Chapter 331: Jizhou Dynamics
On July 25, after a six-day trek, Niu Ben led 30,000 troops into Yunzhou. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
At the same time, he received news that the 60,000 cavalry of Chagatai had approached Jizhou.
One of the 10,000 troops bypassed Jizhou and came to Yunzhou.
Taking out the map drawn by King Qi, Niu Ben analyzed the current situation in the Yunzhou military camp, and Lu Fei, Luo Xin, Qi Guangyi, and Bai Muju all gathered in front of the map.
"Great, 50,000 cavalry is a problem, we are not afraid of 10,000 people, let them taste the power of our musket team." Lu Fei said excitedly.
Niu Ben frowned, "It's a bit unusual for this cavalry to go deep alone, you immediately send the hussars out to investigate and keep an eye on their movements." ā
Lu Fei nodded, this hussar is a branch of the Qingzhou cavalry after the reorganization, this cavalry class does not wear any armor, including the war horses are also lightly armed, and the horses are also the fastest in the Qingzhou cavalry.
In addition to the task of rapid assault, these hussars were also responsible for detecting the enemy.
"Yes." Lu flew a military salute.
At this time, Niu Ben said to Qi Guangyi: "This time, His Royal Highness asked us to send troops to Jizhou to collect the victims, Qi Guangyi, you lead five thousand cuirassiers to Jizhou to collect the victims and guide them into Yunzhou." ā
Qi Guangyi also said loudly.
Then Niu Ben said to the remaining generals: "You immediately organize musketeers, chariot soldiers, crossbowmen, sword and shield men to be ready to meet the battle at any time, and you must not let this group of cavalry enter the hinterland of the fiefdom." ā
"Yes!" The generals roared in unison.
After making a battle plan, Niu Ben walked out of the barracks, and at this time, Kong Yongan, the assassin of Yunzhou, outside the barracks, was waiting for him.
"The history of the stabs, this time the army is stationed in Yunzhou, there is a lot of trouble, I hope the history of the stabbing will not be surprised." Niu Ben clenched his fists and said.
Kong Yongan said: "Niu Dudu, what you said is wrong, we are all looking forward to you coming, recently rumors have spread in the city, saying that the Qinglong King is preparing to attack Yunzhou City to grab food, and the people in the city are very uneasy, now that you are here, we can rest assured." ā
Niu Ben sneered: "This Qinglong King is really arrogant, he dares to fight the idea of Yunzhou, doesn't he know that this is the fief of King Qi?" ā
"There is no food in Jizhou, this Qinglong King is also coercing the people to rebel, and the people under his command can't stand it if they don't have food to eat." Kong Yongan said.
Niu Ben sighed, "As His Highness said, it is really an internal and external trouble now. ā
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In Jizhou City, King Yong was pacing anxiously.
At this time, Chen Xinran, his family's general, walked in.
"Is the forbidden army coming, is the army of King Wei coming, is the army of King Qi coming?" King Yong asked with red eyes.
This time he was really anxious.
The civil unrest in the fiefdom was not settled, and at this time the barbarian army arrived, and now Chagatai is leading the cavalry to plunder outside the city of Jizhou, surrounding the city of Jizhou.
The fiefdom army that came to the aid of Jizhou was overturned by the barbarian cavalry, and in the field, his army was no match for the barbarian cavalry.
"Your Highness, no, the barbarian cavalry is still outside the city, and there is no battle with any army, and all the troops in the city have already climbed the city wall."
Chen Xinran said.
King Yong suddenly became furious when he heard this, and he pushed all the teacups on the table to the ground, "These bastards, this king is about to die, why haven't they come to save me, bastard, bastard!" ā
Chen Xinran lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.
King Yong has always been violent, and when he was young, King Yong was also a very brave general, but more than twenty or thirty years of rich life made King Yong's body bloated.
Now King Yong only knows how to wind and snow every day, and he no longer has the bravery of the year.
The only thing that remained unchanged was his violent temper and stubborn personality.
Since July last year, the drought in Jizhou should not have developed to this point, but King Yong didn't care about the disaster, and when the Qinglong King rebelled, he was negligent in his defense, and he hurriedly sent troops to suppress it when the Qinglong King was big.
It's just that this is still second, from Chang'an, the grain and grass of the fiefdoms of the various feudal kings were deducted layer by layer, and when it came to King Yong, King Yong also deducted most of it, and the remaining part was sold to grain merchants.
These grains also include 100,000 stone of grain from Qingzhou.
If this food had been used for disaster relief, perhaps the civil unrest would not have grown.
And when King Qi sent a letter to persuade him, King Yong just glanced at the letter and burned it, leaving only a sentence of "Vertical!" ā
With a sigh in his heart, Chen Xinran suddenly felt a trace of sadness.
The people in Jizhou are in turmoil, and at this time there is an invasion of the barbarians, I am afraid that this time Jizhou City is more than auspicious, and at this time, King Yong can see that the situation is critical, but at this time their fate can no longer be controlled by themselves.
"Your Highness, but the cavalry outside the city is now less than 10,000 people, and a team of 10,000 people seems to be heading towards Yunzhou." Chen Xinran remembered a piece of news and said.
"I went to Yunzhou, great, great, maybe these cavalry are going to attack the king of Qi, just stay in Jizhou, yes, yes, it must be so, haha, you immediately go to the city and tell the leader of the barbarians that Qingzhou had a bumper harvest last year, and there was a lot of grain, if they are willing to go to Jizhou to loot, we are willing to give grain and grass." King Yong walked a few steps quickly and arrived in front of Chen Xinran, looking like a mad demon.
"Your Highness, this, this is a collaborator!" Chen Xinran said.
King Yong's face immediately changed, and he said angrily: "What kind of collaborator is not the enemy, now it is better for the king of Qi to die than the death of this king, this flower world has not enjoyed enough, and now there are many vassal kings of the Great Yu Kingdom, each of them is in their own way, sooner or later he will be like the country and finally the vassal king will establish himself as the king, and then he will be the enemy of this king." ā
Chen Xinran was suddenly speechless.
Facing King Yong's fierce eyes, he sighed and walked towards the city wall.
At this time, a hundred miles away from Yunzhou City, the hussars who had gone out to reconnoiter had already found the barbarian 10,000 people moving towards Yunzhou.
On a plain, this group of barbarian cavalry is fighting against a group of rebels armed with various farm tools.
Although the number of rebel armies was large, the barbarian cavalry was very fierce, arranging in a circular formation on the plain to surround the rebel army in the middle and constantly shoot arrows in their hands.
The besieged rebels could not reach the barbarian horses at all, and were shot by arrows.
The hussars looked at the banner of the chaotic army again, and the three big characters of the Qinglong King were clearly written on it, which must be a part of the chaotic army, and they never thought that they had encountered the cavalry of the barbarians.
Staying where they were and continuing to observe, the rebel army quickly dispersed after an hour of fierce fighting, and the barbarian cavalry drew their sabers at this time and continued to slash and kill the fleeing rebel soldiers.
However, the pair of cavalry did not seem to want to entangle with the chaotic army more, and quickly regrouped and set off for Yunzhou again.
Seeing this, the hussars immediately went to Yunzhou City, and he also saw the grain and grass on the back of the barbarian cavalry, and it seemed that the barbarians went to Yunzhou as planned.
(To be continued.) )