Chapter 71: An Army of Two Hundred Thousand Troops
In the Tusi court, all the ministers, you and I have everything to say, but the meaning that people want to express is the same, that is, they can't fight a real national war with the Wind Country!
This is just like many Chinese dynasties in Lu Chen's previous life, there will always be Fanbang making trouble around, but if you really want to talk about strength, it is not an opponent, but it just sees that you are too busy to take care of yourself for a while!
Tus is like that.
Don't look at the Tusi country all day long to see the wind army as sheep, but that is also in the case of their small fights, if it is really more real, Tusi will not be able to beat the wind country at all.
Of course, King Tus also understood this truth, and he looked at the people above him, and became hesitant for a while.
Seeing this, Bliss burst out laughing, and as the crowd looked at him with angry or puzzled eyes, he said:
"Although what you said is correct, you don't know that over the years in the Central Plains, various countries have been fighting each other, and the Wind Country is the first to bear the brunt, and their court is fighting with the Zhang State for fertile land at the moment, where is there any extra energy to pay attention to the northern border! And our country sent troops, not to occupy the wind land, but to force the wind country to sue for peace with us, so as to profit from it and return our previous losses! ”
When King Tus heard this, his eyes lit up, and he subconsciously asked: "What does the commander mean is that our country has raised a large army to invade the Wind Land, in fact, to force the Wind Country to sue for peace, and then ask for compensation from it?" ”
"That's right!" Bliss swore and said: "Your Majesty, judging from the current situation of the Wind Country, the North Land will not be able to arrange heavy troops at all, and once our country leads a large army to break through the Wuguan Pass and enter Pingyang County, its county head will definitely ask the Wind Country Court for reinforcements, and at that time, the Wind Country Court will not be able to draw troops to support the North Land, so they will only choose to make peace with us, and then they can only accept the conditions of our claim!" ”
Blis's strategy can be said to be the key to the stroke.
The reason why the border city does not have heavy troops, one is because if the local county guards recruit their own soldiers and have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, the invisible threat to the imperial court will be too great, and it is also impossible.
The second is that in recent years, the Wind Country has been competing with the Zhang State for Hedong County, during which you are fighting for each other, and there are general battles between the two sides from time to time, and most of the troops of the two countries have been hoarding on the border between the two countries, and they have no time to take care of the small plundering of the barbarian state like Tusi.
This also greatly contributed to Tus's arrogance.
At this time, Bliss's words were already very clear, and the ministers of Tus no longer held objections at this time, but began to exchange words in a chaotic manner.
After everyone talked for a while, King Tus first coughed slightly to quiet the court, and then said loudly: "This king has decided to appoint Commander Bliss as the marshal of the army, and lead me Tusi 200,000 warriors to attack the Wind Country!" ”
"The last general commands!" Bliss bent over his waist and returned with a vibrating voice.
"Your Majesty ...... wise," the ministers echoed.
In the end, after the end of the meeting in Tus, the commander of Tus, Briss, personally commanded and led an army of 200,000 to attack the Wuguan of the Wind Country.
Bliss's plan is very good, and if it really develops as he envisioned, I'm afraid that the Wind Country will really have to ask for compensation as a last resort.
It's just that today's Wuguan is no longer the country they wanted to open before, and they could open it casually.
Their side is well planned, and Lu Chen's side is preparing for war all the time.
Wuguannei, a place where the new army is trained.
The shouting and shouting were endless, Lu Chen, accompanied by Wu Yue, stood aside to watch the drills of the army, and after watching for a while, he raised his head sideways and looked at the Wuguan city wall not far away, and asked Wu Yue beside him:
"General Wu Yue, the bow and arrow of our army, the farthest distance, how many steps can it reach."
He had not been in the border city for long, and strictly speaking, he had not really participated in a battle against the barbarian enemy, so he was not familiar with these specific situations. However, he has an advantage, that is, he will never slap a swollen face and become fat. Don't look at him as the head of a county, but if he doesn't understand, he will definitely put down his body and ask the generals below.
When Wu Yue heard this, he arched his hand and said: "Lord Hui, if it is a single person who pulls the bow and shoots directly, it depends on the strength of the individual." However, in order to achieve the purpose of shooting the farthest group, our army's arrow array adopts projectile, and this projectile, generally speaking, the distance is about 100 paces. ”
Lu Chen nodded, knowing what to expect, and then no longer said anything more about this issue, but shouted at Zhao Chuan, who was directing the soldiers' drills: "Zhao Chuan! Come over first! ”
When Zhao Chuan heard the shouting, he first nodded at Lu Chen, and then shouted at the soldiers in front of him: "You guys continue to practice first!" You! You! And you! Didn't eat! Raise your arms a little higher......"
After correcting the posture of several soldiers, Zhao Chuan walked over quickly, and after arriving in front of Lu Chen, he intervened and said, "My lord called me?" ”
"It's been hard to train soldiers these days!" Lu Chen first praised him with a smile, since the recruits joined the army, they have been Zhao Chuan's hand-trained soldiers these days, even if the weather is hot, he has never slackened at all.
When Zhao Chuan heard this, he scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "If the adults call me here, just to praise me, then don't delay me in training soldiers......
Hearing this, Wu Yue hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "General Zhao, how can you be so rude to adults......
Who knew that Lu Chen didn't care, but not only that, but he laughed out loud, showing an undisguised look of appreciation for Zhao Chuan in his eyes.
After the laughter, he said: "Zhao Chuan, I called you over because I have an idea that I need you to help me implement." ”
"Huh?" Zhao Chuan was puzzled and asked, "What do you mean?" ”
"Look." Lu Chen pointed to the city wall not far away and said: "Although the defense of Wuguan City is solid, in terms of the width and length of the city wall, it can only accommodate four or five thousand soldiers at most, that is to say, even if our soldiers put on their bows and arrows at the same time, then they can only shoot five thousand arrows at most, and the damage to the barbarians is not great." ”
As he spoke, he pointed to his feet again and continued: "What effect would it have if our arrows could fly over the city walls from here and shoot them outside the gate without the barbarians knowing?" ”
What effect? Zhao Chuan looked sideways at the city wall and pondered, if it was really as Lu Chen said, his own side fired thousands of arrows in the pass, and the arrows crossed the city wall and fell into the camp of the barbarians, then ...... That's so sharp!
Everyone knows that in the battle to defend the city, the side defending the city wall will not be able to release a large-scale arrow array at all, if there are 10,000 arrow arrays, the blow to the side that is charging and besieging the city is self-evident!
Thinking of this, Zhao Chuan slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "Oops! That's what the adults say! Why didn't I think of that!? ”
Seeing his suddenly realized look, Lu Chen smiled and said, "Don't be too happy too early, I came to you to come over just to let you try it first." ”
The city wall of Wuguan is the same height inside and outside, and it can be more than ten meters above the ground, so tall, whether the arrow can really shoot through it is still unknown!
Sure enough, Zhao Chuan immediately took a bow and arrow from a soldier, and then tried several times, but the arrows failed to cross the city wall, often a few meters away, but if the bow was raised again, it would be straight to the sky......
Seeing this, Lu Chen pondered for a moment, and immediately said, "Pad! In any case, keep this place high! Until our arrows can cross the city walls......"