Luoyang, Beijing. In the North Palace, Emperor Han Ling was looking around with a telescope, and he suddenly found that something like a telescope was really a good thing.

"It's fun, it's fun, it's good, this guy will still be able to do things. It's not bad to be able to find such a baby, it's good. Emperor Han Ling said.

"Your Majesty. This Jian Shuo has now attacked the lair of the Red Turban Thief. But this Handan has not yet been lifted. Zhang Rang said worriedly. In fact, he hates Jian Shuo very much, and this kind of eunuch who holds military power is the greatest threat, so Zhang Rang is very jealous, and he can't wait for the Red Turban Army to completely get rid of the other party. In the past few days, he has been in contact with Zuo Feng, hoping to get rid of such a scourge with the help of the Red Turban Army, but unfortunately, the Red Turban Army said that they could not do anything, because the Xiyuan New Army was well-equipped, after all, this was His Majesty's pro-army. Faced with such a situation. The Red Turbans said it was very troublesome. Zhang Rang was very dissatisfied with this. But fortunately, the money bank began to make money, and it was not easy for him to continue to pursue this matter. But the Red Turbans said they might be able to do something if they could push him to make some mistakes. Zhang Rang expressed his understanding of this. No, he began to make some bad moves for Jian Shuo.

Zhang Rang hopes that His Majesty can urge Jian Shuo to launch an attack in a hurry and then go to the rescue of Handan City, in this case, Jian Shuo will definitely make a lot of mistakes.

"Your Majesty, Handan City has been besieged for many days now, and there is not much food in the city. The safety of Jingshi Luoyang, I'm afraid. Zhang Rang said worriedly. When Emperor Han Ling heard this, he also felt that it was very reasonable, once Handan was defeated, wouldn't it be that the safety of the capital Luoyang would also be seriously threatened, and this kind of thing would still happen.

"Well, it's still Zhang Changzhi who relieves my worries. You can order Jian Shuo to quickly level the thief's lair, and then quickly rescue Handan. "Emperor Han Ling ordered.

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Rang said respectfully.

"Hahaha. Ha ha. "Emperor Han Ling, I just feel good. It's a very good thing for him.

"Let's go to the city gate. The widow is able to see far away. Far away. Emperor Han Ling said with a smile. Then he went to the palace gate, where you can see some things in Luoyang, Emperor Han Ling enjoyed this kind of distance can see many people busy below, this feeling of seeing people from a high place is very good.

Soon, Emperor Han Ling came to the palace gate because he was in a hurry. He couldn't wait to see what everyone was doing inside the telescope.

"Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang, why are there so many people over there, what are they all gathered together? Emperor Han Ling pointed to a place in the distance, Zhang Rang couldn't see clearly, but Emperor Han Ling could see.

"Here you go, take this. Be careful, don't break me. "Emperor Han Ling felt that this was a very good treasure, and with such a treasure, he had a lot of fun.

"Oh, Your Majesty. It's really clairvoyant, so far. You can see it. Your Majesty, this is truly a treasure. Zhang Rang said. Actually, he had already tried something like this. He also wanted to get one of these treasures himself, but unfortunately, there were so few of them, and there was only one at the moment, so he gave up. However, he has already sent someone to ask the Red Turban Army to get some for him, and he wants to sell them. The cooperation with the Red Turbans is still good, here they lend money to some merchants, he charges some interest, and those merchants buy a large amount of goods and transport them to the Red Turbans. At present, it has been transported to Handan, iron ore, dansha, sulfur, fierce fire oil, salt, pig iron, etc., as long as it is something that the Red Turban Army needs, Zhang Rang has asked people to transport it to earn money from the Red Turban Army, of course. There are also many, many good things on the side of the Red Turban Army, for example, this soap is damn expensive. A bar of soap can be exchanged for several truckloads of iron ore, as well as dansha. A large piece of glass can also be exchanged for more and more things, in short, Luoyang here to import a lot of raw materials, and then exchange for more and more paper, soap, glass, and some cement, this thing is a good building material. With such a thing, it is very easy to build a house, but it is a little expensive, but it doesn't matter, Luoyang can pay for these people, Zhang Rang is thinking, is it better to introduce some, rebuild the North Palace, and let the Red Turban Army participate, in this way, the cost may be more, and the benefits from it will be more, but it is a pity that the treasury of various places has been empty. There's simply no way to do so much.

