Section 2267 Li Wei's Command

Here Li Wei is already ready to fight against the Western Empire, but the army of the Western Empire has also shifted from offense to defense, but their change is somewhat useless, for the people of Cao's House , the people of the Western Empire simply don't have any ability to resist. Just look at some of their defense settings, but this time there is a lot of improvement compared to the previous ones. They have already dug a lot of trenches Well, I don’t know who taught them this. At least during the bombardment, they will definitely not suffer as much casualties as before, but it won’t do much good. Basically, the anti-blasting holes and so on No, there is a big gap compared with the modern trenches, but they have made a lot of progress anyway, so if they continue to fight according to the standard of the Eastern Empire, they will not get any effect Well, when the Eastern Empire was defeated, the mortars and grenade launchers put in a lot of effort, because they were all on flat ground, and there was no defense system there, so there was such a big result, but It's different here. These people are already prepared to resist. Looking at their fortifications, they know that if they rely on mortars and grenades, the final result may not be very good, so There must be some other things. Fortunately, there are a lot of heavy artillery on the front line of the Western Empire. They can be used as the vanguard of the attack. It's just that there is no mechanical power in this world. All the soldiers of the third rank gathered together and asked these officers to be coolies pulling cannons. Only in this way can the artillery be transported in the shortest time. Fortunately, each of these officers also knows the importance of artillery. Such a big guy is definitely better than 10,000 soldiers. There are many, small-caliber artillery on the battlefield of the Eastern Empire is a problem, and the transportation of such large-caliber artillery weighing more than a hundred catties is even more problematic here. The carriages are one after another, but they want to carry out high-intensity artillery. The bombardment still caused a lot of suffering, but it was much better than that of the Western Empire. Many generals of the Western Empire panicked when they heard that the troops of the Cao Family Company had killed the troops of the Eastern Empire. They didn't have this ally in the beginning either. They didn't make it themselves. Now that there are no allies, it should be the same as at the beginning, but they are all used to having someone help them contain the army of the Western Empire, and now they are suddenly gone, and everyone feels uncomfortable in their hearts. . That's how it works sometimes. Now many of them want to withdraw their troops. Especially some soldiers don't want this matter to continue, in their opinion. The current matter is not so simple. The people of Cao's Commercial Firm have been able to concentrate their strength. At the beginning, they dared to fight when there was no second batch of reinforcements. Now the reinforcements have come. Approved, it is said that the fourth batch is on the way, the number of people will exceed six million, this is no longer a small military base, maybe this is a conspiracy of Cao's firm, think of them here one by one I feel that my whole body is cold, how could such a thing happen? Could it be that Li Wei is just a bait here? In order to catch them all? Not so evil.

The high-level officials of the Western Empire are also hesitating at this time, just like their emperor, they still hope to win the battle against Cao's firm as last time. It seems that such a thing is impossible to achieve The question is, whether all the tens of millions of elite troops can be retreated is a terrible question. They don't need to face the same danger as the army of the Eastern Empire. They only need to retreat three hundred miles You can go to the territory of your own empire,

