Just wait

After dawn, Zhang Zhun woke up and found that the Ming army's cannon was still ringing. She slept comfortably, and Zhang Zhun stood up and moved his body. Now, it was his turn to change shifts. The young man who had been tossing all night last night should find a place to rest well.

Zhang Zhun rode his horse to the front and found that Yang Weiguo and Liu Jixiang had led their respective cavalry battalions and were handing over to Zhong Wuying. The one who was responsible for tossing the Ming army last night was Zhong Wuying's cavalry battalion. According to Zhong Wuying's report, there was nothing serious about the second half of last night. The Ming army's cannons were attacking intermittently. In order to avoid casualties, the Hu Ben Army's cavalry did not move much in the middle of the night.

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

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

Zhang Zhun's orders were simple and popular, and all his officers liked to listen to them.

The Huben Army cavalry slowly approached the officers and soldiers' camps, and used dense spider webs to firmly surround the Ming army's camps. Since the Ming army's cannons were still bombarding, they did not get close. In addition to sending people to monitor the movements of the Ming army in front, other soldiers were all in the open space behind, and they seized time to practice equestrians.

Zhang Zhun also practiced horse racing with Xie Zhiyou for a while. To be honest, Zhang Zhun's horse racing is indeed not very good. He did not know how to ride a horse in his previous life, but he did not know how to ride a horse in his later life. The kung fu he rode his horse without a teacher after he seized the war horse in the ancient town. Of course, the riding technique he practiced like this is not very good. After Xie Zhiyou corrected it seriously, he finally got better.

Xie Zhiyou suddenly frowned and said, "Sir, you should change to a better war horse. This big red horse cannot withstand your tossing!"

Zhang Zhun said casually: "What are some good suggestions do you have?"

Xie Zhiyou thought and said, "There are many good horses in the Mongolians. If you have the chance, you can get a few."

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said regretfully: "The Mongols are too far away, and I'm afraid they can't do it for the time being."

Zhang Zhun was not very satisfied with the big red horse under his crotch. He was tall and tall, with a burly figure and weighed at least 180 kilograms. Although the big red horse under his crotch is the strongest, it is still a little short of his requirements. The big red horse carried him, and the short sprint was OK, but if he sprinted for a long distance, he would be unable to do so. Perhaps, he should have found a way to get a real good horse.

After dawn, Zhu Dadian slowly woke up and felt a little painful in his head. Last night, he slept for a while with the sound of cannons, which effectively relieved some headaches. However, after waking up, Zhu Dadian found that he was in a dilemma: whether to remove the cannon?

If you dismantle, you can't continue shooting. Without the cover of cannons, the Huben Army cavalry would rush up at any time, causing great casualties to the Ming army. If you don't dismantle, you can't transport it. He can't leave the cannons here and keep firing. If you can't accompany the cannons, the army will not be able to advance, let alone attack Qingzhou City.

dismantle?

Or not to remove it?

It's really a headache.

After drinking a bowl of millet porridge as breakfast, Zhu Dadian felt a little heavy. Even occasionally, two exactly the same scenery appeared in front of him. Even if he didn't understand medical books, he knew that he was in a daze and was restless. There was no way, so he had to call the medical officer over and boil some Chinese medicine for himself to calm down.

"Continue firing!"

Zhu Dadian's final order.

He decided to spend some money with Zhang Zhun. He still had enough food and ammunition to hold on here for many days. He hoped that Zhang Zhun was not prepared enough and had to retreat at that time. He had 40,000 people, and Zhang Zhun had only a thousand people, and it depends on who could stand up to the end. Perhaps, in the past few days, the situation in Laizhou Prefecture may change.

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

"Bangbangbangbang!"

So, the Ming army's cannons continued to shoot to prevent the Hu Ben Army from approaching. The other Ming army hugged in the camp and continued to rest. Due to the threat of enemy cannons, Yang Weiguo and Liu Jixiang did not find any good opportunities, so they had to watch the fun beside them. The cavalry soldiers behind continued to exercise equestrians.

The day passed slowly. Compared with yesterday's battle, today's battle seemed very dull. Neither the Ming army nor the Hu Ben army had a chance to hit the other side. The Ming army's cannons were just consuming ammunition in vain. But from the perspective of morale, the Ming army did cheer up a little. At least, the possibility of the camp roar was greatly reduced.

"We've actually won."

"We successfully seized more than 400 war horses from the enemy."

