Yuan Zizhang knew that the troops would inevitably encounter the secret posts arranged by the French royal army during their march.

Chen Jiujing's intelligence specifically mentioned these hard-working French sentinels who had little ability to withstand the cold, and their dedication to their duties left a deep impression on the Baishan battalion.

Unlike the big lazy ones in the Xiyong battalion, who said that they never fought in winter, they were all in the camp in the winter, and only when the king's army crossed the Doddogne River did they reluctantly go to war.

That is to say, the Baishan battalion was cared for by Chen Jiujing, and the Jurchen riders wearing the armed clothes provided by the Spaniards would always cross the river in small groups before dragging the Wang army here, otherwise according to the European way of fighting, they might all return to the city at this time.

However, the battle line can only be like this, because the climate in Bordeaux is slightly warmer than the rest of France, there is no need to make winter clothes in large quantities, and the linen robe and leather jacket can only keep out the cold but not enough to arm the six battalions of Xiyong to go out to fight in the field, and the forced non-combat attrition will be higher than the combat casualties.

Chen Jiujing, who lacked a source of replenishment of troops, was reluctant to take risks.

But this is not a problem for the Beiyang Flag Army.

Xu Jin was covered in dark blue cotton iron armor, and his breath made the upper edge of the high-topped helmet connected to his neck spew out visible breath, giving him a general idea of the temperature...... Like his group of flag troops stationed at the Mexican border, they hadn't marched in the cold for a long time.

The dense fog gradually dissipated, the temperature rose slightly with the red sun, and the vision around him widened, he chewed a small piece of air-dried North Asian bison beef strips in his mouth, took a small sip of the water bladder handed by the preacher, stuffed the cork tightly and asked, "How long did it take us to travel this way?" ”

"An hour and a half."

Xu Jin unfolded the map in the chin head, the cold can't bring trouble to his subordinates, the low temperature is just right for them,

This map of the north shore is from the White Mountain Camp, and the strokes are very thick, but it clearly marks the main roads and castles, sikes, and villages along the way, and marks the defenders of each castle, the population of the villages, the number of wells, and the amount of food that can be looted in summer and winter.

The handwriting of the Baishan battalion general Kangguru, such a map, Yuan Zizhang, the commander of the detachment fleet, and the eighteen hundred households under the guerrilla general Wang Youlan.

The French royal army spread a wide defense line on the Dordogne, stationed a large number of nobles and troops, and garrisoned each according to the castle, but the arrival of winter made it difficult for them to assemble, and the scattered garrisons also caused the combat effectiveness of the troops everywhere to drop sharply, and it was unlikely that they would encounter a large army.

Therefore, Yuan Zizhang attacked in three ways, and 600 households on each road advanced one after another, crossing the confrontation river, on the one hand, to carry out the conventional fortification and clearing the field, and on the other hand, to complete the marching and combat support work for the upcoming main army.

The standard marching speed of the Beiyang Banner Army's infantry and artillery mixed units is 60 miles a day, but everyone knows that the data written in the training syllabus and textbooks is always only a theoretical value, and the actual actions are always related to the situation on the battlefield and to things outside the battlefield.

Chen Jiujing in Bordeaux could provide enough manpower for the Ming army to provide logistical support, but other affairs still had to be done by the Eastern Army, who needed to have a sufficient understanding of the enemy's situation, terrain, weather and area of operation, know the favorable and unfavorable factors on the march, and overcome natural obstacles and artificial obstacles along the way.

Only by accurately knowing these can the next stage of calculation and arrangement be completed, whether it is Fu Yuan, Yuan Zizhang or Wang Youscale, they must be fast and not rash.

"An hour and a half, it's almost here."

For half an hour, Xu Jin's troops only advanced twenty-three miles in the dense fog, and each mile of the six hundred households quickly dispersed to the surrounding areas to check the terrain and the enemy or their own places where they could hide, and continued to advance after determining safety.

Kanguru was much more daring than he was, and for half an hour they took advantage of the fog to break into the coastal villages, where the French troops were often stationed, and took control of the whole village before the peasant women could ring the alarm.

They were so skilled that the Baishan battalion looked more and more like a native European unit, and the Korean soldiers who arrived at the next moment were escorted back to the south bank of the river, while the Xiyong battalion had dispersed with their men to the next foothold.

Xu Jin's task was to scout and record the camps suitable for camping during the march, and there were people behind them who were specifically responsible for digging wells, concealing their whereabouts, and leaving behind them to carry out heavy assembly points and temporary post stations.

As they had been trained in the past, a camp was set up at intervals of twenty-five to thirty miles for a short rest and food during the march, and dozens of such sites would be set up during the march hundreds or even thousands of miles, and the first few troops would be given rest and prepare firewood for cooking and water for the troops behind, and then fortify on the spot.

The troops in the rear were well fed and drunk and became the vanguard and continued to march, and if the large army assembled and marched, they had to divide their troops into multiple routes until they reached a suitable distance before reaching the preset battlefield before regrouping for pre-battle preparations.

"The army will use up all the supplies along the way, and we have few troops now, but when Fu Shuai attacks, there may be 20,000 or even 30,000 troops passing through here, and then this road will not be enough."

Xu Jin checked the map, and explained to his deputy hundred households and the general banner under his command: "We all know that in the battle of Weishui, you will all be generals in the future, and the whip is good, and the army has not yet arrived at the battlefield after the defeat of the former army, so it can only form more routs." ”

"That's why we have to divide our troops into three routes, and this time the task is to march forward for three hundred miles, set up ten garrisons and the first assembly area."

Saying that, Xu Jin easily revealed a little cruelty and snorted, and then said the last task: "At the same time, cooperate with General Kangguru to clear the field and knock out the three kings and eight shells on the road." ”

According to Chen Jiujing's intelligence, decades of wars have scorched France, and there are more and more fortresses of nobles in the land of the four wars, which look very scary and the defense is indeed first-class, but fortunately, several castles along the way from Bordeaux to the north were captured by Chen Jiujing in the last religious war with Navarre's Hum Lao Si.

The bulky stone buildings represent a strong defense, but also mean that they are difficult to repair in a short period of time after damage.

This will simplify the difficulty of the next attack.

Just when Xu Jin was about to continue the march, a rider sent by Baihu, who was using the same route as him but belonging to another route, galloped over with a decaying old crossbow of different shapes, bowed down and hugged his fist and reported back: "Xu Baihu, we found this simple fortification in the woodland with a helmet, next to thatch and civil wood, we found that the people had gone far away, it should be an enemy scout, and they found us." ”

Xu Jin took the crossbow and looked at it in his hand, frowning: "The nearest camp in intelligence is twenty miles away from us, and there are 1,800 soldiers stationed, where are you going?" Scouts use these things, and the North Asian immigrants make their own hunting bows that are better than them. ”

"It's time for us hundreds of families to get together."