There have been many caravans arriving in Tongguan, stationed outside the West Gate Pass, and there are many caravans from Xuanfu Town inside. The caravan from Xuanfu Town to Shaanxi has been opened www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" Pavilion, although the road is not very peaceful, but there are few bandits who dare to do something to the caravan in Xuanfu Town, even if there are some guys who are not long-eyed, they can't stop the force of escorting the dart bureau.

They sell a variety of commercial goods, especially the sale of small cigarettes, which are popular in Shaanxi, although Emperor Chongzhen is still strictly prohibiting smoking, in fact, the ban is just a dead letter, and the people should still be a species.

Xuanfu Town's approach is to impose heavy taxes on the tobacco industry, and Gao Guru knocks down the practice of Yongning Houye, it is better to block it than to sparse, and it has always been useless to ban this thing.

Of course, the profits of the tobacco industry are eye-catching, but foreign businessmen can't figure out the production method of small cigarette rolls in Xuanfu Town, and only know that the cigarette factory there uses a kind of cigarette maker, which seems to be a combination of small wooden sticks and canvas, which comes from the invention of the Marquis of Yongning.

Moreover, a cigarette factory can produce at least 10,000 small cigarettes in a month, and I don't know anything else.

A few days ago, Gao Guerrilla gritted his teeth and bought a box of "Lao Jiachang", which he regarded as a treasure, and only smoked one occasionally, but at this time, he saw that there were a lot of small cigarette rolls in his hand, and he was happy in his heart, thinking that these Jingbian troops were really generous.

In the envious eyes of the people around them, Mr. Yang Qian and Gao Guerrilla took out a fire fold to light a fire for themselves, and then followed behind Han Kaihui and walked towards the slope.

There are two small cannons of the Buddha wolf machine at the intersection of the end of the road, the two sides are low walls, along with the road downward, from time to time you can see the low walls on the slope and cliff on the side of the road, at this time some of the defenders after the change of guard are patrolling, the number is not much.

As soon as you see the movement on the opposite hill, you can see that when the thieves attack, it is not too late for a large number of defenders to enter.

Some of the intersections below also have low walls at both ends, and there are some vacant places in front of them to resist horses. The Tiger Squat Cannon will be placed. Behind the low wall on the ladder cliff, there is a basket of small stones inside, which is used to defend against the stone rain.

When the new army came to Tongguan, it actually brought 50 general cannons, 100 small and medium-sized franc machine guns, and 20 mortar cannons. There are also many tiger squat cannons, and a large number of 10,000 enemies, poison bombs, ash bombs, rockets and other sharp weapons.

The tiger squat cannon is light, weighs less than 40 catties, one person can carry it, and the power is also very great, it can fire a hundred small lead or small stones weighing five coins at a time, and then use a large lead bullet or large stone bullet weighing 30 taels to press the top.

Such firearms are most convenient to place on small roads.

The artillery battalion of the Shaanxi New Army was also trained by artillery officers of the Jingbian Army. With the use of pill packs and fixed shotshots, the reload speed is many times faster than before.

Of course, the secrets of the Jingbian Army such as silk medicine bags will not be revealed.

Compared with the cannon, the tiger squat cannon still has a great advantage in the mountains, forests, and paddy fields.

Of course, it is difficult to change the problem of poor heat dissipation of the tiger squat cannon, the tiger squat cannon is too light, the gun head needs to be erected with two iron claws when firing, and the two claws have holes, and the ground can be fixed after being nailed into the hole with a ruler of more than a long iron chisel. This inhibits the up-jump problem. But it also makes it difficult to adjust the launch angle, and the pros and cons are difficult to explain.

According to the estimates of the mercenaries who praised the paintings. In the first few waves of the thieves' attacks, they generally used hungry people, and it was too wasteful to use 10,000 enemies, poisonous bullets, ash bombs, rockets, tiger squatting cannons, etc., and it was not too late to use these sharp weapons when they used foot soldiers and even horse battalions.

Currently except for the bird gun bow and arrow. The defenders could throw small stones, and those hungry people had little protection, and were thrown on their heads with stones the size of bowls, and they would have to die for half their lives.

When the battle is fierce, the defenders can retreat to the upper lines of defense. A basket of stones left behind the low wall, the thief can move away if he wants to.

