Chapter 402: Battlefield Bells
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Zhu Wen opened his mouth and said, "My dear friend, that damn beast Tang Zhangwei actually imposed a trade blockade on you in order to trap you. These bastards, they actually blocked the trade of war horses, so that you have to pay high prices to buy war horses. ”
Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, was a very practical person, and he said coldly to Zhu Wen: "Thank you for your sympathy for us Zulus, but I hope that some friends who will help us in Africa, not some people who are just talking about it." ”
The reaction of the Zulu leader Xie Dinggan, of course, was expected by Zhu Wen, and he said: "Of course I helped you, I brought you war horses?" ”
It turned out that Zhu Wen came to exchange a tanuki for the prince, and he used the war horse to transfer the horse and mule for production.
In fact, in the Tang Dynasty, there is sometimes not much difference between a horse used for production and a horse used to plough the fields.
It is only in the European provinces and in the Arab region that there are detailed divisions of so-called thoroughbreds, semi-thoroughbreds, Arabian horses, and Don hippos.
The horses used in warfare were taller and larger than the ploughing horses.
In order to make money and curry favor with the Zulu tribe, Zhu Wen introduced the famous sweat-blooded horses from the Tang Dynasty and Central Asia, as well as the Dawan good horses, as well as the Wusun good horses.
Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, saw the nearly 1,000 good horses brought by Zhu Wen, and he was immediately happy, and he said, "You are our true friend. ”
"We have a common enemy, Tang Zhangwei, who is the real enemy, and we must unite to defeat him," Zhu Wen said. ”
Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, said: "My men are brave enough to fight, but they don't have weapons at hand. ”
Zhu Wen said: "In the future, you only need to provide people and money, the training of the troops, and the supply of martial arts in the past, so you can find me." ”
Xie Ding, the leader of the Zulu people, waved his hand and sent two black beauties to Zhu Wen.
Zhu Wen was cold, and he laughed at the two black beauties.
The next day, Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, looked at the two black beauties who couldn't get out of bed in surprise, and said, "I underestimate you Tang masters." Juwen and Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, looked at each other and smiled.
Zhu Wen said: "If there is such a good thing, you can leave it to me." ”
Tang Zhaozong found that in the grasslands of southern Africa, it seemed that the wind and waves had been calm for a long time, but in fact, at this time, a storm was brewing.
Zhu Wen began to help the Zulu leader Xie Dinggan train his troops, and he told the Zulu leader Xie Dinggan about the most advanced tactics of the Tang army and his perception of the war.
Under Zhu Wen's training, these Zulu blacks abandoned the traditional bull formation, and they began to learn the latest Tang tactics.
These people actually learned the Moon Formation, which was used by Liu Yu, the emperor of the Central Plains Dynasty, to deal with the Hu cavalry.
Zhu Wen told those Zulu blacks about this trick, hoping that they could use this trick to deal with Tang Zhangwei's cavalry.
In the past, although Zhu Wen could fight, his soldiers were not elite. Now, with this group of black cavalry under Zhu Wen who are not afraid of death, he feels that he has hope of defeating Tang Zhangwei.
At first, the leader of the Zulus, Xie Dinggan, did not go south, but instead expanded northward, dealing with his own savage brothers and the Sangans who had fled into the desert.
General Tang Zhangwei's spies quickly discovered the actions of the Zulu leader Xie Dinggan, but when discussing how to deal with it, Tang Zhangwei's subordinates were divided into two factions, one faction was dominated by Bai Cunxiao and Wei Youji, and they advocated fighting when these Zulu forces appeared.
The other faction is dominated by Sima Qingshan and Fei Xuechun, as well as Wei Zhuang, who believe that since those Zulu people did not provoke the Tang Dynasty immigrants, then the dog-eat-dog between those black tribes has nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty at all.
In the end, Tang Zhangwei considered that the military expenditure of the Tang Dynasty was huge due to the continuous war, and the black tribes in the desert and the prairie could harvest very little except for some zebra skins and lion skins, so he temporarily shelved the plan to march. Wars are fought with money, and if the benefits are not proportional to the expenditures, then there is no point in starting a war.
As a result, Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, took advantage of this opportunity and expanded dramatically.
Relying on Zhu Wen's guidance, Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, trained a strong and capable cavalry.
This cavalry was in the interior of Africa and had few opponents except for Tang Zhangwei's troops. Even the famous Holy Crescent cavalry, after fighting them with the Arab cavalry, suffered great losses, and these people had to withdraw their troops.
The leader of the Zulus, Xie Dinggan, regained his pre-war glory, and in addition to the Tang army under the command of Tang Zhangwei recovering the gold mines and other areas, the tribal alliances of the Zulus and Bantu occupied much more territory than the previous Zulus.
Zhu Wen said to Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people: "You always want to chase Africa, now you feel a little bit of it!" ”
Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, said: "I have 100,000 cavalry under my command, and now I really feel it, but when can I compete with Tang Zhangwei?" ”
Zhu Wen said: "If you want to compete in Africa, you have to learn to forbear, your current centaurs are enough to dominate the interior of Africa, but if you want to wrestle with Datang, you still hit the stone with an egg." ”
Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, said: "I really want to be ashamed! Now I have 20,000 camel cavalry, 300 elephant cavalry, and 80,000 war horses. My current Zulu tribe gave up the bull formation, as well as cultivating the land, and we transferred the land to our Bantu Confederate tribe to cultivate. We officially lived a nomadic life of living in pursuit of water and land. ”
Zhu Wen said: "If you want to officially dominate the African continent, you must raise more horses and train a strong cavalry, and now you have partially done this." ”
Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, said: "In the past, we also herded cattle, but we herded cattle, but now we have all changed to war horses, and we have eaten horse meat and drank mare's milk. ”
Zhu Wen said: "This time, we will attack those gold mine owners to train their soldiers. ”
Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, said: "Isn't it a bit too early to challenge the Tang Empire now? ”
Zhu Wen said: "Not early, we will divide 80,000 war horses and cavalry into 80 teams of men and horses?" There are 1,000 people in each team, so Tang Zhangwei wants to send troops to rescue him, but it is too late. ”
Xie Dinggan, the leader of the Zulu people, said: "This plan is very good, send troops. ”
For a time, in the savannahs of southern Africa, there was smoke and dust everywhere.
Every gold mine owner desperately rang the bell to save his life, and Tang Zhaozong was also stunned, he said: "Why did so many battlefield voices sound, could it be that Huma stepped through Weiyang Palace?" ”
(End of chapter)
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