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Before you know it, the first light snow of early winter, which is as fine as powder, has already fallen on the inside and outside of Shinshu City.

However, in the darkness of a few hours later, the sound of firing trumpets and cannons filled with brimstone had been let go of a dozen times, and there were several waves of messengers sent out to give orders for insurance; But there was no response or resounding for a long time;

At the same time, Zhang Fu, who was commanding the fierce battle, was unaware for a while, and he had no time to take care of it for the time being. Because, the Yellow Nest Daxu and the banner, who had obviously fled under his nose, reappeared in front of him like a trick.

And what appeared with him was that there were also the heads of the three generals he sent out to pursue the heads hanging from the flagpole, which made Zhang Lan, who had never been very easily angry and out of shape, suddenly became angry.

And among the remnants of the rebel army that reunited with most of it,

"Brother Shang, it's really hard for you."

And Huang Chao, whose face was full of dust and fatigue, also came out of the crowd, stumbling and holding Shang Rangdao, who was soaked in blood and fished out.

"I've brought back at least seven military orders this time. Discipline the thief's head to take a good life.,It's also a good breath for the brothers who died in the past.。。 ”

"Finally lived up to the trust, but Qilang, Eleven Lang and the fifth brother were not in the battle, many people in the military government were scattered, and tens of thousands of horses, including the ten old battalions, were lost. ."

Shang Rang continued to mutter with some sadness and regret.

"I... Got it. ”

Huang Chao's brows furrowed heavily, as if he had fallen on some kind of unbearable weight, and then bloomed again.

"I'll ask for it back for them."

In fact, according to the predetermined plan, long before the arrival of the official army, he only left a stand-in in the local area that was extremely similar in appearance and speech, and was not afraid of being seen through for a while as bait, and even concealed the vast majority of his subordinates for this.

However, Huang Chao himself personally led some of the guards to gallop away in disguise, and went straight to the rebel army stationed in various places, and finally relied on his personal prestige and prestige to kill the generals and seize the army, and then regrouped the scattered Israeli army units in various places; This kind of thing that seemed extremely difficult and impossible was done by him.

Therefore, this time, he brought tens of thousands of returning troops in the southwestern states; And then before the end of the battle, the Huainan official army that was attacking the city of Xinzhou was surrounded in turn.

What's more, now in addition to these soldiers and horses, he has other credentials; At least the previous efforts and operations have yielded fruitful results.

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In the garrison of the Luzhou army more than ten miles away, I saw Yang Xingshu, who was in a hurry, rushed to the camp with a group of personal soldiers, and asked loudly:

"Why don't you send troops yet? Do you really have to wait for military justice? ”

"If we continue to fight, the foundation of our generation will be exhausted."

The Luzhou soldiers and horses made Tian Hao, but his face did not change and he opened his voice.

"Besides, I'm afraid that after this battle, he will no longer be able to enforce military law against my generation."

"What, how do you know about this?"

Yang Xing couldn't help but be shocked, and then looked at the indifferent expressions of everyone present, and suddenly a cold sweat broke out behind him

"If Zhang Zhaoqiu is undefeated, then my generation will have no future at all."

At this time, Zhu Yanshou, who was his brother-in-law and closest deputy, also opened his voice.

"The eldest brother feels that the grass thieves are all gone, and there are no worries about Huai Town, who will be next?"

"If there are no thieves in this world to ask for, then how much chance does the court have of allowing my generation to survive? Where do you go to find merit for self-respect? . . . ”

Gao Youzhen, who was in charge of liaison at the scene, suppressed Zhang Shenjian, and then echoed.

"This is the attitude and thoughts that everyone has agreed on, and please don't go against the current. . . ."

"Guys? ,But who else?。。 ”

Yang Xing couldn't help but sit down a little out of strength and helplessly

"Except, of course, of the camp boys and tooth soldiers, all ... Person.. ”

Zhang Shenjian emphasized again without hesitation.

"All those who don't want the grass thieves to be destroyed, are worried about the death of rabbits and dogs after the death of the court and the high government, and the lips and teeth are cold and want to echo each other. Ahh

"Could it be that even the Xuanshu soldiers and Fujian soldiers who went to the camp to help the war... Also.. ”

Yang Xingshu took a deep breath and speculated more and more dumbfounded.

"I know that the Lord has always admired his deeds, and has the heart to teach and repay him."

Tian Hao said earnestly and persuasively.

"However, it is really because Zhang is too greedy for merit and profit, and he focuses on the camp alone, but it is too much to squeeze and persecute my generation, which is already unbearable. I'm even more afraid that he has the intention and order to use the hands of thieves to destroy our soldiers and horses,"

"Now those people don't ask the Lord to do anything extra,"

Zhang Shenjian also added.

"As long as you don't have to do anything these days."

In another Chuzhou army station, Zhang Guangxin, the assassin of Chuzhou who had been stabbed more than a dozen times in his Chinese army's big tent, also leaned on his upper seat in a daze, looking at the former subordinates holding the sword blade in his left side, he only felt that they were a little unfamiliar and unfamiliar.

"Don't blame me for being ruthless."

