Looking at the camp under the city, Zhou Bangyan, the guard of Xuchang Town, who was dressed in a battle robe, couldn't help but feel relieved. After all, he watched with his own eyes as groups of Southern troops with different banners and uniforms marched into the main camp of the besieging city one after another.

As a minister, he is capable of overpowering a group of generals, and sitting in this important position is naturally not because of his outstanding martial arts or good governance, but because he is good at searching for the way of accumulation, and he is good at dancing with long sleeves and generous, and he can get along well with all parties.

In front of the great regent of Luodu, he was praised as a capable minister, because he could always pull out the last copper from the hands of those local tycoons and mud legs that others could not think of.

Xuchang does not need to be very capable in this position, but it requires quite excellent skills and rich contacts. Therefore, the daily defense and training of the city was undertaken by him as the assistant to the guard.

Unfortunately, the deputy who has a lot of military experience and can fight relatively reliably, and the elite of the state and county soldiers has been killed and lost outside the city along with the high-spirited Shenbiao army. Although he has not seen a lot, he also has the common problem of being a fortunate disciple, that is, it is easy to go from one extremely short to another extremely short.

Although in addition to the unity soldiers and those who were temporarily requisitioned and apportioned, there were three or four large and small guest soldiers and horses in the city, which belonged to foreign aid, but it did not give him much more security.

Therefore, this time, he rarely took a tough time, took out the majesty and courage of the highest local official, strictly ordered the soldiers and horses in the city not to move and fight, and even sent his cronies to control and guard the four gates, in case these impulsive Qiu Ba went alone again, and weakened the strength of the city defense.

Because of the geographical importance of Xuzhou and the fact that the terrain is flat and slightly dangerous, the neighboring states are all nervous, for fear of becoming the next target of this new southern army.

So much so that the expected reinforcements and tribal military service were shrunk back on the grounds of sticking to their own borders.

And the documents of Luodu's accountability were sent one after another, ordering the guards of all parties to strictly guard against it.

After all, where is the high wall of the fortified city, as long as there are enough men and horses to hold on, even if these southern armies in front of them are unparalleled in the field, they are not so easy to take down, as long as they hold on for a little time, they can wait until they are not far away to send troops to help.

So he wished he could just drag it on. As long as he can defend the city walls, it is equivalent to keeping his net worth and basic position.

On the sixth day of the straight road, someone discovered that the siege camp outside the city had already been emptied, and then it took another day and a night to basically determine that this was not a so-called trap, or a suspicious plan to go and return.

Then they sent men into the camps, seized a number of faded old flags, and captured some pigs and sheep hanging upside down on the drums, which were already dying of hunger, and could only occasionally use weak kicks to make the sound of drums similar to the marching drills of an army.

However, for this result, Zhou Bangyan was not angry but happy, and after ordering the demolition of the camp, he ordered the secretary to draft a sprinkling report for Luodu.

The main meaning of it is to claim that Xuchang has won the defense of the city, and has carried out a difficult offensive and defensive battle with the virtual enemy.

As the so-called southern army is powerful, but under the leadership of the town guard, the whole city of the army and the people are united, and the soldiers of the army use their lives, so that the southern counterattack fell like rain, and the corpses were buried under the city, and they were deeply frustrated and retreated in vain.

Among them, it highlights the deeds of Zhou Zhen guarding the top and braving the rain of arrows and visiting the city to encourage the army and the people to fight and kill the enemy.

In contrast, the defeat of the Shenbiao Army that attacked rashly and annihilated the entire army did not seem so ugly, and at most there were only a few joint supervisory duties.

As for the specific harvest or something, it is very simple. The last thing outside the city is the displaced starving people, and before they are starved to death, it is a natural blessing to be able to add a little luster to the martial arts and seniority books of the town guards.

And at the same time that the fast horse that won in Xuchang galloped towards Luodu, I was already on the march in Songzhou.

Thanks to the predominance of the special vehicle regiments, the advance troops, especially reinforced horsepower, played an important role: they were responsible for the forward exploration of the territory, the drawing of road maps, the search for water sources and suitable camping sites along the way, and then leaving markers and instructions for the follow-up troops.

In this way, the troops who follow up can save time and effort, use the base sites and materials they left behind, complete the stationing and rest within the limit of the day's march, and then prepare for the next leg of the journey.

Therefore, my team rarely stopped on the way to the march, and basically within the scope of the schedule, and achieved the daily marching goal step by step. In this kind of rapid march under the multi-section relay, the lag rate is only controlled at a little more than 20%.

