Chen Hao and Ban Qianqian laughed and re-entered the game after arranging their new home, and began to arrange the battle on the South Road. The total annihilation of the Tsarist Yingkou landing force forced the high command to slow down the pace of advance, and these days the 1st Siberian Army of Tsarist Russia and more than 60,000 Inhuman troops stayed in Xiongyue and did not continue the offensive, waiting for the latest orders from Tsar Nicholas II.

Jin Chang used the captured weapons and equipment to increase the number of battalions by four, and the Yuzi battalion under his command increased to more than 16,000 people. The NPC soldiers of the Green Battalion who retreated from Xiongyue City were also absorbed by Jin Chang, which swelled his troops to nearly 30,000 people, and the number of NPC troops was close to that of the First Siberian Army.

Jin Chang led his troops into Gaiping, and while issuing missions to recruit players, he reorganized Gaiping's defense. Jin Chang can recruit players according to the ratio of 1:2, and now he can recruit more than 50,000 players to participate in the war, but there are more than 67,000 players on the Tsarist side to participate in the war.

The Tsarist side was well-equipped and still superior in numbers, and this battle was an offensive and defensive battle with clear swords and guns, and Jin Chang was not sure whether he could hold Gaiping. He sent someone to Yingkou to inform Chen Hao, asking Chen Hao to send troops to Gaiping as soon as possible after completing the reorganization of the troops, and join forces with him to fight a decisive battle with the First Army of Tsarist Siberia in the north.

Zaremenko, the commander of the First Siberian Army, was also in a dilemma, and according to the plan of the high command, the Southern Route Army needed to capture Mukden from south to north, and then Tieling would join up with several other large armies. The Northern Route Army was blocked by the Chinese army in Belogorsk, and it was impossible to completely occupy Heilongjiang Province in a short time, and the Southern Route Army, on which the Tsar had high hopes, lost the ability to fight Mukden after the landing army led by Lieutenant General Alekseev was completely destroyed.

Tsar Nicholas II, who was in a hurry, gave Zaremenko an order to continue his march north, and Zaremenko was stationed at Kumagake Castle under the pretext of insufficient troops, and had no intention of going north at all. Not daring to openly disobey the tsar's orders, Zaremenko did not dare to retreat and return to the brigade, so he could only temporarily camp in the city of Xiongyue.

When the high command persuaded Nicholas II to allow Zaremenko to lead his troops to retreat south, Zaremenko did not dare to withdraw. More and more troops were concentrated in Gaiping, and if Zaremenko retreated, Huaxia was likely to follow the attack, and might even capture Luda in one go.

Luda was a base that Tsarist Russia had managed to obtain in the northeast, and it could not be lost in any case, and Zaremenko understood this. Just when Jinchang was arranging the defense of Gaiping, Zaremenko also ordered his subordinates to defend Xiongyue City, he believed that with Huaxia's national strength, he would never be able to resist the coalition army, as long as he kept Luda, he would still have a chance.

After Chen Hao received Jin Chang's letter, he immediately began to reorganize the troops, and the losses of his battalions in the battle of Dongchang Fort were not large, and it was relatively easy to recruit and replenish the troops because there were a large number of horse bandits. In addition to replenishing all the previous seven battalions, Chen Hao added two new cavalry battalions, which were mainly NPC horse bandits.

This is something that can't be helped, Chen Hao wants to equip all the troops with Mosingana rifles, and after the Black Dragon Battalion was reequipped, he only had 1,000 Mosingana left. This 1,000 Mosingana was exchanged for a previously captured rifle by Chen Hao, and it did not belong to the firearms allocated by the government, and he wanted to keep it to equip his private army.

He was armed with rifles at the two new camps, and many of the horse bandits who had not yet joined the patrol camp were given Mosingana when they went north. When recruiting NPC horse bandits, they were required to bring their own guns and horses, and all Chen Hao needed to pay was the official positions of two new battalion leaders and a monthly military salary.

Except for the Black Dragon Battalion, the salaries of the other battalions were allocated by the imperial court, and Chen Hao did not need to worry about it at all. The two new battalions were quickly filled, and they were named the seventh and eighth battalions by Chen Hao, and together with the previous five and sixth battalions, the number of cavalry battalions under him reached four.

Chen Hao's nine battalions have a total of 9,000 people, but 4,000 of them are cavalry, and these 4,000 horses are selected from more than 10,000 horses, which can already be regarded as official cavalry. Almost half of the 9,000-strong troops are cavalry, which is a very abnormal ratio, but the horse bandits already have horses, and it is impossible for Chen Hao to give up without turning the cavalry into infantry.

There were a large number of horse bandits in Chen Hao's nine battalions, and after many battles, the level of these horse bandits had been improved, and their combat effectiveness had been greatly enhanced. Of course, recruiting horse bandits is not without drawbacks, and the condition that the horse bandit leader is willing to lead his subordinates to join is that he will not give up the command of the troops, and the horse bandits under their command are still under their own command.

