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Chapter 1485 Conquering the Empire (31)

Dare Marshal knows Concubine Rong, and there seems to be some entanglement, but judging from the age of the Marshal, although I don’t know the age of Concubine Rong, but according to the custom of imperial women who can get married in [-] years, let’s compare seven At the age of the prince, Concubine Rong is too young to be the daughter of the Marshal!
With this idea in mind, combined with the fact that the Marshal thinks that he treats the Seventh Prince as a puppet for the safety of the Seventh Prince, the young general has some understanding in his heart.

It's just such an extremely personal thing, the young general doesn't dare to talk casually anymore, who knows if the commander-in-chief will become angry and take a knife on himself after feeling it.

After a while of silence, the young general found it uncomfortable for everyone not to speak, so he couldn't help asking: "Marshal, is our target this time Zhao Hujun?" I heard the same.

"Zhao Hu, hehe, yes and no."

When Kate said this, her head shook, as if she was about to look around like the young general, but he controlled him in advance, and then laughed at herself: "Actually, I'm not afraid that Zhao Hujun will know the news when I say it now, why? So, first of all, the other party must have got the news of our dispatch of troops at this moment and began to mobilize their troops. It's just that we have a tight mouth, so they can't determine the direction of our breakthrough.

"Of course, they will be able to determine the direction when we get to this position, but it will take a lot of time, but we will arrive at the eastern grassland area of ​​the coastal province at noon tomorrow, on this spacious ground that is most suitable for cavalry operations , although our cavalry dare not say that they are invincible, they are still strong."

Seeing that Kate lost the tenderness just now, the young general couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and the commander finally returned to normal.

Thinking of this, the young general hurriedly asked excitedly: "Marshal, although that ground is very suitable for our cavalry to fight, there is no important city of Zhao Hu there, and the subordinates even dare to conclude that there is no land on that grassland." public life.

"Because it is said that the people in Zhao Hu's site are all arranged according to the rules of living in nearby cities."

Kate smiled and said: "Oh, the first step for us to enter the coastal province is to gain a firm foothold, that piece of grass is convenient for our cavalry division to rest and fight.

Even if the opponent has gathered two divisions to march towards the grassland to the east, we can still enter the grassland first and block the enemy's first round of attack.

If you enter from other directions, on this terrain full of hills and forests, don't even think about cavalry charging first, and it will definitely be divided into several parts by the terrain. At that time, it will be attacked by Zhao Hu's army, which is mainly infantry. I can't even take the troops back. "

The young general nodded, looking at the cavalry that these marshals had worked so hard to accumulate, a whole division of cavalry, the young general could only sigh helplessly.

Most of the coastal provinces are hilly areas with many mountains and trees. It is a joke that the cavalry can exert half of its strength in this place. The only places where the cavalry can really exert its power are the hinterland of the empire and the northern border of the empire.If in these places, relying on the cavalry of a division, the provinces controlled by the commander-in-chief would have already gained several dollars.

"Actually, the goal this time is not to capture Zhao Hujun's territory." As soon as Kate said this, the young general was immediately dumbfounded. It took so much effort to gather so many troops, but it didn't completely defeat the opponent?Doesn't this mean that if you kill a tiger, you will be victimized?The teenager quickly dissuaded him.

Kate smiled: "There is no way, can the cavalry attack the city? No, it is very difficult for a single unit to capture a city, but if we bring other troops, we will be blocked by the enemy on these mountain roads. will be wiped out."

"Then why are we sending troops this time?" the young general asked eagerly.

"Hehe, Zhao Hujun doesn't place most of its people and important industries in the city like we do. The gathering places and various workshops of Zhao Hujun's people are all built around cities.

"And as long as our cavalry are not blocked by the enemy, we can definitely wipe out all the villages outside the city in Zhao Hu's territory. Even if we can't destroy the foundation of Zhao Hu's army, it can kill half of his life!"

Speaking of later, the light in Kate's eyes was comparable to the moon and stars!Regarding this, the young general knows that the coach's decision is right without thinking.

About an hour later, Kate got up and waved her hand: "Okay! I'm almost rested, and continue to march!"

The troops moved forward slowly again.

After Kate left, the place near his resting place trembled, and a black figure in a black robe passed by. Since the front army had left and the rear army hadn't followed, there was no one at all. Found this dark shadow.

At the border of Zhao Hu's army, as the horn of military mobilization sounded, Zhao Hu's troops stationed in various places immediately approached the higher level.

