As the cavalry led by Liu Hou returned one after another, we found that the results they had achieved were even better than we expected.

This strange troop not only killed a convoy of hundreds of carts at the cost of dozens of casualties, but also took away all the mule and horse transportation capacity; He also took advantage of the victory to pursue and burned down several sentry villages and flints along the way, and followed the defeated enemy soldiers to defeat a grain station in Daning Fort; Then they set up an ambush on the spot and annihilated the two patrols, and almost none of them escaped.

Then, with the last bit of time left in the activity period, he made every effort to drive the local population southward, and created some kind of false impression of harassment and attack on the territory of Yingzhou.

This also reconfirmed that the Pinglu military horse had really withdrawn.

The cavalry team led by Liu Hou almost followed their brigade all the way without stopping, retreating along the western Liaoning corridor to the vicinity of White Wolf Mountain in Yingzhou at the southern end.

It's just that the opponent's military appearance is quite neat, and the equipment and baggage are still there, so even if this strange soldier follows him, he doesn't find a chance to do it.

Therefore, for the rest of the time, the land on the north bank of the Xiaoqing River was shrouded in the sound of trumpets one after another.

I'm asking my subordinates to train the friendly forces that are fighting together according to Huaidong's rules and experience. Of course, this is a severely shrunken version of the textbook, which is dedicated to the transition between the garrison regiment and the garrison battalion.

For cold weapon warfare that relies on physical strength, there is also a corresponding adaptability. As long as you take some old guns that were originally assigned to the people, provide them with and teach them to use, (they have similar roles anyway), and then practice the most basic orders and formations, you can form the most preliminary combat effectiveness.

In doing so,

On the one hand, it is easy to be idle and bored, and improve some cooperation and organizational command efficiency; On the other hand, it is a certain degree of sincerity and goodwill for Luo Fan, who spares no effort to provide resources.

Of course, in terms of the private assessment and judgment of the staff team who saved me, this is also a long-term back-up and potential backup plan, such as cultivating and cultivating a group within the Luo clan that is inclined to our side.

Moreover, there is no better practice object than this group, which has seen the strength and achievements of our army, and can be said to be quite honest and obedient on the battlefield.

In addition, they themselves were temporarily drawn and cobbled together from the relatively loosely organized ministries in order to rescue the main family that had fallen in Dongshan City. Therefore, the organizational structure and model that were maintained afterwards were also slightly different from Luo Fan's original structure.

Although it is also the level of the battalion team, the specific ratio of armament and personnel has been constantly adjusted in order to cooperate with the operation of Huaizhen.

Therefore, further practice can also have the effect and benefit of getting twice the result with half the effort. Of course, if nothing else, this auxiliary force will also become one of the models and models for the cooperation between Huaidong and Luo Fan.

At present, the 2,000 men are divided into four small battalions, each with two regiments and one team, to take turns to undertake daily service activities such as low-intensity vigilance patrol labor.

When encountering the enemy, they have to assume the responsibility of breaking through obstacles and opening the way; or as a temporary shield for firearms units and to provide hand-to-hand combat needs. When encountering a city, it will first enter to investigate and suppress, as a guide to the firepower of the follow-up brigade and play the role of fighting the grass and the snake.

In addition, our army is constantly armed with the surplus equipment captured, so this army is full of long and short soldiers, and the ratio of melee armor can be said to be frighteningly high, almost to the extent that everyone wears armor and tithes and horses.

In addition, the source of soldiers of this army is mostly from the northern military offices with a lot of mountainous areas.

Therefore, the proportion of good use of bows and arrows is also quite large, and after being armed with bows and crossbows; In addition to not being able to charge into battle as a cavalry, he is simply a versatile and versatile person.

Although this is inevitably a bit too stable and mediocre in all aspects, for my troops, the cannon fodder and meat shields that go to the soup and thunder are just enough.

For example, standing in a line behind the cover of a large shield, while shooting arrows and advancing with spears,

And in the north of Liaoxi County

The head of Kaiyi City shrouded in night. The only remaining general, Xue Dingfeng, the deputy envoy of the guard, was patrolling the wall.

On the smoky and flaming battlements, there are besieged camps that can be lit with torches. The smell of blood and burnt smell left over from the day still filled the air and could not be dissipated for a long time.

Inside the city walls, you can see the dried blood and fire-stained stains left by the fierce battles of the day; The crossbow that was pushed against the wall bed was almost completely lost, and less than a third of them could be repaired in the end; And the foundation under the base of the wall was also drilled by the advancing enemy, and the potholes were dug into the pits;

It only took two days to turn it into this scene.

He opened his face that might be solemn, or numb, or nervous, or flattering and humble, while secretly thinking about what was happening at hand,

Looking down from the top of the city, among the thousands of lights in the city, it is possible, and there are not as many people as imagined in this Kaiyi City, which can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.

