Chapter 252

Huan Wen is absolutely honest. To tell the truth, the army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is 200000. Even if the first gate valve and the fourth Huan family contribute this time, it is only to add 30000 more combat troops to the 40000 troops prepared by the imperial court.

Do you know how many cavalry there are in the 70000 Jin army in Yangzhou? Not counting the scouts who had to ride horses, the 70000 Jin army had only more than 8000 cavalry.

"The number of light cavalry of the Hu people is large. If it is counted as the regular establishment of the Zhao army, it will reach 70000. If it is not counted as the regular establishment, it will add up to nearly 150000." Huan Wen said with a wry smile: "Wang Luan wantonly asked the nomadic tribes to go to work. There were many responders from various tribes, and the light riding of the Hu people would not be less than 60000..."

Can you swear? 60000 cavalry, it needs at least 80000 war horses, that is, the Hu people can easily take out such a number of war horses.

It must be noted that war horses are war horses and horses are horses. Not every batch of horses can become war horses. A considerable number of horses can't become a war horse until they die. They can only pull carts or carry things. According to the normal proportion, there are at least five non war horses behind a war horse, which is really only Hu people can take it.

By the way, Liu Yan once thought that wild horses can be trained to become war horses after being caught, but that's a wrong understanding. Wild horses may be war horses, but that's only a small part. I don't know if there can be five of 100. That's a simple truth. War horses need to start training when they are less than one year old, and train for a year or two, but most wild horses are horses over one year old. Catching wild horses can only be for breeding the next generation of horses. Training qualified war horses at the stage of pony is not for the wild horses themselves.

Although Xuzhou has mountainous areas, most areas are plain terrain. In such a terrain, without the water system extending in all directions, it can be imagined that the Eastern Jin Dynasty dared not even take a glance.

The big question came. They all said that the northern expedition was a northern expedition. There were only about 20000 cavalry in a circle of more than 200000 Jin troops across the country. How could the Northern Expedition be?

"When the junior officer came, he saw so many horses in the Jun Gong Army..." Huan Wen looked at Liu Yan brightly and asked, "surely there is no shortage of cavalry under the Jun Gong's command?"

Liu Yan didn't want to know what activities the small ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had. He was very interested in Huan Wen. He didn't answer the question. He invited him and said, "would you like to see my army?"

Huan Wen was stunned when he heard the word "my army", and then saluted with a smile: "please."

In a word, any person who was canonized by the small ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty belongs to the courtiers of Sima royal family in name, whether it is the county Duke Liu Yan, the Yan king murongguan, or even the generations of county Duke Zhang Liang who has always been obedient to the small ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Since he is someone else's minister, even if he is famous, in fact, he can't say "my army", but Liu Yan doesn't care. He doesn't care in the real sense.

The small ~ Dynasty ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty still holds the name of zhengshuo, and some regimes also recognize the name of zhengshuo in the small ~ Dynasty ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, because they really can't find a more suitable one except Sima royal family. Do not recognize the small ~ Dynasty ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, do you recognize the cruel stone tablet? Obviously, all forces are more willing to deal with the weak Sima royal family than with the cruel and aggressive Shijie. Even now, Shijie's occupation of the Central Plains is more like zhengshuo in the real sense.

Do you know how large a camp is needed when 50000 troops are stationed? In particular, this army has 70000 or 70000 war horses, coupled with the strength of horses and cattle used to pull carts. It takes about 20 miles. It's not a simple camp, but also the space for war horses.

The Han army was extremely rich. It had tents made of white cloth. According to what rules, there were many tents. The tent was a triangle. Each tent could accommodate five people, that is, one Wu.

"Such a tent can actually hold ten people, but we found that too much crowding will cause the gloomy psychology of soldiers." Liu Yan was playing a local tyrant. He said indifferently: "since there is no shortage of tents, it should be arranged more loosely to give soldiers enough internal activity space."

Inside the opened tent is a row of straw mats on both sides. Blankets are stacked on the straw mats. At the bottom is a wooden square table and, of course, wooden pier chairs.

Huan Wen frowned. Of course, he could see that Liu Yan was showing off... Or bang se, he had to admit that the tent was very large, but he didn't believe that the small soldiers in the Han Dynasty had such treatment and thought it was a specially arranged face project. He would think it was easier. Who would bring tables and wooden piers in war? In a war, the simpler the materials, the better, the less and the more convenient, so as not to bring unnecessary things.

The treatment can be false, but the white tent that can't see the end at a glance won't be false. Just with such a large number of tents, Huan Wen thought that the Han Dynasty was rich enough, only because the tents used a little more cloth.

The military camp is well planned. After repeated compaction, the main road looks very flat. A road at least six feet wide appears straight, which runs through the whole military camp directly from the gate. Looking at the tents on both sides of the main road, it can be imagined that as long as there is an order, countless soldiers will flock to the main road and start the battlefield with a little training.

