Chapter 215: Reinforcements
Liu Chen finally recruited forty-two silver-robed brocade guards in Tangshan County, and three of them were among them, and the strength under Liu Chen's command suddenly surged. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
This is not the end, because the Han army suffered large casualties in this battle, especially the Praetorian Guard Battalion, so Liu Chen recruited soldiers on the spot, some veterans of a hundred battles and some martial arts people heard that it was Liu Chen's pro-army, they signed up for recruitment one by one, I have to say that in this Tangshan County, Liu Chen can be said to be famous in a war!
In three days, Liu Chen's Praetorian Guard Battalion has been reorganized, Situ Jiannan reported to Liu Chen like this, now the Praetorian Guard Battalion may be a little weaker than before, but it only needs a period of training, and the combat effectiveness is definitely several times higher than before.
The reason why the Praetorian Guard Camp has become so powerful is that there are more than three hundred ground-level masters who have joined the Praetorian Guard Battalion, and even there are seven or eight martial artists in the Acquired Realm, which makes the Praetorian Guard Camp stronger At the same time, it also makes Situ Jiannan under great pressure, after all, he is only the peak of the ground level now.
For this, Liu Chen is happy to see, as for Situ Jiannan's low strength, Liu Chen thought to himself, it's a big deal to go back and give Situ Jiannan and Xiahou Ying some guidance, and after they break through to the acquired realm, then give them the innate golden pill, and break through to the innate realm in one fell swoop, there should be no big problem.
Liu Chen didn't plan to sell the innate golden pill, although there were a lot of ten medium-grade yuan stones, but at this stage, for Liu Chen, who couldn't shoot at will, the strength of the generals under his command was important, otherwise, one by one, the generals would be assassinated, who else could Liu Chen rely on to lead the troops to fight?
Three days later, outside the north city of Tangshan County, a total of 40,000 troops were ready to go, the Janissary Battalion and the Marine Battalion under Liu Chen, more than 20,000 troops under Han Shizhong and the cavalry under Yang Rong, a total of 40,000, most of them were foot soldiers, and the number of cavalry was sharply reduced because of the previous battle, and then because of the search for war horses, it was re-formed, but even so, the cavalry today is not as many as before, only 6,000.
"Hou Ye, this time Tangshan County can be restored, it all depends on Hou Ye's help, and after we integrate the entire Tangshan County, we will be strong and wait for Hou Ye to send, if Hou Ye continues to lead the Northern Expedition, I am willing to be the vanguard!" Outside the city gate, Zhang Shuye, Xu Zhi and a cadre of generals were facing Liu Chen, and Zhang Shuye said with a fist at Liu Chen.
When Liu Chen heard this, he smiled and said: "You and I are both imperial generals, foreign enemies invade, defending the country is what our generals should do, but General Zhang, although Tangshan County has been recovered, but you still have a lot to do, borrow your auspicious words, I hope that when he leads the troops north to fight against Jin Liao, he can still fight side by side with General Zhang and others!" ”
Uncle Zhang bowed to Liu Chen again at night and said, "Don't worry, Hou Ye, we will definitely not let Hou Ye down, and the entire Tangshan County will also remember Hou Ye!" ”
Nodding, Liu Chen said: "It's not too early, let's set off, General Zhang, General Xu, Tangshan County is up to you!" ”
Zhang Shuye, Xu Zhi and the others were all stunned, bowed to Liu Chen, and said loudly: "Congratulations to Master Hou!" ”
Seeing this, Liu Chen did not hesitate, nodded to the generals of Han Shizhong, Yang Rong, Situ Jiannan and Xiahou Ying beside him, waved his hand, and said loudly: "The whole army is leaving!" ”
First, 2,000 cavalry in front, led by Yang Rong himself, as the vanguard of the whole army, then all the foot soldiers, and finally 4,000 cavalry led by Han Shizhong, the whole army of more than 40,000 people marched towards Yutian County, Liu Chen decided to return to Tianjin County from Yutian County, and march from Jixian County to Pinggu in Beiping County!
In fact, when Han Shizhong was preparing to aid Beiping before, he chose this road, but at that time it was vetoed by Liu Chen, because there were less than 30,000 people in total, and it was not a good idea to attack Beiping, and at that time there were still tens of thousands of enemy troops in Tangshan, once the battle was lost, Tianjin County would be in danger, so Liu Chen vetoed it, and chose to march from Ninghe County, first set Tangshan, and then save Beiping.
Now it's different from before, Tangshan County has been recovered, Tianjin County has Tangshan County as a barrier, don't worry too much, and now the army has a total of 40,000, which is much stronger than before.
They don't need to sneak into the army, if nothing else, the enemy army besieging Beiping County should have received the news of Tangshan County, the enemy must have some scruples, such an open and honest march can also play a deterrent role!
Finally, there is another one, this time to Beiping, the army is only 40,000, but there are more than 10,000 martial arts people, they did not join the army, but they are willing to obey Liu Chen's command and fight the enemy together, this force is not weak, in a certain sense, it is comparable to an army of 50,000.
It is still led by Tang Long, who has already taken the lead and turned into more than a dozen small-scale teams to enter Beiping, they are the real pioneers, and they will create a safe marching path for the army behind!
In just five days, Liu Chen led an army of 40,000 to return to Tianjin County, and arrived in Jixian County, at this moment, Liu Chen had received the news that the enemy army besieging Beiping had withdrawn, and was stationed in Pinggu first, intending to compete with them.
Upon learning of this news, Liu Chen decided to postpone the march of the troops, while sending people to constantly inquire about the news of the enemy army, and on the other hand, sending people to get in touch with the Beiping side, if possible, to unite the defenders of Beiping County to have a decisive battle with the enemy!
Hebei Province has only about 200,000 enemy troops, Tangshan County lost more than 40,000 people in the first battle, if the enemy army in Beiping County is also annihilated, the enemy army attacking Zhangjiakou will be frightened, and it will not be a problem to recover the two counties of Chengde and Qinhuangdao in Hebei in one fell swoop.
The army is stationed in Jixian County, and the newly recruited soldiers are just holding on to this time to step up training, at the same time, Han Shizhong is also transferring troops, and the news of the victory in Tangshan County in the First World War was transmitted back to Tianjin County, and Tianjin County was jubilant, many young people originally thought they were afraid and did not want to be soldiers, but now they are enthusiastically joining the army one by one, knowing this phenomenon, Han Shizhong is also happy to shut up.
Han Shizhong decided to recruit soldiers on a large scale, and at the same time, all the other army forces were transferred to Jixian County, as for the place that originally needed to be stationed, only some officers were left to garrison, of course, they were not alone, because they still had a group of recruits in their hands.
If it was before, Han Shizhong would never dare to do this, but now it is different, there is no danger in Tianjin County for the time being, and there will not be too many problems with new soldiers to garrison, so that the army of Jixian County has increased again, reaching more than 55,000 people!
On this day, Liu Chen was patrolling the camp of the Praetorian Guard Camp, and on the way, he saw Situ Jiannan walking towards Liu Chen with a happy face.
Slightly curious, Liu Chen said, "Why is General Situ so happy? ”
Hearing this, Situ Jiannan hugged his fist at Liu Chen, and said with a smile: "Lord, great joy, the Intelligence Bureau Feiyan has passed the book, there are a total of thirty warships in Weihai County, a total of 35,000 land and water troops have arrived on Miaodao, and they will arrive in Tianjin in about 20 days!" (To be continued.) )