The two military attachés who stepped on the threshold of senior military attachés sighed when they heard this.

Artillery as the god of war has been deeply rooted in the hearts of all the soldiers of the army, Gustav before and after this era is a master of artillery, the Thirty Years' War of the Swedish king to a small Nordic country to form tens of thousands of troops, mainly spears and artillery, to fight the great powers.

Prussia, which later rampaged across Europe and the world, was played by Gustav at that time.

Artillery, whether in land warfare or at sea, undoubtedly has an unshakable dominance in this era.

At least at the camp range, from the fast-moving three-pounder guns and six-pounder guns, to the slow-moving nine-pounder guns that were a little too slow and a little embarrassing in power and action, to the slow-moving but powerful twelve-pounder guns, the entire artillery battalion often shook the ground and shook the chickens and dogs when training and testing targets.

Even when the infantry battalion was training, it often cooperated with artillery, which is called training infantry and artillery coordination, but everyone knew that a soldier who dared to load and fill the breech without shaking his hands or heart when the shells were whistling past, and took off the fire plug wood, lit the fire arquebus and prepared to fire, must be a truly qualified strong soldier.

Even Cao Qing's battalion, which mainly trained cold weapons and became the imaginary enemy of the battalions, never relaxed in the slightest in firearms training and infantry artillery coordinated training.

The main force of the three battalions was all on board, but there was no artillery battalion to cooperate, which cannot but be said to be a great regret.

Of course, this is related to the overall strategic deduction.

Henan and Shandong fought hard, and although they restrained their strength, they had no intention of fighting a decisive battle with the Qing army.

But as long as it is done, it is difficult to say what the next move of the Qing army will be. Now the plan of the top level is to fight a low-intensity war and attract the Qing army, but they do not intend to set themselves on fire.

The time is on Daming's side. With abundant financial and manpower resources, coupled with the return of the gentry, a million troops can be tossed in just a few years, and when the time comes, it will be enough for Jiannu to drink a few pots.

If it can deter the Qing army from moving south, it will be the best result.

Of course, the most important part of this strategy will not understand the declaration, and the standard unified level will not understand too much, at least for the two commanders in front of them, they are eager to allocate all the artillery of the three battalions to themselves.

Three battalions of infantry and three battalions of artillery, these ambitious guys are afraid that they can't wait to fight all the way to Yanjing.

"And what are you doing here?"

As soon as he heard that there was no artillery, Cao Qing's nose was not a nose, and his face was not a face. said to Bai Wenlu: "Come to do your old job?" You kid is average, in my place, I will be a sentry officer for you, and the team officer will think about it. ”

"Where!" Bai Wenlu was very dissatisfied, and spread his hands and said: "I came with something, if Lord Biaotong can't see it, then I'll just go." ”

"Where to go!"

Zhang Quanbin first glared at Cao Qing, and then grabbed Bai Wenlu, who was about to leave, and said with a smile on his face: "Cao Biaotong is a bad man, let's ignore him...... Are you going north to the camp? ”

"Exactly."

"Good boy, that's great."

Zhang Quanbin was very happy, and Cao Qing's eyes were also bright.

It was unfavorable to cast cannons in the camp on the Qingjiang side, and a batch of firearms of more than 100 catties and less than 300 catties were made in the early days.

Since it was not produced by the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, but carefully cast by the Xingying Firearms Bureau, of course, the power is also very good. Moreover, these firearms, especially the Che battalion, with the Franc cannon as the main force, were powerful enough at that time.

After asking where the Che battalion was stationed and had been instructed by Sun Chuanting to come to the three battalions that had come up with the Ping Capture Army, Jin Qianli, who rushed to the scene after hearing the news, couldn't stop smiling.

This place is located on the official road, many generals with the flag led the team to pass by surrounded by their own soldiers, and saw a group of generals of the Pingyu Army smiling like two fools, and the generals of Xu Zhen and Shandong Town also showed ambiguous smiles.

"No wonder it is rumored that the Pingyu Army was not lightly killed by His Royal Highness the Prince, but now it seems that it is really true."

"It's really true, why are they all the same?"

Today's camp of the army was no more than twenty miles away from the capital city of Texas, and when it was time to camp at dusk, many people breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past few days, the officers and men of each battalion, including all the old-style battalion soldiers, have marched more than 40 miles every day. Considering that the logistics of Shandong Town are very poor, this marching speed is indeed very good.

However, this distance was too easy for the Pingyu army, and when he was in Qingjiang, he walked more than 100 miles more than once a day. Of course, that was on the premise of being relatively light and not taking into account the establishment of camps and logistics.

Moreover, the difference in the level of official roads is too great!

When it was time to set up camp, the Pingyu army was in the limelight again.

The three battalion leaders were all elites, both in strength and discipline, and the baggage battalion was equipped with iron nails and wooden fences, and the soldiers of the brigade pulled up the outer camps before dusk.

The fighting was strict, there were horses rejected, there were trenches, and triangular iron nails were scattered on the ground, the camp gate was tight, and the guard was tight.

This was enough to surprise the friendly soldiers, and the scene in the camp surprised the friendly soldiers even more. Everyone is digging the camp in an orderly manner like worker bees, some people are setting up tents, some people are digging stove holes, many people are digging drainage ditches, and what is even more surprising is that many people are digging large public toilets.

