Chapter 534: Northern Expedition
Because the war was approaching, the welcome dinner also turned into a military meeting. Zhuge Liang was a little surprised to hear that there were 800,000 troops in the north and nearly 400,000 troops in the south, but Xuzhou, with a total strength of only 500,000 In the new army, all the generals had no worried expressions on their faces. Instead, they were full of enthusiasm. One by one, they boasted that they could defeat the 800,000 coalition forces in the north with only 100,000 people. As for the alliance of Liu Zhang and Lu in the south, Miss Lu even said that she would be able to break it by giving her 30,000 Gangnu cavalry.
Could it be that the generals of the new army in Xuzhou are so arrogant? This is not a good thing, the so-called arrogant soldiers will lose...
"Mr. Farmer, what are you shaking your head for, do you think we are arrogant?"
"Don't you think that everyone underestimates the enemy?" Zhuge Liang did not shy away, and directly admitted it.
"...What do you think of our army's combat strength?"
"I accompanied Brother Yuan Zhi to see the training of the garrison garrison in Xuzhou. It is indeed an elite division. If you face twice as many enemies in the field, you can still fight. If your opponent is also a well-trained elite division, The probability of winning is not high!" This is the conclusion Zhuge Liang came to by watching the soldiers' training with Xu Shu, but he did not see many powerful equipment during the training, and what he saw was actually a boot camp, or a defender. , is not a real field army, so it caused a huge mistake on the cart of the first brother.
"It turns out that you are watching the local garrison recruit training, not the combat effectiveness of the field troops. It's no wonder that you, Mr. farmer, always stays at home to farm. Of course, you don't know how powerful our new army field troops are." Nizi He is quite confident in the combat effectiveness of the field troops of the Xuzhou New Army, not to mention the Phoenix Corps where he belongs. Although the Chinese Communist Party has only 10,000 people, if it is against the coalition forces in the north, it is the 100,000-strong army that comes to Brother. win.
"What's the difference between this field army and the defending army?" I heard that Zhuge Liang of the field army was also a little novel.
"As for the field troops, in fact, they are all cavalry, with a total strength of 120,000."
"It turned out to be cavalry, but there are more than 200,000 Northern Alliance cavalry..."
"Of course not ordinary cavalry, all the warriors are equipped with invulnerable chain mail, and their weapons are uniformly equipped with a melee steel sword, a long-range three-bow repeater or a newly equipped steel repeater. If it is a field encounter, It's not a problem to fight ten times with the people on your side!"
"All equipped with war knives made of Hundred Refined Steel?" Xu Shu also has a sword that is made of Hundred Refined Steel. Zhuge Liang has also tested it himself. It can be called a weapon of magic. If you have equipped this kind of magic weapon, you will naturally take advantage of the enemy.
"Of course, my sword is also made of Hundred Refined Steel. It's all from the Lujiang Arsenal and mass-produced." Nizi took out a saber she was wearing and said.
"With such a good weapon, as long as it is well trained, it can indeed double the combat power of the army, but it is still not enough to face ten times the enemy."
"It's not a simple sword, of course, don't you wonder that the sword can't go into the chain mail? When the lord made the chain mail, it shocked us all, and the steel crossbow is even more powerful... "..." Nizi gave the pig brother village a detailed introduction to the various powerful equipment of Xuzhou's new army. Zhuge Liang was dizzy when he heard it, there was only one concept, powerful, it was too powerful.
If what this girl said is true, with the current strength of Xuzhou's new army, as long as you plan well, you can wipe out the world. Why doesn't the lord still take the initiative to attack? Yes, it must be because the expansion is too fast, I am afraid of indigestion...
Seeing that Zhuge Liang was a little dazed, he reached out and patted him on the shoulder, awakening Zhuge Liang and continued: "You must be stunned by the new weapons of our Xuzhou new army. When you go south, I will take you to see the combat power of my Phoenix Corps. "
"...Thank you so much girl, I'm really ignorant, it turns out that our army's equipment is so well-equipped!" It seems Nizi is really joking, no wonder the soldiers heard that there might be a war, and they were all excited no.
In order to reduce the losses, Li Yunfei still led the army to the north, and his subordinates led the army to the rescue. Although there was a certain degree of confidence in defeating the coalition forces, even if he won, he would definitely suffer heavy losses...
After the last assassination incident, after seeing the power of the crossbowmen, I will definitely take precautions. According to the reports of the spies, there are many enemies and other teams equipped with thick large wooden shields, so the action will be very slow, but people hold The shield is slowly advancing. In addition to the bed crossbow that can be dealt with, the ordinary steel crossbow and strong crossbow are really unable to deal with it. I would like to see the situation, because the city is an important supply point. If there is no supply from the city, the large crossbow cannot be put into use.
It would be more dangerous to let the other side get close and make a short battle first. The Northern Alliance can be said to be like a cloud of fierce generals. It would be quite dangerous if they were approached by those fierce generals who were called enemies of ten thousand people and the formation was washed away. .
