling Mountains refers to the Huaihe River area, but at this time, the Qinling Mountains obviously does not refer to it, but to a small mountain near Cangzhou.

Ancient times were different from modern times. , except for the official road, other places are basically dense forests and swamps, which are inaccessible to cavalry.

It is precisely because of this that if the barbarian cavalry wants to come in, they must attack the city.

“According to them, no, Your Highness. If this cave really exists, it must be blocked, otherwise the barbarian cavalry will bypass Cangzhou City and attack Qingzhou, and we will be very passive. “Lu Fei said. Xiao

Ming nodded. The stability of the fiefdom was necessary, otherwise he would not be able to develop the fiefdom with peace of mind. This is why he risked his life to capture these barbarian cavalry.

He said: “Absolutely not. To let the news leak out, go to Cangzhou yourself to block the cave and hide it.

Lu Fei gulped down a piece of horse meat and said, “Your Highness, don’t worry, I’ve killed all these barbarian cavalry, leaving no one alive.

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The words spoken by Lu Fei are like killing chickens and dogs, but this is the reality.

After all, in such a dynasty where slaves still exist on a large scale, there is no human rights to talk about.

This is a barbaric era!

The meat of two horses was definitely not enough for the Qingzhou soldiers. After sharing some meat with the soldiers participating in this battle, the other soldiers could only drink some bone soup to satisfy their hunger.

Even so, they were satisfied. It was a luxury to have enough food these days, let alone broth to drink.

After a great meal, Xiao Ming’s relationship with his subordinates became much more harmonious.

The soldiers thought it was extremely rare that King Qi would give them the horse meat. After all, everyone was short of food these days, including King Qi. Naturally, their views on King Qi had changed.

Of course, they didn’t know that Qian Dafu secretly hid two horse legs.

“It’s a pity that there is no wine.”

Lu Fei secretly stuffed the meat bones into his arms. He also had his wife and children at home, and he wanted to take them back and let them taste the meat.

Li Kaiyuan saw Lu Fei’s little move and originally wanted to report it, but he swallowed it when he saw the dangerous look in Lu Fei’s eyes.

However, he still took advantage and said: “What a beautiful thought. The soldiers have not eaten one meal, so how can there be food for you to make wine.”

The embarrassment of the soldiers was seen by Xiao Ming, and he sighed lowly. If the soldiers don’t have enough to eat, what will happen to the people in the fiefdom?

Looking at the soldiers sitting on the dirt floor of the palace, wearing patched military uniforms, eating the meat in their hands in small bites, Xiao Ming said: “One day, I will let you drink wine if you want, and eat meat if you want. Meat.

(End of chapter)