The officers looked at each other, not quite understanding what Xu Shiyang meant.

In fact, the food in front of them was not a strange thing to these officers who were poor and even homeless just a few years ago.

In the past, this kind of food could even be said to be a delicacy only in dreams.

But now, especially in recent years, these things are no longer on the officers' tables.

Both in peacetime, and in war.

In the war, the food supplies of officers and soldiers were the same, so the soldiers actually don't eat much of this kind now.

Xu Shiyang picked up the black cake and frustrated it back and forth with his teeth for a long time, and then he barely bit down a small piece with saliva, and then chewed hard.

"It's a test of the teeth." Xu Shiyang muttered a comment.

Feng Sanhu, who has been a homeless person, said: "There is very little food in it, and the main ingredients are bran, black beans, acorn noodles, and a lot of grass roots, leaves, and even tree bark. ”

"Before the Commander took us in, this was a delicacy that only existed in a dream." Li Jinghuai, who has also been a homeless person, added.

Xu Shiyang nodded and said calmly: "These things were all seized from the Tartars. ”

He pinched the piece of black cake and shook it twice in front of the officers: "This is from a traitor soldier." ”

Then he pointed to the cheese on the table: "This should be a Jurchen." ”

And jerky: "Maybe this is a brand thing?" In short, a Tartar rank and file officer. ”

"The wine came from a mouk who we had beaten to death."

Xu Shiyang picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, almost unable to hold back his vomit.

"These are the things that the Tartars fight with."

Next to him, Zhao Lin handed him a gourd filled with warm water, Xu Shiyang poured it twice and rinsed his mouth, and then said:

"They rely on these things to go from Liaodong to our Qi Province, and then they have to rely on this kind of thing to support them to break through our defenses."

The officers' eyes began to glow, and they knew what Xu Shiyang wanted to say.

To tell you the truth, everyone was still a little frustrated in today's battle - the fortifications that were dug up with great difficulty, the enemy broke through in one day.

This has shaken everyone's confidence in victory.

But now, Xu Shiyang told them that although his side was dangerous, the enemy on the opposite side had a greater crisis!

"The Tartars are counting on breaking through our defenses, destroying our Qingzhou army, and plundering grain and grass in our rear to meet their own needs."

Xu Shiyang threw the stone-like black cake in his hand on the table, and said disdainfully:

"They're wishful thinking!"

"Twenty days at most, the Tartars will be without food and grass! Even if we don't take the initiative to fight back, they will have to get out of our land after this time, and they are the kind of people who starve to death halfway through, and they are rolling with! ”

"And I'm not going to let them go at all!"

Xu Shiyang said viciously:

"There are still 4 lines of defense behind us, and there is still the Yellow River, and there is still a line of defense on the east bank of the Yellow River! Just hold on for fifteen days! The Tartars who eat this kind of thing every day to fight the war are bound to be seriously weakened! Whether you can afford a knife or not is a question! ”

"When the time comes, all the new armies will be gathered in one place, and I will take you to hunt these beasts!"

With an uproar, all the officers stood up at the same time, answered loudly with their heads held high:

"Obey!"

……

For the next two days, the Jin army did not launch a large-scale offensive.

Every day, only a few hundred rangers were sent to cover the archers and harass them with light arrows.

The main purpose is just to make the Qingzhou soldiers highly nervous and consume more physical strength.

However, this kind of action is very much more than worth the loss, needless to say when there are muskets on the opposite side, even if the Qingzhou army fails to transfer the Shenji soldiers to the front for a while, a few soldiers who can shoot arrows can bring some damage to the Tartars.

After all, the Qingzhou army still has a chest wall to cover, and the Tartars can only rely on the armor they wear.

In two days, the Jin army paid nearly 100 casualties, but fortunately, the Qingzhou soldiers still did not counterattack, so that they were safe and secure in the rear.

On the seventh day of the seventh month of the 14th year of Jianxing, early in the morning, the Jin soldiers who built the first breast wall of the Qingzhou Army into a new camp were full of voices, and when the sky was not bright, tens of thousands of Jin soldiers began to light a fire to make food, and then went out of the camp to line up.

The Jurchens formed a huge attack line several miles wide, and each attacking team was fronted by a row of shield carts.

It seems that they did learn the lesson of the concentrated attack two days ago, only to be subjected to heavy gunfire and heavy losses.

In the current situation, if the new army is concentrated in one point, it will inevitably break through in other directions.

If the new forces are dispersed, it will be difficult for the guns to form an effective interceptive firepower.

According to the tactics discussed by the Bo Jilie before the war, the front row of the Jin army were the slave soldiers and traitor soldiers who pushed the shield carts, these people had been strictly ordered, and anyone who retreated today would be killed mercilessly - their own bodies and shield carts were the shields of the main force of the Jin army.

Those who followed behind the shield car array were still Jurchen soldiers.

These men carried a lot of long planks or ladders, and in addition to covering the attack with bows and arrows, these people were also responsible for setting up the long plank ladder on the trench and the breastwork, forming a direct passage - the Tartars were no longer going to fill the annoying trench, anyway, the breastwall was not high, and the planks could be used to make people rush straight through.

At the end of the line is still the real Jurchen soldiers.

In addition to supervising the battle, the real Jurchen soldiers also had the task of withstanding a possible counterattack by the new army - at least the Bo Jilie believed that the combat effectiveness of the Qingzhou New Army was no less than that of the Jurchen soldiers.

And the strong army always likes to attack.

However, Xu Shiyang had already made up his mind to defend and counterattack, and he had already ordered the new army to quietly withdraw across the Yellow River and assemble near Quancheng.

At this time, only the militia was left in the front, and although there were quite a few of them, the technical and tactical level was far from that of the Tartars.

Fortunately, the morale is not bad - two days ago, Xu Shiyang ordered the officers to spread the dilemma of the Jin army's supply to the whole army, so even the militia at the lowest level now knows that the seemingly menacing Tartar will not last long.

10 days. Or in half a month, they will get out.

The whole division could not win, and after that, the Tartars would definitely not dare to come again. Therefore, after this battle, everyone will be able to live a stable life!

What's more, there is also Xu Shiyang's heavy promise - a beautiful promise about land and shelter.

In order to make the militia play its due strength, in addition to the encouragement of wealth, they were equipped with some decent weapons - a large number of iron weapons, muskets obsolete by the new army, artillery made by several military factories and mainly used for experiments, and a large number of hand-thrown gunpowder weapons.

The last two weapons were regarded by Xu Shiyang as the biggest cost of the militia to hold on to the Tartars for a period of time.

All that remains is the confidence and discipline of the militia.

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