Chapter 253

Sometimes it is necessary to pretend to be confused, especially when both sides need to rely on each other.

Huan Wen did not answer yuan Qiao's words. He thought it was very clear. At present, the biggest enemy of Jin or Han is Shijie Zhao, so no matter what waste will not be put on the table.

The Han army looks very strong. It is not only excellent in armour and equipment, but also soldiers have perfect training. One by one, they can see that they have experienced battle.

An army that has passed the test of war and an army that has not passed the test of war must not be mentioned in general. In fact, although the Jin army is not as gorgeous as the Han Army, it is not bad. At least every soldier can have a metal weapon. Unlike the hundreds of thousands of Hu people, most of them hold a wooden stick to count.

"Now for us, the problem of how to persuade Liu Sujun to take the lead in launching an attack no longer exists." Huan Wen said that during the day, the Han army pulled out of the main camp. He closed his eyes as if thinking about something and asked, "Uncle Yan, where do you think Liu Sujun's troops set out during the day are going?"

Uncle Yan is the calligraphy of Yuan Qiao. He thought for a moment and said, "it's time to go to Lang evil. According to Liu Sujun's previous combat habits, maybe it's a direct attack on Kaiyang?"

Langxie County used to be the Langxie state, but it was transformed into a county only during the period of the Hun Liu's Han state. There are not few counties under its jurisdiction, but now most of them are actually abandoned.

"Wang Luan stationed troops in Yangdu and Kaiyang of Langxie respectively. Yangdu is the frontier town of Dong'an County, and Kaiyang is the capital of Langxie county." Huan Wen opened his eyes and said with a smile, "with Liu Sujun's military habit, it's not surprising to take Kaiyang straight."

Hu generals rarely fight systematically and planned, let alone study the character and habits of enemy generals. The generals in Chinese civilization are different. They have developed a kind of military literacy for a long time. If they know who to deal with, they will try their best to collect intelligence and study their character and habits, so as to know themselves and the enemy and be invincible in a hundred battles.

The Han army attacked Kaiyang? As the capital of Langxie, Kaiyang's urban defense facilities seem to be broken in intelligence, which is due to the policy of the Hu regime. However, Wang Luan first stationed more than 10000 troops in Yangdu and 15000 troops in Kaiyang. Huan Wen thought about the number of Han troops in the daytime, and doubted what significance it would be for only about 8000 Han troops to attack Kaiyang.

Yes, the small ~ Dynasty ~ court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not drink less about the fight between Shijie and Zhao. It should be said that there have been few wars between the two sides for a long time. In the local conflict, the Jin army has been bullied by Shijie and Zhao army, but there are victories and defeats in the medium-scale war. The war with more than tens of thousands of people is basically that the Jin army has suffered heavy losses and resisted the pace of Shijie and Zhao army going south.

People always substitute when thinking about something. Huan Wen heard that the Han army was good at fighting, but he didn't think the rumors were all right. Liu Yan had dealt with the enemy at the aristocratic family level before. He was also a bit opportunistic when dealing with the Shijie Zhao army of Deng Heng. When he looked at the combat effectiveness of the Han Army, he subconsciously thought that it was at most the same level as the Jin army. The Han Army had an advantage over the Jin army, that is, riding the army.

"Liu envoy will move the army tomorrow. Let's observe the combat effectiveness of the Han army?" Yuan Qiao thought for a moment and guessed: "Liu Sujun will try his best to capture Kaiyang and cut off the retreat of Zhao Jun in front?"

They talked late and fell asleep when they were tired. Such a move is very common for the two people. It should be said that only absolute close friends will fall asleep together. It can be seen that their friendship is really good.

The next day, before dawn, the bleak horn sounded in the military camp.

Huan Wen and Yuan Qiao opened their eyes almost at the same time. They helped each other dress and armor. When they opened the curtain and went out, they saw that the soldiers of the Han Army had lined up in the sound of the command, but they didn't know where to go.

"Did you have a good rest last night?"

A voice made Huan Wen and Yuan Qiao look around. They saw a tall and straight warrior. They wanted to remember that it was Liu Yan's personal guard captain. They just forgot their name.

LV Shaoyang said with a smile, "for fear of inconvenience, you are specially sent down to guide you."

In fact, Huanwen and Yuan Qiao are really not easy to call. Calling officials is not a system. Calling titles Huanwen is only a county man, but yuan Qiao is a rural Marquis, which can only be blurred.

Next, Yuan Qiao knew why the Han soldiers needed to line up after they got up. Why did they hold bamboo tubes and cloth towels when they lined up? It turned out to be a unified grooming.

With the special identities of Huan Wen and Yuan Qiao, they were certainly not in the same area as ordinary soldiers, but were taken to Liu Yan's location.

"It's unique." Yuan Qiao is talking about a long connected bamboo pipe. The bamboo pipe is opened and flows out of clean water. Under it, there is a sink to receive the water source. He looked at the soldiers standing on the left and right sides of the sink and said, "connect the water pipe into the camp to provide soldiers for grooming, so there is no need to draw water or let soldiers go to streams and other places."

Huan Wen noticed something else. He was surprised to find that ordinary soldiers of the Han Army had salt for washing their mouths. He couldn't help saying, "it's too extravagant."

