I heard that it was a strict order from the commander of a thousand people, and all the sergeants and soldiers did not follow it. The soldiers put on their armor and went out of the tent to assemble. Then I took it to the room and had breakfast in a hurry. Then they returned to the camp and prepared their weapons. Some of the non-commissioned officers, under the leadership of their respective officers, went to the granaries of the arsenal one after another and began to prepare to transport grain and grass for the army.

More than half an hour later, from the arsenal and granary, several baggage teams pushing small carts drove out. They each carried military rations and grass, lined up in a long line, and left the camp and headed straight for Jincheng County.

Subsequently, the non-commissioned officers of all parts of the battalion lined up one after another. Under the leadership of Li Yanzhao, the cavalry battalion brought out almost all the mules and horses in the stable.

Each of the horsemen in the camp had one horse, and the rest of the horses were driven by Liu Jiwu's subordinate Cao Jian's team of soldiers. Empty mules and horses were also loaded with horse feed packed in cloth bags. After the shooting sound battalion lined up in a neat queue and was led out of the camp by Commander Sun Jianxiong, the cavalry battalion followed, and more than 300 cavalry soldiers rode out of the camp gate.

Zhao Chengzhi's infantry battalion was in the rear. Now among the three battalions, it is the infantry battalion with the best style and military discipline. Zhao Chengzhi did not smile. Although they also protect the calves, the distance between them and the soldiers seems to be a little estranged. The soldiers respected and feared him, but they were rarely close to him.

And Li Yanzhao is usually approachable, no matter who greets him, he nods in return. It's quite intimate. And for his subordinates, meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and faults will be punished. However, compared to Pang Sima's military punishment of cutting off his hands and feet at every turn, Li Yanzhao's punishment can be said to be tickling.

And Sun Jianxiong belongs to the kind of relatively mediocre, but barely able to hold the formation.

The drill of the shooting battalion is reasonable, and everything in the rest of the camp is reasonable. However, Sun Jianxiong, whether it is his personality charm, his ability to lead soldiers, or his sense of smell on the battlefield, is slightly inferior to Zhao Chengzhi and Li Yanzhao.

Li Yanzhao rode through the long line on horseback, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that his men were coming out from all directions, acting as guards and sentinels. This behavior has long become a habit, deeply rooted in the consciousness of the horsemen, and has become an inseparable part of them.

Therefore, even if they are still in Liangzhou, these cavalry soldiers are still following this. After all, take precautions and prevent accidents. No one can be sure that in this dire situation, there is no place that can be safe.

Before leaving, Li Yanzhao sent the iron armor that had been stored in the arsenal before, as well as the 100 iron armors allocated by the county government to the cavalry battalion this time, to his subordinates. Therefore, so far, half of the strong cavalry in the Guangwu cavalry camp have put on double armor.

The slightly heavy sleeve armor was put on, but the soldiers did not feel cumbersome, but all of them had a look of peace of mind on their faces. Think about it, too, indeed. Wearing this iron armor, the torso is basically immune to the bows and arrows of the Huns. That's why these soldiers can feel so reassured.

The camp of the Guangwu Army traveled more than 80 miles to the south, and it was the camp on the north bank of Jincheng County. Because Han Pu was ordered to go forward and lead 8,000 elites to Jicheng, now Jincheng County and the camp on the north shore are only more than 3,000 people left.

In Li Yanzhao's concept, this defense system would require at least 8,000 people to fully play its role. However, now the county soldiers on his side, plus the county soldiers of Jincheng County, together with the elite of the state governance left by Han Pu in Jincheng, are only about 7,000 people. And there is no relatively unified command.

The Jincheng Army was under the command of Zhang Lang, the Taishou of Jincheng, the Guangwu Army was under the command of Du Jie, the thousand-man governor of Guangwu, and the elite of the state governance that remained was under the command of Han Pu's nephew Han Ning. The division of command and responsibilities of various departments has made Li Yanzhao feel that his head is big.

Jincheng County is still easy to say, Li Yanzhao estimates that if the war spreads to the front line of Jincheng, the pressure on Jincheng County should be the smallest. The terrain of Jincheng County is surrounded by mountains on both sides and water on the other. If the enemy wants to attack, the only way to attack is to attack one side.

