Early in the morning of the second day, Zhong Laosi came to the outpost of the north gate where the battle was fought last night, and there were nearly ten corpses in red military uniforms on the ground, as well as seven Houjin soldiers with blurred flesh and blood.

The second squad of the second platoon of the second general company lost Yan zhòng here, the platoon commander of the second platoon, Liu Liu, was in the third team, and the non-commissioned officer of this division, Brother Guan, was in the first team in the middle.

In the dark, the power of the Dengzhou bayonet group could not be exerted, and it became a melee of individual soldiers, and the skills of the Houjin soldiers took the upper hand and killed ten young soldiers, but the remaining six soldiers were still fighting wildly, and these young soldiers who were not afraid of death relied on a bloody bravery, and finally forced back the remaining Jiannu, and killed all the Houjin soldiers who were injured and could not escape.

The captain also died, one of the three captains remained, plus five surviving soldiers, almost all of them were wounded, and only three people with minor injuries remained at the scene, and the squad was basically scrapped.

Zhao Xuan saw that Zhong Laosi's face was wrong, and hurriedly leaned over and said in his ear: "Don't say anything else, comfort them first." ”

Zhong Laosi paused for a while before nodding, went up to talk to each soldier for a few words, went up and patted them on the shoulder, and then asked them to go down to rest.

Most of their teammates died, but a few soldiers still had a hint of excitement in their grief. After the three of them left, Zhong Laosi's face was gloomy, and he grabbed Brother Guan and said, "Did you tell them the fuck, wait on the spot after shooting." Is this enough for them in close combat, how can you be a master sergeant? ”

Brother Guan said dumbfoundedly: "I have said it a few times before Fu Lu. You don't believe Liu Liu. ”

Zhao Xuan came up and pulled Zhong Laosi's hand away, and persuaded him: "Say it well." Say it well. ”

Liu Liu said on the side: "My lord, we haven't practiced with the melee soldiers yet, we just said it when we were on the road, everyone hasn't practiced, and the fight will be chaotic." ”

"Both are to be punished." Zhong Laosi shouted, "The military judge who accompanied the team will record that after the battle is completed, it will be dealt with according to military law." ”

Brother Guan looked down at the ground, and Zhong Laosi stared at him fiercely, seeing that there was a knife mark on his military uniform. He let out a sigh and asked, "Are you hurt?" ”

Brother Guan shook his head, and Zhong Laosi said with some anger after hearing this: "I have been a soldier for more than four years, and I can't recognize all the words, you can learn the musket, so you don't want to be able to do it all?" Get lost! ”

Senior Brother Guan drooped his head and saluted and left, Zhao Xuan came over and said to Zhong Laosi: "This matter is not the fault of Senior Brother Guan, and he also guarded the position of the Fulu formation......

"That's not what I'm worried about." Zhong Laosi frowned and picked up a broken bayonet on the ground and said, "Even if it is Su Gang's bayonet, it still can't compare to the big knife." The flintlock pistol is completely inferior to the melee of the Houjin soldiers, and if there is no mountain infantry and Jimo Qian's headquarters with them this time, it is really difficult to defend against a sneak attack at night. ”

Zhao Xuan said tentatively: "Then how do you plan to change it later?" Add a thousand headquarters of mandarin duck arrays? ”

"I've got the plan, but that's it. In fact, it has become the same as before, with a mix of multiple arms and many more troubles in command and training. Zhong Laosi shook his head. The last time Lord Chen saw it, the most mentioned was a single class. Quickly become an army or something, I guess he won't agree. But I still have to say. ”

When Zhong Laosi and the two were talking. Senior Brother Guan had already walked back to the assembly position next to him, ready to follow the team back to the camp, Tang Wei stood in the queue, looking at the ten corpses on the ground with a pale face. They are all soldiers in his platoon, enthusiastic and energetic, and they have to play football between trainings, Tang Wei can often only fight with them for half a game, and in the blink of an eye, he will become a cold corpse, which will be burned into a pile of ashes and brought back to Dengzhou.

He has seen a lot of corpses in Henan, and he has also cleaned up a lot of corpses, but he is not familiar with those faces, even the soldiers in Dengzhou Town, they rarely have any intersection with him, and the literary team has always been in the safest position, and there is a world of difference from the current feeling.

"Second row, turn right!"

Tang Wei turned around mechanically and followed the brigade to the camp, the camp had been cleaned up, and the accompanying Dongjiang soldiers acted as auxiliaries, helping them drag their baggage and tents. The brigade was about to continue its march to Haizhou to attract Jiannu troops to stay in Haizhou, so that the Liaonan Brigade could launch an offensive on the southern front in Gaizhou.

Because of last night's night attack, the soldiers were highly nervous, and they should have taken turns to rest, but except for that Wang Zhanqing, no one could fall asleep.

Xie Fei said to Tang Wei next to him: "Fortunately, there are no dead people in our team." ”

Tang Wei looked at the ground and snorted, Xie Fei turned his head strangely and asked, "What do you want?" ”

Tang Wei looked around, leaned over and whispered, "I'm wondering, if Sergeant Guan is not in our team, will we also become corpses on the ground." ”

"Are you scared?"

"I ...... I think of my parents, just a son, if I die in this place where birds don't, what will they do in the future. ”

Xie Fei looked at Tang Wei for a moment and said, "You didn't think so?" It's so bad that Lao Tzu comes with you to be a soldier, and Lao Tzu goes back to Huangxian County to govern, and he doesn't even have to be a reserve soldier. ”

Tang Wei was a little embarrassed and said, "I'm not, it's not a momentary ......."

