Yingzhou County, the county guard Luo Zhongshu stared at Mei Hua standing in front of him, and it seemed that he was going to tear Mei Hua to pieces and chew it alive.

"Give up Yingzhou County, are you crazy?" Luo Zhongshu stared at each other with angry eyes: "Do you know that now is the autumn harvest season, and all places are busy with the autumn harvest, Yingchuan County is not Tai'an, not Wulong, how can you say give up?" ”

Mei Hua shrugged: "Luo Junshou, I'm not discussing with you, but conveying the order of the striker to you." This is non-negotiable. If you want to alleviate the losses, then speed up the autumn harvest, and all the grain collected will be transported to Yingshui for me, but I can't cheapen the enemy. ”

Luo Zhongshu gasped and looked at the other party unwillingly, as the new county guard of Yingchuan, he has poured too much effort into Yingzhou for most of the past six months, and Yingchuan, who has a good foundation, also quickly recovered from the war, because of the quick victory of the Han army, Yingchuan did not suffer too much damage, which also created good conditions for Luo Zhongshu, but now with an order, it is actually to give up.

"Is that a ridiculous order from that bastard?" He said indignantly.

"It's the king!" Mei Hua smiled, looking at the other party's face suddenly white and red.

"Mei Hua, you drill for me." He screamed angrily.

"Luo Junshou, I can understand your feelings." Mei Hua spread her hands, "But you have to be clear, Yingchuan is in no danger now, and the troops at hand are also seriously insufficient, I can only rely on Yingshui and Yingshui City to resist each other, Yingshui City has perfect city defense measures, Ye Feng has been operating here for several years, but it is not comparable to Yingchuan City." At that time, tens of thousands of Chu troops, or Qin troops, will come in a swarm. Do you think Yingchuan County can stop it? ”

"It's just speculation, and it's not necessarily going to be taken seriously." Luo Zhongshu's voice trembled a little, "Is it worth it to give up the land of the three counties for the sake of a possibility?" ”

Mei Hua's expression became serious: "Luo Junshou, I can tell you very responsibly." This is not speculation, but something that will definitely happen, and this is the most important link in the pacification of the world by the Great Han. And we are on top of the key link in this ring, Yingshui, will definitely experience an unprecedented cruel war. Now, you are one of the few people who know about the grand strategy this time, I will be the military chief of the Yingshui defensive battle, and you will be the civil affairs chief, your mission. It's to solve any logistical worries for me. ”

Luo Zhongshu was silent for a moment, and finally accepted this fact. "Does Yingchuan need to be evacuated?"

"No, Tai'an, Wulong, and Yingchuan will not evacuate, this will make the enemy more alert, and it will be too late. All you have to do now is to harvest the grain you have just harvested. Unobtrusive transfer to Yingshui, while your yamen. will also move to Yingshui, of course, the stalls here are not available for the time being. ”

"I see, when will it start?"

"If all goes well, or when the first snow starts, the big battle is coming. You have a month. Mei Hua said lightly.

The temporary bridge across the Yingshui River has not been removed. Mei Hua led the war horse and stood in the middle of the Yingshui River, watching the river flow quietly under her feet, the river at this time was as docile as a good girl. The water of the river is also unusually clear, and the green and quiet river water is even deeper under the reflection of the sun, but Mei Hua knows that it will not be long before the river water will change color.

That should be red.

Staring at the river, Mei Hua remembered the night in Wuguan, when the army commander Yang Dasha stood in front of him, looking at him like a hungry wolf: "Mei Hua, do you have the courage to go?" You will have to face more than 100,000 Chu troops, and even the Qin army, for a long time, you will not get reinforcements, there will be no help, but you must hold Yingshui, you may die. ”

"Since the moment he stepped into the army, he never thought that he would be able to live until now." Mei Hua's answer was categorical, following Yang Dasha's side, he had experienced too many life-and-death battles, and his comrades-in-arms in the first company had only survived to the present point, and the experience of crawling out of the pile of dead people again and again made Mei Hua look down on life and death.

"I have a daughter-in-law and a son, what is there to regret? Dad and mother still have two brothers to take care of, even if he dies in this battle, in addition to the Mei family, isn't there Wu Ya's dead boy? What is there to worry about? Thinking of Wu Ya's dark face that was about to drip when he was leaving, Mei Hua couldn't help but laugh proudly. Fight with Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu won you again, such an errand, the first thing the military commander thought of was me.

Mei Hua could imagine that after he left, Wu Ya would definitely have to quarrel with Yang Dasha. You are an only child, what are you fighting with Lao Tzu?

