When Lin Chunhong and Gao Yingxiang collided with each other and their heads were bleeding, more than 10,000 soldiers of Lu Xiangsheng were entangled by more than 4,000 elite cavalry of Gao Yingxiang, and they could not move in an instant. Zuo Liangyu was cautious in Honghetun, limiting his responsibility to protecting Lin Chunhong's food route and refused to go out of the camp. In addition to Zuo Liangyu and Lu Xiangsheng, more than 2,000 white-rod soldiers of Zhang Fengyi were also closely watching Zhangde Mansion.

After hearing that Lin Chunhong's lonely army went deep into Qugou, Zhang Fengyi was shocked and immediately asked Deng Qi for military orders to go to rescue Lin Chunhong. Deng Qi refused Zhang Fengyi's request on the grounds that Shunde was not suitable for leaving. Zhang Fengyi was unable to do so, so he had to ask Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng was overjoyed and immediately ordered Zhang Fengyi to lead his troops to reinforce.

At present, Zhang Fengyi is traveling day and night, rushing towards Guankou.

The archers in Jingzhou were extremely tired and suffered severe reductions, so Gao Yingxiang was not much better. After four days of attack, Gao Yingxiang tried every means, and tried all the methods of fire attack, crashing cars, driving refugees to attack the village, but they could not break through the Guankou camp. There were even several times when they attacked the camp, but they were strangled by the Jingzhou archers armed to their teeth.

Gao Yingxiang's losses were heavy, with casualties reaching 5,000 or 6,000. Although these 5,000 people were not his direct line, the casualties were so heavy that nothing was obtained. The generals were already unstable, and their eyes were becoming less and less respectful.

The news that came to the camp yesterday also made Gao Yingxiang particularly angry and helpless. Not only did Guo Rupan die in the formation, but even the remaining more than 500 knights surrendered Lin Chunhong. Moreover, Gao Yingxiang also learned that the Tiance Camp and Hu Xiao Camp were the ones who wiped out Guo Rupan at Linshankou. In other words, in Guankou Camp, there is less than half of Lin Chunhong's strength in all of Lin Chunhong's strength!

After calculating the distance, Gao Yingxiang estimated that Tiance Camp and Huxiao Camp would take at most two days to reach Guankou Camp. What's more, the horse-striking report said that the Baigang soldiers had arrived in Honghetun and were heading towards Guankou day and night!

At that time, it is not the question of whether you can break through the Guankou Camp, but whether you can escape smoothly!

Gao Yingxiang's intention to retreat became stronger and stronger, and he especially hoped that the generals below could withdraw.

Zhang Tianlin's losses this time are relatively small, and he is afraid that he will continue to attack. Gao Yingxiang will force him to continue to fight, so that his strength will continue to weaken. So he stepped out and said to Gao Yingxiang: "King, our food and grass are not enough. If we continue to attack, it is no problem to break the Guankou, but Lin Chunhong is a pauper and there is not much food and grass. I am afraid we will not get much benefit. This time, Lin Chunhong's arrogance has been hit. Our goal has been achieved. It is better for us to continue to go south and attack Huaiqing Prefecture. I heard that Huaiqing Prefecture has few soldiers and more grains. After we replenish our food, it is not too late to destroy Lin Chunhong!"

Gao Yingxiang admired Zhang Tianlin's words quite well. This kid was sharp-tongued and sharp-mouthed. A few words took care of Gao Yingxiang's face, and also put a gift on the army's face. He also seemed to be bold and unlucky, without any helplessness.

Gao Yingxiang threw his admiring eyes and said, "Zhang Tianlin's words are good, let's retreat..."

Gao Yingxiang bullied Lin Chunhong's soldiers and retreated south in a swagger. He joined the cavalry and other troops in Tang Yin and headed towards Huaiqing Mansion. In this way, the Lu Wang of Weihui Mansion was temporarily safe, and Zuo Liangyu and Lin Chunhong did not need to rescue Wei Hui. They were stationed around Zhangde Mansion, licking wounds that had been in the past few days.

Lin Chunhong was indeed unable to send Chebuying to chase him, but how could the Cavalry Camp, which had been raising his strength for a long time, give up the opportunity to disturb him? He chased him until Heshan before returning.

The original purpose of this battle was to fight a political war. Unexpectedly, Gao Yingxiang directly targeted the archers in Jingzhou, and the Jingzhou army suffered huge casualties. What's more, the baggage consumption was particularly fast, the crossbows were insufficient, and the steel crossbows were also seriously damaged. The archers in Jingzhou urgently needed to replenish a large number of soldiers and weapons.

"I thought Gao Yingxiang would do his best to deal with Lu Xiangsheng, but I didn't expect this guy to attack Guankou like crazy. We almost reimbursed Guankou! It seems that we don't know enough about the thieves." Lin Chunhong sighed and said to Lu Shiming beside him.

Lu Shiming said: "The trees are beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy them! Jingzhou archers are famous, and there will be more such situations in the future."

"It is actually hard to be worthy of the reputation..." Lin Chunhong shook his head and then said firmly: "We are still too weak, we must expand our army quickly!"

"Can Zhijiang still support it?"

