But this time, King Zhong was really angry. What he thought was an easy mission was actually messed up by these two people, and he escaped with more than half of the casualties. This is still in his own territory, how can this not be the case?
Making King Zhong angry will put King Zhong's face at risk.
"Okay, let's talk about why we were defeated." King Zhong sat on his chair, panting heavily, and finally gave the two generals a chance to speak.
"Your Majesty, the Jizhou Army sent heavy cavalry this time, and there are still three thousand in number. We are not prepared at all, and we are no match for them." An Zhiwu spoke, without any explanation, just stating the facts.
"Heavy cavalry?" King Zhong had a suspicious expression on his face. Jizhou actually had heavy cavalry, which was really beyond his expectation.
As a leader in war, Prince Zhong, who started his career with martial arts, is not comparable to those nerds. He naturally knows what heavy cavalry refers to and what kind of terrifying combat power it has. And it is precisely because of knowing this that he cannot believe that Tang
Ao actually has heavy cavalry in his hands.
All in all, it has only been a year and a half since Tang Ao arrived in Jizhou. In the eyes of other vassals, these time may be just barely enough time to stabilize his own strength. However, looking at Tang Ao, he had to fight the bandits first.
Then he wiped out the local snakes of the Jizhou Army, and then defeated Beidi and the Xiongnu in a row. It seemed that he had been spending the whole day fighting, so how could he still have time to train and form a heavy cavalry?
A real heavy cavalry can not only be built with horses and money, but also the running-in and training after formation is also a very important thing. If the heavy cavalry cannot keep pace, it will not be formed in a war.
If they work together, they will not be able to truly display their strength and their power.
There is also the amount of financial resources and energy required to train a heavy cavalry. To be able to become a heavy cavalry, one must not only be skilled in equestrian skills, but also must be tall and strong. Otherwise, wearing that heavy equipment
, even if he is overwhelmed by the pressure, how can he show his fighting power?
It is precisely because of these harsh conditions that there is no real heavy cavalry in the entire Daqian world. But now that Tang Ao has come up with heavy cavalry, this is really incredible and incomprehensible.
Noticing that there seemed to be suspicion in King Zhong's eyes, Pan Guang also quickly said: "Your Majesty, they are heavy cavalry. The general has estimated that the armor of each of their cavalry weighs more than eighty kilograms, making them not only have
It has extremely strong protective capabilities, and once it charges up, it is so powerful that it cannot be compared to or rivaled by our cavalry."
"Hiss!" King Zhong couldn't help but take a breath of cold air when he heard the exact number. If this is really the case, it's no wonder that An Zhiwu and Pan Guanghui were defeated. Faced with such a heavy cavalry of three thousand men
, if you want to defeat them, I am afraid that it is impossible to do it without more than five times the strength of the troops, and this also requires preparation in advance and finding a good battlefield. If it is on the plain, let alone five times.
Times, even ten times as many soldiers would be unable to stop him.
"This King Ji is really willing to spend money, he is really rich." At this moment, King Zhong had to sigh like this.
Judging from the equipment of each cavalry plus at least two war horses, the investment for one cavalry reaches a huge amount of seven to eight hundred taels. Adding in the usual training, forming such a team is absolutely an astronomical figure.
Although King Zhong had received wealth from the Empress Dowager before, and he had obtained more than 100 million taels of silver from Daliang City a while ago, he was not short of money, but he spent such a large sum just to organize a group of people.
He was still reluctant to spend money on a heavy cavalry team of several thousand people.
Even so, being defeated by the heavy cavalry, King Zhong could not blame An Zhiwu and Pan Guang. He immediately said: "Okay, you guys get up. This time, in general, the fault is not yours. But now
Knowing that there are heavy cavalry in Jizhou, you must also think about how to deal with them when you face them in the future."
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Although the heavy cavalry are very ferocious and extremely difficult to deal with, they also have a weakness, that is, they cannot persist for too long at high speeds. As long as we do not give them a chance to attack face to face, their mobility is limited.
The lethality is still limited." Pan Guang said clearly from the perspective of a cavalry general.
"That's right. Although the heavy cavalry is powerful, the number is still too small. If we really offend our Liaozhou Army, we can completely swarm them with our superior strength. We can surround them by then, even if we are tired.
They will collapse and even die from exhaustion on their horses." An Zhiwu also thought of a strategy to deal with the enemy. Although this would cost a lot, it at least proved that the heavy cavalry was not invincible.
Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that whoever has heavy cavalry can be invincible in the world? If so, then everyone should form heavy cavalry, and what else should the infantry and light cavalry do?
"Okay, you know everything. Speaking of which, I was careless this time. I misjudged King Ji's determination to protect the two marquises. But it doesn't matter. After all, our Liaozhou Army has an advantage in strength, and it is not Jizhou.