Han Kaihui carefully inspected the defense line, and Yang Qian and Gao Guerrilla followed behind, admiring this vicious defense line.

I heard that this method came from the Marquis of Yongning, and the two of them also publicized the saying that the Marquis of Yongning was born as a saint in Xuanfu Town, and they became somewhat suspicious at the beginning, but now they believe in it, otherwise, in all aspects, how can the Marquis of Yongning know so much?

However, looking at the defense line at the same time, seeing that there are more and more thieves on the opposite side, it seems that there is going to be a war today, Gao Guerrilla is still a little uneasy: "Mr. Han, you said, can you hold the Yuanwanggou?" ”

Han Kaihui said lightly: "General Gao, don't worry, unless we want to withdraw, the thieves will shed their blood in front of this ditch." ”

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When Han Kaihui inspected his own defense line, Sun Chuanting also came out of Tongguan City, and finally inspected the defense line, looking at the situation on the opposite side, the thieves are going to attack today, how can you rest assured if you don't take a final look?

Surrounded by the first class soldiers of the Second General Jingbian Army and many officers and generals, the group came out in a mighty way.

They ran from north to south, and when they saw that everything was in order, Sun Chuanting nodded with satisfaction.

After passing through a small tunbao called Yangjiazhuang, Wu Zhengchun explained to Sun Chuanting early that this was a place for healing and ambulance for many nearby defense lines, mainly responsible for the middle to the north end of Yuanwanggou. To the south, there is a fort called Dongying Fort, which is responsible for the medical care of the sergeants from the middle of the Yuanwang ditch to the south end.

After all, there are wells and houses in the second fort, and if the sergeant is injured, it is of course better than putting it in a field tent or a nest for treatment.

The treatment of wounded sergeants is also under the command of mercenary doctors, and there are a large number of mercenary doctors, and there are a team of 50 doctors in the battalion department alone.

Although Sun Chuanting also recruited Lang Zhong as a military doctor on a large scale when he was training the new army, he was far inferior in numbers, and even if some doctors were skilled, they were far inferior to the doctors of the Jingbian Army in terms of military ambulance.

After all, it was the summation of the Jingbian Army's many years of medical and nursing experience, and very detailed regulations were formed. For example, there are detailed regulations in the Jingbian army on how to treat arrow wounds, how to treat gun wounds, how to prepare before treatment, and how to clean the body and wounds.

Even the strips of cloth used to bandage wounds must be steamed at high temperatures and then dried in the sun before they can be used, and some knives and instruments must also be sterilized at high temperatures, usually placed in boxes that have also been sterilized.

A few days ago, when some sentry horses were injured, Shaanxi doctors visited the medical treatment and rescue of the military doctors of the Jingbian Army, and when they used alcohol to wipe the blood clots from their wounds, many people felt that they had opened their eyes as if they had opened a new world in front of them.

When everyone heard that the Xuanfu Town Military Academy had a new doctrine, military medicine, they all yearned for it. I hope to go and learn.

Therefore, I didn't say that the doctors and men of the battalions of the New Army were all under the command of the Jingbian military doctors, and in addition, there were many local military households and civilians who served as errands and carried the wounded. Carry a stretcher.

For this battle, the battalion medical officer planned in more detail, how much supplies and wound medicine should be prepared, how many bandages, how many stretchers, and even how to deal with the enemy's corpses, how many coffins to prepare, and so on.

Gao Jie, Zheng Jiadong, and Niu Chenghu also followed Sun Chuanting, listening to Wu Zhengchun's continuous introduction. A complicated look flashed in their eyes.

After they led the army to Tongguan, they suddenly found that they had nothing to do, and those Jingbian troops had arranged everything, and they just waited for the battle.

Looking at the defense line in front of them, they also understood why the Jingbian Army was so famous, so well prepared, and so detailed, how could it not win battles one after another?

This medical care system in particular. If the wounded sergeants of their own family in the past could have been treated so carefully, wouldn't they have put in the strength to fight to the death?

looked at Wu Zhengchun and the others. Gao Jie's eyes flashed inexplicably, the Jingbian Army had surpassed the level of jealousy for him, and after the battalion of soldiers and horses arrived in Shaanxi, everything made him feel novel.

