"Million-strong army ......"

Inside the tent, everyone was silent, which made the atmosphere a little solemn.

You must know that even if the Dangshan Army and the Shangshui Army are added together, and then counting the soldiers outside the establishment, there are only less than 40,000 people in total.

And their opponents are actually called millions?

This...... Could it be that all the Qiang tribes decided to go to war against Wei?

But the problem is that according to the information obtained by the Wei State, all the tribes of the Qian people are added together, and there is no million army.

Just when everyone was a little suspicious, Wu Wu smiled and said in Wei dialect: "You have been deceived, it is impossible for the Qianjiao tribe to have so many warriors. ”

"Oh?" Sima An was a little surprised by Wu Wu's opening, frowned and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

I saw Wu Wu touch his chin and ponder for a moment, and said slowly: "The Qianjiao tribe, there are about 240,000 people in total, distributed in an ancient city 'Henan' and its surroundings, excluding the old people, women and children in the tribe, there are no more than 50,000 warriors at most. The rest, should be slaves...... I have heard that there are more than 200,000 slaves in the Karma tribe. ”

『……』

Sima An looked at Wu Wu in surprise, frowned and said, "In other words, nearly 300,000? ”

"Nope." Wu Wu shook his head and corrected: "It's 50,000 tribal warriors, and more than 200,000 slaves. ”

Hearing this, the general of the Dangshan Army asked in a deep voice, "Is there any difference between the two?" ”

"Of course." Wu Wu nodded and explained, "Tribal warriors are valiant warriors, they are good at horseback riding, archery, and high-quality weapons and armor. The slaves, on the other hand, had only one wooden gun at most, and they were only responsible for their work. In the words of your country, there is almost no training, these people go to the battlefield, only to serve the role of depleting the enemy's army. ”

"Cannon fodder......

Zhao Hongrun nodded clearly, after all, according to Wu Wu's explanation, then this battle still has to be fought. Otherwise, if it is really as the news of the inquiry, the other party is an army composed of all the brave tribal warriors, then they are less than 40,000 people, and they still have a fart?

"The Qiang people have this habit of fighting, they are used to sending slaves first and consuming the enemy warriors...... The physical strength of the sergeant, when the physical strength of the opposing sergeant is almost exhausted, send out the tribal warriors. Wipe out all the opponents in one go. As he spoke, Wu Wu glanced at the generals in the tent and reminded: "I heard that your army's combat method against the people of our Sanchuan is to annihilate them all, leaving no one alive, but this time, I hope you don't want to kill all those slaves, otherwise, you will not be able to stop the follow-up attack of the warriors of the Qiang tribe." …… Qiang people. I won't give you a chance to breathe, as for the slaves. No matter how many you kill, they won't feel distressed, those people are just what they have captured from the Hu people in the Northland, even if they are killed, they can be replenished at any time. ”

"......," Sima An glanced at Wu Wu. The expression was a little silent.

Although he didn't want to admit it, it was undeniable that Wuwu's reminder was very crucial for their Dangshan army, after all, their usual way of fighting was to kill as many enemies as possible. No one will be left alive.

But as Wu Wu said, when they encounter the Qiang people, they will be dragged to death if they don't do it well.

In other words, it's a very valuable piece of advice.

But what made Sima An feel awkward was that this valuable suggestion actually came from the mouth of a foreigner, which made him very entangled in his heart.

Compared with Sima An's entanglement, his general Bai Fangming didn't worry so much, and said with a smile: "Thank you, this brother of the Qiang tribe, this is really key information." ”

"Just call me Wuwu." Wu Wu said with a smile.

Glancing at Wu Wu with a simple expression, Sima An groaned for a while, frowned and said, "In other words, our army must change its combat strategy...... Is it? ”

Not to mention, the sixth-battalion army of the Wei State, which has always paid attention to the strategy of "elite soldiers" like the Dangshan Army, is really a kind of embarrassment when it encounters the crowd tactics of the Chu State and the Qian people, who do not care about the number of casualties on their own side.

