Chapter 42: Xueqin Xueling
Outside the gate of Nanyue City, Prince Hicks led the civil and military officials to stand quietly in a line, everyone looked at the south from afar, and today His Royal Highness the Imperial Crown Prince Yu Mai Amber Light will lead the second batch of landing troops to Nanyue City.
The sound of horses' hooves came from afar, the sound of a large number ......of cavalry troops. Gradually, the flag representing the Kunya royal family appeared in the distance.
"Your Highness has arrived!"
"I'm afraid this voice is no less than 100,000 iron horses!"
"Alas, I heard that the empire sent two royal knights and the First Wildebeest Army this time!"
"Isn't that more than 200,000 iron horsemen?!"
A whisper sounded behind Prince Hicks, and the first batch of civilian and military generals who landed and stationed in Nanyue City were talking.
Hicks frowned slightly, and the Simpsons general beside him turned around and scolded, "Silence!" Everyone stopped talking, straightened their waists, and stared at the troops coming in the distance. Hicks frowned, looking at the approaching white wildebeest with a complicated expression, and his heart was mixed. I originally wanted to use a big victory to capture Manchuan Pass as a meeting gift to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. On the other hand, you can also increase your weight in the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but unfortunately people are not as good as heaven, not only did they not win, but they fell into the sand under the city of Manchuan Pass.
Soon the vanguard of the brigade came to the city gate, and the delicate figure of Yu Wu sat on a white horned horse, and the two twin maids behind him, one on the left and one on the right, were also pretty and lovely.
"Uncle Lao Wang has been waiting for a long time!" Gently opening her lips, Wu Nong's soft words came out of her pretty mouth, and the young soldier's mouth was dry when she heard it. Even the older civil and military officials feel that the sound is pleasant.
"Don't dare, Your Highness has worked hard all the way! The County Guard Mansion has been cleaned up and is waiting for His Highness to come!" Prince Hicks bowed slightly, then looked up and said. Although the bright-eyed girl in front of her looked moving, her terrifying magical cultivation should not be underestimated. However, in the twenty-eighth year, he is already a great magician of life, and his talent can be said to be terrifying. Even the twin maids behind him should not be underestimated, and under the tutelage of Yu Wu, these two maids are both high-level magicians.
"Well, behind is the second batch of cavalry troops that landed this time, and Uncle Wang can be properly accommodated. Yu Wu's fair-skinned little hand pointed to the team behind him and said.
Prince Hicks nodded yes, and then assigned Admiral Simpson to take care of the arrangements.
"Your Highness, please ......" A guard next to him led a red wildebeest, and Hicks turned over on the horse and stretched out his hand to invite Yu Wu into the city.
The crowd drove the wildebeest slowly into the city, and Prince Hicks was half a horse behind him, pointing to the buildings around him to explain to her the architectural style of the Qinling Empire. Whenever Hicks finished speaking, the feather dance was lightly tapped, and the appearance was extremely noble and elegant. However, Xue Ling behind the two of them looked excited, and he was full of interest with Hicks's explanation, and he didn't have the quiet demeanor of his sister Xueqin at all.
Hicks had long heard about the personalities of these two twin beautiful girls, and he didn't care about Xue Ling's liveliness, but just smiled indifferently.
Talking all the way to the county guard's mansion, the regulation of a county capital is naturally far better than that of the city lord of Wanghai City. Although Wanghai City was very rich because of maritime trade, the official city lord's mansion was built in accordance with the imperial building regulations. Because of the regulations of the city lord's mansion, the rich merchants and gentry in the city did not dare to exceed the rules, so the entire Wanghai City did not have such a magnificent building as the Nanyue City and County Guard.
"This county guard mansion is magnificent, and the architecture of the Qinling Terran is unique, and it is much more atmospheric than the imperial architecture. It can be seen from the county guard that this Qinling Empire is quite powerful, and it is not inferior to our country!"
Hicks was amazed at the far-reaching thoughts of Feather Dance, and with this successor to the empire, the country was bound to become stronger and stronger, and he couldn't help but feel very relieved.
When this king first landed in Baiyue County, the Qinling army was about to collapse at the first touch, and he was very contemptuous of the Qinling Empire in his heart. This king also underestimated their thoughts, but he didn't expect that hehe, he was hit on the head in that Manchuan Pass. However, with only one and a half elves and eight pacification envoys and more than 40,000 troops, the king was forced to sink into the sand, losing more than 100,000 imperial warriors and retreating. This Qinling Empire is full of talents, and it really shouldn't be underestimated!" Hicks's smile was quite sad, and his tone was not as sharp as before, and he looked a little sluggish.
Feather Dance looked at Hicks, who looked at him head-on, and his smile was even more wistful. Yu Wu was surprised, his own uncle has always had a high vision, and he has the bearing to treat the heroes of the world as nothing. This time he was defeated at Manchuan Pass, although he had already been avenged, he really didn't expect to hit him so hard.
"Is this Zhou Yi really so powerful?" Xue Ling behind him suddenly asked, not noticing the stimulation of Prince Hicks at all. In her simple little brain, except for His Royal Highness Ha Wu, she never cared about other people's thoughts.
Xueqin hurriedly grabbed her sleeve and motioned for her to be silent. Dragged by her sister, Xue Ling looked at her with some puzzlement.
Prince Hicks is Yu Wu's own uncle, so he naturally knows that the second daughter is regarded as a sister by Yu Wu. Besides, a little girl is unscrupulous, and she will not lose her position to worry about these things with her. He smiled bitterly and said: "Zhou Yi is only about twenty years old, but his military strategy is extremely outstanding, my huge empire can't find a young man with such talent! It's very sad to think about it!"
