"Where is Little Henry's army?" In the barracks, Hu Yanqing asked Gruth in the general's tent with a calm expression. Before, Little Henry took advantage of the opportunity that Condra was seized by Zhao Jia and launched a large army to invade the south. At this time, the generals under Condra were also panicked, so they were beaten by Little Henry's army for a while and retreated continuously. Large tracts of land were occupied by Little Henry. However, Zhao Jia and Hu Yanqing reacted quickly. After stabilizing the situation in Rome, Hu Yanqing personally led the army north to meet the enemy. Now the two armies are not far apart, and a war will break out at any time.

"Report to General, Little Henry's army is a hundred miles northeast, and is moving towards our army quickly. It is estimated that we will meet our army tomorrow morning at the latest!" Gruth immediately replied.

This time Hu Yanqing sent troops to meet the enemy, and his troops were divided into two parts. The core force was naturally the soldiers of the Song Dynasty who came with the ship. There were a total of 20,000 troops in this part of the army. Except for 5,000 people who were left in Rome to protect Zhao Jia's safety and maintain Rome order, the remaining 15,000 people were all brought by Hu Yanqing.

In addition to these core Song troops, there are also a considerable number of local European troops. Some of these troops are the Roman Holy See, some are the troops under Condra, and a considerable number of them are civilians and lords who took the initiative to rely on Agnes. These three parts were formed by Zhao Jia and formed an army of 20,000 people to fight with the main army. As Agnes's original escort, Gruth not only had rich combat experience, but also had no problems with loyalty. Therefore, he was naturally important to Hu Yanqing, and his subordinates led an army of more than 10,000 people. Want?

"Very good. The whole army is ready to face the enemy. We will fight to the death with Little Henry's army tomorrow!" Hu Yanqing said loudly with bright eyes. After hearing his orders, his generals all responded loudly, and then went down to arrange their troops.

After all the other generals retreated, Hu Yanqing lowered his head and carefully observed the rough sand table in front of him. Compared with the Song Dynasty, the various conditions in Europe were much worse. For example, although there were maps here in Europe, it was very rough. The terrain marked was very unstandard, and there were even fewer sand tables. The sand table in front of him was still sent out a large number of horses to check the terrain and found a lot of guides, so he made it in a short time. Although the range was not large, the rough terrain was marked on it. In order to make this sand table, he deliberately reduced the marching degree to control the battlefield within the range of the sand table. After all, he was far less familiar with the terrain in Europe than the other party, so he could only use this method to offset the disadvantage. Just look?

While Hu Yanqing looked at the terrain, he was also thinking about the upcoming war. Speaking of which, Europeans were still relatively primitive in fighting, and they did not like to play any conspiracy on the battlefield. When both sides fought, they mostly fought face to face on the battlefield, which also made European wars generally speak with strength. Those with strong strength won, and fewer situations of weaker victory.

Hu Yanqing now has a total of 35,000 troops under his command, and according to the information found by his subordinates, the army on Little Henry's side has reached 80,000, which is also all the troops that Little Henry can use. Therefore, in terms of number of people, Hu Yanqing's side is at a disadvantage. However, the strength of the army is not only based on the number, the army's equipment, morale, training, terrain during battle, time, etc., are all part of the strength. Although Hu Yanqing's army is less than half of the opponent's, he has absolute confidence to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop. The key is naturally the legal firearm of the Song army.

The impact of firearms on a war is huge, especially in a battlefield like Europe where firearms have never seen the power. Hu Yanqing was confident that he would use several rounds of artillery to destroy the morale of the opponent, and then use cavalry charges to disrupt the opponent's formation. This laid the foundation for victory in one fell swoop. It is precisely because of this that Hu Yanqing also abandoned the conspiracy and tricks on the battlefield and prepared to fight to the death face to face with Henry. Only by defeating the opponent in a dignified manner on the battlefield can he completely show his own majesty and reduce future troubles.

Thinking of the above, Hu Yanqing carefully observed the surrounding terrain again. The reason why he was unable to camp when he walked here was mainly because it was a vast plain, and his location was relatively high, which was very conducive to the swing of artillery and crossbows. Speaking of weapons like crossbows, its biggest advantage over guns is that it can shoot flowering bullets. Although the cannon has been put into practical use, many craftsmen also exhausted their energy and wanted to use flowering bullets for artillery. Unfortunately, for various reasons, it was still a bit unsatisfactory to shoot flowering bullets with cannons, which also prevented the crossbows from withdrawing from the army's equipment.

At the same time, Agnes, who was far behind, was also worried about the upcoming war. In contrast, Zhao Jia seemed very confident and was still very calm in handling some government affairs. However, Agnes couldn't help but interrupt him and said, "Husband, do you think General Huyan can defeat my second brother's army?"

"Haha, don't worry about this. My father once said that Uncle Qing is one of the best generals among military academy graduates. He has participated in several battles several times and has rich practical experience. This is also the main reason why my father and the others chose Uncle Qing to come with us. So you must have full confidence in him!" Zhao Jia smiled when she heard this. He had absolute confidence in Hu Yanqing. Moreover, the Song Dynasty has won every battle over the years, and has honed the army to a certain extent. Therefore, even if he stayed in the rear, he was not worried about the matter on the battlefield.

"But my second brother's army doubled ours, and he had won many battles in succession before. Now he is very morale, which makes me a little worried." Agnes said a little worried at this time. Although she knew that the military strength of the Song Dynasty was very strong, she did not have a specific concept. After all, she was not like Zhao Jia who personally participated in the war between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, and had a more accurate understanding of her own strength.

Seeing Agnes' fidgeting, Zhao Jia couldn't help but smile, and then stood up and walked to her side, gently holding her hand and said, "War is a man's business, leave all these things to me!"

"Yeah!" Feeling her husband's comfort, Agnes seemed to have found support. She snuggled gently in Zhao Jia's arms and quietly stopped talking. (To be continued.)

ps: This book has been written to the end, and it is estimated that it will be completed in about a month. Now Lao Yu has to write about it and consider the new one, while conceiving the end of this book, and trying to give everyone a satisfactory ending.
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