This is also the reason why Zhao Hongrun is bent on expanding the number of Wei's regular army, after all, the "elite army policy" also has its drawbacks.

Subsequently, Wu Wu successively explained the habits of the Qiang people to the people in the tent, for example, the cavalry support of the Qiang people is very fast, because the tribal warriors of the Qiang people can eat, drink and Lazar on horseback, so it is best not to try to sneak attack, otherwise, it will only lead to fire.

And so on and so forth.

After telling all this information about the Qian, Wu Wu used his physical discomfort as an excuse to leave the tent.

This made Zhao Hongrun's evaluation of Wu Wu even better, after all, Wu Wu had told them the information he knew about the Qi people, but he was not ready to listen to their battle meeting, which was obviously full of sincerity and goodwill.

No, Zhao Hongrun vaguely glimpsed Sima An's expression was very subtle, an expression of 'obviously unwilling to believe in foreign races but had to recognize', a constipation-like expression.

"What to do? Great General. ”

After Wu Wu left, Wen Xu turned his head to look at Sima An and asked, "Is that person's words credible?" ”

Sima An glanced at Wen Xu with complicated eyes, as if to say, "You ask me, who do I ask?"

In the end, he set his sights on Zhao Hongrun, because he felt that Zhao Hongrun was closer to those people from the Qingyang tribe of the Qiang tribe and should be able to make a judgment.

"Believe it. Believe what he says, and there's no loss, right? Zhao Hongrun said with a smile.

"Hmm." Sima An nodded in contemplation, and then said in a deep voice: "If what this person revealed is true, it is really a tricky matter...... 200,000 slaves to consume the physical strength of our soldiers, tsk! ”

It was no wonder that he felt troubled, after all, in his opinion, the life of every Dangshan sergeant was precious, and those slaves of the Qiang people, to put it mildly, seemed to him like grass mustard.

Therefore, Sima An did not want the Dangshan army under his command to fall into a pure war of attrition.

But the problem is that Wu Wu clearly pointed out that the fighting habits of the Qiang people are not such that the tribal warriors of the Qiang people will not be dispatched until the physical strength of the enemy soldiers has been exhausted with the slave army. Coupled with the restriction of sneak attacks, Sima An's hopes of destroying the main army of the Qiang people were dashed.

But about it. Zhao Hongrun is not worried, after all, in order to teach the people of the Qiang nationality a profound lesson, he has asked the Smelting Bureau to develop a lot of "good things".

"It doesn't matter. This time, the king specially prepared several great gifts for the people of the Karma tribe. …… This king will make the people of the Qiang people realize that their backward and barbaric methods of warfare have long been eliminated! ”

Hearing the word "big gift", the corners of Sima An's mouth raised a little inexplicable smile. After all, he and Zhao Hongrun held the same idea about the Qiang tribe and even the Qiang people, so he was quite looking forward to the 'great gift' that His Royal Highness King Su said.

"Is it the latest repeater developed by the Smelting Bureau?" Sima An asked curiously.

Speaking of which, "the Shangshui Army carries the new type of repeater developed by the Metallurgical Bureau", this is no secret in the Dangshan Army, and even Sima An has long known about it.

It's just that he had a tense relationship with Zhao Hongrun some time ago, and he was full of confidence in the Dangshan Army under his command. So he didn't bother to ask.

But now, when he heard that the Qiangjiao tribe had more than 200,000 slave troops used to fight a war of attrition, Sima An naturally remembered the repeater developed by the Smelting Bureau.

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked suspiciously: "How did the general know?" ”

Hearing this question, the atmosphere of the Dangshan Army in the tent became a little strange, after all, when the crossbow carried by the Shang Shui Army was discovered, there was a skirmish between the Dangshan Army and the Shang Shui Army. It's just that Wu Ji, the general in charge of the Shangshui Army at that time, was very good at resolving it.

