"This... Your Highness, why is this!" someone asked in confusion.

"Yes, why are you giving them the Third Division? We have been practicing for so long and are still waiting to shoot the Golden Man a few shots..." Yan Shen, the commander of the Second Division of the Army, complained even more.

Li Xingzhou had long expected that they would not be willing to let it go. New cannons are the top weapon of the entire new army. Looking at the current world, he had to forcefully say: "I have my own reasons. Don't worry, I will return it to you in the future. Please obey the order."

"Yes..." Several generals of the division had no choice but to agree.

He then continued: "Remember, the action will begin after the rain stops, so the rain stops, and our army will shoot the flag of commander, the first division of the New Army will take the lead, the first division of the New Army, the first division, the fourth division, the fifth division, the first and second divisions of the New Army, and advance to Shanhaiguan in this order. Within five days at a time, you must resist the city of Shanhaiguan."

"I'm sure!" All the generals' answers were very serious this time.

"The remaining four and five wings of the imperial guards assisted the Yanshan Prefecture defenders, mainly guarding against the attacks of the Jin people from Juyongguan."

"Your Highness, you can't use so many people. The Yanshan Prefecture defenders should be enough." Wei Chaoren said.

He obviously didn't understand why Li Xingzhou wanted to release so many people in Yanshan Mansion, not only him, but no one understood.

"Do as I said." Li Xingzhou did not explain. The explanation would reveal his strategic intentions at this time, and it was not easy to explain. He was guarding against the Jin people's desperate attempt to jump over the wall after Shanhaiguan broke through, but these were difficult to expose and were difficult to explain.

"It's... the old minister obeyed the order." Wei Chaoren agreed to the point of hesitation in his eyes.

"Next to talk about the attack plan. After the entire army arrived at the city of Shanhaiguan, the artillery of the four new divisions, the bed crossbows of the imperial guards, and other heavy weapons. Don't rush to attack the city wall. That's meaningless. I've seen it. Even a thousand cannons cannot be opened if it is more than two meters thick.

The main purpose is to kill the Jin army on the top of the city and in the city, the more the better," he continued.

"In addition, the new army infantry, the imperial guards' crossbowmen approaching firepower as a cover, the imperial guards' infantry, all the horses dismounted, and the auxiliary soldiers, no matter what method is used, people can carry horses on their backs. The first task is to fill a road with the moat outside Yanshan Prefecture!"

The generals silently recorded it. Li Xingzhou glanced at Yang Hongzhao who was sitting in front of him: "General Yang, you are responsible for commanding the filling of the river. Remember what I said, focus on filling the moat outside the city. Don't rush to attack the city. Give you a deadline. Within seven days, the moat of Shanhaiguan must be able to pass the horse at least one section of the main gate."

"Yes, I will obey the order!" Yang Hongzhao bowed.

"Wei Yubai." Li Xingzhou named him again.

"The last one will be here!"

"You are responsible for dispatching the new army and cooperating with General Yang to cover the river. My commanding flag will be fought by your First Division, and you declare to the outside world that I am in the First Division."

"Yes, the last general will get the order!" Wei Yubai also bowed his hand.

There were arrangements for the front battlefield, but it was obvious that Li Xingzhou was not drunk. The main purpose was to be the wall of Ninghai Castle. However, for the sake of confidentiality, he did not say it at the beginning.

Liu Ji, the commander of the Third Division who was not arranged, was still taciturn and no one asked much. Since all the new guns were concentrated in the Third Division, the Third Division must have to do big things. However, Li Xingzhou didn't say anything, and everyone dared not ask too much.

The arrangement was almost the same, and Li Xingzhou asked everyone to go back and prepare first, but left Liu Ji and Wei Yubai.

"Liu Ji, you must want to know what I want your third division to do, right?" Li Xingzhou said with a smile.

Liu Ji nodded: "Your Highness didn't say that he didn't want to leak the news, so I didn't ask much."

He nodded: "Your Third Division is led by me personally, and everyone will set out. When the frontal battlefield starts to fight and attract everyone's attention, we will surprise attack Ninghai Fort and open a gap from the southern end of Linhai."

"Does the prince want to... explode the city wall?" Wei Yubai asked uncertainly.

Li Xingzhou nodded: "Yes, I went to see it myself. The city walls are covered with rammed earth, and solid cannons cannot be dealt with, but we have flowering artillery shells! However, the firepower must be concentrated and dense. The new cannons are very heavy, and it is difficult to transport and conceal them. Therefore, you will definitely be able to firmly attract the attention of the enemy on the front battlefield, and there will be a chance in the south!"

"Speak east and attack west!" Wei Yubai and Liu Ji said in unison.

"Yes, this time, this strategy is also tactical, simple and straightforward, but it is difficult to do, and we must cooperate well. Your main force will hit the Jin people and we will have a chance." Li Xingzhou said, "At present, you only know the two of you except me, which is why the first division raises the flag of the commander."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will never let your expectations down!" Wei Yubai swore.

Liu Ji also spoke: "As long as the city is broken, my subordinates will be able to break in."

Li Xingzhou nodded: "I don't worry about you all. Keep this matter in mind and don't spread it to the outside world. The border situation is complicated. I don't know how many Jin spies there are in Yanshan Mansion. Liu Ji, go back and receive zero-four new cannons from each division. The new cannons are very heavy and it's difficult to transport them. You're fine."

"No problem, if there is any problem, my subordinates will also solve the problem!" Liu Ji agreed firmly.

"Okay! Then go back and prepare!"

.........

The rain kept falling, and it took several days in a row. It was not that it could not fight, but that it was too unfavorable to the new army. Li Xingzhou was waiting.

On the ninth day of the sixth month, I received a letter from Yang Wenguang from the west. The messenger, dressed in tattered clothes and hungry, said that there were more than 20 people coming out, and some of them were intercepted by the Jin people in Juyongguan. He went around the south and sent them over. He suffered a lot on the way, and the letter was too late.

Li Xingzhou asked someone to arrange to take care of him, and then read the letter, and it turned out to be a huge surprise. The battlefield in the west of Datong Prefecture had already started. The Jin people were very arrogant. More than 5,000 cavalry went out of the city to face the vanguard army.

As a result, Yang Wenguang's Taiyuan Army fought and retreated while pretending to retreat and defeated the Jin people's horsepower. It was too late to wait for the Zhe family army, who had been waiting for a long time, fought all the way out to defeat the Jin army, and chased for more than fifty miles before retracting the troops. The remaining Jin people dispersed and did not dare to return to the city, for fear that the pursuers would take the opportunity to enter the city.

In the end, he captured 1,852 levels and captured more than 2,000 people. The elite troops of the Datong Prefecture defenders were dispersed, and their morale was severely hit. He had to stay behind closed doors and not speak any more.

Yang Wenguang said that the city can be broken just by waiting for the time to come.

Li Xingzhou was overjoyed. As expected, the Zhe Family Army and the Yang Family Army, as the most capable border army in Jingguo, did not disappoint him at all. They defeated the elite of the Jin Kingdom in the first fight. Jingguo never lacked soldiers who could fight, but only lacked emperors who could give opportunities to generals and civil officials who could not stumbling to foreign generals in the court.

Yang Wenguang's letter was also very experienced, and most of them used code words. For example, when the time comes, he didn't say what time it was, but Li Xingzhou understood that it was the inner support of the rebel army. If he wrote it clearly, the letter was intercepted by the Jin army, that would be fine.

Good news has been heard from the west, and the next thing we will see is their army, and there is still the vast sea that cannot be known, and the news from the east...
Chapter completed!