But would the emperor of the Western Empire lose this man? It can be said that this incident was caused by him, and now there is no result at all, but hundreds of thousands of people died on his side because of the attack. This loss is not small, although the total number of people is not very large Yes, but for the Western Empire, these are all elites, definitely not those of the previous armies. Each of these armies spent a lot of money in training, and it is even more impossible for them all to be buried here. Many bigwigs in the Western Emperor's Army have already seen it clearly. They all think that what they should do now is to retreat quickly. The people in the Cao's House of Commerce are already very obvious, and they just want to eat this new army , This further illustrates the importance of the new army. If all these troops can retreat, everyone will become an instructor after returning, and then they can become a small team or even a larger army in the future. Institutions, they are very clear about such things, so now this army must come back. If they all die here, the entire court needs to start from scratch again, and the money spent is astronomical. The number is up. From a rational point of view, this requirement should be correct, but isn't there still such a saying in terms of face? The face of the emperor of the Western Empire is very important. There is no reason why they could rely on the old army to fight and run away. Now that there is a new army with stronger combat effectiveness, they can't win? This matter seems a little unreasonable, but they also understand this matter. This matter is not that simple, so it is necessary to analyze it together. Many people in the military department have said that it was in our homeland at that time. We can say that we fought in our hometown. No matter what we lost, we can quickly make up for it, but it is different now. As long as such things happen, our results will be very difficult to make up for. , although it is relatively close to our border crossing, there is another problem that we have no way to replenish the weapons of those people. Sometimes some major events may happen, and their words are directly filtered by His Majesty the Emperor. When the emperor, the most important thing is his own face. If what he said doesn't work, the lost reputation is much more serious than the millions of troops. However, the emperor is not as foolish as before. of. He has already stipulated that the army can only slowly defend and cannot attack, but their defense is nothing to Cao's firm. It is okay if there is a huge city as their back end, but In the wild, their defenses are basically useless. After Li Wei heard the news from the spies of the Western Empire, he was already happy. It seems that these people are here to pave the way for him. I would be ashamed not to kill these people.

The senior military officials of Cao's Commercial Bank also gave their own conclusions about some situations on the front line. They also think that the people of the Western Empire are a bit bold. Although we lost a lot to you back then, we are not at that time now. Everything here is different from yours at that time. At present, there are about 1.58 million people in Cao's Commercial Bank on the front line who can be used for offense. And the third batch of reinforcements is coming soon. If it arrives, it will definitely send out more than two million troops. At that time, it will rely on the tens of millions of troops in the Western Empire. They are absolutely unstoppable. You must know that in the defensive battle, the casualty ratio of Cao's House and other empires can reach one to twenty-five, or even higher. There is still no problem than Fifteen. If they don't understand this problem, they will all suffer a lot in the end. Obviously, the current Western Empire can't see this, or some people can see it, but some people I didn't see it. Those who saw it didn't have much power. It was impossible to decide the direction of the matter. Those who didn't see it were the ones who really had the right to let the army of the Western Empire do things. They It was the real culprit of this incident, which was recognized by the senior officials of Cao Jiashang's military department. Li Wei was not idle for a minute, and immediately took the airship to this change. He also had his own ideas. He wants to show all the people in Cao's House that he can do this himself, and everyone else understands it, especially Hong Lie. Since he is following the young master, we have to give the young master A chance for the master to show his face. It is not important at other times. What is important is this time. If he does not do well, I guess Li Wei will really remember himself for the rest of his life. Some members of the group have gotten closer, but my chances are much better than theirs. I have gained Li Wei's trust so quickly, and the scale of this place is not known to be many times larger than that of the earth. People with a bit of pursuit will choose to hang out in this place. The rights that can be grasped in this place are beyond what others can think of. It can definitely allow themselves to obtain a very large world. This is also what I want to do. At this time, everyone Some of the generals also know the significance of this battle. Their young master wants to show everyone his skills. We have to show it well. There is no need to show if we directly defeat the opponent. There is nothing to be proud of. The thing to do now is to wipe them out. Just like the armies of the Eastern Empire, they must be defeated. This is a complete victory. In fact, Li Cong didn't think about it. Putting such a lot of pressure on this guy, rather than doing this, it’s better to stay on the line. Maybe I will use him in the future. If it really comes to that time, I will have some excuses to talk. If I really do it If it is too much, there will be nothing. This is something that too many people don't want to see. These people can do this. A series of things are so clear that Li Wei is already doing it. After making all the preparations, I just waited for the war to start three hours later. At that time, I had to show everyone my military talents.

