"You can do that. It's too slow. A staff officer objected. It takes a lot of time to dig trenches, which is not very sufficient for the Red Turban Army, their time is not very sufficient, Zhang Li knows some things, that is, the Red Turban Army is negotiating with the imperial court, and the result of the negotiation will greatly affect the development of the current situation.

"Damn it. These northern armies can't just run away. Even if you put the cannon above the head of the infantry, you will also bomb me. Fuck it, Lao Tzu is fighting for this life, and he wants to catch these beasts. Zhang Li said angrily. He's been suppressed for a while. But the more I think about it, the more I feel like it's a bag. Occupy such a big advantage, and even fight such a battle. It feels aggrieved to everyone, although there are many objective conditions, but there is nothing to say about defeat is defeat, what he has to do now is to quickly adjust. Regain victory in the war.

"Sir. The order of the headquarters. At this moment, a communications staff officer handed over an order to Zhang Li. Zhang Li looked over quickly.

"Headquarters and we thought about going together. But the headquarters can seriously talk about us before. Zhang Li waved the command in his hand.

"If we can't win this battle, our Second Brigade will always be the Second Brigade. Don't think about the expansion and reorganization. Damn, whether we can be upgraded to an infantry division depends on this battle. Zhang Li said loudly.

"Sir, we'll take the wheat pile this time." The staff officers said one after another.

"Good. The chief wrote in the order. Zhang Li looked at the order.

"Shame and courage. This is a lesson given to them by the officers and soldiers, let's remember it. But we must remember this shame and give it to them in turn, no matter what, we will be considered a complete victory. Zhang Li said.

"Shame and then courage, shame and courage." The subordinates said one after another.

Handan. Under the city. The four gates were wide open. Handan ordered the officers and soldiers who were willing to leave to evacuate here one after another.

Xu Dou's 1st Infantry Brigade opened a large opening for them, and in order to be able to pass horse-drawn carts, ox carts, and various wheelbarrows, they also urgently filled several trenches, and in some places even built improvised bridges for the other side to pass.

"Crunch, crunch." The ox carts creaked like business, and the officials and soldiers in the city, their families, and some of the landlords had to give up their property and leave the area, because the officials told them that the Red Turbans were cannibalistic demons and that if they stayed, they would be completely liquidated. Life is more important than possessions, of course. If you can take it, take it. If you can't take it away, you will destroy it. It must not be left for the Red Turbans. Therefore, a large number of officers and soldiers, and the families of officials retreated.

"General, please stay, stay." Zuo Feng said with a smile. Actually, what he meant was, no need to send it. Because the people in the city were very afraid of the Red Turbans, they were afraid that the Red Turbans would suddenly attack, and they left the fortified city, and they trembled at the sight of the Red Turbans.

"That. Zuo Daren, just walk slowly. Walk slowly. Xu Dou said with a smile. Fortunately, Zuo Feng came here to convey the order. Otherwise, they really won't be able to handle it. If such a city is finally attacked, the consumption of ammunition and the loss of personnel are a huge expense, and it can be resolved peacefully, which is a good choice.

After Handan Ling saw Zuo Feng read out the order, he ordered a retreat. Otherwise, their losses will be enormous.

"Sir. Shall we just let them go like this? Damn, it's too cheap for them. A staff officer said angrily.

"Alright. Here's the command from above. Since they are allowed to retreat, they should be allowed to retreat to Yecheng. Handan City, didn't we take it down? Xu Dou said to the staff officer.

"Do you think that we have the ability to do a real fight, in that case, our losses will cost us more materials, it's all money, money, you know?" Xu Dou said.

"Yes. Sir. The staff officer nodded in agreement.

"Alright. To sum up, it's time for us to reorganize. Reorganize all the militias in the vicinity, and let's upgrade to the 1st Infantry Division. Xu Dou said with a smile. That's the most important thing for them, and it's very important for them.

"Oh, yes. Don't enter the city for the time being, just camp outside the city, and at the same time order the gendarmes to enter first, explain our discipline, what is needed to be bought and sold fairly, not to oppress the people, discipline must be strictly observed, if anyone dares to disobey, there will be no mercy. Xu Dou ordered.

The staff officers felt that they had conquered Handan and should enter Handan City to celebrate, but they heard Xu Dou's order. They discouraged it, because the order would really be carried out, and if they made a mistake, they would be killed at this time. Really wronged.

