The army was walking on the road, and Yuan Shu was sitting on a tall chariot, asking questions to Tian Feng opposite.
"Your Majesty, my intention is to follow the idea before traveling, that we should focus on pacifying the countries in the Western Regions and use troops as a supplement."
Tian Feng saluted Yuan Shu. He had no good ideas for this trip to the Western Regions. He could only take it one step at a time. According to the strategy agreed before the trip, he focused on appeasement and used weapons as a supplement.
"Well, now I just hope that you don't have the kindness of a woman. It is said that people who are not of my race must have different hearts. If they have different hearts, they must be killed. No one who deserves to be killed should be spared. Do you understand?
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Yuan Shu glanced at Tian Feng, and saw that the other party behaved like a gentleman. What he was most afraid of now was that Tian Feng would have compassion when the time came. If there were really any countries with alien intentions, they would be annihilated without mercy, leaving no trace behind.
Disaster.
"Tian Feng knows that he will never feel pity for foreigners. I hope your majesty can rest assured."
Tian Feng saluted Yuan Shu again, with a flash of light in his eyes. He knew that Yuan Shu was trying to wake him up, and he was afraid that he would ruin China's major events.
"Well, that's good to know."
Yuan Shu nodded. Tian Feng is a wise man. He only needs to give a few reminders. Talking too much is not good and will make the other party doubt himself.
Yuan Shu's army was still marching, but Jia Xu's army was seizing the city. The progress was rapid, and it didn't take long to capture a huge amount of land.
However, as more and more places were occupied, Jia Xu took the initiative to slow down the march. His troops were somewhat scattered. If the opponent sent troops now, it would be easy to defeat him one by one, so he had to wait for more troops.
An army of 150,000 people came over.
Hariwan led his army all the way west and crossed the Ganges River. When they reached the west bank of the Ganges, they began to build a city for defense. The additional troops and horses sent by the Good and Bad Kushan Empire also arrived. The first batch of 50,000 troops turned around with Hariwan.
Enhanced his strength.
The war between the two empires will not be resolved overnight. After all, the two sides are far apart, and it will take too long to mobilize troops alone.
The Kushan Empire wants to transfer troops from the west to the east, while Yuan Shu wants to transfer troops from the east to the west. It's like two boxers in the ring. Everyone is accumulating strength and preparing to give the other a full blow.
fist,
But Guishuang mobilized his army to the Ganges River. What they didn't expect was that Yuan Shu was going out to sea with two dragons, and he attacked at the same time from the north and south roads to directly beat them to death.
Yuan Shu had Chi Dao here and was marching very fast. All his troops arrived in Liangzhou one after another.
Not to mention the cavalry coming from the grassland, the Huwei Army, the Polu Army, the Zhenxi Army, and the Shesheng Army all marched quickly and arrived first.
Then build military camps and granaries, and wait for the arrival of Yuan Shu's army before sending troops to Liangzhou to attack the Western Regions.
Compared with Yuan Shu, the soldiers and horses heading to Yizhou were indeed much faster. The navy used warships to transport them. They moved very fast. After arriving at Yongchang County, they rushed directly towards Jia Xu's location.
After the round with the opponent, Jia Xu not only left soldiers and horses to stabilize the food road, but also assembled an army of 250,000 to attack in the direction of the Ganges River.
Half a month later, Yuan Shu finally led his army to Liangzhou and joined the army gathered there.
"His Majesty."
"His Majesty."
"His Majesty."
When the civil and military officials saw Yuan Shu, they saluted him directly.
"Okay, let's all get flat."
Yuan Shu sat in the first place, and the tall and tall Dian Wei was guarding him.
"How is it? Have all the ministries arrived?"
Looking at the generals in front of him, Yuan Shu directly asked about the situation of each department.
"All the ministries have arrived, all we have to do is wait for His Majesty's army."
As the shepherd of Liangzhou, Xun You can be said to be the current marching commander. He is responsible for all military equipment and supplies.
"Okay, how are the food preparations going?
I'm talking about half a year's worth of food for an army of 500,000 people."
Yuan Shu nodded, with a trace of satisfaction flashing in his eyes. It would be shameful for him to be the last. It would be bad if someone arrived later than him.
"The food and fodder have not been collected yet, but in five days at most, when the last batch of food and fodder is delivered, it should be enough to meet the three months of food and fodder for the army of 500,000 that His Majesty said."
Xun You glanced at Yuan Shu and directly told the current situation. After all, half a year's food and grass for an army of 500,000 people was an astronomical figure. Fortunately, no one dared to delay. After counting the last batch of 30 stones of food and grass, Yuan Shu
The requirements can also meet half of the needs.
"Three months' worth of food and grass, by the way, how much beef and mutton jerky have you prepared this time?"
Yuan Shu knew that this was a tiring task. After all, it had only been two months since he decided to send troops. It was really difficult to accumulate so much food and grass. If there was a train now, it would be much more convenient.
Already.
"Nearly tens of millions of cattle and sheep were plundered from the Xianbei grassland this time. According to your wishes, I gave 10 million of them to military households, students, and craftsmen in exchange for priority.
In addition to the remaining ones returned to the Xianbei nobles, there are nearly 20 million. The first batch of 7 million has been slaughtered and made into beef and mutton jerky. The rest will be made within two months and will be released later.
Food and grass were transported to the battlefield together."
Xun You captured too many things on the battlefield. It can be said that there are countless cattle, sheep and horses. They can be counted in the tens of millions.
