It's another day's march, when the sun is about to set, less than two miles away from Shangjiazhuang, all the horsemen are on their horses, and the firecrackers will light the rope, if the war starts at this time, they will first meet the enemy and buy time for the army to expand the array, but everyone is not so nervous, because the melee of the army after dark is disastrous for both sides, especially for the officers and soldiers.

You can see that the gate of Shangjiazhuang is wide open, and there are cavalry rushing out, but they do not rush over, that is, they are in front of the gate of Zhuangzi, and you can also see more and more people on the wall of Zhuangzi.

"Up to now, I can judge one point, when we come here, the logistics of the officers and soldiers are more convenient than ours, we only have the carts to replenish, and they have reserves, and then we are tired from hurrying now, and they are waiting for work." Zhao Jin said in a sullen voice, this is to say it to himself, Zhang Hubin and others have already returned to their own team to command.

"Master Jin, where to set up camp!"

"Five hundred steps away from Shangjiazhuang, I want to see if they can come out, and order all regiments and teams to be on full alert and ready to go to war at any time!" Zhao Jin ordered loudly.

The order was handed down, the Zhao Zi battalion marched the army column slowly unfolded, the Jiading companies rushed forward, the regiment practiced in the back, and the horseback Jiading was on the right side of the brigade, just moving forward, according to the art of war, at this time, it was a very good choice to fight the Zhao Zi Battalion with an unstable foothold.

I could see that the official cavalry in front of the gate of Shangjiazhuang was about to move, and even pressed forward several times, but in the end they still did not move.

The infantry brigade was attacked by the cavalry when the formation was not firmly established, and it was easy to be disrupted, and if the pressure applied was enough, it could even make the infantry collapse completely, and the chaos would be driven by the cavalry to disrupt their teammates, and then the rout spread to collapse, which is one of the reasons why the cavalry won more with less.

No matter how you look at the movement of the Zhao battalion at this time, there are many flaws, if the official cavalry is impacted at this time, there will be a great certainty, but the official army did not move, this is Zhang Hubin, who is prepared in front, is very sullen, the second regiment of the pro-guard brigade can block the impact, and then they will use firearms to teach them a lesson, and when the Zhao battalion's own horse team comes over, they can eat it directly.

"Master Jin, there is artillery over there in the official army!" A family member who was detecting the enemy's situation came to report it.

Zhao Jin's expression was awe-inspiring, he took the clairvoyant mirror handed by Sun Dalin, squinted his eyes and began to observe the wall of Shangjiazhuang, in Zhao Jin's opinion, this so-called "clairvoyant mirror" is rough and unsightly, but this thing from the West is already the best tool at the moment.

The scenery in the distance is pulled closer, and you can see the officers and soldiers preparing on the wall, the official artillery does not have the gun carriage of the Zhao Zi battalion, and it takes time to drag and place, and if you are not sure to put it away, it will be dangerous for you to open the cannon rashly.

"Eight hundred steps back and set up camp, and the horseback is broken." After Zhao Jin put down the clairvoyant mirror, he coldly opened his mouth to order.

The messengers around Zhao Jin were stunned, and then they scattered the order, and now the materials of each team in the Zhao Zi camp have begun to be unloaded, and preparations for camping are underway, and there are already a few quick movements that have begun to lay wooden stakes, at this time, the termination and retreat will not only cause a lot of trouble, but also cause chaos in the queue, which will really give the other party a chance to take advantage of.

But an order is an order, and Zhao Jin's order in wartime cannot be refuted, and when the order is handed down, all regiments and teams are stunned and begin to be nervously busy, and Zhao Zi's battalion has an advantage compared with other organizations, that is, there are many drills, and there are plans for all kinds of situations, including this sudden retreat on the battlefield.

The 2nd Regiment of the Guards Brigade and the non-artillery company of the Firearms Brigade all began to move forward, ready to meet the broken back, and then the rest of the teams began to repack and load, and the Horse Riding Regiment was divided into several places to wander around, and the rest of the rear teams became front teams and began to slowly retreat.

At this time, Zhao Jin was a little nervous, and had been using a clairvoyant mirror to look at the wall of Shangjiazhuang, the officers and soldiers were nervously building an earthen platform, and after putting the artillery on, they had to fix it in various ways, which would not cost a lot of work, but as long as the Zhao Ziying brigade retreated, it would inevitably cause chaos and casualties.

All the way to Hejiazhuang westward, along the way the reconnaissance cavalry continued to report the news, but did not say that the official army had artillery, and there was more than one artillery, it seems that the other party concealed it very well.

"Master, do we want to fire the cannon now, pull out the fort above Shangjiazhuang!" Meng Zhiqi came over to report it, and he also had a clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and he could see what Zhao Jin could see.

The various departments of Zhao Zi's battalion have begun to retreat, although the clairglass can see the scenery in the distance, but it can only see a rough idea, Zhao Jin can't judge the caliber of the opponent's artillery, but he can observe that the other party's busyness seems to be slowing down, Zhao Jin looked up at the sky, and there were already stars shining in the night sky in the east.

"There is no need to open fire, leave a few light guns on standby, the opponent will fire back immediately, if the opponent does not move, we will not move." Zhao Jin replied.