Thinking of this, Mei Hua couldn't help laughing, led the horse, and walked slowly towards Yingshui City on the other side, this time he arrived ahead of schedule and brought a regiment of more than 100 officers, all of whom were grassroots officers with rich combat experience, and his third division, under the command of Long Bin, arrived in Yingshui City in batches, and when the time came, he would have to rely on his third division and the student army secretly transferred to fight against Qu Wan's army.

Yingshui must not be lost, if Yingshui is lost, the situation is really likely to erode, he must hold on until the end of the Jingzhou war, and once Qu Wan and the Qin army start to attack, the Jingzhou theater will be accelerated, but it must be 500,000 enemies, and it is the enemy's national capital, how fast it can be, but it is difficult to estimate.

Stepping into the barracks outside Yingshui City, the first thing to greet was the quartermaster Fu Youcai. "Division commander, the first two batches of supplies have arrived, and now they have been collected, do you want to go and have a look?"

"Of course we have to see." Mei Hua threw the reins of the horse to the guards and rubbed her hands, "This is what we will live in at that time, and this battle depends on them." ”

The Yingshui armament warehouse was heavily guarded, and when he opened the door of the warehouse, what greeted Mei Hua's eyes was a door of swarthy artillery, stroking the cold barrel, looking at the artillery full of warehouses, Mei Hua couldn't help laughing: "How many doors?" ”

"Eighty doors!" Quartermaster Road.

"I'm a good girl!" Mei Hua stuck out his tongue, on Shaoxi Mountain in Wuguan, an artillery battalion is only equipped with twenty artillery pieces, which is also the number of artillery pieces of the entire First Army, but now, there are eighty guns concentrated here at once, which is enough for the equipment of four armies. Thinking about the spectacular scene when eighty guns were fired at the same time, Mei Hua couldn't help but be full of anticipation for the battle.

"In addition to this heavy artillery, this time some small field guns were also brought!" The quartermaster added.

"Field artillery?" Mei Hua was a little surprised, "Haven't you heard of this thing?" ”

"The latest work of the Ordnance Research Institute has been experimented on the experimental field." The quartermaster said: "I carefully asked the technical officer who came with the team, according to him, this kind of cannon has a short firing range, but the rate of fire is much faster than that of heavy guns, and the shells are all flowering shells, and the killing and damage to the infantry is extremely powerful." ”

"If you want this tech officer to come to me, I'll have to figure out what this thing is for and how to use it."

"Yes. This time, there were also 100 gunners from the Ordnance Research Institute, all of whom were veterans of the experimental field. The quartermaster said with great interest.

"This time it's really willing! Mei Hua said excitedly: "Of course these guys' cannons are accurate, you don't want to think about how many shells they have fired over the years, compared to them, our gunners are not much different from freshmen." ”

"There are plenty of shells, considering that this time we are on the defensive, so we mainly use flowering shells, mainly to cause a lot of damage, in addition, there are some special shells, but this thing, the technical officer said that it must be used carefully. If you don't do it, you'll hurt yourself. ”

"What shell can hurt yourself?" Mei Hua said in surprise.

"I heard this thing is poisonous." The quartermaster said: "So you must use it when the wind is in the right direction, otherwise you will hurt yourself." This thing is not very lethal, but it has the potential to cause great panic among the enemy. ”

Mei Hua stared at the quartermaster with wide eyes, "Holy shit, even such a fresh thing has been made, I have to ask the technical officer carefully when I go back." By the way, in addition to artillery, crossbows, crossbows, and crossbows, melee combat depends on them. ”

"There's everything you need."

"That's good." Mei Hua nodded: "We don't know how long this war will last, so everything must be prepared, and these things will be left to you." ”

"Commander, don't worry." Quartermaster Road.

Walking out of the gate of the munitions warehouse, Mei Hua walked to his command post and said to the guards beside him: "Call me the commander of the engineer battalion and the technical officer from the Ordnance Research Institute." ”

Danfeng County, after bending his eyes, finally waited for Zhao Shucheng to return from Xianyang City.

"Lu Chao has promised that if we can hold out in the Jingzhou theater until mid-November, he will send troops from all over the country to attack the hinterland of the Han Kingdom. General Qu Wan, now it's your turn, from now on, the Qin people will give you more grain and grass, and you need to hide it little by little, not too much at a time, the Han people's spy agency is quite powerful, if they find out that the Qin people are supplying you with food on a large scale, they will inevitably have doubts. For a month, save a little bit every day, and you should be able to accumulate what you need at that time. At the same time, you have to start preparing the battle plan. ”

Qu Wan's face showed joy: "Great, as long as there is enough food, I will have the confidence to fight over, but General Zhao, Jingzhou, can you really withstand it?" ”

"Of course you can." Zhao Shucheng said firmly. (To be continued.) )