Henan Road, Shanzhou, Guangji Army, under the Pooxia Mountain.

As the dense small drums sounded, the small flags of each group waved.

"Diagonally up twenty-five...... Put"

Smoke and flames erupted from the thick pipe, and then the sound of thunder on the flat ground brought a message of death and destruction to the opposite walled city.

After a delay of half a breath, a cloud of blood-colored smoke bloomed on the opposite rampart. Then there were more iron bullets, following the trajectory of the former, crashing high or low on the ramparts.

It's just that when the rounds of shelling are over, after the white soldiers of the infantry team have launched a charge, before they can rush to the gap that has been opened, the opponent's fighting spirit quickly dissolves, and in the noisy civil strife, they can't wait to raise the white flag.

This also means that this walled fortress has fallen and changed hands.

The expedient method of building more fortifications and building more villages seems to have become one of the helpless countermeasures and means for those front-line confrontation armies in the areas controlled by the Northern Dynasties.

Drive the people and soldiers to build fortifications on the plains as much as possible, and then use relatively dense garrison strongholds to act as some kind of buffer and early warning during the period of a small number of garrisons.

At the same time as being captured or destroyed, it also mobilized the main force in the rear to meet the battle, and bought the corresponding time and opportunity.

Although at the tactical level, it is really a bit passive and passive, but at least it can effectively reduce the lethal effect of firearms and restrain soldiers from fleeing in the first place.

It's just that compared with the Huaidong front, those fortresses that have been carefully built to serve as the support point of the battle line, the strongholds here are more like cannon fodder and victims in a sense.

Therefore, the most numerous of them were lightly armed archers of all colors, who, under the cover of walls and fortifications, had at least the courage to shoot one or two at an array of firearms in the field.

Until the place of existence is broken, the morale will collapse, like a smoked rat hole, and they will start to flee in a mess.

However, in this way, part of the other party's purpose has been achieved.

Because, the cavalry of the Northern Dynasty should also appear in the skyline of the wilderness,

Whistling harassment, containment, and sneak attacks are their most common three-plate axes, and as for frontal assault and hard work, after suffering too much of the loss of "field defense first", few people are willing to do so.

After all, although the northern kingdom has an advantage in the source of cavalry, it does not mean that it can be squandered and wasted without restraint.

What's more, they also have the vassal army and Hu Ma'er brought by the foreign princes, this imminent opponent, on the front that is still in one direction, if there are too many losses, it is likely to be taken advantage of by the enemy in other directions.

Therefore, harassment and containment, small-scale contact and entanglement delayed the direction of the Huaidong Army's offensive and sortie until the grain and grass were almost consumed, or because of changes in the climate and environment, and finally took the initiative to retreat.

is the most common major countermeasure.

As the vanguard of thousands of troops slowly advanced, the northern army spent more than half a year to properly arrange the city walls and fortifications, also uprooted one by one, and turned into ruins that were demolished everywhere.

As the first purpose of the captives, under the supervision and encouragement of a small number of guards, these easy-to-build places of existence were demolished

"Daping Village and Xingyuan Fort have fallen into ......"

"Guang'a Town has lost ......"

"Den Bosch is in a hurry."

The temporary Chinese army in Dingtao City, Yang Keshi was also in front of a sand table, listening to the urgent report sent back from the front, and his mind was rapidly turning and pondering.

This time, those southern troops suddenly poured out their strength, what kind of idea was they fighting.

Do you want to redraw the battle line and expand the territory before the winter? Or is it purely a force deterrence of a forced march?

But I didn't think that it was because of that act in private.

However, after this period of operation and expansion, he is no longer the original one, except for the thousands of tired soldiers who lack food and weapons, he has no land and no wealth, and has no name in vain.

Regardless of whether it is to start with a few clean raids, from the hands of those Saiwai Fanhu, the land cattle and sheep population that have been recaptured; or search the places where the remnants of the Southern Army were defeated and retreated, and after renovating and renovating, they can be re-established to replenish the strength of the army;

Or under the banner of protecting the territory and the people, forcibly annex those local soil groups and heroes who hide in the forts and enclosures, and select the strong and accept their wealth reserves.

