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Chapter 253 The Xiao~chao~ting Who Can't Recognize Reality Clearly

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

Huan Wen didn't answer Yuan Qiao's words.He thinks that is a very clear thing, whether it is Jin or Han, the biggest enemy at present is Shijie Zhao, so no matter what kind of mess there is, it will not be put on the table.

The Han army looks very strong, not only the armor and equipment are excellent, but the soldiers seem to have perfect drills, and each of them can see that they have experienced battle formation.

There are war-tested and non-war-tested armies, and it is absolutely impossible to generalize.In fact, although the Jin army is not as gorgeous as the Han army in terms of armor and equipment, it is not bad at all. At least every soldier can have a metal weapon, unlike the Hu people who have hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn. Most carry a wooden stick to count.

"For us now, the problem of how to persuade Liu Shijun to attack first no longer exists." Huan Wen said that during the day, the Han army marched from the main camp.He closed his eyes as if thinking about something, and asked, "Uncle Yan, where do you think Liu Shijun's troops that set out during the day are headed?"

Uncle Yan is Yuan Qiao's nickname. He thought for a while and said, "It should be going to Langye. Based on Liu Shijun's combat habits before, maybe he is going to directly attack Kaiyang?"

Langye County was formerly the Langye Kingdom. It was converted into a county during the Han Dynasty of the Xiongnu Liu clan. It had quite a few counties under its jurisdiction, but nowadays most of them are actually abandoned.

"Wang Luan stationed troops in Yangdu and Kaiyang of Langye respectively. Yangdu is the frontier town for guarding against Dong'an County, while Kaiyang is the capital of Langya County." Jun's habit of using troops to attack Kaiyang directly is not surprising."

Hu people's generals seldom fight in a systematic and planned way, 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. Knowing who they are going to deal with, they will definitely collect as much information as possible, study their character and habits, so that they can know themselves and the enemy and win a hundred battles.

The Han army attacked Kaiyang?As the capital of Langye, Kaiyang's city defense facilities appear dilapidated according to the intelligence, which is due to the policy of the Hu regime, but Wang Luan first stationed more than [-] troops in Yangdu, and then stationed [-] troops in Kaiyang. Huan Wen thought about it for a while Given the number of Han troops marching during the day, it is doubtful that it would be meaningful for only about [-] Han troops to attack Kaiyang.

That's right, the Eastern Jin Dynasty's small~chao~ting did not stop fighting between Shijie and Zhao Guo. It should be said that the two sides have not fought many small battles for a long time. There were victories and losses in the battles, and the battle of more than tens of thousands of people was basically the Jin army's heavy losses to resist the pace of Shijie Zhao's southward march.

People always make substitutions when they think about something. Huan Wen heard that the Han army can fight well, but he didn't think the rumors were all true. Liu Yan had only dealt with enemies at the family level before. Zhao Jun's victory was also a bit opportunistic.When he looked at the combat power of the Han army, he subconsciously believed that it was at most the same level as the Jin army, and that the Han army had an advantage over the Jin army was the cavalry.

"Tomorrow, Shijun Liu will relocate the army, and then we can observe the combat power of the Han army?" Yuan Qiao thought for a while and then guessed: "Shijun Liu will attack Kaiyang with all his strength and cut off the retreat of the Zhao army in front?"

The two talked until late, and fell asleep together when they were tired.This kind of behavior is very common for two people. What I want to say is that only absolute close friends will sleep together. It can be seen that the friendship between the two is really good.

The next day, before dawn, the barracks sounded desolate horns.

Huan Wenwen and Yuan Qiao opened their eyes almost at the same time. They helped each other get dressed and armored. When they opened the curtain and walked out, they saw soldiers of the Han army lined up amidst the sound of passwords. where to go.

"Did you two rest well last night?"

A voice made Huan Wenwen and Yuan Qiao turn their heads and saw a tall and straight warrior. After thinking about it, he remembered that it was Liu Yan's personal guard captain, but he forgot his name.

Lu Shaoyang said with a smile: "Your Majesty is afraid of inconvenience to you two, so I sent you here to guide you."

In fact, Huan Wenwen and Yuan Qiao are really not very easy to address. It is not a system to call officials.

It was only then that Wen Wen and Yuan Qiao realized why the soldiers of the Han army had to line up after getting up, and why they were holding bamboo tubes and cloth towels when queuing up. It turned out that they were for uniform grooming.

With Huan Wenwen and Yuan Qiao's special identities, they were definitely not in the same area as ordinary soldiers, but were brought to Liu Yan's location.

"It's unique." What Yuan Qiao was talking about was a long bamboo tube that was connected. The bamboo tube was opened to let clear water flow out, and there was a sink below to receive the water source.He looked at the soldiers standing on the left and right sides of the sink for freshening up, and said: "Connect the water pipes into the camp for the soldiers to freshen up, so that there is no need to fetch water or send the soldiers to streams and other places."

