Chapter 395

The king's personal arrival at the front line was by no means a small boost to the morale of the army.

Ordinary soldiers will know that the king attaches importance to this war, so they have made meritorious contributions. With the shock and awe of the king, no one dares to be greedy for ink, and their willingness to fight will inevitably rise.

For officers, the arrival of kings can be pressure or motivation. Like soldiers, they will feel valued and make greater contributions.

Liu Yanlai's arrival at the front line of Jizhou was a little complicated. In fact, he arrived at the barracks by the way. Of course, the first thing he saw was a group of senior generals. According to the tradition of the Han Army, the next thing he saw was to meet with middle and low-level officers and soldiers who had made special contributions.

After a set of process, the middle and low-level officers and soldiers who were interviewed were naturally too excited to kill themselves. Generally speaking, Liu Yan would not hesitate to let them kill themselves at that moment.

The Han Army and the Youzhou army led by Shi bin are just separated by a zhangshui river with a width of more than 100 meters. Outposts are arranged on both sides of the river, and the military barracks are relatively inland.

Looking at the other side of the river from a high place, the camp on the North Bank of zhangshui definitely covers an area of more than 20 miles. You can see that there are camps in several nearby mountains, but you don't know the situation of garrison.

"The number of Youzhou soldiers (War soldiers) under Shi bin should be about 90000, and the rest are about 160000, which are distributed everywhere along the zhangshui river." LV Tai was fully armed and dressed in armor. He looked very brave. He took off his helmet, exposed his hairpin and touched his chin beard, He raised his hand and pointed to the other side: "the main camp is the one seen by the king. The number of people settled in it should be about 120000. In addition, it is divided into two main auxiliary camps on the left and right sides. The number of people gathered in each camp is 30000. The rest are scattered everywhere, mainly in mountainous areas."

Liu Yan had seen the mountain map more than once before he came to Jizhou battlefield, which should be said to be quite clear.

Once the number of troops is large or even small, they will not gather together unless they know nothing about military affairs, especially when they choose to camp.

The number of Han troops in Jizhou has increased again and again, reaching 80000. In fact, the 80000 Han troops are not completely gathered together. Apart from the surrounding areas where troops must be stationed as front warning points, 50000 troops are stationed in the main camp and 20000 troops are stationed in the auxiliary camp in the West.

The arrangement of troops echoed each other from afar, and the construction of barracks said that there must be a corner. What to prevent is that an inadvertent lead to the siege of the whole army. During this time, there were not even people who reported to the rear for reinforcements.

"It's rainy in autumn. Recently, the river section has risen higher. Naturally, the river section that could have been crossed by horses does not exist. Our army's current strategy is to stick to and wait for help. Therefore, there is only a fight between scouts and reconnaissance horses, and the war did not happen." While Wang Ji said, he kept pointing to some places: "Zhao Jun only has water troops in the Yellow River section of Jizhou, and the rest of the water system does not. Our warships and ships master zhangshui, and the operational initiative is also in our hands, which is convenient for the next marching operations and planning."

Before how to fight, LV Tai and Wang Ji have reported, and Liu Yan has decided not to interfere.

Liu Yan's role now is very simple. He controls the overall situation without being confined to one place. While paying attention to the battle plans of each Han Army, he ensures the army's supplies and replenishment of troops, that's all.

It is a formality to listen to the opinions of the front-line generals on the scene again. Although Liu Yan has heard the same words from the senior generals more than once, he still needs to listen patiently and ask the key points that may have been asked more than once, but it is for the lower level officers who do not know the truth.

"It is said that Shi bin is good at military affairs. The layout of the camp really looks a little like." Liu Yan was waiting for his side. He would say this only when he was a senior general. He raised his finger and pointed to the opposite side: "the people living in the tent should be the Youzhou border army. Look at the scattered and orderly layout of the camp, and the shacks of the secondary soldiers and civilian men are also arranged."

"Shi bin has several battle hardened generals under his command, such as Yinong and Cao Fu." Wang Ji mentioned five names, basically either Youzhou or the border army system in Bingzhou. He said solemnly: "these people have been stationed at the border for a long time. The border army of Zhao in the north and the border army in the South win in the horse war."

The last time LV Tai led his army from Zhangwu County to the South Bank of zhangshui, although it was due to the sudden and unprepared Han Army and the small number of troops, it can also be seen that the northern army of Zhao state in Shijie was able to fight.

The North has always been a place for cavalry. In particular, the Hu regime does not lack cavalry and generals who can command cavalry. In the next Jizhou war, the Han army must also focus on facing and attacking cavalry.

The cavalry has strong short-range mobility. If they can fight, they can fight. If they can't fight, they can retreat quickly. The Han state will fight this war for a long time and has sufficient psychological preparation. The main troops transferred are mainly cavalry.

Liu Yan doesn't have many non systematic cavalry. Apart from the 3000 Huben army and the newly established 10000 Yulin army, the cavalry that has not been incorporated into the Elite Corps is about 20000.

Of course, counting those numbers is the establishment of combat troops. In fact, there are more than 60000 auxiliary riders, and the sources of auxiliary riders are Han people who are good at riding and some naturalized Hu people. If you can fit the cavalry to fight, it won't be a problem to make do with 120000 or 130000. After all, there is no shortage of horses in the Central Plains, but the quality of these cavalry is not different from that of miscellaneous Hu cavalry, or even weaker.

After the inspection, Liu Yan returned to Yingpan and soon summoned tuobagu and Xu Qian.

"The king's military power is at its peak. He is worthy of being a strong soldier in all wars." Xu Qian didn't seem to be flattering. He could even see his obvious envy: "not only are the soldiers well equipped, but the soldiers are also fierce."

"Yes, especially the excellent armour and equipment." Tuoba Gu said with emotion: "our army can't do one weapon per hand, but more stick."

Liu Yan didn't hear it. He asked twice. It was Tuoba Gu and Xu Qian who said they didn't want help.

"The Zhao army on the other side of the river is huge, and all the elite who should arrive at the banner have arrived." Tuoba saw that Liu Yan didn't talk about weapons and armor. The topic changed: "now it depends on the reaction of Yan Jun."

"I just don't know whether the Lord of Yan has withdrawn from Lingzhi city?" Xu Qian took over the conversation, saluted and asked, "does the king have any news about Liaodong?"

Liu Yan then said, "Yan Jun has appeared outside Liaodong urban defense, and Koguryo also reported the presence of Yan Jun at the border."

"In this way, the odds of our army going south will increase a bit!" Tuoba Gu looked very happy and smiled for a while before he said, "so when will the war start here?"

Liu Yan finally wants to know where the strange place is recently. He dares to love Tuoba on behalf of the country. This is to let the Han country... Maybe add Koguryo's desperate efforts, and then they take advantage of it?