Compared with the swiftness of the cavalry, the infantry battalion and the advance battalion were slower, and the vanguard of the infantry battalion arrived at the foot of Lecheng City only five days after the cavalry troops launched the attack.

It is not that the infantry battalion's actions are procrastinating, but that this attack is successful, and it requires a lot of siege equipment and equipment, and these equipment are often relatively cumbersome, so the infantry battalion's actions are slightly sluggish.

In this expansion, the infantry battalion, like the first battalion, has expanded its strength from 10,000 to 15,000. Originally, when Cao Liang first took over, the infantry battalion of one of the five schools of the Northern Army had an establishment of only more than 1,000 people, and later after repeated expansions, the scale of today's infantry battalion can no longer be the same as when it was originally launched

The main thing about the long-range combat capability is to be embodied in the logistics supply support and the comprehensive combat capability of the army, and to equip each battalion with a large number of auxiliary soldiers to strengthen the strength of logistics support.

In addition to increasing the number of soldiers for each battalion, Cao Liang also greatly increased the vehicles and equipment of each battalion, such as the catapults, siege vehicles, and bed crossbows that were originally equipped with each infantry battalion, which doubled in number.

In addition, four-wheeled personnel carriers have been added, which are wider and have a larger carrying capacity than ordinary two-wheeled carriages, and the four-wheeled carriages with two horse-drawn carriages can carry up to ten fully equipped infantrymen, and each battalion is equipped with a hundred such carriages, which can deliver 1,000 heavily armed infantry to a long distance in a very short time, which is equivalent to establishing a rapid reaction force among each infantry battalion.

Chariots were at their peak in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when the strength of a country's military strength was described by thousands of times, but later with the rise of cavalry, chariots were gradually eliminated.

The four-wheeled combat vehicle that Cao Liang equipped the infantry unit with was not for combat use, but a new type of personnel carrier. This four-wheeled carriage is very suitable for use in the plains, and although it is not as fast as a war horse, it is several times faster than the infantry march.

What's more, the infantry in the personnel carrier, before reaching the destination, do not need to consume physical strength at all, can recharge in the vehicle, after arriving at the battlefield, can immediately enter the battle in a state of full blood.

On the battlefield, time is often money, and the success or failure of the battle is crucial, and if you can get to the destination first, the results are likely to be very different.

Moreover, this four-wheeled carriage can not only transport combatants, but also transport the wounded and materials when necessary, and is flexible and convenient to use.

The purpose of the expansion of the army is to increase the combat effectiveness of each battalion, especially the long-range offensive capability, and the state army has no longer maintained a defensive posture since stepping out of the state, and more often, they have to show a strong offensive ability, conquer everything, and be invincible.

The attack on Jizhou will be the first major battle after the expansion of the Bingzhou Army, and the most test of the Bingzhou Army is their ability to attack fortifications, using their "spear" to deal with the "shield" of the Jizhou Army, and see whether it is the "spear" or the "shield" that is strong.

In the past two years, Zhonghui has made a lot of efforts to build the huge shield of Jizhou, not only recruiting a large number of troops, but also building a new brick and stone wall on the periphery of the rammed earth city wall, upgrading the city of Jizhou and building this "shield" as solid as a rock.

Now it is necessary to test the sharpness of this "spear" after the expansion of the state army, at present, the six major infantry battalions of the state army, only the infantry battalion and the first battalion are in Youzhou, and the main combat capability of the first battalion is field warfare, although the expansion of the army has also increased a lot of siege equipment such as catapults and bed crossbow ladders, but the siege is its sub-item after all, so the two battalions attacked, or the infantry battalion was the mainstay, Yanghu was the commander-in-chief of the siege, and the burden on his shoulders was obviously much heavier.

Yanghu was calm and measured, calm and unhurried, he led the army from Youzhou all the way south, until Lecheng, although it was a joint action of the two battalions, but under the dispatch of Yanghu, the whole army was orderly, high-spirited, and there was no dissonant sound at all.

In fact, since the state army sent troops to Youzhou, the infantry battalion has not officially fought, most of the time is paddling, whether it is sweeping Youzhou or breaking Xianbei, it is the cavalry troops to fight the world, the infantry troops all want to contribute, but before they can reach the battlefield, the battle has ended, most of the time, the infantry battalion and the first battalion are just playing the role of cleaning the battlefield and cleaning up the garbage.

This undoubtedly made the infantry battalion and the soldiers of the first battalion depressed, and the limelight was stolen by the cavalry, and their infantry had no sense of existence, which was really annoying!

This attack on Jizhou, can be regarded as allowing their infantry to seize the opportunity, in the face of the strong city and defense line, the cavalry troops that had killed all sides were finally dumb, this time it was finally the turn of the infantry to shoot, they were naturally holding their breath, ready to use their fists and feet, and do a great job.

On the way to the march, it can be clearly seen that the morale of these soldiers in the state is high, the excitement is overflowing, and the military merits of the state are very generous, if you want to be promoted or get a reward, you can only achieve it by killing the enemy and making meritorious contributions, the infantry battalion has not won any battles for several years, so it has not received any rewards, these soldiers of the infantry battalion are so anxious that they can't do it, they are soldiers to fight, and they don't fight for a wife, what is the difference between that and salted fish?

So when the opportunity came, everyone was riveted and ready to do a big job.

After arriving at the city of Lecheng, Yanghu did not rush to attack the city, but circled around Lecheng with Ma Long, carefully observed the city defense situation of Lecheng, and conducted a field investigation of Lecheng and the surrounding situation according to the Lecheng defense map provided by Fang Bu.

Although Yanghu did not suspect that this arming map was fake, after all, this arming map was drawn a few months ago, who can guarantee that the Jizhou army will not adjust Lecheng's city defense? If there is a big change in Lecheng's city defense, then this defense map will lose its due value, and Yanghu must make adjustments according to the new situation.

The real famous general has always planned and then moved, and will not blindly attack, after a leisurely stroll around, he returned to the army, and the first order given to the gathered captain Sima was to set up camp and rest for all the staff.

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