The snowstorm continued, and Na Yan sat in a makeshift tent, the snow particles rattling on the tent, and the wind made the tent shake endlessly, as if the tent had to be uprooted. Nayan lifted the curtain of the tent facing south, and looked at the black night outside and the snow particles drifting in front of the curtain door.

"The weather of this dog/mother, I thought it could be warmer than the north, and even the birds and beasts did not come out to forage for food in this wind and snow...... "Na Tuzhen came to the tent, shook off the snow on the big one, and gathered in front of the charcoal brazier.

On the brazier was a long iron brazier, and a large piece of dried meat hung from the thorns, which was roasting on the fire until it was sizzling with oil, giving off an enticing aroma of meat.

"Have you let the rangers out?" Na Yan asked.

"It's all let out, the group of Southern Chao soldiers went in the direction of Jiyin," Na Tuzhen tore a piece of meat from the barbecue rack without fear of being hot, picked up a salt brick and wiped it on the meat twice, and ate it deliciously, "That Yan Shenling, what do you say they are going to Jiyin County for?" ”

"I don't know," Na Yan shook his head and said, "But compared with the information that the rangers brought back from Jinan Mansion a few days ago, the Nandu soldiers we encountered this time should be a ...... of the defenders of Jinan Mansion."

"Dog\/Mother, this group of Southern Dynasty soldiers is really hard to gnaw," Natu really chewed the dried meat, he thought that the outpost was repeatedly frustrated in Jinan Mansion because the outpost was useless, but this time he personally contacted, only to know that the defenders of the Southern Dynasty in Jinan Mansion were a little chewy, and asked Na Yan, "Do we chase down, or continue to go south?" ”

"They braved such a heavy snowstorm to come out, and they won't go around Jiyin County and then go back to Jinan City, so we have to prevent them from taking a detour to support the Texas ......," Nayan said.

The rangers never found the main force of the Jiangdong Left Army, let alone the baggage vehicles needed for long-distance penetration, and Na Yan did not realize that the fundamental intention of the Jiangdong Left Army was to penetrate the inner line of Yannan. Na Yan can be sure at this time that the Southern Korean army that is now on the north bank of Jishui and is moving in the direction of Jiyin County in the wind and snow should be a part of the defenders of Jinan Prefecture, with a number of about 800 to 1,000 people......

Na Yan stretched out his hand and wanted to tear a piece of meat to eat, raised his hand to pull the arrow wound on his shoulder, frowning in pain, Na Tuzhen helped him pull a piece of fat meat and smeared salt on him, Na Yan bit the barbecue, his eyes were staring at the charcoal fire, and he thought in his heart: The king tent has not yet completed the siege of Dezhou City, if this Southern Korean army is interspersed with Dezhou City, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty of attacking Dezhou City.

"Then we'll chase after it?" Na Tuzhen asked, he always felt that the defeat of Dusk was too bad, and he lost nearly a hundred of the king's tent soldiers, almost erasing the exploits of him and Na Yan on this trip, and he could almost imagine the corners of Nazig's mouth grinning and laughing at their faces.

Na Yan saw that Na Tuzhen's brows were locked and unconvinced, and said: "There is still a big gap in the southeast of Texas City, if we don't keep an eye on it, it is likely that they will be allowed to sneak into Texas City......"

In the first battle at dusk, they suffered a loss when they caught up with the reinforcements of the second route of the Southern Dynasty soldiers as soon as they interspersed with the array of soldiers and soldiers of the first route, and they were caught off guard from the flank, losing nearly one-third of their men and horses, otherwise, even if the opponent's soldiers and horses were three times their own, it would be impossible to suffer such a big loss.

Don't say that Natu is really unconvinced, and Na Yan also feels that he lost too unjustly, but then again, the other party can brave such a big wind and snow to march, and the battle in the field is not scattered, and after the war, he can continue to march at night like this, and the military discipline and will to fight are not comparable to those Southern Dynasty soldiers who met in Yannan Sanfu before.

