Liu Mingzhi led the remaining 320,000 troops and began to march towards the territory of Dayuan Kingdom.
After leaving the territory of Xiuxun Kingdom, Liu Mingzhi looked at the slowly advancing army of more than 300,000 soldiers with a worried look on his face. He was relieved when he saw that no one had any adverse reactions.
Although they have been stationed here for training for more than half a year, the closer they get to Dawan, the closer they get to Congling, a place with higher terrain and insufficient oxygen. Once something goes wrong, the 300,000-strong army will be completely wiped out.
"Cheng Kai!"
"The general is here!"
Liu Mingzhi held up a sheepskin map and leaned towards Cheng Kai: "There are still forty miles to Fenshui City on the border of Dawan Kingdom. You lead 10,000 light cavalry and the straw men to pretend to attack the city. As long as The defenders of Fenshui City immediately withdrew their troops as soon as they started to fight back! They pretended to be invincible and promised defeat but not victory!"
"Ah? Defeat is allowed but victory is not allowed? Can't we just attack the city directly? Why do we need to lure the enemy out of the city?"
"As long as you understand what I mean, the battle with Dawan is evenly matched. We can't attack like the small countries on the eastern front. They have lost the advantage of occupying the city wall. We have to find a way to use the advantage of the geographical advantage. Make up for the gap and let them go out of the city to confront our two armies so that our arrow formation can function more effectively!"
"Yes, I understand!"
"Ye Baotong!"
"At the end of the day, the eight-niu crossbow catapults are deployed separately. If the defenders of Fenshui City fall into the trap and go out to fight, the catapults will bombard the defenders' infantry with all their strength. The horses are too fast and the catapults will have no effect. The eight-niu crossbows will have no effect. Shoot the enemy's cavalry, tell the soldiers to shoot directly without aiming, you can shoot people or horses!"
"The general will get the order!"
"Commander, what should I do about the safety of the phalanx?"
"I have my own arrangements!"
"Got the order!"
"Duan can't bear it!"
"General, you will lead 3,000 swordsmen and 10,000 shield men to protect the safety of the Eight Ox Crossbow Catapult Phalanx. If any cavalry attacks the Eight Ox Crossbow Catapult Phalanx, they will immediately intercept it!"
"The general will get the order!"
"Jiang Lei!"
"The general is here!"
"The artillery is arranged in three places. Ten artillery pieces are arranged crosswise on the left and right ends. They all use explosive shells to bombard the enemy's infantry. The remaining thirty artillery pieces are arranged in sequence to bombard the enemy's war horses at a lower angle. It doesn't matter whether they hit or not. Just frighten the enemy’s cavalry horses!”
"The general will get the order!"
"Commander, there are not many shells left. I don't know how much shells will be consumed this time!"
"How many rounds are left?"
"Solid bullets are more than 800, and blooming bullets are more than 1,600!"
"You loser, why do you only have so few left? Three thousand solid bullets and five thousand blooming bullets are not even one third!"
Jiang Lei looked a little embarrassed: "Commander, the number of artillery shells consumed in each siege is determined by you. The general has never made the decision without permission to have more or less shells!"
"When the war started, it turned out to be a bottomless pit. Before I knew it, I only had so few shells worth half a million taels of silver left. I didn't bring enough!"
At present, making cannonballs is all done by hand, and the yield rate is horribly low. Money is thrown into them faster than running water. Liu Mingzhi has nothing to do. If he had learned more in his previous life, he would not have to cross the river to fumble for everything. Come on.
"Two hundred for solid bullets and six hundred for blooming bullets. Shoot in crowded places, whatever you can save is worth it! It's all money!"
"Here you go, shoot two hundred with solid bullets and six hundred with split bullets, and blast them where there are many people!"
"Han Peng!"
"The general is here!"
"Five thousand light cavalry and five thousand heavy cavalry are detouring to protect the artillery positions. We must not let the enemy's cavalry rush in front of the artillery. Whether we can capture these artillery pieces in Dawan is the top priority!"
"The general's order!"
More than an hour later, the army could already see Fenshui City, a large border city of Dayuan Kingdom. When it was three miles away from Fenshui City, the horns began to sound above Fenshui City.
The sound of the horn is full of exotic customs, but the signal expressed is the same. The enemy is coming, be on guard immediately!
