"Your Highness, how many troops do you think is appropriate for us to send?"
Hu Yangai asked this question, which proved that the dispatch of troops was a definite fact. Wei Qian'er breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "I believe that sending troops should not be too many, as it cannot delay our subsequent plunder and strengthen ourselves. For action, it would be better to send 50,000 troops. When the time comes, send some gang traitors with 200,000 gangsters, and it will not be difficult to create a huge momentum. With 100,000 people from the Xuanjia Army, if they only capture a flat city, it should be Not a problem.”
"Fifty thousand? No?" After hearing this answer, Huyangai shook his head, then stretched out three fingers and said: "It should be enough to send up to 30,000 people. Her Royal Highness the Princess also said, We will send 200,000 cadres. This momentum is enough, and our Huns army does not need to send too many people."
Huyan Gai only agreed to send 30,000 Huns cavalry, which Wei Qianer thought was still too few. But Huyan Gai agreed to send troops, which was already a good attitude. There were many things that needed to rely on him, and Wei Qianer didn't want to offend him. Unhappy, he nodded and said: "Okay, thirty thousand is thirty thousand, everything depends on the king's opinion."
Seeing that Wei Qian'er had given in, Hu Yangai immediately burst into laughter. "That's very good. That's it, just send the Landaoshun elders to go forward. As for the 10,000 gang members and 200,000 gang members who are accompanying them, , just let him choose."
"Your Majesty is wise." Wei Qian'er nodded and agreed.
In the following time, Wei Qian'er went to see Jiang Chen and told Hu Yangai what he meant. Hearing that the Huns only sent 30,000 cavalry, he was somewhat dissatisfied, but considering that in addition, they also sent They recruited 210,000 slave soldiers. Although they were all Ganren, they were now Ganren who took orders from the Huns and were also a considerable military force, so they nodded in agreement.
After Lao Landao of the Landao clan received the military order, he took his younger brother Landaotu and began to select troops. The action was quite fast. Just five days later, more than 200,000 troops left Huizhou. Head towards Jizhou in the north.
Along the way, Yuzhou and Luzhou passed by also gave way and provided a certain amount of food and grass to ensure that they could reach Pingcheng faster.
In Pingcheng, the latest bronze cannon sent by the Jizhou Firearms Bureau has replaced the previous generation of artillery. This new type of artillery has a longer attack range, from the original three to four miles to the current six miles.
The enhanced range of the artillery gives it more room to use. It is no longer like before, having to wait until the opponent is defeated before being able to counterattack.
Also arriving at the same time were Zhou Qian, the brigade commander of the First Field Army, and others.
In the battle at the foot of Alashan Mountain, all members of the First Field Army were dispatched, from every officer down to the gang leader, and all went on the battlefield. In the end, not even half of the full strength of 30,000 people was left, and the fight was described as Very intense.
Although the losses were great, for those who survived, their actual combat capabilities were greatly improved and they became truly elite soldiers.
It was this battle that allowed the officers and soldiers of the First Field Army to receive a black dragon and one claw flag after undergoing the baptism of the battlefield. From then on, they were no longer reserve forces and could proudly tell others that they were among the elite. Of course, they are also elite, but they are still far behind the Guiyi Army of the Black Dragon Two Claws Banner.
Just as Zhou Qian's officers and soldiers looked at the Guiyi Army soldiers with envious eyes, Sun Fuhu, the brigade commander, didn't even have a look of admiration on his face.
Not for anything else, but because in the development process of the Jizhou Army, their Guiyi Army has fallen behind.
Look, the current Shanshan Guard is already a black dragon with four claws, reaching the pinnacle of the Jizhou Army.
Of course, as cavalry and with heavy cavalry, the Shanshan Guards are far from being comparable to infantry. But even among the infantry, the Tiger Soldiers also have the Black Dragon Three Claws Flag, which is what they once had.
The Quartet Army, who was a ranger like him, now also has the three-clawed black dragon flag, but he is the only one who still has the two-clawed black dragon flag. This makes him frustrated.
And this time the battle of Shou Pingcheng is an opportunity to join the First Army. No matter what, they must find a way to improve their level. Otherwise, where will his face be when they see his comrades in the future?
Looking at the latest artillery that had been replaced, and looking at the 30,000 soldiers of the First Brigade of the Field Army in neat military appearance, Sun Fuhu was still very confident that he could defend Pingcheng. However, after he talked with Brigadier Zhou Qian, his expression turned bitter.
"You're saying that 70% of the soldiers in your brigade are new recruits?"
"Yes, basically the soldiers are all new recruits, but the squad leader and deputy squad leader of each squad are veterans, and there is also a veteran in each squad." Zhou Qian answered respectfully.