And there was already a circle of corpses of the generals he trusted around, and Li Yu, the general of Chuzhou who was standing among the corpses, said loudly and painfully

"Who called you the clan relative who begged for it, and didn't listen to the repeated advice of my generation, and was determined to follow him all the way."

"Then for the sake of our future survival and self-preservation, I can only ask you to take a step first. In the future, we will present ourselves to the Ming court, and think that the merits of the martyrdom of the country and our descendants are good. ”

At this moment, if you look at the panoramic view over the Battle of Shinshu, you will find that the officers and troops who are stationed on the periphery have not received orders and messages.

It's just that after more or less riots and changes, most of them are doing the opposite of the order to lead their troops to help and go into battle, but they have set out from the outer front of their garrison, and slowly retreated into the distance without hesitation and nostalgia.

On the roads, as messengers from the Huainan army's main formation, the corpses of men and horses who were shot and beheaded have also been buried and abandoned among the nearby mountains and forests.

These officers and soldiers who retreated one after another even crossed the river with the rebels who came from the other side of the river, as if they had not seen each other's existence at all.

There were even those who left intact baggage and food and grass in the camps they had stationed, leaving them untouched to the enemy's own use.

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Outside Gangneung City, in the rainy sky brought by the same cold wave, fine rain and snow fell one after another; This is undoubtedly a new and unique experience for those soldiers from the hot and humid Annan and Lingnan regions, and the cold snow particles entrapped in the rain.

Zhou Huai'an, who had just finished inspecting the resettlement sites of the displaced people and the newly established tuntian in Jingzhou, and the corresponding preparations for winter, also stepped onto the trestle of the wharf with water traces and moisture in the faintly stinging cold wind, and then changed into the warm carriage with a good stove.

During his stay in Jiangling, Zhou Huai'an's main work, in addition to collecting the population, enclosing the land, restoring all aspects of production in stable places, was to conduct more in-depth training of the army; The purpose of reorganizing the army is to optimize and adjust the internal organizational structure of the rebel army and to give full play to the maximum combat effectiveness under certain conditions.

The purpose of military training is mainly the common problems of insufficient resilience and indurable warfare in front of various formations in the Taiping Army; It is not obvious when dealing with those uneven local regiments and ordinary officers and soldiers, but once it is against the old feudal town armies such as the Zhongwu Army and the Shandong Army, which have been fighting from the north for many years, it is quite prominent.

In view of this situation, before the overall physical fitness is strengthened through training and recuperation, it can only be temporarily compensated for by tactical and equipment improvement. For example, it is more cooperative and tacit to be able to carry out combat training in rotational operations; How to use the advantage in numbers to trap the more elite enemy, and then slowly grind them to death with equipment and tactics as the main tactical direction.

Of course, the current Taiping Army has nearly 60 battalion heads, which are mainly composed of spearmen, knife platoons, and bow and crossbow basic three-piece sets and daily establishment; At most, there are some fine-tuning in the specifics. For example, the first boarding, the selection of the front and the jumping sequence, specially equipped with axes, hammers, lances, sticks, broadswords and other long-handled heavy soldiers;

When there is a need to go out into battle, a number of battalion leaders will be formed into a formation; Match the top team or the fire team to strengthen the corresponding ability to attack and break the formation; Or it can be equipped with cavalry or chariot formations to strengthen the corresponding mobile response and field defense capabilities.

And he was just a newcomer to the boat to inspect a round of newly expanded troops. The biggest change at the moment is the addition of a new battalion of cavalry; Mainly from the Henan war horses captured from the official army Li Hanzhi outside the city of Tanzhou, some of the baggage, mounts and equipment captured when the Zhongwu army was defeated in the city of Yuezhou, and the Shannan cavalry under the command of Liu Jurong, the envoy of Shandong Jiedu, was defeated under the city of Jingzhou.

In the end, more than 2,600 Northland war horses of varying color and related mount equipment were obtained; Among them, in addition to some of the injured ones who can only stay to pair and breed, there are probably more than 1,700 horses available; Therefore, in addition to some of the cavalry soldiers who were used to supplement the battle damage, the rest were selected from the army to be relatively good at equestrian soldiers and organized into a new cavalry battalion.

Of course, cavalry was a technical arm with a lot of daily consumption and relatively high maintenance costs in that era. Moreover, it is not enough to have a suitable war horse, but also to have supporting personnel and tactical training. Therefore, it was not easy to master and form an army, and it was only now that the training and formation were completed, and it was named the Hussar Battalion.

In this way, with the addition of the original first and second (cavalry) battalions, the Taiping army now has three battalions of cavalry available. Although it was not as good as the pattern of strong towns and large feudal domains in the imperial court for a while, it was still a considerable wealth and power.

And this cavalry is a good thing on the Jianghan Plain, basically representing the ability to react quickly within a radius of two or three hundred miles. Combined with the original use of mules, donkeys, and horses, and several riding battalions that have also been expanded, you can basically gallop back and forth in the south of this big river and have few opponents.

Xiao Qi, who was also sitting in the car and waiting, also began to report on the latest frontier developments and some recent developments in Jingzhou City, and then the next schedule.

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