Steel Dynasty - Chapter 787

[Chapter 786 The real purpose]

Wu Shu Gu and Bei Shan stood side by side on the snowy grassland.

In front of them, slave soldiers were digging trenches, and cannons were transported by slave soldiers to the Pingzhou city wall.

“There has been no movement in the Chongqing Kingdom all winter. They must be preparing to attack Pingzhou City after the spring.” Wu Shugu said, looking in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

Beishan’s face was as calm as water. In order to cope with the possible attack of Dayu, he was now ordered to serve under Wu Shugu.

Although he was unwilling in his heart, he seemed to have no choice now.

“Last year, Great Chongqing attacked Haigu City in the spring, and I don’t think it will be the same this year.” Bei Shan agreed casually.

Wu Shugu glanced at Bei Shan. He knew that his younger brother was unwilling to be ordered by him, and he didn’t care because Bei Shan knew the fighting methods of the Chongqing army better than he did.

He continued: “Just doing this will delay the spring plowing of Dayu.”

“Brother is wrong. Dayu has hoarded a large amount of grain in Shanhaiguan, and they can also transport it by sea. There is no need to recruit civilians. Slaves are enough,” Beishan said calmly.

Wu Shugu frowned, and Bei Shan’s words made him a little worried, because the former Great Yu Kingdom would never be able to do this.

As if to add to Wushu Gu’s troubles, he continued: “In addition, the Dayu Kingdom on Huajue Island has now sent 20,000 soldiers to station, and these 20,000 people can always threaten the hinterland of the Khanate.”

Hearing this, Wushu Gu His brows furrowed even more tightly. Unconsciously, the Chongqing Kingdom seemed to have completed the deployment of attacking the Khanate.

He said: “What is coming will eventually come. Father Khan has summoned all the tribes on the grassland. They can send cavalry at any time. Now that the Golden Horde Khanate is pouring all its power, I want him to see how the Great Chongqing can get it.” Go to Pingzhou City.”

Best stood behind Beishan, with an unnoticed smile flashing in his eyes. The confrontation between the Golden Horde and Dayu was what he was most happy to see.

He really hoped this war would end soon so he could go home.

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Qingzhou.

Half a month has passed since the Spring Festival, but the warm spring is far from coming.

For the sake of good luck, on the day before the New Year, he ordered everyone in the palace to move to the palace and formally bid farewell to the former Qi Prince’s Mansion.

When he arrived at the palace, Xiao Ming suddenly felt like he was going from a residential building to a large villa. Now he had to walk for twenty minutes from south to north.

In his free time, he could wander around with the concubines in the palace instead of staying in the small place in the dormitory.

At the same time, because he officially moved into the palace, there were more guards in the palace, and there were suddenly more rules in the palace, making it look more and more like the palace in Chang’an.

And when he discusses affairs every day, he does not need to take a carriage to the Assembly Hall, he can go directly from the dormitory hall to the Zhengda Guangming Hall.

“Your Majesty, the total number of recruits who applied for the army last year was 90,000. Adding the current number of troops in the Chongqing Kingdom, the number of the army has reached 220,000. Now I have allocated these 90,000 recruits to various legions. In response to the Northern Expedition, “In

the Zhengda Guangming Hall, Niu ran to Xiao Ming to report the recruitment situation.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Xiao Ming looked around the wide hall. This was the first political meeting in the new year.

After hearing this, he said, “How is the training of the new recruits?”

“Back to the emperor, these new recruits have been trained in the military camp for more than three months. They are already familiar with the use of muskets and can now go to the battlefield.” Niu Ben said.

Xiao Ming nodded. This is the advantage of firearms. An army can be formed in three months of training. However, for the barbarians, it is impossible to replace a cavalryman with a lost cavalryman within three months.

Because the barbarian cavalry have lived on horses since childhood.

“That’s very good.” Xiao Ming said loudly, and then he looked at Luo Quan, “General Luo, after the establishment of the staff department, the battle plan will be implemented, and the allocation of grain and grass will be the responsibility of the staff department. I wonder how prepared you are?” Luo

Quan He bowed and said: “Your Majesty, there is sufficient food in Shanhaiguan. I have shipped dried sweet potatoes, bacon and other supplies this winter. The army’s food and grass are already sufficient. In addition, I have made a detailed plan with General Niu and the generals of the staff. I hope the emperor will review it.”

After that, Luo Quan handed a map to Qian Dafu and asked Qian Dafu to pass it on to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming took the map and took a quick look. The reason why he asked for a combat plan was to regularize the army and eliminate the wild ways of the past.

On the map, Luo Quan marked the attack route in detail, in which the thunderous Huben Third Army would start from Shanhaiguan to fight the barbarians head-on.

The Fourth Division of the Third Army of Huben on Huajue Island and the Second Army of Huben led by Ye Qingyun attacked Liaozhou City on the border of Goryeo, completely cutting off the communication between the Golden Horde and Goryeo.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. He was very satisfied. He promoted the Northern Expedition so vigorously that he was actually trying to cover up the true purpose of the first stage of the Northern Expedition.

Pingzhou City is not the primary target of the Northern Expedition, Liaozhou City is, because once Liaozhou City is captured, Goryeo will be at his mercy.

Judging from last year’s trade, Qingzhou’s goods were very popular with Goryeo’s dignitaries and common people, and he needed to further control Goryeo to open up the market.

In addition to the main attack routes, there are also detailed combat methods on the map in this chapter. Of course, these are just guidelines.

The battlefield is changing rapidly, which requires generals to adapt to changes.

“Yes, just follow the established strategy and make no mistakes. This Northern Expedition cannot be accomplished overnight. You must be mentally prepared.” Xiao Ming said.

The territory of the barbarians is so large that it will take a year and a half to complete it. It is impossible to end the war in a short time. At this stage, he can only recover six cities in the northeast.

But even so, this time the barbarians will use their entire country to compete with him. War is easy to say, but not so easy to fight. This Pingzhou City is likely to become a meat grinder for the two countries.

Fiji, Pang Yukun and others remained silent. In fact, they did not want to start the war lightly, but they also understood that even if they did not fight Pingzhou, the barbarians would march south.

Rather than reacting tiredly, it is better to take the initiative.

Returning the map to Luo Quan, Xiao Ming looked at the civil servants and said: “During the war, the government affairs of the Chongqing Kingdom must not be messed up. We must continue to encourage the development of industry and commerce. Don’t mess up the situation.”

“Yes, Your Majesty,” said the crowd. Wenchen said.

In their view, this Northern Expedition is the most unbelievable thing since the founding of Dayu. Can they win in the face of the grassland empire that has bullied Dayu for so many years?

Xiao Ming’s eyes were sharp. This war will be a head-on confrontation between two countries with equal national power. If they win, the country of Chongqing will obtain the horse breeding land in the Hetao and the fertile black land in the northeast.

If he loses, he will probably be very passive.

(End of chapter)