Although they both have the official position of brigade commander, the brigades are very different. For example, the First Field Army of the Black Dragon One Claw Banner cannot be compared with the Guiyi Army of the Black Dragon Two Claw Banner. They are both brigade commanders.
, when they met, he naturally felt inferior to others.
"Where are those veterans?" Sun Fuhu said with some dissatisfaction after hearing this answer. It seemed that they had joined the First Army, and half of them were recruits, but at least half were veterans. There was still no problem in the area.
But the First Field Army has ten people in a squad and only three veterans. It would be a bit difficult to lead seven with three.
"The veterans have all been assigned to the newly-established Third Army and Fourth Army. In fact, our First Army is pretty good. There are three veterans in one squad. Like other field armies, only the squad leader and deputy squad leader are veterans in a squad." Zhou
While telling the truth, there is also a hint of pride.
"Well, fortunately, we are defending the city. We don't have to go out to fight, so there will be no problem." Hearing this, Sun Fuhu already didn't know what to say. But thinking about it on the other hand, if the people assigned to him were all elites,
A master of hundreds of battles, can he still show his abilities?
Besides, Pingcheng City has strong walls, especially after the latest reinforcement, the wall is four feet and twelve meters high, and there is also a wide moat. If you just defend it blindly, there will be no problem.
Not to mention, King Tang Ao has promised him that not only will there be enough ammunition and arrows, but also soldiers will be replenished at any time. That is to say, once there are sick, sick or dead people, they will be
They will be replenished to ensure that the number of troops defending the city can always be maintained at around 60,000, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
Of course, Tang Ao did this to raise his troops through battle. Once the injured soldiers were brought to the rear and treated, they would have one more veteran with combat experience. And the recruits who replaced them also had more experience on the battlefield. In this way
If the cycle continues, not only will there not be a large number of deaths due to injuries, but it will also be equivalent to indirectly gaining some veterans who have experienced the battlefield. Isn't it beautiful?
The only requirement for doing this is that there is huge pressure on logistics. Fortunately, a wide cement road has been built from Pingcheng to Jizhou. In addition, after capturing the Barbarians and Beidi, we got a lot of draft horses and mules. , there is no problem with transportation.
When it comes to transportation and logistics, this is also one of the biggest advantages of the Jizhou Army, and no other force can compare with it. While other vassal kings are still fighting each other for territory, Tang Ao is already fighting and building.
A large amount of military rations were accumulated in Pingcheng, and a large number of horse-drawn carriages were stored in the city, ready to transport the wounded at any time.
When everything was ready, in October of the 24th year of Hanchang, Emperor Qianying's army of 100,000 Xuanjia troops, 30,000 Xiongnu cavalry, and 210,000 troops came to Pingcheng.
At this time, outside Pingcheng, a light snow had already fallen, which represented the arrival of winter. But this did not stop the Xuanjia Army and the Huns from attacking the city. This shows how anxious they were and how much they wanted to attack. Went to Pingcheng.
For Emperor Qianying, Pingcheng was their northern gate. If they didn't capture it, the Jizhou Army could leave the city at any time and attack Daliang City.
The existence of Pingcheng is like a bullet in the throat. Unless this place is taken, Emperor Qianying will not be able to sleep peacefully. It is like there is a den of thieves in front of the door of your house. No one knows when these people will come and break in. In your home, they rob your property and even kill your people.
If we want peace, this nail must be pulled out.
For the Huns, Pingcheng was the only way for them to return to the land of the Huns and Di. If they didn't capture this place, there would be no so-called way home, and this became the place they must attack.
Coming with the intention of attacking and occupying, more than 300,000 troops set up a company camp ten miles away from Pingcheng. From a distance, the momentum was incomparably huge.
When they learned that there were more than 300,000 enemies outside the city, some of the recruits from the First Army and the First Field Army who were defending the city felt extremely uneasy. Although they had all undergone rigorous recruit training, the training It can't be compared to the real battlefield.
The most you can get during training is injuries, but people can die on the battlefield. Especially when the opponent's strength is more than five times that of yours, you feel even more nervous.
At this time, the role of veterans came to the fore. When the veterans' enlightening voices, especially their indifferent attitudes and calm faces, appeared, they immediately infected the new recruits.
In the eyes of the veterans, it seems that these 300,000 enemies are nothing special. Especially what they said is that at least more than half of the so-called more than 300,000 enemies are captured young men who have not received any formal training. , even the weapons in their hands are of all kinds, and there are even people holding wooden sticks. Such people cannot be considered opponents at all.
As for the remaining hundreds of thousands of people, although they are a little more difficult to deal with, they are not fighting in the field, but in the battle of defending the city. As long as the city is defended and they are not allowed to climb up, there is no real danger to their lives.