Jun can make up his mind at will. Let's go back and arrange for someone to talk to King Ji. This is all a misunderstanding. I believe that as long as Tang Ao is not out of his mind, he will not come to trouble us." King Zhong thought for a while.
Finally, he made the decision not to provoke Tang Ao first. It was just Jizhou, and even if it were occupied by him, he wouldn't get much benefit. It was a place that was even more bitter and cold than Liaozhou.
In comparison, anything like Daliang City is the capital of the Daqian Kingdom. If you occupy it, you may become the emperor. That is the goal of King Zhong's life.
Having suffered a loss, King Zhong quickly set his sights back on Daliang City. He wanted to see how the other vassal kings reacted after Tang Qinghe became emperor. Whenever the crowd became angry, he would look for opportunities to lead troops.
Enter Daliang and take back the Tang Dynasty that belongs to their lineage.
As soon as the three thousand heavy cavalry appeared, everything went smoothly on the way back. Along the way, there was no one who looked for trouble. Ten days later, the team entered the territory of Jizhou.
After entering here, we found that the road became wider and easier to walk on. Especially as we got closer to Jicheng, the road became wider and changed from the original coal ash road to a cement road, so the team's speed suddenly accelerated.
Ten days later, Marquis Zhongcheng and his party arrived at a place ten miles away from Jicheng City. From a distance, they could already see the scene of Ji Wang Tang Ao leading a group of people to greet them.
With Tang Ao's current status, it was just two marquises who came, so he did not have to greet them in person. But he came anyway, naturally for Shen Yunyi's sake. This made Marquis Zhongcheng very moved and even more determined He knew the correctness of his coming here.
"I have met His Highness Prince Ji." When Shen Yunyi and Qin Mushan came two hundred meters in front of Tang Ao, they dismounted and ran over, saluting respectfully.
"Marquis Zhongcheng and Marquis Yong Yong, don't be like this, get up quickly." Tang Ao also walked a few steps, came up to meet them, and helped the two marquises up one by one. Then he looked at Shen Yunyi, his eyes a little red and said. He said, "Uncle, it's been a hard journey."
"Haha." At this moment, Shen Yunyi was very moved and excited in his heart, and his eyes were slightly moist. "Aoer, you are very good. You have done a good job over the past year. My uncle is very pleased. "
Although he was far away in Daliang City, Shen Yunyi never relaxed his concern for Jizhou. From the first time he knew that Tang Ao encountered bandits blocking his way, to the subsequent defeat of the Guzhou Army, Beidi and the Xiongnu, he knew everything about it. Every time he heard good news, he was overjoyed. Although Tang Ao actually had nothing to do with the Shen family after his identity was revealed, he was happy because he knew that Tang Ao, this big man The fourth prince also regarded himself as a relative.
Real relatives will not be separated at all just because they have not seen each other for more than a year, just like now. After the two parties saluted, Shen Yunyi brought up the great changes in Daliang City and some worries in his heart.
"Uncle, Marquis Yingying, the situation in Daliang City has already changed. The news we just received is this." Just after talking about this matter, Tang Ao told the latest news one by one. Speaking of which, it took the two marquises nearly a month just to travel from Daliang to Jizhou. During this time, the situation and pattern of Daqian had already undergone earth-shaking changes.
The eldest prince Qing Wang Tang Dong came to Xinzhou under the protection of Fan Shitong and Shi Hongyun, and gained the support of Xinzhou Commander-in-Chief Fei Qingsong. Not only that, the adjacent Suzhou Commander-in-Chief Tai Lei also persuaded by Fan Shitong. I am willing to respect King Qing as my leader.
In this way, King Qing had the two states of Xin and Su. The first thing he did was to allow the two states to expand their military forces. The number of troops increased from the original 30,000 to the current 80,000, reaching all states. The ultimate result. In this way, King Qing gathered 160,000 troops and declared autonomy.
The sixth prince Shun Wang Tang Jia took his mother-in-law Zhao Guifei and the eldest princess out of Daliang City. After they left Daliang City, they successfully joined forces with the former Jinjiawei deputy general Mo Chengyu in Luzhou and gained the other's recognition, including the escort of five thousand cavalry. The Marquis Lu Zhi also stayed under King Shun's tent.
While using Luzhou as the base, on the basis of the original 85,000 people (5,000 cavalry, 30,000 gold and silver armored guards, and only 50,000 ordinary soldiers), another 20,000 people from Lu were recruited to support the army. One hundred and five thousand people declared autonomy.
The seventh prince Tang Jian went to the land of the King of Nan Wu. He should not have arrived yet, but the King of Nan Wu has already declared that he respects the seventh prince as the master. Four-state autonomy.
