Become a feudal king from today

After more than a day's trek, Zhao Xu arrived in Yancheng. read

The arrival of Xie's food solved his last worries.

Just wait for the soldiers of the Southern Battalion to complete three months of training.

After all the flintlock guns in Nanfang District were delivered, he could attack Jinzhou.

For him, this time point should not be delayed for too long.

The reason is simple. If this continues, he will only be exploited by Jinzhou's wealthy families and use high-priced coal.

This is unacceptable because it will seriously affect the development of the four counties.

"Your Highness, according to your instructions, the Jinzhou sand table is completed." Chang Wei said.

After returning to the palace and resting for an hour, Zhao Xu left for Beida Camp.

Now there is a special courtyard in Beida Camp, and all the rooms in the courtyard are used to store sand tables.

The words "War Command Institute" hang on the plaque in front of the courtyard.

Behind Chang Wei were the generals who were about to go to Jinzhou to fight this time.

From captain to captain level.

Zhao Xu took the lead and entered the room first.

This room is very spacious, and there is a five-meter-long sand table in the middle.

The mountains, rivers and passes of Jinju can be seen at a glance on the sand table.

There are also small red and blue flags on both sides of the sand table, which are used during simulated confrontations.

Zhao Xu walked around the sand table and finally stood on the east side of the sand table. "Now you are divided into two teams, red and blue. The red represents the royal army and the blue represents the Xiliang army. Now let's deduce the battle on the sand table."

The royal army has installed artillery and now flintlock muskets.

This army is transitioning from a traditional ancient army to a modern army in a short period of time.

But for an army, the transition cannot only be about weapons, but also tactics and decision-making systems.

He explained a lot of tactics to the generals in school.

Sand table deduction is a way to simulate training tactics.

After a pause, he continued, "I will lead the blue team to command the Xiliang army. Chang Wei, you will lead the red team to command the royal army."

The other generals looked at each other, and after a brief exchange, they divided into two groups and stood behind the two of them.

Chang Wei chuckled twice and said, "Your Highness, the general is disrespectful."

He knew very well that if he commanded the Xiliang army, there would be no need to continue this deduction.

King Yan would defeat him with lightning speed.

At the same time, King Yan acted as the Xiliang army and could also check their ability to command the firearms army.

"Just use your skills." Zhao Xu smiled, "But I want to remind you, the Xiliang army under my command can cheat."

"Cheating?" Chang Wei and the generals looked confused, "What is this?"

"To put it simply, I have the right to make the Xiliang army stronger at will, let the Xiliang army exert its maximum strength, or fight beyond their maximum strength."

Chang Wei became anxious upon hearing this, "Your Highness, isn't this cheating?"

"It's just cheating. What I want is that you can fight vigorously even if you cheat. But don't worry, I won't go too far." Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows.

Chang Wei and the general behind him suddenly looked bitter.

But King Yan's order was here, so they had no choice but to stand firm.

The generals behind Zhao Xu were all in high spirits.

They had the same idea as Zhao Xu, which was to ravage them.

"Let's begin." Without any other questions, Zhao Xu asked a general on his side to insert the blue chess piece outside Feihu Pass.

This is the current camp set up by Xiliang at Feihu Pass.

If you want to enter Jinzhou, you must first conquer this village.

Upon seeing this, Chang Wei began to think, and at the same time asked the generals behind him to discuss how to capture the camp at the minimum cost.

A quarter of an hour later, Chang Wei and others nodded.

Chang Wei said: "In the end, we will take 4,000 spearmen as the front line, 8,000 fusiliers in the center, and 2,000 light cavalry as the rear. Then we will order the artillery to establish an artillery position on this mound. The artillery will bombard the Xiliang camp and cause chaos. , and then ordered the front and center troops to advance and attack them. If they were defeated, the light cavalry would pursue them."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, Chang Wei's tactic was pretty good.

Hearing Chang Wei's words, the generals behind Zhao Xu began to rack their brains, thinking about how they would respond if they were the commander-in-chief of Xiliang.

Then the discussion started again.

Zhao Xu was also thinking about all possibilities.

After a while, the generals summarized their thoughts and told him.

"Before your army appears at Feihu Pass, I, Xiliang Xizuo, have already detected it and sent it to the camp. Our army will ambush a thousand archers and two thousand swordsmen and shieldmen on each side at night in the mountains and forests on both sides, waiting for your army to leave the pass. , another thousand archers from the camp attacked your front army, and at the same time two thousand iron pagodas attacked, causing your front army to be in chaos. The fusiliers were exposed in front of the iron pagoda, and at this time, the ambush troops on both sides rushed out..." Zhao Xu held it in his hand He tapped the baton lightly in front of Feihu Pass.

"Your Highness, the iron pagoda in Xiliang cannot attack the front army of the royal family." Chang Wei said.

After saying that, Chang Wei regretted it. No one could tell for sure on the battlefield, not to mention that King Yan had the right to cheat.

So Chang Wei and the generals discussed again how to avoid such a situation.

"Before leaving the customs, Mo will have people carefully search the mountains and forests on both sides to ensure that the army is safe and secure. If an ambush is found, set it on fire. At the same time, the soldiers will be ordered to carry their horses and place them in front of the army formation until the iron pagoda is within a hundred meters. , the spearmen knelt down, the fusiliers fired three shots, and the artillery bombarded at the same time..." Chang Wei frowned and said, his expression became serious.

Zhao Xu laughed softly.

Compared with the roughness last time, Chang Wei's tactics this time were obviously much more sophisticated.

And this is the benefit of deduction, gathering the efforts of everyone to solve difficult problems.

Chang Wei and others gathered manpower to crack it, so that the generals could consider all situations when going to the battlefield.

Next, Zhao Xu presented many problems and even gave the Xiliang archers the ability to break armor.

The Xiliang soldiers were also given cold weapons such as hammers that could deal with plate armor.

Although Chang Wei and others were miserable, they all acted as if they were really making decisions on the battlefield.

Until evening fell, the house gradually became dark.

Chang Wei pushed the army to the foot of Jin City, and Zhao Xu announced that today's confrontation drill was over.

"How do you feel?" Zhao Xu asked with a smile as the generals arrived in the courtyard.

This is the first time the generals have officially conducted a sand table simulation.

Chang Wei's face showed the exhaustion left by intense thinking, and he said: "I have to say that this sand table is very useful. Not only them, but also the general also found that he has many shortcomings."

With excitement hidden in his eyes, he said: "In the future, we will make rules to let the generals come here regularly to deduce wars. Only in this way can they improve their command capabilities. At the same time, before each battle, the generals will also let the generals go out to fight." Let’s deduce it.”

Zhao Xu nodded, "That's right, there will be sandboxes in other states for you to practice on."

Chang Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this.

This sandbox not only provides them with a place for deduction.

It also gave them a more intuitive understanding of Jinzhou's topography.

This is equally important to generals.

Coming out of the command center, Zhao Xu asked Chang Wei casually.

"How many flintlock muskets have been delivered to you by the Department of War at the moment?"