At the same time, all ministries should actively sum up lessons and lessons. Let's take a good look at the summary of this battle. Those who adopt it are all recommended to study at military academies, and after the officers study, they will directly enter the staff to work. Xu Dou ordered. He found. As long as they are engaged in every battle, they sum up the experience. On the contrary, if they cannot sum up the lessons and lessons in time, their tactics and combat experience will never improve.

The first brigade is driven by Xu Dou, constantly learning and improving their experience. Improved tactics. It's a great learning atmosphere.

Lijiazhuang.

"Zhang Li's command level is still too low. Judging by the battle reports, the infantry had no tactics to talk about at all. If you press a large piece of it, you will hit it. Fighting like this, it is a loss, and besides, they are not good at discovering their own advantages, their own firepower superiority is the key, and they don't know anything all of a sudden, and when they attack, the artillery is ready, and they think that they can hit the commanding heights of the wheat pile at once, my God. He was thinking too simply. It's so simple. Shang Wu said angrily. Shang Wu summed up in detail some deficiencies in offensive operations, and the problems he summed up were all problems that Zhang Li did not notice.

Without giving full play to the superiority in firepower, infantry tactics, no, the whole squad, the whole platoon, and even the whole battalion would not know how to give full play to the superiority in firepower, cover the attack or something, and rush forward in a swarm, this is not a war at all, this is a fight.

"I don't think we're asking for some of them." Jia Xu said with a smile.

"Ever?" Shang Wu shook his head and asked.

"I don't see anything at all, I don't know anything, I can't fight like this. Gotta change their chief of staff. You have to be able to use Lao Tzu's chief of staff. Shang Wu said.

"Who's the right one?" Jia Xu asked.

"I see, Zhang Qing, now Zhang Qing. Nothing either. Lao Mu seems to be in a hurry recently, he wants to enter the Fourth Infantry Division. Shang Wu said. The 4th Infantry Brigade was the only unit that did not have to fight, and they were promoted directly from brigade to brigade and quickly entered the fast lane and were directly promoted to infantry divisions. What Shang Wu wanted was to let Lao Mu be the division commander and Yang Lin to be the chief of staff. After all, Yang Lin's temperament is more like that of the chief of staff. The consideration of the problem is very comprehensive, but in this way, Zhang Qing is redundant. Zhang Qing was supposed to return to work in the arsenal, but, considering the particularity of Zhang Qing's soldiers, Shangwu planned to set up a logistics department, but this department could not be established for the time being, because a large amount of material transfer was still in Wang Ming's hands. Wang Ming actually took up the logistics support work very well, and Zhang Qing came out redundantly.

In desperation, he could only transfer Zhang Qing to the Second Brigade as chief of staff.

"Well, I think he's more suitable. Steady, there is more consideration for fighting. The most important thing is that he has a strong learning ability, which is much better than Zhang Li. The two have had a relationship, so it should be okay. Jia Xu thought for a while and said.

"However, I have noticed a situation that we should inform the whole army of the battle situation of the Second Brigade." Jia Xu thought for a while and said.

"Let them all take this as a warning, learn to learn, this is a lesson, the Red Turban Army, not only to learn the good side, but also to learn the bad side, we have to sum up the lessons and lessons, why do we do such a thing, if we can't sum up the lessons and lessons in time, we still have to suffer such a loss." This is very unfavorable to us, the Red Turban Army must develop, it must grow, and the Republican Army will expand in size in the future, these are some things that must be experienced. We can't help but do something like this in advance. Jia Xu said.

"Hmm. Speaking of which, in this matter, the first brigade has to do better than the other brigades, how to say, these troops under our command, each has its own characteristics, Ma Heng's troops dare to fight tough battles, this is a guy who dares to fight his own troops, the second brigade, too cunning, cunning. They don't even have a big deal to fight hard. They are good at guerrilla warfare, and there are too many examples of warfare that avoid reality and make up for fiction, so that you don't dare to hand over some heavier tasks to them. The Fourth Brigade dared to fight. The Independence Brigade is good at blocking warfare. These are their characteristics. Shang Wu said.

"If we can average out the advantages of these troops, or if we can learn from each other, I think our troops will make great progress." Jia Xu said.

"In my opinion, it can be like this, so let's do it, before the reorganization is over, we can transfer the chiefs of staff of various units to each other, and in this way, let the chiefs of staff learn from each other's advantages, and at the same time let them sum up the characteristics and advantages of the troops, and as for the shortcomings, let them study in the military academy and supplement these, so that we can quickly enhance our combat effectiveness." Shang Wu said.

"In addition, we can also transfer some of the officers and soldiers out. Let them teach us that. Jia Xu added.