Li Jiazhuang, War Department. It's still very busy here, some of the staff officers have already left here in advance, and the next battlefield should be near Xiaquyang. So they went there in advance to set up a forward headquarters, and a medical station was also launched in the early stage.

"For us, cavalry is a mountain, and we still lack the courage and confidence to climb over this mountain." Shang Wu said.

"Yes, the appearance of stirrups made the cavalry begin to become cheaper, and the impact of the cavalry began to play out, the cavalry, after all, has an advantage in height and speed, and the infantry, there are too many things lacking in this regard." Jia Xu said helplessly.

"Huh." Sangwu laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Jia Xu asked. He really didn't understand what Shang Wu was suddenly laughing at, could he have thought of something happy?

"I think you're good at physics." Shang Wu said with a smile.

"Hehe, you deliberately watched my jokes." Jia Xu said. Jia Xu is also a studious person, he actually followed a group of children to learn some basic physics knowledge, which also explains why when Shang Wu heard about things like height and speed, Shang Wu suddenly felt that Jia Xu studied physics and learned well.

"Alright. Do not say. However, the cavalry does have such an advantage, the cavalry fights the infantry, the key is the speed, if the opponent's speed is raised. For the infantry, it is a disaster, and the key to infantry fighting cavalry is to slow them down and let them slow them down. This is a very contradictory issue, but we must solve it in this way, otherwise future wars will become even more bloody, cruel and difficult to deal with. Shang Wu said.

"Yes, I agree with this, but at present, we can't further solve this problem in many things, muskets, artillery, the first time to face such a situation, but the officers and soldiers have learned the most powerful point from us, everything is unknown, battlefield war, it's not easy to fight." Jia Xu said.

"Hmm. It's all about the formation we put in lineup. It's a pity that Ma Heng didn't organize this exercise well, and his subordinates were too powerful. The two regiments actually fought on their own. Maybe it's because there's too much competition. Shang Wu said.

"This kind of internal competition can greatly increase our enthusiasm for fighting, but isn't it a bit too much to do so. We should intervene. Jia Xu said worriedly.

"Forget it. This matter is like this, our internal competition is better than no competition, this is the army, it is to fight, in this situation, many things need us to do well, if we do not do this well, it will be difficult for us to carry out such a war, what we need is such a situation, not to make our situation difficult. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. There is some truth to it. Jia Xu said.

"Whatever? What we need is a situation in which no matter how tough the enemy is, we ourselves maintain a strong fighting force, and the enemy will not form a situation against us. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. However, speaking of which, there is one more thing that we need to deal with in a timely manner, the new army of the West Park has penetrated a long distance into the territory. If the militia and the guerrillas were to intercept it, I fear that they would not be able to do that. Jia Xu said worriedly. Shang Wu nodded, agreeing with this.

Report. Up-to-date intelligence. A staff officer reported at this time. Shang Wu nodded, then took it. Shang Wu quickly looked at it. handed it over to Meng Yi.

"Let's see, your guess is correct, the situation is indeed what you think, Jian Shuo did this for the sake of being anxious to make meritorious contributions, this mentality will make the Xiyuan New Army pay a great price." Shang Wu said.

"Hmm. It seems that the advance speed of the new army in the West Park may be accelerated, and if Jian Shuo sees such a letter, it will inevitably accelerate. Jia Xu said after reading the letter.

"Well, that's not their thing. Where did we just go? Shang Wu said that they couldn't control the speed of Jian Shuo's march because it was in Jian Shuo's hands.

"The speed at which the new army of the West Park took it was too fast, and they had already cut into us a certain distance. What I'm worried about is that in such a situation, we can't stop them, you know, in this area, we only have militia, guerrillas, their equipment is poor, their training is poor, if we indulge them to rescue Handan, the situation will be very unfavorable to us, and the current troops in our hands may not be able to stop them, after all, they are new troops, even if we use all the **, ambush, the other side will still rush over. It's just a matter of time. Jia Xu said solemnly.

Shang Wu nodded, Jia Xu was right, this is really a serious question. If it's not handled well, the situation is really dangerous.

"Do you have any good ideas?" Shangwu asked.

"Dismantle the teaching team and let the teaching team go down, they are all the backbone forces, based on such backbones, absorb a large number of militia to participate, replenish the weapons we issued to them, strengthen their weapons and equipment, give them only one order, drag the Xiyuan New Army, find a way to drag him, as long as he can't get to Handan, everything is what we can do." Jia Xu said.

"In this way, we will have to make more infantry regiments." Shang Wu said.

"There's no way, we don't have a strategic reserve in our hands." Jia Xu said. The strategic reserve is still something that it has learned from the training course of the Shangwu Military Academy, and if there is a mistake in tactics, it may be able to make up for it, but if there is a mistake in strategy, it will be very difficult to make up for it, so the strategic reserve actually exists to make up for this kind of mistake. It is also at the most critical time to put into strategic reserves for operations. Jia Xu had this kind of idea before, but it was far less than Shang Wu thought. And in fact, Shang Wu has it. The teaching team has always been the trump card in Shang Wu's hands, and it is also his last reserve. It's a pity that the reserves can't be used every time.

But the current situation is a little different, there is not much strength in the hands of the martial arts, although the guerrillas, the militia can play a great role, but their organization is too scattered, there is no core, while the teaching team they have such a core, if this as the backbone, quickly assembled, although the combat effectiveness formed is not very large, but it is still possible to stop the advance of the new army in the West Garden.

