Shangguan. The New Army of the West Park had arrived, but their advance had slowed down. It took them two days to advance thirty miles. This made Jian Shuo feel very annoyed.

"Report to the general, the army was fiercely resisted by the Red Turban bandits, who attacked our army in the nearby villages, and many brothers were killed by the sneak attack during the night, and the thieves built tunnels in all the villages. I waited, but I couldn't catch them at all. A Sima bitterly reported the situation.

Jian Shuo had a gloomy face. The situation was far more complicated than he thought. I don't know what happened, but the Red Turbans suddenly began to launch non-stop harassment against them, and not only that. The density of ** on the official road far exceeds Jian Shuo's imagination.

The passage of the new army in Xiyuan to the south was basically blocked. Every step forward for the officers and soldiers has to pay a considerable price.

The day before yesterday, their march was only a pitiful five-mile road, and they spent more than a day on the five-mile road, not counting it, the soldiers obviously had a great sense of fear of **. They are very reluctant to go down the official road. In desperation, Jian Shuo could only order to kill some soldiers who did not obey the order, and the army accelerated its speed, but it was still very limited.

Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu put forward an idea, that is, to take a detour, the Red Turban Army loves the people, and they will definitely not let the people take risks, so they can take advantage of the village road to march. Jian Shuo quickly agreed, after all, they also needed to solve some problems quickly. However, the situation was still much worse than he thought.

Along the way, the villages they found were all empty, at first they thought it was normal, after all, no one wanted to be looted by officers and soldiers, even the new army in Xiyuan, it was difficult to control the greed of the soldiers, and it was normal to rob some things, Jian Shuo would not really restrain his subordinates, but there were all villages with no one along the way, and this problem was a bit big. Unfortunately, they didn't notice these things at first, and just last night, the tragedy began to happen. There are tunnels in the villages where they stayed overnight, and the local militia took advantage of the tunnels to constantly kill and injure officers and soldiers, horses were killed, and sleeping soldiers were killed, all of which happened in one day, and many of the troops who stayed overnight were attacked to varying degrees, and the losses were as high as more than 1,500 people. It was hard to believe that this number was unbelievable, and it was only one night that they had lost so many men, which was a big surprise to him.

"General, many soldiers were killed in their sleep, and our army didn't know how those people did it." The Sima Yu reported for duty.

"Have you found out the situation?" Jian Shuo asked coldly. Things have already happened, there is no point in pursuing the past, what is important is to solve what is happening in the present, how to make them move forward quickly, this is the most important thing.

"Report to the general, it is the thief army that takes advantage of the night to use the tunnel, and our army has begun to dig the tunnel. But the more the tunnels are dug up, the more they are dug up. There was no sign of the thieves at all. Sima reported like this.

"How about setting a fire and filling it with water?" Yuan Shao asked.

"There is nothing to be done, our army has been flooded for more than three hours, but the tunnel is still not full. Arson, too, our troops entered it, killed and wounded many people, and it was impossible to find out where the other side was hiding. Another Sima reluctantly reported such a thing, this matter is indeed the case, they have already entered the pit to investigate what is going on in the tunnels of the Red Turban Army, but unfortunately, they have no results, and many things are much more difficult than they imagined. For example, when it comes to tunnels, the problems they face are much more complex than any other army.

Because no army will use tunnels to fight, and the most terrible thing is that they don't know how long and how deep the other party's tunnels have been dug out. Many approaches do not work for this. They have dug a big pit that is more than two feet deep, and in the pit, they found that the tunnel of the Red Turban Army is as high as two floors, and if they continue to dig, there may be more, which is extremely terrifying, which shows that the Red Turban Army is prepared, and with their current situation to deal with, they simply cannot face such a situation.

"There is a ** area in the front, and there is also a ** area in the back, and there are tunnels in the village, which is very unfavorable to our army." Yuan Shao said worriedly. They have never encountered such a strange way of fighting, and they never want to encounter such a situation.

"Burn, set fire to me, burn all those villages to the ground." Jian Shuo said annoyedly.

"This." Sima felt a little surprised. Burning down those houses wouldn't be of any use at all.

"Burn. Burn down all their houses for me. Jian Shuo gave the order.

"All the wells, the tunnel exits, were all filled in as soon as they were discovered. I'm going to plug them. Jian Shuo gave such an order with a gloomy face.

"Humble duty, humble duty understands." The Sima nodded helplessly in agreement. For such an outcome, they can only accept it, and perhaps this is the best way they can come up with. This is the only way to deal with the tunnels of the Red Turban Army. It's really hard to deal with this situation with other methods.