Because of the unexpected incident the day before yesterday and the rapid defeat in Dongshan City, in addition to the thousands of subordinates under his command who withdrew early to protect them, as well as the local garrisons who were dragged back all the way along the line, that is, in Liaoxi County, where Kaiyi City is located, the soldiers and civilians who were closer to him had the opportunity to retreat into the city.

Therefore, in addition to the Xue clan and its slaves and maids, subordinates, and their relatives who live in the inner city, as well as the various troops who have retreated, there are about seventy or eighty thousand people in the outer city, most of whom are young and middle-aged.

Fortunately, these young people in the city are a little reluctant to let them go out of the city to meet the enemy or fight in the field, but under the supervision of regular soldiers, they can still be put on the top of the high wall to defend the city.

This is also where he and Luo Fan, who are besieging the city, continue to persist and maneuver. After all, the consumption of so many people and horses in Luo Fan will not be less.

Once the longer the time drags on, the other party can't hold on, or launches a strong attack regardless of casualties, maybe it's the turnaround and flaw that Xue is looking forward to.

After all, at the beginning, Luo's army also besieged Liaoxi City, and still had the spare strength to divide most of the troops and drive south, until it reached the vicinity of Youzhou City, the capital of Pinglu Dao, only because of the painful defeat by the Wuding River, the military horses of Pinglu Dao took advantage of the situation to push back.

Not only was the army besieging the city of Liaoxi in turmoil, but it was defeated by the cavalry of the Pinglu army, which arrived first, and the inside and outside of the city, and had to give up most of the strongholds on the Liaohe Plain, and signed many humiliating compensation demands.

But with the arrival of a large number of siege engines, the situation became dire and critical again. In other words, this first fortified city in western Liaoning is not as stable and reliable as he thought.

The so-called way of defending the city is to guard the living city that has enough reinforcements from the outside, the information is endless, there are several years of accumulation inside, and there are corresponding mobile forces, which can attack and harass the local living city in time.

But it is clear that this advantage and factor are being lost little by little in his hands. In the daylight of today, the heads piled up into a hill by cart and the banners and armours of the Pinglu army once again cut off their hope of receiving foreign aid.

Now

The vassal forces to which the Xue clan belonged and its vassals possessed a total of eight states; However, except for the relatively rich Liaoxi County, the others are relatively narrow middle and lower prefectures with mountains and hills, and the standing armed forces are mainly under the jurisdiction of the five major guards that have been passed down from generation to generation, plus the feudal cavalry and iron guards of the Gongwei family.

However, most of the essence of these armed forces has been lost in Dongshan City, and the shortages born are all made up and filled by the newly recruited feudal soldiers.

This time, the ruined frontier states were lost, and even if the remaining five states did not all fall, they became a battlefield ravaged by hostile forces. Therefore, even if this crisis is overcome, the future and prospects of the Xue family can be described as bleak.

In fact, after the change in Dongshan City, even if there was still the support and support of the Pinglu Army, the Xue family from top to bottom thought that he was the biggest loser.

And Xue Dingfeng was promoted to the position this time, and it also had the flavor of Liao Hua, a general in Shu, as a pioneer, because those who were still above him in rank and seniority were either unknown in life and death, or they were unable to perform their duties.

Only he could take the remnants of the men and horses back. coupled with the head of the mission and the patriarch Xue Dingbang, who was in charge of the envoy but escaped in the Dongshan banquet; Xue Shirong, the inner ruler who stayed in his own family, constituted a three-legged stand to temporarily maintain the current situation.

Their small triangle also controls the safety of most of the soldiers and civilians in the city except for the inner city, as well as the power to deal with life and death in wartime.

And now, the only factor that he can't grasp and control is probably the Pinglu army, and the young feudal lords who were "protected" by the Pinglu army that retreated into the inner city first.

They occupied the defense points of the inner city, and their daily actions were also many of their own affairs, and in the name of the feudal lord, they in turn asked for the cooperation of the Xue clan.

Therefore, under the disguised rat trap, Xue Dingfeng can only use close monitoring and spying as a daily guarantee.

A general hurried over and whispered.

"North Arch City. was broken......"

Then he came to the northeast corner of the city wall, and saw the smoke and fire rising in the distance under the gray sky, and the faint cheers.

This is the first outlying stronghold to fall, but it will obviously not be the last. Xue Dingfeng walked down the city with a heavy heart, and saw a cronie general coming forward.

"Do you have any other dynamics and ideas......

"Without him, I can only try my best to fight to the death with the thief......"

"But ......"

The general hesitated for a moment and then said.

"They all said that it would be nice if the eldest prince was still there......"

Hearing this, Xue Dingfeng couldn't help but have a little surprise and entanglement on his expression, although this eldest son is known for his courage and is also quite popular with the military, it is a pity that he is no longer there.

What's more, the truth and background involved are equally cruel and unacceptable. Even those ignorant people can still have some sustenance and hope.

Then I thought of my previous discovery, and I couldn't help but feel a little more upset.

"Still,"

The cronie continued.

"Those guest troops in the inner city seem to have made a move in private......"