"We have also successfully blocked the enemy from advancing towards Qingzhou City. Now, we have used one thousand people to delay 40,000 enemies here. This is an amazing victory! As long as we continue to work hard, we can achieve greater victory!"

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

If Zhu Dadian wants to spend money with the Hu Ben Army, then let's spend money. If he is a fool, he should be spending money in Jinan City. He will run to the wilderness outside, camp and camp with the Hu Ben Army. What is this not to be full? He consumes food with the Hu Ben Army in the wild, and the food of 40,000 people is quite large every day. The Hu Ben Army cavalry has cut off the food transportation between Zhu Dadian and Jinan City. Let's see when Zhu Dadian can survive.

As for the Hu Ben Army, more than 400 seized war horses were used for transportation. Whether it was forage or food, they could be transported directly from Qingzhou City in the rear. Due to sufficient transportation power, Yunshang, who was far away in Qingzhou City, could even ask someone to bring a little three-page cake and horse-song cake to Zhang Zhun every day. One day, he even brought a whole pot of chicken, duck and the officers around him, which made Zhang Zhun and the officers around him have a happy meal.

"Just wait!"

So, while the Ming army was resting, the cavalry of the Huben Army also took turns to rest. During the day, the soldiers continued to train equestrians and slept peacefully at night. The soldiers who originally thought they wanted to fight fiercely were all a little confused by the situation in front of them. Why did they still have some passion at the beginning, but now they have become sleeping every day? Fortunately, sleeping is not a painful thing. Since there is a command to sleep, then continue to sleep.

As for Zhang Jun himself, there are officers at all levels of the Hu Ben cavalry. In addition to training equestrians, they also often discuss combat issues together. The main focus is on studying the tactical issues of cavalry. Such discussions are usually held in the evening. Based on today's combat and training situation, everyone can speak freely. If they do well, praise them on the spot. If they do not do well, correct them immediately.

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

Three days later, he was still outside Jinan City. He could not do anything except waste food and shells every day. If he had known this, he would have been better to retreat to Jinan City! In Jinan City, there were still high city walls to protect him, and even if the Hu Ben Army had to attack him, there would be no chance. However, if he retreated to Jinan City, this military operation would have been declared failure. Zhu Dadian would certainly not be willing to do this result.

"This won't work."

"We must find a way to change the current situation."

After thinking about it, Zhu Dadian decided to divide his troops and march towards Qingzhou City in multiple directions.

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, Zhang Zhun would not be able to continue to surround them. After the troops were dispersed, they could also speed up the advancement. After careful consideration, Zhu Dadian decided to divide the troops into three routes. He personally led the route, Shao Jinguang led the route, and Meng Xiangjun led the route, marched from different routes to Qingzhou City.

According to Zhu Dadian's estimate, after the Ming army was divided into three routes, Zhang Zhun's troops would inevitably be divided into three routes. In this way, Zhang Zhun's troops would have to be greatly weakened. It would be absolutely impossible to surround the Ming army. Although each route of Ming army may suffer some losses during the march, it would be much better to suffer certain losses as long as they could reach the city of Qingzhou.

"grown ups……"

"Divide the troops..."

Shao Jinguang and Meng Xiangjun looked at each other.

From a military perspective, they disagree with Zhu Dadian's plan to divide the troops, because this is easier to be defeated by Zhang Zhun. From the perspective of casualties, there is no change. After they divided the troops, the Hu Ben Army cavalry would still catch up and use all means to harass them, tired and kill them. And they also have no good way to counterattack the Hu Ben Army cavalry. The process of their march was the process of Zhang Zhun's cavalry constantly pounced on and bit them.

However, in the face of the current dilemma, it is really not enough for them to not divide their troops! In this way, the marching speed is very slow. The slower the speed, the more chances of being attacked and the greater the casualties. After the division of troops, the speed of the marching may be faster. They suggest that it is not enough to divide into three large armies, and it is best to divide into more than ten routes and advance together, so that the Huben Army cavalry can't be busy.

The biggest weakness of the Huben cavalry is that they lack military strength. It is precisely because of the insufficient military strength that they had to take such harassing actions and dare not launch an attack on the Ming army head-on. If the Huben cavalry had sufficient numbers, they would have swept over and there was no need to patrol the periphery. Zhu Dadian wanted to make strategic adjustments to this point of the Huben cavalry.

"good!"

"Divide more roads!"

After Zhu Dadian considered it, he agreed to the suggestions of the two general officers.
Chapter completed!