Chapter 143

The best solution is to invest a lot of money in building infrastructure, roads, ports, water conservancy buildings, etc., but never build palaces and luxurious buildings, because that kind of investment can never produce benefits, only infrastructure that can generate benefits or have a bonus to production and agriculture will absorb the huge investment and produce higher profits.

Baili Wuji did not send a caravan to Goryeo again, because Baili Wuji knew that only this time of trade, Goryeo did not have decades of accumulation, and it was unlikely that much oil and water would be squeezed out. What's more, Goryeo was already within the plan of a hundred miles of unscrupulous.

After occupying Xuzhou, Baili Wuji quickly sent an order to Jinling Mansion to mobilize refugees who built the official road and began to widen the official road from Jinling to Xuzhou.

May 29, early in the morning.

Hearing that Guo Wei led the army to arrive, Baili Wuji ordered to start attacking.

Since it is necessary to deter the strong with the strong, then Baili Wuji has already made sufficient preparations.

He ordered his soldiers to lay mines five miles outside the city gates, threw thistles and erected fences.

The musketeers lined up behind him, and the cavalry flanked him.

Behind the top were eight five-inch guns.

And Baili Wuji himself moved tables and chairs on the tower of Xuzhou City, made a cup of tea, and prepared to watch the battle.

In Baili Wuji's heart, such preparations have been made, and this battle is commanded by Bailikang, which is enough.

Guo Wei came, with his 30,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry in a phalanx.

Approaching the front, twenty miles away, Guo Wei began to arrange his troops.

Although Guo Wei is confident, he is by no means arrogant. He came from afar, but the other party was waiting for work, and Guo Wei didn't want to let the other party take advantage of him as soon as the war started.

Thereupon. He ordered the camp to rest and recuperate, and ordered the cavalry to go forward ten miles to be on guard.

It doesn't matter if he is unscrupulous, his purpose is to deter, and naturally Guo Wei will be convinced.

After a half-day break, Guo Wei launched an attack in the afternoon.

Guo Wei's thoughts are different from Baili Wuji, he wants to end the battle as soon as possible, because the longer it drags on. The greater the trouble of the Zhou State, after all, the Zhou State was only established, and civil strife could occur at any time. In Guo Wei's heart, a quick solution to Baili Wuji should be the most thorough solution, and he wants Baili Wuji to dare not go north again within ten years after this battle.

This is also the main reason why he led an army of 50,000 to meet more than 20,000 troops of Baili Wuji.

As soon as Guo Wei started the war, it was a decisive battle.

With 5,000 cavalry as a formation. Six cavalry phalanxes in front and rear. The 20,000 infantry were placed on both sides, thinking that they were in response, and they were like a hundred miles of Wuji, watching the battle with their personal guards.

I'm going to use 30,000 cavalry to give you a long memory. Guo Wei took a sip of tea and said in his heart.

The war began.

The war horses began to trample to warm up, the sound of "clicking" horses' hooves became louder and louder, and the earth began to tremble, more and more intensely.

Baili Wuji did not give the order to fire artillery. He also wanted to give Guo Wei a chance to minimize casualties on both sides as much as possible. Because the real enemy is the Khitan.

Perhaps, it is because Baili Wuji's idea is too good, maybe Baili Wuji overestimates the combat power of the musketeers, maybe it is .......

When the cavalry all over the mountains appeared in his eyes, Baili Wuji, who was on the city tower, couldn't help but palpitate.

That kind of formation can only be described as "vast".

The fierce sound of horses' hooves stirred in my heart, like bursts of war drums, making people's blood boil.

The horses of the special combat army on both sides of the column couldn't help but neigh.

The cavalry of the Zhou army gradually approached ten miles.

Eight miles.

Six miles.

While the flag was waving, the order to charge was given, and the cavalry of the Zhou army began to lie down and enter the state of charge.

In an instant, the horse's hooves stepped on the planted mines, and the earth-shattering explosion covered up the huge sound of the horse's hooves, which made Guo Wei, who was ten miles away, tremble.

Looking up, the phalanx of 5,000 cavalry in the first phalanx was already full of holes, the living cavalry had already been bombarded by the explosion, and after the horses were frightened, they ran in all directions, and this phalanx was crippled.

Guo Wei's heart ached, accompanied by anger.

Imperial Wrath.

Immediately, Guo Wei ordered the remaining five phalanxes to divide into two rows, three in the front and two in the back, and charge at the same time.

Maybe Baili Wuji misjudged Guo Wei's patience, or maybe Baili Wuji believed in the power of firearms too much.

When the 25,000 cavalry charged again, they stepped on the remnants of the mines, and the explosion could not stop such a large-scale cavalry charge.

The cavalry in the charging array, who hesitated a little and retreated, was instantly collided by the follow-up cavalry, and fell, so they stepped into a pulp, which inspired the cavalry of the Zhou army to only rush forward, and only by rushing up could they survive.

And the soldier who has no way to retreat can no longer think of the word retreat, his eyes are blood-red, and he falls into a semi-crazy state.

The speed of the cavalry charge can only be described in the blink of an eye.

In an instant, the cavalry advance entered a twenty-zhang firing range.

Bailikang then waved his flag and ordered the musketeers to fire.

Rhythmic firing rang out, and waves of cavalry melted like snow.

Guo Wei was scared, but he never wanted to give up.

The cavalry charge continued, and the advance was getting closer, and this forward was no longer the one from the beginning, but the one who came from the substitute after the first wave of strikers had been shot.

That's it, as the waves of cavalry fell, the waves of cavalry behind continued to pour up.

Each fall of cavalry brought the cavalry closer to the array of musketeers.

When the cavalry of the first two phalanxes was annihilated, the cavalry of the Zhou army had already approached the Chu army's array of less than five zhang.

At this time, Baili Wuji, who was watching the battle on the city tower, suddenly woke up.

This musket was by no means a modern machine gun, and even though it was a three-stage shot, each fire was still fired at a few seconds apart, which made it possible for the cavalry to charge uninterrupted, and to get closer and closer until a collision occurred.

Baili Wuji couldn't find a solution at once, just at this moment of hesitation.

The musketeers began to panic, because the cavalry of the Zhou army was already approaching in front of them, and the snorts of the horses were clearly audible, and the panic at this time was undoubtedly fatal.

Finally, the first wave of cavalry jumped in front of the fence, and the fire of the musketeers began to scatter.

Many of the cavalry were hit while jumping, many of the horses were hit when they jumped, and many of them successfully crossed the fence and rushed into the camp of the musketeers. There were even dead horses that smashed directly from the air on the musketeers by virtue of their inertia.

At this point the slaughter began, and hand-to-hand combat was a nightmare for the musketeers.

Countless musketeers fell, and Baili Wuji's eyes on the city tower began to be bloodshot, and Baili Wuji began to be angry.

This musketeer is the heart of Baili Wuji, only 6,000 have been expanded in a few years, and it is not easy to make up the number of 9,000, but today he has suffered such heavy casualties in the confrontation with the Zhou State, how can he be calm? (To be continued......)