No way. I don't know what toothpaste can be used to wash my mouth has been invented. Toothbrushes are easy to manufacture, but it's difficult to popularize. In the days when there were no toothbrushes and toothpaste, most ordinary people flushed repeatedly with a mouthful of "Gulu Gulu", even if they washed their mouth, they paid attention to some willow leaves, and the better conditions were to use special green salt.

Practically speaking, only aristocrats and wealthy families could afford green salt in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Huan Wen did not understand the actual situation of the Han Dynasty and felt that there was an absolute reason for luxury.

Liu Yan is brushing his teeth. Although he has a toothbrush, green salt is still available.

Huan Wen and Yuan Qiao were given a toothbrush. Fortunately, they just noticed how Liu Yan used it, or they would be blind.

Cleaning teeth with a toothbrush and fingers are absolutely different, which makes the two people who use a toothbrush for the first time immediately fall in love with this gadget. They asked what the toothbrush was made of. Liu Yan just smiled and didn't speak.

Yesterday, enough time had been wasted. Huan Wen was eager to get to the point directly with Liu Yan, so that he couldn't care about "food without words" when having breakfast together, but Liu Yan was always gossiping.

"Talk slowly on the way."

When Huan Wen heard Liu Yan say that, he subconsciously looked at Yuan Qiao.

There's nothing wrong. Liu Yan's army left for Kaiyang. Ju county is more than 200 miles away from Kaiyang. There are two Shijie Zhao Army garrison sites in Mou Township and Zhongqiu.

There are not many Shijie Zhao troops stationed in Mouxiang and Zhongqiu. The garrisons in both places have information about the killing of the Han army. Of course, they have to make necessary defense preparations. However, under the violent assault of 5000 Turkistan cavalry, the garrison points of the two Shijie Zhao troops with few garrisons were breached after a little resistance.

At present, the forward cavalry of the Han Army has arrived within 50 miles of Kaiyang, fighting and advancing with some cavalry of the Xuzhou army in Shijie, while the infantry troops of the Han Army in the rear move forward slowly under the attack of the cavalry of the Zhao army in Shijie.

Liu Yan didn't have to tell Huan Wen about the news.

In fact, it is not that Wang Luan is more powerful than Deng Heng in military use, but that Wang Luan has enough cavalry in his hands. Most of the cavalry of Xuzhou army are light cavalry. There is a fundamental difference between light cavalry and sudden cavalry or heavy cavalry. The war horses are relatively less delicate, that is to say, the cavalry in Wang Luan's hands can attack long-distance, unlike sudden cavalry and heavy cavalry, which can only attack short-distance.

Wang Luan's reaction was really fast, which was also related to the structure of the Xuzhou army itself. Xuzhou army can be regarded as an important branch of the Shijie Zhao army. They need to confront the Jin army for a long time, which is doomed to complete the organizational system and prepare for war. How can they react slowly if they have a fast enough command system?

Liu Yan led the headquarters to set out. Most of the nearly 40000 troops took carriages, which made Huan Wen's eyes almost red with envy.

The animal power of the small ~ Dynasty ~ court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty is extremely scarce, not to mention horses. In fact, the number of cattle is not enough to support farming. The army can only walk on the two legs of parents.

The most important test of soldiers marching is endurance and physical strength. It is difficult to enter the battlefield without slowing down after a long journey. In this way, having enough animal strength means that soldiers who save more physical strength can enter the battle earlier in a better state.

"Obey the orders of the riding general?" Liu Yan made a gesture of dumbfounded laughter. There was no cover up at all. He said, "you are only good at internal fighting. You only know how to pull each other's legs for war. Let me listen to the orders of the court from childhood?"

At that moment, Huan Wen's face became extremely gloomy, Yuan Qiao was stunned, and the other Jin people were so nervous that they held the weapon.

"King Yan and the governor of Liangzhou have agreed to obey the imperial court." Huan Wen pulled an ugly smile: "the Duke of the county spoke improperly."

"No." Liu Yan didn't want to beat around the Bush at all: "as far as I know, no matter what promises Zhang Liangguo made to Xiao ~ Chao ~ Ting, he said it in his mouth. In fact, Liang Wang (Zhang Jun) has joined forces with Li Min (ran min). What did Murong seal promise Xiao ~ Chao ~ Ting? Murong seal is fighting against Yuwen Xianbei. Next, he has to deal with Tuoba Xianbei and has no time to play with Xiao ~ Chao ~ ting."

"We can't go back?" Huan Wen is laughing? He just looked gloomy and could not see that he was worried about his life. He said, "the general is a little less generous and has too much courage."

"You have no idea what is going on north of the Yangtze River." Liu Yan looked at Huan Wen with great appreciation and ignored the Eastern Jin warriors who wanted to die and couldn't bear to draw out their weapons. He said, "after fleeing to the south of the Yangtze River, the country is not like the country. The aristocratic family controls the country's politics and is only good at fighting internally, but extremely incompetent externally. You've been an ostrich for too long, just burying your head in the soil, raising your ass and shivering..."

"No!" Huan Wen almost clenched his teeth: "at least... I'm not like that!"

Liu yanle nodded and said, "so I have two suggestions."