"It's almost time, and the enemy should have spotted us."

Maybe the French light cavalry was cautious enough, or maybe it was that the Ming scouts were a little lax because they rushed all night to build fortifications.

Yuan Zizhang had slowed down the French army's march to half the Ming army's speed and increased the rest time to twice that of the Ming army, believing that the French army should have chased after him, but there was still no information on the enemy's movements on both sides of the stone bridge.

He stubbornly believed that he had waited too long for the battle.

Obtained the martial arts examination, entered the martial arts hall, joined the Beiyang Military Government, transferred the Oriental Military Government, and crossed Europa...... The first time he led the army into battle, he was supposed to have a big fight with the enemy, so when he reached the bridge on the way to the withdrawal, he stopped.

The Crane River was diverted here to join a river called Charente, on which the stone bridge was built for an unknown number of years, and the French army on the east bank of the Crane River needed to cross it to reach the west bank, and the army on the west bank also needed to assemble here, and the two armies met and merged into a strong force.

If the battle starts here, it should be a big battle worthy of the years he has been waiting for.

But his personal ambition can only support him to rest here for two hours, and if this is the case, he should have led his army to Dingjiazhuang at this moment.

After the reorganization of the vanguard army, there were still 17 hundred households, and the extra three small flags became the direct command flags of the generals and guerrilla generals, and the successive battles made them consume a huge amount of gunpowder, and the remaining gunpowder could no longer allow the tiger squat artillery to be continuously fired in the big war, and the firepower was weakened, the troops were insufficient, and there was no choice to retreat.

But when the time came to heaven and earth together, just when the vanguard army slept and recuperated their spirits, Yuan Zizhang reluctantly said goodbye to this stone bridge on the morning, the reinforcement general Kang Gulu sent by Chen Jiujing of Baishan City drove 180 miles with heavy horses, telling him that the reinforcements were on the way with heavy vehicles.

Yuan Zizhang's heart was settled.

The Beiyang Banner Army demolished the camp, arranged the horses on the bridge with sharpened wooden thorns, buried the clean military food clay pots on the west bank, and dug fortifications on the spot.

As for the complete trench, Yuan Zizhang didn't expect it at all, the weather was so cold that there seemed to be signs of freezing, and there were still a lot of gravel under the most suitable area for building fortifications by the bridge, which brought great trouble to the construction of fortifications, and the amount of work that could be completed in half an hour of Changsheng would take at least an hour here.

When the fortifications were completed, the soldiers of the six hundred households went into the half-trench and began to strengthen the wooden wall, and the scouts on the periphery still did not find any signs of the enemy approaching ten miles, Yuan Zizhang began to build two batteries with the Chinese army under the protection of the bridgehead trenches, and the general Liumen Zhenshuo, who was transported on the road by the Jurchen horse archers, and a large amount of ammunition solved his urgent need, and also strengthened the confidence of the vanguard army stationed here to carry a French offensive.

"Playing so easily?"

Kanggulu took the plate armor Tiefutu formed for him by Chen Jiujing to be amazed at the offensive of the vanguard army during this time, looked at the fine map drawn by the Beiyang Flag Army in Yuan Zizhang's hand, his eyes were extremely eager, he took off his iron hand armor and stretched out his fingers to draw a line on the map, and said: "This riverbank is handed over to me, you build the bridgehead as solid as gold, and the enemy army on the east bank may not eat your hard nails." ”

He chose the south bank of the southern river diversion, opposite the bridgehead, which was the side of Yuan Zizhang's side, he said: "The water over there is fast but shallower, my baby has tried, as long as you are not afraid of the cold, you can wade across the river on horseback, if the enemy dares to cross the river from there, I will level them." ”

Hearing Kangguru say 'if they are not afraid of the cold', Yuan Zizhang's eyes were full of smiles, and he turned his head and pointed to the repaired earthwork fort, and said: "Then you divide my three hundred horsemen to prevent the enemy from outflanking from the left flank, and they may not go from the river, unless they make a few more detours to the east." ”

It is likely that the French are reluctant to take a detour, but General Zhenshuo will teach them a detour.

What's more critical is that Yuan Zizhang knows very well that his enemies are afraid of the cold, and they are afraid to death...... Compared to these troops, who all had cotton clothes and cotton armor, the French soldiers were too thinly dressed, let alone wading across the water, and even if they were trapped in the camp for a few days, some people would get frostbitten.

"One hundred and fifty horses, I'll give you another six hundred bows, what do you need so many iron floats to defend the flanks."

In addition to the riverside, there are abandoned farmland everywhere, the terrain is flat, and the heavy cavalry can be used as a decisive force in this land, Yuan Zizhang has few cavalry, and he attaches more importance to these Jurchen heavy cavalry, he said: "You give me three hundred heavy cavalry, I don't plan to defend on the left flank, as long as they don't attack from the left flank, it is enough, so it seems that staying on the left flank is the same as the cavalry maneuvering behind the enemy." ”

As soon as Yuan Zizhang finished speaking, he saw several Jurchen riders wearing Liaodong bowls coming from the north to fight horses, hesitating at the trench fortifications, and finally being led by the banner army in the trenches to bypass the trap and come back, and hurriedly said: "Your rider is back, see if there is any good news." ”

Kangguru was overjoyed when he heard this, and simply walked over quickly.

At such times, there is little bad news for them, and the worst news may be even the retreat of the French army for no reason.

However, before the cavalry bowed down and said a few words, Yuan Zizhang saw the Baishan battalion general laughing, and walked while laughing: "General Yuan, you can't guess why the enemy army is procrastinating, maybe an enemy scout found your troops stationed here earlier, and the enemy army on the west bank was busy collecting grass seeds and digging wild vegetables for twelve miles on the north side of the river, and it seems that they want to eat a full meal and come over; Most of the enemy forces on the east bank also loomed on the riverbank. ”

"It looks like the food and grass haven't been eaten yet, and the team of five thousand people is busy transporting logs in preparation for camping before sunset."

Kanggulu admired Yuan Zizhang, the orthodox military general education and the court officers trained by the most mysterious martial arts hall of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was intercepting military rations or pursuing the enemy to besiege the enemy under a hill, it was effortless to suffocate the enemy army, for the French army, nearly half of the troops lost their combat effectiveness, but in Kangguru's view, all this was Yuan Zizhang's calculation and arrangement.

They are clearly bullying people, that is, bullying you for lacking warm clothes and gunpowder, and the more you lack, the more he will destroy what is left and leave you to fend for yourself.

The whole battle revolved around clothing, food, and gunpowder, and now Kangguru not only admires Yuan Zizhang, but also admires the French general...... If it were him, he would have been so angry that he would have pressed the army up.

This reaction is like that in a local battle, the side with the weaker firepower will usually charge ahead of time with a salvo of bird's gun.

It seems that the enemy army on the west bank is almost unable to sit still, and plans to eat some wild vegetables to fill their stomachs and come recklessly, but the enemy army on the east bank is still calm and plans to camp far away.

"Three hundred, three hundred, leave you three hundred heavy horses, I will take the rest of the people, go to make trouble for them, don't let them camp before sunset, he doesn't dare to camp again when it's dark, force the enemy army on the east bank to retreat first, don't worry, wait for me to come back and clean up the people on the west bank together."