The king behind the empress

Chapter 393 The eve of the decisive battle
When Xu Boyuan got the city defense map and two pamphlets, he was a little dazed. It was too simple. He didn't even mention any of the plans he had prepared in secret and the conditions to be offered. Well, this Liu Ruqian took the initiative to send the things over, which is too easy to talk about.

However, after Old Wutou explained Liu Ruqian's conditions, he who was a little confused at first understood Liu Ruqian's thoughts in an instant.

"It can be regarded as a good official."

Xu Boyuan secretly sighed in his heart, but he didn't doubt the authenticity of this thing. After all, if Liu Ruqian really wanted to harm them, he didn't need to go through such a lot of trouble. He only needed to tell Hu Mingyi the information on his side, and lurked in by himself. Most of the people will suffer.

Old Wu saw that Xu Boyuan was reading the pamphlet, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, "Mr. Xu, the county guard said that troops will be dispatched from the city in three days. If we go to the battlefield, we..."

Because their previous plan was to join forces to seize a city gate, and then they would have nothing to do with them, but now it suddenly became necessary to go out of the city to fight, which was completely inconsistent with their plan, so he was a little at a loss as to what to do.

"It's okay."

Hearing what old Wutou said, Xu Boyuan temporarily put down the city defense map in his hand, "I will notify the prince before you leave the city."

"Once there is a fight, you all need to work together to get rid of the War Supervisor and surrender."

Speaking of this, Xu Boyuan suddenly remembered something, and said: "By the way, there is one thing that must be kept in mind, that is, don't stand in the way of the cavalry's charge."

"surrender……"

Old Wu's face was a bit bitter. It sounds simple to say, but if you want to deal with the War Supervisor with them as ordinary civilians, you must think highly of them, right?

Seeing the embarrassment on Old Wu's face, Xu Boyuan chuckled lightly and said, "Don't worry, there are people I have placed in the supervisory team, and they will help you when the time comes, and I will also prepare two thousand guns for you." Shortbow, when the time comes, you will hide on your body, and if you are caught off guard, those supervising teams will definitely have no way out."

"Short crossbow?"

Hearing Xu Boyuan's promise, the old Wutou cheered up in an instant. Crossbow arrows are a big killer. At close range, the light armor of those soldiers will definitely not be able to block the power of crossbow arrows. Well, finding a way to survive is absolutely no problem.

"In that case, thank you Mr. Xu!"

Old Wutou thanked Xu Boyuan repeatedly. After all, a short crossbow would cost several hundred taels of silver even if it was of average quality. Since Xu Boyuan was able to promise them so much, it showed that Xu Boyuan still trusted them in his heart, not just Treat them as pawns.

"You're welcome, as it should be."

Xu Boyuan waved his hand indifferently, and said: "After you go back, when the defenders are going out of the city, don't make a fuss, lest someone's mouth is not tight and leaks a loophole, and it will be troublesome."

"Don't worry, Mr. Xu, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't understand things."

Old Wu nodded, and solemnly agreed, "I will never disclose this until the last moment."

"okay."

Xu Boyuan nodded and saw off the guest: "In that case, then you should go back first, appease the people under you, and don't cause any trouble in two days."

"clear."

Old Wutou bowed and saluted, then quickly left Xu Boyuan's small courtyard.

After he walked away, Xu Boyuan sighed leisurely, "Oh, I have to move again."

To be honest, he had the intention of killing Old Wutou just now, but this thought just flashed in his mind. After all, those peasants were all contacted through Old Wutou. If he was killed, those peasants would have no one to appease them. There may be a lot of trouble.

So he can only take a gamble in the end, hoping that the old Wutou will not be exposed, and he is not without arrangements. He has already inserted a confidant by the old Wutou's side. If it is said or exposed, then his confidants will definitely kill him immediately.

As for the two thousand short crossbows promised to Old Wu Tou, he will naturally not break his promise. Anyway, it is not difficult to transfer two thousand short crossbows from Lu Dafu. It doesn't matter if you give him these crossbow arrows before the army leaves the city.

"Heh, going out to fight in the city is really courting death."

Thinking that Hu Ming would leave the city in three days, Xu Boyuan couldn't help showing a mocking smile on his face. No one in the city knew the strength of the iron cans of the Red Flame Dragon Riders better than him. They looked like heavy armored cavalry, but they were actually more maneuverable than light cavalry. .

And the most important thing is that those under those heavy armors are still soldiers at the bone forging level. You must know that I was only at the bone forging level before, but now there are five thousand soldiers as strong as myself. I don't know what Hu Ming plans to use to fight the Red Flame Dragon Knight three days later.