At least, Na Yan has given up his ambition to eat this Southern Korean soldier with the little force in his hand, and he thinks that the defenders of Jinan Mansion are all of this level, and he should almost consider returning.

"Then let's chase it down, there should be another three or four hundred people from Yangxin...... " Natu Zhen said. In addition to the two hundred royal tent soldiers in their hands, there were only more than 100 outpost cavalry collected from the southeast of Linyi County, Na Tuzhen knew that with the more than 300 cavalry in his hand, he could no longer eat this Southern Dynasty army, but he didn't want to ridicule Nazige and others, and he never mentioned sending people to the big tent in the north of Dezhou to ask for help, thinking that in the name of the leader of the Nayan Wang's tent, they could gather the outpost cavalry operating in Yangxin Mansion, as long as they gathered five or six hundred people and ate this Southern Dynasty soldier, they could wash away the shame brought to them by the dusk war.

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After the battle at dusk, Lin Jian led the Jiangdong Left Army to march in the snow at night, and did not go directly to Jiyin County, but returned to the south bank across Jishui, and entered a fortress on the south bank of Jishui after midnight to rest.

The outpost that arrived first had already pretended to be the defenders of Jinan Prefecture to control the village, and enforced a curfew at night, and when the main force arrived at midnight, it directly sent a team of soldiers to surround the mansion of the owner of the village on the north side of the village.

Secretly marching, not only to hide from the enemy army in the east, these townsmen and fortress owners are also unreliable, until the whereabouts of the hidden army are exposed, Lin Jian will not lead the main force into the city to rest.

During the march, Lin Jian slept in the cart, and when he arrived at the south bank of Jishui, he got out of the cart, stood on the road and picked up a pile of snow with his hand and rubbed his face, before turning over and riding on his horse, watching the troops enter the village camp in an orderly manner.

"I didn't hurt when I met that group of turtle grandsons at dusk, and they sent someone to bite us back...... "Wu Qi rode up from behind and said.

"The king's tent soldiers have their own pride, how can they easily shrink their heads when they are slightly frustrated?" Lin Jian dusted off the remnants of snow on his body and said with a smile, "You send someone to notify the sentry officers of each battalion, the sentry commander and the generals above to come over to discuss the matter." It is not necessarily a bad thing for them to bite us and hold on to us, nor can they penetrate the past without being noticed at all, so it is enough to prevent them from infiltrating and reconnoitring in a large area......"

Lin Mengde came from the front with a deep foot and a shallow foot, and said to Lin Lian: "Those lame horses are actually not seriously injured, there is no need to slaughter them......"

"If it's just lame, after the main force leaves, leave the horses in the stockade, which can be regarded as compensation for forcibly occupying the stockade, and then exchange some scarce materials," Lin Lian said, "The seriously injured horses are slaughtered, and there is nothing to be heartbroken at this time." With such a strong march, you can't resist without eating meat...... When you go into the water, you also go to the village to get more fish and eggs, and it is better to have pork liver, and get more for people who can't see the road at night. ”

Night blindness is also known as bird blindness, and there is already a prescription for treating bird blindness with pig liver. Not only pork liver, but also fish, eggs, vegetables and animal liver can treat bird blindness, but the effect of pork liver is more obvious. Since the departure from Jiangning, animal liver has been one of the most important war materials that Lin Mengde has collected. In winter, there are few birds and beasts in the wilderness, but there are many sparrows, and sparrows are scattered in the field to catch sparrows and collect finch livers as thin as beans have also become an important part of the daily marching camp. Had it not been for the alleviation of the blindness which was more common among the common soldiers in the past two months, the night march would have been much more difficult than it is now.

In addition, Lin Tie and they pulled out the camp from Jinan Mansion and collected nearly 600 horses outside the mouth, and more than 1,000 ordinary mules and horses. In addition to pulling heavy carts, cavalry and elite scouts can basically ride ordinary horses when marching, and horses outside the mouth when fighting or going out to reconnoitre.

