Duyang City is only a county seat under the rule of Feicheng, a satellite city, the scale is only equivalent to the city fortress, the city is very small, and before the Jin army attacked Feicheng last year, the Xian army defended Duyang, and Han He also wasted a lot of effort to capture Duyang, so the current Duyang City is dilapidated, it is difficult to hold on for a long time, and can only be used to contain the Xian army.

The Chinese army is placed in the city, the huge Chinese army is difficult to deploy, once the city is broken, Han He's own life is in danger, when the city is broken, it is the time when the Jin army is broken, so Han He will never put the Chinese army in the city.

If the Chinese army is placed outside the city, it will be a thorny problem. He was repeatedly defeated by the Xian army, and Han He would never let him fight at the decisive moment, but could only order him to garrison the Chinese army to avoid dying in battle.

Lost Feicheng before, Han He had already missed the fighter, if Ji Chang died again, the Jin army would be defeated, and he Han He would inevitably die if he took the blame.

In the next few days, the Xian army repaired in Xiaosui, and the grain and grass transported out of Feicheng one after another relieved the urgent needs of the army, and the morale was quickly restored. After all, if you have food in your hands, you won't panic in your heart.

Because the Marquis of Ding Yang was trapped and frightened, more than 23,000 people were killed and wounded in the confrontation with Han He, and there should have been 125,000 people after the combined army, but now it is only more than 100,000, even if more than 6,000 people with minor injuries have been replenished one after another, so there are only 110,000.

For this reason, the Marquis of Ding Yang transferred 5,000 people from Yin Yangcheng, leaving only 3,000 people to help defend Yin Yangcheng. 5,000 were drawn from the 10,000 defenders of Feicheng, a total of 10,000 people quickly joined the army, and so on barely 120,000 people.

As for the Han He army, after three battles of shocking Sui, Feicheng, and sneak attack, it was reduced to more than 83,000 people, plus the thousands of men and horses held by Du Yang, less than 90,000, although it is more than 30,000 people less than the Xian army, but the combat effectiveness is one head higher than the Xian army, plus the advantage of cavalry and Duyang City, the combat effectiveness is afraid to be above the Xian army.

It was probably the fifth day after Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) was imprisoned, he was released from the cage, and the final punishment of Ding Yanghou was to send him to the former army to fill the army, which was probably the result of Zhao Xun's compromise. But it's a hundred times better than losing your head, and it's better than losing your life.

Leaving the baggage camp, Bai Liyan was taken to Zhao Xun's camp, although he was assigned to the front army, he was still under Zhao Xun's command, but if he wanted to turn over, he was afraid that it was impossible.

"General Zhao." Bailiyan gave a deep salute and was very grateful.

"Well, come and sit."

Zhao Xun arrived at the bowl of water and sent it to Bailiyan:

"Marquis Ding Yang sent you to join the army, and General Ben has no choice, and sending you to the army is the lightest punishment."

"I know it below. It's just that after this battle, I want to return to my hometown, but I want the general to be fulfilled. ”

Zhao Xun looked at Bailiyan and was reluctant in his heart. But he also knew that after this battle, he would have to return to the capital to take up his post, and if Bailiyan was included in the shogunate, the Marquis of Ding Yang would be his enemy in the future.

"Okay. I have transferred you to the command of Yao Sheng, the governor of Zuodu, and I wanted to make you a centurion, but the Marquis of Ding Yang did not allow it, so I could only make you a soldier, thinking that the Marquis of Ding Yang still wanted to put you to death. However, I have ordered Yao Sheng to take care of you, and you are familiar with Yao Sheng, so you will not lose. ”

"Thank you, General, for arranging it." Bailiyan gave another salute, and there was a little more respect in her heart.

Yao Sheng was previously the commander of Wei Dan, and was later sent by Wei Dan to Yin Yangcheng for reinforcements, after Zhao Xun entered the city, the two sides cooperated a lot, and Yao Sheng was also incorporated into Zhao Xun's department, but after so many years of fighting, there was a serious lack of generals, Yao Sheng had meritorious service in guarding Yin Yangcheng, and it was logical to be promoted from the commander to the governor of Zuo.

And Zhao Xun was the governor of the capital before, but there was only one right governor Zhong Heng under his lineage, and now he has the system of the general of Zhendong.

After a long talk with Zhao Xun, Bai Liyan went to the front army.

Since Yin Yang and Feicheng each had 5,000 men and horses still on the road, the army still needed to be repaired for a few days. Zhao Xun also did not talk about the deployment of the Jin army. Looking at it this way, Zhao Xun was also worried that if he said anything more, he would be taken by Ding Yanghou, and no matter how strong he was, he was afraid that it would be difficult to keep Bailiyan.

walked all the way to the front army, found Yao Sheng's military tent, the soldiers who guarded the military tent all knew each other, and as soon as they met, they greeted Bailiyan:

"Colonel, what kind of wind blew you here?"

