The Qing army retreated, and the Huaxia army gained a firm foothold in Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion, but Xuanyuan Longfei did not attack impatiently, but waited for the strength of the two prefectures to gradually return to a stable state, and the generals of each battalion found their own soldiers, and each battalion had a full number of soldiers, and trained for a period of time before marching.

The Fourth Cavalry Brigade is now concurrently served by Xuanyuan Longfei as the brigade commander, and he alone must be a good commander of the temporary army and division, but also a good commander of the campaign, managing some miscellaneous troops, such as garrison troops, militia units, prisoners and hard laborers in the punishment battalion.

Now the troops have to exchange the troops of the Dashun Army from Hubei Prefecture and Jiangxi Prefecture with the original loyal battalion, and also straighten out the ordering, reorganization, and garrisoning of the defensive and offensive troops here, and a series of situations, and they are busy with their feet not touching the ground, which is also the time to test him, and if this test is passed, he will become the commander of the second division.

Admiral military affairs, admiral official position, although he has long been a commander, and later a series of rearrangements dismissed him, changed to a general soldier, and then became a commander, but he has always led a cavalry brigade or field brigade, and has never led more troops, so this time, as long as he has survived this difficulty, he will become a veritable admiral.

He was adjusting his deployment, and the Qing army was also adjusting its deployment, Feng Quan was urging Hong Chengchou to come back quickly, and at the same time deploying troops to deal with the attack of the Huaxia army.

In the direction of Hefei Prefecture, two new military towns, 28,000 soldiers and horses, a Manchu Niulu supervision army, about 500 people, transferred more than 30,000 green battalion soldiers adapted from the Ming Dynasty Guard, and sent 2,000 Han army banner troops.

There are 2,000 green battalion soldiers, 3,000 Han army banner soldiers, 2,000 Khalkha Mongolian cavalry, and 3,000 village warriors in the countryside.

In Buyang County, 2,000 Horqin Mongol soldiers, 500 Jurchen soldiers, a town of new troops, and 3,000 green battalion soldiers were stationed, and he transferred more than 2,000 cavalry of the surrendered Chahar Mongol tribes, and a new military town was newly expanded.

Huainan Prefecture heavily deployed three new military towns, 10,000 Han army banner soldiers, and the strength reached 50,000.

Zhoukou County originally had 30,000 troops, but after the first battle, it was defeated, 3,000 soldiers and horses were scattered, more than 1,000 soldiers and horses were captured, more than 1,000 soldiers and horses were killed, and more than 6,000 soldiers and horses were lost at once.

Xuchang Mansion put 10,000 troops of the Green Battalion, two new military towns, 2,000 Jurchen soldiers, 2,000 Mongolian soldiers, 1,000 Han army banners, and recruited 3,000 villagers to defend the city.

As the soldiers of the Qing army increased to the defense line, Xuanyuan Longfei became more and more worried, this Qing army is a riot, so casually counted, there are nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses.

Although he has two elite first-class field brigades composed of 100 elite soldiers, each brigade has more than 9,000 troops, Wang Neng's field brigade is just a new field brigade of the second class, and its combat effectiveness is slightly worse, with a strength of only more than 8,000 troops, plus the garrison battalions led by several generals of those loyal battalions, as well as the militia units that arrived, and a cavalry brigade of 6,000 soldiers and horses, but more than 40,000 troops.

The troops are a little stretched.

After the adjustment of the strength of Jinqi's side, there are also some troops with slightly inferior combat effectiveness mixed with the combat effectiveness of the first-class, second-class, and third-class field brigades, and the defense must be feasible, but the attack will definitely not work, Hong Chengchou has long been in the cities along the Yangtze River, and the county government has done a complete fortification, once it attacks, it will definitely suffer heavy losses, this loss-making transaction Zhang Qiang will definitely not do, and the Huaxia army will definitely not do it, which is why the Huaxia army is unwilling to move this part of Hong Chengchou's Qing army.

He reported the situation to Zhang Qiang, who was still in Changsha Mansion.

Zhang Qiang listened to the report of the messenger sent by Xuanyuan Longfei, held his cheeks and thought for a while, and said to the messenger: "Just keep it, don't attack, let's spend it with them." ”

The 2nd Guards Brigade is still stationed in Wuhan Mansion, and there is a newly transferred 24th Field Brigade in Wuchang Mansion, which was originally to let Qin Mo serve as the commander of the Huguang garrison and the commander of the 24th Field Brigade, but now the 24th Field Brigade has been transferred to Wuchang Mansion, Zhang Qiang thought about it, and transferred the 24th Field Brigade to Xinyang County, so that the Fourth Cavalry Brigade can exist as a mobile force in the hands of Xuanyuan Longfei, so that it can support troops in other places at any time.

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Qiang found that his troops were still not enough, the territory was getting bigger and bigger, and the troops in his hands not only had to defend the place, but also had to undertake offensive tasks.

Now he has several lines of defense, one or two field brigades need to be deployed along the east and south coasts to prevent the enemy from landing, this is one line of defense; In order to prevent the growing Nanming Kingdom on the southwest defense line, there must be five field brigades on this line, and a mobile field brigade and a mobile cavalry brigade must be placed; The defense line along the Yangtze River confronted the Qing army of Hong Chengchou, and it was necessary to visit seven or eight field brigades and two cavalry brigades; As the depth of the defense line, the center needs to be garrisoned by elite soldiers, and Xianju County must be defended by at least one field brigade or a guard brigade; Huguang to Hubei Prefecture faces Sishan and Shaanxi and Gansu, at least three field brigades need to be placed in the direction of Yunnan and Guizhou, Hubei Prefecture has placed a division to guard against the Dajin Kingdom of Shaanxi and Gansu, and Nanyang Mansion and Runing Mansion have placed a division, and the rear also needs the reserve troops of Changsha and Wuhan to support the defense line, and the troops are becoming more and more insufficient.

was ready to attack, but when it came to the critical moment, they found that they were embattled, the territory was too large, and the troops were too small to attack.

It's an embarrassing thing.

Why did this road go so fast, go so fast, and walk into a dead end?

At this time, the attendant ran over and whispered to Zhang Qiang, Zhang Qiang smiled and said: "This is really good news, Du Ge actually hung Zhang Huangyan, and Zhang Huangyan followed him all the way, and he will arrive in Changsha Mansion in a few days." ”

Zhang Qiang really wanted to see how capable Zhang Huangyan was, not only able to control the government, but also able to command the army to fight, and to be able to write and martial arts.

Zhang Qiang smiled and said to the attendants beside him: "This Du Ge Zaibao Zhongfu has no patience to stay, and wants to make a career like Xuanyuan Longfei, get promoted and make a fortune, so I threw him to the center and gave him a high-ranking official, as a result, he was idle for a few months, and he still didn't hone his heart, and he actually made a fuss to stop Zhang Huangyan, this is asking me for credit, and it is also telling me, look, he can put it!" ”

Zhang Qiang touched the beard that grew under his chin, in order to fit the aesthetics of this era, Zhang Qiang also grew a mustache like a goatee, and his face was a little thin and good-looking.

"In this case, let him follow Zhang Liang to handle foreign affairs, and transfer him to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a waiter. Let him endure hardship. After speaking, Zhang Qiang laughed.

He also figured it out, since there is no way to fight, let's confront each other first, solve the trouble in another direction first, Zhang Huangyan is here, listen to his opinion on Nanming, maybe Zhang Huangyan can also solve Li Dingguo's problem.

(End of chapter)