Early in the morning, Fang Zhe came back with Yu Ming's letter.
Yu Ming was blocked in Gushi and could only report the current situation back.
"How's it going? Is there any progress?"
Song Yang was still walking the child. The three-and-a-half-month-old child could only be held in his arms. In fact, he was walking his own legs.
"We fought a victorious battle in Yincheng the day before yesterday, killing and wounding more than 3,000 enemy soldiers."
"But the traitor generals have learned so well that they don't dare to move forward at all."
"Now the thieves are huddled in Gushi and Dingcheng, and cavalry are sent out from time to time to harass our logistics team."
"Liu Huairen and Grand Master Gao have shot several flies recently."
Fang Zhe said with the letter in his hand.
"Haha. The thieves are not stupid, they know how to adapt." Song Yang said with a smile.
In fact, this is inevitable. Artillery can catch the enemy by surprise, but when they react, they will definitely struggle.
It will be difficult to advance as quickly as before on the East-West Line.
This is actually the case.
Information from the Western Front has been sent, and Wei Nan is also stuck in Ruzhou.
I've been fighting for ten days but I still can't get rid of it.
Jiang Gong also defended the city more resolutely and harassed the Fuxing Army's food road more frequently.
Wei Nan can't let go of his hands and feet, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to defeat Ruzhou in a few months.
Although the Eastern Front entered the country faster than the Western Front, it only captured some small cities, and most of them were empty.
The main reason is that we have never been able to catch up with the main force of thieves on the Eastern Front...
"Send a message to Uncle Qi. Slow down for the time being. There is no need to rush to attack Xuzhou. Focus your energy on the central part. If Yu Ming has no time to take care of Yingzhou, let Uncle Wang take it."
"In this way, the east and middle roads will converge in Guangzhou, flank Gushi, and secure the city!"
Song Yang had a map in his mind, and he just opened his mouth and told the layout.
Fang Zhe has a very good memory and can remember Song Yang's instructions directly without taking notes.
The eastern front compromised, so that the two armies could surround Guangzhou and capture it.
As for the east road, there is no problem in leaving dozens of artillery pieces and guarding a single line to fight defensive battles.
"Lao Yu told him not to be impatient, but to act steadily and not to be stolen by others."
"Support will arrive in a while, let him stabilize and stop wandering."
Fang Zhe wrote down Song Yang's instructions one by one and sent them out on the same day.
In the afternoon, Lin Yong came.
The newly dispatched 30,000-strong army is ready. After receiving new weapons and equipment, they can go north.
The 30,000-strong army is mainly composed of the Ezhou Fuxing Army, and another 5,000 are from the Yuezhou Army.
Song Yang did not use all his strength in the three-pronged army marching north.
The troops of several directly affiliated states have not been exhausted, and some troops of the alliance Chen Yuan have not moved.
Of course, mainly the barbarians and chieftains on the Qianzhong Road in the west and the western Lingnan Road still have to defend themselves.
Now that the progress has fallen behind, it’s time to work harder.
"Old Lin, the troops will rest for two days, get a new set of equipment, and then cross the river and head north."
"The edge of the traitor soldiers has been cut off by the three front troops. They are now huddled in the city, forming a group."
"As long as the turtle shell of this city is shattered, they will have no place to hide."
"This city. In the past, it was a fortress to defend the enemy. Now...it's just a city of trapped beasts."
Song Yang was not worried at all about the prospect of war. It was only a matter of time before he captured the city.
Moreover, Lin Yong will bring more powerful siege equipment this time.
Explosive package!
Wang Dabiao has just researched or successfully trial-produced the optimal charge amount.
It's powerful and has the right weight.
Ten or eight of these explosive charges should be enough to bring down the city wall.
Lin Yong will lead a team to the north this time and will transport a thousand explosive packets there.
At the same time, Uncle Qi and Wei Nan each sent a batch of explosive packs. I believe that with these powerful weapons for breaking the city, good news will be sent back soon.
