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Hearing the affirmative answer from the young man in front of him, Mu Qing's expression froze, he sat upright, and said, "I hope Teacher Li will give me some pointers!"

"The best way to fight against cavalry is of course to defend the city."

Li Ziye said calmly, "However, the Mobei Eight Divisions have now found a way to break the city, and the normally fortified city can no longer stop them. Moreover, they also intentionally avoid the heavily guarded city, forcing our elite merchants to The troops had to take the initiative to attack and surround them. After losing the cover of the city, we lost the greatest advantage, and we have been led by the nose by the Mobei cavalry. Your Highness, what I said is right?"

"good."

Mu Qing nodded and said, "What Li Jiaoxi said is true, since the fall of Yunzhou City, the Mobei Iron Cavalry went all the way south, smashing several cities in a row with lightning speed, and Yanzhou, which was guarded by the Zhenbei Army In the city, the Mobei cavalry directly chose to give way. The marching speed of the Mobei cavalry was too fast. Everywhere they went, they immediately burned, killed, looted, slaughtered the people, robbed supplies, and used war to support the war without worrying about the problem of food and grass. The elite troops of my Dashang had no choice but to take the initiative to encircle them."

"Non-my family, its heart must be different."

Li Ziye sighed softly, "In previous wars, the leaders would take care of the hearts of the people and try to appease the people even if they broke the city. My own consumption, this is a typical extermination war, cruel, but effective!"

"Genocide?"

When Mu Qing heard the words, his expression was shocked, and he said, "What Li Jiaoxi means is that the eight tribes in Mobei want to slaughter all the people in the Central Plains?"

"Not so much, but almost."

Li Ziye replied, "They want to kill the people of the Central Plains, but they don't dare to resist any more. The supplement of the army comes from the people after all. The massacre of the city is to fundamentally cut off the source of the great merchants' military strength."

"What a ruthless means."

Mu Qing's expression sank, and he said, "I thought the Mobei Eight Clans just didn't want to divide their troops to defend the city."

Speaking of this, Mu Qing looked at the young man in front of him, puzzled, "How does Li Jiaoxi know so much about Mobei Babu?"

"Just guessing."

Li Ziye responded casually, and continued, "Back to the topic, if you can't use the advantage of the city to stop them against large-scale cavalry, you can only retreat and defend according to the danger. However, this condition, in fact It is also very harsh, after all, the Mobei army will not be stupid enough to die in a terrain that is not conducive to itself, such battles may happen once or twice occasionally, but it is difficult to affect the overall situation."

Mu Qing listened quietly, with flashes of light in her eyes, obviously thinking seriously.

"It's still the same sentence, now is the initial stage of the war, and it is also the most uncomfortable time for Dashang."

Li Ziye picked up the tea, took another sip, and said, "The territory of the Great Merchants is so large, and the Mobei Iron Cavalry can fight wherever they want. Our heavily guarded defense line is useless to them. This is the strength of the cavalry. Advantage, mobility is invincible.”

After finishing speaking, Li Ziye put down his teacup and asked, "His Royal Highness, how did the merchants deal with the cavalry in the past?"

"Heavy shields, and bows and arrows."

Mu Qing replied, "However, the cavalry of the Eight Divisions of Mobei can ride and shoot well, and the number is too large. Our previous methods to deal with the cavalry have had little effect."

Large-scale cavalry and a small number of cavalry are basically two concepts. Da Shang has no experience in dealing with such a large-scale cavalry.

"Heavy shields, bows and arrows are indeed effective ways to deal with cavalry."

Li Ziye said calmly, "War is all about consumption. It depends on who has more food, more equipment. If we can use heavy shields, bows and arrows to consume them to death, it is not impossible. However, as His Highness said, relying solely on Heavy shields and bows and arrows are no longer enough to fight against the large-scale Mobei cavalry, so we must change the tactics, I have two methods here, one is less sacrifice, the other is more sacrifice, which one do you want to hear first?"

"Let's listen to the less sacrificing method first." Mu Qing said calmly.

"Wuhou Battle Formation!"

Li Ziye spat out four words lightly, and said, "Based on the eight trigrams formation, the front of the formation is supplemented by chariots, and the rear is defended by archers and crossbowmen. This method can resist the impact of cavalry to the greatest extent. , Bagua formation, I can teach it to His Highness, His Highness can master it after more training, but this method is not perfect. The biggest shortcoming of Wuhou's battle formation is that it can only be used for defensive battles. When surrounded by cavalry, use this method. This method can effectively reduce casualties, but it cannot take the initiative to attack, so it is difficult to change the trend of a war."

Hearing this, Mu Qing frowned slightly, and said, "Then what is the other method Li Jiaoxi mentioned?"

"It's very simple, head-to-head!"

Li Ziye said indifferently, "Train the army and use mixed tactics to fight against the cavalry of the eight tribes of Mobei. The outer perimeter is spearmen, hindering the cavalry from attacking, the middle is the waist knife shield hand, which further blocks and severely damages the cavalry, and the inner is archers, equipped with range A long and hard bow, this method is highly mobile and effective, but its shortcomings are also obvious. The head-to-head combat method will definitely bring a lot of casualties. If you kill one thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred. Eight hundred damage one thousand, there is no way, the cavalry is so powerful, if you want to hit them hard, you have to pay a big enough price."

After hearing what the young man in front of him said, Mu Qing's expression sank.

Think for a long time.

Mu Qing raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him, and said in a concentrated voice, "The first method of battle, no, the Marquis of Wu battle formation mentioned by Li Jiaoxi is just a matter of chariots, and it cannot be consumed by a large-scale war. Moreover, the training of the Eight Diagrams Formation will probably not be easy, it will take time and effort, and it will be difficult to spread it to the whole army."

"Ah."

Li Ziye nodded without denying it.

Wuhou Battle Formation does have many shortcomings and is not easy to promote.

"As for Li Jiaoxi's last solution."

Mu Qing looked condensed, and said, "Based on my many years of experience in leading troops, this method should be feasible, but I am the only one who believes that it is useless, and it must be tested in actual combat."

Having said this, Mu Qing's expression suddenly shook, looking at the young man in front of him, at this moment, he finally understood.

It turned out that he was the purpose.

On the opposite side of the tea table, Li Ziye picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a sip quietly.

His Li family's tea is indeed the best in the world!

"Li Jiaoxi, why did you choose me?" Mu Qing said in a deep voice.

"Your Highness is upright and cares about the people." Li Ziye put down his teacup and replied.

"Why not Brother Four?" Mu Qing asked again.

"Your Highness, you are not good at leading troops, you are not a general." Li Ziye said something in his words.

"General."

Mu Qing held the teacup tightly, her face changed again and again, and said, "Jiaoxi Li, I am the prince!"