Iron Dynasty

Wushugu and Beishan stood side by side on the snowy grassland.

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

The Great Yu Kingdom has not moved for a whole winter. It must be ready to attack Pingzhou City after the spring. Wu Shugu said, looking in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

Bei Shan's face was as calm as water. In order to deal with the possible attack of the Great Yu Kingdom, he was now ordered to serve under the command of Wu Shugu.

Despite his reluctance, now he seems to have no choice.

Last year, the Great Yu Kingdom attacked the ancient city of Haicheng in the spring, and I can't say the same this year. Bei Shan casually echoed.

Wu Shugu glanced at Bei Shan, he knew that this younger brother was not willing to be ordered by him, and he didn't care, because Bei Shan knew better than him how the army of the Great Yu Kingdom fought.

He continued: Just like this, wouldn't it delay the spring ploughing of the Great Yu Kingdom?

Brother is wrong, Dayu State has hoarded a lot of grain in Shanhaiguan, and they can also be transported by sea. There is no need to recruit civilians, slaves are enough. Bei Shan said lightly.

Wu Shugu frowned, Bei Shan's words made him a little worried, because the Great Yu Kingdom in the past could never do this.

As if to block the Wushu bone, he continued: In addition, now the Dayu Kingdom on Huajue Island has sent 20,000 soldiers to station, and these 20,000 people can always threaten the hinterland of the Khanate.

Hearing this, Wu Zhugu's brows furrowed even tighter. Before he knew it, the Great Yu Kingdom seemed to have completed the deployment to attack the Khanate.

He said: What should come is coming. Father Khan has summoned all the tribes on the grassland, and they can send cavalry to come at any time. Now that the power of the Golden Horde has been poured out, I will let him see how the Great Yu Kingdom can take it. Go down to Pingzhou City.

Best stood behind Bei Shan, and there was a faint smile in his eyes. Now the confrontation between the Golden Horde and the Great Yu Kingdom is what he is most willing to see.

He really wanted this war to end sooner 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 here.

For the sake of auspiciousness, on the day before the Chinese New Year, he ordered everyone in the Xingyuan to move to the palace and bid farewell to the former Qi Wangfu.

When he arrived in the palace, Xiao Ming suddenly had the feeling of going from a residential building to a large villa. Now he has to walk for twenty minutes from south to north.

When he is free, he can walk around with the concubines in the palace, instead of nesting in the small place of the bedroom.

At the same time, because of the official residence in the palace, there were also some more guards in the palace, and the rules in the palace suddenly increased, and it became more and more like the palace of Chang'an.

And he does not have to take a carriage to go to the government hall when discussing politics every day, he can go directly from the bedroom to the Zhengda Guangming Hall.

Your Majesty, there were 90,000 recruits who were recruited into the army last year. In addition to the current number of troops in the Great Yu Kingdom, the number of troops has now reached 220,000. Now the minister has allocated these 90,000 recruits to each legion. China and Israel deal with the Northern Expedition.”

In Zhengdaguangguang Hall, Niu ran to Xiao Ming to report the situation of conscription.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Xiao Ming's eyes roamed around the wide hall. This was the first political discussion in the new year.

Hearing this, he said, How is the recruit training?

Back to the emperor, these recruits have been trained in the military camp for more than three months. They are 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. After three months of training, an army can be formed. For the barbarians, it is impossible to replace a cavalry in three months after losing one cavalry.

Because the barbarian cavalry have been living 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, the staff should plan the battle, and the staff will be responsible for allocating food and grass. I wonder how you have prepared?

Luo Quan bowed and said: Your Majesty, the food in Shanhaiguan is sufficient. This winter, the minister has shipped dried sweet potatoes, bacon and other supplies. The army's food and grass are already appropriate. In addition, the minister and the generals of the general staff and the generals of the staff have formulated a detailed document. The plan is also expected to be reviewed by the emperor.

After all, Luo Quan handed a map to Qian Dafu and asked Qian Dafu to hand it over to Xiao Ming.

After taking the map, Xiao Ming glanced at it roughly. The reason why he asked to formulate a battle plan was to normalize the army and eliminate the old wild ways.

On the map, Luo Quan marked the attack route in detail, in which Lei Ming's Tiger Ben Third Army would start from Shanhaiguan to fight the barbarians head-on.

The fourth division of the Huben Third Army on Huajue Island and the Huben Second Army led by Ye Qingyun attacked the city of Liaozhou on the border of Goryeo, completely cutting off the exchanges between the Golden Horde and Goryeo.

Nodding slightly, Xiao Ming was very satisfied. His propaganda for this Northern Expedition was actually to cover up the real purpose of the first stage of the Northern Expedition.

Pingzhou City is not the primary target of the Northern Expedition, but Liaozhou City, because once Liaozhou City is captured, Gaoli will let him handle it.

Judging from last year's trade, Qingzhou's products are very popular with the nobles and the people of Goryeo, and he needs to further control Goryeo to open up the market.

In addition to the main offensive route, there are detailed combat methods on the map in this chapter, which are of course guidelines.

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

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

The territory of the barbarians is too large, even if it takes a year and a half to complete the journey, it is impossible to end the war in a short time. At this stage, he can only recover the six cities in the northeast.

But even so, the barbarians will compete against him with the strength of the whole country this time. The war is easy to say, but it is not so easy to fight. This Pingzhou city is likely to become the meat grinder of the two countries.

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

Instead of being exhausted, take the initiative.

Returning the map to Luo Quan, Xiao Ming looked at the civil servants. He said, During the war, the government affairs of the Great Yu Kingdom must not be chaotic. We must continue to encourage the development of industry and commerce.

Yes, Your Majesty, said a group of civil servants.

In their opinion, this Northern Expedition is the most incredible thing since the Great Yu State. In the face of the grassland empire that has bullied the Great Yu State for so many years, can they win?

Xiao Ming's eyes were sharp. This war would be a head-to-head confrontation between two countries of equal national strength. If he won, the Great Yu Kingdom would gain the Hetao horse farms and the fertile black land in the northeast for thousands of miles.

If he loses, he will probably be very passive.