Lin Yong received the order and took leader Song Yang to Wang Dabiao's place to register, so he could come over to collect the equipment the day after tomorrow and set off.
When the reinforcements of the Renaissance Army are about to move north.
Several groups of cavalry came out of Dingcheng where the main force of the bandits was located.
Their mission is to harass the Renaissance Army's logistics supplies.
Although harassed many times, no substantial harm was caused.
But it did hold back many Renaissance Army soldiers.
Yu Ming had to arrange more people on the road to guard the grain road.
Among them, there were more than 200 cavalrymen along the way, leaving a large circle and planning to attack Huangzhou's team transporting grain to Macheng.
This was their first time here, and the map was not very accurate, so they veered off course as they walked.
After climbing over a hill, a relatively flat area appeared in front of us.
The strange thing is that there is a camp here!
…
Huangzhou, the former location of the enemy's dispatch department.
Chen Fu had just had dinner, and with a few clerks and some road construction workers, he transported a lot of food and headed out of the city.
Huangzhou is the transfer station and storage place for the frontline grain of the Central Route Army.
Originally, Chen Sixing was in charge of the management. Later, the former enemy's dispatch department moved here, and Liu Huairen began to take charge of Huangzhou's war dispatch affairs.
Although Chen Fu's railway workers were not fighting, they were also building roads ahead.
Recently, the line has been surveyed and construction has started.
Chen Fu came to carry some food back to the construction site this time.
The railway construction site is twenty miles north of Huangzhou City. Chen Fu placed the camp here mainly to facilitate the construction before and after.
In the first stage, the road section to be built is 40 miles north of Huangzhou.
Place the engineering headquarters in the middle to facilitate scheduling and management.
Chen Fu had a good meal in the city and then led his troops out of the city.
Along the way, Chen Fu leaned on the carriage and dozed off, while the motorcade moved forward slowly.
As dusk approached, there suddenly was some commotion at the front of the motorcade.
"Who is it! Come out quickly! Otherwise we will shoot!"
"Woof woof woof!"
A big yellow dog barked at the grass.
When Chen Fu heard the sound, he got up with a wheel.
"what happened!"
"Manager Chen, there is an ambush in the grass ahead!"
Meng Hai, the captain of the escort team, had a dog in front of him, and the dog kept barking into the grass.
"What a bird! How dare you ambush me! Do you want to die? Get out of here quickly, or I will open fire!" Chen Fu lifted his robe and jumped onto the carriage, shouting at the front.
This guy turned out to be a man of letters, and he was very polite in his words and actions.
But after joining the road construction team, all I encountered were big bosses.
Tiantiange, damn it, Chen Fu has become the same character after being around for a long time.
"Not coming out? Hum! Give me the gun!"
Chen Fu yelled and cursed for a while, but seeing no movement there, he waved to Meng Hai.
Meng Hai handed the musket to Chen Fu.
In order to escort the railway workers' food, Song Yang gave Chen Fu a hundred muskets.
Chen Fu carried dozens of them every time he transported food.
From time to time, I would catch a rabbit or something like that on the road.
Chen Fu took the gun, loaded the bullet into the grass, and fired.
"boom!"
"Ouch!"
A scream came out, and dozens of people came out.
"There is indeed an ambush! Fight me!"
Chen Fu gave an order, and the guards of the food protection team here fired wildly.
Beat those who were lying in ambush crying for their father and mother.
Those people fired a few symbolic arrows, but unable to withstand the musket attack, they abandoned a dozen corpses and ran away.
Chen Fu did not allow the pursuit either. The situation between the enemy and ourselves was unclear and we could not pursue hastily.
As soon as those people ran, they saw dozens of cavalry rushing out of the forest in the distance. After leaving the forest, they fled north.
"The thief cavalry! Are they all running away here? Humph! Beng deserves death!"
Chen Fu ignored those who ran away and walked forward to look at the dead and injured on the ground.
