Horse on the World

Chapter 263 Inspection
To Li Qing, getting some news about cotton seeds and cotton by accident is nothing more than a surprise. Even if he can get a large amount of cotton seeds from Shiwei, it will take a few years to promote planting and utilization on a large scale. Now, his attention has completely turned to the war against the barbarians.

With the passage of time, the climate has become cooler and cooler, seeing that winter is coming, and this winter is exactly the time Li Qing planned to fight against the barbarians. Fighting in winter, the troops will face much greater difficulties than in other seasons Many, but compared to this season's greater restrictions on the barbarians, Li Qing felt that the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.

The logistical requirements for winter operations are even greater. This season is not enough to complete the task by transporting food and weapons. In order to support this operation, Dingzhou has started to go up to the forest and Jingling base camp a few months ago. A large amount of wintering tents, charcoal, and materials have been piled up in these two places.

Li Qing, who has raised a large sum of money by using debts, is really rich and powerful now, and he can't wait to arm his soldiers to the teeth. This is where Li Qing is different from most of the heads of forces at that time. In his heart, he always believes that talents are the most powerful The important thing is that if the money is gone, it can be earned again, and if the land is lost, it can be reclaimed, but if the people are gone, there will be nothing.

If you lose land, you can save people, and you can gain both people and land. If you lose people, you can save land, and you can lose both people and land.

With this belief in mind, Li Qing kept getting better equipment for his soldiers, of course he didn't know that every time he improved the equipment and the treatment of the soldiers, he got the soldiers more gratitude and higher loyalty.The generals who commanded these soldiers were even more confident of victory.

When the first wave of northern scenery came to Dingzhou, Li Qing came to Jingling.Bringing tens of thousands of pairs of gloves and hoods that Long Sihai just made.

"The commander-in-chief really loves the soldiers like a son!" Wang Qinian, the supreme commander of Jingling, admired sincerely. Except for Li Qing, at least he has never heard of a commander-in-chief who can think so thoroughly about the soldiers.

Li Feng's knowledge is much wider than Wang Qinian's. He was horrified that in Yizhou Li's family, even his uncle's direct troops could not do this. At most, the armor and weapons were better. Just a few.Li Feng came to Dingzhou for several months. Although he did not fight the enemy on a large scale, he escorted food and supplies, and confronted the barbarian cavalry who harassed them on a small scale many times. From Li Qing's point of view, he was barely ready for a battle.

The weapons and armor of the Yizhou cavalry were prepared by themselves when they came from Yizhou, and the losses on the battlefield were supplied by Dingzhou. The armor and weapons are much better than their own, so a self-destroying armor operation is quietly launched among Yizhou soldiers. After every small battle, there are always a lot of people claiming that their armor is damaged , The saber was worn out and asked to be replaced. Li Feng was well aware of these little tricks, but he deliberately condoned them. He was also jealous of those equipments.

So a few months later, this army had all the standard equipment of the Dingzhou cavalry. Li Qing generously equipped them with repeating hand crossbows. Of course, the gloves and hoods they brought this time also had them. one serving.

Jingling Camp is the left wing of Dingzhou's attack on the grassland. It has penetrated into the grassland for hundreds of miles. In Li Qing's plan, this is not only a material transfer station for the left wing, but also a series of tasks such as housing wounded soldiers during wartime. Therefore, in addition to the routine construction of Jingling Daying, many permanent buildings were built, even in the tents, fire dragons were also built, and a large amount of coal and charcoal were transported from Dingzhou. Prepare for winter application.

Wang Qinian's residence is a permanent building made entirely of stones. It is divided into two rooms inside and outside. The outside is about dozens of square meters. There is a huge sand table in the middle. The sand table is made exactly like the topography of the grassland. It is filled with flags of different colors. The white ones represent the barbarians, the red ones represent the Qi Nian division, the yellow ones represent the Lu Dalin tribe in Shanglinli, and the blue ones represent the Guoshan tribe and the Shiwei allied forces. From the looks of it, the three armies were like three huge sharp swords, piercing deeply into the grassland hinterland, pressing the white flag into a flat shape.

"Commander!" Wang Qinian pointed to the red flag and said, "In the past few months, we have been cleaning up the small groups of barbarians around us and slowly forcing them together. Outside the Naben tribe, there are no other barbarian tribes. Commander, please see, the [-] Longxiao army in the Naben headquarters, and after gathering the remnants of more than [-] small tribes, there are about [-] people. In Hongtugou, according to the commander's strategy, we did not launch a major battle for nearly a month, but waited for Naben to gather more tribal troops, and then launched a decisive battle with them after winter."

Li Qingdao: "Now there are 4 people in Naben, presumably after a while, there will be more small tribes to vote, so the army of Naben is likely to expand to 6 to 4 people, you Including the Whirlwind Battalion here, there are less than [-] people in total, is it possible to defeat the opponent in a frontal battle? You must know that the Long Xiao Army is not an ordinary army."

