I’m The King Chapter 566: : Precursor

Just after a spring news, the water level of the Liaohe River suddenly rose by more than one meter. The Liaohe River, which used to look docile and gentle, suddenly became ferocious, and the river rolled down with a lot of sediment , The clear river water became extremely turbid. Xu Yuan was standing on the bank of the rumbling Liaohe River, looking at this long river that traversed the land, his mood suddenly became agitated, just like the majestic long river rolling away.

Five years ago, he was a little-known county captain in Liyang County. Well, in Yuyang, he even had the idea of ​​simply becoming a deserter and hiding his name, but fate is really a trick. This seemingly lifeless journey made him embark on another completely different life.

Now I am the commander of the First Army of the Northern Field Army of Zhengdong Dudu Mansion. I used to be a small county captain in Liyang County, but now I am a senior general of Zhengdu Mansion. I dare not say that I am famous in the world, but in Yan Guo is definitely a person with a name, and what makes him even more excited is that the journey to conquer the East Mansion has just begun.

Liaoxi, Hejian, Grassland, such a vast land, is almost equivalent to another Yan Kingdom, and now, the troops of Zhengdong Mansion are divided into two groups, and they are marching towards the vast area of ​​Liaodong controlled by Donghu, waiting to take Donghu , the strength of Zhengdong Mansion will completely surpass Yan State.

Xu Yuan, like Meng Chong, is both literate. Although he is not as knowledgeable as Meng Chong, compared with ordinary generals, Xu Yuan can even proudly call himself a Confucian general.

If you have read the book, your knowledge will naturally be different. A series of policies promulgated by Zhengdong Mansion made him see the great ambition of the leader, and he seemed to see another Qin State, which was thriving.

Most of the policies of Zhengdong Mansion seem to be the same as those of Qin State, but upon closer inspection, they are very different. Xu Yuan even made up his mind to study it carefully. Of course, it’s not the time now. The first thing he needs to do is to do all the preparatory work before Sun Xiao, the commander of the group army, arrives.

Commander! Thinking of this official position, Xu Yuan felt a little funny. The leader’s mind was filled with countless whimsical ideas, which made it difficult for him to digest for a while, but it didn’t matter. I just need to do my own job well, and the military system that the leader came up with really made the command from top to bottom a lot simpler and clearer.

However, according to the size of the army envisioned by the leader, I can only be regarded as an empty army commander. The number of an army can reach more than 30,000 people, but now, the forwards I brought are fully prepared . Even counting the gang leaders, there are less than 3,000 people, which is more than ten times worse.

Every time he thinks that he might command an army of 30,000, Xu Yuan is fascinated by it. But when he came back to reality from his dream, he saw three or two prawns and small prawns under his command, and felt that it would take a long time for this dream to come true.

As long as you can summon soldiers. I’ll give you a quota, pay you, and give you weapons. These are the words of the leader. Of course, there are also requirements for the soldiers to be recruited, and it is not acceptable to randomly recruit a group of farmers. This means that the generals under his command can cross the sea and show their magical powers.

Now he has 1,500 elite infantry and 1,000 cavalry under his command. The cavalry is basically dominated by the Huns, commanded by Gongsun Yi and Luo Lei. Divided into two battalions, each with 750 soldiers, with Ni Huazong and Tao Jiawang serving as the battalion commanders, and according to the establishment of a battalion, a quarter of the formation was missing.

It is obviously unrealistic to passively wait for your superiors to send you troops to fill the gap. The four armies under Zhengdong Mansion, under Ye Zhong and Ye Zhen’s command, are completely empty shells. Enriched the two armies of the north and the east, even if recruits are recruited in the future, the northern army is so far away from the base camp, I am afraid that it will not be my turn for a while. , in order to gather 30,000 people.

“I listened to all four of you. We are an army, but the number of people is not enough for a regiment. I am an army commander with a false name, let alone you. If you want to live up to your name, you can be the best.” Fast speed, grab the territory, grab the population, and expand your army. Gongsun Yi, you partner with Ni Huazong, Tao Jiawang, you partner with Luo Lei, and each form a regiment-level combat unit. I will talk about it first. The right to appoint officers is in the hands of the group army, which is the division commander. It only needs to be reported by the group army, and the governor’s office will not reject it. It is the head of the regiment, and if it expands to a division, then he is the division commander.”

Tao Jiawang is an old man who followed Xu Yuan from Liyang County, and has a close relationship with him. Hearing this, he couldn’t help laughing, “Commander, if I get a soldier in the army! Can I be a member of the army? Commander?”