To this end, he also specially killed more than a dozen local wealthy clans with bad reputations or repeated evil deeds, in exchange for the obedience and return of most people.

Then, he took the risk of following in the footsteps of the Huainan Army, and several times and again against those Saiwai Fanhu who were broken and routed, and took advantage of the fire to rob and fall into the well, and also gained a lot of benefits and resources.

Since then, it has had a preliminarily stable base and foundation.

However, those senior officials in the DPRK and China were willing to support him in essence as an envoy of the Huaixi Festival, and most of them took a fancy to him at the front of Henan, as a shield and buffer for facing the "invincible" of the states entrenched in the eastern Huaibei Province.

It's just that after so many things, he has come to this point again, and his former loyalty has inevitably changed.

In addition, as a town commander, he has considerable autonomy and expediency, so he naturally will not easily consume his strength at will.

So more often than not, it is to maintain limited tug-of-war and skirmishes to preserve vital strength and morale.

And most of the time, in response to the Huaidong Army's moves of attacking in all directions and collecting population and livestock, in a certain sense, the enemy advanced and we retreated, and the enemy retreated and we advanced.

He raised a sufficient cavalry at any cost, took advantage of the maneuver on the plains, and risked following the enemy's steps.

Even secretly, a disguised laissez-faire attitude was adopted towards those who fled east with hunger and no food. For most of the generals of the Northern Army, including him, the population that could not be fed was also a potential hidden danger and unstable factor.

Although, under the knock-out and restraint of Luodu several times, it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of drinking water to quench thirst, but it is a long time to throw the burden to the other party, right?

The only thing that is not very satisfactory and unsatisfactory.

It was on the front line of the confrontation under his leadership that intelligence gathering and infiltration in the Huaidong states had not been going smoothly.

For no other reason, Huaidong's compulsory management and quarantine of foreign displaced people is enough to make most of the arrangements and means mixed with sand and eyeliner useless.

After all, no matter how capable a spy is, he is locked up in a closed camp or area, working day and night for most of the year, and there is no way to play any role.

It is easy to be released through screening and quarantine in the daily hard work, but they still have to be confined to a specific area, continue to participate in collective labor, and use the formation of seats to supervise and restrain each other.

At this stage, if you want to escape, it will not be a problem, but the meaning and use of this continued lurking will be gone.

Moreover, under the rule of Huaidong, there were basically no idle people wandering outside, and once they were found to be sued, they were sent to the quarry or the sea to dig salt, etc., and the result of labor reform.

Therefore, in the end, the only ones that could play a role and send back the news were only a few hidden piles that were buried at the beginning of entering Huaidong two or three years ago.

But in the same way, the information they can provide is also quite unstable and lacks important things, after all, not everyone has the opportunity to serve on the front line, and they can successfully collect useful things in the high-martial law army, and then pass them on unharmed.

As for the attempt to obtain firearms within the other party, it was the request and proposition of the Luodu side, and he did not have much hope for it.

After all, it is the fundamental weapon of the enemy's combat power, and it is enough to be able to pick up some leaks on the battlefield and obtain some samples.

To open a gap from the other side and obtain a batch of firearms is some kind of wishful thinking that does not measure its own strength.

For this powerful firearm, Yang Keshi naturally has his own ideas. It's a pity that under his rule, there were not enough skills and craftsmen, and there were no corresponding outputs and raw materials.

In fact, even a considerable part of the money, food, and equipment relied on Luodu to provide the rear of the Lord. Even if he was lucky enough to capture some on the battlefield, he sent them to Luodu as some kind of gift and goodwill.

Because, it is said that work is underway to rebuild a firearms unit similar to the destroyed Shenbiao Army.

Therefore, he pays more attention to being grounded in reality, at least his? The team is accustomed to using swords, guns, bows and crossbows, and can only strive for perfection on the basis of this convenient construction, and then use tactics and strategies to make up for the corresponding gaps and deficiencies.

At least in terms of exploiting his strengths and avoiding weaknesses and dealing with the enemy, he still has some confidence and confidence.