Iron Dynasty

Wushu bone and Beishan stand side by side on the snowy grassland. E┡ Novel WwㄟW. Ω1XIAOSHUO. COM

In front of them, slave soldiers were digging trenches, and artillery pieces were transported by the slave soldiers to the Pingzhou city wall.

"The country of Da Yu hasn't been moving for a whole winter. It must be ready to attack Pingzhou City after the beginning of spring." Wu Shugu said, looking in the direction of Shanhaiguan.

Bei Shan's face was as calm as water. In order to deal with the possible attack of the Great Yu Kingdom, he is now ordered to play under the command of Wu Shu Gu.

Despite his unwillingness in his heart, he seemed to have no choice now.

"Last year, Dayu State attacked the ancient city of Hai in the spring, but this year it can't be said." Bei Shan echoed casually.

Wu Shugu 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 the way the Dayu team played.

He continued: "Just in this way, wouldn't it delay the spring ploughing of Dayu Country."

"My elder brother is wrong. Dayu State hoards a large amount of food in Shanhaiguan, and they can also be transported by sea. There is no need to recruit civilians, slaves are enough." Bei Shan said lightly.

Wu Shugu frowned, and Bei Shan's words made him a little worried, because the previous Great Yu Country definitely couldn't do this.

As if to add a blockage to Wu Shugu, he continued: "In addition, the Dayu State on Huajue Island now has 20,000 soldiers stationed there, and these 20,000 can always threaten the hinterland of the Khanate."

Hearing this, Wu Shugu's brow furrowed even tighter. Unknowingly, Dayu State seemed to have completed its deployment to attack the Khanate.

He said: "The time to come is coming. Father Khan has already summoned all the tribes on the grassland. They can send cavalry to come at any time. Now they are using the power of the Golden Horde, I'm going to see how Great Yu Country can get it. Lower Pingzhou City."

Best stood behind Bei Shan, and his eyes flashed with an unnoticeable smile. Now the opposition between the Golden Horde and the Great Yu Kingdom is what he is most willing to see.

He really hopes that this war will end soon so that he can 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 auspiciousness, on the day before the Chinese New Year, he ordered everyone in the hall to move to the palace and bid farewell to the former palace of Qi.

When he arrived in the palace, Xiao Ming suddenly felt the feeling of going from a residential building to a big villa. Now he has to walk for 20 minutes to walk from the south to the north.

When he is free, he can wander around with his concubines in the palace, instead of nesting in the small part of the bedroom.

At the same time, because of the official admission to the palace, there were also more guards in the palace, and the rules in the palace suddenly increased, making it more like the palace of Chang'an.

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

"The emperor, the total number of recruits enlisted as soldiers last year was 90,000. In addition to the current number of troops in the country, the number of the army has now reached 220,000. Now the minister has allocated these 90,000 recruits to the various legions. China and Israel respond to the Northern Expedition."

Standing upright in the Palace of Light, Niu rushed towards Xiao Ming to play the conscription situation.

Sitting on the dragon chair, Xiao Ming's eyes patrolled the wide hall. This was the first political discussion in the new year.

Hearing this, he said: "How about the training of recruits?"

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

Xiao Ming nodded. This is the advantage of firearms. After three months of training, you can become an army. For the barbarians, it is impossible to replenish a cavalry in three months.

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 staff, the staff will be responsible for all the allocation of grain and grass. I don't know how you are preparing?"

Luo Quan bowed and said: "The emperor, Shanhaiguan has sufficient food. The minister has shipped dried sweet potatoes, bacon and other materials this winter. The army's food and grass are already appropriate. In addition, the minister and Niu General and the generals of the staff have formulated a detailed plan. I hope the emperor will review the plan."

After all, Luo Quan gave a map to Qian Dafu, and Qian Dafu passed it on to Xiao Ming.

After taking the map, Xiao Ming glanced roughly. The reason why he asked to formulate a combat plan was precisely for the regularization of the army and weed out the previous wild roads.

On the map, Luo Quan marked the offensive route in detail, in which the thundering Tiger Ben Third Army will fight the barbarians head-on from Shanhaiguan.

On the Huajue Island, the Fourth Division of the Tiger's Third Army and the Tiger's Second Army led by Ye Qingyun attacked the city of Liaozhou located on the border of Goryeo, completely cutting off the Golden Horde and Goryeo.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, and Xiao Ming was very satisfied. He promoted the Northern Expedition to cover up the true purpose of the first stage of the Northern Expedition.

Pingzhou City was not the main target of the Northern Expedition, this Liaozhou City was, because once Liaozhou City was taken, Gaoli would let him take control.

From the perspective of last year's trade, Qingzhou's products are very popular with the nobles and people of Korea, and he needs to further control Korea to open up the market.

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

The battlefield is changing rapidly, which requires generals to adapt to changes.

"Yes, just follow the established strategy and there can be no mistakes. The Northern Expedition cannot be accomplished overnight. You must be psychologically prepared." 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. At this stage, he can only recover the six northeast cities.

But even so ~www.ltnovel.com~ This time the barbarians will contend against him with all the power of the country. War is easy to say, but it is not so easy to fight. This city of Pingzhou is likely to become a meat grinder for the two countries. .

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

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

Returning the map to Luo Quan, Xiao Ming looked at a group of civilian officials. He said: "During the war, the government of the Great Yu country must not be chaotic. We must continue to encourage industrial and commercial exhibitions and don't get confused."

"Yes, the emperor," said a group of civil servants.

The Northern Expedition seemed to them the most incredible thing since the founding of the country. In the face of the steppe empire that has bullied the country for so many years, can they win?

Xiao Ming's eyes are sharp. This war will be a head-on confrontation between two countries with equal national strength. If it is won, Great Yu will acquire the Hetao horse breeding land and the fertile black land of thousands of miles in the northeast.

If he loses, he might be very passive.