"Hmph, that's because he didn't meet Her Royal Highness the Princess, if Her Royal Highness the Princess goes out, he will definitely end up in a fiasco!" Xue Ling didn't agree with Hicks' words at all, Hicks's words included His Royal Highness Yu Wu!
"Ling'er, don't be presumptuous! His Royal Highness the Prince is talking about military strategy, not magic cultivation!" Yu Wu saw that Hicks's face was not good, and hurriedly scolded, so frightened that Xue Ling spit out her fragrant tongue and didn't dare to speak again.
"Uncle Wang, Feather Dance will compensate you on behalf of Ling'er!" After scolding Xue Ling, Feather Dance said apologetically to Prince Hicks.
"This king's words are indeed a bit full, if compared to his own cultivation, His Royal Highness is far better than Zhou Yi!" Prince Hicks waved his hand again and again, if he was entangled in Xue Ling's presumptuousness, it would seem that he was too stingy.
While speaking, several people walked into the back hall of the garrison mansion and took their seats, and the people quickly retreated after bringing the tea. Yu Wu sat there and asked softly, "Uncle Wang, how powerful is Zhou Yi this time? Although I have seen the military report, I really don't understand what method he used, with only 40,000 and a half elven cavalry, he could eat so many troops of the empire!"
"Alas, in fact, this method of warfare is also very simple, that is, to use cavalry to constantly harass our army and induce our army to pursue. Relying on the speed and endurance of the Qinling war horses to be far superior to the wildebeests, our army was exhausted and dragged down. Then they turned back and fought back, coupled with the heavy cavalry that had been ambushed in advance, and led our army to a great defeat.
However, if we think about it carefully, we find that this tactic is extremely not simple, otherwise our army would not have been fooled again and again, and would even have lost 10,000 royal knights! If our army ignores their harassment, not to mention that they shoot hundreds of soldiers at a time, it will add up to a lot, and it can also hurt the muscles and bones. Even if the morale of our army is dealt a heavy blow, if we do not fight back and scold and do not return the mouth, can the morale of the sergeants be high! However, if we pursue, we will be even more deceived and suffer heavy losses!
After coming back, the king thought about it carefully, but he really couldn't think of a way to crack it. That's why His Highness feels that this king is a little decadent!" Hicks explained the situation in detail with a bitter face.
"I thought it was because of the lack of cavalry that I led Uncle Wang to succeed. That's why he left behind the infantry army and led 200,000 wildebeest cavalry and 20,000 royal knights to reinforce. I didn't expect that I still wanted to be simple, no matter how many cavalry there were, if I couldn't restrain the tactics of the half-elf cavalry, it would be useless!"
This method of warfare was very demanding on mounted archery and horses, and the Imperial army would certainly not be able to imitate it in a short period of time. It's not because of mounted archery, most of the elves have extremely high archery skills, it's just that the longbow is a bit of a hindrance on the horse, but it can be improved. The most difficult thing is that the wildebeest is congenitally insufficient, so it cannot train into an army and restrain the half-elf cavalry.
"Your Highness, in fact, there are flaws in this method of warfare!" Xue Qin saw that his Royal Highness frowned, his face was bitter, and his words were a little depressed. After a while, she thought of some solutions, so she hurriedly said.
"Oh, if Xueqin has any ideas, you might as well say it and listen to it! If it is feasible, this king will take the first credit for you!" Hearing this, Hicks looked up at Xueqin with hope, which made Xueqin shy.
"Well, Qin'er, tell me about it!" Yu Wu also frowned, Qin'er has always studied military strategy, and on weekdays, she also analyzed the gains and losses of the continental war thousands of years ago. Now that she said that this method of warfare is flawed, there must be a way to crack it.
"Well, this kind of combat method is suitable for plain or grassland warfare, in fact, except for the small plain in front of Manchuan Pass and the Vientiane Plain behind it, there is no terrain suitable for them in the southern counties of the entire Qinling Empire. If what Xueqin said was heard by Zhou Yi, he would be surprised. This elven girl just listened to it, and judged the weakness of Mangu's tactics, which was really terrifying.
"It does make sense, you go on!" Prince Hicks thought about it when he heard this, isn't that really the case, and suddenly looked at Xueqin with bright eyes. Xue Qinqiang held back her shyness and continued: "Even if it is a battle on the plains, if you arrange longbows and large shields in front and behind the army, this method of battle will not be able to cause great damage! Cavalry war horses shoot arrows, longbows are bound to be inappropriate, only short bows can be used, and the range is not as good as the longbows of our infantry.
If they attacked, as soon as the scouts found it, the army stopped, and the longbowmen were ready. They will lose as much as they come, and if they fight so hard, presumably this Zhou Yi will not be so unwise. Our troops are just slowing down their marches, and after a few exchanges like this, they will definitely not attack again. ”
"That's right! Why didn't this king think of it! The range of the cavalry short bow is not as good as the infantry longbow, no wonder they never attack our army head-on! Miss Xueqin, as soon as this plan comes out, you should take the first credit! Haha......" The words woke up the dreamer, Prince Hicks stood up and laughed heartily, and the grievances of many days were once resolved.
"His Royal Highness the Prince praised falsely, Xueqin didn't dare to bear it. His Royal Highness is just a fan of the authorities, and if this tactic was invented by Zhou Yi, then this person really can't be taken lightly!" Xue Qin hurriedly saluted and rejected Hicks' praise.