Chapter 72 Strategic Deterrence, Military Exercises

Zhou Jin said to Xu Kuang:

"I thought that the lord's ability was only to know people and employ people, but I didn't expect the lord's martial arts strategy to be so outstanding, I really don't know Mount Tai with my eyes."

Xu Kuang helped everyone up with a smile, and then pulled Zhou Jin to the map, and said:

"Look, you're all coming and seeing."

Xu Kuang pointed to a gentle slope on the map near the bitter gourd ridge and said:

"You see, the terrain here is gentle, if I put a regiment of cavalry here, once the battle begins, within half an hour, our army will be able to reach the city of Kugua Ridge."

Xu Kuang pointed to a flat land in the Mushroom Ridge opposite the Bitter Melon Ridge, and said to everyone:

"You see, there is no shelter here, the firing range is open, I put the artillery battalion here, push forward two kilometers, put an infantry regiment, after the battle starts, the artillery battalion can cover the rapid advance of the artillery regiment in front, how?"

Xu Kuang didn't wait for a few people to react, and pointed to the official road in the northeast:

"I will put a cavalry regiment and an infantry regiment here, and once the battle starts, the troops can quickly detour back to the back of the bitter gourd ridge with the help of the official road, and copy the back road of Forio."

Xu Kuang said again:

"The remaining regiment should be used as a reserve, what do you think?"

Zhou Jin smiled bitterly:

"What do I need to do?".

Xu Kuang smiled:

"These more than 10,000 soldiers and horses all need Ziyu to be deployed, isn't the burden on your body heavy enough?"

Zhou Jin saluted and received the order.

After the cavalry and artillery were separated from the infantry sequence, the troops were also restructured, and now a regiment is about 2,000 people, and Xu Kuang's army is enough for eight regiments, which is still a little short of what Xu Kuang thought.

Xu Kuang said again:

"Mr. Zhuge , you still need to worry a lot about logistics."

Zhuge Duan happily accepted the order.

Xu Kuang looked at the map and sneered:

"Let's all go and prepare, within a day, all the troops will be in place for military exercises."

"Wait a minute.".

Guo Zan stopped Xu Kuang.

Xu Kuang looked at Guo Zan suspiciously and asked:

"Fengxiao, why did you stop me?".

Guo Zan smiled:

"My lord, I suggest that you first get a letter from Nafrio, saying that you are going to conduct a military exercise, and you must take advantage of the bitter gourd ridge, so that this exercise can be regarded as having its due effect."

Xu Kuang thought about it for a while, and found that Guo Zan was very reasonable, and he was greatly convinced.

"Just do as he says."

After a while, a fast horse galloped out of the Mushroom Ridge and went straight to the Bitter Melon Ridge.

Folio received Xu Kuang's letter and wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare, so he could only agree to Xu Kuang's request.

When the messenger left, Florio flipped the table to the ground, shattering the bottles and cans.

Frio roared:

"Xu Kuang is a dog thief, he deceives people too much!".

When the old butler saw this scene, he sighed helplessly.

……

More than 10,000 troops set off from Mushroom Ridge, and before leaving, Xu Kuang set a few principles for them.

First, those who are unarmed and do not resist will not be killed, and those who violate orders will be engaged in military law;

Second, it is forbidden to rob property, and those who violate the order are engaged in military law;

Third, it is forbidden to accept bribes, and those who violate the order are engaged in military law;

Fourth, it is forbidden to commit adultery with women, and those who violate the order are engaged in military law;

Fifth, it is forbidden to deliberately destroy the property of good people, and those who violate the order are engaged in military law.

These five orders are also called the "five prohibitions" by the soldiers, and although they have complaints in their hearts, they can only honestly abide by this principle.

Xu Kuang set up a military tribunal in the rear and incorporated the principle of five prohibitions into the military law, he felt that it was necessary to do this, otherwise some soldiers might not know what their surnames were.

……

The units quickly arrived at the designated positions and began to conduct exercises in accordance with the plan.

Xu Kuang's move frightened the nearby lords, but everyone took a closer look and found that it was only aimed at Bitter Melon Ridge, so they went back to their respective homes and looked for their own mothers.

They were well aware of Xu Kuang's hatred with Bitter Gualing, so they weren't worried that Xu Kuang would find trouble on their heads.

The show began vigorously, the rapid reaction of the cavalry, the coordinated operation of the infantry and artillery, the rapid interspersed detour of the cavalry and infantry, the rapid support of the logistics arms, and the mutual cooperation between the various arms made the layman Frio stunned.

Frio stood on a high place, watching the joint exercises of the various troops below, his hands trembling.

He kept asking himself, could the troops he threw out with money be able to beat Xu Kuang's new army of rocks?

He kept hinting to himself in his heart that he would definitely be able to, he would definitely be able to, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that once the war started, within an hour, Frio's army would be driven into the city of bitter melon.

And those all-armored infantry and heavy cavalry are just iron cans, and it is absolutely difficult to resist Xu Kuang's infantry and artillery combination.

In the barracks, the soldiers trembled when they heard the rumbling of artillery outside.

Even the three-class assassination group composed of mercenaries saw Xu Kuang's army, and their faces changed drastically.

The commander of the assassination team found Forio and asked:

"Baron Forio, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation, who is this Xu Kuang? Why his troops are so good, I have seen the elite infantry of the kingdom before, and that is it, you must give me an explanation, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to continue to fulfill my contract with you. ”。

Frio's brows furrowed, he looked at the head of the assassination regiment and asked:

"What do you say? I spent 10,000 gold coins to invite you to come, and before the fight started, you have to leave? ”。

When the head of the assassination team saw that Forio was like this, he didn't have the heart to talk nonsense with him anymore, so he directly threw out a sentence:

"We won't refund the deposit, and we don't want the balance of your payment, the assassination team will leave Kugua Ridge today, you can ask for more blessings!"

Before the commander of the assassination regiment could finish speaking, he saw two high-pitched eagle cries in the sky, and more than 20 small black dots flew from the direction of Mushroom Ridge.

The commander of the assassination regiment hurriedly said to his subordinates:

"Quick, magician plus Eagle Eye, see what that's in the sky?".

The magician blessed Eagle Eye, and Frio and the leader of the assassination team saw the sight in the sky.

I saw that the two wind demon carvings in the sky were in the front, and there were more than twenty natural priests who could be combined, and all the flying units were blessed by various totem formations, and they flew over the sky of bitter melon city in a neat queue.

This scene also fell into the eyes of the soldiers in the barracks.

The head of the assassination team looked even more ugly, he grabbed Freio by the collar and glared at Forio angrily:

"Why didn't you mention that when you hired us? They have so many natural priests, so how many magicians do they have? How many samurai?! ”。

Frio didn't answer, but the magician had already reversed the direction of Eagle Eye and aimed it at the barracks below.

The Eagle Eye Technique directly shone on Zhao Congfeng.

Zhao Congfeng was riding on a horse, his brows furrowed, and he wanted to make a move to destroy the magician who used the Eagle Eye Technique, but was stopped by Zhou Jin, who came to inspect.

"Don't panic, just let them see, the better they see, the better.".

Zhao Congfeng looked at Zhou Jin Zhizhu in his hand, and also laughed.