With Shang Emperor Xin's approval, Ouyang Shuo revealed his plan completely.
"To defeat the Zhou army, it is nothing more than weakening the enemy and strengthening oneself."
"Why?" Di Xin was unmoved.
"General Elai just said that most of the slaves are not trustworthy. Therefore, the king can select 100,000 slaves who are still usable from the 700,000 slaves, release them from the shackles, let them have enough food, and promise them that if this If you win the battle, you will be free. Give them strong crossbows, and with a little training, they will be a new force. The strongest part of the Zhou army is their chariot troops. Therefore, the remaining 600,000 slaves can be arranged. Digging deep trenches and densely covering the entire battlefield will surely stop Zhou's chariot troops."
What Ouyang Shuo followed was the policy of elite troops. Rather than letting those slaves defect, it is better not to send them to the battlefield at all. The crossbow is the easiest long-range weapon to master, and it only takes two or three days.
Di Xin was shocked, his face beamed with joy, and then he worried, "Although your strategy is good, but the imperial court didn't have so many powerful crossbows to distribute to slaves."
Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly, "Although there is no strong crossbow, is there a hard bow?"
"Of course there are."
"The most difficult part of the crossbow is the crossbow machine. I can solve it for the king. As long as the king recruits all the craftsmen in Chaoge City to make the crossbow arms, and then assemble them together, he can get a hundred thousand crossbows."
Emperor Xin was overjoyed, "Okay, if you win this battle, your first contribution will be counted, and this king will reward you heavily."
Ouyang Shuo was overjoyed and took advantage of the situation and said, "If we win this battle, I just ask the king to allow me alone, that's enough."
"Oh, who is it?" Di Xin was very interested.
Ouyang Shuo turned his head to look at Elai, and said with a smile, "It's General Elai."
Before Di Xin could answer, Elai said first, "If you can defeat the Zhou army, what does it matter to you?"
"System prompt: Congratulations to the player Qiyue Wuyi for triggering the mission of the emperor-level historical figure Evil to conquer. The mission completion condition: assist the Shang Dynasty and defeat the Zhou army; the mission completion deadline: before the end of the Battle of Muye."
Ouyang Shuo was overjoyed, "That's it, I don't want anything else."
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Ouyang Shuo followed Elai, walked out of the palace, and headed for the military workshop in Chaoge City.
Arriving at the workshop, Ouyang Shuo took out the 100,000 crossbows stored in the storage bag at once without saying a word. These crossbows were naturally ordered by Ouyang Shuo to be made by the Crossbow Division, and now they are finally in use. For this Battle of Muye, Ouyang Shuo spent all his money.
One hundred thousand crossbows cost ten thousand gold alone. Fortunately, the iron ore is self-produced in the territory, and the wages of the craftsmen are also fixed. Otherwise, Ouyang Shuo would be at a loss.
The later assembly of the crossbow would naturally be in charge of the Shang Dynasty, and Ouyang Shuo would not be involved. As for the selection and training of slaves, Di Xin had already handed over the responsibility to E, so there was no need for Ouyang Shuo to worry about it.
What Ouyang Shuo has to do is to organize the alien army. He didn't expect to be able to defeat the Zhou army with a hundred thousand crossbowmen alone. He had to cooperate with the front army and the defensive troops on both wings.
It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when Ouyang Shuo returned to the barracks. The huge military camp, with 42,000 alien legions stationed there, seemed very lively.
Compared with the battle for the deer, Bai Hua and Feng Prison Huang's reorganization of other lord players' troops this time will be much smoother. The lords knew very well that among the Shang camp, Shanhaimeng's own troops accounted for 15%, and they were the most elite troops. Therefore, if you want to obtain contribution value, integrating into the Shanhai League system is the best choice. Fighting alone can only be reduced to cannon fodder.
Except for a small number of diehards, basically everyone is willing to accept the reorganization of the Shanhai League.
Ouyang Shuo still followed the previous plan, with Zhang Liao as the commander of the cavalry, Qin Qiong and Lin Yi as the deputy commanders; Shi Wansui as the commander of the sword and shield soldiers, and Mu Guiying as the commander of the crossbowmen.
Because it is already a global online mode, players do not have the problem of going offline. So, when night came, everyone retired to their respective tents to rest.
On the second day, the reorganization of the troops officially began.
After a morning's statistics, except for the 2,000 diehards who refused to reorganize, among the remaining 40,000 troops, there were 25,000 sword and shield soldiers; cavalry followed, with a total of 10,000; archers were the least, only 5,000.
In the next few days, all ministries will carry out coordinated training, so as not to be unable to command effectively during the decisive battle. In ancient battlefields, with over 10,000 troops, command is a big problem, which is a test of the level of generals.
At the same time, the 600,000 slaves who were eliminated were driven out of Chaoge to Muye, where they began to dig trenches. With such a huge manpower, no matter how empty the place is, it will be dug up beyond recognition.
Muye is seventy miles south of Chaoge, which is about 25 kilometers if converted to the current distance. Therefore, this group of slaves will spend a day or two on the road alone.
In order to prevent slaves from escaping or slowing down their work, Emperor Xin of Shang sent five hundred guards to accompany them.
The main force of the Shang army is all in the east, and the capital Chaoge now has only more than 10,000 old guards, 6,000 royal guards, and a small number of war elephants. At this time, Emperor Xin of Shang was still able to send five hundred guards to accompany him, which showed that he attached great importance to Ouyang Shuo's strategy, and he had to make sure nothing would go wrong.
In the sky where no one noticed, a little bird followed the slave team all the way.
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On the fourth day of the Battle of Muye, the base camp of the Zhou Dynasty, Mengjin.
"Report!" The military spy entered the central tent, knelt on the ground, and said loudly, "Report to Your Majesty, important military information is coming from ahead."