But Yuan Shu has just issued the terms of exchange, giving priority to military households, students and craftsmen for exchange. In addition, he must appease the Xianbei people and give them some.
In the end, there are probably 20 million head left. These 20 million head are considered as one of the trophies from the northward journey. Now they have begun to slaughter and make beef and mutton jerky to become military rations for the army.
"Very good, beef and mutton jerky is one of the guarantees for the army to capture Kushan. It will be treated as a top priority after we leave. Do you understand?"
Yuan Shu nodded. In fact, the best military rations for this expedition are the cattle and sheep captured from the Xianbei grassland. These things are windfalls and should not be used in vain. If you keep them and arrange for people to raise them, it is better to use them.
War supports war and supports his war against the Kushan Empire.
"Your Majesty, are you going to the west without taking your ministers with you this time?"
Xun You was also a little depressed when he heard that Yuan Shu wanted to be responsible for the production of beef and mutton jerky.
"You have just experienced the battle of the grassland. You have been sleeping in the open air in Xianbei for such a long time, and you have finally taken over the grassland. Please rest temporarily in Liangzhou."
Yuan Shu nodded to Xun You. He really didn't want Xun You to work too hard this time, and was afraid that he would be too tired. If something went wrong, it would be a huge sin.
"Your Majesty, Xun You is strong and strong. I beg your Majesty to take me westward so that I can do my best, cough."
After Xun You finished speaking, he immediately wanted to cough, but after looking at Yuan Shu, he coughed and quickly stopped.
"If you need to cough, just cough it out. I've known for a long time that you are infected with the cold. Take a rest when you need to. Although going west to the Western Regions is a national war,
But Liangzhou will be an important food and grass area in the rear of my army, and we need a person with outstanding ability to take charge of everything here. There is no one, and you are the most suitable candidate, do you understand?"
Yuan Shu glanced at Xun You. Fortunately, he got the news that he was infected with the cold. Otherwise, if he really took him to the Western Regions, Xun You might not be able to come back.
"Xun You obeys the order."
Having said this, Xun You has nothing to say. Although he also wants to follow the other party into the Western Regions and expand territory for the empire, it seems that there is no hope now.
"Well, that's right, as long as you understand."
Yuan Shu nodded. Although most of his advisers were extremely smart, they were all people who knew how to advance and retreat and were sensible. This saved him the trouble of explaining things.
"Your Majesty, I heard that there are many cavalry in Kushan, as well as elite armored cavalry and heavy infantry. I wonder if you have any countermeasures?"
Although he could not follow Yuan Shu in his expedition to the Western Regions, he could still say what he needed to say on some issues.
"The Wu'an Craftsman Camp has been under construction for a long time now, and the amount of iron produced has greatly increased. It has accumulated 20,000 heavy armors, and there are also 5,000 armored cavalry.
I am going to equip the Polu Army into a second heavy armored infantry force, and I am also going to hand over these 5,000 armored cavalry to the Yingyang Army to enhance our combat power."
Hearing that the opponent had armored cavalry and heavy infantry, Yuan Shu thought for a moment. He also had these things and was not afraid of engaging in a war of attrition with the opponent.
"What I mean is, does the craftsmanship camp have new weapons to deal with these things? After all, if we fight head-on, we will kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred to ourselves. We still need to find a way to contain them."
Xun You shook his head. Using heavy armor against heavy armor and heavy cavalry against heavy cavalry were only expedient measures. What really needed to be done was to find a way to restrain the opponent.
"In fact, the Craftsman Battalion also has corresponding countermeasures. First, they increased the proportion of armor-piercing arrows, and also combined heavy arrows to create heavy armor-piercing arrows, in order to deal with those armored cavalry and heavy armored infantry.
Secondly, in order to deal with the enemy's heavy armored infantry and armored cavalry, I also asked the craftsman battalion to make a long-handled armor-piercing gun and a long-handled armor-piercing hammer.
of heavy infantry,
Finally, I asked them to make a repeating ballista based on the repeating crossbow. As the name suggests, the repeating ballista is a ballista that can fire continuously, which can definitely give the opponent a surprise."
There is actually no good way to deal with the opponent's heavy armored infantry and armored cavalry. Without guns and gunpowder, heavy armored infantry and armored cavalry are the strongest entities in land warfare. To deal with them, you can only use the same troops and horses.
Only then,
Next is the strong bow and crossbow. Armor-piercing arrows are also very important here. I believe that when you encounter these enemies, you will definitely be able to buy him a big surprise.
"As long as Your Majesty has a way to deal with it, then I have nothing to say."
After hearing Yuan Shu's arrangement, Xun You nodded. As long as he didn't underestimate the other party, it would be fine. After all, this was a battle between countries. If he really took it lightly, he was afraid that big problems would arise.
"Okay, the army will rest for five days. When the food and grass arrive, it will also allow Yan Liang's Polu Army and Zhao Yun's Yingyang Army to adapt to the new equipment. After five days, we will vow to go out to attack the Western Regions."
Yuan Shu's army has been walking for such a long time and needs to take a rest. Anyway, it will take five days for the food and grass to arrive. Fortunately, they can wait for the food and grass to arrive before setting off.
"promise."
Soon Yan Liang's Polu army began to change into heavy armor, and Zhao Yun's Yingyang army also received the armor of men and horses brought by Yuan Shu, forming and training 5,000 armored cavalry.