Nowadays, the city wall of Jincheng County has been heightened to more than three zhang high. As long as the defending army is not stupid, it will not be a problem to hold on. If the enemy army wants to conquer Jincheng, it can only repeatedly attack on one side, paying several times the price of the defenders, or it may be expected to conquer Jincheng.

However, if you want to defend this camp on the north bank of Jincheng, it must be much more difficult.

This village does not have the towering camp wall of Jincheng County. And it's logging again. Although the two camp walls are filled with sand, if the enemy forces attack several times, it is really difficult to say whether this camp can be defended or not.

If there is a commander with a unified order, between Jincheng County on the south bank and the camp on the north bank, there can be support back and forth through pontoon bridges, then the defense will be much easier. However, with many orders and poor mobilization, Li Yanzhao really didn't dare to count on those friendly troops.

However, with the military strength of the Guangwu Army of more than 2,000 people, when facing the siege of superior enemy forces, this camp could not be defended.

Although it is not clear that the prince of the palace immediately mobilized the Guangwu army to rush to this place, Li Yanzhao also understood that Jicheng and Sangbi, which were two hundred miles away, were all stationed in the elite of Liangzhou. Therefore, Liu Zhao would never easily capture these two cities. It's just that Di Dao is in the hands of the enemy at this time, and Liangzhou's support, whether it is materials or troops, will never bypass Di Dao.

However, whether to send troops to rescue the two places, this decision is to wait for the state governor Zhang Zhijun to make it. Regardless of the final decision, it will be a difficult decision.

From a distance, Li Yanzhao had already seen that the gate of the camp on the north bank of Jincheng had been opened, and the carts that his army had taken the lead in escorting ordnance, grain and grass had already lined up and entered the camp one after another.

Due to the obstruction of the carts, the speed of the team slowed down a lot in an instant. Li Yanzhao looked up, and Sun Jianxiong's shooting camp in front of him was divided into two columns, and the camps were slowly entered from both sides of those carts. The soldiers are armed with crossbows, with swords hanging from their waists, and their steps are neat, and they are also quite elite.

At this time, the gate of the camp was only half open. Seeing this, Sun Jianxiong stepped forward to negotiate with the other party's goalkeeper, and the two camp gates were opened.

When the camp gate is wide open, two carts can travel side by side, and two rows of soldiers on each side can be accommodated in it. In this way, the speed of the Guangwu army entering the camp is indeed much faster. After another quarter of an hour, the two thousand soldiers had all entered the camp on the north bank of Jincheng County.

As soon as Li Yanzhao's cavalry entered the camp, he was invited to the Chinese army by a general. Li Yanzhao did as he said, led his subordinates to more than 300 cavalry, and after each dismounted, he led his horse to the Chinese army.

Li Yanzhao originally thought that the commander of these Liangzhou elites who were still stationed in the camp at this time would be an older veteran of a hundred battles. However, when he arrived at the big tent of the Chinese army, he saw a group of elite guards all dressed in iron armor and standing with halberds standing in two rows, and in the middle was a young general with a helmet and armor, looking at him with a smile.

These guards stood tall with their waists straight, their heads held high, and between their expectations, there was already an inexplicable awe-inspiring murderous aura emanating from their bodies. Seeing this, Li Yanzhao couldn't help lowering his eyelids slightly. In my heart, I felt that these soldiers under my command, even if they had practiced hard for a year, they were still not much inferior to the elite of these state governance in front of me.

The young general was Han Pu's nephew Han Ning. When he saw Li Yanzhao's gesture, he seemed to see what he was thinking, stepped forward to greet Li Yanzhao, and then said with a smile: "These guards are all brave men who followed my uncle to fight in the east and west. After a long battle, with momentum, it is really extraordinary. ”

Li Yanzhao was secretly frightened by these gaps, but when he heard Han Ning's introduction, he was a little relieved.

It turned out that these guards were actually battle-hardened soldiers. In this way, such a gap becomes less unacceptable.

Li Yanzhao hugged his fists at Han Ning and bowed, but said: "The last general will see that these strong men are all superior. I can't help but sigh in my heart, if the sergeants in our state have this style, entering the customs is just around the corner. Why do you have a problem with Hu Xuan? ”