Chapter 159: Pre-War Planning
When they came to Jingjing Pass, Zhang Quan and his entourage were stunned by the broken Jingjing Pass, which is also the third pass of Taihang, shouldering the key road and the strategic location and its importance, it turned out to be dilapidated, this Han Fu is too little strategic vision, so it seems that the loss of Jizhou is not unjust at all. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the battle with Yuan Tan, it was mainly a military general, and there was no big battle. Jingjing Pass is important, Zhang Quan immediately ordered the public to organize the rush to repair and build the walled city, after fighting and reinforcing overnight, the Jingjing Pass Walled City has been basically formed, although there is no danger of Huguan, but it is also quite large-scale, in addition to the back of the Taihang Mountains, the whole Guancheng is a semicircle with a radius of two miles.
Well path close wall, high three zhang, thick five zhang, along the periphery of the deep trench and build, the watchtower, the parapet wall should be complete. There are three gates, and there are two walls behind it.
The innermost inner city is a large battalion with heavy troops, with a total strength of more than 23,000 people, including 10,000 main foot soldiers in Jinyang, 3,000 defenders in Zhan County, and 10,000 cavalry carefully built by Zhang Quan.
The military ranks of the Han Dynasty can be divided into Wu Chang - Shi Chang - Du Bo - Hundred Generals - Yamen General, Cavalry Governor, Ministry Qu Governor, etc. - Sima (Military Sima) - Du Wei (Cavalry Du Wei) - Captain (the five schools of the Northern Army are equivalent to the Central Army, and the five captains of the Southern Army are equivalent to the Central Garrison Department) - Zhonglang General (Wuguan, left, right, and Hu Ben Zhonglang will be similar to the five schools) - General Pi - partial general - General (such as General Wuwei, General Duliao, etc., the general general is outside the Liao at the beginning, and it will be sealed during the war and withdrawn after the war. - Four Expeditions, Four Towns, Front and Rear Left and Right Generals - Wei Generals - Hussars, Che Cavalry Generals - Great Generals.
The Eastern Han Dynasty military system has five people and a team, a captain, ten people and a chief, a team of fifty people, a captain, a hundred people and a tun, a tun chief, two hundred people and a song, a military marquis, a thousand people, and a Sima or school captain as the main Sima as the deputy. The part is the basic unit, 200 people per song, 1,000 people for the five songs, and the two-five system. The battalion establishment of the ministry is 5,000 people, and the second battalion is the army. The Shangdang Army also inherited this military system, and the two battalions of soldiers brought with it on this expedition. Each battalion is neatly equipped and fully staffed. Each battalion had five divisions, two of them for 2,000 crossbowmen, two for pikemen for 2,000 men, and one for sword and shield men. These infantry are trained separately in peacetime, but in wartime, they can also be mixed and grouped as needed to cooperate with each other.
In addition, the archers in the Shangdang army were each equipped with a stone hard bow, and thirty arrows were distributed, and the crossbowmen were dressed in light leather armor and had a steel knife hanging from their waists. He wears a cloth hat and a collar of the Red Han Army.
The configuration of the pikemen is different from that of the archers, because it is a melee soldier who rushes to the front, and the equipment of the archers is different, except for the same military uniform worn inside, the pikemen each wears a full-body wrought iron scale armor weighing about 20 catties, wears a pig iron helmet, and each person has a two-foot long fine iron point steel spear with a blood groove, and the left forearm holds a two-foot-wide cowhide wrapped iron and wood shield. Needless to say, the long knife on his waist weighed forty or fifty pounds when the whole set of equipment was combined.
The sword and shield soldiers also wore the same iron armor as the spearmen, the only difference was that they did not have spears, and the swords were held in their right hands, and in their left hand they held a five-foot-long and three-foot-wide iron-clad wooden plaque, which was also not light.
Just wearing such heavy equipment is already a very difficult thing for ordinary soldiers, and fighting in these things is even more impossible for ordinary people.
As the saying goes, people are iron and rice is steel, Zhang Quan has paid special attention to the food of soldiers since he took over the party, and he also took the route of elite soldiers, he was full of food, and he could be stained with meat every day.
Today, I am afraid that only Zhang Quanken treats the soldiers under his command so kindly, he eats and drinks well in the army, and is equipped with excellent equipment to protect his life on the battlefield, so the sergeants are full of enthusiasm for their work at ordinary times, and they do not spare their lives when they go into battle.