"Oh. Your Majesty, the little one remembered. That is, that's the Royal Lotto, it's what the Queen does. Zhang Rang respectfully returned the telescope to Emperor Han Ling.

"Oh? Didn't expect a Royal Lotto to attract so many people? Emperor Han Ling asked in surprise.

"Your Majesty, it is said that more money has been gathered." Zhang Rang whispered on the side.

"Oh. How many? Emperor Han Ling asked.

"Your Majesty, it has now exceeded a million copper coins." Zhang Rang whispered.

"Much, how much?" Emperor Han Ling was shocked after hearing this, he couldn't believe that there was such a thing.

"Your Majesty, it's a million copper coins." Zhang Rang replied definitely.

"I." Emperor Han Ling originally thought that this trivial matter would be enough to get 10,000 copper coins. This is also a piece of the queen's heart, but he didn't expect that a royal lotto would gather so much money, this. This was a big surprise to him. Emperor Han Ling never thought that such a thing would happen, so to speak, he never thought of this kind of thing. It turned out to be such a result, but Emperor Han Ling had already begun to think about a problem. How should he get the money from the queen, you know, there is a lot of money lacking in the current treasury. It is not of much use for the queen to hold such a sum of money.

Lijiazhuang. The gunfire here has never stopped, the battle has been going on non-stop, and the casualties of the new army in the West Park are very large, and they have to pay a great price for every step forward.

"General, the casualties of our army are too great." A Sima said worriedly.

"Hmm. Got it. Jian Shuo reluctantly agreed. He saw it. Inside the binoculars, he saw the casualties of the New Army in the West Garden. Although he was far away, he could still feel the fierce bombardment of the cannon. That kind of thing, no one can stop it, and a team of soldiers of the New Army in Xiyuan was beaten to slag like that. The bloody road composed of blood and minced flesh made Jian Shuo's appetite very unbearable, he was very afraid, and he was no longer willing to go to the front line. He couldn't stand that kind of crazy attack. This kind of attack is enough to make them feel very crazy.

"General, shall I wait?" Sima asked cautiously. Seeing Jian Shuo's reluctance. Sima changed his words.

"General. He believed that some of General Yuan's practices should be learned at present. The Sima said.

"How?" Jian Shuo listened carefully, and the sound of gunfire in Yuan Shao was indeed much less. He didn't know why, he just felt that this Yuan Shao must be brushing his head. He finds excuses for others, otherwise, he will punish them.

"General, we can dig trenches and keep approaching the thief army. This method allows us to reduce casualties. Sima said.

"Digging a trench?" Jian Shuo asked.

"Yes. General, this method is very clever, it can greatly reduce the casualties of our army, and our army can dig all the way to a distance of thirty paces from the Red Turban Army. Sima said. Thirty steps, that's the attack range of the Red Turban Army's **, of course. There are also results of being killed at a distance of fifty paces, but usually thirty paces is already a limit.

"Hmm. Since this is the case, our army has promoted this law. Jian Shuo said. Since such methods can reduce casualties, then they can be used, no matter what way. As long as the Red Turban Army can be solved. It's a good thing for them.

As a result, the officers and soldiers of Xiyuan near Lijiazhuang began to dig trenches. Since the trench was dug, their casualties began to decrease rapidly. It seems that the trench tactics are still very practical for them. At the very least, they have reduced many, many casualties.