In fact, the last time I was on the island of the Tianxiahui, I was able to prove myself. It’s just that this guy’s spirit is relatively high. I think that there were still many people who helped me with that incident. Who would go there instead? It's all possible, this is a problem of Li Cong, when he does something, he hopes to rely on his own strength to do it, Li Cong told him at that time, in fact, Li Cong couldn't do this when he was young A young man should have such and such shortcomings. This is when the old man stands up, just like Li Wei. Living like this is too tiring. Although Li Cong hopes that his grandson can become a dragon, But sometimes I don't want my grandson to live such a tiring life, just the same as now, if it is too tired. Life is not very comfortable, but after Li Wei entered Cao's house, he saw that there are too many capable people in it. If he can't perform well, these people may not know each other in the future My own, this is absolutely unacceptable, I am not only of noble blood, but also everything about myself is very good, the army of the Western Empire has undergone some changes, in the last few hours. Some of their generals are under house arrest. The Marshal of the Western Empire has already received an order from the Emperor of the Western Empire, that is, they must not retreat, they must stay in that place, if they really leave. This matter became a big deal. They must be left in place to wait for reinforcements. Don't be afraid even if the army of Cao's House of Commerce attacks them. The army of Cao's House of Commerce has just finished the war with the Eastern Empire, so it can be said that their abilities are not very good. They haven't recovered yet. According to their thinking, it takes at least half a month to rest and recuperate. If they continue to fight without rest, the victorious army may become a defeated army. This is something that can be proved by many examples, but some generals in the Xidi army are not so good-hearted. They are very clear about the state of the army of Cao's firm. Look at their airships. You know the frequency, they are basically the same as before, the difference is their eyes, in the past, how many of these people were looking at themselves was still looking at the enemy and the opponent, but now they look at These people seem to be looking at some captives, as if they have already defeated us. Such eyes made these generals of the Western Empire feel dangerous. They have already told the marshal above that they want to go back. It's time to retreat, to go back, otherwise it will be the result of annihilation of the whole army, but the marshal has no intention of going back at all. From the marshal's point of view, everything is not so easy to achieve now , What must be done now is to continue the defense. The empire is already preparing to come to reinforce the army. They must hold back Li Wei, and they cannot let Li Wei's army support Tuoba Yuanye. Prince Ding can't face such a There are many enemies, but even the marshal himself feels that this statement is a bit far-fetched. This statement is like a joke. There is no strong city, so there is no large number of troops. People who want to go to the Cao family in the wild decisive battle? This is no different from courting death.

In order to prevent these generals from acting recklessly, the Marshal of the Western Empire directly put them under house arrest. I believe that the future will be known. When the soldiers below saw that their generals were arrested, they started to be chaotic. After all Did your general do something wrong, or was it because of other reasons? These soldiers also have their own sources of information. Many people already know what is going on. It is nothing more than that they were all given by the Western Empire Abandoned, that's basically what it means. Many times these people think how much they are valued by others, but the actual situation is not like this. The emperor of the Western Empire asked them to fight to the death for the sake of face. Persevering to the end in a war without victory, what is the difference between this and suicide? Just when they were about to rise up to resist, the artillery of Cao's House arrived. The heavy artillery over 200mm fired a volley, which almost shook the whole earth. A volley at least brought the soldiers of the Western Empire More than thousands of casualties, these people are also afraid. It is not that they have not seen the shelling of Cao's House before, nor have they seen such a large-caliber artillery, but they have seen artillery before. At that time, there was no army of Cao's House of Firm behind, but this time it was different, a black line appeared on the distant position, it was not caused by the weather or terrain, those were all from Cao's House of Trade Soldiers, their infantry are advancing slowly step by step. The soldiers of Cao's Commercial Bank did not move quickly, just wanting to use this method to break the last bit of willpower of the soldiers of the Western Empire, and let them know that if they continue If the resistance continues, there is simply no way out. Many soldiers of the Western Empire are panicked. They don't know what to do. If their generals are still there, such a situation will not happen here. It's a pity that their generals were all arrested, and all the soldiers entered the position in deceit. The marshal ordered an army of more than 600,000 cavalry to attack immediately, but the head of the cavalry refused to carry out this order. The front is no longer a land of platforms. They have already been beaten unevenly by the giant cannons of Cao's House. If they go out at this time, it is estimated that they will lose half of their losses before reaching Cao's House. Moreover, they have been tested before, so They all have actual combat data. The people of Cao’s House are still very good at dealing with the cavalry’s impact. Their assistants will immediately shoot in three steps. It's all an unavoidable thing, so the cavalry unit doesn't want to take risks. The marshal chopped off the cavalry commander without even thinking about it. Then the deputy head sorted out about 300,000 cavalry at any rate, and they rushed out. Cao's house did not change at all, and they could all see it. The combat effectiveness of this cavalry can be said to be appallingly low. Just look at their formation and you'll know what's going on. Don't say how many casualties they can bring to themselves, just look at the hundreds of people who died as soon as they ran out. You must know that it has nothing to do with the people of Cao's House. The people from Cao's House didn't attack. Their own people fell down in the chaos and were trampled to death by the people behind them. It's really funny.

