Chapter 176 Barbarian Army
Last night, Xiao Ming fell asleep after eating. His dreams were full of bloody battles in Cangzhou City.
The slave soldier's terrified eyes, the blood splattered everywhere, and the blood mist caused by the explosion of the gunpowder pot.
Most half a year ago, he was an otaku who enjoyed a wealth of environment in the laboratory, but now he has to face this cruel war of cold weapons in order to survive.
This kind of scene is a hundred times more terrifying than watching the street fight with your own eyes.
When the crowd roared and rushed over, this was a kind of mental pressure in itself.
But he must bear these things now and get used to them, because his future life will likely be accompanied by this kind of scene.
On the city wall, the materials consumed yesterday were transported back again. These recruits who had never experienced the war seemed to have matured a lot overnight.
Yesterday's victory made them realize that as long as they unite, the barbarians are not scary.
"Your Highness, I guess the barbarians will not attack again in the past two days." Niu Ben looked at the barbarian camp with a monocular lens and said to Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming was also looking at the barbarian camp. At this time, bonfires were still burning in the barbarian camp. The slaves were driven to re-create engineering equipment such as ladders.
The barbarians roasted beefs and sheep around the campfire, and the smell of meat came, which made many soldiers swallow.
"Don't be greedy. When you win, I will let you eat meat too!" Xiao Ming said to a soldier.
"hey-hey……"
The soldiers around immediately burst into laughter.
Niu Ben said, "Your Highness is right. The barbarians have always robbed us of things. When we win, we will also rob their cattle and sheep, so that you can eat enough."
"It's hard to say. Then I'll take the cavalry out of the city and rob you of a barbarian wife back!" Lu Fei said rudely when he would come over.
The soldiers laughed even louder.
The soldiers don’t eat this kind of literary style in the army. After all, these soldiers are basically illiterate. The most important thing is to say, “Did you see the land outside this city? Is this land fertile?”
"Fertile!" the soldiers shouted in unison.
Xiao Ming continued, "Okay, from now on, every time you kill a barbarian, I promise to give you ten acres of land outside Cangzhou City. The more you kill, the more land you will have. One day, I will lead you to regain Shanhaiguan, and you will become rich ones one by one."
"Your Highness, are you serious?" suddenly a soldier asked.
"I am a spitting and a nail, and the Captain Lu and Governor Niu are all here." Xiao Ming said to the soldier.
The soldier showed an excited expression and said, "Your Highness, I used to be from Youzhou and fled to Cangzhou. If I go to Shanhaiguan one day, can I choose a piece of land in my hometown?"
"Of course." Xiao Ming said.
The soldier nodded with a firm expression. He said, "Your Highness, there are many hometowns in the Qingzhou army in Youzhou. For your words, we must fight to kill the enemy."
Niu Ben and Xiao Ming looked at each other and nodded with satisfaction.
In the army, a soldier's battle is a very important factor in his ability to win the war.
For a soldier, they had little to do with the expedition. This time, the Qingzhou army was able to defend Cangzhou with high morale. A large part of the reason was that behind them was their own land and their parents.
If Shanhaiguan is to be recaptured in the future, these soldiers will have relatively fewer wishes.
At this time, the soldiers who originally lived in Youzhou would have a stronger wish.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ming had an idea, "Governor Niu, I want to build a special army called Guanning Iron Cavalry."
"Guanning Iron Cavalry?" Niu Ben said with a playful look. "If I guess correctly, this level should be Shanhaiguan, and this level is Ningyuan. It seems that your highness has a long-term goal."
Xiao Ming nodded. The Guanning Iron Cavalry was actually the three armies with the strongest combat capabilities in the late Ming Dynasty, and the Guanning Iron Cavalry was one of them.
Because at that time, the strategy of using the Liao people to defend the Liao territory and supporting the Liao people with the Liao territory, and selecting elite troops from the Liao people, they formed the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which later made the Jin army frightened.
Xiao Ming's purpose this time was the same. It was to form a cavalry with the old subordinates of King Yong and the old people. This cavalry would definitely fight the barbarians with all their strength in their hometown.
"That's right." Xiao Ming then said his thoughts to Niu Ben.
Niu Ben nodded, "Well, your highness has thoughts and is deeply impressed by the generals. It's just that the Great Yu Kingdom lacks horses, and the horses of this cavalry are a problem."
"Without a horse, we will find a way to snatch it from the barbarians." Xiao Ming said, looking at the groups of horses in the barbarian camp.
Niu Ben shook his head. He didn't believe that he could still steal horses from the barbarians under this situation.
The defense of the city is not enough, so there is no need to mention the attack.
As Niu Ben said, the Huyantuo tribe has not attacked the city again for three consecutive days.
On the third night, a huge army appeared in the north of Huyantuo Camp.
Through the telescope, Xiao Ming saw a wolf head painted on the flags waving in the army. This is a royal flag that only barbarian Khans have the right to carry.
At the same time, the four cannons of the Equipment Department also arrived in Cangzhou City, and five hundred gunpowder tanks and many granular gunpowder arrived with them.
That night, Xiao Ming ordered the soldiers to set up all artillery on the fort.
This time, the barbarian army could not see the boundaries at first sight, and he could not tell how many barbarian army had arrived.
But just with this scale, I'm afraid the number of slave soldiers is enough for him to have a headache.
The war is approaching, and the atmosphere in the city suddenly becomes solemn, and everyone has a heavy expression on their faces.
"Can you hold it?" This is a question mark in everyone's mind, but this answer will be solved soon...
Barbarian camp.
Gurtai and Liu Xuan entered the tent at the same time, and a tall man like an iron tower was sitting inside. Gurtai looked a little unhappy and said, "Beshantaiji, didn't the Khan come?"
This person is Bei Shan, who is an envoy in Chang'an City. He said: "How can a small Cangzhou City need a father Khan to come?"
"Well, Beishantaiji, with the king's flag, isn't he disrespectful to the Khan?" Gurtai's voice was a little hoarse.
Bei Shan stood up from his seat and said, "This is the order of Father Khan, just a Wang Qi, just to scare these soldiers from the Great Chongqing Kingdom. What? Is the head of Guertai Banner very dissatisfied with Father Khan's order?"
"How dare I disobey the words of the Khan?" Gurtai said.
Beishan sneered. This Gurtai has always been very close to his elder brother and has never liked him.
After all, he will inherit the Khan throne in the future, and he will only go to a remote place to establish his own Khanate.
Chapter completed!