The camp was set up and the camp was suddenly pulled, which made the team of the Zhao Zi battalion somewhat chaotic, but this chaos could only be said to be neat in the eyes of the officials and soldiers, but the official cavalry in front of Shangjiazhuang had the intention of moving, but in the end they did not rush forward, and let the Zhao Zi battalion retreat to the new place.

The terrain is all flat land, and the place to camp is nothing more than a water source and a road, and there is not much difference in the distance of eight hundred steps, and when the brigade retreats to this side, Zhao Jin is relieved, but he specially ordered that he must build earthen wall fortifications on the enemy's side, and this requirement was immediately implemented.

"The deputy of the brigade and above came to our military tent to discuss matters." Zhao Jin gave a simple order, looking back at Shangjiazhuang a thousand or hundreds of steps away, there are bright lights, and it is estimated that the camp of Zhao Ziying's camp is the same.

It didn't take long for the people summoned by Zhao Jin to come to the military tent, everyone looked very solemn, and they were camping and suddenly retreated, which must mean that something happened, and it was not only Zhao Jin and Meng Zhiqi who knew that there was artillery, many people could observe it, and some people heard the news.

"The officers and soldiers were carrying artillery, and when we set up camp, they were ready to open fire, so they had to retreat." Zhao Jin explained straight to the point, and everyone nodded solemnly.

Zhao Jin looked around at everyone, everyone was solemn and solemn but there was nothing to be afraid of, this state made him very satisfied, Zhao Jin continued: "I believe that our scout eyeliner, if they see the official army has artillery, they will definitely report it immediately, and it will be reported as the first important news, we only know now, that is, the official army deliberately concealed it, and wanted to surprise us, and we were caught off guard. ”

Everyone understands what Zhao Jin meant, it is already dark, even if the artillery kills Zhao Zi, and then makes the Zhao Zi battalion chaotic, there is no way to expand the results, they can only send cavalry, but they will be restrained by the horse team of the Zhao Zi battalion, and during the day, the whole army can be pressed and achieve the greatest results.

"Master Jin, the official artillery is dead, the subordinates are not afraid, the fight will start tomorrow, and the subordinates are willing to lead the team in front!" Zhang Hubin came out of the queue to fight.

As soon as I saw Zhang Hubin's statement, the leaders of all levels in the house all stepped forward to ask for battle, lest they fall behind, only Meng Zhiqi stood aside, and his firearms brigade really couldn't rush to the front, "The subordinates are not reckless, the official artillery is within half an hour and an hour, and it can only hit a hundred steps within a certain place of a line, just avoid it, and when the time comes, rush to Lujiazhuang and directly seize the cannon."

"I know you're not afraid, and I also know that you can move forward bravely, our Zhao Ziying only had spears at the beginning, and there were less than ten hard bows, what we relied on, what we relied on was our bravery." Zhao Jin smiled and complimented.

Seeing that everyone was about to ask for war again, Zhao Jin waved his hand to signal quiet, and then said: "They are carrying artillery, how can they be surprised, it must be the encounter between the two armies, fighting in formation, they suddenly opened fire so that they can kill, today's situation, although they are calm, but we can also observe carefully, the height of the wall will definitely not let go, from this we can roughly infer that this army did not want to fight with us in the field, but to drag us down." ”

Everyone's faces were a little confused, Zhang Hubin was a little thoughtful, Zhao Jin continued: "More than 10,000 officers and troops are on the edge of the hinterland of Xuzhou, and they are ready to threaten the center of our Zhao Zi camp at any time, how can we not care, we must use enough soldiers and horses to deal with it, but when we come here, if they don't fight, we can't retreat, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses are stationed in the tightly enough Tuwei Zhuangzi, and a hard attack will definitely cost casualties, but no matter what, how can we ignore such a large amount of nails, they just want to drag us down." ”

Speaking of which, everyone somewhat understood, Zhang Hubin said: "Master, the official army wants to hold us back, so that we in Xuzhou can't support everywhere." ”

"That's right! Since the beginning of the year, those bullshit chaos is to disperse our strength, and then the imperial court will send all kinds of armies to break it, we have so many forces, scattered to weaken, and the imperial court can also increase the weight, if it is broken everywhere, and then work together in Xuzhou in the end, this plan is good. Zhao Jin came to a conclusion.

"From beginning to end this time, they didn't want to make a quick decision, but weakened us as much as possible, from the assassination of Qingjiangpu to the rapid advance of the cavalry, they wanted me not to be able to preside, this daimyo and the official army of Henan were to contain our Xuzhou headquarters, and all kinds of arrangements, all of which were this routine." Zhao Jin shook his head and said.

After finishing the arrangement of the officers and soldiers, the regimental team in the military tent was waiting for the people, but there was no fear and panic on their faces, and they looked at each other but came to the momentum, Zhang Hubin hugged his fists and said: "Master, although the plan of the officers and soldiers is good, but I don't know the strength of our Zhao Zi battalion, the second regiment of the pro-guard brigade is willing to charge ahead, and the subordinates are willing to make a military order with Jin Ye, and break Shangjiazhuang tomorrow!" ”

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