Bailiyan arched her hand, very calmly:

"A few eldest brothers, who are no longer school soldiers, were sent by the Marquis of Ding Yang to serve under General Yao Sheng to serve in the army, and they also bothered a few people."

Hearing the news, the soldiers were quite surprised, and immediately reported the news to Yao Sheng, and after a while, Yao Sheng came to the tent and said with a slight salute:

"I've seen the Colonel."

Bai Liyan waved his hand with a bitter face:

"I am no longer a school soldier, and General Yao doesn't have to be like this. General Zhao ordered to come to the next to replenish the army, and also asked General Yao to provide convenience. ”

"General Zhao informed General Yu of this matter. Just ......"

Yao Sheng's face was embarrassed, and Bai Liyan knew that there must be a situation:

"General, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"It's just that the general's headquarters were originally stationed in Yin Yangcheng, commanded by General Zhong Heng, and they are still on the road at the moment. The generals are all recruits, except for a few centurions and commanders, the middle and lower military attaches and soldiers are all recruits. Although General Zhao ordered the last general, it was really difficult to arrange the colonel soldier more thoughtfully. ”

Bai Liyan was surprised when she heard the news, and hurriedly asked:

"How can the former army be all new soldiers, but the old army?"

"He was transferred to the Chinese army by the Marquis of Dingyang, so there are not many veterans in the front army."

It can be seen that Yao Sheng is worried that the front army is so arranged, and he is afraid that the first battle will not be beneficial.

Normally, the number of former troops is only 15 to 20 percent of the army. The Chinese army accounts for more than 40 percent of the troops, and the Chinese army has both the left and the right armies, so the strength of the army is the largest. The strength of the former army was also supplemented and increased by the Chinese army.

As the leader of the army, the first battle of the front army is of great significance, even if the troops are not strong, there should be a strong offensive force. At present, the elite coefficient of the front army is transferred to the Chinese army, and all of them are new recruits, which means that the front army has become cannon fodder.

If it is just cannon fodder, it goes without saying that Xianguo has been fighting wars for many years, and the source of troops has been seriously depleted, and most of the soldiers are forced to serve in the army, and there are generally not many young and middle-aged people under the age of 18, above 40, and under 40.

On the other hand, the Jin army is all in the prime of life, and the new army also has it, but the proportion is less than 30%, and the age of the new army is mainly young and middle-aged people between the ages of 16 and 25. On the contrary, seventy percent of the Xian army were recruits, all of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled.

Now the Marquis of Ding Yang has dispatched strong troops to concentrate on the Chinese army, and let the old, weak, sick and disabled take the lead, according to this way of fighting, that is, if the battle is won, the vitality of the Xianguo will also be exhausted.

Man is always the root of war and all forces, and without people, everything is empty talk. If all the men are gone, the women can only make chickens for the Jin Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Bai Liyan didn't say anything more.

He also knew that it was useless to say it himself. I don't need to worry about it, when this battle is over, no matter whether I win or lose, I will find a place to open a medical center to live. What military affairs, what ambitions, killing and killing, are all to satisfy the selfish desires of the ruler.

All the way to the army with Yao Sheng, except for a few commanders, the others were newly transferred military attachés, Yao Sheng didn't know him, let alone Bai Liyan. In the end, he was placed under a centurion named Jiang Zhan.

Jiang Zhan is not very old, that is, about twenty-five years old, and he does not have much beard on his face, but he looks more like a middle-aged man in his early thirties.

Jiang Zhan was a military commander before, in fact, most civilians can do it is already very good, the centurion has always been the backbone of the army, mostly about thirty, or twenty-seven or eighteen years old, generally promoted by lower-level veterans, twenty-five years old to sit as a centurion, not to say that it is a common phenomenon, but it also accounts for more than 20% of the number of centurions.

At present, there is a serious shortage of experienced military attachés, and Jiang Zhan took the lead in bringing four people into the city from the south gate in the battle of Feicheng, and he was promoted from the commander of the army to the centurion.

"Jiang Zhan, Wei Xian is General Zhao's confidant, because he angered the Marquis of Ding Yang, he was demoted to the army as a pawn, you can't neglect him because of this, you know."

"My subordinates understand."

After giving instructions to Jiang Zhan, Yao Sheng turned to Bailiyan:

"Wei Xian, Jiang Zhan is one of the few warriors among the centurions, and you will not be embarrassed if you are under him."

"General Xie Yao. It's just that I hope to get back my sword and spear, and I don't know if the general can make it easier. ”

"With a gesture, it will be brought to you in a moment."

"Thank you, General Yao."

Baili Yan gave a deep salute, Yao Sheng asked Jiang Zhan some more military affairs, and then left the camp.

After Yao Sheng left, Jiang Zhan carefully looked up and down at the young man in front of him who was a little taller than him:

"How old are you?"