Soon, fires raged in several villages near the official road. The officers and soldiers kept setting fires. When they come across wells, they fill them up, and they do these things regardless of it. Jian Shuo looked at the fire in the sky, and the billowing smoke seemed to be a little relieved, but unfortunately, what he knew was that they had been here for too long. They simply can't take a step forward quickly.

Li Family Orchard. The regimental headquarters of the newly formed 323rd Regiment was set up here, and they were based on the militia guerrillas in the vicinity of Xiaguan, Lijia Orchard, and Xiapu, and the teaching team transferred a backbone of more than 60 people to supplement it, and their regiment numbered less than 1,000 people, that is, more than 900 people. The equipment is also relatively poor, but among the sixty who came from the teaching team, there are fifteen arquebuses, which makes Three-Two-Three have a lot of confidence at once.

"Regiment Commander, the New Army of the West Garden basically stopped in our area, but the New Army of the West Garden seemed to be very annoyed, and in the afternoon, they began to set fire to the houses, and many village houses were burned. Many folks have opinions. A lieutenant reported.

"Burn it, burn it. We still have tunnels, the weather is getting colder and colder, and these fucking new soldiers in the West Garden are freezing to death. Aren't they just houses? Tell them. Chief Xu will build the best house for us. Those earthen houses, wooden houses and so on, they couldn't stand our toss at all, and they burned down. The head of the regiment, Yang Shu, said. Yang Shu is a native of Xiaoyang Village, and was the militia captain in the village earlier, but later fought several ambushes with the Red Turban Army, and the headquarters let him study at the military academy for a few days. When the new infantry regiment was formed, the militia guerrillas in several nearby villages elected him, because he was a bold man who could fight, and he had studied at the military academy for a period of time, although he himself knew more than a thousand words, but the foundation of their regiment was very weak, and the people who knew how to read could basically count on the fingers and toes of two people. There is no way, this is also the general selected among the dwarves, and Yang Shu also served as the commander of the new 323rd Regiment, but unfortunately, not long after the order to establish was issued, the new army in Xiyuan quickly pounced. Their weapons and equipment, and the run-in with the backbone of the teaching team, have not yet been formed, and they are about to go into battle. Yang Shu himself has no bottom in his heart, after all, no one can say anything about this kind of thing. If something like this happens, it would be nice to have a good outcome.

"I didn't want to talk about such a thing, but the problem is, in fact, it has happened." Poplar said.

"Whose house was burned. I'm sad too. After all, that's all we have. Poplar said to the lieutenant, he saw that the lieutenant's face was a little sad, after all, it is not easy for the people in the village to repair a house, and they are finally looking forward to a better life. As a result, the New Army of the West Garden burned down their house in a single fire. All of a sudden, their situation became bad, and this made everyone sad. After all, this is your own house.

"But if the new army in the West Garden can't get rid of it, we won't be able to live well at all, and this good day will turn into a bad day, only by driving out these jackals, tigers and leopards, can we live a good life." We have been beaten and beaten. After driving out these jackals, tigers and leopards, let's rebuild again, I'm afraid that these are of any use. Poplar said.

"Shouldn't we talk to the folks and let them relax?" Chief of Staff Yang Lin stood up worriedly and said. He was a member of the teaching regiment, and his military rank was only a lieutenant colonel, and his previous rank was only a captain, which was considered a promotion in the line of fire. Leading thousands of people and tens of thousands of Xiyuan New Army to fight, he was both excited and worried. Excitedly, they can show their strengths. The worry is that they can't stop each other at all by virtue of this. The order from their superiors was for them to stop the enemy at all costs. Let the enemy not be able to go further south, otherwise, their future battles will not be easy to fight.

"Well, Lao Yang is right, go, let all the company and platoon officers go to the tunnel to talk, just say that our Red Turban Army, after this battle, let's repair his house. The house was even better than the previous one. Poplar commanded.

"Yes, sir." The lieutenant left here to deliver the order.

"We can only be regarded as basically trapping the new army in Xiyuan, and they burned down the house, which shows that they are very annoyed with our tunnels and tactics, and they can't do anything about it." Yang Lin said. Yang Lin was very conscious, he knew that the purpose of their coming here was to cooperate well with these local armed forces, so that they could exert their due combat effectiveness. Before coming. Chief Xu spoke to them. Let them put down the shelves of the regular army, in fact. The Red Turban Army did not have the shelf of a regular army at all. However, he also said that let them put down their identities, actively do auxiliary work, and tactically influence local troops, so as to achieve the goal of dragging down and trapping the new army in Xiyuan. This goal is difficult to achieve, because the combat effectiveness of the Xiyuan New Army is very strong, but they still have to do it, because no matter how strong the enemy is, they have to defeat the other party and let the other party know how powerful they are.