Li Wei saw all this with a telescope. At this time, he naturally had his own ideas. Li Wei waved his hand, and immediately the soldiers in front began to place a large number of super serial crossbows. As long as they enter the range of 3000 meters Hundreds of super serial crossbows will turn all these people into sieves. Unless the soldiers of the Western Empire are invulnerable, otherwise it is absolutely impossible for anyone to persist in the past. As for the artillery of Cao's house, there is still no one They are still bombarding the camp of the Western Empire vigorously according to the coordinates just now. Even if the cavalry of the Western Empire can achieve certain results, there is no strong continuation behind it, because their rear has already It was blown to pieces, what other skills could they have, these cavalrymen saw what was in front of them within less than two kilometers after running out, those arrows were shining brightly in the sun one by one, these The light gave the people of Cao's House of Merchant Incredible confidence, but it shattered the confidence of these Western Empire cavalrymen. When these people looked at these things one by one, they felt that the end of the world was about to come. It's not that they haven't seen these things before, but there weren't so many of them. The moment they entered 3,000 meters, these super chain crossbows were activated, and they drove over like a dark cloud. The feared cavalry were either the horses or the people were concentrated. Anyway, they immediately turned their backs on their backs. Although the people behind were not injured, their speed was already very fast. These people stopped one by one. If they don't come down, they can only step on their comrades and continue to move forward. Many people have seen this war, and they all said that under the defense of more than 500 super serial crossbows, hundreds of thousands of soldiers want to rush over. It is an impossible thing. They can't do anything except the dead. For them, this is a nightmare that never ends. Many people believe in this fact very much. It is because of this that the soldiers behind the Western Empire dare not move forward at all, but can they retreat at this time? That is impossible, unless hundreds of thousands of them stop together, but that is impossible, when they set off, it is impossible to set off at the same time, let alone when they stop, behind them Those who were crowded in front were shot by the serial crossbows of Cao's House. These hundreds of thousands of cavalry were a lesson for the remaining soldiers in the Western Empire camp, that is, don't go out casually, especially If you really want to rush over to the position of Cao's Commercial Bank, these are your role models. That is simply impossible. Or don't waste your life here. An unworthy thing, Li Wei also saw all this from a high place. When there were less than half of the cavalry on the field, the cavalry of Cao's House of Commerce was dispatched. But if you don't let them go out to try the job of sweeping fallen leaves like this, these people will really become the treasures of Cao's House of Commerce. They can't do anything. They are still the most expensive unit of Cao's House of Commerce The current cavalry don't want to be so useless, they want to be the most powerful cavalry.

