Steel Dynasty - Chapter 819

[Chapter 818 Barbarians Migrating Westward]

Jinzhou.

After several days of rest, the Northern Expeditionary Army marched towards the three cities of Yingzhou, Raozhou and Jianzhou according to Niu Ben’s plan.

At the same time, news from the secret guards also reached the staff headquarters in Jinzhou.

“The barbarians are evacuating the tribesmen in the city.” Niu Ben was a little surprised. This was the news just sent by the secret guard.

The secret guard who came to deliver the information said: “It’s true, the news comes from Shengdu. Now the barbarian Khan has issued an order to massacre the slaves and burn the city.”

“Beasts!” Niu Ben beat the group on the table hard, and they were defeated. The barbarians later became more cruel and violent.

After walking out of the camp, Niu Ben called over a group of hunting cavalry and said, “You should immediately notify Luo Xin, Lei Ming and Niu Ben, and ask them to speed up their march and capture the three cities as soon as possible.”

“Yes, General.” The hunting cavalry turned and left. It had not been long since the army set off, and they could still catch up.

After giving the order, Niu Ben turned around to return to the camp, when a group of cavalry suddenly arrived.

The cavalry stopped in front of Niu Ben and threw the five people tied to the horses to the ground. The leading cavalry company commander said: “General, we found five sneaky Japanese people during our patrol.”

Niu Ben frowned slightly and looked at the five people on the ground. These five people were dressed like businessmen and were not tall. At first glance, they looked not much different from the people of Dayu.

“Did they say something?” Niu Ben asked.

The cavalry company commander said depressedly: “General, we asked, but we couldn’t understand the bird language they spoke. It’s better to ask the court to send an interpreter.”

“Qingzhou is too far away, and it will take half a month to go back and forth. Now go to Liaozhou and ask Ye Qingyun, he has been in Korea, and he will probably know a few people who know how to speak. After all, the pirates in Korea and Japan have always been in collusion.”

The cavalry company commander responded and turned around to go to Liaozhou. , Jinzhou is very close to Liaozhou, and it only takes one and a half days by horseback.

Watching the cavalry leave, Niu Ben ordered: “Take strict care of the five people and never let them die.”

“Yes, general.” The guards immediately took the five people down.

At the same time, the hunting cavalry leaving the city chased the three armies respectively.

Luo Xin, who went to Raozhou an hour later, received Niu Ben’s order, and he immediately ordered to speed up towards Raozhou City.

However, in his opinion, even if he speeds up, he may only get an empty city by then, but the secret guard’s news is very timely, and there may be hope in racing against time now.

Compared to Luo Xin’s worries, Lei Ming was very calm when heading to Yingzhou, because Yingzhou was too close to them and too far away from the barbarians, so they could easily arrive early.

Lu Fei was even more indifferent than the other two, because Jianzhou was originally the poorest of the six cities. He did not expect Jianzhou City to provide any supplies at all. All the country of Chongqing wanted was this city to show its sphere of influence. At the same time, Serve as a bridgehead to attack the grasslands and develop northward.

But despite this, Niu Ben’s order had to be obeyed, and he also issued an order for a rapid march.

After his order was issued, the soldiers immediately started trotting. During the training of new recruits, marching is a required training item. In addition, there is also running with heavy loads.

So when faced with orders, the soldiers were very calm.

Three days later, the army led by Luo Xin appeared in Raozhou, which should have taken four days to arrive.

Qi Guangyi, who arrived first, said: “After the barbarians evacuated Raozhou City yesterday, the barbarian soldiers began to burn the city. After our cavalry arrived, some of the barbarian cavalry withdrew from Raozhou City without fighting us. Now there are still people in the city.” Some barbarian cavalry and foot soldiers did not withdraw.

Luo Xin said: “Since the barbarians have moved westward, they will definitely not fight to the death with us in Raozhou City. Once the city gate is broken, they will definitely panic and flee. Then you will send out cavalry.” It’s not too late to pursue him.”

Qi Guangyi nodded.

This time Niu Ben sent him to Raozhou City for a purpose. Now the barbarian city has basically been taken away, and what is left is just the barbarian tribes on the grassland. If you want to expel these barbarian tribes, you will need these cavalry. .

After all, the cavalry’s mobility on the grassland is too strong, and ordinary feet cannot keep up.

The two made a battle plan. At this time, Luo Xin asked the artillery to set up their positions and launch a bombardment at the gate of Raozhou City.

Under the power of the new cannonballs, the city gate of Raozhou City was vulnerable to a single blow. Two cannonballs blew the entire wooden gate into pieces.

“Blow the charge horn!” Luo Xin was full of confidence. The victory in Jinzhou City made him see the fact clearly that the barbarians were just paper tigers. In the face of absolute force, the barbarians could only retreat.

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of the charge sounded, and the soldiers, whose morale was high because of their consecutive victories, rushed towards Raozhou City with howls.

“Soldiers, we can have a comfortable sleep after taking Raozhou City.” Luo Xin shouted.

His words stimulated the soldiers who had been marching for three days. They held back their last remaining strength and rushed towards the city.

At this time, the barbarian soldiers in the city were already frightened. The soldiers who escaped from Jinzhou City described the firearms of the Dayu Kingdom as very terrifying, and terrible legends about “earth fire” were also spread.

“Run, Dayu is coming.”

Some barbarian soldiers ran away when they saw the Dayu soldiers holding muskets. Now that all the tribesmen in the city have withdrawn, the remaining orders are to massacre and burn the city.

But compared to their own lives, they were obviously unwilling to take the risk of slaughtering those slaves who were as worthless in their eyes.

“Bang bang bang…”

The Chongqing army entering the city was almost chasing the barbarian soldiers. They shot at close range and then charged forward with their bayonets attached.

At this time, Dayu had the upper hand in terms of the number of soldiers and combat effectiveness in Raozhou City. Facing the fierce offensive, the barbarian soldiers continued to withdraw from the east gate to the west gate.

Two hours later, the army of the Chongqing Kingdom fully occupied Raozhou City. However, due to the destruction of the barbarians, the city was full of fire, and the soldiers once again devoted themselves to putting out the fire.

Outside the city, Qi Guangyi had been waiting for the barbarian soldiers who escaped from the city. He roughly estimated that only more than 10,000 barbarian soldiers escaped from the city.

And most of them are infantry.

Looking at the billowing smoke in the city, Qi Guangyi’s eyes became cold, and he must treat the cruel barbarians with the same cruelty.

“Kill, leave no one alive!” Qi Guangyi spurred his horse to sit down, and he took the lead and rushed into the chaotic barbarian soldiers.

In an instant, the high-speed charging horses directly knocked the barbarian soldiers away. At the same time, Qi Guangyi slashed left and right, and the barbarian soldiers continued to wail before death.

Behind him, 30,000 cavalrymen rolled past the escape route of the barbarian soldiers like a rolling torrent, leaving no trace of armor behind wherever they went.

(End of chapter)