Steel Dynasty - Chapter 778

[Chapter 777 The King of Chu gloats over misfortune]

The time went from the rising sun to noon.

In the political hall, Xiao Ming, Niu Ben and Luo Quan explained the staff department in detail. After his explanation, the two of them strongly agreed with the establishment of this organization to formulate war plans and coordinate logistics.

They are all veterans on the battlefield, so they can naturally see the mystery, and in this way they can restrain the generals from acting recklessly on the battlefield.

After deciding to establish this organization, Xiao Ming arranged for Luo Quan to be involved. Niu Ben was in charge of the Military Aircraft Department, and Luo Quan was in charge of the Staff Department. The two complemented each other and it was enough to cooperate with each other.

Of course, their final decision still has to come to him, and only the battle plan approved by him can be implemented.

Speaking of which, this military reform allowed him to tighten his grip on the army.

…

In Lin’an, the King of Chu had learned that the barbarians were defeated in Bashu. He was sitting in the pavilion drinking tea with Richard. He was quite unhappy.

Richard noticed the expression of King Chu. He picked up the tea and took a sip. This kind of tea, which only the rich could afford in Europe, he could drink every day here.

“Your Highness, are you still thinking about the Golden Horde?” Richard asked.

The King of Chu stood up and said angrily: “This Golden Horde is really useless. Why were they defeated so quickly? Weren’t they very powerful before?”

Richard suddenly laughed, “Your Highness, King of Chu, The Golden Horde had never encountered muskets and artillery before. If the French had 60,000 people in Bashu, they could easily defeat the Golden Horde’s cavalry. “

So the Golden Horde is over?” King Chu said nervously. Said, what he likes to see most now is that the Golden Horde annihilates Xiao Ming, so that he can sit firmly in the south.

Frowning, Richard said: “Your Highness is overthinking. There is a vast grassland in the north of the Chongqing Kingdom. It will not be so easy for Xiao Ming to destroy him in a short time, but if they fight, we will be happy to see it.” , His Highness will have more time to prepare. “

King Chu nodded when he heard this. In fact, he has been living in fear since Xiao Ming took the throne, because he knew that once Xiao Ming took action, he would be the next to die. vassal king.

So during this period of time, he gave all his trust to the French, just to survive and preserve the legacy of his father’s generation.

He has even begun to consider the French ideas spread to him by Richard. As long as he can become stronger and finally defeat Xiao Ming, he is willing to share power with businessmen and establish a constitutional monarchy.

And just because of following Richard’s suggestion, many businessmen have now gathered under his banner to contribute money and effort to him.

While the war continued in the north, his feudal kingdom was changing subtly.

“You’re right. I just hope that the Golden Horde can cling to Xiao Ming, which will be more and more beneficial to us.” King Chu felt better.

Richard blew the hot air on the tea with pride. They were worried when they learned that the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom in the north had flintlocks and artillery.

But judging from the current chaotic situation, the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom seems to be in a lot of troubles. Now coupled with the British balancing strategy, the Great Yu Kingdom is more like a trapped beast.

Although the emperor had a large number of troops and advanced firearms, the French, who had been framed countless times by the British, understood that when a land country falls into war with surrounding countries, the speed of the country’s rise will be greatly weakened.

In this way, they will have the opportunity to turn East Asia into their sphere of influence.

“So now, His Highness should take advantage of the opportunity to grow stronger. We hope that His Highness will no longer hide anything about our French trade.” There was a hint of threat in Richard’s words.

He knew that the weakness of the King of Chu was firmly grasped by them, so he no longer showed a humble attitude in front of the King of Chu.

Unnaturalness flashed across King Chu’s eyes. He was like a monkey spirit, and he didn’t want to put all his eggs in the basket after suffering.

Secretly, he has sent businessmen to contact other Western countries. It is impossible for France to dominate one country.

Moreover, his fear of Xiao Ming also gave him a crazy idea. Even if he died, he would drag Xiao Ming into the war with these Western countries.

…

Qingzhou.

Prison cars carrying barbarian generals set off from Qingzhou City to Shanhaiguan.

After the people on both sides of the road knew that this was the barbarian general, they picked up the things they could pick up and threw them at these barbarians.

Born and raised in Qingzhou, they hate the barbarians very much. Now they want to throw these barbarians into the oil pan and let them experience the feeling of being fried.

When the barbarians invaded Qingzhou, the people of Qingzhou were entertained by the barbarians like this.

The barbarian generals on horseback were still fierce and ferocious. They glared at the people on the street and made threatening roars from time to time.

But all they got in exchange was a whip from the guards and a more violent counterattack from the people.

This chaos continued until these barbarian generals were transported out of Qingzhou City.

Then, the convoy bumped on the road for seven days and arrived at Shanhaiguan. The guard in charge handed the prisoners over to Lei Ming.

Along with these prisoners came Xiao Ming’s oral instructions. After reading the oral instructions, Lei Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

He was originally worried that Xiao Ming would return these people to the barbarians, but the oral order reassured him.

So he ordered the guards around him: “Prepare thirty-six wooden stakes and erect these thirty-six wooden stakes along both sides of the road outside the Shanhaiguan City Gate.”

After receiving the order, the personal guards led the soldiers forward. implement.

Within an hour, thirty-six three-meter-high wooden stakes were erected outside the customs. At this time, Lei Ming said: “Hang all the barbarian prisoners on the wooden stakes and let the barbarians see the fate of their invasion of Dayu. “

Saying this, he actually thought that Xiao Ming was being merciful. If he just killed these people with a thousand swords, they would never be merciful when killing people from Dayu.

However, an explanation from a personal guard made him suddenly realize that the method Xiao Ming chose was vicious.

The barbarians have worshiped the Heaven of Everlasting Hatred for generations. According to their shamans, every tribesman who died in battle can ascend to the Heaven of Everlasting Hatred and gain eternal happiness.

It is precisely because of this that barbarian soldiers fight so fiercely, because death is not scary to them.

But there is one thing, if they are killed by weapons stained with crow’s blood, they will not be able to ascend to the Heaven of Everlasting Hatred, because in the eyes of the barbarians, crows are unclean things.

In Xiao Ming’s oral instructions, he asked Lei Ming to hang these generals on wooden stakes, and then use weapons stained with crow’s blood to kill these barbarian generals, which would definitely make them extremely frightened.

(End of chapter)