After solving the ambush of a small group, the grain transport team encountered no more danger. After crossing the hill, they saw a group of people approaching from the camp.
When the workers in the camp heard the gunshots just now, they all came over with their guys to take a look.
"It's okay, some little thieves." Chen Fu waved his hand and said.
After unloading the grain, Meng Hai went to Chen Fu and said, "Manager Chen, they discovered our camp. Do you want to come back and beat us?"
Chen Fu thought for a while and said: "Probably not. A small group of enemies can penetrate the frontline defense circle, how can a large group of troops come over?"
"Even if we come here, we are so close to Huangzhou, Master Liu will be here soon to support us. Besides, don't we have weapons in our own hands? If they dare to come, we will fight! Tens of thousands of people are still afraid of him.
No!"
Chen Fu is very confident, we have a guy.
"Do you want to inform Huangzhou?" Meng Hai was still a little worried.
"Okay. Send someone to inform you tomorrow. Let's do a good job of patrolling ourselves so that no one steals the camp!" Chen Fu nodded and ordered.
"Yes, my subordinates will arrange to strengthen the security soon."
That night, south of Mulinguan, there was a small village called Hong'an.
This place has been abandoned for a long time and is now used as a foothold by the rebel cavalry.
This place is relatively remote and the Renaissance Army has not explored it yet.
"What a bad luck. I didn't expect a group of people to come from behind!"
"And a dog!"
"Yes! Otherwise we might be able to sneak attack that camp!"
"Speaking of which, that camp doesn't look like soldiers. What are they doing?"
"It looks like a treasure hunt! There's no telling if there are any gold or silver mines there!"
"Digging for treasure? Gold and silver? It seems to be true. No wonder those guys look like civilians."
"Then what should we do?"
"Go back overnight to find someone! That place should be able to fight!"
The rebel cavalry squads gathered together, totaling seven to eight hundred people.
It's not enough for these people to attack that camp, they have to go back and attack people.
Early the next morning, the cavalry returned to Xin County, north of Baisha Pass, which was another stronghold of the bandits.
Two thousand rebel cavalry were gathered.
Soon, the two thousand cavalry all came out of the cave and headed south to Hong'an.
They were all attracted to the suspected mine.
If they were infantry, the thieves would never take Chen Fu's attention.
Chen Fu's camp is too close to Huangzhou City. If the camp cannot be captured as soon as possible, they will be outflanked as soon as Huangzhou's reinforcements arrive.
Now that they were all cavalry, they had the opportunity to attack Chen Fu's camp.
At noon the next day, all the cavalry arrived in Hong'an, and there were actually 3,600 or 700 people.
Most of the cavalry nearby have arrived.
The leader is Bao Yucheng, the deputy general manager of the cavalry under Luo Xin.
He is also the largest group of people leaving the city this time.
"Are you sure there is a treasure in that place?" Bao Yucheng looked at the squad leader who had withdrawn yesterday.
"The treasure cannot be determined for certain, but it must be very important, otherwise there would not be 20,000 to 30,000 civilians in that place." the team leader said.
"Twenty-three thousand civilians...how many horses? How many muskets? Are there artillery?"
Bao Yucheng asked cautiously.
"There are not many horses, maybe a hundred at most. Muskets... We encountered about forty or fifty that day, and there may be some in the camp. There shouldn't be too many."
"As for artillery, 80% of them don't have any."
The bandits have recently focused on exploring the situation of muskets and artillery.
They also captured some Jiangzhou detective horses and got some information.
Bao Yucheng thought about it for a while and finally made up his mind:
"Then let's give it a try! As you said, regardless of whether there are treasures or not, that place must be very important, otherwise there would not be 20,000 to 30,000 civilians there!"
"The operation will take place in the middle of the night tomorrow. Firearms are not accurate at night! If they have artillery, then don't be reluctant to fight, burn the camp and leave!"