"In the sixteenth of this year, a native of Qiguo, he has been in the Jin Kingdom for several years."

Jiang Zhan seemed to be very surprised, and his eyes widened:

"Qiren? Why did the Qi people come to Xianguo to fill the army?

"You guys got it."

"You can see how you behave, you have read the book."

"Back to the centurion, read it for a few years."

"Then you're going to be able to punch and kick."

Obviously, Jiang Zhan could see that Bai Liyan was sixteen years old and taller and stronger than him, and he should obviously have practiced boxing and kicking.

"Yes, I've practiced some front feet since I was a child, and I'm good at gunnery."

"Then you are so dignified, how did you offend Marquis Dingyang."

"It's about military aircraft, and it's hard to explain it below."

"Well, come with me."

followed Jiang Zhan all the way to the camp, and on the way, he asked a lot of questions and said a lot.

Jiang Zhan, the centurion, is not satisfied with the staff at the moment, and there are only seventy-six people under his command.

A centurion has ten chiefs, each of whom has ten men, and each of them has two soldiers, and each of them has five men.

There is a corps commander and four soldiers. The other Wu has only four people, but including the chief, this Wu is five people, so one Shi is ten people. And a centurion has a full number of one hundred and one people.

Jiang Zhan, the centurion, only seventy-six people, including himself, and only seventy-eight with Bailiyan.

There were only three people who were finally arranged into the Wu by Bailiyan, the chief of the Wu was an old man who was fifty-one, Zhusheng, the other two were only sixteen, named Ma Ping, and the other was called "Xiao", who had no surname and was only fifteen, all of whom were old, weak, sick and disabled.

"Zhusheng, this is the henchman arranged by General Zhao, who was sent to the army for violating military law, and you are good to take care of it."

Zhusheng squatted on the ground and looked up at Bailiyan, took Jiang Zhan's words and said:

"General Zhao, which General Zhao?"

"General Zhao Xun of Zhendong, General Zhao."

Zhusheng tilted his head disdainfully and said:

"It's all here to fill the army, and it's too short to live, sooner or later it's a death, how to take care of it."

"I can't control this, in short, it's a military order ordered by General Yao Sheng, you can do it."

After that, leaving Baili Yan, Jiang Zhan is gone. Zhusheng stood up from the ground, and Ma Ping and Xiao surrounded Bailiyan.

"Look at your bookish face, I think you are a big official next to the general." Zhusheng asked, coughing badly between words, because he should be old and his lung function can't keep up.

"It's not an official, just a school soldier."

"Varsity? What is a school soldier, how come the old man has never heard of it, Ma Ping, have you heard of it? ”

Zhusheng asked Ma Ping, who had a childish face, and Ma Ping shook his head:

"I haven't heard of it, but Brother Wei, you can read."

Bai Liyan looked at this Ma Ping, who was more than half a head shorter than himself, and his face was childish, he was just a child in modern society.

"Knowing a little bit, what, you want to read?"

"Yes, my father said that if I knew how to read, I wouldn't be able to fill the army on the battlefield, and I could use it under the general's account, Brother Wei must be literate to be appreciated by General Zhao."

Ma Ping opened his mouth and closed his mouth to be "Brother Wei", obviously in his eyes, Bailiyan should be eighteen or nineteen, in fact, Bailiyan is only sixteen years old, it's just that his thinking transcends time and space.

The three of them asked a lot of questions in a row, all of which Jiang Zhan had asked before.

But the one who has no surname, is called "Xiao", his face is delicate and immature, he looks skinny and weak, and he is shorter than Ma Ping, as if the wind can blow him down.

But there was a bronze short sword hanging on his chest that was incompatible with it, and he didn't speak much, always staring at Bailiyan with watery eyes.

"Your name is Xiao."

Bai Liyan asked him, Xiao nodded, and said softly:

"Hmm."

At this time, Zhusheng said:

"He's only fifteen, he hasn't seen much of the market, and the last time he hit Feicheng, he was almost trampled to death by his own horses."

"yes, he's too small."

"Alas......" Zhusheng sighed again, sat back on the ground and said: "He's not too young, even the thirteen dolls in our village have been filled with the army, and if we continue to fight like this, I'm afraid that no one in our Xianguo will be vaccinated." ”

Zhu was pessimistic, he, Ma Ping, and Xiao were all forcibly conscripted soldiers from villages in different counties, and they only practiced for two months after being conscripted before crossing the river. The recruits who crossed the river with Ding Yanghou were all over the age of 15, and many of the recruits who stayed on the mainland accounted for the majority of those under the age of 16.

It is said that registration begins at the age of 14, and the minimum conscription can only be conscripted into the army or forced labor by people over 16 years old, of which 16 years old is not counted, that is, 17 years old can be conscripted. In fact, the Xianguo war has been going on for many years, and there are many adult casualties, and even if they can survive until after the war, most of them are disabled.