Chapter 25 The arrival of the slaves, the storm surges
Five days later, a rather large team came slowly from the south, which was the team of slave traders.
There are nearly 60,000 people in this team, including the guards of four large chambers of commerce, plus a small group of phantom knights from Lancelot in the south.
Zhou Yunfei was very curious when he first met the knights, known as the three major knights of the empire. So he secretly climbed up the city wall to observe the team.
They were uniformly wearing light blue plate armor and a face-covered helmet. Their weapons were thick wooden spears and a one-handed ax on their waists. The horses underneath them were only covered with plate armor on their heads and chests. Watching this team of knights
, Zhou Yunfei compared it with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in his mind, and came to the conclusion that the equipment is almost the same. The thick wooden gun of the Phantom Knights has better impact, while the one-handed steel spear of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is more powerful.
It is conducive to individual combat, but the Yanyun cavalry is better than them in terms of equipment and is more powerful when charging. As for the strength of individual soldiers, there is no comparison. However, Zhou Yunfei is quite confident, at least facing these cavalry.
Charge, the Euphorbias and the heavy-armored spearmen are sure to kill them all! But no one will use cavalry to charge into the spear formation foolishly, that is asking for death!
You say white horse Yi Cong, please! Archers are the natural enemies of heavy armored units. Whether it is heavy cavalry or heavy infantry, facing archers is to wait for death!
Since that battle, Zhou Yunfei's own tactical proficiency has been steadily improving. After the most critical battlefield perspective of the whole battle disappeared, observation by standing on the building and the car is basically the same. As for the center of some novels, the induction control of the formation of the troops is basically the same.
That's a joke! How is it possible for everyone to turn at the same time in battle! Even if you can focus on the nth power, how can the opponent let you change formations casually? In the stalemate stage on the battlefield, you can change formations casually and wait to be defeated by the opponent.
Massacre! Especially the spearmen in the heaviest formation, once they are disrupted during the formation change, they will die.
As for the cavalry troops, not to mention that they cannot give you a chance to turn when charging intensively. After rushing into the enemy's formation, you are surrounded by enemies. How can you be allowed to assemble and withdraw at will? If you don't overwhelm the army, you can retreat and wait to be exploded!
Therefore, the most important thing for a commander on the battlefield is to think of various situations in advance and formulate various response plans in advance. Zhou Yunfei saw Xu Sheng and Pang Tong discussing various plans. Generally speaking, what should be done once the battle goes well?
Take advantage of the victory to pursue, or how to make amends once the front line collapses. After the battle begins, the command authority is automatically delegated to the front line, directly commanded by the commanders of each formation. Xu Sheng only makes general direction adjustments. Therefore, throughout the battle, Xu Sheng only
Several key steps have been arranged. As for the line adjustment when killing the enemy (the replacement of the front lines of the Euphorbias and Pikemen), the lieutenants in their respective formations will make the command at any time. The commander should think about the overall situation. It is not like what is shown on TV.
Like that, the coach casually calls for a change of formation, and such-and-such army goes to such-and-such forward battalion over there to retreat. That's all nonsense! It's not like retreating to seek death when the enemy is about to be engaged! People can charge with just one charge.
I caught up with you, where did you retreat?
So Zhou Yunfei had to lament that everything he thought was too simple. Fortunately, he, a half-hearted person, delegated power from the beginning, otherwise he would be scared just thinking about it.
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When the slave team stopped outside Mok City, they heard something that surprised them. That is, the big patron of this transaction actually used a few thousand troops to defeat 30,000 elite soldiers here. This is
What a surprising thing. If it weren't for the red land not far away and the frightening piles of Beijing, they would really not believe that such an epic victory happened in just a few days.
forward!
"Eric, what do you think?" a leader of the Phantom Knights asked the knights beside him.
"Sir, I have asked the residents of Mok City. If they are not lying, I'm afraid this is true." The knight named Eric answered respectfully. The man in front of him is the Phantom Knights.
The deputy leader, the second heir of the Lancelot family, and the second son of the current patriarch of the Lancelot family, Pat Lancelot.
Pat Lancelot, 26 years old, practiced martial arts freely. At the age of 18, he joined the Phantom Knights and became a knight. Step by step, he became one of the three deputy captains based on his military exploits.
The Lancelot family, the largest noble in the south, controls a large amount of the fertile northwest central plains and guards the south of the Bywaste Empire. This area is overrun with bandits due to the wealthy merchants of the central Alton Empire, and bandits are suppressed all year round. With the north
Like the fortress army that fights against the orcs every year, the regional armies that are always in battle are very powerful. Among them, the Phantom Knights have been famous for a long time, and are even called the Nightmare Knights by the bandits. The bandits who hear the news about the Knights are all frightened.
This time, through the escort of the slave team, he wanted to make good friends with the Dragon City forces that suddenly appeared in the far north, so this time Pat personally led a team of phantom knights to Dragon City with such a mission in mind. However, he did not expect that Dragon City would
The city actually defeated Mok City. In this way, the Clare family in the north is bound to be restored to unity. What benefit will this have to Dragon City, which is about to move south? Is there any other reason for this? Pat pondered,
He was quite concerned about the strength displayed by Dragon City. At least the rumors said that Dragon City had a very powerful heavy cavalry! With less than 500 cavalry, they penetrated a square formation of more than 3,000 people! But Pat felt that
This is definitely an exaggeration. No one is more familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of heavy cavalry than him. Yes, the impact of cavalry is great, but it is absolutely impossible to directly break through the spear formation. Not to mention whether it can penetrate the square formation, just the impact of long
There are not many people who can survive the spear itself. So he believes that there must be other reasons. Maybe it is not 500 but 1500, who knows. You have to believe the rumors, but if you believe them all, you will lose.