"If the defenders in the city leave the city, they will definitely be defeated."

Xu Boyuan thought silently in his heart, "So the most important thing for me is to block the retreat of the defeated army, prevent them from fleeing back to the city, and directly block them outside the city."

Thinking of this, Xu Boyuan took out the city defense map and the two pamphlets to read carefully, and began to deduce the situation three days later in his mind, trying his best to capture the city gate after three days without any mistakes.

……

Three days passed by in a flash. After so many days of planning in the city, Hu Ming finally decided to leave the city today.

According to the usual practice, before leaving the city, Hu Ming made a mobilization in the city to smear Mo Zizai as a heinous person. By the way, he also mentioned that he was going to dig the Qianlang River to flood Yining City. Ning Cheng was filled with righteous indignation about this matter, but it did not greatly improve morale.

After all, they still ate the imperial food before, and now they suddenly rebelled, and wanted to fight the imperial army. If it wasn't for the restraint of the generals above them, it would be a good thing if they didn't surrender, and there was no morale for them.

Seeing that this set was not going to work, Hu Ming had no choice but to resort to his ability to make money, and made generous promises to the soldiers and generals. Anyway, he did not pay the money. A bad check is the same as not wanting money. After throwing it out, the patriarchs of the aristocratic families next to them were all biting their teeth, but they thought that if they lost this battle, then they would not just pay money, so although it hurt, they still recognized it with their noses.

Sure enough, money is easy to use at any time, and when the real money is poured down, the morale of the defenders of Yining City rises almost visible to the naked eye.

"Fortunately, morale is available."

Looking at the excited Yining City defenders, Hu Ming nodded slightly, regardless of what the soldiers were excited about, as long as the morale is available.

And after leaving the city, one hundred thousand versus twenty thousand, the number is superior, as long as they find a way to deal with the Red Flame Dragonrider under Mo Zizai's command, the battle will be stable.

Although heavy cavalry is difficult to deal with, it is not unprecedented in history. If you really want to deal with it, there are really many ways to deal with it.

One of the best ways is to lean on the city and stand firm. No matter how strong the cavalry is, he will not be able to climb the city wall. The river course was easily abandoned.

In addition to relying on the city to stand firm, the best way is to use light cavalry. The mobility of light cavalry is higher than that of heavy cavalry. Flying a kite from a long distance can kill heavy cavalry with extremely poor mobility. There were no light cavalry, so this method obviously wouldn't work either.

In addition to these methods, it is to use the elite to break the heavy cavalry. As long as you have an elite that is tough enough to face the charge of the heavy cavalry without changing your face, then as long as you risk your life to block the first wave of heavy cavalry charge before the formation , Slow down their speed, then the heavy cavalry who have lost their mobility will turn into iron tortoises without lethality, allowing them to be slaughtered.

It's a pity that Hu Ming raised his eyes and glanced at the army under his command. Except for the [-] personal guards he brought, which can barely be regarded as elite, the rest is worth mentioning.

Since none of these methods worked, there was only one way left for Hu Ming, and that was to spread out and let them kill.

Although the heavy cavalry was unstoppable when charging, they consumed a lot of horsepower. There were 5000 of them, while the Red Flame Dragon Knights on the opposite side only had [-]. After charging three times, the horses they sat on would lose their strength. At that time, the so-called heavy cavalry was just a group of decorations and could not pose a threat at all.

And two or three times, as long as your formation is scattered enough, how much can you kill if you let them kill them?

It's just that the formation is too loose, which is a great test for the general's command ability. After all, if the formation is too loose, a poor command will easily cause the soldiers under his command to collapse, but Hu Ming is not worried about this. After training for so long, he is still confident in his commanding ability.

Of course, Hu Ming didn't know that Mo Zizai's Red Flame Dragon Rider was special, nor did he know that Yang Yanzhang directly broke through the trench set up by Mo Chao, resisted the horse formation, and directly defeated Mo Chao's subordinates with the three lines of defense of the spear and shield soldiers. If he knew about the large army, he would not have sent troops so rashly.

It's a pity that Hu Ming, who didn't know about the fighting power of the Red Flame Dragonrider in the world, opened the city gate directly and led the 2 troops out of Yining City. As for the remaining [-] people, he Ten thousand soldiers and civilian husbands were left in the city to guard the city to prevent any accidents.

"I didn't expect them to actually come out."

