On the snowy grassland, Wushu bones and Bei Shan stood side by side. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In front of them, the slave soldiers were digging trenches, and one cannon after another was transported by the slave soldiers to the city wall of Pingzhou.

"The Great Chongqing Kingdom has not moved for a winter, presumably it is preparing to attack Pingzhou City after the beginning of spring." Wushu Gu looked in the direction of Shanhaiguan and said.

Bei Shan's face was as calm as water, and in order to deal with the possible attack of the Great Yu Kingdom, he was now ordered to serve under the command of the Wushu Bone.

Although he was reluctant in his heart, he seemed to have no choice now.

"Last year, the Great Chongqing Kingdom attacked Haigucheng in the spring, and this year it is impossible to say." Bei Shan casually agreed.

Wushugu glanced at Bei Shan, he knew that this younger brother was unwilling to be ordered by himself, and he didn't care, because Bei Shan knew better than him about the combat methods of the army of the Great Yu Kingdom.

He continued: "It's just that in this way, wouldn't it delay the spring plowing of the Great Chongqing Kingdom. “

"Brother is wrong, the Great Yu State has hoarded a large amount of grain in Shanhaiguan, and they can also transport it by sea, there is no need to recruit people, slaves are enough." Bei Shan said lightly.

Wushu Gu frowned, Bei Shan's words made him a little worried, because the previous Great Yu Kingdom would definitely not be able to do this.

As if in order to add to the blockage of the Wushu bones, he continued: "In addition, now the Great Yu State on Huajue Island has sent 20,000 soldiers to garrison, and these 20,000 people can threaten the hinterland of the Khanate at all times. “

Hearing this, Wushugu's brows furrowed even tighter, and unconsciously, the Great Yu Kingdom seemed to have completed the deployment of attacking the Khanate.

He said: "The time to come is always coming, my father Khan has gathered all the tribes on the steppe, they can send cavalry at any time, and now with the power of the Golden Horde, I will see how the Great Yu Kingdom takes Pingzhou City." ”

Best stood behind Bei Shan, an imperceptible smile flashing in his eyes, and now the confrontation between the Golden Horde and the Great Yu Kingdom was what he was most happy to see.

He really wished that the war would end sooner rather than later so that he could go home.

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Qingzhou.

Half a month has passed since the Spring Festival, but the warm spring is far from coming.

For the sake of good luck, on the day before the New Year, he ordered everyone in Xingyuan to move to the palace and officially bid farewell to the former Qi Palace.

When he arrived in the palace, Xiao Ming suddenly had the feeling of going from a residential building to a large villa, and now he had to walk for twenty minutes to walk from south to north.

In his spare time, he can hang out with the concubines in the palace, instead of nesting in the small place of the dormitory.

At the same time, because of the official stay in the palace, there are also more guards in the palace, and the rules in the palace have suddenly increased, becoming more and more like the palace of Chang'an.

And he doesn't have to take a carriage to the council hall when he discusses politics every day, he can go directly from the dormitory to the Zhengda Guangming Palace.

"Your Majesty, the total number of recruits who were conscripted into the army last year was 90,000, plus the current number of troops in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, the number of troops has now reached 220,000, and now the ministers have allocated these 90,000 recruits to various legions to deal with the Northern Expedition."

Zhengda Guangming Palace, Niu Ben played the conscription to Xiao Ming.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Xiao Ming's eyes wandered around the wide hall, which was the first time to discuss politics at the beginning of the year.

Hearing this, he said, "How is the training of recruits? “

"Back to the emperor, these recruits have been trained in the barracks for more than three months, and they are already familiar with the use of muskets, and they can now go to the battlefield." Niu Ben said.

Xiao Ming nodded, this is the advantage of firearms, you can become an army after three months of training, and for the barbarians, it is impossible to replenish a cavalry within three months if you lose a cavalry.

Because the barbarian cavalry has been living on horses since childhood.

"That's very good." Xiao Ming said loudly, and then he looked at Luo Quan, "General Luo, after the establishment of the General Staff, the General Staff will be responsible for the battle plan, and the allocation of grain and grass will be in charge of the General Staff, I don't know how you are prepared?" ”

Luo Quan bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the grain in Shanhaiguan is sufficient, and the minister has transported dried sweet potatoes, bacon and other materials this winter, and the grain and grass of the army are already in place. ”

After that, Luo Quan handed over a map to Qian Dafu and asked Qian Dafu to transfer it to Xiao Ming.

Taking over the map, Xiao Ming took a general look, the reason why he asked for a battle plan was to regularize the army and eliminate the previous wild roads.

On the map, Luo Quan marked the offensive route in detail, in which the thundering Tiger Ben's Third Army would set out from Shanhaiguan to fight the barbarians head-on.

The Fourth Division of the Huben Third Army on Huajue Island and the Huben Second Army led by Ye Qingyun attacked Liaozhou City on the border of Goryeo, completely cutting off the Golden Horde and Goryeo.

Nodding slightly, Xiao Ming was very satisfied, he put the prosperity of the Northern Expedition's propaganda in order to cover up the real purpose of the first phase of the Northern Expedition.

Pingzhou City is not the primary target of the Northern Expedition, this Liaozhou City is, because once Liaozhou City is taken, Goryeo will be at his disposal.

Judging from last year's trade, Cheongju's goods were very popular with the Goryeo elite and the common people, and he needed to further control Goryeo and open up the market.

In addition to the main offensive routes, there are also detailed combat methods on the map in this chapter, which of course are all guides.

The battlefield is constantly changing, which requires generals to be adaptable.

"Yes, just follow the established strategy, there can be no mistakes, this Northern Expedition cannot be achieved overnight, you must have a psychological preparation." Xiao Ming said.

The territory of the barbarians is too large, even if it is completed, it will take a year and a half, it is impossible to end the war in a short time, and at this stage he can only recover the six cities in the northeast.

But even so, this time the barbarians will use the strength of the country to contend with him, the war is easy to say, but it is not so easy to fight, this Pingzhou City is likely to become a meat grinder for the two countries.

Fiji, Pang Yukun and the others were silent, in fact, they didn't want to start a war lightly, but they also understood that even if they didn't go to Pingzhou, the barbarians would move south.

Instead of dealing with fatigue, it is better to take the initiative.

Returning the map to Luo Quan, Xiao Ming looked at the civil officials, and he said: "During the war, the government affairs of the Great Chongqing State must not be chaotic, and we must continue to encourage the development of industry and commerce, and we must not mess up." “

"Yes, Your Majesty," said the ministers.

In their opinion, this Northern Expedition is the most incredible thing since the Great Chongqing State, and in the face of the Grassland Empire that has bullied the Great Chongqing State for so many years, can they win?

Xiao Ming's eyes were sharp, this war will be a head-on confrontation between two countries with equal national strength, and if they win, from then on, the Great Chongqing Kingdom will obtain the Hetao horse breeding land and the black land of the northeast fertile fields.

If he loses, he will probably be very passive.