After the new imperial army occupied three or four county towns in a row, the unstoppable offensive was finally blocked by the Fifth Army. {Chinese.

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Of course, the two rounds of confrontation do not mean the stop of the battle...

Gunshots and explosions are still ringing in the battlefield...

Every day, the battlefield is shrouded in smoke and gunfire.

However, the seemingly fierce battle did not cause any damage to both the enemy and us on the battlefield.

Of course, for this result, except for a few people including Zhou Shuyuan, ordinary soldiers and lower-level officers did not know about this situation.

They were located on the edge of the battlefield and could only clearly see that less than half of the people who could successfully exit the battlefield every time they rushed to a company or even a battalion on the battlefield after almost half of the battle.

As for the remaining soldiers, no one knew whether they were killed in the battlefield or what...

Anyway, after the battle was over, the smoke of gunpowder disappeared, and they did not see even a corpse on the battlefield...

Just when the soldiers showed a puzzled expression on their faces, the division commander and regiment commander explained to them that in order to avoid affecting the troops, all the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battlefield had been cleaned up...

Not many ordinary soldiers believe this explanation...

However, as soldiers at the bottom of the Tiger and Leopard Army, no matter how many doubts and confusions they have, they can only hold them in their hearts. Who made them slight words?

Coupled with the propaganda of officers at all levels in the army, the news that the Fifth Army suffered heavy casualties under the revolving attacks of the new army in the court was like a plague, quickly spread among tens of thousands of soldiers...

After the momentum was built, Zhou Shuyuan no longer hesitated and sent a 800-li mile requesting reinforcements to Beijing City...

Although Zhou Shuyuan rarely interferes in military affairs in the past two years, Zhou Shuyuan still knows some of the basic situations of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

The most important reason why Zhou Shuyuan dared to confirm that he requested reinforcements, Wei Zheng would only replenish his equipment and food, and allowed himself to expand his army on his own. Instead of directly sending troops to reinforce Gansu and Ning provinces, the most important reason is that the Tiger and Leopard Army lacked enough troops... Otherwise, the Tiger and Leopard Army would not expand its army at this time...

After watching the messenger hurriedly leave the Governor's Mansion, Zhou Shuyuan immediately turned his attention to the fourth division commander he had just promoted.

The reason why he was the fourth division commander was because this division commander was not in the General Staff of the Tiger and Leopard Army.

In order to increase the military strength in his hands, and to prevent Wei Zheng from accusing him of his troops in a short period of time, Zhou Shuyuan could only expand his army secretly by hiding his troops...

In this offensive drama directed with the new army of the court, all the so-called soldiers who died in the battlefield were secretly sent by Zhou Shuyuan to his military camp in the mountains as his last killer weapon and life-saving capital for training...

At this moment, this division commander was secretly promoted, and he already had two thousand veterans of the Tiger and Leopard Army. Two thousand new recruits drawn from the garrison troops in various places were hidden in the mountains. He was conducting secret training...

After seeing Zhou Shuyuan looking at him, the division commander directly understood the god's answer: "Governor... for several consecutive days of fighting, we have drawn two thousand veterans from the front line to join the secret camp. As long as we continue to do this drama led by the new army of the court, the number of veterans in the secret camp will increase at a rate of one hundred every day... "In addition to veterans, there are two thousand new soldiers drawn from various places... At present, the chief of staff still takes the guard company to select qualified soldiers from each garrison troops of Gansu and Ning provinces to join the secret camp... ""According to this expansion speed, at most half a month, the soldiers commanded by the last general can reach a full six thousand people... The only difficulty is that in the entire secret camp, except for veterans, the firearms equipped by others cannot be used..."

At this time, Zhou Shuyuan interrupted very decisively: "You don't have to worry about the equipment and the food and salary can be delivered to you in one month at the latest... Now, I want you to guarantee that in one month, the six thousand soldiers under your command will be able to participate in the battle by picking up their weapons... If you can do it, you can continue to be the division commander. If you can't do it well, you should go back to your position as the commander..."

Under Zhou Shuyuan's agitation, the teacher's face immediately turned red because of his aggrievance...

He promised loudly to Zhou Shuyuan: "Please rest assured that the six thousand soldiers in the secret camp will definitely be able to form combat power within one month... If the requirements are not met, the last one will be cut off..."

Zhou Shuyuan waved his hand and replied: "I don't want your guarantee, I want the facts..."

Under Zhou Shuyuan's gaze, after only a brief contemplation, the division commander replied: "Governor, although half of the six thousand soldiers in the secret camp are recruited. However, there are still veterans who have experienced the battle..."

"The last one will plan to mix them up, one veteran will lead a new recruit for training. In this way, the new recruits will be able to form combat power in the shortest time..."

"Good solution..." Hearing this, Zhou Shuyuan finally showed a smile on his solemn and serious face.

After glanced at the remaining three division commanders in front of him, he said excitedly: "This method is good. If you lead the new, you can help the new recruits form combat effectiveness in a short period of time. After the three divisions replenish the new recruits in the future, they must follow this method to quickly form combat effectiveness..."

Zhou Shuyuan's words made the atmosphere in the lobby of the Governor's House relax. However, this atmosphere did not last long and was interrupted by his deputy who gave his own advice...

"Governor, with one more division, our strength has indeed increased a lot... However, compared with the main force of the Tiger and Leopard Army in the prince's hands, it is still too different... We have to think of other ways to continue expanding the army..."

Hearing this, Zhou Shuyuan's brows immediately frowned.

He answered with a embarrassed look: "Call the prince, although he can obtain equipment... However, after more than one division, even if we continue to ask for it, the prince will not give it, and he will doubt us. After all, the loss of equipment in battle is only so great..."

"If the equipment problem can be solved, it is to expand the army two more divisions, and I have some solutions..."

After hearing Zhou Shuyuan's concern, the deputy immediately shook his head and denied...

"No, Governor, we don't need so much equipment... We can set up a new regiment in each division, a regiment will form a regiment.

The recruits battalion only needs to train them with a small amount of equipment to form combat power…”

"Once a battle breaks out, these recruits can replenish the main force's losses as soon as possible, so that the main force will always remain full..."

"In this way, we have eight more regiments, almost three divisions of troops..."
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