What Huan Wen paid attention to was 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, the toothpaste that can be used to freshen the mouth has not yet been invented, and the toothbrush is easy to manufacture, but it is difficult to popularize it.In the era when there was no toothbrush and toothpaste, most ordinary people took a sip of water and "gurgled" repeatedly to clean their mouths. If they were more particular, they would use willow leaves, and if they had better conditions, they would use special green salt.

To be honest, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, only nobles and wealthy families could afford green salt. Huan Wen didn't know the actual situation in the Han Dynasty, so he felt that there was an absolute reason for the luxury.

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

Both Huan Wenwen and Yuan Qiao were given a toothbrush. Fortunately, they paid attention to how Liu Yan used it just now, otherwise they would be caught blind.

Using a toothbrush and using your fingers to clean your teeth are definitely two different things, making two people who use a toothbrush for the first time fall in love with this gadget immediately.They asked what the toothbrush was made of, but Liu Yan just smiled and said nothing.

Enough time was wasted yesterday, Huan Wen was so eager to get straight to the point with Liu Yan that he didn't care about "eating without talking" when they had breakfast together, but Liu Yan kept rambling.

"Let's talk slowly on the way."

When Huan Wen heard what Liu Yan said, he subconsciously looked at Yuan Qiao.

That's right, Liu Yan sent his troops to Kaiyang before. Juxian County is more than two hundred miles away from Kaiyang, and there are two Shijie Zhao army garrison points in Mouxiang and Zhongqiu in the middle.

There are not many Zhao troops stationed in Shijie in Mouxiang and Zhongqiu. The garrisons in both places have detected the information that the Han army has killed them. Of course, they have made the necessary defensive preparations. There are not many troops stationed in Shijie, and the troops stationed by the Zhao army in Shijie are breached with a little resistance.

At present, the vanguard cavalry of the Han army has arrived within fifty miles of Kaiyang, fighting with some cavalry of the Xuzhou army in Shijie while advancing, while the infantry troops of the Han army in the rear are slowly advancing under the harassment of the cavalry of the Zhao army in Shijie. .

There was no need for Liu Yan to tell Huan Wen about those news.

In fact, it wasn't that Wang Luan was better than Deng Heng in using troops, but that Wang Luan had enough cavalry in his hands.Most of the cavalry in the Xuzhou Army are light cavalry, which is fundamentally different from assault cavalry or armored heavy cavalry. The horses are relatively less delicate. Equipped and heavy cavalry can only attack short distances.

Wang Luan's reaction was really fast, which was also related to the structure of the Xuzhou Army itself.The Xuzhou Army can be regarded as a relatively important branch of the Zhao Army in Shijie. They have to fight against the Jin Army for a long time, and they are doomed to have a complete organizational system and preparation for war. With a command system that is fast enough, how can the response be slow?

Liu Yan led the headquarters to set off, and most of the nearly [-] troops traveled in carriages. This situation made Huan Wen almost red-eyed with envy.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was an exceptional lack of animal power, not to mention horses, but even the number of cattle was not enough to support farming, and the army basically had to rely on the two legs of their parents to walk when they marched.

The most important thing for soldiers to march is endurance and physical strength. After a long journey, it is difficult to enter the battlefield without slowing down. In this way, having enough animal power means that soldiers who save more energy can enter the battle earlier in a better state.

"To obey General Cheqi?" Liu Yan made a dumbfounded smile without any cover-up, and said, "You are only good at infighting, and you only know how to hold each other back when it comes to war. ~Ting's order?"

At that moment, Huan Wen's face became extremely gloomy, Yuan Qiao was taken aback, and the other people from the Jin Kingdom held their weapons nervously.

"The King of Yan and the Inspector of Liangzhou have agreed to obey the imperial court's dispatch." Huan Wen made an ugly smile: "The Duke's words are a bit inappropriate."

"No." Liu Yan didn't want to go around at all: "As far as I know, no matter what promises Zhang's Liangguo made to Xiao~chao~ting, they just talked about it. In fact, King Liang (Zhang Jun) has already made a deal with Li Min (Ran Min) joined forces. What did Murong Hao promise Xiao~chao~ting? Murong Hao is attacking Yuwen Xianbei, and the next step is to deal with Tuoba Xianbei, so he has no time to play with Xiao~chao~ting."

"We can't go back?" Huan Wen is actually laughing?He just looked gloomy, and he didn't seem to be worried about his own life. He said: "The general is a little less tolerant, he is too courageous."

"You don't know what's going on north of the Yangtze River at all." Liu Yan looked at Huan Wen with admiration, ignoring those Eastern Jin warriors who wanted to die and couldn't bear to draw their weapons, and said, "After fleeing to the south of the Yangtze River in embarrassment, The country is not like a country. The aristocratic family is only good at fighting internally while controlling the state affairs, but it is extremely incompetent externally. You have been ostriches for too long, and you only care about burying your heads in the soil and shaking your buttocks..."

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

Liu Yan laughed, nodded and said: "So, I have two proposals."

(End of this chapter)