flstandardbreds Chapter 182 Defense, or Defense
Chapter 182 Defense, or Defense
The fact that the Lu family was suspected in the court was not a terrible thing for these big families.
Especially the seven major families, whose interests are interconnected.
However, this time the two branches of the Cui family did not support the Lu family, only the Wang family came forward.
The Li family directly announced that they would conduct a liquidation in Bingzhou.
The Zheng family was content with the status quo at this time. Dingzhou brought them great benefits, and they were reluctant to give it up.
The Zhao family is in power. Although Li Xin and Zhao Hengzhen intend to check and balance it, they will not let the Lu family be too presumptuous.
When the time is right, the Zhao family will step in to mediate and ultimately be the party that benefits.
In this environment, the Lu family attacked Dingzhou and took over Weizhou at the same time, making the King of Yan hesitate to act rashly.
The Murong family in the north is still eyeing Yanzhou.
"The Xiongnu sent troops to cause trouble in Bingzhou, but they won't join forces with the Murong family to pose a threat to our Yanzhou."
When Si Shitong and the Chief Clerk Sun Bing came to Prince Yan's mansion and paid their respects to Prince Yan, they said this.
Zhao Hui was discussing the war situation in Weizhou with General Qin Lian. When he heard Si Shitong's words, he couldn't help but frown.
"Weizhou is now facing attacks from Changshan Commandery and the Yuwen Clan, and behind Guangchang County, there are the troops of Lingqiu and a siege of 70,000 to 80,000 people from Yizhou."
Seeing this, Qin Lian put down the information in his hand and spoke to Si Shitong.
"Not only that." Zhao Hui took the opportunity to add: "Something unexpected has happened in Jinzhong."
Sun Bing seemed to be aware of the situation and was not surprised at all. He just nodded with a happy expression without saying a word.
"News from the Jinzhong area of Bingzhou: Shi Ge of Jinzhong, along with his brother Shi Li, has colluded with the Tuoba Xianbei stranded in Pingyang County, intending to seize Jinzhou and declare the establishment of a new nation."
Zhao Hui told everyone present the Bingzhou intelligence in detail.
"What benefit can Shi Ge get at this moment? Shouldn't my Great Zhou go to attack?" Si Shitong asked in confusion.
"The Xiongnu, moving south from Bingzhou, plan to attack Shizhou. Their real strategy is to attack Shuofang and eliminate one of Daijun's iron triangles. The changes in Changshan indicate that Daijun is in danger."
Qin Lian told Si Shitong his thoughts after the analysis.
"So, we in Yanzhou are actually at peace," Si Shitong muttered involuntarily. "Let's analyze whether the Xianbei Murong and Duan families will collude with Goguryeo and move south."
"Several Xianbei clans are eager to make a move, and they've divided their forces. There are also signs of a joint invasion of the south. Goguryeo will inevitably become restless and may even get involved."
Qin Lian answered Si Shitong's question pointedly.
Zhao Hui didn't want to dwell on these boring inferences and looked at Si Shitong:
"Yanzhou's entire defense consists of 200,000 border troops, 100,000 imperial guards, and 200,000 palace troops. The border troops and imperial guards are the most capable. Without the tiger talisman, we can't mobilize these troops, but we can't control Zhang Yuan's troops."
"That's because the Lu family did a lot of things back then. They've been doing business with the north over the years, so they have to go somewhere."
"Alright, what I'm saying is that we can't help Weizhou, we have to protect our own territory."
Sun Bing silently calculated the actual military strength of Yanzhou in his mind, and it seemed that it was indeed a bit stretched.
……
Luancheng.
Zhao Sheng didn't know that there were such big changes in Weizhou and his intelligence system was still a little backward.
"Yongsheng, I'm really short of people. Do you think our Zhao family will help us?"
Zhao Yongsheng's family was a branch of the Zhao family, and they didn't know that Zhao Sheng had used the method of making tofu to change his family's citizenship.
"In theory, they will help us, but we need to talk to the clan leader."
Zhao Sheng knew that his family had a Deadpool, also known as a clan soldier.
The Zhao family soldiers in Zhao County are not numerous, and all together they number no more than 300 people. They can be called up temporarily, and the number of people is determined by actual needs.
"The Zhao clan in Handan has more people, but unfortunately we can't borrow them."
"You can borrow it by paying money!"
"Give money?" Zhao Sheng thought of his previous life again. He was a mercenary and would go to fight if he was paid.
If Li Shuya had not been more than six months pregnant and was about to give birth, he really could not leave. When he adopted the orphans, he had the idea of having his own team leader.
impermanence of life.
He didn't expect that he would suddenly become the son-in-law of the Prince of Dingzhou.
So the nature of the use of those orphans has also changed.
"My Lord, take a look at the ammunition supply chains I made for you. I made 50,000 of them. Just bring them over and install them."
Master Lu returned from Pingshan in high spirits, his carriage dragging many soft chains.
"Thank you for your hard work, Master Lu. You went to Pingshan and even fought a battle with your apprentice. For this, I scolded Ma Biao severely."
Zhao Sheng pretended to be angry and believed Ma Damao who came to escort him.
"Sir, I received the request and immediately rushed over with the independent battalion."
"Your cavalry was fast, but the other battalions suffered heavy losses. Zhuo Yiyi lost his life, and he was a very good warrior."
"This incident was indeed our fault. There was a small path leading to Xiantai Mountain. We thought that a large group of enemies were coming and they would send the letter in time. Unexpectedly..."
Ma Damao didn't say anything else, but Zhao Sheng knew what he meant.
At that time, the two battalions, along with a detachment of the Dingzhou Army, all thought that landmines could stop the enemy, and no one expected that they would give up taking the main road.
"Alright, everyone is at fault for this. I don't mean to blame you, but as a commander, some things should be exaggerated, and the situation should be communicated to the brother troops around you in a timely manner!"
Mr. Zhao didn't want to blame them too much on this issue, so he used a summary tone to indirectly characterize the matter.
The tone of voice changed, and everyone's remorse was alleviated. Master Lu tried to smooth things over by saying, "How's Old Xiang? Has he finished the automatic rifle on your drawing?"
"It's almost done, except the feed gear needs to be customized. He's waiting for your soft link."
What Zhao Sheng gave them were schematic diagrams, not precise production drawings. Some things required these craftsmen to explore before they could be produced.
"Then I'll go find this guy and try to make the rapid-fire rifle as soon as possible."
After saying this, he said goodbye to Zhao Sheng and others and left with the carriage.
"There are now more than 30,000 people in Jing County and Pingshan. That should be enough."
Mr. Zhao always felt that the number of people was too small, so he asked Zhao Yongsheng.
"Sir, the Dingzhou army has 10,000 soldiers defending here. You have been transferred to Jing County, so the defense of Luancheng is very weak."
"The Princess's Mansion has a thousand guards and other armed forces, the workshop has a thousand security guards, and the Self-Defense Force has temporarily recruited more than 3,000 people. It's just that they don't have enough weapons. Otherwise, I would have planned to start expanding the new army by 10,000 people now."
"Registration has already started in the past two days. There are recommendations from various villages and towns, as well as self-recommendations from former veterans who returned home. Generally speaking, we are still short of equipment, especially food. Maintaining them is a burden."
"Let's buy weapons in the market first. We can also produce some weapons ourselves, especially spears and javelins, which are easy to produce."
Yes, the javelin is the kind you see in later generations. The enemy cavalry can cause great damage when using javelins.
The hard carbon steel gun head and the combined speed of the two weapons could easily penetrate the armor of this era.