When Huan Wen came, he had observed that there were at least six similar main roads in the barracks of the Han Dynasty. Looking at the distribution of the barracks, it was obvious that the army under Liu Yan was not the mob as many people in the imperial court thought, just because the mob could not set up such a neat barracks.

A roar of horse hoofs attracted constant temperature's attention. When he turned his head and looked, he saw that at least 5000 Armored Cavalry set off slowly to the distance, but he didn't know where to go.

"Is that... A sudden cavalry?" Huan Wen is a knowledgeable man. He doesn't think that a knight's armor is an iron cavalry. He said sincerely: "the clan smelting strength and the number of craftsmen of the county Duke are really large!"

Look, this is really knowledgeable. You know the difference between what kind of cavalry, and you know that only equipped with those supporting armor and weapons can be regarded as sudden cavalry.

The Jin army also has sudden cavalry, which is a kind of cavalry with iron armor and horses without armor. It is mainly used for front-end hand to hand combat. Taking the power of the whole country in the Eastern Jin Dynasty as an example, the sudden cavalry is only 3000. It is not that there is no more iron armor, but that there is a lack of qualified war horses and knights. After all, the weight-bearing ability of war horses should be qualified. In addition to weight-bearing, they also have endurance and sprint ability. In addition, there is no stirrup. Even if they have stirrups, they may not be able to ride a horse to become a knight. Maybe they can only be a riding infantry.

Liu Yan didn't speak. If he used modern language, he was forced to install the whole set, and the force hasn't been installed yet.

Of course, those cavalry called sudden cavalry are system cavalry, but they are only the first batch. There will be 2000 system bow cavalry behind them, and wait until the bow cavalry is finished.

Huan Wen, of course, also saw the archers, but he didn't respond much.

The archers are Qingqi in Huan Wen's eyes. Although they look like they are wearing a good leather armor, similar arms are really too common.

Liu Yan didn't know that he was forced to fail. If he knew, he would let the 2000 archers show their riding and shooting, and let Huan Wen understand that the riding and shooting of those systematic archers and the light riding and shooting of the Hu people are the difference between heaven and earth.

The roaring sound of horses' hoofs was chaotic. Huan Wen had packed up his mood to talk about some business. He just said the word "lower official". The next moment, the sound of neat steps came from a distance.

It was so neat that it was like the beating sound of war drums. The rhythmic and hierarchical stepping sound was made by about 3000 infantry. They were marching in a square array. Each square array looked absolutely neat. Whether it was horizontal or crooked, each soldier was in a straight line.

Huan Wen thought it strange that a large number of carriages followed the infantry array. What was loaded on the carriages was not food, but armor?

"Oh, those are heavy armor." Liu Yan specifically said the type and weight of armor and said, "see those empty carriages?"

Huan Wen nodded in a daze, but he was surprised how the infantry could walk so neatly.

"In fact, it should be in a carriage." Liu Yan grinned: "just to let Yuanzi see my infantry, he specially arranged to walk for a while. Later, he will still take a carriage."

Yuanzi is a token of Huanwen. Although only close friends and elders are suitable for addressing the token, isn't Huanwen claiming to be an official to Liu Yan? Liu Yan also had the identity of calling Huan Wen. There is also a trace of Liu Yan's evil taste. After all, not everyone can talk and laugh with historical celebrities, and even address them with an attitude towards younger generations.

Then Huan Wen saw more. He saw with his own eyes the wealth of the Han Dynasty and the enthusiasm of the soldiers. What impressed and puzzled him was that Liu Yan only rose in four years. What means should he use to have such strength?

[is it true that Liaodong or Koguryo owned huge iron ore? Is it true that Baiji was conquered by Liu Yan and became a vassal?] Huan Wen was shocked twice and then numb. Later, he saw the food of the Han Dynasty and learned that Liu Yan really used the system of the 20th rank of the Qin army to treat people at different levels. He looked at the food and was able to describe it in terms of abundance Ignorant force: [how much money should it cost to support the army like this? No! Even if you have money, you can't buy food in the Central Plains.]

As a result, Huan Wen not only forgot to ask where the previous troops were going, but also didn't mention some things that should be finalized early.

"The emperor's son-in-law didn't expect the Han Dynasty to have such strength. Moreover, he is only a part of Liu Yan's army. I heard that there are more than 150000 troops under his command?" The speaker's name is yuan Qiao. He is the xuansun of Yuan Huan, a doctor at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the son of Yuan GUI, the son of the son of the state of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who has been a subordinate official of Huan Wen for a long time. He said anxiously: "I heard that there was great unrest in Qingzhou. It was obvious that Liu Yan found that the arrangement of the imperial court was fighting back, but he forbeared. I'm afraid..."