Iron Dynasty

In Pingzhou City, Wu Shugu is listening to Best's advice.

The 100-mile journey took only two hours for the cavalry, and they received the news from the scouts shortly after the Dayu army left the city.

Now is not the time to harass the army of the Great Yu Kingdom. For an army, the longer its supply line is, the more dangerous it is. So we have to wait for the army of the Great Yu Kingdom to come to the city of Pingzhou, where they will use the trenches and consume them. , while waiting for the opportunity to use the cavalry to cut off their supply line and trap them in Pingzhou City.

Best put a blueprint he drew on the table and explained it to Wu Shugu and Bei Shan.

Wu Zhugu and Bei Shan looked at each other, they really have no good way now.

The cavalry of the Great Yu Kingdom is very precious, and their cavalry is equally precious, and no one can bear the responsibility of losing 120,000 cavalry.

And after several failed battles, they became more and more cautious, and fighting near Pingzhou City obviously had a greater advantage.

Wu Shugu said: Nevertheless, we can also send a cavalry to test the reality of this army. If there are loopholes in their army, we can take the opportunity to attack.

Best didn't object to Wushu's words, because a small amount of cavalry harassment was also a good idea to slow down their march.

After deciding on the strategy of fighting, Wu Shugu and Bei Shan left, and a team of 10,000 people led by Gu Duo set off from Pingzhou City to the army of the Great Yu Kingdom.

At this time, the army of the Great Yu Kingdom had already marched twenty miles from Shanhaiguan.

Here, Lu Fei left 3,000 people to stand guard, using the chariot formation as a barrier to establish a supply point, and the twenty-mile road was very close to the cavalry.

This way, once the barbarian cavalry surrounds the supply point, their cavalry will be able to come in for reinforcements within an hour.

After building a supply point, Lu Fei led the troops to move forward. According to their marching plan, they would arrive at Pingzhou City the next morning, so they did not go very fast along the way.

During the march, the 1st Huben Division was at the forefront, the 3rd Huben Division led by Lei Ming was at the end, and Luo Xin's army was in the middle.

As before, this time the chariots and cavalry marched on both sides of the army, forming a chariot formation at any time to guard against the attack of the barbarian cavalry.

Starting from the morning, until the evening, after marching for 80 miles, Lu Fei ordered to set up camp, and the cavalry hunters passed the news back and forth along the way.

When they were halfway there, a barbarian 10,000 cavalry team appeared nearby. Lu Fei, who got the news, did not stop but continued to move forward.

If it was the previous army of the Great Yu Kingdom, he was very worried that this 10,000-strong team would suddenly attack, but now he is not afraid at all.

Because they can form a hollow phalanx in a short period of time when they launch the charge, this is the advantage brought by the military reform, and each unit can respond quickly when facing the enemy.

However, it seemed that they were provoked by his arrogant attitude. When they were less than a mile away again, the barbarian cavalry suddenly launched a surprise attack on the army of the Great Yu Kingdom marching in the shape of a long snake.

The cavalry hunters first transmit the dynamics of the barbarian cavalry to the marching infantry phalanx through semaphores.

At this time, the infantry phalanx that received the news began to change rapidly from the walking formation, and each company quickly found its position in the hollow phalanx.

The original formation of long snakes quickly turned into a walking hollow square. If viewed from above, it would look like the words mouth with green borders were constantly walking.

When Gu Duo rushed to the front and found that the army of the Great Yu Kingdom had completely changed shape, he immediately turned his horse's head.

If he continued to charge, it would mean death. After all, he only had 10,000 people, and his main purpose was to harass him.

But now it seems that he basically can't do any harassment, because the military defense of Dayu Kingdom is too tight.

With a trace of worry in his eyes, Gu Duo and the cavalry suddenly bypassed the army and headed for Shanhaiguan.

General, that is the stronghold we established. A cavalry division commander said anxiously.

Lu Fei said: Don't worry, 10,000 people are still unable to break through the fortress formed by the car formation and move on. The real war has not yet begun.

Delayed by the barbarian cavalry, Lu Fei was stationed twenty miles away from Pingzhou City.

The next day they continued their march and arrived at the foot of Pingzhou City in the morning. At this time, he finally got to see the whole picture of the current Pingzhou City.

The army assembled one after another, and Lei Ming and Luo Xin also arrived at the front of the battle. They observed Pingzhou City through binoculars.

At the same time, the soldiers began to set up camp here, because this battle will not be decided in a few days.

Pingzhou City.

Best was observing the Great Yu Kingdom army outside the city. At this moment, he was holding a monocular in his hand, but his face became more and more ugly.

Damn, when can the natives of Asia have such sophisticated equipment. Best cursed: This is already comparable to the European army.

Bei Shan heard the words and said, In just six years, the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom named Xiao Ming had such an army.

Six years, it's just incredible. Best put down the monocular.

Here, he saw flintlock guns, field guns, and even hot air balloons taking off, a picture that can only be seen in Europe.

Pray for God to bless us. Best's throat was a little dry. If this war is also a large-scale battle in Europe, he can think of the cruelty of the war.

Bei Shan frowned. Although he didn't understand what God was talking about in Best's mouth, he understood that it was definitely not a kind word.

When the army of the Great Yu Kingdom set up camp, the artillery on the city wall of Pingzhou also began to prepare, and the slave soldiers entered the trenches with weapons, ready to fight at any time.

On the other side, the three of Lu Fei looked at the 200-meter-long trench with a little frown. Field artillery had no threat to the soldiers in these trenches. Only mortars could kill the enemy in the trench.

But according to the yardstick of the mortar, it is fortunate that one of ten shells can fall into the trench.

Fortunately, there are not enough muskets for the recruits recruited this time, otherwise it will be troublesome this time. Lu Fei looked at the recruits who were setting up camp.

These recruits wore plate armor and held swords in their hands.

Because the military workshop could not produce 90,000 muskets in such a short period of time, in fact, 40,000 of the recruits who rushed to the battlefield were still wearing outdated plate armor.

When these strange recruits entered the city, they were still strange, and now they finally understand the genius of the military department.

It turned out that these recruits had their own use in dealing with the cold weapons of the barbarians.

Let the recruits in plate armor compete for the trenches. Lu Fei pointed to Pingzhou. Once the trenches were captured, the city of Pingzhou would be over.