Chapter 97: No Poison, No Hero

"The royal army and the county soldiers currently have a total of 33,000 troops in Yan County. I will deploy 8,000 of them in Wu'an County, 2,500 in Yishui County, and 2,500 in Zhu County. Read М"

"The three counties in the south are relatively safe, so I will give you a total of 5,000 people. Two counties each have 2,000 people, and the last county has 1,000 people. Yancheng will leave 10,000 people."

Zhao Xu took a thin bamboo pole and tapped it on the map of Yan County.

"There are fifteen thousand people left in Yancheng. Your Highness, this is too dangerous." Liu Fu was surprised. "Yancheng has so few troops. If Beidi knows about it, they will definitely attack with all their strength."

"What I want is to attract them to Yancheng." Zhao Xu snorted coldly.

Since he learned about the plans of the Zhang family and Beidi, he naturally wanted to cooperate with them.

In the past, every autumn hunt in Beidi was like plowing the fields, plundering from north to south.

Every county town in Yan County must be attacked.

After the city was broken, the people, food, gold and silver were all taken away.

Now that he has deployed heavy troops in these counties, if Beidi continues to chew on it like in previous years, he will lose a few teeth.

When they reach Yancheng, their troops will be greatly damaged. These ten thousand people will be enough by then.

Of course, the best situation for him is that Beidi gives up attacking these counties and directly sends all his troops to Yancheng.

In this way, Yan County will suffer the least loss.

Moreover, the Zhang family and Beidi were secretly connected. After learning about his troop deployment, Yancheng became even more tempting to them.

In this way, the Beidi people can easily slip into his trap.

"It's just His Highness's safety..." Liu Fu swallowed hard.

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "You are good at managing politics, but you are not good at fighting. Even if Yancheng is besieged, the prince's troops in your county will be able to come to support you. At that time, Beidi will be attacked from both sides, and it will be equally uncomfortable. Moreover, if the enemy is serious, Changes will be made at any time.”

The county magistrates were relieved when they heard this, but they still didn't understand why Yancheng left so few troops.

But others didn't understand, but Liu Fu quickly figured it out.

He knew that the Zhang family had connections with Beidi people, so he was worried about Yancheng.

But looking at King Yan's confident look, he might have a plan secretly.

Immediately, he said: "Your Highness, what do the county magistrates need to do?"

Zhao Xu's eyes swept over the seven people, "You must cooperate with the soldiers of the royal family, organize the people and soldiers to guard the county, transport food and grass, and take care of the wounded soldiers."

In his view, the fight against the Beidi people this time required the mobilization of the entire Yan County.

Now that the layout of the countryside has been completed, the county has also taken action.

"Yes, Your Highness." The county magistrates understood.

During this autumn hunting, King Yan focused on fighting against the Beidi people, instead of choosing to escape like the previous wealthy families and officials.

Of course, both officials and ordinary people must work together with the palace.

"There are rural soldiers in the countryside, and those in your county are county soldiers. They select young and strong people to serve as soldiers. When the time comes, they will be given weapons and obey the command of the pro-army generals. Their main role is to bluff..." Zhao Xu explained to the county magistrates. .

There was nothing he could do in the countryside using special tactics.

Because the countryside is not protected by city walls like the county town.

If they wanted to escape into the mountains, firstly, the people would not be able to take too much food with them, and secondly, if they were discovered, they would still inevitably be slaughtered.

This happened not once or twice.

Only then did he decide to involve the countryside in the war.

The weapons and equipment given to them are also good, after all, they belong to the field.

As for the county seat, it itself is protected by the royal family's army.

He was only going to give the old weapons and equipment in the warehouse to the county soldiers.

The war will not be allowed until the royal soldiers are finished fighting.

Therefore, Zhao Xu does not have high requirements for them.

After all, when it reaches that level, Yan County is definitely doomed, and so is he.

After discussing with the county magistrates, Zhao Xu asked them to go back and prepare.

This is only a temporary deployment, and specific responses will be made based on the situation in Beidi.

Of course, for Zhao Xu, the biggest benefit of asking the county magistrates this time was to strengthen their determination.

This is important in war.

"Your Highness, General Chang is here." Feng'er entered the study at this time and said.

Zhao Xu nodded. Chang Wei was much busier than him in the past two days.

He needs to handle all the affairs of the royal family and the army, large and small.

"Your Highness, I just received military information. This time Beidi dispatched 30,000 cavalry, and most of them stayed in the king's tent." Chang Wei said.

"Thirty thousand cavalry?" Zhao Xu groaned, "How many people came last year?"

"I heard there are 20,000 people." Chang Wei said.

"It seems that the extra 10,000 people are here for me." Zhao Xu smiled.

However, unlike the servant army, Beidi's 30,000 cavalrymen this time were actual Beidi people.

The servant army is just a prisoner of war. It is composed of young men who were forced to conquer a place in Beidi. Their combat power is much different from that of the real Beidi people.

According to his understanding, in every war, the Beidi cavalry were elite cavalry when mounted, and equally powerful infantry when dismounted.

Chang Wei sneered, "If these 30,000 cavalry are just galloping and plundering, there is nothing we can do, but if they attack Yancheng, they have made the wrong calculation."

After a pause, he said: "The royal family's soldiers are not the trash like those from the Yuan family."

"Strategically, you can despise the enemy, but tactically, you must pay attention to the enemy." Zhao Xu reminded Chang Wei.

This guy has become a bit inflated since the entire army changed his uniform, and he is confident that his combat power has surpassed that of the Forbidden Army.

Of course, Zhao Xu also has this confidence, but it is not enough to underestimate the enemy.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei thought about what Zhao Xu said and thought it made sense. He secretly wrote it down and took it back to reprimand his generals.

Zhao Xu pushed the map in front of him, "The county magistrates just came. Now that Beidi has such a strong force, it seems that there is no need to adjust it. It is enough to leave 15,000 people in Yancheng."

Chang Wei thought that the King of Yan just said that he should pay attention to the enemy tactically, so he was arrogant and only left 15,000 people.

Hearing this, he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

Zhao Xu saw Chang Wei's thoughts. Like Liu Fu, they were all concerned about their safety.

He said, "You came at the right time. I will take you to see a new weapon."

"New weapon?" Chang Wei was stunned.

Zhao Xu closed the map and took Chang Wei directly to the Armory without caring about Chang Wei's doubts.

When he saw Wang Ying, Zhao Xu gave him a look.

Wang Ying understood and took the two to the yard.

The three stopped in front of a pile of flour-like things.

"Is this a new weapon?" Chang Wei was dumbfounded.

Wang Ying smiled and said nothing when he saw Chang Wei's expression.

Zhao Xu said, "This thing is called quicklime. It will burn your eyes. You can only wash it with oil. If you wash it with water, your eyes will be burned."

After that, Zhao Xu scooped a bowl of water and sprinkled it on the quicklime, and the quicklime immediately smoked.

"Try it." Zhao Xu said to Chang Wei.

Chang Wei squatted down, touched it with his hand, and immediately retracted his hand. This thing is very hot.

"Your Highness is going to use this to deal with the Northern Di people?" Chang Wei has already imagined how to use this thing.

He thought that although this trick is poisonous, it is very practical.

But speaking of poison, the Northern Di people are more poisonous. Their arrows are all soaked in feces.