"stop!"
"The commander-in-chief has ordered the three armies to stop!"
The effect of Liu Mingzhi asking Cheng Kai to teach Chinese to the Western Region Allied Forces was immediately apparent. The ten cavalry messengers held the command flag and ran in a circle. The army immediately stopped and crossed to cover each other on the spot.
If it weren't for those people with obvious characteristics of the Western Regions among them, people who didn't know just by looking at the intensive coordination of the battle formations would have thought that it was all Dalong's army arranging their troops.
As soon as the army stopped, several generals led by Liu Mingzhi immediately began to select favorable terrain and began to deploy various heavy equipment.
"Gumo Rongrong!"
"Rongrong is here!"
"Jab Cha Khan!"
"The general is here!"
"You two each lead 50,000 troops to disperse the army on two wings to prevent the Fenshui City defenders from outflanking us!"
"Got the order!"
The shock of the galloping horses made the morale of the three armies even higher. The 10,000 cavalry led by Cheng Kai had already begun to rush towards Fenshui City.
Liu Mingzhi held up a telescope and looked around. Fenshui City was built in a good place. The other three places were all endless grasslands and open areas. There was no obstruction. As long as there was any enemy situation, it would be immediately visible to his eyes. .
"Nursha!"
"The general is here!"
"You lead 10,000 soldiers each from Zihe Kingdom, Xiye Kingdom, and Qiuci Kingdom to garrison at the river at the south gate. I want to cut off the water source of Fenshui City so that they have to go out to fight. The armies of the other four countries must catch up. Before we arrive, we will capture Fenshui City and point directly at the Second Division City, the King’s City of Dawan!”
"Okay, Commander, just watch it!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Nursha's retreating back and didn't say anything. The Chinese they learned was a dialect like this, and they would just get used to it slowly!
Fenshui City guard Shah Hanlu watched from the top of the city tower as the 10,000 cavalry led by Cheng Kai charged towards the city gate and smiled coldly.
He waved his hand to the deputy general Shaboye beside him: "I, the general, thought that the commander-in-chief of the Great Dragon Kingdom was so great? He actually used cavalry to attack the city, and two people rode one horse. It is really not as famous as meeting him. I, the general, see how useful it is. I can kill them all before they come to the Yuezhi Kingdom!"
"General, don't be careless. Dalong's army can conquer the twenty-nine countries in the Western Region. There must be something unique about it. It may be the treacherous trick of the commander of Dalong Kingdom. Don't be careless!"
Shah Hanlu nodded slightly: "Don't worry, as long as I don't leave the city, they won't be able to do anything even if they come with 100,000 cavalry. Is it possible that they can still fly up!"
"The general is a great talent!"
"Order the archers and catapults to attack the army of the Great Dragon Kingdom..."
"General, be careful!"
Before Shah Hanlu finished speaking, the hand crossbows in the hands of Cheng Kai's 10,000 light cavalry had already begun a burst of arrows. The dense crossbow arrows flew towards the city wall.
Shah Hanlu hurriedly squatted behind the battlements with a gloomy expression on his face: "Order the archers to fight back!"
"yes!"
Shaboye immediately shouted towards the city wall: "Archers fight back!"
Tens of thousands of archers immediately bent their bows and fired arrows at Cheng Kai's 10,000 cavalry.
The Dawan people's mounted archery is indeed not to be underestimated, but after more than half a year of training, the dragon cavalry can hang their bodies under the horse's belly to avoid arrows like the Western Region cavalry.
Actual combat is the best training. Except for the war horses and the straw men, no one was injured by arrows, but there were continuous screams.
The straw man wearing leather armor had arrows inserted in twos and threes and was thrown off his horse by the cavalry and rolled to the ground.
After a charge, the 10,000 light cavalry lured the enemy out of the city, leaving more than 2,000 straw men behind, and then the troops divided into two groups and rushed out of the range of the bow and arrow.
Liu Mingzhi looked at Shah Hanlu's furious look on the city wall and raised a slanted smile. With just one tentative charge, he guessed that the number of guards in Fenshui City was no less than 100,000.
It seems that all the guards in the inner city of Dawan have been mobilized to Fenshui City, a large border city.
"Be angry, let the small universe burn, and come out of the city to fight to the death!"
Reading URL:
