Chapter 644: The imperial commander's personal expedition
Yan Sheng has always been a master who says, "Those who obey me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish." Now that they have all said this, so have the ministers below. I didn't dare to persuade him any more, but there was no sound.
Think about it from another perspective. With the general Xie Liancheng here, this expedition must be successful immediately, so there is no need to be too nervous.
On this side, the first emperor Yan Sheng led the expedition in person. The preparations were much more troublesome than ordinary conscription expeditions.
Considering the recruitment and training of new recruits, it took a full two and a half months to officially set off. By this time, the season was already midsummer.
Yan Sheng, who was wearing a military uniform, was sweating profusely and cursing in his heart.
"In this expedition, I am determined to crush the ashes of that bandit and show off the power of China! Let's see who dares to attack China again, let's go!!"
Originally I wanted to ride a horse. He was on his way, but he couldn't stand the midsummer sun which was too harsh. Before sending out troops, he simply showed up and pretended to be cool, then turned around and got into the carriage.
Yan Sheng has a permanent garrison strength of five thousand. Excluding the garrison troops on the four borders and the garrison troops scattered in various cities, the garrison strength here in the capital is only five hundred.
Considering the safety of the capital, Yan Sheng thought for a while and directly ordered that 400 troops be drawn from the 500 veterans to accompany the army. The remaining 100 troops will continue to stay in the capital to ensure the tranquility of the capital. With the two thousand new soldiers recruited, the strength of this expedition directly reached 2,400.
The team was arrayed in formation. At first glance, it was densely packed and the momentum was quite high.
At that time, as long as they join up with the frontline troops currently stationed in Black Rock City, they will be able to gather 5,000 troops and attack Huangsha City with ease!
The large army set off from the capital on their way, but they couldn't go any faster even if they wanted to. They were basking in the sun all the way, and it took them a month and a half just to travel.
By the time they arrived at Black Rock City and joined the frontline troops headed by Long Zhantian, the season had already reached autumn.
This kind of thing is actually the norm in the cold weapon era.
Regarding this situation, Yan Sheng was not in a hurry at all. In his opinion, now that he had 5,000 troops, he could capture Huangsha City in just a short time and there was no need to wait until winter.
If that doesn’t work, isn’t there still this guy Xie Liancheng?
Although Xie Liancheng's attitude made him unhappy, he could not deny that he was indeed a strong general. With his help, he would not worry about Huangsha City being defeated.
"The last general, Long Zhantian, comes to see your majesty, long live your majesty!"
For this general under his command, when Yan Sheng first received the news, although he wanted to smoke He had a few big mouths and called him trash a few more times.
But after all, so much time has passed since I received the news, and the anger in my stomach has almost disappeared.
Now that he saw the other party, Yan Sheng frowned.
"Get up and get ready. The army will set off in three days to capture Huangsha City!"
Their large army traveled a long and dusty journey until they arrived at Black Rock City. They had three days to rest and recuperate. , is definitely needed.
After all, it took several months, so there was no need for him to rush for a few days.
At the same time, here in Huangsha City...
Zhou Xu didn’t know what happened on the opposite side during this period. He originally thought that the large forces on the opposite side would attack in two or three months, but he didn’t I thought, this wait actually lasted from late spring to autumn.
The other party hasn't shown up for a long time. Zhou Xu doesn't think that the other party has given up on Huangsha City. He is most likely holding back his big move.
When the time comes, once the enemy troops attack, let alone anything else, the size of this troop cannot be underestimated.
After realizing this, in order to be able to defend this Huangsha City, it became necessary to improve the strength of the garrison.
On this day, Bai Tu and his soldiers had just finished training when they saw the Zhou soldiers in the camp next door busy maintaining their weapons and equipment.
Nearly half a year has passed since the surrender. During this period, although Bai Tu and the others have been in Huangsha City, they have also learned a lot from their chats with the Zhou soldiers. Few things.
I know that although their army in the Zhou Dynasty is small, they follow the route of elite soldiers. This is different from the situation in other countries where they go from house to house to recruit strong men, and as long as they are men, they will immediately seize them and send them to the army.
In their great Zhou Dynasty, only those who passed the test and met the standards in all aspects were qualified to join the army.
After that, you have to go through a long period of rigorous training before you can be considered a qualified soldier. According to Zhou's standards, their ordinary soldiers are equivalent to other countries' elite troops!
Baitu has no doubt about this.
After living together for such a long time, it is not difficult to see with eyes that the soldiers of Dazhou are indeed well-trained and well-equipped.
The crystal iron sword exuded an icy cold light in the sun, and it looked like something extraordinary at first glance. The scales in the hand also made a metallic sound while being wiped.
Let’s not talk about the sword. Just for that metal scale armor, in their country of defense, you have to be at least a centurion to own it, and the sword must be a general after all.
But all the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were equipped in this way. Generals like Shi Lei, Zhuo Ge, and Silk had even more powerful armors.
How many of these men who are soldiers don’t like armor and weapons?
The metal scale armor and crystal iron sword, Bai Tu was very envious when he saw it, but he did not dare to mention it. He wore the wooden armor and iron sword that he had seized from the Huangsha City arsenal. Make war knives.
He had no complaints about this.
The more sophisticated the equipment, the more time and money it costs.
They had just surrendered, so they should have some self-awareness and not think too much.
He took a long breath and suppressed the envy in his heart. Just when Bai Tu was about to take care of his saber, Silk walked over quickly.
"Warrant Officer Bai Tu, summoned by the King."
Hearing the summons, Bai Tu did not dare to delay and hurried to the city lord's mansion.
“My subordinate Bai Tu, please see me, Your Majesty!”
"No gift."
The energy channel has just been opened this morning. At this moment, Zhou Xu is looking through the report that was sent to him. Some important things still need to be reviewed by him in person.
After seeing Bai Tu arrive, Zhou Xu put down the report in his hand and went straight to the topic.
"You performed well in the previous city defense battle. You have also completed the training missions in the past few months very well. Now you should be able to train with the large army, right?"
"Yes."
Speaking of joint training, Bai Tu couldn't help but show a hint of embarrassment on his face. As early as two months ago, they had already tried to train together with a large army.
Embarrassingly, they found that they could not keep up with the training intensity of Dazhou soldiers. They had no choice but to continue training alone.
But this incident also aroused the competitiveness in Bai Tu and these soldiers. In the past two months, they have continuously increased the intensity of training.
Just two days ago, they were finally able to keep up with the training intensity of the large army.
“Well done. Now that you can train with the large army, it’s time to upgrade your equipment.”
Hearing this, Bai Tu's ears twitched, and his heart beat uncontrollably.
【Is it difficult to say...】
“Just now, the supply force has sent over the latest batch of armor weapons. Let’s count the number of people and go to the arms depot. Queue over there to receive it.”
At this moment, Bai Tu, who clearly got the answer, knelt down excitedly.
“Thank you, Your Majesty!!”
(End of this chapter)