Xu Yuan snorted, “If you get someone from the army and want to be the commander, I’ll cut off your head first and **** them over.”

Everyone burst into laughter.

“In a few years, Yan Peng’s second army is coming. He has a full force of 4,000 infantry, and the Dudu Mansion will equip him with another 1,000 cavalry. The strength is much stronger than ours, everyone. , I don’t want to be outnumbered by the second army, we have to work harder before they arrive.” Xu Yuan looked at the four generals and pointed at Liaohe: “The Dudu’s Mansion wants us to use the Liaohe River as the boundary, and we must first be afraid of being consolidated.” On this side, we built cities, garrisoned fields, and laid a solid foundation, but they did not prevent us from crossing the river. On the other side of the river, not far from us, there are Xiongnu tribes, Donghu tribes, and a large number of people. You two battalions , for a period of ten days, one battalion will be stationed, and the other battalion will attack. Before the Donghu army arrives, you can fish as much as you can. When the Donghu army arrives, there will be no such good things.”

“Understood!” All four were very excited. The two groups looked at each other, and they both saw the breath of competition in each other’s eyes. This is not only a matter of ability, but also a matter of face. No one wants to lose to anyone.

The camp of Xu Yuan’s First Army was established about ten miles away from the Liaohe River. The construction of the camp adopted the method that Sun Xiao built the camp at Niulan Mountain. First, a large number of trees were cut down and erected as piles. , Two rows of wooden stakes about one meter wide were nailed to the railings, and then soil and stones were poured into them and tamped tightly to form a simple city wall. Although horses could not run, infantry could stand on it and carry The bed crossbows are installed every ten or so meters, forming a powerful long-range attack firepower, coupled with the arm crossbows installed by the infantry, forming a dense firepower network from a distance of one mile.

It is troublesome to build a camp in this way, but it has laid the foundation for building the city in the future. After the large troops come, they only need to widen and strengthen the current city wall, and lay stone strips or green bricks on the outside. Form a solid wall.

Xu Yuan led his army here a few years ago, and the big camp now built is not big, just suitable for an army of more than 3,000 people to be stationed here. result of the attack.

Fortunately, the attention of the Donghu people seems to have not shifted to this place, which made Xu Yuan not suffer the slightest disturbance when he established this camp, and now, he is already starting to build a second camp for the follow-up troops. a foothold.

Sun Xiao’s command headquarters will not reach such a frontier, but will be set up in Dayan Lake, that place was already selected by Gao Yuan when he retreated.

The banks of the Liao River, which were originally empty, are extremely lively because of this large camp and the presence of thousands of soldiers. Although the city walls are simple, in Xu Yuan’s view, in the near future, this simple The big camp will become a strong fortress, and countless soldiers of the Northern Army will start from here and drive across the river, across the Hetao Plain, across the mountains, and enter the hinterland of Donghu.

On the city wall, the banners were flying, the weapons were shining brightly, and the soldiers stood upright. Xu Yuan felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.

Besides the camp, ditches were dug out here and there. To the people of Donghu, these ditches were irregular. One here and one there seemed to be randomly dug out, but in the eyes of people like Xu Yuan From the inside, it looks like a natural defense. Naturally, this is not dug out on a whim, but a line of defense specially set up to prevent attacks.

The Xiongnu cavalry in the army are also beginning to be familiar with these arrangements. They can gallop between these trenches without any difficulty, and can gallop out of the camp to kill the enemy at any time.

After the Xiongnu cavalry joined the Eastern Expedition Army, the biggest change was that they began to understand countless tactics of using the terrain and cooperating with infantry to kill the enemy’s vital forces as much as possible while minimizing their own casualties.

The soil obtained from excavating these trenches will naturally not be wasted. Some of them are used to build city walls, and some are used to build houses. Thick housing.

Xu Yuan strode into the most spacious house in the camp. This is his house and the place where he convenes the generals to discuss matters. Within ten feet of this house, there is nothing but open space, without any buildings There are objects to block the view, and the guards protect the place so tightly that even a mosquito can’t fly in quietly.

These soldiers belong to Xu Yuan’s personal guard battalion.

Walking back to the big case and sitting down, Xu Yuan pulled out a map. This is a brand new, incomplete map. On the side of the Liao River where they were standing, mountains, waters, hills, roads , are all clear, but on the other side of the Liaohe River, there are only a few superficial strokes, but Xu Yuan knows that with the passage of time, this map will become more and more perfect, because he has already sent ten maps. After a few sentry calls, they sneaked into the opposite bank and began to draw a detailed map of the opposite side.

Know yourself and know the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles. (To be continued~IndoMTL.com~