"Ahem...... His Royal Highness King Su, I don't know when the merchant army will arrive here? The general Wen Xu cleverly diverted the topic that made them a little embarrassed.

"This ......," Zhao Hongrun secretly estimated. frowned and said, "It may take ten days, or half a month......"

If it had been a few days ago, if Sima An had heard this reply, he would have sneered again and again, but at this time, his opinion and evaluation of Zhao Hongrun had already changed. Therefore, when he heard this reply, he had a different understanding.

"Shang Shui Jun...... It seems to have carried a lot of the "great gifts" that His Highness said. ”

"Huh!" Zhao Hongrun chuckled, feeling that it would be okay to reveal this matter to everyone in the tent at this moment, so he said truthfully: "There are five hundred crossbows." 300,000 crossbows and 300 catapults......"

After only listening to two sentences, the generals in the tent gasped in shock, and even Sima An showed a shocked expression.

You must know that it is a 'three-shot salvo' repeater, and 500 repeaters means that the number of crossbow bolts that can be fired in an instant can reach 1,500.

What's worse is that the crossbow bolts fired by these repeaters are not small-powered bullets like hand crossbows, but powerful crossbows that can shoot through iron shields. If those slave armies really did not have even the most basic armor, as Wu Wu said, then it would not be a problem for a crossbow bolt to penetrate two or three slave armies at that time.

"With such a sharp weapon, His Highness really shouldn't have asked the merchant army to carry ......," Sima An let out a long breath.

Zhao Hongrun smiled faintly when he heard this, although he could guarantee that the Shang Shui Army would not rebel against the water, because once they rebelled against the water, they who had betrayed Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, would not be able to gain a foothold in the Wei State and the Chu State, but he did not explain this, because he knew that unless Sima An saw the appearance of the Shang Water Army on the battlefield with his own eyes, otherwise, this opinionated general would not believe it.

Seeing Zhao Hongrun smiling and silent, Sima An also realized that it was useless to say this to His Highness, so he didn't say anything more.

"Your Highness, since the merchant army has not yet arrived, why don't you take advantage of this time to cast the 'bait' first?"

"You haven't forgotten?"

Zhao Hongrun frowned and thought for a while.

However, on this matter, he and Sima An's opinions are quite consistent.

"On this king's list of 'goodwill', there is really no need for some swaying positions, and there is a possibility of betraying my Great Wei Sanchuan tribe."

Hearing this, Sima An's eyes bloomed with a few gleams: "Obey the orders of His Royal Highness King Su!" ”

At the end of August, the Qiangjiao tribe gathered more than 200,000 troops, known as one million, and came towards the military camp of the Dangshan army.

To the surprise of these Qiang people, when they arrived near the military camp of the Dangshan Army, they found that the military camp had been destroyed by fire.

What's even more incredible is that, according to the information found from the rest of the nearby Sanchuan tribes, the Dangshan army seems to be rapidly retreating eastward.

Hearing this, the patriarch of the Kajiao tribe, Bitatu, couldn't help but laugh.

"What kind of 'ghost-like Wei army', just hearing the number of our army's 'millions', is it already scared to the point of urine?"

"Then you are still chasing, Patriarch?" Left and right asked.

"Chasing, why not?" Bitatu clenched his fists, and then sneered: "The rabbit that has fallen into the trap still hopes to escape? ”

A few days later, another news spread in Sanchuan: the Wei army, which had slaughtered their people before, was completely vulnerable, and had fled before the battle had even started in front of the army of the powerful Qianjiao tribe.

Moreover, in the name of the Qiangjiao tribe, Bitatu also called on the Qiang, Qian, and Qiang people in the entire Sanchuan land to join him together and kill together in Chenggao Pass in Wei and kill in the territory of Wei!

After hearing the news, the position of some Sanchuan tribes was inevitably shaken. (To be continued.) )