A few days later, Yun Zheng and his team finally arrived at the Yanhui Mountain camp.
Before they arrived, Yu Shizhong had already led his troops back to the Yanhuishan camp, and other troops who received Yun Zheng's orders were also gathering at the Yanhuishan camp.
After not being here for such a long time, the Yanhuishan camp has completely changed.
The Yanhuishan Camp is now a complete camp.
Not only is there a vast training ground here, but there are also permanent barracks. If solid walls are built, it can be used as a permanent military fortress.
Fifty miles northwest and northeast of the Yanhuishan camp, there are two temporary camps, which are mainly used to train the Guiyi Army.
Yun Zheng immediately spotted Wang Qi, who had recovered from his injury, among the welcoming crowd.
"Have you recovered from your injuries?"
Yun Zheng stepped forward and greeted Wang Qi.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. My injury has healed!"
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As he spoke, Wang Qi pounded his chest again, indicating that he was very strong now.
"good!"
Yun Zheng nodded and smiled, then said to everyone, "Don't stand here, take us around the camp first! I think this camp has changed a lot."
"yes!"
The generals received the order.
Yun Zheng, under the leadership of Yu Shizhong and others, inspected the Yanhuishan camp while learning about the situation there.
Currently, the Yanhuishan camp has 15,000 cavalry, 10,000 heavy infantry, 3,000 Blood-Clothed Soldiers, and 5,000 field soldiers.
These field soldiers do not need to farm. They are mainly responsible for repairing and building equipment, and occasionally they are also responsible for escorting food supplies.
The temporary camps in the northwest and northeast were each garrisoned with 20,000 Guiyi troops.
Now, with the passage on the Langya Pass being opened, the supplies for the Yanhuishan camp mainly come from two directions.
One is the supplies transported via Shuofang and Langyashan Pass.
Additional supplies were transported via Gobian and Weibian.
In addition, in Xincheng, more than 200 miles north of Goubian, there were 20,000 reserve troops led by Zhou Mi.
However, during this cold winter, the construction progress of the two new cities was very slow.
The Zhenbei City, where Zhou Mi led the reserve army to garrison, has only a rudimentary form so far. It is just surrounded by a circle of half-meter-high city walls made of blue bricks and rammed earth. The inside of the city is almost empty, with only the tents of the garrison.
Jiqing, which is close to the Modong Corridor, does not even have a three-foot-high city wall.
The reason for this is that, on the one hand, the cold weather here has greatly slowed down the construction progress, and on the other hand, the materials for building the city cannot keep up with the progress of building the city.
However, as the weather gets warmer, as long as there is a sufficient supply of blue bricks and a large number of captives as laborers, Zhenbei should be able to build a two-meter-high city wall as Yun Zheng required before winter this year.
As long as the city wall is built, we can slowly build it later.
As for the celebration, it will come slowly.
"Let's do it step by step! Building a city is not something that can be completed overnight."
Yun Zheng smiled, but felt helpless.
The problem of blue bricks is easy to solve. All we need to do is choose a location to build more kilns and bring more peat there to make blue bricks.
But the inability to increase cement production is indeed a big problem.
More people can indeed increase production, but if we want to achieve a huge increase in production, we still have to rely on technological innovation.
Fortunately, some people have begun to study and improve these technologies.
Hearing Yun Zheng's words, all the generals also smiled.
Everyone understands the truth.
But who doesn’t want to build these two cities as soon as possible?
Once these two cities are built, they will form the first solid line of defense in the entire Shuobei together with the Yanhuishan Camp.
This is something that will benefit the present and future generations.
"How is the training of the Guiyi Army going?"
At this time, Yun Zheng asked Fu Tianyan again.
Fu Tianyan rode on his horse and clasped his fists towards Yun Zheng: "Don't worry, Your Highness! Although the Guiyi Army is not as elite as the troops of the Yanhuishan Camp, I am confident that the combat power of the Guiyi Army is not weaker than that of the enemy!"
Fu Tianyan's face showed strong confidence.
Generals Gao He, Huo Gu and Zuo Ren also looked confident.
Although the Guiyi Army was formed not long ago, they are all selected strong soldiers.
This cold winter, they have been working hard to train the Guiyi Army.
The combat effectiveness of the Guiyi Army was inferior to that of Yu Shizhong and Wang Qi's troops, not because of the lack of combat effectiveness of the soldiers themselves, but because of the gap in equipment.
Take armor for example, half of the Guiyi Army still wore leather armor.
As for weapons, only a small number of people obtained weapons forged from patterned steel.
They basically have no heavy shields like the ones equipped by Wang Qi's troops.
“It’s good to have this confidence!”
Yun Zheng smiled with satisfaction, "In this battle, the Guiyi Army is the absolute main force! If the Guiyi Army doesn't fight well, all four of you will go and pick up horse manure for me!"
"yes!"
The four of them obeyed the order in unison, and there seemed to be a flame burning in each of their eyes.
Fu Tianyan glanced at Yun Zheng, and then tentatively said: "Your Highness, the Guiyi Army's armor and weapons are still a little lacking. The war is about to start. Can you replenish our weapons?"
"No!"
Yun Zheng refused without a second thought. “Before this, General Dugu of the Northwest Protectorate sent someone to Dingbei to ask for military equipment, but I let him solve it on his own! At most, I will give you another 5,000 war horses!”
The production of weapons and armor is limited.
He had already replenished some weapons to each department.
The existing weapons and armor in Dingbei's armory total less than two thousand sets.
He can't conjure up weapons out of thin air, so where can he get so many weapons?
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Fu Tianyan was overjoyed.
Who cares!
The war is about to begin, get whatever you can!
Five thousand war horses are not a small number.
If we cut back a little, we can barely get 5,000 cavalry.
Adding the 5,000 cavalrymen he already had, the Guiyi Army now had 10,000 cavalrymen.
Of course, their 10,000 cavalrymen were too weak and could not be compared with the Northern Palace Army's cavalrymen who each rode two horses, let alone the Blood Clothes Army.
"Alright, don't even think about asking me to replenish your weapons."
Yun Zheng smiled at Fu Tianyan and said, "You can go to the battlefield to seize the weapons! As long as you fight bravely, the enemy's weapons will be yours!"
"yes!"
Fu Tianyan agreed with a smile.
After taking a walk around, Yun Zheng and his companions finally arrived at the meeting hall of the camp.
After all the generals took their seats according to their order of importance, Yun Zheng asked, "What's going on over there in Dayue?"
Yu Shizhong took over the conversation: "The Great Yue Kingdom is preparing for war with all its might. Feng Yu has sent people to investigate many times. According to rough estimates, the Great Yue Kingdom has stockpiled nearly 100,000 troops near the border of the Northwest Protectorate!"
"One hundred thousand troops?"
Chen Luoyan exclaimed, "Does Dayue still have so many troops? Of their 100,000 troops, perhaps 30% to 40% are civilians, right?"
If Dayue State mobilizes the entire country to raise 100,000 combat-capable soldiers, it should still be possible.
But it is impossible for the Dayue Kingdom to only guard against their side!
In the direction of Guifang, the Dayue Kingdom must also be on guard.
If all the troops were concentrated on their southeastern border, wouldn't the Guifang side be able to defend it?
Isn't the Dayue Kingdom afraid that they will suddenly attack from the direction of Guifang?
“Probably not!”
Yu Shizhong shook his head slightly: "The Great Yue Kingdom alone cannot muster such a strong military force! General Dugu and his men believe that the Great Yue Kingdom should have formed an alliance with the various tribes in the western desert..."
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