Chapter 191 Strategy

Xuehaiguan's school adheres to the tradition of Shengle City. For five days every month, children will come to the school and not attend classes. Instead, they will go out of the school under the leadership of the teacher to engage in "extracurricular activities."

Sometimes I go to the military camp to watch the soldiers train, help feed the horses and wipe their armor, and then have lunch with the soldiers;

Sometimes I go to the workshop to help with the day's work. For small workers, lunch is served in the workshop with the workers.

Basically, the entire production and operation activities under the Earl's Mansion, except for the red tent, can become target places for school students to "experience life" .

There are no idlers in Snow Customs. Unless you are an old man who is really too old to move, as long as you can still move, you will be assigned work, such as sweeping the streets.

Liu Dahu’s grandma needs to be responsible for the cleanup of an area on Chengbei Street.

From the perspective of future generations, people living here or in the areas controlled by the Earl's Mansion will feel that life is really tiring, but in fact these people have no complaints.

They have all experienced wars and wars, so they have eliminated the pretentiousness. At the same time, these three words, being able to eat well, may seem simple, but they are also the lifelong pursuit of most people in this era.

As long as they have enough to eat, they can do whatever you ask them to do.

Liu Dahu and the children of the same age were taught today to go to the construction site in the south of Xueguan City. Rows of houses were built neatly, and the blocks were divided as neatly as square grids. Covered with larger squares.

This compulsory unified pattern and symmetry reflects the obsessive-compulsive disorder of Zheng Boye, a painter, in the design composition.

The construction of private houses is actually not complicated, the materials used are not very good, the construction period is very tight, and there are many civilians involved in the construction, but in terms of quality, they are weatherproof and will not suddenly collapse. In terms of killing people, there is still a lot of guarantee.

Because whoever participated in the construction of which block will be registered, and the names of the inspectors, small foremans, and workers below are all recorded.

Make it clear that if there is any quality problem with this house in the future, everyone registered will be implicated. If there is a big problem, such as killing someone, the builder will be fined, and the inspector and the small foreman will be guilty. cut.

Not only in this regard, the weapons workshop of Xuehai Customs is also the foundry bureau. Not only every set of armor, but also every spear and knife will have marks and brands on it. Make it clear who is in charge. Once there is a quality problem with the ordnance, they will be held accountable.

These details are not actually the original creation of the Earl's Palace, but the blind man copied some systems of the Qin Dynasty.

Today, these students, including Liu Dahu, will work as small workers on the construction site, and there will also be special small foremen to explain to them. How much they can understand depends on it, but at least it allows the children to learn in advance. It broadened my horizons.

After all, after they are sixteen years old, they will basically participate in these industries, and because they are literate and good at arithmetic, and they grew up under the love and care of "Uncle Zheng", their loyalty is It is engraved in the bones that in the future, under the Earl's Mansion industry, it will be easy to achieve the position of the little boss.

This is because Liu Dahu also exercises under the guidance of the Sword Master on weekdays. Although it cannot be said to exercise his muscles and bones because he is too young;

But his strength and size allow him to These students were very advantageous. After being divided into groups, Liu Dahu became the group leader and led more than 20 classmates to carry some small bricks.

Halfway through the work, everyone felt that the ground beneath their feet seemed to be shaking.

For a time, both adults and children turned their attention to the southwest, where a dark "dark cloud" appeared.

No,

It's the cavalry!

The Yan troops in Xuehaiguan who were in charge of supervising work and cruising around took the initiative to spread out and made a posture to prepare for the enemy. However, soon, the posture to meet the enemy was lifted, and the Yan troops that had dispersed earlier began to turn back. At the same time, they cooperated with At the construction site, some officials from the Earl's Palace began to maintain order and clean up official channels.

The confused people on the surrounding construction site made a swing in their minds, suddenly lifted up, and suddenly fell down.

Most of them are no strangers to war, but most of them still don't want to fight, at least, they don't want to fight in front of their own homes.

Liu Dahu and several of his classmates squeezed forward to the side of the official road, wanting to see the excitement. Although they were stopped by the soldiers, they had already occupied the front position.

The first one to come over was Uncle Zheng, who was riding in the lead.

The soldiers and civilians in Xueguan knew that because their uncle did not want to be special, he did not wear special armor and was equal to the soldiers.

But it’s easy for everyone to recognize it, that is, in the entire Snow Customs, except for Uncle Zheng, no one can ride a Pixiu beast on their crotch, and what Uncle Zheng has on his crotch is still a Pixiu!

When Zheng Fan marched over,

Except for the soldiers who maintained official order, all the soldiers and civilians on both sides knelt down:

"See Uncle Uncle, Uncle Fukang!"

"See Uncle, Uncle Fukang!"

Uncle Zheng waved his riding whip and made a blast in the air. The soldiers and civilians paid homage to them, and then entered the south gate without slowing down.

