Iron Dynasty

Qingzhou Secret Guard.

After receiving the news from Yongzhou, Wang Xuan immediately went to Qi Wangfu.

In these days when King Qi reformed the Qingzhou system, the situation in Yongzhou took a turn for the worse.

But this is not the most important, because the 60,000 cavalry headed by Chagatai seems to have seized the opportunity at this time, and has already moved south in two directions to serve as the vanguard of this barbarian attack on Jizhou.

What! Chagatai has gone south? Xiao Ming's expression changed slightly when he heard the news.

Wang Xuan nodded, The news can't be wrong.

King Yong, you stupid pig! Xiao Ming slapped the table heavily, his plans would never catch up with the changes, and his plans were all disrupted by the pig teammate Yong King.

Although he had already had a hunch after the civil unrest in Yongzhou, it happened too quickly.

And the letter of admonition he gave to King Yong last time has not been heard from now, and it is estimated that King Yong has long since thrown it somewhere.

This King Yong has always been stubborn and does not listen to people's persuasion. Under this crisis, he still does not hit the south wall and does not turn back.

What should I do, Your Highness? Jizhou is only 200 miles away from Yunzhou. This time, King Yong used most of his troops to fight the rebellion. At this time, the city of Jizhou is bound to be empty. If it is taken by the barbarians, the door to the fief will be like the barbarians have opened up.

Xiao Ming pondered for a while, and said, The barbarians must not be allowed to burn the flames of war on this king's fief. You go and call Niu Ben and others.

Yes. Wang Xuan responded and turned away.

He has been busy with reforming things for nearly two months. It is now late July. According to his plan, he will expedition the barbarians to the north in October. Now that the barbarians go south, he loses three months of preparation.

So now his army is only equipped with 10,000 flintlock guns, the Guanning iron cavalry plus the Qingzhou cavalry are only more than 10,000 people, and the Huss chariot is only 300.

This is the result of all his money being spent on military spending.

Wang Xuan quickly brought Niu Ben and other Qingzhou generals over.

On the way, Wang Xuan told Niu Ben and others about the news.

His Royal Highness, the entire army must go to Yunzhou now, and support at any time according to the situation in Jizhou. If the barbarian cavalry is allowed to enter the fief, it will definitely cause serious damage to the fief. Niu Ben said.

After a pause, he continued, But your Highness doesn't have to worry too much. There is no food for people in Jizhou, which means that the walls are clear. Chagatai can only attack Yunzhou only by capturing Jizhou City.

This King Yong is really faint, how is this fief managed? Lu Fei cursed.

Xiao Ming sighed when he heard this. He was not afraid of a wolf-like opponent, but was afraid of a pig-like teammate.

While everyone was discussing, Zi Wan suddenly ran in and said to Xiao Ming, Your Highness, the eight hundred miles from Chang'an have arrived in a hurry.

Xiao Ming and Niu Ben looked at each other, and he immediately walked out with the generals. A postal general was waiting at the door with a letter in his hand.

Xiao Ming took the letter from the postmaster and opened it up, he said to Niu Ben: My father asked this king to send troops to help King Yong to quell the rebellion and jointly defend against the barbarian cavalry going south.

Why! Why didn't King Yong send one soldier and one soldier when we were guarding Cangzhou, but now let us help King Yong, the emperor is too partial. Lu Fei said dissatisfied.

Niu Ben frowned, he was also dissatisfied with this matter and felt wronged for King Qi.

Under the circumstances at that time, Xiao Ming was the weakest among the many vassal kings, and the heavy responsibility of resisting the barbarians was on his shoulders.

It's just that he also understands that grievances are one thing at this time, but they can't just sit back and ignore it. After all, if the barbarians capture Jizhou, they will be the enemy.

In this case, don't talk about it. This time, even if the emperor does not order, we have to go to Jizhou. Since the order has arrived, we can go to Jizhou in a logical way, not to mention that the Imperial Army and the army of the King of Wei have already moved to Jizhou. Xiao. Ming said.

Have the Imperial Army and King Wei's army set off? Niu Ben and the others heaved a sigh of relief, this time they were not fighting alone.

It looks heavy on the surface, but Xiao Ming has long been looking forward to bringing troops into Jizhou.

The Jizhou chaos was both a crisis and an opportunity for him. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao conquered 300,000 Qingzhou troops and has since risen from the sky. It can be seen that this rich population brought dividends to Cao Cao.

These days, although Pang Yukun sent people to Jizhou to guide the refugees into Qingzhou, but the effect was very small.

Moreover, in times of disaster, human traffickers are often rampant and deceived, and the victims cannot easily trust the people sent by Pang Yukun.

However, if the Qingzhou army entered Jizhou, the effect would be different, and the victims would naturally believe in the guidance of the army.

Xiao Ming has been reading The King of Kings during this time. It is mentioned that a qualified monarch has the power of a lion, and the cunning of a fox can survive.

In the current chaotic situation, he has to be black-bellied, not to mention that he has to pay a fee for sending troops to Jizhou.

Decided to go to Jizhou, Xiao Ming ordered Niu Ben and others to go to Jizhou with 10,000 cavalry, 2,000 crossbowmen, 3,000 spearmen, 5,000 swordsmen, 10,000 musketeers and three hundred Hussite chariots. .

Leaving the troops of other states to guard their respective prefectures and counties, at the same time, let Pang Yukun open the civilian Wubao. Once the barbarians enter the fief, they will organize the people to hide in Wubao to minimize losses.

Like the previous battles, the most serious problem in going to Jizhou this time was logistics.

However, last year Xiao Ming ordered the prefectures to reserve food for war, and the food stored in Yunzhou City should be enough to support his trip to Jizhou this time.

Therefore, compared to the past, his food and grass pressure this time is a little easier, but after leaving Yunzhou, the logistics will be troublesome again, not to mention this time Niu Ben also brought thirty artillery pieces to Jizhou, and he had to draw horses along the way. carried by people.

Although he got the news in time, the war was not a trip that just left. After ten days of preparations for ammunition and weapons, Niu Ben took more than 20,000 people to Yunzhou.

In this battle, Xiao Ming is not going to go to Jizhou to follow the blind mix. Now everyone has to perform their own duties. He is responsible for the overall planning of the fiefs, the soldiers are responsible for fighting, and the officials are responsible for assisting him.

Sending off the Qingzhou army at the gate of the Qingzhou camp, Xiao Ming was a little worried in his heart.

Qingzhou has only been exposed to firearms for three or four months, and he can't guarantee how he will perform on the battlefield, so this time the musket team only accounted for one-third.

But this step will sooner or later go out for him, and it will be more able to sharpen the soldiers on the battlefield and gain practical combat experience.

Of course, he explained that Niuben's most important task was to collect victims.