"Is this necessary?"

General Zhao Yingyuan, who had just taken Texas and was in the limelight, was also among the onlookers. The encounter of this Qingzhou general soldier is also very surprising.

Originally, he was a small leader in the army, and he was just applauded. But he is open-minded and generous, and is good at making friends with people, so he has a prestige in the army.

After the Chuang army was driven out of the Beijing division, it fought several defeats in Hebei and other places, and part of the main force retreated from Hebei to Shanxi, and then to northern Shaanxi, and some remained in the northwest of Shanxi, and the Shun army in southern Henan was separated.

As for the Shandong area, it has been forgotten at all.

In desperation, he could only save himself, and it happened that the Qing army came to Shandong at that time and was competing with Zhu Dadian for the dominance of Shandong.

In the case that Qingzhou has been returned to the Qing army, Zhao Yingyuan took advantage of the convenience of guarding the city soldiers to open the city gate and kill the Qing army that entered the city.

The order to appoint this person as the chief soldier was directly approved by Zhu Cihong, and at the same time, the prince said that if he had the opportunity, he would summon this general soldier who was not bad, and at this time, Zhao Yingyuan was completely relieved, and his experience in the Shun army could be regarded as a successful whitewash.

This time, he has made a great contribution to breaking Texas, and I am afraid that he will be able to add the governor of Tongzhi.

At this time, looking at the officer of the Pingyu Army, the chief military officer who was in the limelight also frowned into a Sichuan character, and while looking at it, he shook his head and said: "It is less than twenty miles away from Dezhou City, and the state city is in our hands, can we still turn over flowers?" Why bother here to camp like a great enemy? ”

"That's it, with this strength, wouldn't it be good to rest early?"

"I heard that they have a lot of auxiliaries directly in the battalion, with a guy called what is the baggage engineering battalion, the guy used is really good, sharp and easy to use, the round-headed shovel digging is a large piece of up, as well as pickaxes, forks or something, building bridges and roads are a good hand, digging camps and villages, it is even more loose."

"Even if it's easy, there's no need to waste your energy here!" Despite the prestige of the Pingyu Army, Zhao Yingyuan still came to a conclusion, and there was a little unhappy expression on his face. After all, he easily defeated Texas, and sent sentry scouts dozens of miles away, with the wind and grass, the Ming army could quickly counteract here, and he was not afraid of being attacked by the enemy at all.

Although he admits that the soldiers of Pingyu are strong and strong, they look very strong, and not only the military uniforms are good-looking, but also the speed of marching, as well as the relaxed performance when camping, this army obviously has strict military discipline and abundant physical reserves, otherwise, it would not have been possible to set up such a large camp in a short period of time, and spend so much physical strength and time to build.

"What the military gate said is extremely true."

As the chief soldier, there is naturally a group of henchmen by his side, and a pro-general patted the ass and said: "The toilet has to be repaired so well, I don't know what to do." ”

This time Zhao Yingyuan didn't nod, just nodded expressionlessly, and then turned the horse's head and continued to move forward.

He is here to report the situation ahead to Zhu Dadian and Sun Chuanting, and it is not appropriate to delay here for too long.

Behind Zhao Yingyuan, there was still a large group of military attachés and soldiers, nodding at the camp of the Pingyu Army, laughing and watching the excitement.

On the way, Zhao Yingyuan, a former junior officer of the Shun Army, also opened his eyes.

A large number of materials are piled up, but they are many but not chaotic, and the leaders of each battalion are receiving supplies in each baggage battalion, from pot stoves to charcoal briquettes, all of which are pushed back by carts according to the head of the battalion.

The grain piles are like small mountains, all of them are snow-white white noodles, and even a lot of them have been made into flatbreads and steamed buns, and they can be eaten when they are brought back to be hot.

Large pieces of frozen meat, frozen fish, salted meat, and some vegetables that are difficult to store in winter are very greedy.

There are also some well-covered and well-guarded places, which are also covered with oilcloths, and the military supplies that are tightly guarded and forbidden to be approached by people can be known at a glance that they must be gunpowder or artillery shells.

Since joining the army, Zhao Yingyuan has never opened this kind of vision!

When he was in the Shun army, he wandered around, first more than 100,000 people, and then 500,000 or 600,000 people, of which more than 100,000 were strong and strong, and 300,000 were mostly old and weak women and children.

As soon as it is time to eat and put the grain, it will not be squeezed, and the leader of the strong battalion will lead it first, and the remaining miscellaneous grains and black noodles will be distributed to the old and weak.

Regardless of whether it is dry or thin, sometimes you can only get one meal a day, and when it is distributed, it is messy, and you have no clue.

If you can make trouble and jump, you can score more, and it's not surprising that you can even grab it.

It is not that there are no quartermasters, but there is a lack of capacity for integrated management and distribution.

Sometimes, if the army is marching and the military supplies are insufficient, the whole army has to be in suspense.

Back then, it was like locusts, eating wherever you go, eating cleanly wherever you go. Don't produce, focus on destruction. To say that they are thieves is not entirely slanderous.

Looking at the current situation, Zhao Yingyuan's eyes suddenly turned a little red, and a sour emotion suddenly came up, and he couldn't hold it down.

(To be continued)