"Where is little Henry's army?" In the barracks, Hu Yanqing asked Grus in the tent with a calm face, before Little Henry took advantage of the opportunity that Condela was seized by Zhao Jia to raise troops to invade the south, at this time the generals under Condra were also panicked, so for a while they were beaten back again and again by Little Henry's army, and a large area of land was occupied by Little Henry, but Zhao Jia and Hu Yanqing quickly reacted, after stabilizing the situation in Rome, Hu Yanqing personally led the army north to meet the enemy, and now the two armies are not far apart, and a big war will break out at any time.

"General Qiyu, little Henry's army is a hundred miles to the northeast, and it is moving rapidly towards our army, it is estimated that it will meet our army by tomorrow morning at the latest!" At this time, Gruth also replied immediately.

This time, Hu Yanqing sent troops to meet the enemy, and his army was divided into two parts, of which the core force was naturally from the Great Song Dynasty soldiers who came with the ship, this part of the army had a total of 20,000 people, except for 5,000 people who were left in Rome to protect Zhao Jia's safety and maintain order in Rome, the remaining 15,000 people were all taken by Hu Yanqing.

In addition to these core Song troops, there are also a considerable number of local armies in Europe, some of these armies are the Roman papal army, some are the army under the integrated Condra, and a considerable part of them are civilians and lords who took the initiative to come to attach themselves to Agnes, these three parts were incorporated by Zhao Jia to form an army of 20,000 people, fighting with the main army, and Grus, as the original captain of Agnes's guard, not only has rich combat experience, but also has no problems in loyalty, Therefore, he naturally received the importance of Hu Yanqing, and led an army of more than 10,000 people.

"Very good, the whole army is ready to meet the enemy, and tomorrow it will fight to the death with little Henry's army!" Hu Yanqing's eyes were blazing, and he commanded loudly. When his generals heard his command, they all answered loudly, and then each went down to arrange his troops.

After the other generals retreated, Hu Yanqing lowered his head and carefully observed the rough sand table in front of him, compared to the Great Song Dynasty, the various conditions on the European side were much worse. For example, although there is a map here in Europe, it is very rough, and the terrain is marked very non-standard, as for the sand table, there is no more, and he sent a large number of scouts to check the terrain in front of him, and found a lot of guides, which was made in a short time, although the range is not large, but the general terrain is marked on it. Even in order to catch up with this sand table, he deliberately reduced the speed of the march in order to control the battlefield within the range of the sand table, after all, he was far less familiar with the terrain of Europe than the other side, so he could only use this method to offset the disadvantage.

Hu Yanqing looked at the terrain, and his mind was also thinking about this upcoming war, speaking of which, the Europeans were still relatively primitive in terms of fighting, and they didn't like to play any intrigues on the battlefield. When the two sides go to war, most of them face each other on the battlefield to the death. This also makes European wars generally speak by strength, and the stronger side wins, and it is rare for the weaker side to win.

Now Hu Yanqing has a total of 35,000 troops under his command, and according to the information obtained by his subordinates, the army on Little Henry's side is as high as 80,000 people, which is also all the troops that Little Henry can use. Therefore, in terms of numbers, Huyanqing's side occupies a disadvantage, but the strength of the army does not only depend on the quantity, but also on the equipment, morale, and training of the army, the terrain and time of day at the time of the battle, and so on. All of them are part of the strength, although Hu Yanqing's army is less than half of the opponent's, but he has absolute confidence that he can defeat the opponent in one fell swoop, and the key to this is naturally the Song army's winning legal firearms.

The impact of firearms on a war can be described as huge, especially in Europe, which has never seen the power of firearms on the battlefield, Hu Yanqing is confident that he will use a few rounds of artillery to defeat the morale of the other party, and then disrupt the opponent's formation with cavalry charges, so as to lay the foundation for victory in one fell swoop, and it is precisely because of this that Hu Yanqing also gave up the intrigues on the battlefield and prepared to fight to the death face to face with little Henry.

Thinking of the above, Hu Yanqing once again carefully observed the surrounding terrain, the reason why he came here and camped was mainly because this is a vast plain, and his location is higher, which is very conducive to the play of artillery and ballistas, speaking of ballistas, its biggest advantage over artillery is that it can fire flowering shells, and although the artillery has been put into practice, many craftsmen are also exhausted to use flowering shells for artillery, but unfortunately for various reasons, The use of artillery to fire flowering shells was still somewhat unsatisfactory, which also made the ballista never withdrawn from the army's equipment.

At the same time, Agnes, who was far behind, was also worried about this upcoming war, in contrast, Zhao Jia seemed very confident, and was still very calm at this time to deal with some government affairs, but Agnes couldn't help but interrupt him in the end: "Husband, do you think General Huyan can defeat my second brother's army?" ”

"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, my father once said that Uncle Qing is one of the best generals among the graduates of the military academy, and he has participated in several major battles several times, and he has a lot of actual combat experience, which is also the main reason why my father chose Uncle Qing to come with us, so you have full confidence in him!" Zhao Jia also smiled when he heard this, he had absolute confidence in Hu Yanqing, and the Great Song Dynasty had won a hundred battles over the years, and he had sharpened the army into a confidence that he would win, so even if he stayed in the rear, he was not worried about things on the battlefield.

"But my second brother's army is more than double ours, and he has won many battles one after another, and now his morale is high, which makes me a little worried." Agnes was still a little uneasy at this time, although she knew that the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty was very strong, but she did not have a specific concept, after all, she was not like Zhao Jia who had personally participated in the war between the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State, and had a more accurate understanding of her own strength.

Seeing Agnes' restless appearance, Zhao Jia couldn't help but smile slightly, stood up and walked to her side, gently held her hand and said, "War is a man's business, leave these things to me to deal with!" ”

"Hmm!" Feeling her husband's comfort, Agnes also seemed to have found a support, and gently snuggled in Zhao Jia's arms at the moment and quietly stopped talking. (To be continued.) )

PS: This book has been written to the end, and it is estimated that it will be completed in about a month, and now Lao Yu wants to write and consider the new book, while conceiving the end of the book, and strive to give everyone a satisfactory ending.