Iron Dynasty

The north wind with a hint of coolness whizzed past the city head of Shanhaiguan.

Xiao Ming and Niu Ben stood at the head of Shanhaiguan City and looked at the vast grassland in front of them. In the next days, the Great Yu Kingdom and the barbarians will have a war here to determine the fate of the country.

Different from the contemporary foggy environment, the vision of this era is extremely clear, and Xiao Ming can see far away when he leads the telescope.

Your Majesty, this is the strategy discussed by the ministers and others.

Lu Fei told Xiao Ming the marching strategy he discussed with Luo Xin and Lei Ming a few days ago.

Turning around, Xiao Ming looked at the dozens of generals behind him and said, It took too long to build Wubao, and the preparation of materials was quite cumbersome. This time, I have mobilized all the chariots and sent them to the chariots. You can rely on the war effort. The chariot builds an interdependent chariot bastion every twenty miles, so it is much more flexible than Ubao.”

Lu Fei glanced at the dense chariots outside Shanhaiguan. The Great Yu Kingdom has been manufacturing chariots over the years, and now there are 1,800 chariots.

On weekdays, in addition to their normal training, they would also exercise with chariots and encounter barbarian cavalry.

Niu Ben said: With the chariot as a stronghold, you can attack and defend, and you can quickly evacuate if you encounter unfavorable situations. This time, the barbarians will inevitably use the power of the country. For safety, you must rely on the chariot. Then you can stabilize your position. It is not too late to send the construction battalion to build Ubao...

Luo Quan nodded when he heard the words.

The three of Lu Fei looked at each other and bowed at the same time: Yes, Your Majesty.

Xiao Ming turned around and glanced at the grassland again, Ammunition supply in this war is extremely important, once the ammunition and food are exhausted, the advantage will be lost, so as long as the ammunition supply is guaranteed in this war, we will be able to win, otherwise it will be in danger. .

All the generals looked solemn, and there has never been such a big war in the Great Yu Nationality.

This is not a civil strife in the Great Yu Kingdom, or a small battle at the border, but a full-scale war between the Great Yu Kingdom and the barbarians.

After inspecting the city defense of Shanhaiguan, Xiao Ming and a group of generals led down the city wall. Along the way, the soldiers looked at Xiao Ming with reverence.

The emperor they worshiped day and night appeared in Shanhaiguan and would fight side by side with them, which made the soldiers inexplicably excited.

Xiao Ming looked at the soldiers with a smile on his face. He came here to boost morale. During the entire war, he would stay in Shanhaiguan rather than go out with the army.

The reason for this is that he does not want to burden the generals, because once the barbarians know that he is in the army, they will definitely attack at all costs.

This will allow the general to concentrate on protecting him and forget about his own goal. He doesn't want to make the mistake of the Ming Dynasty Tumubao.

Coming down from the city wall, Xiao Ming did not rush to set up the staff here, but went directly to the Shanhaiguan camp.

Now soldiers from all over the Great Yu Kingdom are concentrated here.

When they arrived at the barracks, Xiao Ming and the generals entered the soldiers' tents to greet each other one by one, and asked the soldiers about their current needs.

Your Majesty, we don't need anything.

An eighteen-year-old soldier's body collapsed, his throat rolled, and he stuttered when he was talking nervously. He was chatting with a soldier in the camp when Xiao Ming walked in.

Xiao Ming patted him on the shoulder and said aloud: The war is about to begin, and it may be impossible to come back after going to the battlefield. Now is not the time to tell lies.

Hearing this, the young soldier glanced nervously at Lu Fei. He was a soldier under Lu Fei.

After swallowing, the soldier said, I want a lady.

As he spoke all the way, the generals laughed, and Niu Ben said: This emperor can't give you anything, but when you come back from the battle and make a contribution, the people who go to your house to talk about matchmaking will probably break the door.

The soldiers scratched their heads when they heard this, and he shouted loudly, Yes, General.

After chatting with other soldiers for a while, Xiao Ming continued to patrol the barracks in other places.

After he left, the young soldier sat on the ground and said, When I go back, I must tell my mother that I saw the emperor. The emperor also patted me on the shoulder.

The other soldiers also looked excited. One soldier said, I didn't expect the emperor to be so approachable.

While the soldiers were discussing, Xiao Ming went to another five or six camps. At noon, he and the soldiers ate in the same camp. This closeness to the people made the soldiers' emotions run high.

In the afternoon, he and his generals gathered at the staff to plan the battle for the second day.

According to the attack plan, the army will leave the city tomorrow to advance to Pingzhou City, and according to the news from the cavalry hunters, the barbarians have assembled 120,000 cavalry near Pingzhou, and more than 200,000 slave soldiers have also been stationed in Pingzhou City.

According to the information provided by the secret guard, the total number of barbarian cavalry is 350,000 people, and there should be 290,000 people left after the Battle of Bashu, and some of these 290,000 cavalry are in the west to defend against the Ottoman Empire. Now the barbarians have mobilized 120,000 cavalry to deploy in Pingzhou City, which must be most of the cavalry in the east of the barbarians. Luo Quan analyzed.

Xiao Ming nodded. In this era, it is a terrible thing for any country to have more than 300,000 cavalry.

Because only the consumption and maintenance costs of more than 300,000 cavalry are enough to drag down the finances, if the barbarians have large grasslands and raise horses in groups, it is impossible to develop the cavalry to such a scale.

However, in addition to the cavalry, the barbarians also have a large number of agricultural populations, and in addition to the slave soldiers, there are also barbarian infantry.

The number of cavalry of the barbarians in the west should be around 100,000. In this way, there are still 70,000 cavalry that have not been mobilized. These cavalry should be guarding the golden tent. Niu Ben said.

Lu Fei said at this time: And we added a total of 110,000 recruits, including 80,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 30,000 cavalry under Qi Guangyi, and 30,000 infantry in Ye Qingyun's hands, making a total of 170,000 troops.

There is a huge disparity in numbers. Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes, but the number of modern armies was not comparable to the number of feudal armies.

Looking at the sand table of the staff, he continued: The most threatening to us are the barbarian cavalry. As long as the barbarian cavalry is destroyed, the other infantry are just a mob and cannot face us head-on.

The generals also knew this truth, exchanged glances one by one, and nodded.

After analyzing the strength of both sides, Xiao Ming and the generals determined the enemy's deployment location on the sand table, and at the same time formulated the marching method for the second day, and then disbanded.

In the early morning of the next day, a red sun had just risen on the horizon, and the gates of Shanhaiguan City were wide open. The soldiers in green military uniforms, carrying conscript guns and flintlock guns, marched arrogantly towards Pingzhou City.