Xie Fei interrupted: "You save it, if you don't come, you will come, if you leave now, you will be a deserter on the battlefield, and if you are caught, you will be shot and killed, and if you don't fight, Guan Xiaomei will not be able to marry." ”

Tang Wei said with a sad face: "Then I'll think of other ways." ”

At this time, Brother Guan happened to walk to Tang Wei's side, and Tang Wei suddenly whispered to Brother Guan: "Sergeant Guan, how about I help you read and write." ”

Before Brother Guan could answer, Liu Liu in front of him shouted, "Follow the back of the team and set off for Haizhou." ”……

On 8 March, the 2nd Guards Battalion encountered the Houjin Army, which had been deployed between the valleys, and they repaired a fort that had been built in Gaizhou and expanded it into a defense line between the valleys, controlling the narrow official road. The Houjin army attaches great importance to Haizhou, which is an important stronghold in Liaozhong and guards the core area of Houjin, so some defense lines were built on the mountain roads last year, in order to reduce the difficulty of supply, they are all in the mountain roads not far from Haizhou.

Although these defense lines are small, they have learned a rough idea of the defense line of Dengzhou Town in Lushun, the earthen walls and trenches in front of the defense line are vertical and horizontal, and there are some gun emplacements of general cannons and Fulong machine guns on the earthen wall, and there are many shield vehicles behind the defense line as a backup, and the defense line can be counterattacked with shield vehicles after it is breached.

Zhong Laosi's purpose was not here, the feint attack on Haizhou was only in response to the Liaonan Brigade, and his main target was in the direction of Lianshan Pass. But Haizhou also needs to fight here to meet the requirements of the Military Command Division.

So the two directions of Gaizhou and Haizhou each began a three-day attack, Dengzhou mountain infantry engaged Houjin scouts in the mountains on both sides of the river valley, and the town of Dengzhou on the road shelled the Houjin defense line every day, and then launched several attacks.

The defense of the Houjin soldiers is very firm, and it seems to have a bit of a taste of defending the country, and the scout battles between the mountains and forests have won and lost each other, and the two sides can't help each other. On the third day, Dengzhou Town and Dongjiang Town launched a strong attack together, breaking through a trench wall, and then they were beaten out by a wave of counterattacks by Houjin armor soldiers.

After completing this step, Zhong Laosi thought that the goal of containment had been achieved, and led the men and horses to slowly evacuate, this attack killed less than 100 people, and Houjin's casualties were about the same number.

After the evacuation of Dengzhou Town, Houjin immediately sent scouts to follow him, but found that the Dengzhou soldiers had begun to build fortifications near an abandoned military fort fifty miles away, as if they were going to hoard grain and grass. This fortification prevented the Houjin scouts from going south to the outpost, and the two sides faced each other from a distance.

The attack time of the second battalion was about the same as planned, as soon as the battle in the mountains on this side of Haizhou was completed, the Liaonan Brigade in the direction of Gaizhou began to attack, and the Dengzhou cavalry and dragoons came along the official road of the year, crossed Yulinpu to harass Gaizhou, and the Houjin army in Gaizhou had more than 2,000 cavalry, the number was comparable to that of Dengzhou Town, but their battle was not the opponent of the Dengzhou cavalry formation, and they could only fight in a guerrilla way.

After the Dengzhou cavalry tested the strength of the Houjin soldiers in Gaizhou, they began to cross Gaizhou, and the Houjin wrappers between the bridgehead and Yaozhou Fort retracted back to the military fort, and Haizhou and other places were also shocked three times a day, unable to continue farming.

After the cavalry gained the advantage, the Dengzhou infantry approached Gaizhou for the first time, and a mandarin duck formation of the Liaonan Brigade arrived at Yulinpu, and attacked Yulinpu together with the dragoons, preparing to uproot this forward stronghold of Gaizhou, using six eight-pounder guns.

At this time, on the northern front, Huanglong arrived near Hetuala, which was the Jianzhou Weiwei Acropolis and the earliest nest of the Later Jin, but the actual importance at this time was far less than that of Shenyang and other places, and it was more of a political significance. The Northern Route Army swept through the villages in the mountains, and this money-hungry general soldier was still willing to contribute to the Tartars, and successively broke through several forts, and Hetuara could not plough the villages, and if it dragged on until April, they would face no grain to harvest in the autumn.

Shen Zhixiang's subordinates drove away the Jiannu outpost in Phoenix City, and they were slow to move on this road, and they had no enthusiasm for attacking Lianshan Pass, but they actively collected Liaodong specialties such as ginseng, mink, and dongzhu around Phoenix City.

After the completion of the feint attack of the second battalion of the guards, a defensive line was established in the two mountain roads leading to Gaizhou and Haizhou, and the main force of the mountain infantry company was deployed in two places, each of which strengthened hundreds of Dongjiang soldiers, intercepted the reconnaissance of Houjin, and made a posture of preparing to continue the attack after storing food, and a lot of ghost swords, mine cannons, traps and other hidden weapons were installed between the two defense lines, and the mountain infantry was more proficient in these things, and the longer the confrontation, the stronger the defense line.

After completing the feint, Zhong Laosi quickly gathered the main force of the guards battalion and hurried to Tongyuan Fort, at this time, Shen Zhixiang's department had just set off from Phoenix City and went to Lianshan Pass along the Jinjia River Valley.

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