Become a feudal king from today

Chapter 420: Trophies

"The soldiers who had just narrowly escaped also said that they encountered Da Song's army and the tribe suffered heavy losses."

"It's really Dasong's army."

The other wolves became nervous. They had been stationed here, and all the strong men in the tribe were brought with them.

If attacked by the Great Song Cavalry, they would have no power to resist.

"Your Majesty, we must go back now." The wolves shouted, they did not want their tribe to be burned to ashes.

When Lang Lu learned that his tribe had turned into ashes, his eyes turned red, "Your Majesty, take revenge. You must take revenge now!"

Enke was furious and said: "Why didn't the scouts of your tribe discover them in advance? We prairie people have eyes like eagles. Why don't we even have the power to fight back now?"

"None of us expected that Dasong's army would enter the grassland. The patrolling scouts must have been slack. But we also wondered why they didn't find Dasong's cavalry. It was as if these Dasong's cavalry could predict everything and avoided patrols."

"Hmph, you underestimated the enemy too much. Now you immediately notify all the tribes and send out scouts to patrol the grassland day and night. You must find Dasong's cavalry for me." Enke said angrily.

Gordan was full of hatred at this time, and he said: "Your Majesty, please give me eight thousand cavalry, and I will definitely come back to see your Majesty with their heads!"

Enke nodded and said: "This cavalry must be eliminated, otherwise the roots of the Black Iron King's tent will be broken. All the wolves will immediately lead the cavalry from their respective tribes back. They must find them. These scoundrels who sing loudly They dare to kill our people and they must pay the price.”

"I will cut off their heads one by one and build the highest altar in Beidi." Gordan looked crazy.

After getting Enke's order, the wolves immediately marched towards the vast grassland with the cavalry of each tribe.

At this time, they could no longer take care of Qingfengkou, because the Dashong cavalry that penetrated deep into the grassland made it difficult for them to sleep or eat well.

The changes in the Black Iron King's tent were quickly discovered by Zhong Li and Chen Hu, and they immediately sent the news to Qingfengkou.

Qingfengkou.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei were inspecting the trophies captured by Zhongli and Chen Hu on the grassland.

At first, the two sent back only war horses, but then many cattle and sheep were sent over.

These war horses, cattle and sheep all arrived at Yan County through other Yanshan roads, avoiding the mountain road at Qingfengkou. It can only be said that Enke lost his wife and soldiers in attacking the Qingfengkou bastion this time.

"Your Highness, there are already 60,000 war horses here, and there are many ponies among them." Chang Wei said with a smile on his face.

Dasong has always lacked high-quality war horses. In the eyes of the generals, horses are precious, and Chang Wei is naturally happy to see them.

Then he said: "There are also 20,000 cattle and 18,000 sheep."

Zhao Xu laughed twice. No wonder nomads and Western powers liked to rob each other in history. It turns out that this is the fastest way to get rich.

This time, he finally retaliates in kind.

"The war horses are sent to the army to be raised, and some of the best cattle and sheep are sent to the breeding farms, which can develop Yanzhou's animal husbandry." Zhao Xu said, "The rest will be killed intermittently and given to the soldiers for meat."

Chang Wei and the generals were delighted when they heard this, and they all became silly and happy.

"Your Highness, I didn't expect that a Black Iron King's tent would be so lucky. If we robbed the entire Beidi, wouldn't the four northern counties be rich?" Lu Chang's saliva almost flowed down.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

Contemporary Mongolia is said to have 4.2 million horses, 4.8 million cattle, 240,000 camels, 32.3 million sheep, and 29.3 million goats, which shows how suitable the grasslands are for animal husbandry.

Although the ancient animal husbandry technology was not good, he believed that the number of livestock in Beidi would not be small.

If he can capture Beidi and make Beidi grassland his racecourse, the four northern counties will truly be able to live a prosperous life where everyone has meat to eat.

However, he is just thinking about it now.

This time, he took advantage of the gap in the battle between the two fronts in Beidi and when his troops were dispersed, he dared to launch an attack on the Black Iron King's tent.

If he faced more than two royal cavalry on the grassland, it would be very difficult for him.

So, just thinking about it, after all, before the advent of machine guns, cavalry was always the main force on the battlefield.

Having said this, Zhao Xu looked at the chariots coming from the direction of Yancheng and said to Chang Wei: "If you want more horses, cattle and sheep, attack the Black Iron King's tent. I will leave this matter to you."

Chang Wei was startled when he heard this, "Your Highness, are you leaving?"

Zhao Xu nodded, "The real threat comes from the sea and the Yuan family. I need to go to Yanguan to take command."

Chang Wei nodded solemnly, "Your Highness, just go ahead and leave this place to the general."

Patting Chang Wei on the shoulder, Zhao Xu warned: "This proactive attack is also a test for the car camp. Remember, you have to be flexible in fighting. Fight if you can win. If you can't win, withdraw and continue to defend Qingfeng. mouth."

After that, Zhao Xu got on his horse and headed towards Yanguan under the protection of Xu Lie.

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Xiancheng.

When Zhao Xu's counterattack against the Black Iron King's tent was about to begin, the war here was still ongoing.

At this moment, the soldiers and horses of the Dou family are on the left wing, and the soldiers and horses of the Wang family and the Han family are on the right wing.

The Custodes soldiers are in the middle.

In front of them, artillery was lined up.

As the order was passed, the artillery made a huge roar.

Accompanied by fire and roar, the artillery shells flew straight towards the Ma Jinbing army formation on the opposite side.

"ah……"

The soldiers who were hit by the shells screamed and flew backwards, knocking down a group of soldiers.

More than three hundred artillery pieces fired continuously, and shells fell like raindrops, and soldiers were killed from time to time.

However, Ma Jin's soldiers and horses continued to advance despite the artillery fire of Dasong's army.

When the two armies were one hundred and fifty meters apart, the arquebusiers standing behind the artillery moved forward about thirty meters.

At this time, they picked up the match rope, and after the other party came within a hundred meters, they lit the gunpowder.

"Bang bang bang..."

White smoke rose, and the arquebusiers were completely shrouded in smoke.

At this time, apart from the screams of Ma Jin's soldiers, there was also the sound of metal hitting the shields from a hundred meters away.

At this moment, among Ma Jin's soldiers, there were soldiers in the front row carrying heavy shields.

This heavy shield is very thick and requires two people to lift it. It is used to resist matchlock fire and protect the soldiers behind the shield.

In the first battle, they once asked the sword and shield bearers to use the small buckler they carried to withstand the bullets of the matchlock guns.

But it was of no avail, as the arquebuses easily penetrated their bucklers.

So Gule asked the craftsmen in the city to make a heavy shield.

Today, these heavy shields were finally put to use.

"Boom!"

The soldiers were congratulating themselves after having withstood a hail of matchlock bullets.

Suddenly there was a loud sound like ringing a bell.

It turned out that the arquebusiers immediately retreated upon seeing this, and the artillery was loaded and fired again.

This time the shells directly focused on the heavy shield.

The heavy shield was directly hit by the cannonball and flew flat.

At this moment, the shield seemed to turn into a flying blade. Wherever it went, Ma Jin's soldiers died tragically under the flying shield.

At the same time, more artillery was fired, and one heavy shield after another was shot away.

"Damn it!" Ma Jin punched the city wall hard.