Many people who followed Uncle Zheng recognized him as one of his close confidants, Jin Shuke, who was once the gatekeeper of the east gate of Shengle City, and later obtained Uncle Zheng appreciated that he had been promoted through military service.

There are many barbarian soldiers among the Xuehai cavalry, and Jinshu can be regarded as the one with the highest rank and the most influence among the barbarian soldiers.

As for the barbarian next to Jin Shuke who was wearing another type of armor and had long hair, everyone felt a little strange.

Brother Ke Yandong was a little nervous. On the one hand, the city wall of Xuehaiguan gave him a sense of oppression. After all, there were basically no cities in the desert except for the royal city where the royal court was located. On the other hand, because of the previous The sight of the kneeling soldiers and civilians made him feel a little shaken.

The Keyan tribe is no longer a small tribe. It can forcefully gather 10,000 string-controllers by gritting its teeth, but the barbarian tribe has such a hierarchical culture, which is strict and harsh, but absolutely It is not as refined as in Eastern countries, especially here in Xueguan. In order to satisfy Uncle Zheng's personal preferences and enjoyment, great efforts have been made in etiquette.

It's like they are all kings. On your side, during the meeting, everyone drinks and eats meat together and even goes off to play wrestling in person. On the other side, there is a dragon chair on top, with hundreds of civil and military officials below. The feeling of kowtowing in unison is actually different.

Because Uncle Zheng entered the city directly, Jin Shu did not dare to do anything to the kneeling soldiers and civilians around him. He just controlled his horse speed and followed Uncle Zheng into the city. Door.

After that,

The warriors of Keyan tribe rode in.

And because Uncle Zheng had already entered the city, both sides of the official road The common people also stood up, and everyone couldn't help but start to comment on this new-faced army.

"Where do these beggar soldiers come from?"

A child named Li Erniu next to Liu Dahu laughed.

Liu Dahu replied to him:

"They are barbarian soldiers, barbarian soldiers, coming up from the desert in the west."

Desert, barbarian,

The Jin people are actually very unfamiliar with them.

Because there is a Yan State blocking the way between Jin State and the desert.

However, Li Erniu is indeed right. The cavalry team entering the city in front of him really looks like an army of beggars.

Key Yan's tribe is actually still behind, still more than ten miles away from Xueguan. These seven thousand warriors were mobilized in a short time by Zheng Fan who personally ordered Brother Ke Yandong.

These tribal warriors were basically accompanying their families on the migration, and they might even be holding their children. However, at the sound of a military call, they immediately dropped everything and were summoned. They came galloping together, it can be said that they were not prepared at all.

Of course, it is impossible to say that I had tidied myself up properly when I first appeared. The accumulated travel dust accumulated under the long-distance move is so clear.

At the same time, many generals at that time had analyzed that the Zhenbei Army could suppress the desert for hundreds of years, and these analyzes basically could not avoid two elements.

The first is the ordnance and equipment of the Zhenbei Army, and the second is the military discipline of the Zhenbei Army.

Since the decline of the Royal Court, the desert can be said to be a piece of scattered sand. Even if multiple tribes are forced to gather forces, they are actually fighting independently;

As for military equipment, this is the reality There is nothing we can do about it.

More than a hundred years ago, the desert barbarians were not as hard-pressed as they are now. In their heyday, the Barbarian Royal Court once led the warriors of the desert tribes to the east to suppress the Yan Kingdom. If they died in battle, they might have broken through the iron hooves of the Yan State and stepped into the east;

To the west, they crushed the Western countries and even accepted a large number of Western countries as their own vassals. Providing food, weapons and other dividends to the barbarian warriors requires urbanization and farming civilization to provide dividends.

That period was actually the period when the barbarians were at their peak.

But the flowers did not bloom for a hundred days, the royal court's western expedition failed, and its status plummeted. Countries in the west, mainly the Roman Empire, emerged and began to actively compress the living space of the barbarians to the east;

To the east, Since the first generation of Zhenbei Hou established the Zhenbei Army, the Yan State gradually took a dominant position in the struggle between Yan and barbarians.

For a time, the two neighbors of the barbarian tribe, the east and the west, began to suppress him and fight, which made the life of the barbarian tribe more and more miserable. The policy of the barbarians is unanimous.

This is how the Beggar Army came about.

Except for a few warriors in Keyan's department who are qualified to wear armor, most of the others only wear leather clothes, and many people have arrowheads ground out of animal bones.

This poor state, and the savages who were not admitted at the beginning, really mean that the elder brother does not laugh at the second brother.

Unfortunately, Uncle Zheng has spent a lot of money on ordnance and equipment since the establishment of the army with hundreds of barbarians. Adhere to the policy of elite troops.

Therefore, the soldiers and civilians of Xuehai Customs have long been accustomed to this kind of excellent military appearance.