In the past, many people said that the cavalry of Cao's House was the same as the cavalry of the Eastern Empire in the past, but they had very powerful weapons and equipment. Their training is pretty good, but the only thing they lack is their performance on the battlefield. It can be said that the cavalry of Cao's House have basically never fought any serious battles. They all know how to use their strength when training. But without actual combat verification, it is always a hard thing to say. They are also very helpless about such things. The infantry of Cao's Commercial Bank basically will not give them a chance to make a move. In fact, Li Cong doesn't want them. The one who made the move was that if one of these people was killed or injured, I would be so heartbroken to death. Their equipment plus the cost of training. Each cavalry is worth more than 5,000 taels of silver, what a joke, such an army is like a mountain of gold and silver, if tens of thousands of people are killed casually. This is the loss of tens of millions. Other armies naturally had no such losses. Of course, other armies will not have such good equipment, just like the cavalry of Cao's House. Their weapons can be used by some third-level fighters, not to mention that they are all ordinary soldiers. Now the 100,000 cavalry rushed up, and there were 300,000 Western Empire cavalry on the opposite side of them. Of course, although there are quite a few cavalrymen, they are already in a panic. This blind man bet on the cavalry of the Western Empire, what day is it today, the cavalry of Cao's house is going to fight with them? At this time, a general of the Western Empire said loudly, "Brothers, the cavalry from Cao's House of Merchant also came out to bully us. They thought we had no fighting power, so they could bully us casually? Today we will tell them what is called Cavalry, brothers, take your steel swords and let them know that cavalry is not only good equipment, good horses are enough, we can defeat them even now, for the honor of our cavalry, let them know that they are not worthy Become cavalry, they are just a group of infantry on horseback." The general's voice was almost heard by the surrounding cavalry of the Western Empire, and they would definitely not go if it was the same as the charge just now, but the current situation is different Yes, what is needed is hand-to-hand combat. This has always been the weak of the Cao family firm. It is not their cavalry, but all their soldiers are not capable of this. On the contrary, the soldiers of the Western Empire often train this , They are also best at this thing, what they have to do now is to do what the general said, rush up to let them know how useless they are, if they don't understand, let them know that the cavalry is not so good It's easy. The cavalry of Cao's House didn't flinch after hearing this. They all clenched their weapons. It's useless to talk big. We won't do such things. We command Use the weapons in our hands to tell you what to do. If you have that ability, just come and try it. If you don’t have that ability, then you can use your brains to answer.

The cavalry of the Western Empire generally use silver armor. This kind of armor can be said to be very conspicuous. It is also very handsome when people are on board such things. Compared with theirs, the armor of Cao's House is not very good. Well, the armors of the Cao’s House are all black and gray, and they don’t look very imposing, but the quality of the armor of the Cao’s House is much better than that of the Western Empire. Their 5,000 The equipment of the two silver coins is not a joke, all of them are made by real people. All the armors of the Western Empire are made by the people of the Ministry of Industry of the Western Empire, and the materials used can also be said to be jerry-built. Just let you use it, and we don’t care about the rest. Of course, officials up and down need to have their own interests. If they don’t have their own interests, what is this messing about? The armor of the Cao’s House is different. All the armors of the Cao’s House are made by people from the Ma family, a forging family. The Ma family can be said to be the best armor-making family on this continent. They were given enough materials, and they were also given enough material fees. It took them three years to manufacture about 10 million pieces of armor for Cao's firm. During these three years, they basically did no other work. Son, there is no way to do this, who made Cao's firm's list big enough, although other empires also increase tens of millions of cavalry every year. But no one can order armor for 1,500 taels of silver, and the people of the Ma family are all serious. I will make you any kind of armor as many chairs as you give me. I want to get some from me. It is absolutely impossible to get kickbacks or something, we will not have such a thing, it is not so easy for us to obtain such things, and it is for this reason that people in the entire continent know the people of the Ma family It is the best to do this, but people from other empires will not look for them, who will do things without money. If you are willing to do such a thing, you can do it. That is, some mercenaries and some private organizations will go to them, but the business of those people is far from that of Cao's business. The tens of millions of armors are worth 15 billion silver. After the family made this deal. The whole family has expanded by about a third. It can be said that this transaction made the Ma family the number one forging family in the world. At this time, Li Wei also discovered how powerful the armor of the Ma family was. Basically, the soldiers of the Western Empire would not react when they slashed on the armor. At most, there would be an extra scratch. But after looking at the armor of the Western Empire, you will know it. You are not afraid of not knowing, but you are afraid of comparing goods. This is definitely a true truth said by the elders. You can see it now. It was over in an instant. Those people went down holding their broken arms. This kind of thing happened everywhere. One of the things that happened was that the armor of the Western Empire was too bad, and the other was that they The weapons of the Cao family firm are not on the same level as the weapons of the Cao family firm. People from the Ma family can make armor, but the Mulun family of the Eastern Empire can make weapons, especially such mass-produced weapons, which cost 600 taels of silver each. Cavalry knives are what they are best at.