The alternating galloping of Xu Jin and trotting for a long time had already covered most people's heads, faces, armor, weapons, and flags with a layer of gray color.

It can be seen that there are occasional soldiers who accidentally fall or lose their strength, and they are carried up by the carriage that accompanies them, and after resting for a period of time with medicine or drinking water, they get off the car again and return to the team.

According to the basic rules, as long as there is enough space to pass, the gunners are to live in two columns, and then a column of white soldiers or lightly armed spearmen to the left and right to accompany them.

And at every other fire (fifty people) between the front and rear, there were two horse-drawn vans, which were used to carry the equipment and equipment of the hand-to-hand combat soldiers, as well as the rations and stoves that accompanied the march.

In this way, it is convenient to reorganize and develop a combat posture in the shortest possible time when there is an incident or encounter with the enemy. The carts, their vans, and supplies can also be dismantled immediately and turned into local defense lines and bunkers for their respective small wargroups.

Now my army is centered on the Gun Corps, and the other auxiliary units only need to focus on training three types of formations, namely, the open land to suppress and attack the enemy's several horizontal formations; When encountering a large four-sided hollow phalanx when cavalry and other highly mobile troops break through, as well as encountering enemy troops in rugged or narrow terrain, a small battle group similar to the Mandarin Duck Formation of the later Qi clan will be used to divide and attack.

Then, on the basis of these formations, subtle adjustments and local changes were made according to the equipment of each battalion and regiment and the style in which they excelled, so as to better meet the needs of the battlefield.

For example, the 4th and 5th battalions, which are mostly cold-weaponized, retain a large number of arrow arrays suitable for bows and crossbows, while in the array line of the first battalion, they must also be reserved for the forward position of the subordinate artillery regiment.

As an auxiliary and subordinate sequence, they do not need to master too many tactical essentials, or relatively complex formation changes, they only need to be able to quickly and skillfully gather around the army at the first time when they encounter the enemy, forming a basic screen and periphery.

The veterans and non-commissioned officers of the Gun Army will naturally use leather whips, sticks, and other means to "help" them to form a basic front.

Although I was riding on a horse, my mind had now flown to how to focus on improving the communication conditions in the field.

You must know that compared with the Central Plains, which has been dragged down by long-term civil strife and fought in ruins, there are cable transmission lines left over from the previous generation outside the mountains, and when marching to Jianghuai, at least there are water network river boats as an auxiliary for transmission...... But after crossing the Huai River to the hinterland of the Central Plains in the north, it is really a return to the primitive stage where transportation basically relies on two legs and four legs, and communication basically relies on roaring.

It is easy to say that it is within the field of vision of the naked eye, or in the local battlefield that sound can reach, but since the radius of the combat range has been opened, various delays and errors have begun to be amplified, and it is especially obvious. In particular, this kind of planning to fight separately and in many places at the same time.

Therefore, for the time being, the only way to deal with emergencies was to use the most stupid methods, that is, to use the captured horsepower, to add five full-time messengers to each regiment-level unit, to abandon other requirements, and to train the battlefield running and transmission, as well as the skills of survival and trekking in the wilderness. Ten more part-time substitutes will be prepared to be responsible for short-distance communication between adjacent units.

In addition, as a means of communication between the high-level officials, the person sent by Li Yuanjun sent by Shuai Si sent me a group of specially trained harrier eagles and related subordinate breeders to ensure a simple contact with Xuzhou Shuai Si.

Compared with the traditional civilian pigeon book, this small harrier has the advantages of not being afraid of natural enemies to intercept and fly fast, and it is very good at finding a fixed point within two or three hundred miles, so it is particularly domesticated to be used as a battlefield transmission.

However, the amount of weight carried by this harrier eagle is limited, and usually in an emergency, it can only convey the secret words that can be written on a small piece of paper.

To be honest, after this short period of experience, I already have some vague thoughts and intentions about the means of communication in the battlefield, but I just ......

After all, there is still no stable territory, as a place to stand, I still can't help but sigh after thinking about it, otherwise I can consider establishing a more efficient communication system on the spot.

"Report ......"

A rider at a gallop came and reined in a loud voice beside me

"The second battalion has taken Xiangyi County and Taolin Town...... The auxiliaries and stragglers are chasing the remnants"

"Zhang Duwei came to reply under special duty,"

"The headquarters of the second battalion has already arranged for the rear team to spend the night in Xiangyi City......