The garrison in the hinterland of Zhao Hu's army, when they assembled to the regiment of the regiment, automatically stopped gathering, and then began to advance towards the border of Haiquan.

However, the left-behind regiments dispersed into brigades and entered the nearby important cities to garrison, and the security of the people was also handed over to the guards temporarily formed by the Shangmin and the gentry.

Except for meeting patrols made up of locals on the street from time to time, the people in these places do not feel the atmosphere of war at all, and their lives remain the same.

The garrisons on the border of Zhao Hu's army, especially the garrisons adjacent to Haiquan Province, quickly assembled into a regiment, marched in a certain direction, and then assembled while marching, and the last two brigades appeared like this.

And the villages and towns all over the countryside, under the command of the Shangmin and the gentry, packed up their belongings and moved to the nearby cities. When the villagers and townspeople left, the noisy places were immediately deserted and silent.Everything that could be moved was removed.

The slaves who worked locally were also organized and issued weapons.Seventy to eighty percent of these slaves are prisoners of war captured by Zhao Hu's army. Their military quality is much better than that of ordinary people. They are equipped with weapons and formed an organization. Soon, the armed slave brigades are formed one by one, and then they are led by the captains who came by air. Next, follow Zhao Hujun's footsteps to a certain direction.

As for worrying about slave riots?This is nothing to worry about.

I am afraid of comparison in everything, think about the treatment of slaves now, think about the experience of being a soldier in the past, think about Zhao Hujun's very clear requirements for level promotion, and think about the merits of those who are capable in other places if they are not promoted. From these comparisons, it can be found that the treatment of civilians in other places is not even as good as that of slaves in Zhao Hujun's side. Since this is the case, the idiot knows how to choose.

Zhou Xiang is such a slave who knows how to choose.

He was arrested when he was only 17 years old, and he did not admit that he was a prisoner of war, because he had never even used a knife, how could he be a prisoner of war?
But everyone sneered at this question. Now Zhao Hujun only has slaves and no prisoners of war. If this is the case, why do you still need to distinguish whether you are a prisoner of war?Do you still want to use this to get out of slavery?Daydreaming!

Zhou Xiang's thoughts were really so, but it was a pity that they were not recognized.

Originally, according to his ingenuity, it would have been a breeze to get the top three people to act when Zhao Hujun arrived.It's a pity that the master he served was nervously clamoring to destroy the family and fight against the enemy. A small local tyrant with only three to forty people including the porter took the initiative to attack Zhao Hu's army formed by a brigade passing by in front of the door.

As can be imagined, the little local tyrant was instantly destroyed, and Zhou Xiang, who hadn't realized what happened, became a slave just like that.

Hearing that he became a slave, Zhou Xiang could already imagine what his future life would be like. At that time, while admitting that he was unlucky, he also began to plan how to escape from the slave camp.

But the life that followed took Zhou Xiang by surprise.

On the day he entered the slave camp, he began to register his identity and name, and then received the allotment. Zhou Xiang, like many others, stared at the things in his hands in astonishment, a set of grooming utensils and three sets of clothes, and these things were actually brand new!I got a new set of clothes when I was a servant, but now I have three sets when I am a slave? !
During the first meal in the slave camp, everyone was shocked again. The meal was actually coarse grains, dried vegetables, and vegetable soup, and there was no limit to it!

Knowing this, people like Zhou Xiang immediately thought that they were in heaven. It's no wonder that in these years, the longing for heaven is so simple.Because even the staple food of the local tyrants has long been replaced by coarse grains.

In the age of warlords, what was left after a great war?There are old, weak, sick and disabled who are so hungry that they can't make a sound, and there is an extreme lack of food!
The reason is very simple, warlords only pursue victory in battle, so when the battle is fierce, they will even pull all the men within the control range into the army. More than half of the farmland of the losing side will definitely be abandoned.

Some frenzied losers, in order to avenge the winners, even burned all the grain and farmland.In this way, it is no wonder that there is no shortage of food.

Therefore, although the empire has not been ruled by warlords for a long time, at least [-]% of the empire's strong men have disappeared, and the food production has been so low that it cannot even satisfy the existing population, let alone increase production.

So in these years, everyone lived without a meal. Now that they encounter food that can fill them up, they still don’t eat with their stomachs open.

Zhou Xiang, who is so full that he can't walk at all, thinks like everyone else that if he can keep eating like this, then it's okay to be a slave.

You must know that it is impossible for the original small officer to have a full meal, let alone a small soldier.As for whether you will dislike the lack of oil and water?Please, the landlord's family has no food left these days, who would dare to ask so much?

(End of this chapter)