"Okay, let's do it, split the teaching team and let them get together quickly. A new regiment was formed. In my opinion, the number starts with three. In this way, they can quickly complete the formation in battle, but for now, we should be careful not to let the new army of Xiyuan continue to advance. Otherwise, there will be a real big problem. Shang Wu said. Jia Xu nodded. It's one thing to let the new army from Xiyuan in, but if you let them go too far and let them enter Handan City all at once, then the situation will become a different situation. This will put a lot of pressure on Shang Wu. Therefore, Shangwu must not let the enemy enter this range. Otherwise, they will be in a very disadvantageous position.

In the mountains east of Huguan.

"Lao Cui, tell me, sir, what do you mean by this? What is the meaning of transfer, this officer and army will not listen to us. Li Yun didn't know what Shang Wu said in the letter, he could still recognize some words, but there were some words, he simply couldn't recognize, and this letter was written by Jia Xu, although there were also some vernacular texts, but the content of the letter suddenly improved a little, and Li Yun couldn't understand it all of a sudden.

"I understand some of the meaning, although there are still some things I don't understand, but, I think, the two of us should talk about it." Cui Changgen said.

"Tell me about it." Li Yun said.

"The situation is like this, the chief said in the letter, Huguan County, can't be taken, there are many reasons, first, our preparation is insufficient, for example, this weapon, we only have this ** weapon, but how to use this ** weapon, and we don't have other kinds of weapons, so this led to our failure." Lao Cui said. Li Yun nodded in agreement. He thinks that the other party is right.

"The second is experience, we have never fought the county before, at most we have attacked those manors, but this is not comparable at all, and our command also has problems, so this has directly caused our situation to be in a bad state, and our situation has become even worse." Lao Cui said.

"Hmm. That's right. We must admit this, and we can't do it if we don't. Li Yun said.

"Therefore, the commander said in the letter that we should not turn the attack on the county town into a successful thing the first time, but should turn the attack on the county town into a method of mobilizing the enemy, and if the enemy's reinforcements leave here, we will surround them, and give them some pressure appropriately, and the commander has also given us some long-range weapons, which will be delivered in a few days. At that time, we can fight hard. When the eldest son is hit, Tunliu will send troops to relieve the siege again, and then we can hit their reinforcements halfway, which is called encirclement and reinforcement. The reinforcements who beat them did not dare to come out and rush to help, in that case, we would be able to eat their Huguan County. There are no more reinforcements. Naturally, they couldn't fight us. Cui Changgen said.

"Well, that's right, we won't hit the county seat at all. However, if we are fighting ambushes and field battles, we still have a certain advantage, and this is to mobilize troops, once or twice, it doesn't matter, if we can't fight, we can also mobilize the officers and troops back and forth to run more, that is, the officers and troops are stationed. It does not matter. We can fight the eldest son, play the pot off, if not, we can also play tunliu, there will always be a time when we can fight in. Li Yun said with a smile at this time. He suddenly understood what their chief meant. That is, take the pot off as bait, keep fishing, it doesn't matter if you can't catch a fish, they can keep casting bait halfway. The eldest son, staying in these places is their weakness. The officers and soldiers had to come to the rescue.

"I remembered. This is what the chief said that attacking the enemy must be saved, what we are doing is not such a thing, why is this Huguan County so difficult to fight, this is because it is very important, if it is not important, it is better to fight. Li Yun said.

"So, let's not be in a hurry, keep tossing back and forth, torturing the officers and soldiers on the road, it's okay, just let him run more. This is what the chief said, the fat drag the thin, and the thin drag to death. What we have time to do is to slowly play him to death. Li Yun said.

"Hahaha. That's a bit of a fun thing to do. The two of them said excitedly.

Luoyang, Beijing.

"Crackling. Cracking sound. "In the prime location of Luoyang, a new shop was born. But it's the firecrackers that attract people. Because this firecracker is loud and loud.

"See. This is a new type of firecracker, something that can only be found in the palace. A Luoyang man said excitedly to a friend on the side.

"Oh. It's loud, and it's smoking, This thing, yes, I don't know how to calculate the price. On New Year's Day, I also want to make a bunch. Look festive. The friend said excitedly. Firecrackers have already begun to be sold in Luoyang. Although this is a military material, no one will think of it for the time being. Because they don't know how powerful this thing is, it is Zhang's shop that sells firecrackers, this is Zhang Rang's shop, this kind of thing has a low cost and a large profit, and a string of 100 rings. In fact, less than 50 firecrackers can be sold for hardware, and only rich people can afford this kind of thing, and Zhang Rang earns such money. In addition to this, there is glass, paper. Even the boots were bought from there. Boots with spikes, walking. Crackling, it's a very face-saving thing. There is also soap, which is even more expensive, and you can get one piece for two gold. Zhang Rang made a lot of money by cooperating with the Red Turban Army. Now some of the supplies in the palace are from him, and the money in the palace. He's made a lot of money.

"Zhang's Qianzhuang, what does this mean?" Many Luoyang people who watched the excitement looked puzzled, this money village is still a family, and everyone doesn't know what's going on, because no one has ever done such a business.

"Qianzhuang, Qianzhuang, is naturally doing business on money. Let's go in and have a look. "Some businessmen have the audacity to say that they are attracted by firecrackers, and that such a bank is a person who does big business. They like this kind of face-saving occasion, because it shows that this is a kind of strength, without such strength, can they open such a big shop? And they are still doing business on money, they do business, and they don't deal with money, and for a while, businessmen have entered.