The government was sending out wives, and I ended up with a princess from the previous dynasty!

"The canyon that Jatis mentioned is located west of Cliff City. Along the valley, it leads to the mountain ridge behind Cliff City. It won't be difficult for us to lure the enemy cavalry in, because they will definitely have the same plan."

"But... Lord Tiss, this is a real battle. The enemy has an army of 500,000, while our Cliff City only has 30,000 defenders. Even if we add the Iron Forest Army that is about to come to our aid, that's only 70,000. If we really lure them into the canyon, I'm afraid we still won't be able to stop their charge."

Although the canyon is treacherous, it is not long, only about 300 meters. After 300 meters, the terrain becomes open and the slope is gentle, allowing you to go directly up the ridge leading to the cliff city!

To completely halt the enemy's cavalry charge, at least tens of thousands of men would be needed to stabilize the situation.

At that time, manpower will definitely need to be allocated to set up ambush positions on both sides of the canyon.

After hearing Wu Ce's words, Jia Daoshi frowned.

That's absolutely true!

The canyon he chose is one of the longer ones.

For the Kushan barbarian cavalry, passing through quickly wouldn't be a big problem.

Moreover, once I use gunpowder, the enemy's cavalry will definitely riot. They can either continue to charge forward or choose to retreat!

But no matter what the Kushan barbarian cavalry chooses, they will need to send out their own troops to block the cavalry's attack route!

Of course, on the other hand, if the plan was simply to drive back the Kushan barbarians, then all that was needed was to defend the city of Cliff with gunpowder.

But Jia Daoshi didn't think so.

His goal was not merely to drive away the Kushan Empire's army and defend the city of Cliff.

If they only defend the city of Juebi, then the Kushan Empire's 500,000 cavalry will still be there, and they will invade other cities, or they may even join forces with the Longwu Dynasty to invade Dajing from the south!

Anyway, it's not like they haven't done this kind of thing before.

Jia Daoxian's feelings for Da Jing are quite complicated now.

Anyway, at this stage, he doesn't want anything to happen to the Great Jing Dynasty.

Therefore, his plan was to annihilate the Kushan Empire's 500,000-strong army!

The Kushan Empire was completely crippled, preventing him from having any thoughts of marching south for a short period of time!

Now that we have this plan, we must not let these 500,000 cavalrymen return alive!

Because if they are released, once the enemy comes up with a countermeasure, they will surely launch another southward invasion!

The Kushan Empire was originally a steppe empire composed of dozens of small tribes. Every winter when it snowed, many barbarians would freeze to death or be injured by frostbite!

When threatened with death and hunger, barbarians are capable of anything!

After a moment of silence, Jia Daoshi also had a headache: "Your Highness, start recruiting soldiers now and expand the army."

He decided to use a hawk to send a message back to Yilan County, asking Weng Changting, Di Qinglin, and Yi Qianxiao to bring the mechanical beast over first.

In addition, train another firearms battalion!

However, Wu Ce looked worried after hearing Jia Daoshi's words: "Lord Ti Si, although there are still two months before the Kushan Empire's army gathers and marches south, it is impossible to train the newly recruited soldiers to be able to fight against the enemy's barbarian cavalry in such a short time. The wolf riders, tiger and leopard riders, and bear riders in the enemy camp alone are enough to scare these new recruits to death on the battlefield!"

Wu Ce was telling the truth. Some of the tribes in the Kushan Empire were wolf riders, some were tiger riders, some were leopard riders, and some were even bear riders. Although their numbers were not large, these wild beasts were very intimidating on the battlefield!

Let alone new recruits, even veterans would tremble when they encountered these wild beasts!

Jia Daoshi knew this, of course, so he explained: "My plan is to create a firearms artillery battalion, so the newly recruited soldiers will have a very different way of fighting than before. They will be a new force independent of the existing army!"

Artillery battalion?

What is this again?

Upon hearing this unfamiliar term from Jia Daoshi, the generals were all somewhat confused!

Because they had never heard of such a thing before!

Jia Daoshi nodded: "Your Highness, you are more familiar with this place than I am, so I will have to trouble you with this matter. We need at least two thousand people."

Wu Ce hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Two thousand men shouldn't be a big problem."

Seeing that Wu Ce had actually agreed, the group of generals around him were somewhat dissatisfied. A firearms and artillery battalion of two thousand men? What use could they be?

Isn't this nonsense?

They have 500,000 barbarian cavalrymen at the gates, and you've got a measly 2,000-strong force!

However, Jia Tisi was a renowned martial arts master, so even if they had objections, they dared not voice them.

If you displease this man, who knows what kind of trouble you might get into!

In fact, Wu Ce was also very puzzled. With just two thousand extra soldiers, it probably wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps between the barbarian cavalry's teeth.

It would take at least 20,000 people to even make a splash, right?

"Your Highness, this matter needs to be handled quickly. Once the two thousand men are assembled, I will give you a big surprise!" Jia Daoshi said directly, too lazy to explain.

A huge surprise?

Upon hearing Jia Daoshi's words, the generals were filled with curiosity once again.

It's clear that this Imperial City Guard commander is very confident in himself. Could it be that these two thousand artillery battalions can really stand against five hundred thousand barbarian cavalry?

Although the crowd was somewhat skeptical, they didn't dare to ask Jia Daoshi, who was in their presence.

Anyway, we'll deal with whatever comes our way, what else can we do?

……

north!

grassland!

The Golden Horde of the Kushan Empire!

One after another, yurts and felt tents stretched out in an endless line!

The outermost tents are mostly small, while the tents become larger and more luxurious as you move towards the center!

One of the golden super tents is the residence of the chief of the Golden Clan, the largest tribe in the Kushan Empire!

The Kushan Empire was an empire composed of dozens of tribes from the steppes!

There are five relatively large tribes: the Wolf King, the Tiger King, the Leopard King, the Bear King, and the Eagle King!

The tribal totem of the Golden Clan is the white wolf!

Similarly, Qingmanchao's Yuanshengdao was established within the Golden Clan's tribe!

On a summer night on the grassland, you can almost reach out and touch the stars.

A girl who looked like Dilraba, dressed in an animal skin skirt, rode a chestnut horse slowly through the felt tents.

The girl's exposed skin was extremely fair and delicate, like white jade, and she didn't look like a woman from the Kushan Empire at all.

She dismounted gracefully only after reaching the outside of the golden tent.

A dark-skinned female slave immediately came over and helped her hold the horse!

Has Sirius returned?