Chapter 260

When the soldiers of Cangzhou camp saw Xiao Ming coming, they trained harder and harder one by one.

Looking at these simple soldiers, Xiao Ming said to Lu Fei, "I'm afraid you're going to enter the grassland again."

"The barbarian army is out?" Lu Fei asked.

Xiao Ming nodded, "yes, the scouts came to report that the blood wolf tribe is gathering troops to Cangzhou City, with the purpose of destroying the new city wall. This time, the barbarian army is vast, and the rear area must be empty. It's a good time to attack."

"Haha, I'll wait for another trip to the grassland to get some horses back. Your highness, I'll gather people and horses to set out now. In addition, these recruits will also take them this time. The best training is actual combat. Our cavalry are more familiar with this trip than before." Said Luffy.

"Can they?" Xiao Ming looks at these recruits who have been training for only one month with some worry.

"Your Highness, we basically fight at night. We won't fight barbarians on horseback. It's enough for these recruits to ride horses." Said Luffy.

One month is enough for these soldiers to learn how to ride a horse. After all, it's easier to simply ride a horse. The real difficulty is to be able to make all kinds of movements on the horse's back.

On this point, the soldiers of the state of Dayu are not as good as the barbarians.

Because of this, the cavalry of Dayu Kingdom always suffered losses when they fought with the barbarian cavalry, because the barbarians would have the ability to run away and shoot arrows at the same time. They were very flexible on the horse, and they would not fall off the horse with violent movements, just like sticking to the horse.

However, the cavalry of the state of Dayu couldn't do it. They often fell off their horses.

However, what Lu Fei said this time is not unreasonable. Only in actual combat can we train our troops as quickly as possible, and only in life and death can we stimulate our greatest potential.

Considering that the attack on the grassland was not a direct battle, and the recruits were led by veteran Youzi, he nodded.

After all, in this era, sometimes a strong man is a soldier, and training is far from easy.

After talking to Lu Fei about this, Xiao Ming goes to Niu Zhen again. This time, Xiao Ming decides to let Niu Zhen stay in Cangzhou City. After all, Cangzhou city's garrison needs him to command.

During this period, the Qingzhou army also went to Cangzhou from Qingzhou, and the number of people in Cangzhou City even exceeded the scale of the last Cangzhou war.

After all, there is no trivial matter in the war, and there can be no negligence. Xiao Ming must be well prepared.

"Since the end will not lead the troops out, this time out of the grassland also needs two cavalry, so who will lead the other cavalry?" Asked Niu Zhen.

Lu Fei then said in a loud voice: "the end will recommend Lei Ming. This boy is from Youzhou, and he is very familiar with this area of Youzhou. This time, he will be able to avoid the pursuit of the barbarians in time. It depends on his guidance."

Niu Zhen nodded. Although Lu Fei was a prick, he was always decent and would not be cronyist. So, this thunder must have something extraordinary.

Now there are too few cavalry generals. There are several excellent generals in his team, but these generals are veterans, not from Youzhou. Xiao Ming's purpose of training Guan Ning's cavalry is not in line with his goal.

He then said: "Your Highness intends to cultivate Guan Ning's cavalry. This cavalry will promote the generals of Youzhou. In this case, let leiming go."

Xiao Ming nodded. He had been in touch with the thunder. He was a little smart. Youzhou will continue to harass the barbarians in the future, which requires someone to stay in Cangzhou.

Niu Zhen and Lu Fei will take charge of Qingzhou after all. They can only give it to Guan Ning.

And Xiao Ming has his own development strategy for guanning.

It's very simple. Let guanning Tieqi grow independently.

In the future, he would indulge Guan Ning's cavalry in burning, killing and looting on the grassland. If he wanted to expand the scale of Guan Ning's cavalry, he had to let them go to the grassland to snatch horses and train new soldiers.

This will be a very wild cavalry, but in order to prevent out of control, Xiao Ming will send Chang Shi into Guan Ning's cavalry. The army's behavior can be wild, but the thought can't be wild. The army must be in his hands anyway.

He didn't want this guanning cavalry to turn into the one in the Ming Dynasty.

Assigned the general to the grassland, Niu Zhen asked Lu Fei and Lei Ming to go back to straighten out the soldiers and prepare to leave.

Niu Zhen, Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang went up to the city building to arrange the next defense.

The purpose of the barbarians this time is not to attack the city, but to destroy the city wall. Xiao Ming believes that Bei Shan certainly does not want to spend too much power in Cangzhou City at this time.

Therefore, after discussion, the three decided to bombard the barbarian army, regardless of the consumption of ammunition.

After all, a lot of gunpowder has been stored in Cangzhou City during this period of time, so there is no need to worry about the ammunition being consumed soon as last time.

In the evening, Niu Zhen and Lei Ming took advantage of the dark to enter the grassland from the cave. According to the news from the scouts, tomorrow's barbarian army will arrive at the foot of Cangzhou City.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Ming and others got up early. The builders of the wall had all withdrawn to the city. The Qingzhou army entered the trench, and the Cangzhou army's catapult was ready.A big war is imminent.

"Here you are, your highness." At noon, Niu Zhen pointed to the distance and said.

Through the telescope, Xiao Ming saw the barbarian army coming over like a dark cloud. At this glance, the whole sky was black, and the slave soldiers were at the front.

These slave soldiers were dressed in shabby clothes and had all kinds of weapons in their hands.

After the appearance of the barbarian army, the atmosphere of the battlefield became more stagnant than ever before. Every soldier tensed his nerves and waited for the barbarian to blow the bugle of attack.

"Wuwu..." The low horn sounded on the grassland.

The barbarians drove the slave soldiers to attack the ditch circle outside Cangzhou city 500 meters away.

On the wall, with a red flag in his hand, Luo Xin stood in the middle of the wall and frequently sent out flags. The artillery loaded and aimed according to the flags.

"Fire!"

At Xiao Ming's command, a hundred guns on the wall roared in unison, and the shells concentrated on the attacking slave soldiers.

"Ah..." There was a series of screams.

The cannonball brought a string of blood mist in the crowd. Although the slave soldiers were scattered as far as possible, the bounce of 100 cannonballs on the ground still killed a large number of slave soldiers.

Although these slave soldiers knew about the cannons of Cangzhou City, many people saw them for the first time. Before they could react, many soldiers saw a group of people falling down beside them, all of them looking miserable.

When they looked forward, the soldiers who rushed to the ditch suddenly flew up with the sound of an explosion. Their limbs were broken and blood was pouring down.

Then, their eyes were full of body flying, and their ears were full of thunderous explosions.

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