Become a feudal king from today

"Your Highness is still thoughtful." Chang Wei kept nodding after listening.

Wei Qun looked thoughtful, and finally nodded.

"Your Highness is right. The most hateful thing is those who are admirers but flatter Xiliang. If you meet such people, you will eventually kill them." Wei Qun said.

Then he turned back to the captured soldiers and said, "Are you willing to surrender to Yanzhou?"

The soldier Chuang Gongzi was startled for a moment, then slowly shook his head, "My wife, children, and children are all in Xiliang, and I can't let them go."

Wei Qun nodded, "Come here, give him a tael of silver as payment and let him go.

When the soldier Chuang Gongzi heard this, he froze.

After a while, he asked in disbelief: "You said you would let me go back and give me money?"

"You heard that right." Wei Qun glanced at him, turned and left.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei looked at Wei Qun's back.

Chang Wei said: "Wei Qun still understands the overall situation."

Zhao Xu nodded slowly.

Chang Wei was ordered to deal with the prisoners, and Zhao Xu walked around the camp under the protection of Xu Lie.

Through the Xiliang soldiers who died in the camp and the siege equipment, he had some understanding of Xiliang's armaments.

Among the soldiers killed by artillery were Xiliang soldiers and Chuang Gongzi.

Xiliang soldiers wear silver scale armor underneath.

There are three red feathers on the helmet.

The lining of the military uniform is also red.

This is somewhat similar to the Dasong Forbidden Army soldiers.

After all, Xiliang separated from Dasong. No matter what, some things were learned from Dasong.

But Young Master Chuang's armor was much rougher, just some old armor.

The nail pieces are not very complete, and the gaps between the nail pieces are also very large.

Also lying on the ground was the carcass of a camel.

Zhao Xu saw a mini catapult on the back of a camel.

The catapults fired stone projectiles the size of fists.

He knew that this was a unique military branch of Xiliang.

These little catapults mounted on camels were very maneuverable.

Being able to continuously fire stone bullets when encountering a war is like throwing stones at an army.

Although these stones are not as sharp as arrows, killing the enemy mainly relies on the shock caused by the stone hitting the armor.

Even if a soldier wearing plate armor was hit, it would be uncomfortable enough.

Finally, a soldier found a special pair of armor from the tent.

It is estimated that the Xiliang soldiers accidentally left it behind in panic when they retreated.

This armor includes the horse harness and the soldier's full body armor, iron chains.

The armor is still scale armor, but the armor plates are larger and thicker, and there is an iron mask.

When a soldier puts it on, it can be said to cover his whole body.

The horse's armor is also in the shape of scales, but the armor pieces are larger.

There is no doubt that this is the equipment of Xiliang's heavy cavalry Iron Kites.

The iron rope is used by the iron kite cavalry to tie themselves to their horses.

It is said that even if it dies on the horse, it will not fall off and will keep charging towards the enemy.

There are eight thousand such iron kite heavy cavalry in Xiliang.

During wartime, a team of three hundred people is often used to attack local infantry.

After disrupting the enemy formation, the Xiliang infantry will follow up and charge.

To put it simply, this is somewhat similar to contemporary Tanbu collaboration.

It was precisely by relying on this tactic that Xiliang fought back and forth with Dasong when the country was weak.

Only then did the Xiliang cavalry become famous second only to Beidi.

Turned around this time.

Basically confirms Zhao Xu's understanding of Xiliang's armaments.

The four armies of Bubazi infantry, Iron Kites heavy cavalry, camel catapults, and Chuanggongzi all appeared.

Coupled with the captured troops, light infantry, etc., the whole picture of the Xiliang army took shape in his mind.

Obviously, in the struggle for hegemony between Xiliang, Beidi and Dasong.

Dasong focuses on infantry, while Beidi focuses on cavalry.

Xiliang combines the two, with both infantry and cavalry being valued.

He was thinking.

Chang Wei came back and reported back to him: "Your Highness, this time 1,800 of the soldiers surrendered. The die-hard ones all died in the battle. Six hundred of those who surrendered were willing to surrender to us. More than a thousand wanted to go back. What's the return?" There are a hundred tough-talkers, just like His Highness said, we are going to put them in chains and send them to mine."

The soldiers on the battlefield are basically young and strong.

Six hundred people voted, which is a good start.

And he wouldn't be at a loss if he took this thousand back.

It was also a good thing to take a few taels of silver and build his humanoid self-propelled propaganda machine.

However, whether his strategy can be effective depends on the subsequent results.

If it doesn't work, you need to change your strategy in time.

"From now on, soldiers who bump into your son will be treated like this." Zhao Xu said.

He would not give this treatment to real Xiliang soldiers.

He can always keep the lessons of the Anshi Rebellion in mind.

He also ordered the Xiliang camp to be demolished and the Feihu Pass mountain road to be opened.

Zhao Xu returned to Feihu Pass.

Now, the war has just begun.

With Feihu Pass at their back, they can fight without any worries.

Once they penetrate deep into Jinzhou, the battle for the logistics supply line begins.

night.

Zhao Xu, Chang Wei, Qin Shan, Guan Tong, Zhong Li, Chen Hu and others sat around the long table.

The Xiliang camp was withdrawn, and the road into Jinzhou was no longer blocked.

They need to discuss the next offensive line again.

"The deeper you go into Jinzhou, the more disadvantageous it will be to the royal family's troops. Therefore, I believe that we should proceed step by step and fight steadily, and we should not be greedy for success and advance rashly." Zhao Xu said.

Then he pointed to the map on the table, "Next, attack here, and then use this as a springboard to capture Xin County and Xin City."

Jincheng is located in the middle of Jinzhou, with Xin County, Changping County and Yang County to the east.

Among them, Feihu Pass is directly opposite Xinjun in the north.

Chang Wei and others looked in the direction Zhao Xu pointed.

That is Hengshan County, a county seat in Xin County.

This county is opposite Feihu Pass, about eighty miles away from here.

The mountain road outside Feihu Pass is about thirty miles long.

Once out of the mountain road, there is an endless plain.

Here, the Xiliang Cavalry will be able to exert its greatest advantage.

Chang Wei and others nodded, this was also one of their plans during the deduction.

It is also the safest plan.

Chang Wei said at this time: "Your Highness, regarding the safety of food routes, the Imperial Army uses a common method."

"Tell me." Zhao Xu was about to say it, but when he saw Chang Wei's words, he looked interested.

"Cavalry is strong because it comes and goes like the wind. If it encounters obstacles and cannot use the horses to charge, it will be useless." Chang Wei muttered, "So the imperial army often has five hundred carts of grain transporters as a camp, accompanied by archers. Spearmen, and some sword and shield men.”

"If there is a cavalry surprise attack, use grain carts to form a square formation and fire arrows. If the cavalry dismounts, spearmen, sword and shield hands will defend it."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly when he heard this.

Dasong still has some things that can be used in the long-term war with Xiliang and Beidi.

What he wanted to do was exactly the same as what Chang Wei said.

This is the prototype of the car camp.

Forming a formation with cars can achieve the same effect as blocking horses, preventing the cavalry from breaking into the formation, forcing them to dismount and fight on foot.

In future wars, he wanted to strengthen this method and not only use it to protect grain roads.

It is also necessary to form a car camp specifically for dealing with cavalry to offset the advantages of Xiliang cavalry and Beidi cavalry over Yanzhou.

However, this method is better than transporting food without preparation.

But this doesn't mean you won't have any worries after using this method.

It also depends on the contest between the soldiers on both sides.