The explosion sound that sounded in Linzhou City last night not only made the soldiers who entered the city to rest completely lose sleep until dawn. Even the defenders outside the city were alarmed by the earth-shattering explosion, and a large number of troops gathered to enter the city to investigate the situation. If it weren't for Chen Mingyang, who woke up, and realized that this was another harassment battle of the Xu family's army, he sent someone to inform the army outside the city in time not to mess up.

As for the situation in the city, the fratricidal battles in the shadows came to an end as a detachment of torches began to appear at the various garrison points. After some cleaning and repairing, when the sun rose and the sun shrouded Linzhou City, the revolutionary soldiers who did not dare to close their eyes all night. Many of them finally fall to the ground at the moment when the sun rises, and you can't wake up no matter how much you scream.

Chen Mingyang, who happened to come out to check the losses and the morale of the army, saw this situation and knew that the psychological endurance of these officers and soldiers had reached the extreme. If you can't adjust it very well, then the slightest disturbance will cause chaos in the army.

Soon, from the red eyes of these officers and soldiers, which were comparable to rabbits, they saw that it was unlikely that they wanted to continue fighting today. Therefore, he immediately ordered the troops stationed in Linzhou City to rest in place for a day and wait for the next battle order.

The officers and soldiers in the city rested, and the defenders outside the city naturally did not favor one over the other, except for the necessary reconnaissance troops and defensive patrol troops. Except for today, when they had to carry out their tasks normally, the rest of the troops who could breathe a sigh of relief and rest were all put on vacation, and they all fell asleep in any place they wanted.

Even the logistics troops, who were responsible for providing food for the army during this time, lamented that the consumption of food at noon had been reduced by more than half compared with the previous two days. Many officers and men who were still asleep were not willing to get up to eat this luncheon. It can be seen that the long march during this period and the attack last night still put them under a lot of pressure. Now it has erupted all of a sudden, and I definitely don't want to wake up if I don't sleep in the dark.

Compared with these resting officers and men, the various detachments in charge of the reconnaissance of the large army carried out reconnaissance according to the orders of the division headquarters, respectively, for the official road leading to Juxiang City and the surrounding mountains, forests and villages. What made Chen Mingyang a little worried was that there were hundreds of reconnaissance detachments sent out, but only a few reconnaissance detachments around Linzhou City returned safe and sound.

The information brought back is also very depressing, that is, most of the villages next to them are almost empty, and there are few villagers who can be met. And according to the scouts' reactions, the people who stayed behind all of them provided the same information.

That is, the almost empty township residents in the surrounding area were all moved out of the gathering place of Xu Jiajun one after another three days before their arrival. Even most of the grain stored by these villagers was collected by Xu Jiajun, and in addition to retaining some of the rations for these villagers for food, the revolutionary army in these townships and towns could not collect even a grain of grain.

Military rations were a problem, and more importantly, the reconnaissance units of the Revolutionary Army that went to the Orange City side to reconnoitre. They all encountered ambushes of varying degrees, and those who could escape back were not brought back at all. The only thing that can be determined is that this Xu family army is already on standby in Orange City to attack.

Unless a large unit goes forward to reconnoitre, this kind of squad reconnaissance will not be able to obtain corresponding intelligence at all. Moreover, according to the reaction of the local people, the two official roads leading to Orange City here are heavily guarded by the Xu family's army. Of course, other information about Xu Jiajun, these people are not clear.

Realizing that only by fighting can he find out the reality of the Xu family's army, Chen Mingyang first chose the location of the attack, which was known as the tiger Xiangu Mountain. According to the scouts of the revolutionary army who consulted the local people, Chen Mingyang knew that this mountain was occupied by a bandit before, but it was also suppressed by the Xu army. It is the regular troops of the Xu Jiajun who are now controlling Xiangu Mountain.

In addition to the passage of Xiangu Mountain, there is another passage of the training mountain, and the terrain is even more precipitous. Coupled with the fortifications built by the officers and soldiers of previous dynasties, it may be more difficult to break through this line of defense than Xiangu Mountain. In particular, another reason for not choosing the training mountain was that it was impossible to launch a large-scale attack on the training mountain.

Compared to this, Xiangu Mountain is better. As long as they take any mountain on both sides of the official road, they can gain the advantage of entering Orange City. Therefore, after comprehensive consideration, Chen Mingyang decided to rest the army tonight and send troops to Xiangu Mountain early tomorrow morning. Let's try how hot this bandit started Xu Jiajun.