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Early the next morning, Li Yunfei said goodbye to his sweet wife and concubine. He ordered his army and horses to prepare for the Northern Expedition. Of course, Zhuge Liang also got up early in the morning, preparing to go south to take over the affairs of Jingzhou. He was still a little excited, a young man in his twenties. , you have to meet the master of Ming Dynasty, you can show your strength, this is the luck of life.
I talked a lot with Li Yunfei alone last night, and learned countless new knowledge and theories, which can only be described as shock. In a blink of an eye, I became a fan of Li Yunfei, and even performed the ceremony of master and apprentice on the spot.
"The matter of Yuanzhi Xuzhou is up to you."
"Don't worry, my lord, the students will do their best."
"Kongming is my talisman. You can do things cheaply in Jingzhou. I'm waiting for your good news!" Li Yunfei directly gave Zhuge Liang a talisman. It is a person from the beginning to the end. Since he has come to vote, he will not have any other thoughts, so he is directly given the talisman.
"Thank you lord, the students will definitely live up to the trust of lord!" Zhuge Liang said with a deep bow.
"Young man, show the world your unparalleled talent!" Li Yunfei said with a half-hearted smile, he turned his horse's head and left, leaving behind a few people who were dazed...
"Congratulations, Brother Kong Ming, I finally got what I wanted, and I can make great achievements."
"Many thanks to Brother Yuanzhi for his recommendation, my brother is very grateful."
"Brother Kong Ming, you're welcome, it would be a huge waste if you didn't benefit the people of Lebanon with your intelligence."
"Brother Yuan Zhi has been praised wrongly, and the younger brother is ashamed to be worthy of it."
"Brother Kong Ming, why have you become so humble?"
"My little brother talked with the lord for a few hours last night, and I benefited a lot, but I used to be a frog in the bottom of the well."
"It turns out that the master's knowledge is beyond the reach of human beings. No wonder Brother Kong Ming is impressed." Xu Shu also sighed. He had communicated with Li Yunfei several times at the beginning, and was completely convinced by Li Yunfei's knowledge. It wasn't until later that Li Yunfei admitted in disguise that it was the reincarnation of an immortal, so Xu Shu was not surprised by some of Li Yunfei's often difficult remarks to understand.
Now Li Yunfei's power, Lujiang City is the headquarters, where Chen Gong sits is quite safe, Xuzhou has Xu Shu, naturally there is no problem, Soochow has Liao Li, although not well-known, but in fact he is also an extraordinary talent. Otherwise, those wildfires in Soochow would not have been extinguished so quickly. Now that Jingzhou has Zhuge Liang to run the business, it is not a problem if you want to deal with it. These people are all wise people, and all of their potential has been squeezed out by Li Yunfei.
Chen Gong is good at collecting and dispatching food and grass, managing local administration, etc. Although he may not be as good as the others in terms of IQ, he is very serious and rigorous and can't make mistakes.
Xu Shu is good at strategy. It can be said that he is a talented person with both civil and military skills. In fact, Xu Shu's martial arts are quite good. He can be regarded as a warrior, but everyone doesn't know it.
Liao Li is good at tricks, and he is also good at managing localities, so there should be no major problems if he manages the land of Jiangdong. As for Zhuge Liang, after more than two hours of communication last night, it can be seen that he is almost an all-rounder and a top master in formulating strategies.
With these people helping to manage the rear, it is much easier to fight outside by yourself. The rear defense has stabilized the money, grain, weapons and equipment, and the soldiers will be sent in a steady stream, so all is not a problem...
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The ice on the Yellow River has melted away, but several pontoon bridges have already been built, so you can directly lead horses to cross the river. More than 100,000 horses cross the river on several pontoon bridges. The scene is still very spectacular.
However, in the blink of an eye, he saw a rather short figure in the crowd. He used to be riding a horse and he was short in stature, but now he got off the horse and led him, and he was at most 1.6 meters tall, which was really conspicuous among the crowd.
It's really weird, that kid is still dressed as his own bodyguard, and his bodyguards are all tall and big men, how can there be such a short man, why haven't I seen it before? But it's unlikely to be a spy, because the head is too conspicuous, but there must be something wrong with it.
"Thirty-six, go and bring me the short guy in front of you!"
"...No!" Thirty-six hesitated for a while, and finally went to bring people over, but the little man never dared to look up, but it was useless to lower his head when he got close, it turned out to be Miss Qiao.
"Why are you?" I was a little surprised how the girl kept up.
"General Please don't drive me away, I'm just doing what I was ordered, and the lady asked me to serve the general." Xiao Qiao explained quickly, but she actually asked Lu Lingqi for help. of.
"What a nonsense... Forget it, just stay with me for the time being!" Now that it's so far away, it's not suitable to send someone back, so I can only take it with me.
"Thank you, General!" Xiao Qiao was a little surprised, but she was really happy.
"Stay in my tent at night!"
"Oh!" Xiao Qiao replied softly, but her face turned red.
"Little girl, what are you thinking, I'm just afraid that you will be eaten alive by those wolves!" He squeezed Xiao Qiao's face and said.
"Yeah!" Xiao Qiao responded again and followed Li Yunfei obediently.
Although she didn't quite understand what the general was talking about, she felt that the general cared about her when she came out, and she was looking forward to it. When she lived in the general's tent at night, alone and widowed in the same room...