Huangfu Song's adjustment was forced, but it was precisely because of the force that he became more flexible, from the original decisive battle, after realizing that there was danger, they quickly adjusted to a state that was more conducive to their combat. I have to say. Huangfu Song is also a famous general. Because of his flexible adjustment, it was extremely beneficial to the Eastern Han court.

Taihang Mountain Military Region, Huguan County.

Three infantry regiments of the Taihang Mountain Military Region, about 5,000 people, surrounded this place. They dug trenches and laid out barbed wire here, and they had a great determination to besiege Huguan County. This made the defenders of Huguan County feel very bad. They had already sent three groups of rescue heralds in a row before closing the siege. They want to be able to get support from nearby counties, as they have done before.

"Sir, this time we are besieging Huguan County, eldest son, stay in two places, will you support?" A captain said worriedly. The last time was to besiege the eldest son, Huguan County dispatched more than 200 people, suffered heavy losses, and less than 20 people returned. Although they did not beat the other party's reinforcements, the bandits also inflicted a lot of heavy losses on the Huguan defenders.

"Did they strike last time?" Li Yun put down the binoculars in his hand and asked.

"It's a sortie. Sir. The captain replied.

"That's not it. If they don't attack, we will besiege him until they surrender, anyway, this war is in our favor, we don't need to be in such a hurry. Li Yun said.

"Sir, the last time we fought each other's reinforcements, it didn't seem to be successful. This time, we can't let the bandits catch the loophole. The captain reminded.

"Lao Tzu knows these things. Look at those thieves who can, damn it, dare to fight Lao Tzu's idea, but, our chief said it. Don't break out a conflict with them, our main goal now is to fight the official army, as long as the bandits are not with the official army, they are allies, and when we end the battle here, it will not be too late to clean them up together. Li Yun said.

"Yes, sir." The captain said. The encirclement began to work, and the Red Turban Army here lacked preparations for large-scale attacks, and in this case, they had to besiege many times, and the attack was only in a little bit of exploration, for example, their tunnels were repeatedly excavated, and many tunnels continued to lead to Huguan County. This made the Huguan garrison exhausted.

The tactics of the Red Turbans continued to escalate, first of all, they dug a large number of trenches and laid out barbed wire, the appearance of these things greatly exacerbated the effect of the siege. Not only that, but the muskets that were replenished in place began to shoot at the officers and soldiers on the castle towers, and with the help of favorable fortifications, the two sides launched a large-scale fire. Generally. The two sides are tied.

The bows and arrows of the officers and soldiers were not lethal enough, and it was easy to expose the target, because the bows and arrows themselves could not be small, and they could only shoot with the cover of shields, and the probability of hitting the opponent in such a situation was greatly reduced. In addition, the Red Turban Army has done effective protection, and it is difficult for them to form a blow with planks, shields, bows and arrows on the top of their heads. Opposite. The muskets of the Red Turbans put a lot of pressure on the officers and soldiers. They just need to stick out a small hole and they can shoot. This small hole, only the best archers can shoot into it, this kind of technology, there are only one or two in Huguan County, and once the Red Turban Army has done special protection, their bows and arrows will not have such attack power. The demands on the archers are very high.

The muskets of the Red Turban Army were effortless, and the training time of musketeers was much lower than that of archers, and a good archer needed at least two or three years of training to be effective in combat, and sharpshooters were even rarer. And the archers' firing speed and frequency are limited, after all, strength is not available at any time, but muskets do not have such shortcomings, they shoot almost non-stop. The three musketeers kept firing, always putting a lot of pressure on each other. Although the accuracy of the shot is not, but his power. However, it has a big advantage in terms of range.

However, the Red Turban Army was in a state of feint, which had higher requirements for their shooting angle, which was their disadvantage, and the archers occupied a certain advantage because of the advantage in height, and the two sides were converted into each other to form a confrontation. The situation of the Huguan garrison is very bad.

Because the Red Turban Army occupied more of the initiative, and the officers and troops who went out of the city to fight could not lose more troops at all. There are not many defenders in a county town at all, at most more than 800 people, and Huguan County has added more than 200 people, but their troop losses are much lower than 800 people, and the situation in Huguan County is very bad.