Seeing the troops coming out of Yining City, Mo Zizai and Yang Yanzhang didn't plan to take the opportunity to launch an offensive. After all, they were finally forced out. It would be bad if they sent troops now and then scared them back.

"They don't have a choice."

Yang Yanzhang was not surprised by this situation, the people in the city were not in harmony, and under the threat of flooding Yining City, it was not surprising that they went out of the city to fight.

"My lord, I would like to trouble you and General Han to sweep the formation for me in this battle. These soldiers will be handed over to Chi Yanlongqi."

Although Yang Yanzhang's words were polite, he actually meant that he didn't want Mo Zizai to get involved in the battle. After all, Mo Zizai is a prince, and he is still the actual controller of Dazhou. How can he always follow them and these generals to charge into battle? thing.

In case there is an accident, even if he kills all the people in Yining City, he won't be able to make up for it.

"Row."

Mo Zizai shrugged and didn't care, "As long as you are sure, it doesn't matter if I make a move or not."

"It's just a hundred thousand miscellaneous soldiers."

After fighting a few battles, Yang Yanzhang's vision has been set very high now, these soldiers in Yining City have not been taken into consideration by him at all, "My lord, wait here later, I will go and capture Hu Ming for you return."

After finishing speaking, Yang Yanzhang saluted and retired, and led the Red Flame Dragonrider slowly out of battle.

"It's nice to be young."

Seeing Yang Yanzhang's contemptuous aura, Han Qu beside Mo Zizai couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "But then again, if I have such a cavalry under my command, I can be more arrogant than him."

"Haha~"

Hearing Han Qu's envious tone, Mo Zizai laughed, and then said: "The cavalry is probably useless. The red-blooded dragon is not easy to get, and it is too expensive to raise. In order to build such a cavalry, the treasury has to pay for it." It has been hollowed out by a small half, there is no need for it, so this one is enough."

"However, the infantry can find a way to do it."

Mo Zizai pondered for a while, and then said: "After the city of Yining is captured, you should discuss with Yang Yanzhang and the two of you, continue to recruit soldiers, and try to expand the Yuzhi Army to 10 people."

"Although most of the current Yuzhi army is elite, but the number is too small, and some of them can't be used. If it can be expanded to 10 people, the two of you will each lead an army, so you don't need to worry about fighting like that. That's a lot."

In Mo Zizai's view, both Yang Yanzhang and Han Qu are capable of guarding one side. Putting them together is a waste of their talents. Just like now, Yang Yanzhang leads troops to fight without Han Qu Qu intervened, so he could only check and make up for the omissions. This was a waste of Han Qu's ability.

It would be better to expand the Yuzhi army, and then one person would attack one place, wouldn't it be much more convenient.

"Expand the Yuzhi Army to 10 people..."

With such trust in Mo Zizai, Han Qu was slightly moved by the plan to let himself lead the army alone, but after pondering for a moment, he still rejected Mo Zizai's plan, "My lord, rashly expanding the army is not a good choice. "

"The [-] soldiers recruited from Zhaoyuan City before have lowered the overall strength of the Yuzhi Army. If the recruitment continues, the Yuzhi Army may not be able to display its original strength."

"If the prince really intends to expand the army, then the general thinks that it is better to form another army, not to be confused with the Yuzhi army, so as not to affect the combat power of the Yuzhi army."

"Set up another army?"

After thinking for a moment, Mo Zizai nodded slowly, "That's fine."

The Yuzhi army has already formed a system, and it is not appropriate to add people to it again and again. It is better to form a separate army as Han Qu said.

"In this case, the Yuzhi Army will be handed over to Yang Yanzhang, and you will be in charge of the newly formed army."

"As for the treatment, it is slightly inferior to Yuzhijun, but in terms of cultivation, the treatment can be the same as Yuzhijun."

When Mo Zizai said about cultivation, he meant the accelerator, and Han Qu could not help feeling a little excited when he heard what he meant.

He originally thought that Mo Zizai's method of speeding up cultivation could only be supplied to a limited number of people. At first, he didn't think that the newly formed army could also have speeding up. He didn't expect that Mo Zizai would give it to him directly. To him, this Better than any promise.

"If that's the case, then you have to think about how to defeat Zheng, Wei and Lu after you go back."

Han Qu suppressed the excitement in his heart, smiled and made a joke with Mo Zizai. As for the upcoming battle, neither he nor Mo Zizai were worried at all.

Holding the trump card of the Red Flame Dragon Knight, and it was a battle on the plain, if Yang Yanzhang couldn't even win this, he might as well find a piece of tofu and kill him.

(End of this chapter)