Wang Qinian said with a smile: "Actually, our real opponent is the [-] Long Xiao Army. Although the other small tribes have many people, their combat effectiveness cannot compare with the Long Xiao Army. Moreover, with so many troops gathered together, it is difficult for them to fight. It is conceivable that there is a lot of logistical pressure on them, but they don’t have a strong Dingzhou to support them, so I guess they are already suffering enough, and after a while, when winter comes, it will be even more difficult for them.”

"But our soldiers are recharging their energy. In fact, Naben can be regarded as smart. In the past few months, he has come to us several times to seek a decisive battle, but we stick to the Jingling camp, relying on the camp , using arrows and crossbows to cause huge damage to them, the helpless Naben had nothing to gain except to lose troops in vain, so ah, Naben can only wait desperately for the last moment to come, I think he should have seen this The final outcome of the war." Wang Qinian said excitedly.

"Marshal, I think it's time for us to attack when it's snowing heavily?"

Li Qing smiled, "It was about that period of time, but it depends on the specific situation, whether it will be sooner or later, I can't tell right now!" He pointed at the blue flag, "Actually Bayar is now He also wanted to defeat Shanfeng and Tienig's army first, and then go east to fight with me. Therefore, he transferred Huang Bu Boyan away. It is the strongest force other than Wolf Run, but Guoshanfeng is very smart, dragging Bayar around on the grassland, but not fighting him decisively, and the fighting power of the Shiwei people also surprised me. Back then Jiang Heiniu The battle report I wrote looked down on the opponent, but now it seems that Jiang Heiniu's view is too biased. At that time, he easily defeated Zarantu, probably because it was a battle for the throne. Once Shi Wei's own people lose, it is easy to cause the army's morale to collapse and they will be defeated. Look at the few encounters between Shi Wei people and Bayar Long Xiao, it is remarkable!"

Wang Qinian smiled and said: "Yes, if the Shiwei people were not good at fighting, Hu He would not have been allowed to stay in Congling Pass for so long. Invoking Shiwei people to enter the pass, the commander's move is very good."

"Hu He has already started to retreat." Li Qingdao, "Lv Dalin has now turned from defense to offense, step by step, and always stays behind Hu He, making his retreat extremely difficult. Beard, the three-way army, yours The opposite side is the weakest, and I hope you will be the first to make a breakthrough here."

"Don't worry, Marshal." Wang Qinian's eyes lit up, "I will definitely defeat Naben."

"As long as you make a breakthrough here, it will trigger a chain reaction." Li Qing stretched out his hand and pulled up a white flag, which broke with a sound of Kaba.

While the two were talking, cheers suddenly came from outside, Li Qing glanced at Wang Qinian in confusion, Wang Qinian smiled and said: "It is likely that the rangers who were patrolling outside have gained something again and returned triumphantly. "

"Huzi, high morale is a good thing, but you must emphasize to your subordinates that you must not underestimate the enemy. If you are in a hurry, you will jump over the wall. What's more, there are tens of thousands of enemies facing you. They are tens of thousands of powerful enemies like wolves and tigers. , not tens of thousands of pigs, any mistake may affect the whole battle situation, I was in your camp today, and most of what I saw was this kind of emotion!" Li Qing looked at Wang Qinian and said seriously.

"The closer you are to victory, the more careful you need to be, because at this time, the enemy's counterattack is the most powerful. Have you ever seen a wounded beast? It is often more terrifying than an unscathed one at that time."

Wang Qinian was terrified. "Yes, Commander, I was too careless. I will definitely pay attention to this. Commander, since you are here, why don't you see the generals? Wouldn't it be more effective for you to emphasize it?"

Li Qing chuckled, "It's gone. If I were to say it, then what is the majesty of you, the commander of the army? You should do it! Next, I will go to Jiang Kui in the whirlwind camp."

Li Qing is convinced that Wang Qinian can take the lead in making a breakthrough here. Wang Qinian's Qi Nian division has now gathered a large number of Dingzhou generals such as Guan Xinglong and Wei Xin. The soldiers under these generals are all experienced in battle and extremely powerful. , Li Qing sent a large number of recruits to the three fortresses, and transferred these veterans from the three fortresses to reorganize them into the Qi Nian division, hoping that Wang Qinian would take the lead in defeating Naben. In Li Qing's view, Naben is the three major armies of the grassland barbarians One of the biggest weaknesses.Defeating Naben will force Huhe to retreat sharply, and under the persecution of Wang Qinian and Lu Dalin, Huhe will either fight decisively or retreat to the Bai royal court to join Bayar, but no matter what Huhe chooses What Li Qing wanted was to trap Huhe and Bayar in the royal court of the Bai tribe together in the middle of winter. At that time, he hoped that the defense skills of the Bai tribe could match their field combat ability.Li Qing sneered in his heart.

(End of this chapter)