Not to mention anything else, it was the collocation of the Jingbian Army of the battalion, which made him feel refreshed. A battalion of soldiers and horses. It can be used to fight on horse, it can be fought on foot, and there are all kinds of troops in it, although the sparrows are small, they have all kinds of organs.

In their camp there was only a rule that they should not kneel. Zheng Jiadong and Niu Chenghu felt that the Jingbian soldiers did not know the dignity and humility, but Gao Jie sighed that Yongning Hou Wang Dou grasped the hearts of the people.

He keenly felt that the dignity and humility in the Jingbian army were very strict, and those sergeants who only did not kneel when they saw the officials were because they all had medals and had military exploits and glory, so they enjoyed the corresponding honorable treatment and were exempted from kneeling, which was one of them.

People who do not have a medal rank should be what to do, which naturally inspires the soldiers to work hard, hoping to obtain the qualification of not kneeling, after all, few people like to kneel and kowtow at every turn when they see others.

And in addition to this kind of glory, obtaining a meritorious medal, there are also a large number of material benefits, which is even more exciting.

Gao Jie has a perverse temperament and is difficult to control, but he has to admire Wang Dou, remembering that when he first met Wang Dou, he was just a guerrilla, and his current achievements are beyond his reach.

This made him sigh that Wang Dou didn't talk about his ability, even the official fortune himself couldn't compare.

However, like Zheng Jiadong, Niu Chenghu and others, seeing that the trend of the new army replacing their old army could not be stopped, Gao Jie and others were jealous at the same time, but they were also at a loss in their hearts, where should they go?

Sun Chuanting and others arrived at the southern end of the plateau, where the terrain is gentle, and there are eighteen positions that need to be defended in the ditch, and there are eight here, and the bottom of the ditch can even be seen in many places. The bottom of those ditches is still very wide, generally more than one mile wide, or even two miles wide.

Zhao Rongsheng led a force to supervise the operation here, and 20 general cannons were also placed on the plateau, and 20 mortar cannons were also arranged here.

Like the views of the Jingbian military praise paintings, Sun Chuanting believes that this will be the key place for thieves to attack, after all, the slopes of the two plateaus are gentle and wide, which can accommodate many soldiers and horses, and it is the bottom of the ditch, and the thieves will gather many people here.

Therefore, it is ideal to bombard this place with artillery.

Sun Chuanting's fifty general cannons, except for Taojiazhuang, ten are arranged, the rest are arranged twenty, and the remaining twenty are all arranged here.

Of course, like the Taojiazhuang gun position, the artillery on the hill bombarded the opposite hill, trying to hit the middle and zigzag, sometimes the naked eye could not see clearly, the requirements for the gunner were too high, just a waste of ammunition.

Moreover, even if you bombard the opposite hill, sometimes the effect may not be very good, because the terrain with staggered steps and a valley rushing makes most of the top of the hill look like only a small piece is exposed, and the requirements for the gunner are as high.

It is even more impossible to put it on the south side, the distance between the two plateaus is even farther, and the general Franc machine gun cannot hit the opposite plateau, and the terrain on the opposite plateau is slightly higher than this side, so the suggestion of the Jingbian military praise painting is to concentrate firepower to bombard the bottom of the ditch.

The hired artillery officers of the Jingbian Army have even measured the high and low positions and the distance from the artillery to the bottom of the ditch, and when the elite of the thief army comes, the gunners will bombard according to the unit, and solid shells and poisonous soot shells will rain down, which will certainly make the thieves miserable.

They can only be beaten, the distance between the two is too far, and the thieves can't hit this side even if they have Hongyi cannons.

Sun Chuanting finally completely relieved his mind, and with such an arrangement, although the new army is now powerless to get out of the customs, it is definitely no problem to guard the customs.

He saw that there was a commotion on the opposite side, it seemed that the black pressure on the hill was full of heads, and there were also a lot of thieves and horsemen gathered on the side of the hill, pointing at this side, it seemed that they were not far from launching an offensive, Sun Chuanting took a deep breath, and suddenly ordered: "The third sound of the order, all soldiers assemble and enter the defense line!" (To be continued.) )