Let's not talk about the assembly of the Huns.

On Wu Huan's side, Zhang Qi was also making pre-war preparations.

It is true that Liaodong is not his now, and he can't afford to risk himself, but in addition to losing his territory, this Huns' attack on Liaodong is a good accumulation of combat experience for him.

The largest number of battles he faced before was to attack the 10,000 unformed steppe cavalry in Liaodong.

And this time, if the grassland people who invaded Liaodong were less than 50,000, then Zhang Qidao wanted to go and see it.

Everything will have to wait for Hu Shui to come back with the news, so now, Zhang Qi is just preparing for the war that he may participate in this time.

Weapons and armor can be brought out from the world of riding and chopping, and the cost of a total of 1,100 Eagle Strike troops is not much, and tens of thousands of catties can be brought out.

The other is the Molotov cocktail.

If the king of Zuogu Li can't think of really attacking the city, then this kind of burning city defense weapon is the best thing to use.

And Zhang Qi's production here is also very simple, a high degree of alcohol plus sugar and some viscous substances can be done.

After all, the world can now prepare alcohol and syrup on a large scale, and there is no need to spend food from the outside world, and it is not distressing to open it.

The soldiers practiced day after day, familiarizing themselves with how to cooperate with Zhang Qi's NPC soldiers, and the days passed little by little.

Half a month later, a secret letter was sent back from the grassland.

Zhang Qi checked it out for the first time.

There is not much content in the letter, but it is explained that this attack on Liao is the joint efforts of the two divisions of Zuogu Liwang and Zuo Tuqi, with a total strength of more than 67,000 troops, of which the elite troops are almost 10,000 people, which are the main forces of the two divisions of Zuogu Liwang and Zuo Tuqi, while the other tens of thousands of people are scattered in the grassland in response to the call.

Putting down the letter, Zhang Qi pinched his brows, he didn't expect Lu Mu to come to Wuhuan with Zhang Yi's family a few days ago, but they all came, and Zhang Guang was still his brother-in-law in name, so they were all settled.

After thinking about it, Zhang Qi shouted outward.

"Let Lu Mu come over."

"No!"

After a while, Lu Mu hurriedly came in from outside.

"Your Majesty!"

"Excuse me, come over and take a look, this is a secret letter sent back by Hu Shui."

Zhang Qi stretched out his hand and handed over the secret letter, and Lu Mu took it.

After a short while, Lu Mu gasped and said, "Hey, I'm afraid that this King of Zuogu Li really wants to take Liaodong?" The defenders in Liaodong are only more than 30,000, which is still counting the city defense troops scattered in various county towns. ”

"Huh." Zhang Qi smiled: "What we did before, the biggest loss is these two parts, and it is inevitable that they will have plans to loot Liaodong." ”

"Where do you think they will attack Liao?"

Zhang Qi asked.

Lu Mu thought for a while, walked to the map drawn by Liu Chai in the king's tent and said: "The Great Wall of Liaodong is connected to the mountain range, and with the position of the Liwang tribe of Zuogu, they can only advance south along Wuhuan Mountain, and then turn around at Yanshan and enter Liao from the gap in the Great Wall.

If the distance is the fastest, they should first enter Liaoxi, and then cross Liaodong, and the safest is to go east between Wuhuan Mountain and Yanshan, and go straight to Wangping. ”

"Look at Ping, pass through the city, break Gaoyu, then the west can attack Liaoyang, and the direct will enter Xiangping."

Zhang Qi finished talking about Lu Mu's offensive line for King Li.

"Your Excellency."

Lu Mu looked at the map for a long time and found that what Zhang Qi said was the best route to attack Liao.

"However, will they be able to capture the cities of the Han Land?"

Zhang Qi continued to ask, and then asked himself: "It's hard to say, although the Han army has shrunk into a corner, but those strong crossbows are not a joke, if they really want to attack the city, then the price they need to pay is huge." ”

Saying that, Zhang Qi carefully thought about whether there was a record of the Huns' siege victory in history, and after thinking about it, he really thought of some, and there really was.

20,000 Xiongnu soldiers killed Liaoxi Taishou.

But that was a few years later, and it was also in that year that Wei Qing completely showed his talents.

However, if you can kill Liaoxi Taishou, it means that the Huns are not useless in attacking the city.

Also, there are always craftsmen among the Han Mins who are absorbed, and it is not difficult to produce some siege equipment.

After thinking about it, Zhang Qi asked Lu Mu to get closer, and then said softly: "You go to Liaodong and tell Zhang Yi that if Thaksin asks him to garrison his troops to be peaceful and worry-free, these two places are the most vulnerable to Xiongnu attacks." ”

Lu Mu raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Qi, and asked in a low voice, "Your Excellency intends to participate?" ”

Zhang Qi smiled and nodded: "A rare opportunity to train troops, which can make us get used to how to fight against the big army in advance." ”

Lu Mu arched his hand: "No! ”

"Then do you want to get some benefits from Zhang Yi?"

"It's natural, we can't do our best in vain, as for what benefits we can get, it's up to you."

"Little old man understands."

With an arch of his hand, Lu Mu left the king's tent without staying, and rushed to Liaodong again with three taels of entourage.

Closing his eyes, Zhang Qi entered the world of riding and chopping, and under his command, three thousand teenagers who were already fifteen or sixteen years old began to fill Molotov cocktails under the command of the teachers of the first and second batches.

The reason why Zhang Qi paid so much attention to the Molotov cocktail was because the fire oil used to defend the city in this era was still ordinary animal fat, although it could also be burned, but it was more to support combustion, and it was not as strong as these alcohol mixtures in terms of efficiency.

This is also an opportunity to try the power of this Molotov cocktail and accumulate experience for future city defense.

Considering the defense of the city, Zhang Qi divided these Molotov cocktails into two types, one was an ordinary canned projectile, which was used to throw it at any time, and the other was used to carry it in a sealed wooden barrel and used to burn it in a large area.

For more than ten days of riding and cutting the world, Zhang Qi watched them prepare four thousand catties of two types of incendiary bombs, and then stopped them.

Coupled with the equipment to be redressed for the Eagle Strike Army, the weight of 80,000 catties was enough, which was almost equivalent to Zhang Qi preparing 40 catties of weapons and equipment for each Eagle Strike Army.

It's enough, forty pounds, and the sword basically doesn't account for a few pounds, and the big head is still armor.

Although armor is not a panacea, a good outfit can still turn a person who should be seriously injured into a minor injury, and what could have been a minor injury can be turned into a negligible abrasion.

In ancient battle formations, there are two concepts.

The materials and utensils are all ready, and all that remains is to wait for when the Xiongnu will arrive in Liaodong, for the first time to face the large army, Zhang Qi has some faint expectations in his heart.

It was another ten days, and the exact news finally came back to Wu Huan, holding the letter, Zhang Qiwan smiled, and immediately set off as a whole army.

(End of chapter)