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Xiao Ming and Niu Ben and other generals stood at the head of Shanhaiguan City and looked at the vast grassland in front of them, and in the next few days, the Great Yu Kingdom and the barbarians were going to have a war here that would determine the fortunes of the country.

Different from the contemporary foggy environment, the vision of this era is extremely clear, and Xiao Ming can see far away with the telescope.

"Your Majesty, this is the strategy of the ministers."

Lu Fei told Xiao Ming about the marching strategy he discussed with Luo Xin and Lei Ming a few days ago.

Turning around, Xiao Ming looked at the dozens of generals behind him, and said: "It took too long to build Wubao, and the preparation materials were quite cumbersome, this time I mobilized all the chariots to send them to the chariots, you can rely on the chariots to build an interdependent chariot fortress every twenty miles, so it is much more flexible than Wubao." “

Lu Fei glanced at the dense chariots outside Shanhaiguan, the Great Chongqing Kingdom has been manufacturing chariots all these years, and now the number of chariots is 1,800.

On weekdays, in addition to normal training, they will also practice with chariots and encounter barbarian cavalry.

Niu Ben said: "With the chariot as a stronghold, you can attack and defend, and you can quickly evacuate in case of unfavorable circumstances, this time the barbarians will inevitably pour the strength of the country, for the sake of safety, it is still necessary to rely on the chariot, and then it is not too late to stabilize the position and then send the construction battalion to build Wubao." ”

Luo Quan nodded when he heard this.

Lu Fei and the three of them glanced at each other, bowed down at the same time and said, "Yes, Emperor." ”

Xiao Ming turned around and looked at the grassland again, "The supply of ammunition in this war is extremely important, once the ammunition and food are exhausted, the advantage will be lost, so as long as the ammunition supply is guaranteed in this war, we will be able to win, otherwise it will be dangerous." “

The faces of the generals were solemn, and there had never been such a big war in the Great Chongqing State.

This was not a civil strife in the Great Yu State, nor a small battle at the border pass, but a full-scale war between the Great Yu State and the barbarians.

After inspecting the city defense of Shanhaiguan, Xiao Ming and a group of generals went down the city wall, and along the way, the soldiers looked at Xiao Ming with reverence.

The emperor, whom they worshiped day and night, appeared at Shanhaiguan and would fight side by side with them, which made the soldiers inexplicably excited.

Xiao Ming looked at the soldiers with a smile on his face, he came here to boost morale, and he would stay at Shanhaiguan instead of going out with the army throughout the war.

The reason for this is that he does not want to burden the generals, because once the barbarians know that he is in the army, they will definitely attack at all costs.

This will allow the general to concentrate on protecting him and forget about his own goals, and he does not want to make the mistake of the Ming Dynasty Tumu Fort.

Coming down from the city wall, Xiao Ming did not rush to the staff headquarters set up here, but went directly to the Shanhaiguan camp.

Now the soldiers who came from all over the Great Chongqing Kingdom are concentrated here.

When they arrived at the barracks, Xiao Ming and the generals entered the soldiers' tents one by one, and asked the soldiers about their current needs.

"The Emperor... On what are we... None of them are needed. ”

A soldier who was only eighteen years old had a straight body, his throat was rolling, and he was stammering nervously when he was chatting with a soldier in a camp when Xiao Ming walked in.

Xiao Ming patted him on the shoulder and said loudly: "There is a war coming soon, and you may not be able to come back if you go to the battlefield, now is not the time to tell lies." ”

Hearing this, the young soldier looked at Lu Fei nervously, he was a soldier under Lu Fei.

Swallowing, the soldier said, "I want a lady."

All the way to his words, all the generals laughed, and Niu Ben said: "This emperor can't give it to you, but when you come back from the war and make meritorious contributions, I'm afraid that the person who went to your house to talk about the matchmaker will break the door." ”

The soldiers scratched their heads when they heard this, and he shouted, "Yes, General." ”

After chatting with the other soldiers for a while, Xiao Ming continued to inspect the barracks in other places.

After he left, the young soldier sat on the ground with his butt on his butt, and he said, "When I go back, I must tell my mother that I have seen the emperor, and the emperor also patted me on the shoulder." “

The other soldiers were also excited, and one soldier said, "I didn't expect the emperor to be so approachable." “

While the soldiers were discussing, Xiao Ming went to five or six camps, and at noon he and the soldiers ate in the same camp, which made the soldiers' emotions high.

In the afternoon, he and his generals gathered at the general staff to plan for the next day's battle.

According to the attack plan, tomorrow's army will go out of the city and advance to Pingzhou City, and according to the news from the chasseurs, the barbarians have gathered 120,000 cavalry near Pingzhou, and more than 200,000 slave soldiers have also been stationed in Pingzhou City.

"According to the information provided by the secret guards, the number of barbarian cavalry is a total of 350,000, and there should be 290,000 left after the Battle of Bashu, and some of these 290,000 cavalry are in the west to guard against the Ottoman Empire, and now the barbarians have mobilized 120,000 cavalry to deploy in Pingzhou City, which must be most of the cavalry strength in the eastern part of the barbarians." Luo Quan analyzed.

Xiao Ming nodded, in this era, it is a terrifying thing for any country to have more than 300,000 cavalry.

Because only more than 300,000 cavalry consumption and maintenance costs are enough to drag down the finances, if it were not for the barbarians owning large grasslands and raising horses in herds, it would be impossible to develop the cavalry to such a scale.

However, in addition to the cavalry, the barbarians also had a large agricultural population, and in addition to the slave soldiers, there were also barbarian infantry, so that the barbarian strength should not be underestimated.

"The number of barbarian cavalry in the west should be about 100,000, so that there are still 70,000 cavalry that have not been mobilized, and these cavalry should be the troops guarding the Golden Horde." Niu Ben said.

Lu Fei said at this time: "And we have a total of 110,000 recruits, including 80,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 30,000 cavalry under Qi Guangyi, and 30,000 infantry in Ye Qingyun's hands, with a total strength of 170,000. “

"There is a huge disparity in numbers." Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes, but the number of modern armies is not comparable to the number of feudal armies.

Looking at the sand table of the staff, he continued: "The most threatening thing for us is the barbarian cavalry, as long as the barbarian cavalry is destroyed, the other infantry is just a rabble, and they cannot face us head-on. ”

The generals also knew this truth, and exchanged glances with each other one by one, and nodded their heads one after another.

After analyzing the strength of the two sides, Xiao Ming and the generals determined the location of the enemy's troops on the sand table, and at the same time formulated the way of marching on the second day, which was disbanded.

In the early morning of the next day, a round of red sun had just risen on the horizon, the gates of Shanhaiguan were wide open, and soldiers wearing green military uniforms and carrying captive guns and flintlock pistols marched majestically towards Pingzhou City.