The Doulu Army in Shazhou City finally set off lazily under the urging of the military judge.
Morale is a mysterious and mysterious thing. In the period of classical war, morale had a vital influence on the war situation.
Every expedition must be justified. If they go out to fight the Tibetans, the Doulu army will definitely have high morale. The Tibetans are the mortal enemies of the Han people in Longyou of the Tang Dynasty, and they invade the borders every year to plunder the population.
After the defeat of the Fu soldiers, the Doulu army also recruited local good family members. Every household of these people had a mortal enemy with the Tubo. As long as they wanted to fight the Tubo, their morale would naturally be high and the whole army would want to fight.
But why are you leaving the city now? To recapture the salt field that was seized by the bandits?
This was what Sha Xiaowei told the soldiers before he went on the expedition, but the well-informed soldiers had already spread the news in the military camp. It was not the bandits who occupied the salt field, but the troops of King Jianning of Guazhou.
The salt field is a piece of fat, but what does it have to do with us ordinary soldiers?
The soldiers saw that King Jianning of Guazhou had occupied the salt field, and Lieutenant Sha organized an army to rob it. This was all the upper class fighting for power.
How can morale be so high when we go to war for something like this?
The reward money offered by Lieutenant Sha before the expedition was not enough. He only said that after capturing the salt field, the reward would be "for the troops to take for themselves."
What's the difference between this and Jia Sishun, who couldn't pay the reward and had to grab the spoils himself?
What if we can't win? Wouldn't it be a wasted war?
The Doulu Army was procrastinating. Although Sha Xiaowei knew that troops are valuable and fast, there was nothing he could do.
The three monks had no water to eat. They originally planned to let the five families jointly contribute money to reward the army, but the three families of Wang, Wu, and Shi suddenly changed their minds.
They all said that they were short of money and asked Lieutenant Sha to step in first. After the salt pond was captured, they could share less of the loot.
Lieutenant Sha was so angry that he was dizzy. A thousand troops were dispatched. The reward was an astronomical sum. The Sha family was not the ones who were taken advantage of, so how could they afford it?
Simply give each soldier a certain amount of money, and then promise them that they can plunder freely after capturing the salt pond.
The morale of the Doulu Army is low, but the players are extremely excited.
This is the biggest war in history since players entered the game!
At dawn in the morning, Yu Chixin climbed to the foot of Sanwei Mountain and looked at the Sanwei Pass not far away.
"The front is a good place for an ambush!" Yu Chixin said, pointing to the narrow mountain pass.
Xue Cheng, who was behind him, covered his head and said, "I don't know how to set up an ambush and use troops. Commander Yuchi, just tell me where to fight!"
Yu Chixin looked at the mountain pass and said: "The mountain pass is narrow and the official road passes through it. This is naturally the best place to set up an ambush."
"But the enemy is not a fool. He will definitely send scouts to investigate. He must be extremely cautious when crossing this mountain pass."
Xue Cheng nodded. All the captains of the Tang Dynasty had read military books. If they wanted to pass through such dangerous terrain, they would definitely send out their cavalry to ensure that there was no ambush at the mountain pass before allowing the army to pass.
Yu Chixin said confidently: "That's no problem. I have my own way, and I will definitely be able to cut off the enemy's army! Let me ask you, is this mountain pass the best place to set up an ambush?"
Xue Cheng nodded and said: "The official road at the mountain pass is narrow and only five people can pass abreast. If we can cut off the front army and the rear army, and we attack the front army fiercely, the enemy will be defeated!"
Yu Chixin nodded and said: "Calculating the time, the enemy has just set off and will arrive at the mountain pass tomorrow. The enemy doesn't know that we react so quickly. We are calculating mentally or not. We will win this battle!"
At Sanwei Mountain Pass, Qin Chuan and the players are digging into the rocks.
Using a hammer and chisel to break open the rock, Qin Chuan carefully buried the white explosive bag into the rock.
A player was panting and chipping away at the rock. He approached Qin Chuan and asked, "Captain, can these explosives blow up the rock?"
"How do I know? I've never blown up a mountain!" Qin Chuan said angrily.
Ever since I entered this game, I have become attached to civil engineering.
It's just a mining and manufacturing factory building a camp, but now they have to bury explosives!
Now I have done all the civil engineering work!
Ever since Cui Ruoyun completed the standard explosive formula and formulated a standardized explosive manufacturing process.
Li Yan immediately ordered players who knew chemical engineering to set up a "Gunpowder Bureau" outside Guazhou City to be responsible for the production of explosives.
On this expedition, Yuchixin naturally brought all the gunpowder in the Gunpowder Bureau's inventory.
"Absolutely no problem! I have calculated that this explosion will definitely break the rocks!" A player who was digging into the mountain raised his head and said.
"Shut up! Carve out the mountain! It's you who insisted on giving the idea to blow up the mountain, which made the brothers dig for a long time!" Qin Chuan said angrily.
Yu Junjie lowered his head depressedly. He came up with the strategy of blowing up the mountain with explosives.
Yu Junjie is a graduate student at Zhengzong Civil Engineering College. His major is relatively niche, called directional blasting.
This mountain-explosion was also a professional match for him, but after proposing this plan, the brothers in the engineering team suffered a lot.
Qin Chuan and the others had just finished building the camp when they were taken over to dig into the mountain to buy explosives.
What about the promised horse galloping and the decisive battle with thousands of people on the same screen?
Why is it my turn to dig the ground, build walls, and dig mountains, and then play a game like a cow and a horse!
If the contribution points given were not too many, who would be willing to do this!
Before sunset, Qin Chuan and other players finally buried the explosives in the rocks. They ambush near the blasting point and lurked on Sanwei Mountain.
As expected by Yu Chixin, Lieutenant Sha sent out scouts to investigate whether there were ambushes near Sanwei Mountain Pass.
It's just that Lieutenant Sha was investigating a large force. Players like Qin Chuan were hiding in the mountains and were not discovered by the scouts at all.
A few scouts stayed at Sanwei Mountain Pass. It was getting late, and these scouts did not see the player camp hidden in the forest at the foot of the mountain.
The remaining scouts immediately reported to Captain Sha.
After hearing the scout's report, Lieutenant Sha breathed a sigh of relief. He lamented that the older he got, the less courageous he became.
Soldiers are very fast. No matter how fast the intelligence of King Jianning's army on the other side of Yanchi is, it is impossible for him to go into battle first, right?
As long as I reach the salt pond, the nearby terrain is flat and undefeable. If I am fighting against five hundred with one thousand, doesn’t that mean I have the advantage?
Sha Xiaowei couldn't help but think about it. How about taking the opportunity to attack Guazhou City and capture the troublesome King Jianning? How about kidnapping King Jianning to order Longyou? Or also ask the imperial court for a military governor Dangdang?
Or maybe dedicate this King Jianning to the prince to find a future for future generations?
The more Sha Xiaowei thought about it, the more he felt that this was an opportunity. King Jianning only had such a Moli army. As long as his main force was destroyed, the Doulu army could occupy Guazhou in the name of spring defense!
Lieutenant Sha urged his men to speed up the march and set out early tomorrow morning, cross the Sanwei Pass and go straight to the Yanchi Saltworks Camp!