Looking at the camp under the city without any movement, Zhou Bangyan, a commander in Xuchang, was in a battle robe, couldn't help but let go. After all, he watched with his own eyes the Southern Army with different banners and kimonos, and drove into the main camp of the besieged city one after another.

As a Ci minister, he was capable of overwhelming a group of military generals. He took this important position, not because of his outstanding martial arts or good governance, but because he was good at plundering and aggregation, and was very generous in his long-standing style of dancing and acting, and he could get along well with all parties.

In front of the great regent of Luodu, he was praised as a capable minister because he could always pick out the last copper from the hands of the local tyrants and mud legs from those local tyrants.

Xuchang guarding this position does not require much ability, but it requires very outstanding skills and rich connections. Therefore, the daily defense and exercises in the city are undertaken by him, who serves as the deputy guarding the captain.

Unfortunately, he has a lot of military experience, a relatively reliable deputy, who has already led the elite soldiers of the prefecture and county, and was killed and damaged outside the city with the arrogant Shen Biao army. Although he has little knowledge, he also has a common problem with civil officials who are lucky enough to advance, which is that it is easy to move from one extremely short to another extremely short.

Although in addition to uniting soldiers and those who temporarily recruited and charitable people, there were three or four different soldiers in the city, and they were foreign aided, but they could not add any sense of security to him.

Therefore, this time, he rarely toughened his mind, showing the majesty and courage of the local supreme officials, strictly enforced the soldiers and horses in the city to not move or fight without any movement, and even sent his confidants to control the four gates to prevent these impulsive Qiu Ba from walking alone again, which weakened the power of the city defense.

This time the southern army rushed into Xuzhou, which was shocking to the seven states. Because of the geographical key of Xuzhou and the flat and slightly obstructive terrain, the adjacent states became nervous all the time, fearing that they would become the next target of this new Southern Army.

So much so that the originally expected reinforcements and tribes were all shrunk back on the grounds of sticking to their own abilities.

The documents that Luodu held accountable were sent over one by one, and ordered the guardians from all sides to guard them strictly.

After all, where are the strong city and high walls? As long as there are enough people to stick to it, even if the Southern Army in front of us is unparalleled in field battles, it will not be so easy to take down. Just hold on for a while and wait until all the not-far-distanced troops come to aid.

Therefore, he wanted to just drag it on. As long as he could defend the city wall without any losses, it would be equivalent to protecting his wealth and basic position.

On the sixth day of the straight road, someone discovered that the besieged camp outside the city had already left all the way, and then it took another day and a night to basically confirm that this was not a so-called trap or a suspicious plan to return.

Then he sent people to the camps, seized some faded old flags, and captured some pigs and sheep hanging upside down on the drums. The animals were already hungry and dying, and could only occasionally use weak taps to make some drum beats similar to the military's marching practice.

However, Zhou Bangyan was not angry but happy. After ordering the demolition of the camp, he ordered the secretary to draft a memorial report for Luodu.

The main meaning is to claim that Xuchang won the victory in defending the city, and to use his mouth to fight a arduous offensive and defensive battle with his virtual enemies.

As the saying goes, although the Southern Army is powerful, under the leadership of the garrison, the whole city's military and civilians were united. The soldiers and soldiers of the army used their lives to make the Nanbian fall like rain, and they lay down at the city. They were deeply frustrated and retreated without success.

Among them, the focus is on Zhou Zhenshou's deeds of raising arrows and raining, and personally visiting the city to inspire the military and civilians to fight and kill the enemy.

In contrast, the defeat of the Shen Biao army rashly attacking and the entire army was destroyed was not so ugly, and at most it only had some joint supervision responsibilities.

As for the specific gains, it is very simple. What is most lacking outside the city is the displaced hungry people. Before they are starved to death, they can add some glory to the guardian's martial arts and qualifications book. That is a natural blessing.

And at the same time when the fast horse that won victory in Xuchang was racing towards Luodu, I was already on the way to marching in Songzhou.

Thanks to the special vehicle regiment, the important role played by the pioneer troops with horsepower was particularly strengthened: they were responsible for exploring the geography forward, drawing road maps, finding water sources and suitable camping points along the way, and then leaving marks and instructions for the subsequent troops.

In this way, the troops who follow up can save time and effort, use the base sites and materials they left behind to complete the stationing and rest within the limit of the marching that day, and then prepare for the next itinerary.