"However, it won't be long before the Xiyuan New Army will still advance, in that case, we may not be able to hold back the Xiyuan New Army." Yang Lin said worriedly.

"I've thought of that. I've signaled to a few of my neighbors' troops, asking them to hurry up and reinforce us, let's stop the enemy here, let them run to the back, and give Xiyuan's ass a blow. It hurts him, and then we keep harassing him. It's just that ours**,** there are not many bags. I'm afraid we won't be able to stand it. The situation of our group, Lao Yang, you also know it. The other regiments are more than 1,000 people, and their weapons and equipment are much better than ours, and our equipment is really inferior to theirs. I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand it for long, and the training is poor. This will not be able to withstand the new army of the West Park for long. Poplar said.

"Hmm. We have to find a way to hold off the enemy for a while and create some time for our friendly troops. Yang Lin said.

"Lao Yang, you have a lot of connections, can you ask your superiors to transfer a group of ** to us, as long as we can trap the new army in Xiyuan, we can talk about other things." Poplar said.

"Well, I'd like to figure it out. Perhaps they have other ways to solve this problem. Yang Lin said.

Poplar can only put hope on the other party at present. With such a batch of weapons, their situation will be much better.

Involving the country, on the official road, Zhang Dazhu happily pushed his wheelbarrow forward, with some mountain goods on it, fruit or something. There are many of these things in the mountains, but they are very expensive on their side, and he plans to transport them home, so that he can sell them for some money and save enough money to marry his wife. The same goes for the stones that follow. The weapons and equipment of the two people were successfully transported to the Taihang Mountain area. The Red Turbans there gave them a lot of money, but they exchanged it for bank bills to deposit, and then they took the mountain goods back, so that they could still make money.

"Brother Big Pillar. We're definitely going to make a lot of money on this trip. Those kids, they love these things. I heard from the gentlemen in the village who saw a doctor, and they said that these medicinal herbs in our car can be sold for a lot of money. Stone said excitedly as he followed.

"Of course. Of course. Da Zhu said excitedly. They felt that their good days had finally arrived. With such a sum of money, they can go to the army. He felt that they could do such a thing with only three trips like this. And he's strong, he's able to push more things. So, they can pay for themselves very quickly.

"Hey, why don't you leave ahead." The big pillar stopped, wiped the sweat and said.

"What's in your car?" Just then, a Red Turban soldier came over and asked.

"Mountain goods, medicinal herbs, what's wrong? This brother. Dazhu asked.

"Oh. Are you in a hurry? We have an urgent mission on our side, and we have to go to Handan. If you can, you can help us transport some weapons, and that's the price. The Red Turban soldier said.

"Is there a war over there?" Da Zhu asked excitedly. In ancient times, they could only hear some news in a month, but the news they heard had become old news. So, on the road, it's rare to hear something specific.

"The new army in the West Park went south. It was the emperor's pro-army. Commander Xu asked our infantry brigade to go over there to support. Our troops drove away a little ahead of schedule, but the weapons and equipment and supplies in the back are still here, and if we can't keep up, something big will happen. The soldier said in embarrassment. They were all born into a family of farmers, and they themselves knew the difficulties of these errand runners.

"Can you show us these goods?" The big pillar asked. This is related to the matter of his daughter-in-law, and Da Zhu is naturally careful.

"Of course, these things, we will put a seal on you and directly hand them over to the people of the Agricultural Bank to manage, they are all looking at money and grain, and they will definitely show you this little thing. That's right. Write down where you live, and if you have the chance, maybe I will bring it back to you. The Red Turban soldier said.

"Alright. And that's it. Stones, quick, a few descendants of our village, unload the things. Come to life. The big pillar shouted excitedly. Hearing this, the soldiers of the Red Turban Army were very excited, they wanted to transport some shells, bullets, rockets and other things to the front line, and the first to pull out were some light infantry, with their own backpacks, spears, muskets and set off. The follow-up supplies have not kept up, which makes them have some difficulties. Fortunately, they encountered a supply convoy bound for the Shangdang area, otherwise, their affairs would be really difficult.

These convoys are very simple, they know what is needed at the front, and they also know that this war must be a big deal, otherwise there would not be such a situation. They immediately got busy, loaded more weapons and equipment into the car, and then moved forward quickly.

"That. You're pretending too much, brother. In this case, it is too tiring. "A Red Turban soldier was excited to see the big pillar loading his weapon into the car, his car was already full. But you still have to pretend.

"It's fine. He is the first person with great strength in our Xiaoliuzhuang. His car was loaded with twenty people, and he was still pushing and walking. It's just that there are so many people in the car. Stone said without worrying at all. His car was already full. The Red Turban soldiers could only watch as they were loaded with these things.