Inside Lijiazhuang. The militia captain was very anxious, because they suddenly found out. Their weapons have no result for the new army in Xiyuan digging in the trench, the other party is hiding in the trench, that is, not stretching out, in this case, you have no way, because the other party just does not show his head, your musket, artillery ballistics are straight, but the other party is hiding under the trench, your bullets, shells have no result at all, in this case, many militia captains are very anxious.

"Damn it. These officers and soldiers. It's cunning. A militia captain looked at the new army in Xiyuan digging a trench, and he was very anxious because the other party was getting closer and closer. But they had no choice but to watch each other keep approaching them, but if they made a charge, their fighting skills were not the opponent's opponents, which was a very bad thing for the militia in Lijiazhuang.

"Director, what should I do? A lot of people are looking for us. But we can't find such a weapon that soars into the sky. Many craftsmen said anxiously.

"From the sky?" Yang Xiaocai didn't seem to hear anything, he was just thinking about his own things.

"yes. Director, what should I do? This Xiyuan new army is constantly digging pits, and if it goes on like this, they will come to us. That's not a good thing for us. Many craftsmen said worriedly. They were indeed worried that the New Army would continue to do so, because it was a very big threat to them.

"Don't we have rockets? Quick, go, get the rockets, and when we reach a certain distance, we'll attack them with rockets. Yang Xiaocai said this.

"But. Factory director, this rocket is not lethal enough, the new army in the West Park is hiding in the trench, if they are like us, staring at the shield, we will have no choice. Even the use of wooden planks can be blocked, and the lethality of our rockets is still very limited. One craftsman said. The arsenal only produces rockets in small quantities, because the limitations of this weapon are very large, its dispersion is very large, and the killing effect is average, it is only effective against the Yellow Turban Army and large-scale assembled troops, but it seems that there is no such effect on the Xiyuan New Army, and the Xiyuan New Army is very aware of the possibility of the other party using this weapon. They are all armed with a large number of shields, as long as the situation is not right. They won't be able to dodge in time. The power of the rocket is greatly reduced.

And the rocket itself has problems, and his killing effect is not very good. Coupled with the very large dispersion area, the combat effect of this weapon is already very limited.

"This." Yang Xiaocai was a little embarrassed. There is no way. It cannot be used on a large scale, because the cost is too great, and with the addition of muskets, the number of artillery pieces increases rapidly. There aren't too many *** made at all. And his combat effectiveness is not very ideal. After all, the *** accuracy of this era is simply unusable. It is extremely undesirable to kill or injure officers and soldiers in the trenches.

Yang Xiaocai was also embarrassed. The artillery of the Red Turbans was equipped with cannons aimed in a straight line. The ballistic trajectory is straight. Few such artillery have been developed as field artillery, and mortars can be had, but the weight is too heavy and not conducive to maneuverability, so the Red Turban Army only remained on the design drawings, but in terms of actual preparation, there was no such weapon at all.

And after the officers and soldiers dug trenches, only curved artillery could achieve such an effect, and the attack was launched from above their heads. But the Red Turban Army did not have curved artillery. And it was more difficult to aim at curved artillery. This requires continuous learning and pondering to achieve such an effect. This is clearly more than the situation that the Red Turbans are currently experiencing.

"What can I do? Forget your hands**, let's think of other ways to report the situation here to the chief, maybe the chief has a way. Yang Xiaocai said. He didn't have a good way to deal with such a thing, after all, many things were beyond his knowledge, which was a difficult and difficult thing for him.

As the officers and troops began to gradually turn into the trenches, the sound of guns and cannons gradually subsided, and for a while, it was difficult for the Red Turban Army, which had the initiative, to attack the officers and troops. For a time, Lijiazhuang's Red Turban Army was in an unfavorable state.

Yang Village. The new army of Xiyuan who surrounded this place also began to dig trenches, and they finally knew that the fortifications under the ground were far more useful than the fortifications on the ground, thinking that the defensive fences they built or something were easily beaten to pieces by the opponent's artillery. Now their best thing to do is just that. Dig a large number of trenches to conduct operations.