Shangdang Military District. Inside Li Shui's headquarters.

"Hehe, damn it, it's time for us to send reinforcements this time. It doesn't matter if he walks or not. On all roads, obstacles were set up for him. Li Shui looked at the map and said.

"Sir, shouldn't we pay attention to the situation of the bandits?" A staff officer said worriedly.

"Bandits?" Li Shui asked.

"Yes, sir, the last time we besieged the county seat of Changzi, the official army from Huguan was not effectively ambushed by our army, but the bandits attacked in advance, resulting in the failure of the ambush plan, although the officers and troops suffered heavy losses, but, after all, it disrupted our army's ambush plan, if the bandits also did this, our situation would not be good. They will disrupt our ambush plan, and it is better to kill the officers and soldiers, but they are afraid that they will scare the officers and soldiers back, in that case, we will not be able to kill or injure the enemy, and the enemy will not come out in our next attack. The staff officer said.

"Hmm. That's right, send someone to negotiate with them, if they ambush the officers and soldiers, we welcome it, but they must follow our arrangement. We can't disrupt our hukou plan. Li Shui said.

"Yes. Sir. A staff officer agreed. Li Shui actually had a good impression of these bandits, because they lacked the necessary organization, they were all a rabble, although some of them had high skills, for example, their spears were good, and some were former officers and soldiers. But they have lost the effective discipline of the army. They robbed and robbed houses, and only some people did this, and most of the thieves still bullied the common people, and he was very disdainful of this kind of bullying of the weak, if it weren't for the county town they called, they would have cleaned up these guys a long time ago.

"Sir. These bandits are unruly, although many of them are really capable, but some of them are still unruly, some of them look down on us, do we take some measures. Change the approach to them. Like, exterminate them? A major suggested.

"Forget it. Now we can't take care of them, the eldest son county is the most important thing, these bandits, let them mess up. If we have time, we'll do something to kill them. However, now is not the time. The chief is engaged in a battle with the Huangfu Song Department of the official army on the Jizhou side, and a bloody battle is breaking out between the two sides. In such a situation, what we have to do is to contain the enemy, who is the enemy, it is the officials and soldiers, not these bandits, if we fight with the bandits, the officers and soldiers will be very willing to watch us engage in internal fighting, which is extremely unfavorable to us, we should see clearly who is the enemy, who is the most important thing. Li Shui said.

"Yes. Sir. The Major nodded. On this issue, Shang Wu has already explained it very clearly in the letter. The officers and soldiers are their most important enemies. Because the strength of the official army is very large, only by taking the official army to occupy the county seat can they complete the final dominance, and only in this way can the base area be truly established, and after establishing such a base area, they can finally attack the bandits, because the nature of the bandits is good and bad, and some are forced to participate. Some are voluntary. The purpose and motivation are different, so it is natural to treat them differently. It is precisely for this reason that such a matter will be dealt with in the end, because this matter is very troublesome.

Yang Village. The three thousand Xiyuan new troops were all unhappy.

It's not just that the battle in Yang Village is very fierce, but the above wants them to solve such a thing as soon as possible. Although they also dug trenches, digging trenches does not mean solving the final problem. In the end, they still need these soldiers to fight. But how to lay them down. Their commander came up with a solution.

"Damn, what a death squad, it's just a death squad. Death squads. Chen muttered loudly.

The death squad, this is the method that their commander came up with, they have to organize a squad of more than 50 people, quietly touch the past, because the other side has barbed wire, and there is no place, touch into the other party's trench, they can start a fight, and then occupy there, the brigade can attack. If Shang Wu was here, he would have exclaimed, this is a commando tactic that appeared in the German army during World War I, and he would have thoroughly admired the wisdom of the ancients.

But the ancients did not choose the bravest soldiers to fight. Rather, it is carried out by drawing, which relies on luck and the arrangement of one's own fate.

The soldier in front of Chen Da pulled a wooden stick and secretly took it away and looked at it. The underside of the wooden strip is not red, so the other party does not have to join the death squad. And Chen Da can only say that the other party is lucky. When it was his turn, he took one out at random.

Then he looked at it and was completely stunned.

"Red. Hit. The soldier next to him said.