Liu Qi, the staff officer of the Cavalry Brigade, was riding quickly and suggested to Huo Qubing, the young cavalry brigade general next to him: "General, our army has already made serious aggression. Should we stop and wait for the army behind?"

"Staff General Liu, didn't this general say? We must attack with all our might and strive to capture the enemy's capital as soon as possible." Huo Qubing ignored the staff's advice and ordered without hesitation: "Transfer the order and keep the whole army moving forward at a speed."

"General, we are so aggressive and surrounded by the enemy, it will be troublesome." Liu Qi was still a little worried. Although he knew Huo Qubing's ability to command the army, he decided to persuade him again: "Besides, our army has only carried three days of dry marching food. How should this problem be solved?"

When Huo Qubing heard Liu Qi's question, he said confidently: "Don't worry, three days are enough. Didn't the scout report that there is a small town in front? Let's go there to replenish some military rations."

When Liu Qi saw Huo Qubing's appearance, he knew that the other party had been well prepared. Moreover, based on his understanding of Huo Qubing, he knew that the other party was not a reckless person.

"Report~! Report to the general, ten miles ahead is the enemy's town." Not long after, a scout came to meet him.

Huo Qubing received a report and ordered the horse to order: "Send the order, the entire army will stop advancing and will not be dismounted. Make it on site for half an hour to replenish dry food and water, and prepare for battle!"

"Yes, General!"

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"Report to the monarch, the town of Stark to the east has been captured by the enemy. The Knight Chief requested reinforcements to support!"

Aubrey Baxter heard another bad news, and was very angry and even more frightened when he heard it.

Aubrey asked loudly at his subordinates: "Who can stop the Xia army?"

When he heard the monarch's question, the many powerful people in the hall only lowered their heads, said nothing, and did not move, as if they were the monarch.

"Then do you have a way to get enough of the million young and strong slaves that Xia Guoti?" Aubrey asked again, but the people below were still the same, motionless.

Aubrey couldn't stand it anymore and roared angrily: "This is not possible, that is not possible. You are trying to wait for this monarch to be defeated by Xia State, right?"

But no matter how angry Aubrey got, the powerful people in the hall seemed to have become sculptures.

Looking at the many powerful people in the hall, Aubrey thought about the past flattery of these people. When he saw the scene in front of him, his anger rose slowly.

"Waste, waste, all are waste!" He really wanted to order to execute all the people in front of him, but his only rationality told him that it was impossible to do so.

I don’t know how long it took, Aubrey was tired and angry, so he still had to solve the problem in front of him.

"The Xia army is less than a hundred kilometers away from the city. If you can't think of a way, go home and wait for death with this monarch!" Aubrey stood up and said this and left the castle hall, leaving behind many powerful people who were still standing in the hall.

Aubrey returned to the second floor of the castle and ordered his trusted guards, "Prepare and wait for the orders of this monarch at any time."

"Yes, Lord Monarch!" The guard bowed respectfully to Aubrey, turned around and retreated.

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This was the fourth month since the Xia Kingdom launched a plunder war. Except for the Kaicheng Guards, the conscript brigade and the Jinyiwei, the rest of the Xia Kingdom's army were all in Baxter.

A cavalry brigade, a regular brigade, an imperial guard, and a Shenji battalion, a total of 24,900 people were used to use all the warships of the Xia Kingdom, and it took three months to transport them.

On average, one batch every six days, with each batch of one battalion of troops plus the half-month supply ammunition required. If it were not for the mobilization of transport ships that had been assigned to civilian use, the three supply ships alone would not have completed such a large transportation volume.

If we add the 30,000 militias and 300 transport carriages mobilized later, such a large transportation intensity will make all warships busy

Moreover, such a big action was the first time in Xia State, which was a very test of the management personnel. Fortunately, Yang Song's minister was tested and had outstanding abilities. Although he discovered some small problems from time to time, he still withstood the test.

When the Shenji Camp, which arrived first, arrived in the back, came together with the Imperial Guards to launch a cleanup operation against the towns and villages around the harbor.

While driving away and capturing the indigenous people, the guard circle is also expanded to the outside world and the scope of activities of the Xia army. Otherwise, when the enemy comes to the door, the army can only squeeze into groups or stand on the ship and cannot participate in the battle.

During the cleaning operation, Zhou Wu discovered that the weapons of the Shenji Camp were so powerful and their combat power were so powerful that he couldn't help but send an application to Yang Song for dressing up.

Zhou Wu saw with his own eyes what kind of combat power the muskets equipped by the Shenji Camp had.

At that time, a small town of the enemy gathered more than a thousand soldiers. After being destroyed by the Shenji Camp with artillery, he bravely left the city to defend his home and fought a battle with the Shenji Camp, which was roughly equivalent to the number of people.

Then these chargers all fell halfway under the serial platoons of the Shenji Battalion, and they didn't even have the chance to touch the corner of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.

Although the long-distance attacking troops of the Imperial Guard can also achieve such a record, compared with the Shenji Battalion, neither the momentum nor the convenience is comparable.

Especially after the battle of the Shenji Camp, it looked like nothing happened. It was relaxed and comfortable, and it seemed that it just heated up the body. Unlike archers, it consumed a lot of physical strength after several rounds of shooting.

Of course, the Imperial Guards also came to train troops, not to be bodyguards for Shenji Camp. When they reached the enemy, they also fought, especially when the enemy was too large, the Imperial Guards and Shenji Camp conducted joint combat.

During joint combat, Zhou Wu had a deeper understanding of this weapon called musket, which made him want to have this weapon more.

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When more than 20,000 Xia Kingdom troops appeared in the rear, Aubrey learned about it, and at first he didn't think it was a big deal. Wasn't it just 20,000 people? He had nearly 300,000 troops.

But after the news that the 50,000 troops he sent were wiped out, Aubrey was a little panicked. He didn't have a few 50,000 to consume!

When Aubrey figured out why Xia Kingdom came to invade, he was stunned.

One million young and strong slaves? Isn’t this a lion’s mouth? If he had so many young and strong slaves, would he still have to worry about the Welfare Met Kingdom in the west? It is estimated that the entire southern continent would have been captured by him.

But the Xia Kingdom's army was attacking and he still had to counterattack, so Aubrey sent a cavalry commander to lead a 120,000 army to fight without affecting the border defense.
Chapter completed!