Horse on the World

Chapter 256 The Princess Is Coming

In the Jingling war zone, in front of a burning camp, Li Feng and his subordinates turned pale. They had just participated in a small-scale battle with the barbarians. One wing of the Whirlwind Battalion had about [-] cavalrymen raiding one of the barbarians. In the small tribe, the opponent's entire tribe can mobilize no more than a thousand elite fighters, but in the battle, everyone from the gray-haired old man to the half-sized man who is not as tall as a horse, all stepped on the horse and participated in the battle. The intensity of the battle was beyond Li Feng's expectations. They thought that the one-stop battle lasted for several hours and chased for dozens of miles before they wiped out all the barbarian army. With superior strength, superior equipment and In front of the soldiers of the Whirlwind Battalion with high morale that the enemy did not possess, he was dumbfounded by the resolute resistance of the barbarians, and the superb horse control skills, high hit rate of galloping shots and the courage to die of the two warring parties, especially the barbarians, surprised him even more. He was frustrated, and Li Feng could see clearly that if the Whirlwind Battalion had not had a large number of people and well-equipped equipment, it would have paid a higher price to wipe out this barbarian army, but even so, the Whirlwind Battalion still suffered casualties. hundreds of people.

"General Jiang, are all barbarians so powerful in combat? Or is this an exception?" Li Feng asked.

Jiang Kui shook his head, disapprovingly said: "There, this is just a small tribe, whether it is combat power or equipment, there is a big gap compared with the barbarian army on the grassland, like Lang Ben and Long Xiao, if there are no soldiers If I were the backup, I would definitely not fight their cavalry in a decisive battle."

"Aren't these people the most powerful barbarians?" Li Feng asked: "I think their fighting power is quite strong!"

Jiang Kui laughed, tilted his head and looked at Li Feng for a while, and then said: "Young Lord, you just came to the grassland, and you don't know much about the barbarians. The most powerful troops of the barbarians are the Long Xiao and Lang Ben of the Bai people. What we just wiped out are just Some small fish and shrimps can be compared with wolves and dragons. These barbarians grew up on horseback and can ride horses even if they can't walk easily. Compared with them, our cavalry is not as good as them Yes, and only the ever-victorious battalion selected by the commander-in-chief from the entire army can compete with them."

Li Feng's face turned even paler.When he first came to Dingzhou, his ambition to fight the grassland one by one is not much left now. He wants to make meritorious deeds and become famous, but he doesn't want to ruin the five thousand cavalry who came with him. On the prairie, if it was a battle of such intensity just now, if it was his own cavalry, he would have to lose several times the manpower of the Whirlwind Battalion. Only then did Fengfang realize that the war was far from what he had imagined.

"Little Marquis, the barbarians now know that the day of doom is not far away, so they have a stronger will to resist. Now every battle is fought, we have to lose a lot of manpower, grandma, these barbarians jump over the wall in a hurry, but also It’s really hard to deal with.” Jiang Kui’s voice came, “But now the little marquis is here, haha, our whirlwind battalion should breathe a sigh of relief, and finally we can take a good repair. I’ve written a letter to ask the little marquis to replace his troops. Whirlwind Battalion, our battalion has been fighting for several months and has never had a chance to renovate, this time we can finally take a breather."

Li Feng opened his mouth, but he didn't speak, but he made up his mind. The Yizhou cavalry he brought must not be dismantled, but he must not be on the front line. In a battle like today, it will last seven or eight times. After ten times, there are probably very few Yizhou cavalrymen who can follow him home.I have to discuss it with my elder brother, so that Yizhou soldiers can be trained without causing too many casualties.

Li Qing was very straightforward with Li Feng's request, and he agreed immediately. The Yizhou cavalry will be divided into two groups, responsible for maintaining the safety of logistics transportation from Fuyuan to Zhilinli, and from Dingyuan to Jingling. As the battle deepens On the grassland, small groups of barbarian cavalry often infiltrate and attack the two logistics transportation lines. These cavalry are small in number and come and go like the wind. It is difficult to catch them, and Li Qing has no extra troops to send out to clear them , and the logistical guards were far inferior to these infiltrated barbarian elites in terms of combat effectiveness and mobility, so they suffered huge losses in the past month or so.

Li Feng was very happy. In this way, his troops could fight against the barbarians to achieve the purpose of forging without too much loss. They could kill two birds with one stone, so why not do it!Five thousand cavalry, maintaining two transport lines, is not a problem at all. After receiving the order from Li Qing, Li Feng happily began to arrange his troops to take up the post.

It is now September. In the past years, starting from September, the few months in a row have been the most tense time in Dingzhou, because this time is the beginning of the barbarian invasion of Dingzhou, which often lasts for several months. The beginning of winter has just ended. Since Li Qing entered Dingzhou, he has finally reversed the situation where Dingzhou has been passively defending year after year and endured painful beatings every year. The strategic point, the direction of the troops, is already pointing directly at the core of the grassland, the royal court of the Bai people.

