Chapter 330: War Outpost
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After receiving the news from Yongzhou, Wang Xuan immediately went to the palace of the king of Qi.
In these days when King Qi reformed the Qingzhou system, the situation in Yongzhou took a sharp turn for the worse, and the people under the command of King Qinglong gathered more and more, and King Yong retreated.
But this is not the most important thing, because the 60,000 cavalry led by Chagatai seems to have seized the opportunity at this time, and has already divided the troops into two ways to go south and serve as the vanguard of the barbarian attack on Jizhou.
"What! Chagatai has gone south? Hearing the news, Xiao Ming's color changed slightly.
Wang Xuan nodded, "There will be no mistake in the news. ”
"King Yong, you stupid pig!" Xiao Ming slapped the table hard, the plan could never catch up with the change, and his plan was all disrupted because of Yongwang, a pig teammate.
Although he had a premonition after the civil unrest in Yongzhou, it came too quickly.
And the letter of admonition he sent to King Yong last time has not been heard from now, and it is estimated that he has long been thrown away by King Yong.
This King Yong has always been stubborn and self-serving, not listening to people's persuasion, and under this crisis, he still does not hit the south wall and does not look back.
"What should Your Highness do? Jizhou is only two hundred miles away from Yunzhou, this time King Yong will use most of his troops to quell the rebellion, at this time Jizhou City must be empty, if it is taken by the barbarians, the door is equal to the fief is like the barbarians are open. ”
Xiao Ming pondered for a moment, and he said: "You must not let the barbarians burn the flames of war to this king's fiefdom, you go and call Niu Ben and the others." ”
"Yes." Wang Xuan answered and turned to leave.
He had been busy with reform for nearly two months, and now it was late July, and according to his plan, the northern expedition against the barbarians was in October, and now the barbarians had lost three months of preparation period.
So now his army is only equipped with 10,000 flintlock pistols, the Guanning Iron Cavalry and the Qingzhou Cavalry are only more than 10,000 people, and the Hussite chariots are only 300.
This is the result of all his money being spent on military spending.
Wang Xuan quickly brought Niu Ben and other Qingzhou generals over.
When he was on the way, Wang Xuan told Niu Ben and others the news he had gotten.
"Your Highness, now you must go to Yunzhou with the whole army, and support at any time according to the situation in Jizhou, if you let the barbarian cavalry enter the fiefdom, it will inevitably cause serious damage to the fiefdom." Niu Ben said.
After a pause, he continued: "But Your Highness doesn't have to worry too much, now there is no food for people in Jizhou to eat, which is equivalent to a strong wall and a clear field, and Chagatai can only dare to attack Yunzhou by capturing Jizhou City." ”
"This King Yong is really stupid, how is this fiefdom governed." Lu Fei scolded.
Xiao Ming sighed when he heard this, he was not afraid of an opponent like a wolf, but he was afraid of a teammate like a pig.
While everyone was discussing, Aster suddenly ran in and said to Xiao Ming, "Your Highness, the eight hundred miles from Chang'an have arrived in a hurry. ”
Xiao Ming and Niu Ben glanced at each other, and he walked out immediately with the generals, and a post general outside the door was waiting at the door with a letter.
Xiao Ming took the letter from the post general's hand and opened it and glanced at it, and he said to Niu Ben: "Father asked this king to send troops to help King Yong put down the rebellion and jointly resist the barbarian cavalry going south. ”
"Why! Why didn't King Yong send a soldier when we were guarding Cangzhou, but now let us help King Yong, and the emperor is too eccentric. Lu Fei said dissatisfied.
Niu Ben frowned, he was also dissatisfied with this matter, and he was wronged by King Qi.
At that time, Xiao Ming was the weakest among the many vassal kings, but the heavy responsibility of resisting the barbarians was on his shoulders.
It's just that he also understands that it is one thing to be wronged at this time, but they can't sit idly by, after all, if the barbarians capture Jizhou, they will be the ones who will be attacked on their backs.
"Don't talk about this in this case, even if the emperor doesn't make a decree this time, we will go to Jizhou, since the will has arrived, we can go to Jizhou logically, not to mention that the forbidden army and the army of King Wei have already moved to Jizhou." Xiao Ming said.
"The forbidden army and the army of the King of Wei have been drawn out?" Niu Ben and the others breathed a sigh of relief, this time they were not alone.
On the surface, it seems heavy, but Xiao Ming has been looking forward to leading troops into Jizhou for a long time.
This Jizhou Rebellion is both a crisis and an opportunity for him, and it is precisely because Cao Cao subdued 300,000 Qingzhou troops during the Three Kingdoms period that he has risen to the top since then, which shows the dividends brought by this rich population to Cao Cao.
These days, although Pang Yukun sent people to Jizhou to guide the displaced people into Qingzhou, but the effect was very small, after all, he had traveled a long distance and was not familiar with the place.
Moreover, in times of disaster, human traffickers are often rampant, abducted and deceived, and the victims do not dare to easily trust the people sent out by Pang Yukun.
But if the Qingzhou army enters Jizhou, the effect will be different, and the victims will naturally believe in the guidance of the army.
Xiao Ming was reading "On Kings" during this time, which mentioned that a qualified monarch mainly has the strength of a lion and the cunning of a fox to survive.
In today's chaotic situation, he has to take a black belly, not to mention that he has to charge some fees for sending troops to Jizhou, and he will not come back if he does not get back the 340,000 victims from Jizhou this time.
After deciding on the matter of going to Jizhou, Xiao Ming ordered Niu Ben and others to go to Jizhou with 10,000 cavalry, 2,000 crossbowmen, 3,000 spearmen, 5,000 sword and shield men, 10,000 musketeers and 300 Hussite chariots.
Leave the armies of the other states to guard their respective states and counties, and at the same time let Pang Yukun open the civilian Wubao, and once the barbarians enter the fiefdom, organize the people to hide in the Wubao to minimize the losses.
As in previous battles, the most important problem in going to Jizhou this time is logistics, as the so-called soldiers go first before moving grain and grass.
However, last year, Xiao Ming ordered all states to reserve war preparation grain, and the grain stored in Yunzhou City should be enough to support his trip to Jizhou this time.
Therefore, compared with the past, his grain and grass pressure this time was a little easier, but out of Yunzhou, the logistics had to be troublesome again, not to mention that Niu Ben also brought thirty artillery pieces to Jizhou this time, and he had to be carried by the Mara people along the way.
Although he got the news in time, the war was not a trip to go, and the ammunition and weapons were prepared for ten days, and Niu Ben set off to Yunzhou with more than 20,000 people.
Xiao Ming is not going to go to Jizhou to follow the blind peace in this campaign, now everyone has to perform their duties, he is responsible for the coordination of the fiefdom, the soldiers are responsible for the war, and the officials are responsible for assisting him.
Seeing off the Qingzhou army at the gate of the Qingzhou camp, Xiao Ming was faintly worried in his heart.
Qingzhou had only been exposed to firearms for three or four months, and he didn't dare to guarantee how well they would perform on the battlefield, so this time the musket team only accounted for one-third.
But sooner or later, he will have to go out, and he will be able to sharpen his soldiers on the battlefield and gain practical combat experience.
Of course, he explained that Niu Ben's most important task was to collect the victims.
(To be continued.) )