In Li Wei's binoculars, a soldier from Cao's House of Merchant in the distance swung a knife and slashed at the soldiers of the Western Empire. The soldier of the Western Empire took out his weapon to resist, his eyes were very big, It seems that he doesn't believe the thing in front of him, but it's a real thing. The enemy's knife cut off his own knife. He hasn't encountered such a thing yet, and it's not over yet. Well, the enemy's knife then cut through his armor, and his arm was immediately hit. If it wasn't because his armor got stuck on the opponent's knife, he would probably have lost his arm now Well, although I saved this arm, I was also thrown off by my own horse. Then the fate of this person will be more miserable. There are horse legs everywhere, and these horses will not care about you. The people from Cao’s House are still from the Western Empire, as long as they trample you to death, anyway, if the horse senses something around him, it will kill the things around him. This kind of thing happens almost everywhere. It is said that the people of Cao's House of Commerce can kill the people of the Western Empire, but the people of the Western Empire finally seized an opportunity, but found that their weapons could not bring any harm to the people of the Cao's House of Commerce. The people from Cao’s House of Commerce have played close combat with you, but you still don’t have that ability. This is really too frustrating. When Li Cong created such a cavalry, many people felt To Li Cong, this is a waste of money. In fact, the people of Cao's House of Commerce do not need cavalry at all, but in the later battles, they all discovered such a thing, that is, cavalry can indeed improve people's morale , especially under such circumstances, most people will do things like this, because of what? It is because the cavalry's attack is like a symbol. The cavalry is very powerful. When these people do things one by one, they can bring up the morale of all the troops. Just like now, all the Cao family The soldiers of the firm were all at their posts, looking hard, as if they were also exerting their strength now. Not many soldiers of the Western Empire were killed in this way, but it made them feel that this kind of killing of the enemy was better than those of the cannons. I don’t know what kind of feeling it is like. The commanders of the Western Empire have obviously seen such a thing. The Marshals of the Western Empire will never allow this war to fail like that. He Immediately gather all the remaining 500,000 cavalry, for no other reason, these cavalry of Cao's House must be killed, Li Wei has also discovered this, the cavalry of Cao House is very powerful , but this will not work when you have to face seven or eight times as many enemies. Li Wei thought about it and immediately asked the messenger to issue an order. After seeing the order, the cavalry immediately began to gather. Now they will not Those who retreated, because they all knew that if they gave up their backs to these people, their lives might be more difficult, and they might be killed by the enemy. Such things cannot be done just like that , Now they have nothing to do with such a thing, they must have other methods, and sure enough, these cavalry began to become a rectangle, and their two hands have already taken out the hand crossbow, so this is theirs arms......

The function of the hand crossbow can be said to be similar to that of a pistol. Such things can be said to be very good, suitable for such melees. As long as they really rush up, the hand crossbow will definitely let them know what a nightmare is. They had seen hand crossbows in the past, but now when the soldiers of the Western Empire saw this thing, they knew what the people of the Cao's House were going to do, and each of them wanted to hold back their horses. It's a pity that they There was no way to stop, and a massacre started again. After these cavalrymen killed for a while, they took out their steel knives and killed them directly. This is the strategy of Cao's house, and it was very successful. Xiao's command is also just right, and the timing is also very good. These people are considered unlucky.

The first war has basically come out. The people of the Western Empire can be said to have been completely defeated. They have no hope of winning at all. The cavalry retreated and their camp began to be chaotic. These people cannot continue Persevere, the rest is the same as the people of the Eastern Empire, there is no hope. (To be continued..)