Furthermore, people always need some sense of self-superiority to increase their daily happiness. Not to mention these common people, it is the soldiers and generals of barbarian origin in the Snow Navy who are looking at the " After pretending to be a beggar, he immediately smiled contemptuously at his "poor relatives".

The warriors of Ke Yan's tribe also clearly felt the abnormality in the surrounding atmosphere. It can be seen that they wanted to make the queue more orderly, but because they had not rehearsed beforehand, the more they wanted to be orderly, the more they became confused. Can't get tidy.

At the same time, their status is also a bit embarrassing for this place, because they know that Xuehaiguan will be the place where they and their families live and survive in the future. For the people here, there will always be a sense of Mixed emotions inside.

They are not enemies, but... neighbors?

Barbarians who are accustomed to tribal life do not actually have a clear concept of "neighbors" in this broad sense. In the desert, two neighboring tribes tend to be wary of each other for fear of One day the other party will annex itself.

"Woo woo woo!!!"

The bugle sounded again,

This was the signal to speed up the march.

……

In the dark underground cell, there is a black table.

Opposite the table was an iron fence. The Savage King grabbed the iron fence with both hands and watched a familiar figure slowly walk over and sit down behind the table.

"So fast?" asked the Savage King.

Since the last time the Savage King told the blind man about the situation in the snowfield and the situation of each tribe, the Savage King has been left here for a long time without anyone paying attention.

Asking so quickly, does it mean that action is about to begin?

Summer is not over yet, and autumn is still far away.

The blind man said:

"It's a barbarian tribe."

The Savage King, who was holding the fence with both hands, smiled and said:

"Strike or win over?"

"Extermination."

"Has it been declared?"

"Declared."< /p>

"Then you have to be quick."

The Savage King said straightforwardly.

"How fast?" the blind man asked.

"The sooner the better." The Savage King continued: "The alliance between the various tribes in the snowfield takes time. The division of spoils needs to be agreed in advance, and oaths and sacrifices need to be made. Warriors also need to be summoned and met. After a lot of delay, since the Naiman tribe has been announced, it must act quickly and not give them a chance to unite.

After the Naiman tribe is destroyed, other tribes will not come back. To speak out for a tribe that no longer exists."

The blind man nodded,

and said:

"It's been fast."

…………

“So fast, go directly to the battlefield?”

When Keyan’s tribe began to enter the city, the north gate of Xuehaiguan had already been opened. Zheng Fan didn't even stop at all, and rode Pixiu directly out of the spacious official road that ran between the north and south city gates.

Brother Ke Yandong, who was following Zheng Fan, originally thought he was going into the city to rest for a while, but who knew that he would enter directly through the south gate and then exit through the north gate? He couldn't help but speak. Ask about Jinshu.

Actually,

Jin Shu doesn’t know anything,

But he doesn’t want Brother Ke Yandong to feel that he doesn’t know,

So I just pretended to be serious and said:

"Just listen to my uncle's orders."

After leaving the North City Gate, Brother Ke Yandong saw rows of simple buildings in front of him. shack.

Some shacks have boiling water, and some have steamers, which are steaming hot and fragrant.

Zheng Fan turned over and led Pixiu to a shack. He reached out and took over three large steamed buns and a bowl of broth.

Then he led Pixiu to the other side and started to devour it.

The same thing happened to Jin Shu. He got off his horse and went to get the food. Brother Ke Yandong on the side also followed suit.

Divide the steamed bunsIn front of this shack, there were barbarian soldiers standing. Many of them were physically mutilated and wounded. They could no longer go to the battlefield, so they were transferred to the rear.

However, it is convenient when facing the people of Keyan tribe at this time. After all, everyone can communicate in barbaric language.

"How many steamed buns do you want?"

Brother Ke Yandong: "I want them all."

"..." Soldier.

Jin Shuke reminded: "This is hot food. You have to get dry food before finishing this meal."

The barbarian soldier who shared the steamed buns did not know Brother Ke Yandong. But as if he was seeing his old self, he smiled and said:

"Here, we will take care of the food."

"Then come ten."

"Okay, ten."

After receiving the steamed buns and the broth, Brother Ke Yandong and Jin Shuke came to Zheng Fan together. When they came over, Uncle Zheng had already put the last He put a little bit of the steamed bun into his mouth, then picked up the soup bowl and drank the last bit of soup.

After seeing the ten steamed buns in Brother Ke Yandong’s arms,

The corners of Zheng Uncle’s eyes twitched twice unconsciously,

Suddenly Some feel sorry for their own food reserves.

However, we have to let people have enough to eat, and we can’t appear to be petty, so we can only leave one sentence:

“Don’t waste food.”

"Yes, uncle."

Brother Ke Yandong happily imitated Zheng Fan's previous behavior and squatted down with Jin Shuke and started to devour the same food.