At this time, Zhang Quan, Changsun Sheng, Zhu Wu, Luo Tong, Gao Changgong, Niu Gao, Long And, Hua Rong and several other people gathered in the big tent, pushed the cup to change the lamp, drank to cheer up, and discussed the strategy of attacking Yuan Tan next.
Hua Mulan has not dared to show up in front of everyone since she was forcibly taken away by Zhang Quan in Shangai, let alone participate in the military meeting, Zhang Quan was also happy, and ordered a few maids to take care of Mulan's daily life, so that Zhang Quan could have fun in time, and everyone knew it and did not say anything.
"Hua Duwei is really powerful, he slashes Zhou Tong together, and he fights in Hebei General Wen Chou and does not fall behind." Niu Gao's face was black, Chacha's beard was stained with a little wine, and he was stuffing meat in large gulps, and he didn't forget Hua Rong, who had just joined the party army in Chen Zan.
"Hua Duwei is skilled in arching and horses, brave and good at fighting, congratulations to the lord for getting another general." Zhu Wu is not a pure literati, and he can also handle martial arts, so he admires this kind of martial arts general, and can't help but praise.
"Yan Liangwen is ugly Chen Xiong Hebei, his marksmanship is superb and powerful, Hua Duwei can fight with him for a long time, and the dragon admires it!" Long and Zhang Quan's strongest general, his admiration is better than countless praises.
With so many people praising her, Hua Rong's face was flushed and she couldn't sit still anymore, so she hurriedly bowed down and bowed to everyone, stood up, raised her wine glass, and said modestly: "Rong Wei's skills, the trust of the fortunate lord and the humility of your colleagues, I have the opportunity to show my strength, and I thank you for drinking this cup here!" Hua Rong said, looking around at the civil and military forces present, raising the wine glass with both hands and drinking it all.
Hua Rongshan befriended righteous people in the rivers and lakes, was humble, and cherished talents and loved talents; Be brave and brave, and be willing to go to the soup for your friends. And because he has an amazing good martial arts, he can shoot a good arrow, and can penetrate Yang in a hundred steps, and he is called the second general of the "Golden Gunner" Xu Ning on Liangshan. It's just that he followed the wrong lord, learned the death of Song Jiang and Li Kui, and felt that the traitorous ministers were in charge, and finally hanged himself in front of Song Jiang's tomb with Wu Yong, which is a pity, this time Hua Rong can shine, Zhang Quan is also very pleased, raised his glass and said: "Hua Duwei doesn't have to be modest, you are strong in martial arts, kill Zhou Tong, and the war is well deserved."
"Thank you for the compliment!" The lord praised it, Hua Rong's heart was warm, and he was busy clasping his fists to thank him.
"Okay, let's discuss the strategy of tomorrow's showdown against Yuan Tan!!" Zhang Quan said categorically.
"Lord, this article is ugly and brave, and the Yuan army is powerful, I am afraid that our army will win tomorrow." Zhu Wu's face was gloomy at this time, Yuan Shao IV and the Third Duke, there were many applicants, presumably his son Yuan Tan was also good, although he made a mistake for a while, it does not mean that it will always be like this, and there are fierce generals such as Wen Chou, and the hope of victory is far away.
"Commander Zhu's words are wrong, just a certain man has been captured, and the rest are all rats, when the army presses it, why worry about Yuan Jun not breaking!" Today's war failed to play, Long He had already held back his anger, and Zhu Wu was still here to raise the prestige of others to destroy his own ambition, how could Long He not be in a hurry.
"I don't know what Captain Long said, but now the elite of the Yuan army not only has fierce generals like Wen Chou, but also wise men like Feng Ji, and the terrain under the Jingjing Pass is not conducive to the development of cavalry." Zhu Wu continued, he is also a person who can write and martial arts, and what he said is true, and it is difficult for Long He to answer for a while.
"Lord, don't look at me, I, Luo Tong, just charge into battle, this plan is better to find someone else!" Seeing Zhang Quan's gaze sweeping towards him, Luo Tong said loudly, the terrain of Jingjing Pass stood on the city tower and had an unobstructed view, as long as the Yuan army firmly entrenched in the camp, the cavalry of the party committee with heavy responsibilities could not play any role at all, which gave Luo Tong a headache.
The well pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is also difficult to attack if you want to attack! For a while, Zhang Quan couldn't think of a good way to break the enemy.