However, the current elite level of the cavalry of the Jiangdong Left Army is still far inferior to the Dongyu cavalry, which is good at cavalry and archery.

In the battle at dusk, in addition to the equipment such as bows, crossbows, armor and flying carts, which were significantly higher than those of the enemy's cavalry, Ning Zechen led the fifth battalion to appear from the flank in time was also a key factor in victory. The enemy cavalry rushed out of the encirclement, and the cavalry was also sent to pursue it, and at this time the gap between the cavalry on the two sides could be seen. The pursuit not only failed to gain much, but also lost more than a dozen people.

In addition to being more time-consuming than armor, cultivating an elite cavalry also costs more money. In addition to the daily cost of horse food, the very high rate of horse loss during marching and fighting is also an extremely important reason.

In order not to slow down the speed of the northern march, Lin Jian ordered the battalions to eliminate the horses that were injured during the war or lame during the march. Eliminating injured horses can not only provide sufficient meat, but also save horse food, Lin Mengde scolded Lin Tie in his heart for being a loser, but fortunately, a large number of armor and horses purchased from the officers and soldiers who fled south in Jinan Mansion were very cheap.

The Gongcha Battalion had no combat mission during the war, but it was busier than anyone else when it was to be stationed in the camp, so Lin Mengde greeted Lin Jian and went to see the garrison situation of each department.

Wu Qi sent someone to escort Lin Mengde to the various ministries, and by the way, he notified the generals of the various ministries to come over for a meeting, and he walked into the dock village with Lin Lian.

Lin Mengde had already prepared a private house for them as a command post, and Ao Canghai, Sun Wenbing, and Sun Shangwang, a talented man from Hejian Mansion who served in the army in Jinan, were all in the command post.

Lin Lian took off Zhu Ying's helmet and put it on the table, leaned next to the edge of the table, took an oil lamp and looked at the map on the table.

Lin Jian pointed to the map and said to Wu Qi: "It seems that they won't let us go easily, whether it's sunny weather or a blizzard, it's hard for us to get rid of them......"

Zhou Pu, Cao Ziang, Ning Zechen, Zhao Qingshan, and the sentinels and sentry chiefs of various ministries rushed to the meeting one after another. Lin Jian asked the guards to bring a stool, beckoned everyone to sit around, and said: "In the battle at dusk, the other party is stronger than the Dongyu cavalry we met before, and they are the most elite king tent soldiers in the Dongyu; Yezier, the leader of the Eastern Captives, only transferred the elite from various departments to form this Suwei army in the second year of Chongguan. This battle was very thrilling and exciting, and Zhao Qingshan and Ning Zechen made meritorious contributions, but there were also shortcomings. We must sum up our successful experiences in a timely manner, and we must also sum up our deficiencies in a timely manner, and promptly warn the whole army about our successful experiences and shortcomings. Let's make a preliminary summary here, the fourth and fifth battalions will hold a separate meeting to summon the flag leaders and the commanders of the generals to sum up, and we will select the soldiers who are brave in combat and willing to use their brains as representatives to impart successful experiences to other battalions......

Zhou Pu, Cao Ziang, Ao Canghai, Zhao Qingshan, and others all worked in the township army or township camps, and there was no such practice of pre-war mobilization, post-war summing-up, and exchange of experience among lower-level officers or ordinary non-commissioned officers in the township army and township camps. However, in the past two months, this practice has become a habit in Lin Bin's persistence, that is, most of the following banner leaders and commanders who don't know a few words can now almost say a few rules and regulations on marching and fighting training, which is not seen in the town government army and the township camp, which is also the biggest difference between Lin Bin's army and other generals.

Sufficient material support is the foundation for the growth of an elite division, but the martial spirit of an elite division cannot be established out of thin air or after a short period of training.

This time when he marched north to Yannan, even if he could not obtain outstanding military exploits that shocked the world, as long as he successfully broke through, Lin Jian was confident that he would be able to reinvent this army.

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