Chen Hao is using the horse bandits to quickly improve his strength, why aren't these horse bandit leaders using him? After joining the government, these horse bandit leaders have a legal identity, and their subordinates can receive a fixed monthly salary, and they have a suitable opportunity to wear the skin of the official army to do the work of horse bandits, why not?

Chen Hao knew that there was a great hidden danger in recruiting horse bandits, and it was likely to cause the horse bandits in Fengtian to be even more rampant than in history, but he didn't take it seriously at all. After adding a large number of battalion leaders to his subordinates, he could let Yang Du select excellent NPCs from nearly 10,000 people to form a private army.

As long as he is still serving as the Tongzhi of the Yingkou Zhili Hall, assisted by Yang Du and Wu Peifu, coupled with the prestige accumulated by the two wars, these horse bandit leaders will not be able to turn the sky. His development of the base area in Yingkou is only temporary, and if he leaves Yingkou, these horse bandit leaders will be the government and have nothing to do with him.

When Chen Hao served as the Tongzhi of Yingkou Zhili Hall, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, but after he went to work, it was a mess, which just highlights his ability? At that time, his reputation would not be reduced, but would increase, and these horse bandit leaders could still remember him because of his popularity in the Northeast.

After the news of Chen Hao's addition of two battalion leaders spread, in addition to the horse bandits, there were also local militia groups. Feng Delin and Zhang Zuolin, the two heroes, heard that they could retain their own troops by joining the Yingkou Patrol Battalion, and they also brought the militia to take refuge.

The appointment of Chen Hao, the commander of the eighth and ninth battalions, was completely based on the troops he brought, so the official positions of the two were not high. Feng Delin served as a garrison in the eighth battalion, and Zhang Zuolin served as a hundred households in the ninth battalion. Although the official position is not high, Chen Hao believes that with the ability of the two of them, they will soon be able to get ahead.

These two historical celebrities are systematically followed, coupled with strong data attributes, the development trajectory will be different from history, but in the end they will become the masters of the Northeast.

After the reorganization of the troops, Chen Hao gathered all the Russian prisoners together, and said coldly: "I have not treated you badly during this time, now I need you to do things, I will arrange for you to serve as military instructors in each battalion, and the officers who perform well will be rewarded." If you perform particularly well, the official will let you go back. ”

After the interpreter translated Chen Hao's words into Russian, a major came out and said: "This general, we are now prisoners, I hope you will abide by international treaties and treat us well, and our country will soon negotiate with your army to redeem us." You asked us to train soldiers for you, this is a matter of confidentiality to me, and we will not agree. ”

Chen Hao said to the major with an expressionless face, "What's your name?" ”

"Feradimir? Mskov? Petrovich. ”

Chen Hao said coldly: "Major Petrovich, this is the land of Huaxia, I am the supreme governor of the Yingkou Zhili Hall, and I am in charge here." Don't talk about any international conventions in front of me, you have only two choices, either train soldiers for me as I ask, or die. ”

"In view of the fact that you have openly questioned the decision of this officer, major, I will first beat you with twenty military sticks to make you sober up, and if you still don't want to, then you will appear on the list of your army's dead."

The two soldiers quickly rushed up and knocked down Major Petrovich, waving their sticks and fighting, Chen Hao wondered with some evil fun whether Petrovich would be the first Tsarist officer to enjoy the Huaxia military stick. Petrovich let out two screams, and he shouted: "You have violated international conventions and mistreated prisoners of war, you will not end well......"

"Fuck you conventions." Chen Hao spat in Petrovich's face, took out a Colt pistol and aimed it at Petrovic's head and pulled the trigger.

"Player Chen Baxian, because you shot prisoners of war against the spirit of humanitarianism, you have been warned by the system, and if you do similar behavior again, you will be punished."

After receiving the system prompt, Chen Hao had a smile on his face, he originally thought that killing Petrovich would reduce his reputation by 1 point, but it seemed that because he killed too few prisoners, the system did not deduct his reputation points, but only gave him a symbolic warning. Petrovich's stunt is just a queue, there are many such captives, and there will be nothing to lose by killing him.

These old hairy people are used to being fierce, and when they are captured, they still think they are uncles, and they must first kill chickens and monkeys to make them interesting.

Chen Ha stuck the gun in his waist and said lightly to a group of Tsarist Russian prisoners: "Is there anyone who wants to talk about international conventions with Lord Ben, and those who are willing to talk can stand up, and if they don't want to talk about me, you all agree to train soldiers for me." ”

After the translator translated Chen Hao's words again, these Tsarist Russian prisoners of war were silent, and if they were not afraid of death at all, they would not have surrendered. After a moment of silence, the inventor of the mortar Nikolayevich? Gobiato stepped forward and said, "My lord, we can promise you to train soldiers for you, but you must promise to let us go back after three months. ”

Chen Hao said with a smile on his face: "Yes!" If I am satisfied with the military skills you have taught me over the past three months, I can let you go. But Captain Gobiato, I appreciate your abilities, and I don't need you to train soldiers for me. I know you're good at improving light artillery, and if one day you can make a cannon that satisfies me, I'll not only let you return home, but I'll also give you a fortune. ”

(To be continued)