In the big tent, apart from King Wu of Zhou, there was also Jiang Shang, Prime Minister of Zhou Guo.
"Speak quickly!" Zhou Wuwang Ji Fa was a little impatient.
"The Shang Dynasty expelled hundreds of thousands of slaves and dug trenches outside Muye City. Their behavior was strange." Xi Zuo dared not neglect.
Ji Fa was puzzled, and turned to look at Jiang Shang, "Prime Minister, why did the Shang Dynasty send slaves to dig trenches?"
Jiang Shang stroked his beard, frowned and said, "The purpose of digging a trench is to stop our army's chariots. It seems that there are capable people in the court of the Shang Dynasty to help."
"Then what should we do?" Ji Fa was shocked. The chariot troop was the king's army of Zhou, and it was also the core of the tactics formulated before. If the chariots couldn't reach the opponent's position smoothly, then the whole set of tactics could not be implemented.
"The only way out now is to send troops to drive out the slaves and prevent them from digging trenches."
Ji Fa nodded, "According to the Prime Minister's opinion, who should be sent there?"
"This is exactly the embarrassment. Our army is limited in number, so don't move lightly to avoid being ambush."
"No, send troops to Muye now, and start the war directly?" Ji Fa suggested.
Jiang Shang shook his head, "No. Now that the princes from all walks of life have not gathered together, it is not appropriate to send troops."
"Then what should I do?" Ji Fa was a little anxious.
Just when Jiang Shang was in a dilemma, the guard outside the account notified: "The stranger Chun Shenjun, please see the king."
"Let him in." Zhou Wuwang said.
After Chunshen Jun received the money, he bowed and saluted: "The stranger, Chunshen Jun, pay homage to the king and the prime minister."
"Excuse me!" King Wu of Zhou put on the appearance of a respectful corporal, "What do you want to report when you come here this time?"
"I'm here to relieve the king's worries." Jun Shen said confidently.
"Oh?" King Wu of Zhou was puzzled.
"I heard that the enemy is cunning and digging trenches in the pasture, intending to stop our chariot troops. As a representative of a foreigner, I have come here to ask the king for orders to stop the opponent." Jun Shen explained.
King Wu of Zhou was overjoyed, "Okay, this king is worrying about this matter."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Upon receiving the order, Lord Chunshen was about to step back.
"Wait a minute," Jiang Shang said, worrying, "It's enough to drive away, try not to hurt people's lives."
"Here!" Mr. Chunshen responded, but he didn't think so in his heart.
Lord Chunshen and the others discovered that the Shang Dynasty arranged a large number of slaves in Muye, but only 500 regular troops accompanied them. For players like them, this is simply a godsend opportunity to harvest contribution value, how willing to miss it. Therefore, Chunshen Jun hurriedly came to ask King Wu of Zhou to ask for this errand.
After Chun Shenjun left, Jiang Shang still frowned, a little worried.
"Prime Minister, is there anything inconsiderate?" Zhou Wuwang asked.
"Your Majesty, many of those slaves are Zhou people or people from other vassal tribes. They are the ones we can fight for. I am worried that these aliens will not know how to measure and will only increase the killing." Jiang Shang explained.
"Didn't Chunshen Jun just promise the prime minister not to kill? What else should the prime minister worry about?" King Wu of Zhou was even more puzzled.
Jiang Shang shook his head, "Your Majesty, these strange people come here strangely, and they may not listen to them with their own force."
"The Prime Minister is too worried." King Wu of Zhou used his own force, thinking that his king's face would be easy to use.
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Chun Shenjun returned to his tent, where Di Chen, Zhan Lang, Feng Qingyang, Xiong Ba, Sha Po Jun, and Piao Ling Huan stood out.
"How is it?" Xiongba asked, his relationship with Chunshen Jun was already very familiar.
Chunshen Jun showed joy, "It's done."
"Okay, let's see how proud we are of Wuyi this time." Sha Pojun yelled.
"Do you need to call other lords together for this mission?" Zhan Lang asked.
Feng Qingyang disagreed at first, "The opponent only has 500 regular troops, and our troops together have 4,000, which is enough to deal with it. Why should we share the contribution value obtained with others?"
War Wolf shook his head, "Infantry mobility is too poor, it is better to arrange pure cavalry troops."
"In this case, we can call on our core allies to form three thousand cavalry." Feng Qingyang took a step back.
"Brother Dichen, why didn't you say a word?" Jun Shen said intentionally or unintentionally.
Di Chen frowned, and ignored Chun Shenjun's complacency, "I was thinking that arranging slaves to dig trenches was probably Qiyue Wuyi's scheme. Could there be some conspiracy behind this?"
"Haha, brother Dichen, I think you must be scared by Qiyue Wuyi." Feng Qingyang spoke freely, and looked down on Dichen's paranoia.
Chunshen Jun also had a teasing look on his face, and he didn't bother to answer.
Although they had to start bonding again under the coercion of the parents of all parties, Chun Shenjun would not let Dichen dominate the alliance again, so naturally he wanted to suppress his arrogance at any time to prevent him from raising his head.
But Zhan Lang didn't follow suit, "Brother Dichen said, it's not impossible, we have to guard against it."
Chun Shenjun shook his head, "Brother Zhanlang is too worried. According to reports from the spies in front, there is no other army around Muye. We dispatched cavalry this time, by surprise. When Qiri Wuyi received the news, he came to reinforce us. Once, it will take at least one day on the road, enough for us to complete the task and retreat smoothly."
"That's right, he said that Wuyi is really that powerful? I don't believe it." Feng Qingyang is Chun Shenjun's staunch ally, so naturally he wants to support Chun Shenjun.
Wolf Warrior was speechless.