Chapter 298: Food Route Security

"Your Highness is still thoughtful." Chang Wei nodded continuously after listening.

Wei Qun looked thoughtful, and finally nodded.

"Your Highness is right. The most hateful are those who are from Song but flatter Xiliang. If I meet such a person, I will kill one of them." Wei Qun said.

Then he turned back to the captured soldier who bumped into his son and said, "Are you willing to surrender to Yanzhou?"

The soldier who bumped into his son was stunned for a moment, and slowly shook his head, "My wife and children are all in Xiliang, and I can't let them go."

Wei Qun nodded, "Come on, give him one or two taels of silver as travel expenses and let him go."

The soldier who bumped into his son froze when he heard this.

After a while, he asked in disbelief, "You said you would let me go back and give me travel expenses?"

"You heard it right." Wei Qun glanced at him and turned away.

Zhao Xu and Chang Wei looked at Wei Qun's back.

Chang Wei said, "Wei Qun still understands the overall situation. "

Zhao Xu nodded slowly.

Let Chang Wei deal with the prisoners, Zhao Xu walked around the camp under Xu Lie's protection.

Through the dead Xiliang soldiers and siege equipment in the camp, he got some understanding of Xiliang's armaments.

The soldiers killed by artillery included Xiliang soldiers and Zhuang Linglang.

The Xiliang soldiers wore silver scale armor inside.

There were three red feathers on the helmet.

The lining of the military uniform was also red.

This is a bit similar to the soldiers of the Dasong Imperial Army.

After all, Xiliang was separated from Dasong, and no matter what, some things were learned from Dasong.

And Zhuang Linglang's armor was much rougher, just some old armor.

The armor plates of the armor were not very complete, and the gaps between the armor plates were also large.

There was also a camel lying on the ground corpse.

On the back of a camel, Zhao Xu saw a mini catapult.

The stone bullets fired by the catapult were only the size of a fist.

He knew that this was a unique military force in Xiliang.

These small catapults on camels are very mobile.

When encountering a war, they can continuously fire stone bullets, which is like throwing stones into the army.

Although these stones are not as sharp as arrows, the killing of enemies mainly depends on the shock caused by the stones hitting the armor.

Even if the soldiers wearing plate armor are hit, it is uncomfortable enough.

Finally, a soldier found a special armor in the tent.

It is estimated that it was accidentally dropped in panic when the Xiliang soldiers retreated.

This armor includes horse harnesses and soldiers' full body armor, iron chains.

The armor is still scale armor, but the armor plates are large and thick, and there are Iron mask.

When a soldier puts it on, it can be said that it covers the whole body.

The armor of the horse is also in the shape of scale armor, but the armor plates are a little bigger.

There is no doubt that this is the equipment of the heavy cavalry of Xiliang, the Iron Harrier.

The iron chain is used by the Iron Harrier cavalry to tie themselves to the horse.

It is said that even if they die on the horse, they will not fall off and will continue to charge towards the enemy.

There are 8,000 such Iron Harrier heavy cavalry in Xiliang.

In wartime, there are often 300 people in a team to attack local infantry.

After disrupting the enemy formation, the Xiliang infantry will follow up and charge.

In short, this is somewhat similar to the contemporary tank-infantry coordination.

And it is precisely with this tactic that Xiliang fought back and forth with Dasong when its national strength was weak.

That is why the Xiliang cavalry has the reputation of being second only to the Northern Di.

After this circle.

This basically confirmed Zhao Xu's understanding of Xiliang's military equipment.

The four armies of Bubazi infantry, Tieyaozi heavy cavalry, camel slingshot cannon, and Zhuanglinglang all appeared.

Together with the captured army, light infantry, etc., the full picture of Xiliang's army took shape in his mind.

Obviously, in the hegemony and separatism between Xiliang, Beidi and Dasong.

Dasong focuses on infantry, while Beidi focuses on cavalry.

Xiliang combines the two, attaching great importance to both infantry and cavalry.

He was thinking.

Chang Wei came back and reported to him: "Your Highness, this time 1,800 Zhuanglinglang soldiers surrendered, the diehards died in battle, 600 of the surrendered were willing to join us, more than 1,000 wanted to go back, and 100 stubborn ones, as Your Highness said, are going to be put in chains and sent to mine. "

The soldiers on the battlefield are mostly young and strong.

It's a good start that 600 people have surrendered.

And he won't lose out with the 1,000 people he takes back.

It's also a good thing to take a tael of silver and make his humanoid self-propelled propaganda machine.

However, whether his strategy can be effective depends on the subsequent results.

If it doesn't work, he must change the strategy in time.

"From now on, all soldiers who hit your son will be treated like this. "Zhao Xu said.

He would not give this treatment to the real Xiliang soldiers.

He would always remember the lessons of the Anshi Rebellion.

He also ordered the demolition of the Xiliang camp and the opening of the Feihu Pass Mountain Road.

Zhao Xu returned to Feihu Pass.

Now, the war has just begun.

With Feihu Pass behind them, they can fight without any worries.

And once they go deep into Jinzhou, the competition for the logistics supply line begins.

In the evening.

Zhao Xu, Chang Wei, Qin Shan, Guan Tong, Zhongli, Chen Hu and others sat around the long table.

The Xiliang camp was withdrawn, and the road to Jinzhou was no longer blocked.

They need to discuss the next attack route again.

"The deeper we go into Jinzhou, the more disadvantageous it will be for the royal army, so I think we should take every step carefully and steadily, and not be greedy for merit and rush forward." Zhao Xu said.

Then he pointed to the map on the table, "Next, attack here, and then use this as a springboard to capture Xin County and Xin City."

Jincheng is located in the middle of Jinzhou, with Xin County, Changping County and Yang County to the east.

Among them, Feihu Pass is directly opposite Xinjun in the north.

Chang Wei and others looked in the direction Zhao Xu pointed.

That is Hengshan County, a county seat in Xin County.

This county is opposite Feihu Pass, about eighty miles away from here.

The mountain road outside Feihu Pass is about thirty miles long.

Once out of the mountain road, there is an endless plain.

Here, the Xiliang Cavalry will be able to exert its greatest advantage.

Chang Wei and others nodded, this was also one of their plans during the deduction.

It is also the safest plan.

Chang Wei said at this time: "Your Highness, regarding the safety of food routes, the Imperial Army uses a common method."

"Tell me." Zhao Xu was about to say it, but when he saw Chang Wei's words, he looked interested.

"Cavalry is strong because it comes and goes like the wind. If it encounters obstacles and cannot use the horses to charge, it will be useless." Chang Wei pondered, "So the forbidden army often uses five hundred carts of grain transporters as a camp, equipped with archers. Spearmen, and some sword and shield men.”

"If there is a cavalry surprise attack, use grain carts to form a square formation and fire arrows. If the cavalry dismounts, spearmen, sword and shield hands will defend it."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly when he heard this.

Dasong still has some things that can be used in the long-term war with Xiliang and Beidi.

What he wanted to do was exactly the same as what Chang Wei said.

This is the prototype of the car camp.

Forming a formation with cars can achieve the same effect as blocking horses, preventing the cavalry from breaking into the formation, forcing them to dismount and fight on foot.

In future wars, he wanted to strengthen this method and not only use it to protect grain roads.

It is also necessary to form a car camp specifically for dealing with cavalry to offset the advantages of Xiliang cavalry and Beidi cavalry over Yanzhou.

However, this method is better than transporting food without preparation.

But this doesn't mean you won't have any worries after using this method.

It also depends on the battle between the soldiers on both sides.