After dawn, Zhang Zhun woke up, and the artillery of the Ming army was still ringing. After sleeping comfortably, Zhang Zhun stood up and moved his body. Now, it's his turn to change shifts. After a night of tossing and turning last night, it's time to find a place to rest.

Zhang Zhun rode to the front, and now Yang Weiguo and Liu Jixiang had already led their respective cavalry battalions and were handing over to Zhong Wuying. It was Zhong Wuying's cavalry battalion that was responsible for tossing the Ming army last night. According to Zhong Wuying's report, in the second half of last night, there was nothing major. The artillery of the Ming army has been attacking indiscriminately and intermittently. In order to avoid casualties, the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army did not make much moves in the second half of the night.

"It's still the same old way! Find a way to fish! ”

"If you can't catch it, stab his **!"

Zhang Zhun's orders were simple and popular, and the officers under him liked to listen to them.

The cavalry of the Tiger Army slowly approached the camp of the officers and soldiers, and re-used the dense spider web to firmly encircle the camp of the Ming army. Since the artillery of the Ming army was still bombarding, they did not come close. In addition to sending people to monitor the movements of the Ming army in front, the other soldiers were in the open space behind, seizing the time to exercise equestrianism.

Zhang Zhun also followed Xie Zhiyou to practice equestrianism for a period of time. Seriously, Zhang Zhun's equestrianism is indeed not good. In his previous life, he couldn't ride a horse, and in his later life, he didn't know how to ride a horse either. This horseback riding kung fu is still after the ancient town captured the war horse, and there is no teacher. Of course, the riding skills practiced in this way are not very good. After Xie Zhiyou corrected it seriously, he finally got better.

Xie Zhiyou suddenly frowned and said, "My lord, you better change to a better war horse, this big red horse can't withstand your toss!" ”

Zhang Zhun said casually: "Do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Xie Zhiyou thought for a while and said, "The Mongolians have a lot of good horses, so you can get a few if you have a chance." ”

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said regretfully: "Mongolians, it's too far, I'm afraid it won't be possible for the time being." ”

For the big red horse under the crotch, Zhang Zhun is actually not very satisfied. He himself was tall and large, burly, and weighed at least 100 pounds. The big red horse under the crotch is certainly the strongest, but it is still a little short of his requirements. The big red horse carried him, and the short sprint was okay, but if he sprinted for a long time, he would not be able to do it. Perhaps, I should find a way to get a really good horse.

After dawn, Zhu Dadian woke up slowly, feeling that his head was still a little painful. Last night, with the sound of cannons, he slept for a while, which effectively alleviated some of his headaches. However, after waking up, Zhu Dadian realized that he was in a dilemma: to dismantle the cannon or not?

Demolition, you can't continue shooting. Without the cover of artillery, the cavalry of the Tiger Army would rush up at any time, causing great casualties to the Ming army. If you don't dismantle it, you can't transport it. He couldn't leave the cannon here and keep firing. If the artillery can't go with it, the army can't advance. Not to mention attacking Qingzhou City.

Dismantle?

Or not to dismantle?

It's a real headache.

After drinking a bowl of rice porridge for breakfast, Zhu Dadian felt a little top-heavy. Even, occasionally, there will be two identical scenes in front of you. Even if you don't know how to treat, you are in a trance, and your mind is restless. I had no choice but to call the medical officer over and boil some Chinese medicine for myself to calm down the shock.

"Keep firing!"

Zhu Dadian finally ordered.

He decided to spend it with Zhang Zhun. He also had enough food, and enough ammunition to hold out here for many days. He pinned his hopes on Zhang Zhun's lack of preparation and had to retreat when the time came. He has 40,000 people, and Zhang Zhun only has 1,000 people, to see who can support them to the end. Perhaps, in the next few days, the situation in Laizhou Prefecture will change.

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

"Tom tom!"

As a result, the artillery of the Ming army continued to shoot to prevent the approach of the Tiger Army. The rest of the Ming army all cowered in the camp and continued to rest. Due to the threat of enemy artillery, Yang Weiguo and Liu Jixiang did not find too good an opportunity, so they had to watch the excitement from the side. The cavalry warriors in the back continued to exercise their equestrian skills.

The day passed slowly. Compared with yesterday's battle, today's battle is very dull. There was no real contact between the two sides. In other words, neither the Ming army nor the Tiger Army had a chance to hit each other. The artillery of the Ming army is just wasting ammunition in vain. But from the perspective of morale, the Ming army did lift up a little. At the very least, the possibility of a roar is greatly reduced.

"We've actually won."

"We have succeeded in capturing more than 400 of the enemy's horses."

"We also succeeded in blocking the enemy's advance towards Qingzhou City. Now we have 40,000 enemies stuck here with a thousand men, and this is a great victory! As long as we keep up the good work, we can achieve even greater victories! ”

While the morale of the Ming army was slowly rising, Zhang Zhun also continued to cheer up his subordinates.

