"Clean the battlefield! Strip off the armor!"
Batania Highlands.
Zhang Qi took off the entire face covering helmet.
There are too many mountains and forests here, and it's extremely hot.
More than 60 elite legion infantry and 40 Fiona champion archers stood silently and lined up neatly.
The remaining fifty-five Khan's personal guards were still wandering around the battlefield just now.
The ground was littered with corpses.
In addition to most of the Battanian troops, there are also elite legion infantry under Zhang Qi.
Yes.
No better than attacking an empire.
The difficulty of attacking Batania has increased a lot. This is not because Batania's troops are strong, but because they can no longer adopt the pure cavalry tactics they used before.
After using more infantry to resist the line, battle losses will naturally occur.
But the good thing is.
The armor of his dead soldiers can also be peeled off. Now, Zhang Qi has another way to get armor.
Imperial soldiers? They are worthless. In the future, find an opportunity to bring out a bunch of low-level imperial soldiers. After a wave of upgrades, use them to continue to bring new soldiers. After a few times, they will all have armor, and then let them attack the city.
Guaranteed to die.
I took a bath on the spot by a stream.
Zhang Qi felt refreshed.
aside.
The captain of the cleaning team, his adjutant, came over to report.
"Your Majesty, these are the savages' equipment."
Zhang Qi saw the scale armor in his hand and roughly understood what he meant.
"It's better to have them than not, so let's collect them too."
Battania is like this. Not to mention the scales and armor on the soldiers, their defense is only that much. Moreover, their appearance is quite ugly.
But as Zhang Qi said, it's better to have it than not.
Even if the outside world has complete armor in the future.
These large scales can also be used to reward meritorious people for collection.
It has been almost two months since the attack on Batania.
The noble NPCs here were almost beaten to pieces by Zhang Qi.
The land area of Batania is far less than that of the Three Empires. It only has this piece of land on the plateau, so it is not difficult to fight.
Although not a single town has been captured yet, this is just a concession made by Zhang Qi in order to weaken the defenders in advance.
Without destroying the NPC nobles, how could they bring out the hoarded soldiers?
It took some time and the battlefield was cleared.
Zhang Qi led his people down to the Badan Plateau and returned to E City.
"We will just defend the city in the next few days. I want to go out and deal with external matters."
Although he left most things to Shirahoshi.
But Zhang Qi also has to go out once in a while, and he wants to ensure that the general direction does not deviate.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, as long as I am waiting, there is nothing to fear from those puppets."
The captain of the cleaning team accepted the order.
Zhang Qi nodded and disappeared in front of everyone.
outside world.
Duwei Mansion.
"Hey, where is this guy? He's gone to eat? It's not even dinner time yet."
After coming out, Zhang Qi looked at the empty main hall of the Captain's Mansion and was very confused.
I looked outside to check the weather, but it wasn't time for dinner either.
And Shirahoshi usually handles official duties while eating.
Confuse.
Zhang Qi shouted.
Several maids ran in outside the door.
"Your Majesty."
The maids looked at Zhang Qi, their faces a little pale. They found that their Lord, whom they had not seen for a few days, seemed to have a heavy murderous aura on his body, which made his legs weak and trembling.
"Where's Counselor Bai?"
"Return to your Majesty, Counselor Bai has gone to take a bath."
The maids responded tremblingly.
"Oh, that's it. I understand that, please step back."
Knowing the whereabouts of Bai Xing, Zhang Qi stopped thinking too much, sat down in front of the desk, and began to check the official affairs on the desk.
"The first batch of grain and grass has been shipped out, it's okay."
Zhang Qi approved one of the official documents and then looked at the second one.
"The number of hills in the Luocao Project has grown to thirty-six, and it is developing very fast, etc."
"Thirty-six, Commander Qu, have I become a great teacher?!"
"What year is this?"
"Forget it, there are still eight or nine years until the Year of Jiazi. It seems that this slogan cannot be shouted in advance."
"But I can borrow the name of the Great Sage Master for a while. Isn't my miracle performance more serious than that of Fu Shui Meng?"
"Forget it, going to Han Dynasty alone is too risky and not worth it."
On the document, after Zhang Qi approved the follow-up instructions, he continued to read down.
In the main hall, the sound of the scraping of paper and pen that had disappeared sounded again.
"Greetings to your Majesty."
I don’t know how many minutes passed before Bai Xing’s voice rang out in the main hall again.
Zhang Qi looked up and saw Bai Xing, whose hair was still exuding water vapor and had an elegant fragrance coming over.
"Have you been tired recently?"
After getting along for so long, Zhang Qi could still see some subtle changes in Bai Xing. He asked with a hint of concern. After all, he was someone close to him.
Bai Xing shook his head, his face returning to its previous coldness.
"It's just a bit hot today, so I went to take a shower. By the way, Your Majesty, the letter of alliance from Zhao has arrived. The auspicious day is on the eighteenth day of next month. When do you think the wedding team should set off?"
"Welcome team?"
"Then haven't we been waiting at the border of Zhao for a long time? There are more than 10,000 people, and the momentum is not big enough?"
"But after all, we are marrying Liu's daughter. In order to avoid suspicion, Your Majesty still needs to do it in person."
Zhang Qi frowned, this was indeed the truth.
Why does he want Princess Shang?
It was not just to paralyze the dignitaries of the Han Dynasty, but there was a noble person here. Even if Zhang Qi took over the Han Dynasty in the future, these people would most likely think that it was just another dynasty change, and Zhang Qi would still use them.
And through the identity of Princess Qingling, Zhang Qi wants to gather these people easily, and it is even more convenient to liquidate them.
"Then let's go there. It's just right. When we come back, we can also inspect the border defense forces of other counties."
After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Qi decided to go there.
The State of Zhao is far away from Chang'an and close to the border counties. His hand can reach there, and his safety is fully guaranteed.
Moreover, there are NPC soldiers around, and he has the same skills as him.
Even if something unexpected happened, he would still be able to fight his way back to the frontier.
Marrying a wife, and she is also Princess Shang, would be a good idea, so that the nearby counties would know that the Marquis of Liao was married to the Liu family.
Add a wave of reputation.
Bai Xing nodded, walked to Zhang Qi, leaned down, and took out the alliance letter from the wooden box to Zhang Qi.
"Your Majesty."
Zhang Qi took it, opened it and looked at it. He was dizzy just looking at the red tape.
Moreover, he didn't know the birth date at all, so he just let Lu Mu think of it.
I didn't expect that someone from the clan could make up a long paragraph about this and that.
Zhang Qi smiled and put the alliance letter back into the wooden box.
"Keep it first, you won't need it until the wedding day."
Bai Xing pursed his lips and said softly: "Your Majesty, your momentum needs to be reduced. It's a bit scary."
"this"
Zhang Qi suddenly remembered that he had been fighting in the world of riding and slashing for more than three years.
However, he has become very familiar with the art of nourishing qi over the years. After closing his eyes for a while, he opened them again.
The muscles on the face have relaxed, and the outline has become somewhat rounded, no longer as sharp and sharp as before.
"How about this?"
"Very handsome,"
(End of chapter)