Therefore, my team rarely stays on the way through the marching, and basically achieves the daily marching goals step by step within the schedule. In this kind of rapid marching under multiple relays, the rate of falling behind is only controlled to more than 20%.

The long-term alternating pace of Xu Jin and trot had already covered most people's heads, armor, weapons and flags with a layer of gray color.

It can be seen that soldiers who accidentally fell or were exhausted were carried by a carriage that was accompanying them, applied medicine or drinking water for a while, got out of the car and returned to the back team.

According to the basic operating rules, as long as there is enough space for passage, the gun soldiers will live in the inner line in two columns, and then a row of white soldiers or light-armed spearmen will follow each other.

At the same time, there are two horse-drawn vans for each fire (fifty people) to carry the equipment and weapons of hand-to-hand combat soldiers, as well as the rations and stoves that accompany the marching.

This will facilitate the reorganization and development of combat postures in the shortest time when there is something to do or encounter an enemy. The large cart and its wings and materials can be dismantled immediately and become the on-site defense line and cover for their respective small battle groups.

Now my army is centered on the gun team, and other auxiliary troops only need to focus on training three types of formations, which are to suppress and attack the enemy's arrays in front of an open land; to encounter large, hollow formations on four sides when high-mobile armies such as cavalry break in, and to encounter enemy troops in rugged or narrow terrain, small battle groups similar to the later Qi family's mandarin duck formation are used to attack together.

Then, based on these formations, subtle adjustments and local changes are made according to the equipment and style of the individual battalions to better adapt to the needs of the battlefield.

For example, the Fourth Fifth Battalion, which is mostly cold weapons, retains a large number of arrow formations suitable for crossbow firing, and the array line in the first battalion is left for the forward position of the artillery regiment.

As auxiliary and subordinate sequences, they do not need to master too many tactical key points or relatively complex array-changing movements. They only need to be able to quickly and skillfully gather around the gun army as soon as they encounter the enemy to form a basic screen and periphery.

The veterans and non-commissioned officers of the gun army will naturally use whips, sticks, etc., which are the simplest and most convenient means to "help" them form a basic front.

Although I was riding on the horse, my current thoughts have changed. How to focus on improving the communication conditions on the battlefield.

You should know that compared to the long-term civil war, which was defeated by the broken Central Plains, there are wired communication lines left by previous generations outside the ridge. When we marched to the Jianghuai River, at least there were water nets and river boats as a support for transmission... But after crossing the Huai River to the hinterland of the Central Plains in the north, it really returned. Transportation basically relies on two legs and four legs, and communication basically relies on the primitive stage of roaring.

It is easy to say in the field of vision of the naked eye or the local battlefield that sound can affect, but since the radius of the combat range is opened, various delays and errors are beginning to be amplified, which is particularly obvious. Especially in this kind of planning of simultaneous operations in many places.

Therefore, the most stupid way to respond to emergency responses can be used temporarily. We can use the seized horsepower to add five full-time troop soldiers to each regiment-level unit, abandon other requirements, and specifically train the battlefield running and transmission skills, as well as the skills of survival and trekking in the wild. We will prepare ten part-time substitutes to be responsible for the short distance communication between adjacent troops.

In addition, as a means of contact between senior officials, Shuaisi, the person sent by Li Enjun, sent me a group of specially trained hawks and related breeders to ensure a simple contact with Xuzhou Shuaisi.

Compared with traditional civilian pigeon books, this small kite has the advantages of not being afraid of natural enemies intercepting and flying fast. It is very good at finding directions within two or three hundred miles, so it is particularly tame and used for transmission between battlefields.

However, the weight of this harrier is limited after all, and usually in an emergency, it can only convey secret words that can be written on a small piece of paper.

To be honest, after this short period of experience, I have already had some vague ideas and intentions about the communication methods in the battlefield, but...

After all, there is still no stable territory. As a place of establishment, I couldn't help but sigh after thinking about it, otherwise I could consider establishing a more efficient communication system on the spot.

"Report..."

A rider whispered loudly beside me

"The Second Battalion has easily captured Xiangyi County and Taolin Town... The auxiliary army and the scattered troops are pursuing the remnants"

"Zhang Duwei was appointed as a special person and came to reply,"
Chapter completed!