Chen Xin couldn't sleep all the time, what he had to deal with was far from the Houjin in front of him, and he kept thinking in his mind about how to hold the three countries in the area of Zhancheng into his hands and serve as the granary of the kingdom.

How can we better develop the kingdom forces lurking within the Ming Dynasty to achieve his ultimate goal.

If the enemy's cavalry strength has not been greatly weakened here, how to solve a series of problems caused by the loss of Golden State,

How can we expand China's land in Australia, North America, and Indian city-states as quickly as possible when the number of large sail carriers is insufficient?

And so on and so forth, these series of questions have been revolving around Chen Xin.

However, in general, Hou Jin is undoubtedly the most important of them, although Chen Xin told Chief of Staff Liu to be strong-willed. But he also had some worries in his heart.

He was worried that if Houjin really didn't care about life and death, and attacked desperately with all his might, then they didn't really have a chance, and the final killer weapon was not an atomic bomb after all, and it was impossible to solve nearly 200,000 enemies at once.

If he could really do this, there would be no need for Chen Xin to hide and deliberately use infantry to consume the living force of the Houjin army.

"By tomorrow, when reinforcements from another infantry battalion of the 11th Infantry Brigade arrive, the Arthur defense line will be even more solid." In the end, Chen Xin couldn't help but think of the matter on Lushun's side.

At this time, the attendant outside the tent whispered, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

Chen Xin lay on the marching bed and did not move, and replied casually: "I'm awake, what's the matter?" Is it time for the night attack? ”

The attendant breathed a sigh of relief, raised his voice a little and replied: "Yes, the time for the night attack has come, and Chief of Staff Liu of the command headquarters sent someone to ask, is the king going to the city to supervise the formation?" ”

Chen Xin immediately sat up, and the exhaustion on his face disappeared all of a sudden. It's just that after two good years, there is no longer the habit of sleeping in clothes on the battlefield, so I have to let the attendants light the lamp and dress.

After putting on the military uniform, Chen Xin grabbed his hat and bundled the armed belt on his body, and then went to the position at the door of the tent, took the short sword and pistol he was wearing from the wooden shelf at the door, and inserted them into the corresponding position of the armed belt.

The adjutant waiting outside the tent saw Chen Xin's appearance, and hurriedly stopped Chen Xin and said, "Your Majesty, you haven't worn a combat vest yet!" That's not a good habit! ”

Chen Xin stretched out his hand to push the other party away, and walked towards the city, "What kind of combat vest are you wearing, we are now on the head of Lushun City, and the Tartars' bows and arrows and muskets can't shoot here." But if it is targeted by enemy artillery, what can the two steel plates inserted in the combat vest do? In the middle of the night, it's not busy, that's it. ”

The adjutant wanted to say something, but Chen Xin had already walked away in great strides, and finally, he stomped his foot, grabbed a pair of officer's vests, and followed him up the city wall. It is the freedom of the king to wear or not to wear body armor, but whether to wear body armor or not is the responsibility of his adjutant.

It happened to be cloudy tonight, and in addition to the fierce exchange of firearms between the enemy and us during the day, the whole sky seemed to be starry and moonless under the heavy smoke of gunpowder.

In order to avoid becoming the target of the enemy, the city wall was not rashly lit with lights, and with the faint light of the fire under the city wall, Chen Xin finally found the location of Chief of Staff Liu in the dark.

There is also a movable shed, which can be moved during the day and pulled over at night, so that the commanders can light the lights inside without worrying about being deliberately targeted.

The shed was now filled with drummers and trumpeters from the headquarters of the 1st Brigade, as well as two artillery pieces for giving orders and a few wooden containers for fireworks.

Chen Xin took two steps, came to Chief of Staff Liu's side and asked, "Are all the troops that are preparing to launch a surprise attack tonight in place?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's not all in place yet, because I'm worried that the troops attacking our army will mistakenly step on the mines we have planted, so the leading engineering units are now dismantling the fuses of the mines, and they may have to wait a while."

As he spoke, Chief of Staff Liu also walked to a small space wrapped in black cloth by the window of the shed, lifted a corner of the curtain on the outside, and pointed out to Chen Xin where the sappers were now performing their tasks.

Chen Xin looked through the telescope, but outside, in the border area between the two armies, there was a dark and dead silence, and nothing could be seen.

"As soon as the early hours of the morning arrived, the leading engineering units were sent out, and the soldiers who were responsible for laying mines in this area of attack were recorded.

There is no need to change the mines, they mainly go to remove the flint mechanisms that step on the mines. Some of the team has just sent back to report that they have finished taking the mines and are now doing the final counting. ”

Chen Xin put down the binoculars and asked, "How long is there until the assault force officially departs?" ”

"There are less than 15 minutes left."

Chen Xin nodded: "So, where is the specific assembly location?" ”

"The troops are now assembled on the inside of the North Gate, on the west side."

Chen Xin walked out of the dark room, came to the other side of the shed, poked his head out from the inside of the city tower to take a look, and immediately saw the assembly point on the west side of the city gate, which was originally a barracks of the mixed 1st Brigade.

Now, the open space in front of the barracks is already full of people, and under the light, you can clearly see that the crowd is in the middle of the group.

The technical backbone of this group of combat engineers is basically recruited from the miners of Maoshan, the largest iron ore base in the kingdom, and most of them have maintained extremely strong stature after living in the kingdom for so long.

Of course, the kingdom's iron mines have been increasing their development efforts, and it is impossible to recruit too many people, so most of the other ordinary combat sappers are miners recruited from various mines in the Ming Dynasty.

Miners, in this era, can be said to be a very unique group, they are somewhat similar to the slender men on the canal, have a certain degree of organization, and because they have been under the supervision system of the feudal dynasty for a long time, they live an extremely hard life, so their will is generally very strong.

As long as you can supplement your nutrition and nourish your body, after a little training, you will be one of the best soldiers. Because of the benefits tasted several times, the current kingdom is very keen to rescue the miners from the mines of other forces.

By the dim light at the entrance of the barracks, Chen Xin could see the special "short" hanging from the gun belts on their chests

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