At the same time, in order to prevent sneak attacks at night, Chen Mingyang increased the arrangement of the patrol team in the city, which can ensure that there will be a patrol team in almost any corner for ten to half hours of uninterrupted patrol. There is only one purpose, that is, to ensure that the officers and men of these three divisions can also sleep peacefully before the battle tomorrow.

The order was arranged, but Chen Mingyang always felt a little unsteady in his heart, and before going to bed, he deliberately took the guards to conduct a patrol in the city. After discovering that the patrols had not found anything, he returned to his room to sleep with some peace of mind.

Soon after he lay down, there was no movement in the city, but they arranged the two main regiments outside the city to stand on the periphery. At the same time, however, they were harassed by small forces, and after the counterattack of the main army, these people disappeared into the night. To everyone's contribution, the guys seemed to be deliberately trying not to let them get a good night's sleep.

Even after leaving, he didn't know where to find some oil cylinders, and set fire to the artillery that the people usually set off, making a noisy explosion, so that the troops outside the city and in the city did not dare to be careless. After nearly half an hour of fuss, the ghostly sneak attackers disappeared from the sight of the frenzied revolutionary officers and soldiers.

In the face of the harassment war made by these sneak attackers, Chen Mingyang, who was awakened by the sound of gunfire, was even known for being polite and polite. At this moment, he couldn't help but scold: "Damn Xu Jiajun, there is a kind of pulling the main force out to fight, and always using such despicable means, shameless!" ”

Scolding and scolding, but tonight is destined to have a lot of people who can't sleep. Fortunately, many officers and men rested well during the day, so there was a bit of a commotion at night, and after dawn these officers and men were in good spirits. This made Chen Mingyang somewhat confident in today's first war.

If you want to win Zuihou in this contest, you still have to look at the next offensive and defensive battle. Whoever can win the victory of Zuihou will be able to take control of Linzhou. In this regard, Chen Mingyang is clear, and Xu Bin, who had a good night's sleep last night, is also clear.

As for the three guard companies that were released to conduct harassment battles, Xu Bin had said in advance that the people led by each of them would play freely. It doesn't matter how you beat him, but there is only one requirement, and that is not to suffer. They are all Xu Bin, the elites selected from the tens of thousands of troops under his command.

He also gave them some training in special operations skills, and if any of them were killed or injured, Xu Bin would feel unhappy. Therefore, when explaining to these guards who went out, Xu Bin deliberately told them. Without 100% certainty, they were forbidden to engage in a head-on confrontation with the revolutionary army. Occasionally knocking on pieces and letting them sleep and eat badly, then the officers and men of the guard battalion will achieve his operational purpose of letting them out in advance.

Once the revolutionary army and the Xu Jiajun officially enter the offensive and defensive battle of the territory, then they have to do it. It is to cut off the transportation and supply lines of the revolutionary army, so that they can not replenish a single bullet or a grain of food. As for the food and ammunition they brought with the military association, Xu Bin dared to assert that they would not be able to hold out for a week.

After losing supplies and not wanting to annihilate the whole army, there was only one choice left for the revolutionary army, which was to withdraw from Linzhou and choose another breakthrough point again. In short, Xu Bin has a good grasp of this Linzhou defense battle. Just don't let this group of revolutionary troops, who also like to loot, enter his territory. The rest of the revolutionary army fought against the Gannan army, and did nothing else.

Whoever wants to move his foundation, he will kill and make his enemies!

When the scouts who monitored the movements of the revolutionary army all the way, they sent the revolutionary army to gather two main regiments, and the strength of nearly 5,000 people approached Xiangu Mountain. Xu Bin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said solemnly: "Order, each battalion of the first regiment thinks about its own position and launches a defensive counterattack operation." The artillery unit, always waiting for my orders, cooperated with the regiment to carry out counterattack operations.

In accordance with the pre-battle arrangement, the new regiment was ready to support the regiment at any time. Tell your officers and soldiers that this battle is a matter of life and death for the Xu family's army. It is related to whether all the people in Linzhou can eat enough and live a good life in the future. So, it's still the old saying, bad me is based on the person who messes with my peace, and there is no good to kill! ”

Many drills have been conducted for today's battle, and now it's finally time to test the results of their training. The head of the regiment, Wang Erscar, also walked through various defensive positions after the meeting. Check the combat readiness of those officers and men, and strive to make sure that when war comes, these officers and men will be able to survive as many people as possible.

As the scouts came back from time to time, the enemy was still five or three miles away from our position, until they appeared in the eyes of the officers and men on the defensive position. All the officers and men who were hiding in the trenches of the defensive positions waited for the enemy's attack with their breath.

Once the battle starts, this peaceful hillside will probably be filled with gunsmoke and bullet holes. Who will survive and who will die in this battle is unknown!