In fact, this was also Jia Xu's plan. He would send the prisoners who knew the reason back to Dragon City in advance, and the rest would be hearsay. The news would be passed down from ten to ten, and in the end, it might turn into thousands and even millions!
Or maybe Dragon City has millions of troops, who knows. Zhou Yunfei also smiled after hearing this.
In this way, false and true news radiated outward from Mok City like a shock wave, reaching the ears of the eldest prince in the imperial capital.
"Is what is written on this the truth?" the eldest prince asked the person in front of him, holding in his hand the news about the battle of Mok City and the Claire family.
"After many investigations, my subordinates confirmed that this mysterious Dragon City defeated the elder army with an army of less than ten thousand." The man in black said respectfully.
"How much do you know about this Dragon City?" the eldest prince continued to ask.
"Dragon City is very mysterious. No one knows where they come from. They claim to be the survivors before the Holy War, but I can't verify this. As for the inside of Dragon City, I can't get any more information for the time being. They seem to have their own secrets.
There is a system. Most of the people sent by subordinates are only in the civilian class and have no access to nobles and bureaucrats. As for the army, it is even more difficult to check. They strictly implement a conscription system. Judging from the information currently available, the strength of Longcheng’s army
It is powerful, with a population of about 20,000. Its territory is rich in products, its commerce is very developed, and it has advanced navigation technology." The man in black told everything he knew.
"What about the lord of Dragon City? Have you found out?" The eldest prince frowned and continued to ask.
"This subordinate has finally found out. The lord of Longcheng, Zhou Yunfei, is male. He is 14 years old. He has no title record. Longcheng claims to the outside world that he is the son of the previous lord. He has a calm personality and handsome appearance. His subordinates respect him very much." Hei.
The man in clothes told someone's general information.
"Well, 14 years old? Are you sure you are 14 years old? Are there no other forces behind him?" The eldest prince raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise.
"My subordinates have repeatedly verified that he is indeed 14 years old. As for whether he is a puppet launched by hidden forces, this is not very clear, and my subordinates are still unable to understand."
"I see, I understand, what's going on with the Claire family now, and what is my dissatisfied royal brother doing?" The eldest prince obviously still cares about the third prince.
"The Presbyterian Church of the Clare family was destroyed, and most of its forces defected. The few who resisted were annihilated by the new patriarch, Yuna St. Clare. Now the power of the Clare family is unified in her hands, and her father voluntarily abdicated. And His Highness the Third Prince is now
Living in Clare City. I learned that His Royal Highness the Third Prince has received a clear statement from the Clare family that they will support him in his bid for the throne."
"Haha, my silly brother is lucky. This will be more troublesome. Well, you can pass the information you got to my other two brothers respectively, so that they also know that their brothers are very difficult to deal with now."
The eldest prince said with a nonchalant smile.
"Yes, I understand!"
"Wait, also, if you find someone to go to Dragon City, just say. Well, my father really wants to see him and decided to grant him a title and let him come to the imperial capital." The eldest prince thought for a while and said.
"Yes, my subordinates will send someone over right now!"
After the man in black left, the eldest prince looked at the letter in his hand, with a playful smile on his lips, "Interesting and interesting, it's getting more and more interesting! Third brother, the Claire family and the mysterious Dragon City, that young
A eloquent lord."
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Mok City
After Zhou Yunfei and others finished handling the slave handover, nearly 60,000 slaves continued to move towards Longcheng.
After Zhou Yunfei's army waited for the soldiers of the Yuna family to arrive, they gradually left Mok City and returned to Seth City.
Regarding the issue of Seth City, Zhou Yunfei and Yuna had been negotiating for a long time, and Zhou Yunfei was bound to win. Yuna really didn't want Zhou Yunfei to extend his power across the Hengduan River now, but in the end she had to make concessions because Zhou Yunfei threatened her.
, if not, then Mok City is going to be named Zhou! Yuna hated this so much that she almost went up and bit him hard twice, cursing him for not being a gentleman at all! He is not a man!
Zhou Yunfei expressed no pressure on this. Are you a man? Do you want to try it? Gentleman demeanor? Shit demeanor! We are very realistic. Gentleman demeanor is used to pretend to be 13. If you have the strength to pretend to be 13, that is awesome.
13, if you don’t have the strength to pretend to be 13, it’s s13! Now Longcheng doesn’t have the strength to pretend to be 13!
Zhou Yunfei, who was about to go back, received a contact from Zhuge Liang. The emperor wanted Zhou Yunfei to go to the imperial capital to confer a knighthood. After some thought, Zhou Yunfei decided to go in person. Anyway, no one would mess with Longcheng for the time being, and it was too late to win him over, so he was still the lord.
It is quite safe, and it will be easier to do things after having a title. So after Zhuge Liang learned about it, he told him to pay attention to safety, bring more guards, and take his own safety into consideration in everything. Zhou Yunfei also agreed to do this, so next, Zhao Yun
Ma Chaodian, accompanied by four generals, Wei Gaoshun, and a team of soldiers, a team of white horses and a team of tiger and leopard cavalry, set off from Mok City and headed for the imperial capital.