Chapter 907 A Dream of Youth 439
Thanks to the use of carrier pigeons, Xie Ning received news of the fall of the capital of the Northern Jin Kingdom in the middle of the afternoon.
Even though Xie Ning had expected it, he still felt a pang of regret.
Under normal circumstances, Xiao Chu would definitely have stopped Wu Meng instead of heading south. However, the gunpowder of the Great Zhou was too powerful, so Xiao Chu was too wary of the Great Zhou army and personally went south, thus hindering the Great Zhou's northern expedition.
Xie Ning had to admit that Xiao Chu of the Xiao family was known for his bravery and skill in battle, but in the Great Zhou, he was more famous for his schemes and strategies.
He was a banner of the Northern Jin army, and all the soldiers in the army recognized him. No wonder the first emperor of the Northern Jin was wary of the Xiao family.
Looking at the few words in the military report, Xie Ning couldn't help but admire the cunning of the King of Wumeng. The alliance between the Great Zhou and the Wumeng Kingdom involved trading weapons and gunpowder, but the Wumeng Kingdom hardly used them in the early stages, which is why Xiao Chu focused most of his attention on the Great Zhou.
The Northern Jin state still has only a few generals who are still useful and quite threatening, and the three most powerful of them have led their troops to the south.
That's why it took so long to stop the Great Zhou.
Xie Ning improved gunpowder, but it wasn't exactly an invention, because it was an improvement on the existing technology in this world, whether in terms of power or other aspects.
So overall, it did greatly improve the strength of the Zhou army, but it did not exceed that limit.
A child wielding a large knife is more of a curse than a blessing.
Therefore, Xie Ning has always maintained a certain level of control, regardless of the technique.
As dusk fell, Xie Ning finally packed up all the letters he had written.
"Geng Qi, you personally deliver this secret letter to General Xu Hongying." Only then did she hand the other letters to the messenger.
With the capital of Northern Jin already fallen, Xiao Chu's insistence was meaningless, so a swift victory was needed, and the quickest way was to force Xiao Chu to surrender.
It's a pity that Xiao Shijiu wasn't in Xiao Chu's camp, otherwise things would have been much easier.
When Xiao Chu decided to personally lead the expedition, Xie Ning told Xiao Shijiu not to follow, since Xiao Chu was not Xiao Wu.
Xiao Shijiu followed, and spread some news, successfully causing Xiao Chu to lose two cities. However, this also exposed him, and his fate is now unknown.
Xie Ning guessed that Xiao Shijiu was not dead, otherwise, given Xiao Chu's personality, he would have already beheaded him and hung him on the city wall.
But now I don't know where they've gone.
Meanwhile, Xiao Shijiu, whom Xie Ning was worried about, was mixed in with the conscripts of the Northern Jin. Xiao Chu wanted to kill him, and since he couldn't leave the city, he infiltrated the conscripts' ranks.
This was a backup plan he had prepared long ago. After all, no one expected him to endure such humiliation. Ding Fu's life was not going to be easy.
The faint sound of war drums signaled that another battle was about to begin.
This time, Xu Hongying led the troops to charge on the main battlefield, while another deputy general led troops to penetrate deep behind enemy lines to carry out guerrilla warfare in order to disrupt the enemy's logistics.
Both sides engaged in disruptive logistical actions, but the heavy cavalry of the Northern Jin undoubtedly inflicted considerable losses on the Zhou side.
Amidst billowing dust, rows of Northern Jin troops gradually emerged on the plains outside Yuancheng. Facing the menacing Northern Jin cavalry, Xu Hongying was much calmer than before.
She also had similarly heavily armed cavalry, and her efforts to disrupt the enemy's logistics had yielded considerable success. As a result, she had long considered how to deal with such heavy cavalry.
Then, based on the characteristics of heavy cavalry, they specially developed weapons to target cavalry, such as long swords and long axes, which could cut down men and horses, thus defeating them.
However, when actually fighting against Xiao Chu's heavy cavalry, weaponry alone is not enough; it also requires coordination between soldiers, honing their skills in combat against heavy cavalry through battle after battle.
The technique of piling up bones.
In addition to close-quarters combat with three routes to plunder the enemy, there are also archer squads to suppress cavalry over a wide area, which, together with long-range heavy crossbows, counter the advantage of cavalry's rapid movement.
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