Water Margin people

"How are the Huns doing?"

Eugene III looked at Bernard and asked.

"No problem, just eating and drinking every day!"

Bernard spoke up.

"Still like that?"

Eugene III said as if it was not unexpected.

"Let them go out for a few days. Don't let them stay in the barracks all day."

Eugene III said.

"Your Holiness, do you want to study the Huns' tactics?"

Bernard understood the Pope's thoughts. The Huns were the strongest grassland cavalry they had ever seen, more powerful than the later Turks and Xianbei. This time, the Huns crossed the plains controlled by Qi State unscathed.

"Yes, the Huns should be able to deal with Qi! They all came from the East!"

Eugene III spoke.

"From the East?"

Everyone's eyes lit up; they hadn't expected this.

The Huns came from the East, were defeated by the powerful Han Dynasty in the East, and fled to the West.

Later, a number of nomadic peoples such as the Xianbei and Turks were also defeated by the Eastern dynasties and fled to the West.

These newly arrived nomadic peoples were extremely ferocious and posed a great threat to their Western counterparts.

But when it comes to fighting with Eastern countries, these nomadic peoples are the most powerful. After all, their ancestors have been fighting for hundreds of years.

Everyone smiled and nodded at the Pope. They thought the idea of ​​making use of the Huns was great and a stroke of genius.

Bernard also nodded repeatedly. He thought this was a very good approach. Instead of letting the Huns eat, drink and have fun every day, it would be better to let them do something. The war was imminent and many things needed to be prepared.

After the meeting, Bernard went directly to the barracks.

It was already noon, and Xin Qiji and others had woken up. They were stretching and yawning outside the military camp.

Xin Qiji was a little annoyed because he had to pretend to be a barbarian and could not wash himself properly in the morning. He could only wash his face with water, which made him feel uncomfortable in his mouth.

“I really want to brush my teeth!”

Xin Qiji felt the greasiness in his mouth. He ate meat and drank alcohol every day and couldn't brush his teeth, so he developed ulcers in his mouth.

But Xin Qiji didn't dare to brush his teeth and could only rinse his mouth with water. He didn't bring a toothbrush, as the barbarians didn't use them and it was even less likely that they would brush their teeth.

Bernard looked at the lazy Xin Qiji and others and walked back directly.

"The Pope has ordered that the decisive battle will take place in ten days. You must go out and cooperate with the drills during these days."

Bernard looked at Xin Qiji and others and said.

"Practice? Practice what?"

Xin Qiji looked at Bernard and asked.

"Of course we are cooperating with the drill. What can you do in a war with Qi? You must cooperate with our army!"

"How about you, the thousand of you, charge first? And we'll watch from behind?"

Bernard looked at Xin Qiji and said that no matter how powerful a thousand people were, they would be nothing more than ants when facing tens of thousands of people.

"We have our own way of fighting, and we can't cooperate with you!"

Xin Qiji refused directly.

"How will you know if you don't try!"

Bernard said with a smile, he knew that the barbarians in front of him would not refuse. The barbarians were barbaric in their actions, not stupid in their brains. They certainly knew that in such a large-scale battle, a thousand isolated troops were like a small boat in the wind and waves, which could capsize at any time.

"Okay, let's try it!"

Xin Qiji spoke.

Xin Qiji brought his cavalry to the outside of the camp, and the western army had already assembled.

"Are these your cavalry?"

Xin Qiji looked at the lined-up army with disdain.

"Yes, these are all troops transferred from various kingdoms."

Bernard said.

"That's all. You really can't defeat Qi!"

Xin Qiji spoke.

"Hmph! What do you mean?" Bernard's face looked very ugly. The Hun noble in front of him was too arrogant.

"What do you mean? Have you never actually fought against the Eastern countries?"

Xin Qiji looked at Bernard and asked.

Bernard was silent. It seemed that they had never fought a formal war with Qi. They only had a brief encounter with Qi in the Second Crusade, and they were blinded by artillery fire in the last war.

"If you guys are like this, you'll just be delivering food!"

Xin Qiji pointed at the soldiers lined up in battle array, and said that each of them only knew how to line up quickly without understanding any battle formation.

"So how do you say we should fight?"

Bernard looked at Xin Qiji and asked.

"My ancestors fought against the Han Dynasty eight hundred years ago. At that time, the Han Dynasty's tactics were already very sophisticated. After eight hundred years, I have no idea what has evolved into it."

Xin Qiji spoke.

"Hmph, so how are you going to fight?"

Although Bernard was unhappy, he still admitted that Xin Qiji was right. The Huns had left the East eight hundred years ago, so it was normal that they didn't know about it.

"Of course we use the mobility of our cavalry. Our Xiongnu cavalry is the fastest!"

Xin Qiji spoke.

"Are you going to charge straight in? Will you lead the charge?"

Bernard looked at Xin Qiji and asked.

"Of course not. How can we advance alone when two armies are colliding? We must charge in several teams and coordinate with the detour!"

Xin Qiji spoke.

"Tell me carefully."

Bernard became interested and wanted to see if there were any good tactics.

Xin Qiji told Bernard his idea that the cavalry should be divided into several teams to make a detour and cover the infantry charge.

"Your tactics won't work. Qi has artillery and guns. The infantry will be stopped before they even get close."

Bernard shook his head and said that the tactics of the Huns in front of him were good, but they would not work against the State of Qi.

"Cannons! Guns?"

Xin Qiji pretended to be stupid, like a country leopard.

"Hey!"

Seeing this, Bernard could only explain helplessly.

"Aren't these just bows and crossbows and catapults? They're nothing. Our cavalry can just charge in and engage in a fight. That's all we need to do..."

Xin Qiji talked about new tactics again.

Bernard was very satisfied with what he heard; he benefited a lot from the Huns' tactics.

A cunning look flashed across Xin Qiji's eyes.

"You stupid white pigs, I told you to die, but you nodded and listened! You're really helping me count the money after I sold you!"

Xin Qiji thought to himself that although what he said was a good strategy, facing the Qi army was just suicide. Facing guns and artillery, such a charge was meaningless.

"Then practice it!"

After thinking it over, Bernard immediately gave orders to the generals, and tens of thousands of troops were quickly mobilized.

It would be fine if the army didn't move, but once it moved, it would become a mess.

Xin Qiji was too embarrassed to look at it. He held his eyes with one hand, feeling that he had polluted his eyes.

Bernard felt a little embarrassed, but he could do nothing about it.

These tens of thousands of troops came from more than a dozen kingdoms, large and small. These kingdoms had never united before, so naturally they could not cooperate with each other. Even if they were the army of one kingdom, they came from different places and did not even have a unified language. The tens of thousands of people were like a group of scattered sand.

"You need to practice more!"

Xin Qiji looked at Bernard and spoke.

"Don't worry, it will be fine in two days!"

Bernard said that these were also elite troops and could be formed into an army after training.

"I have an idea!"

Xin Qiji rolled his eyes and spoke. (End of this chapter)