novelslam Chapter 773: Big Tribe Surrounds Small Tribe
Chapter 773: Big Tribe Surrounds Small Tribe
When Xu Qing put on his armor and came outside the camp, the soldiers and horses of the third and fourth guards had already gathered outside.
It was Xu Qing's first time wearing an armor, and it was an armor like the Xian Wang's, and when he walked, he felt as if he was carrying a big lead.
When not wearing armor, they can flexibly compete and perform various moves. After wearing armor, most soldiers can only make simple sprinting movements with spears.
Before, Xu Qing didn't understand why it was called throwing away the helmet and abandoning the armor, but now he understands that wearing this thing when running away is really not fast!
Xiao Ye was about to get on the horse, but the virtuous king brought Xu Qing over and said, "This king will add someone to you."
Xiao Ye was startled when he saw Xu Qing in armor, and asked, "Why is Brother Xu wearing father's armor?"
King Xian said: "Xu Qing is going out with you this time. It happens that the plan of the small tribe to encircle the big tribe was proposed by Xu Qing, so he will be the military advisor. If you have any questions, you can also go with me He discussed it together."
Xiao Ye hesitated and said, "Father, is this not good? This trip is to really fight the enemy. Brother Xu has never been on the battlefield, and he is not very proficient in martial arts. Is it appropriate?"
The Xian King impatiently waved his hands and said, "I don't care if it's good or not, but I'll leave it to you. You can take him with me. Don't let him annoy me all day long."
After all, the virtuous king waved his sleeves and walked back.
Xu Qing originally wanted to say something, it's still early in the morning, so it's better not to wait until the princess wakes up to say goodbye.
But obviously Xian Wang didn't intend to give himself this chance.
Xu Qing thought that only her own wife had a bad temper for a few days every month, but unexpectedly, the virtuous king also had it, and it got worse!
But thinking about the fact that in two or three years, even his most precious cabbage will be taken away with the basin, it should be considered as an early venting of his anger.
Alas, poor lonely old man.
Xiao Ye supported the dangling Xu Qing and said, "Brother Xu, what's wrong with you? The armor is too heavy?"
Xu Qing shook his head, wanted to cry but said without tears: "I don't know why the prince went crazy this morning, he almost broke all the bones in my body..."
Xiao Ye said, "Brother Xu, can you still get on the horse?"
Xu Qing said: "Brother Xiao, you can support me."
Xiao Ye nodded and said, "Okay, I'll support you."
Soon after, the army finally set off slowly.
This time, it is not the entire cavalry army of Chu State that is going out this time. It does not need a large-scale cavalry to wipe out the surrounding tribes. Three guards and four guards are enough.
Unless it's really time for a large-scale confrontation, it would be a waste of money to pull out all the cavalry of Chu State now.
The light cavalry is almost one man and two horses, which are used in rotation, and the other horse can also be used to put armor.
Originally, there were a thousand heavy cavalry in Chu State, but when they charged up, they were invincible. It was like an ancient version of a torrent of steel.
Wherever they go, the enemy will flee.
Don't underestimate the fact that there are only a thousand cavalrymen, but one man has three horses and four horses. There are also various auxiliary soldiers, civilian husbands and tens of thousands of people to take care of their food and drink. The armor coverage rate of heavy armor can be close to ten percent.
Although the number is small, everyone eats money fiercely. Chu State was invincible in the Central Plains at the beginning, which is inseparable from this thousand heavy cavalry.
Of course, later, because the heavy cavalry had low versatility, the mobility was not as good as the light cavalry, and the country was poor, they were disbanded for other reasons.
Well, in fact, the first two points are secondary. The main reason is that the state of Chu is poor and cannot afford it.
Not to mention the state of Chu, the state of Zhou can't afford it either.
It is estimated that Zhao Guo can afford it and support it for a long time, but Zhao Guo does not support it.
Because they are rich, but there is an extreme lack of good horses and enough good soldiers.
However, even if there are such excellent war horses and excellent soldiers like Chu State, it is estimated that Zhao State will not raise them.
It would be uneasy to put such a big killer in anyone's hands.
It would be even more useless if the emperor personally held them to guard the capital. If the enemy army came to the capital, a thousand heavy cavalry would be enough to struggle for a while. Not worth it either.
Therefore, in the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, no country has heavy cavalry, but all light cavalry.
Now that Chu has firearms, it just makes up for the shortcomings of not having heavy cavalry, and its strength can be improved a lot.
More importantly, firearms are much cheaper than heavy cavalry!
With the current capabilities of Chu State, it is easy to raise four firearm battalions.
The artillery shook the sky and thunder, but it was built with strength.
Heavy cavalry may not be able to defend these places that Chu State is now capturing, but firearms will certainly be able to.
Of course, the key to Chu State is to save money.
Who made Chu the poorest country among the three countries in the Central Plains for a long time?
It's really poor, so save as much as you can.
But now the light cavalry and firearms seem to be enough.
The cavalry rushed after the firearms, and the cavalry rushed after the firearms.
Simple and brutal.
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After the three guards and four guards were sent off, Zhao Hongyu followed the Xian Wang back to the big tent. The Xian Wang sat behind the table in the tent, and Zhao Hongyu stood in front of the table.
Zhao Hongyu said to the virtuous king cupped fist, "My lord, the Marquis of Anding County must be a meritorious official. If you criticize him so harshly, others will think that the lord is neglecting our heroes of Chu."
The Xian King clenched his fists and said, "This king is harsh? Is this king negligent? He has made great achievements. In the past, this king always thought that Mu Xiuyu Lin Feng would be destroyed, so he deliberately lowered his reward. But looking at it now, hmph! This kid can never expect to get any more rewards from this king! If it were someone else, this king would just give me a slap last night... That's all! You go down first."
Zhao Hongyu didn't dare to look directly at King Xian anymore, he lowered his head cupped fist and walked down.
The prince is still angry, so he shouldn't say that much.
But the virtuous king in the tent became more and more angry.
Damn it brat! Damn it brat!
Talk to me about legal income from labor all day long!
From now on, if this king hears that you still have the cheek to ask for a reward, this king will take your skin off!
Just when King Xian was thinking more and more, a familiar voice came from far and near outside the tent: "Father! It's not good, it's not good! Xu Qing is gone!"
Xiao Ruxue ran all the way in front of the Xian King, seeing the way the Xian King gritted his teeth, and asked doubtfully, "Father, who made you angry?"
King Xian shook his head quickly, and said with a smile on his face, "No, who in the entire Chu Kingdom has the right to make King Father angry?"
Xiao Ruxue said: "Father, then... Xu Qing is gone, he should arrange patrols, but my daughter can't find him everywhere, have you seen him?"
King Xian's throat moved, and he was still thinking about how to explain to Xiao Ruxue. If he told Xue'er straightforwardly that he asked Xu Qing to follow Xiao Ye to carry out some small tribe's siege of a large tribe, would Xue'er be disappointed? ...
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