Sweep the World

Chapter 396: : Zhangshui Front

? The emperor's personal arrival at the front is definitely not a slight boost to the morale of the army.

  

   Ordinary soldiers will know that the king attaches great importance to this war, then they will make meritorious deeds and no one will dare to be greedy for ink, and the willingness to fight will inevitably increase.

  

   For officers, the arrival of the king can be pressure or motivation. Just like soldiers, they will feel valued and make credit more meaningful.

  

   Liu Yan came to the front line of Jizhou but it was a bit complicated. In fact, he arrived at the barracks incidentally. The first thing he saw was of course a group of high-level generals. According to the tradition of the Han army, the next one was to meet the middle and low-level officers and soldiers with special merits.

  

  After a set of procedures, the mid- and low-level officers and soldiers who were met were naturally so excited that they couldn't themselves. To put it more generally, at that moment Liu Yan asked them to **** themselves without any hesitation.

  

   The Han Army and the Youzhou Army under Shi Bin’s command were separated by a Zhangshui. The two banks of a large river with a width of more than 100 meters were equipped with outposts. The barracks were relatively inland.

  

   Looking from a high place to the other side of the river, the camp on the north bank of Zhangshui absolutely occupies more than 20 miles. You can see that there are camps in several nearby mountains, but I don’t know the situation of the troops.

  

"Shi Bin's Youzhou Zhengs (war soldiers) should be around 90,000, and the rest is about 160,000. They are distributed everywhere along the Zhangshui line." Lu Tai is fully armed, and he looks quite a bit in armor. For the hero, he took off his helmet to reveal the hairpin, touched the beard on his chin, raised one hand and pointed to the other side: "The main camp is the one that the king saw. The number of people in it should be about 120,000. In addition, it is divided into left and right sides. The two deputy battalions each have a population of 30,000, and the remaining people are scattered in various places, mainly in mountainous areas."

  

   Regarding the terrain of the mountains and rivers on the Jizhou battlefield, the camps of the two armies, and even the distribution of forces, Liu Yan had seen the maps of the mountains and rivers more than once before coming. It should be said that he is quite clear.

  

   Once the number of troops is large, or even small, unless there are people who don’t understand military at all, they really won’t gather together, especially when they choose to camp.

  

The Han army’s strength on the Jizhou side has repeatedly increased to 80,000. In fact, the 80,000 Han troops are not completely gathered together. Except for the surrounding areas where the troops must be stationed as forward warning points, the main camp is here. It is stationed at 50,000, as the deputy camp on the west side stationed at 20,000.

  

   Arrangement of troops talks about remoteness, while building hard disks talks about the tendency to squeeze the corners. What prevents an inadvertent army from being encircled. There is no one who even reported to the rear to request reinforcements.

  

"It is rainy in autumn, and the river section that comes in rises higher. Naturally, the section of the river that could be traversed by horses does not exist anymore. Our army’s strategy now is to stand by and wait for assistance. Therefore, there was a fight between scouts and scouts. It didn’t happen.” Wang Ji said, his hands continued to point to certain places: “Zhao Jun only has naval forces in the Yellow River section in Jizhou, but the rest of the water system does not. Our warships control Zhangshui, and the combat initiative is also in control. In our hands, it is convenient for the following marching operations and deployment."

  

   How to fight before Lu Tai and Wang Ji have reported, Liu Yan has decided not to interfere.

  

   Liu Yan’s current role is quite simple. He controls the overall situation and does not stick to one place. While paying attention to the battle plans of each Han army, he also ensures the army’s weight and supply of troops, that’s all.

  

Hearing the opinions of the front-line generals again is a formality when he arrives at the scene. Although Liu Yan has heard the same things from the senior generals more than once, he still has to listen patiently. Seen by a junior officer who doesn't know the truth.

  

"It is rumored that Shi Bin is good at military affairs, and the layout of the camp really looks a little bit like." Liu Yan waited when there were only senior generals around him. He raised his finger to the opposite side: "It should be the Youzhou Frontier Army who lives in the tent, look. The camp tents are laid out in an orderly manner, and there are even shacks for the soldiers and civilians."

  

"Shi Bin has Yinong, Cao Fu... and many other generals who have been fighting for a long time." There are five names mentioned by Wang Ji. They are basically the frontier army system of Youzhou or Bingzhou. He solemnly said: "These people have been stationed at the border for a long time, and the border army of the Zhao State in the north and the border army in the south will win the battle."

  

   The last time Lv Tai led his army was retreated from Zhangwu County to the south bank of Zhangshui. Although it was due to the fact that the Han army had less contact and less force, it can be seen that Shijie Zhao's northern frontier could fight.

  

   The north is the place where cavalry is sent. In particular, the Hu people regime does not lack cavalry and generals who can command cavalry. The Han army in the next battle in Jizhou will definitely focus on opposing and welcoming cavalry.

  

   The cavalry has strong short-distance mobility, and can fight if they can fight, and they can retreat quickly if they can’t fight. The Han country has sufficient psychological preparation for this battle for a long time, and the main force transferred is mainly cavalry.

  

   Liu Yan’s non-systematic cavalry is actually not too many. Except for the three thousand tiger army and the newly established 10,000 feather forest army, the cavalry that has not been incorporated into the elite army is about 20,000.

  

   Of course, those numbers are counted as the formation of soldiers. There are actually more than 60,000 as auxiliary riders, and the source of auxiliary riders is the Han people who are good at riders and some naturalized Huren. If you count the cavalry that can be equipped for battle, it won’t be a problem to make do with one hundred and thirty thousand. After all, there is no shortage of horses in the Central Plains, but the quality of the latter will not be different from that of the cavalry. Weaker.

  

   After the inspection, Liu Yan returned to Yingpan, and it didn't take long to summon Tuobagu and Xu Qian.

  

   "The majesty of the king's army is worthy of being a powerful soldier in a hundred battles." Xu Qian didn't seem to be complimenting, and he could even see obvious envy: "Not only is the armor of the army well equipped, but the soldiers are also shown to be aggressive."

  

  "Yes, especially the excellent armor of soldiers~www.wuxiamtl.com~ Tuobagu said with emotion: "Our army is still not able to handle a weapon with a man, but more with a stick. "

  

   Liu Yan didn't hear it. He asked twice, but Tuobagu and Xu Qian said they didn't want to help.

  

   "The Zhao army on the other side of the river is huge, and all the elites who deserve it according to the banner have arrived." Tuoba saw Liu Yan not talking about weapons and armor, and the topic changed: "Now let's see how the Yan army reacts."

  

   "I just don't know if the Lord Yan has withdrawn his troops from Lingzhi City?" Xu Qian took the conversation and asked after saluting, "The king has news about Liaodong?"

  

   Liu Yan just said: "The Yan army has appeared outside the Liaodong city defense, and Goguryeo, a subject country, has also reported the appearance of the Yan army on the border."

  

   "In this way, our army's chances of going south will increase by a little bit!" Tuobagu looked very happy, laughed for a while before saying, "So when will the war here begin?"

  

   Liu Yan finally wanted to understand what was strange lately, dare to love Tuoba Daiguo, this is to make Han country... maybe even add Goguryeo desperately, and then they take advantage? (To be continued...)

  

  

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