This year's Dingzhou is completely free of the tense atmosphere of previous years. Instead, it is a scene of living and working in peace and contentment. Li Qing's strategy on the grassland is to prolong the war. Autumn is not a good time to fight the barbarians. This time is when the barbarians are fat and strong. The time when the combat power is the strongest, when a large amount of money is raised from the debt, Li Qing will be more confident. His ideal time is to launch a general offensive in this winter. At this time, the gap between the cavalry of the two sides will be the largest The limit is reduced, and the infantry in Dingzhou has an incomparable advantage over the barbarians. What's more, fighting in winter is not just a competition of fighters' combat effectiveness. Logistics and equipment will become another important factor in determining the success or failure of both sides.Li Qing, who has made a fortune, is determined to use this advantage to the limit.

"I'll smash you to death with silver!" Li Qing thought proudly.

Under this strategic guiding ideology, the fierce offensive of the Dingzhou Army stopped abruptly after supporting it for a short period of time. Instead, it sent troops to keep suppressing small groups of tribes, and at the same time began to concentrate on building camps. Accumulate supplies and prepare for a long-term battle.

It's not that Bayar doesn't understand Li Qing's thoughts, but now he has a hard time to say, he needs time to redeploy the grassland troops, because most of the grassland elites were concentrated on the front line of Dingzhou in the early stage of the war, and the rear was disturbed by the Guoshanfeng and Shiwei troops It was a mess, and the army was defeated, so that the tens of thousands of elite soldiers who passed the mountain wind approached hundreds of miles away from the royal court, and might launch an attack on the royal court at any time. Looting vertically and horizontally.

Both sides quieted down at the same time, accumulating strength, waiting for the arrival of the last moment.

The grassland was filled with a strong atmosphere of war, and all men who could mount horses were recruited into the army, which allowed Bayar to accumulate nearly 20 troops in a short period of time. Of course, the combat effectiveness of these soldiers could not be the same as Compared with the previous soldiers, Li Qing suddenly stopped attacking, which also caught Bayar's heart. If he had a few months to regroup the army, the combat effectiveness of these newly recruited soldiers would also be greatly improved. Thoughtful, but invariably slowed down the pace of the war.

Different from the grassland, Dingzhou's preparations for the war are methodical. Now Dingzhou's main thoughts are not on the decisive battle with the grassland, at least not in the past few months, because another major event has just begun It was rumored throughout Dingzhou that Princess Qingcheng would marry Li Qing, the commander-in-chief of Dingzhou, on the first day of the new year.

The princess's marriage will have a far-reaching impact, not only that Li Qing will bid farewell to his nominal single life, but Dingzhou will welcome the princess's wife, and more importantly, it will have a profound impact on Dingzhou and the political structure of the entire Great Chu.

Li Qing, Shang Haibo, Lu Yiming, and Qingfeng constitute the most core decision-making circle in Dingzhou. At this moment, they are discussing a marriage that can have a great impact on both Dingzhou and Dachu. .

Li Qing, the person involved, regards his big wedding as a political event completely, and he has no joy of becoming a groom soon. What's more, at this moment, he is concerned about Qingfeng's mood, and Qingfeng sitting below him has no expression on his face. The expression on his face was also very calm. He was talking about the princess marrying Dingzhou, and the reactions of various forces, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him. Ming was very impressed.You know, when the princess married Dingzhou, Qingfeng herself was the first to be affected.

Lu Yiming was in admiration, while Shang Haibo was afraid. The calmer Qingfeng was, the more worried he became. He was more willing to see Qingfeng become angry or not attend this meeting, but now Qingfeng's reaction was completely beyond his expectations In addition, Qingfeng is too calm, Shang Haibo believes that there must be a huge danger hidden under this calm, Qingfeng has never been a good man and a believer, and has always dealt with things that threaten her mercilessly. The upper hand in the battle is entirely due to the general's intentional restriction of the expansion of Qingfeng's power. Shang Haibo is very worried that in the next period of time, out of guilt for Qingfeng, the general will indulge Qingfeng.This is a question that you must consider.

Separating the Military Intelligence Department from the Statistics and Investigation Department is a major victory for me. The separation of these two intelligence departments will greatly limit Qingfeng's influence in the army. There is no harmony between people.When Qingfeng founded the Statistical Investigation Department, he unceremoniously excluded Mingyan, a veteran of intelligence, and had to leave Shiwei to conquer the world. Now that he has returned successfully, he has become the highest official of the Military Intelligence Investigation Department .

Although the current Military Intelligence Investigation Division cannot compare with the Statistics and Investigation Division in terms of strength and scale, and has to rely on the mature intelligence network of the Statistics and Investigation Division for many things, Shang Haibo believes that Mingyan will not lose. With Yu Qingfeng's personal ability and his full support, it won't be long before the Military Intelligence Investigation Department will become an intelligence giant on par with the Statistics Investigation Department. With Mingyan's check and balance, the danger of Qingfeng's possible outbreak may be reduced to to the bottom.

Looking back, I have to tell Mingyan that during the period when the princess is married, she must be vigilant and keep an eye on Qingfeng at all times.Shang Haibo was thinking about his own thoughts.

(End of this chapter)