Zhu Dadian wants to spend with the Tiger Ben army, so it will be consumed. He's a fool, if he wants to consume, he should also be consumed in Jinan City, run to the wilderness outside, set up camp and consume the tiger army, isn't this full of food and panic? In the field, the food consumed by the Tiger Ben Army for 10,000 people is not a number every day, and the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army has cut off the grain transportation between Zhu Dadian and Jinan City, to see how long Zhu Dadian can survive.

As for the Tiger Army itself, it has more than 400 captured war horses, which are just used for transportation. Whether it is forage or food, it can be transported directly from Qingzhou City in the rear. Due to the sufficient transportation force, Yunshang, who is far away in Qingzhou City, can even ask someone to bring a little three-page cake and Ma Song cake to Zhang Zhun every day. Even, one day, he brought a whole pot of chicken, duck and music, so that Zhang Zhun and the officers around him had a full meal.

"Boil, boil!"

So, while the Ming army was resting, the cavalry of the Tiger Army was also taking turns to rest. During the daytime, the warriors continued to train for equestrianism. At night, you can sleep peacefully. The fighters who originally thought they were going to fight fiercely were a little confused by the situation in front of them. Why did I miss a little bit at the beginning, but now I sleep every day? Fortunately, sleeping is not a painful thing, since there is an order from above to sleep, then continue to sleep.

As for Zhang Zhun himself, there were also officers at all levels of the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army, in addition to training equestrianism, they also had to often discuss combat issues together. The main thing is to study the tactical problems of the cavalry. This kind of discussion is usually held in the evening. Summing up today's combat and training situation, everyone spoke their minds freely. Well done, praise on the spot. If you don't do well, correct it immediately.

Sure enough, three days passed, and Zhu Dadian couldn't hold on.

Three days passed, and he was still outside Jinan City. Nothing can be done every day except for the waste of food and shells. If you knew this, you might as well go back to Jinan City! In Jinan City, there is still a high city wall to cover, and even if the Tiger Army wants to sneak attack, there is no chance. However, if we retreat to Jinan City, this military operation will be declared a failure. Of course, Zhu Dadian will not be reconciled to such a result.

"It won't go on like this."

"We have to find a way to change the status quo."

After thinking about it, Zhu Dadian decided to divide his troops and march to Qingzhou City by multiple routes.

He felt that the biggest problem for the officers and soldiers at present was that everyone was crowded together, giving Zhang Zhun the opportunity to surround them. If the troops were dispersed, it would be impossible for Zhang Zhun to continue to surround them. After the troops are dispersed, they can attack Qingzhou City from different roads, and they can also accelerate their progress. After careful consideration, Zhu Dadian decided to divide the troops into three routes. He personally led the way, Shao Jinguang led the way, and Meng Xiangjun led the way, marching to Qingzhou City from different routes.

According to Zhu Dadian's estimate, after the Ming army was divided into three routes, Zhang Zhun's troops were bound to be divided into three routes. In this way, the combat effectiveness of Zhang Zhun's troops will be greatly weakened. If you want to encircle the Ming army, it is absolutely impossible. Although the Ming army on each road may have to suffer some losses in the process of marching, it is much better to suffer certain losses as long as they can rush to the city of Qingzhou, than to be beaten here in vain.

"Adult ......"

"Divide the ......"

Shao Jinguang and Meng Xiangjun looked at each other.

From a military point of view, they disagreed with Zhu Dadian's plan to divide troops, because it was easier to be defeated by Zhang Zhun. In terms of casualties, nothing has changed. After they divide their forces, the cavalry of the Tiger Army will still catch up, and use all means to harass, exhaust, and kill them. And they also had no good way to counter the attack of the Tiger Ben cavalry. The process of their march was the process of Zhang Zhun's cavalry constantly pounced and bitten.

However, in the face of the current predicament, they are really not able to divide their troops! Holding in a ball like this, the march is very slow. The slower it is, the more chances of being attacked and the greater the casualties. After the division of troops, the marchers may be able to hurry. They suggested that it was not enough to divide into three large armies, it was better to divide into more than a dozen roads and march in unison, so that the cavalry of the Tiger Army could not be busy.

The biggest weakness of the Tiger Ben cavalry is the lack of troops. It was precisely because of the lack of troops that they had no choice but to take such an attack and harass action, and did not dare to attack the Ming army head-on. If the number of cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army was sufficient, they would have swept over directly a long time ago, and there was no need to parade around the periphery at all. Zhu Dadian wanted to make strategic adjustments in response to this point of the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army.

"Good!"

"A few more ways!"

After thinking about it, Zhu Dadian agreed to the proposal of the two chief military officers.

In the end, Zhu Dadian gave the order to divide the troops. Zhu Dadian took his own soldiers, cavalry battalions and guards, as well as 10,000 soldiers, with a total strength of about 20,000 people, to form the Middle Route Army. The Middle Route Army was divided into five divisions: front, rear, left, right, and center. Shao Jinguang and Meng Xiangjun each led about 12,000 soldiers to form the Southern and Northern Route Army. The Southern and Northern Route Armies also had five troops: front, rear, left, right, and center.