Become a feudal king from today

Jinling.

At this moment, the 50-meter-wide royal road was packed with soldiers from the Forbidden Army.

At the front of the team, the imperial cavalry responsible for guard of honor held the battle flag Long Xiang in a majestic shape.

After the cavalry, Zhao Heng rode a white horse, wearing golden armor and a red hairpin on his helmet.

On either side of him were cavalrymen in silver armor.

They raised their spears and guarded Zhao Heng in the middle.

Even more so, Zhao Heng's imperial demeanor.

If any Yanzhou soldiers saw the armor on these cavalry, they would definitely smile.

Because this is exactly the plate armor made by their Yanzhou Military Division.

"The emperor's personal conquest has really strengthened my spirit."

On both sides of the royal road were the common people of the capital. They looked at such a grand momentum and felt excited.

Over the years, they have become accustomed to hearing rumors about Beidi and Xiliang being humiliated.

Everyone has a sense of resentment towards Xiliang and Beidi.

Now, the emperor's decision to make the Northern Expedition naturally caused their resentment to pour out.

While they felt refreshed, they also felt a little worried.

Will this Northern Expedition succeed?

The army left Jinling City and walked another five miles. A Luan Yu was already prepared by the roadside.

Panting, Zhao Heng got off his horse and boarded the Luan Yu.

Over the years, his body had been drained by alcohol and sex, and it was difficult to walk for such a long time wearing such heavy armor.

But since it was a royal conquest in person, he naturally had to show his royal majesty, so he marched hard for such a long time.

Boarding Luanyu, the team set off again.

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at the same time.

Jingzhou, Xiangcheng.

A large army set off from the city and headed towards Wuguan.

The leading general is named Dou Xiao, and he is recognized as an outstanding general among the children of the Dou family.

On the rugged mountain roads of Yizhou, there was also an army of 100,000 people trekking. This was the team of the Xiao family, heading towards Jianguan.

In Yuzhou, the Wang family's army and the Han family's army met in Kaicheng and headed to Wuguan together.

At Qinguan, Ma Han's 100,000 Ma family troops were waiting for danger.

For him, this is the best opportunity to regain Qinzhou and Yongzhou.

The only fly in the ointment is that Emperor Zhao Heng did not ask King Yan to participate in the war this time.

He was disappointed with this incident.

At the same time, there was a vague suspicion in my heart that the current relationship between the Holy Emperor and King Yan was not as fatherly and filial as it appeared on the surface.

…

Yanzhou, north of Wu'an County.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei are patrolling the Qingfengkou Bastion.

On the city wall, the royal soldiers patrolled back and forth, watching the mountain road vigilantly, and the scouts and horses kept bringing in the detected information.

While the Northern Expeditionary Army marched towards Qinzhou, Yanshan became restless.

The information collected by Tan Ma and Tsui Hark all point to the same thing.

The Black Iron King's tent is gathering troops and preparing to demolish the bastion at Yanshan Pass.

"Your Highness, one hundred artillery pieces have been installed in the bastion, and the ammunition is sufficient. We are just waiting for the Beidi people to come." After arriving at the bastion, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei first checked the armament situation. Chang Wei Full of confidence now.

Putting down the rebellion in Yanzhou and winning the battle in Jinzhou, this was not only an honor for the generals, but also changed their fear of Beidi from the bottom of their hearts, especially the generals who were interested in talking about Beidi in the past. Now that he has taken the initiative to seek a fight, this change in status is the most precious.

An army with high morale and an army ready to flee at any time have completely different effects in war.

"It is rare that the morale of the soldiers is so high. However, strategically we must despise the enemy, but tactically we must pay attention to the enemy. We cannot underestimate the enemy just because of the last victory." Zhao Xu raised his eyes and looked at the boundless mountains.

At the invisible end of Yanshan Mountain, Enke's Black Iron King's tent was grazing on the grassland, ready to attack the bastion at any time.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei nodded, "I just don't know what the Black Iron King is trying to do this time, and how he plans to pull out the bastion and break into Yan County."

Zhao Xu sneered, "The eight thousand cavalry arrived here this time to solve this problem. We can no longer passively defend, we must take the initiative, use telescopes to discover the enemy's advantages in advance, and in turn harass the Black Iron King's tent."