The warriors of Keyanbe who followed also started to receive steamed buns and broth, and then imitated the behavior of the people in front, squatting and eating and drinking.

When Keyan tribe migrated, local officials of Yan State provided food and grass along the way, but the food was definitely not abundant, and not only the soldiers had to eat, but everyone also dragged their families with them, so the consumption was high. Even bigger, most of the barbarian warriors have actually not had enough to eat for a long time.

After finishing the meal, the Keyan tribe warriors received fried noodles from a shack further north, and at the same time, they also used boiling water to fill their water bladders.

A few barbarian soldiers who were responsible for filling water bags for the warriors of Keyan tribe joked in a tone of experience:

"You are unlucky, you didn't catch up with the bath, that Zaozi, you can It's smooth and fragrant. I'll arrange it for you when you get back from the war. Remember to use it sparingly. It's expensive. The prices in the shops in the city are very expensive, but women like this."

Liang Cheng rode up to Zheng Fan,

Zheng Fan was sitting there,

lighting an after-dinner cigarette,

At the same time,

as usual when marching and fighting,

asked Liang Cheng:

"What should we do next?"

…………

“The next step is to go straight in!”

The blind man said calmly:

"Be specific."

The Savage King stretched out his hand, pulled back the beard and hair covering his face, and said sonorously:

"The location of the Naiman tribe is to the north of the deep pool in the snowy field. To the east is the Chage tribe, and to the west is the Anyang tribe.

The main force of the Anyang tribe once followed me Entering the pass, now that all the warriors in the tribe have been lost, they will be invaded by the Naiman tribe. According to the rules of the snow plain, when they annex your tribe, they will absorb your population as slaves and then immigrate to this tribe to run the pasture that originally belonged to you.

Therefore, the west side of the deep pool, which was originally controlled by the Anyang tribe, must be very empty, with only a small number of Naiman tribe members guarding it.

The east side of the deep pool is guarded. The Chage Tribe and the Naiman Tribe have a very close marriage relationship. They even united with the Naiman Tribe to oppose me at the beginning and did not send warriors from the clan to follow me into the pass. The warriors from the clan are still there.

The blind man nodded and said:

"Continue."

The Savage King opened his arms, as if he was not standing in a cage at this time, but in front of the map, commanding thousands of troops of his own:

"The leader of the Naiman tribe I'm short-sighted. Even if the tribes that didn't join me in the past are making money now and are growing in power by annexing other tribes, in fact, their leaders are all short-sighted people.

The Naiman Tribe is short-sighted. The core ranch of the tribe is north of Shentan.

Since the uncle has issued an explicit order to conquer the Naiman tribe, the Naiman tribe will definitely send envoys to contact other nearby tribes for help, and at the same time, they will gather their own troops. Soldiers and horses.

In the past few days, the Naiman tribe has grown rapidly by annexing other tribes, but there is a hidden crisis. The number of warriors in its own tribe has not increased much. What has increased is the number of slave soldiers and vassals.

Therefore, when

conquering the Naiman tribe,

it is best to bypass the front line with a surprise force, no, from the flank. From the rear, they cut into the Naiman tribe's pasture and plundered and killed their cattle and sheep.

The warriors from the Naiman tribe's headquarters on the front line will inevitably return to the ranch. At that time, the main force of the uncle will fight decisively and surrender to the tribe and slaves. If the army has no intention of fighting, it will inevitably be defeated!

The defeat is complete and the victory is determined!"

The blind man quietly "watched" the performance of the Savage King,

The blind man said:

"Do you want to inform other tribes?"

"Notify other tribes? Warn them?" Are you going to side with the Naiman tribe? Or let them send troops to help the Great Yan Heavenly Master to destroy the Naiman tribe?"

"I'm asking you."

"On the snowy plain. The most terrifying creature is the wolf, which is the nightmare of all herdsmen at night.

The wolf is proud, and what the herdsmen are afraid of is its pride. When you do everything to resist you. After all the existences are defeated, the remaining ones will naturally crawl on the ground.your feet.

So, since the uncle has already expressed his will to destroy the Naiman tribe to Xueyuan, there is no need to contact those tribes anymore. When the Naiman tribe is destroyed, they Instead of being miserable, he will kneel at his uncle's feet more respectfully and lick his boots!

This is the snowy plain, this is our holy race, a bunch of...bastards. "

"Haha, are the savages really so miserable as you said? "

" Bang! "

The Savage King held the iron fence with both hands,

looked at the blind man with a smile,

said:

"Hehehe, haha Ha ha! ”

Immediately,

The Savage King stood on his heels to make himself look taller, then stuck out his tongue and licked the rust stains on the railing,

said:

"Originally, not,

but after they lost me, they were just a bunch of trash . ”

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Good night everyone.