This was a decision he had made after hesitating for a long time. The cavalry in the four northern counties was very rare and precious.

But just because they are treasures, they cannot be pampered like flowers in the greenhouse.

Moreover, during this period of time, Zhongli and Chen Hu had been leading the cavalry and the Beidi cavalry in actual combat training at Yanshan, and they had developed a bit of a fierce look.

Therefore, this time he wanted Zhongli and Chen Hu to lead the cavalry into the grassland, and use the bastion as a basis to start burning, killing and looting the Black Iron King's tent on the grassland, instead of being passively beaten.

This is also fighting fire with fire, tooth for tooth.

Chang Wei nodded and said to Zhong Li and Chen Hu: "Your Highness is finally willing to make this decision. Beidi has always regarded our Dasong people as inferior people, so he never shows mercy when he slaughters Dasong people, which is no different from slaughtering cattle and sheep. , this time you enter the grassland to counterattack, you must not show any kindness to the old, young, women and children of Beidi. However, there are many people in the Black Iron King's tent. You two must retreat when you are strong, kill when you are weak, and run away if you fight. Attacking from east to west, there is absolutely no way to fight head-on."

"General, this is too despicable. If so, what's the difference between us and Beidi?" Zhongli said dissatisfied, "At least I can't kill old, young, women and children."

Zhao Xu looked at Chang Wei with some surprise. At this time, Chang Wei's words were quite reminiscent of the guerrilla warfare ideas of later generations. It seemed that his visit to the military academy during this period was not in vain, and he was truly impressed.

He said to Zhongli: "Pedant, when Beidi killed my people, did you consider the old, young, women and children? Have you forgotten that Beidi is a citizen when he dismounts, and he is a soldier when he mounts? Have you forgotten the servant soldiers who were driven to death? That was all before It’s my Dasong people. If you have such thoughts and attack the grassland this time, you Zhongli should not go.”

Zhong Li was scolded by Zhao Xu and was stunned for a long time. After a while, he came back to his senses, scratched his head and said: "Your Highness, I am confused, I will obey orders."

Zhao Xu snorted and said: "Chang Wei is right this time. There must be no womanly kindness towards Beidi. Moreover, when entering the grassland this time, the walls must be cleared and the wilderness combined with guerrilla warfare."

"Guerrilla warfare?" Chen Hu and other generals asked in confusion.

Zhao Xu nodded, "This guerrilla is a tactic used when the enemy is strong and we are weak. I won't go into details about the strong wall and clearing the country. This time I met the tribe of Beidi. I took away what the cattle and sheep could carry away, and what I couldn't take away." Just kill it.”

"As for this guerrilla warfare, General Chang has made it very clear, but I now want to officially include this tactic in the cavalry's combat methods. This method must be used when entering the grassland this time. Otherwise, if it is because the guerrilla warfare method is not adopted, If he loses his troops and generals, I will definitely chop off his head. There is no joke in the army, so I will leave my words here." Zhao Xu said solemnly.

When it comes to running an army, Zhao Xu doesn't know how to deal with human feelings. No matter Chang Wei, Zhong Li or Chen Hu, they can't act recklessly. When a general gives an order, all generals will obey. This is his army.

Zhong Li and Chen Hu's expressions became serious. Normally, it was okay for them to joke with each other, but at this time, they were soldiers.

"Yes, Your Highness!" said the generals.

Zhao Xu continued: "Now I will tell you what guerrilla warfare is and the specific application methods of guerrilla warfare. The general outline of this guerrilla warfare is only one sentence: when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack. , If the enemy retreats, we will pursue him. If I can stab Leng in the back, I will never engage in a head-on battle..."

After thinking about it, Zhao Xu taught Zhongli and others the tactics of guerrilla warfare, and then gave several specific combat examples.

During the guerrilla campaign, Zhao Xu also asked Zhongli to pursue the same method of war intimidation as Beidi - massacre, because only in this way could Beidi be frightened and make Beidi exhausted in pursuit of this group of cavalry.

Zhao Xu spoke for an hour, and Zhongli and others gradually understood.

Zhongli said: "Your Highness, I finally understand. I will live up to Your Highness's expectations this time."

Chen Hu also nodded seriously.

Looking forward to it, in the past they were always passively defensive, but now they finally reduced the war to Beidi's territory.