Lu Shiming's words made Lin Chunhong ponder. Since King Hui rented all the land in Zhijiang to Lin Chunhong, Lin Chunhong controlled nearly 80% of Zhijiang's land and population. After Qimin, the registered household registration along the Qingjiang River was completed, Lin Chunhong obtained more than 200,000 people. After all, the population he directly controlled was less than 400,000, and the land was pitifully small!

What Lin Chunhong couldn't stand was that in Jiangnan, where the commercial economy of the Ming Dynasty was the most active, Bangtai was jointly boycotted by Hui merchants and local chaebols. Except for wood, sailboats and some local specialties, the rest of the things were difficult to sell. Especially cotton cloth, except for selling near Jingzhou, most of them were shipped to Guangzhou and sold overseas. Gu Xiuxing has mentioned many times that in Jiangnan, even if our prices are lower than others and the quality is better than others, it is difficult to compete with other big merchants!

Lin Chunhong knew that Hui merchants and Jiangnan chaebols had formed a community of interests with local bureaucrats, and Bangtai had encountered resistance beyond market factors. Lin Chunhong was particularly helpless about this barrier. Jiangnan chaebols not only had political guarantees, but also had their spokesperson: Fushe, and he could only avoid his edge for the time being.

"Qin Liangyu's stone pillar chieftain has no more than 200,000 people, and it supplies tens of thousands of troops to fight outside all year round. How did they do it?" Lin Chunhong couldn't help but ask.

Lu Shiming said: "Stone pillars have no reference value. Their soldiers are so cheap. Our soldiers not only have high military salaries, but also expensive equipment. Besides, there are no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses outside the stone pillars all year round, most of which are on the stone pillars. They are both soldiers and farmers, so it is of course easier to support them than us!"

Lin Chunhong said: "You go and write a document and let Zhijiang calculate how much troops we can support according to the current consumption. Also, we have to think of a way to do Yiling and Yidu. If we can take Yiling and Yidu into our hands, Zhijiang and Qingjiang will be considered a piece of connected. We must also speed up the penetration of Rongmei Tusi. We cannot always let Tian Chuchan be happy and happy."

Lu Shiming was about to leave, but Lin Chunhong called him again and said coldly: "Let Li Mengshen try to expand the scale of the plundering fleet as much as possible. Damn, those bastards are pressing against me against the government, so I will use force to break their front teeth!"

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This battle of observation revealed many problems. In addition to insufficient troops, the generals agreed that the insufficient strike force between 300 and 100 steps caused the bandits to easily break into the vicinity of the village wall, which put too much pressure on the archers in Jingzhou.

Ling Su believed that after the Bailizhou artillery was successfully developed, this problem would be solved. However, the rumored artillery is still gone, and what year will it take? What's more, the generals believed that even with such artillery, the effect would not be good. The iron balls fired looked scary, but in fact they would not hurt many people. If the enemy adapted to the artillery, they would not take it seriously. If the iron balls were not installed inside and the lead was put in it, they would not shoot far.

This reminded Lin Chunhong, who immediately ordered Qin Wu to super-test the flowering bullet.

But far water cannot save the near thirst. What should we do now? Lu Shiming has a lot of research on military history and proposed that the bed crossbow and divine arm bow of the Song Dynasty can meet this need. However, this opinion was rejected by Lin Chunhong. Although the bed crossbow and divine arm bow have a long range, it is quite troublesome to create, so it is better to equip more steel crossbows.

After thinking about it, everyone had no good idea, so they had to put their hope on Qin Wuchao and prayed that this guy could take out actual artillery and flowering bullets as soon as possible.

In addition, the lack of assault power at hand at Guankou guards this time is also one of the reasons why guarding the village is extremely difficult. What's more, Lin Chunyi and Chu Wenshan also mentioned that the long spears of the Chewan Camp can effectively attack the enemy only under the protection of shield chariots. If there is a shield chariot, the results of the long spears against the cavalry are not significant. Lin Chunhong believes that heavy infantry and large-scale cavalry can solve these two problems, but after thinking about it, Lin Chunhong gave up the plan to form heavy infantry. After all, his cavalry team can be expanded immediately, and there is no need to specially form heavy infantry with low movement and expensive operation.

In addition, Lin Chunhong also believed that the scale of the reserve battalion must be expanded. In this battle of watch, the reserve battalion played a major role. When the war is tense, troops can be drawn to carry out support tasks. In normal times, soldiers can feel the atmosphere on the battlefield in advance so as not to be afraid or panic at the battle. Lin Chunhong prepared to build the reserve battalion into a team integrating baggage and reserve teams, increasing his temptation to use troops.

Finally, Lin Chunyi also raised the question of the contact between the two teams on the battlefield. When Lin Chunyi fought against Guo Rupan's cavalry, he was unsure of whether Chu Wenshan could arrive on time and affect his decision-making. Can he come up with a way to not let the enemy feel attentively, but also quickly contact him?

Lin Chunhong knew that there was a very good solution to this problem: that is radio. But is it possible in this era?

Lin Chunhong thought, no wonder the war in the Cold Weapon Age is so accidental. It often depends on luck, which has a lot to do with inconvenience in communication.

All the generals are constantly thinking about this issue, such as placing Kongming lanterns, building high platforms and using telescopes to detect... Overall, it is the same thing, you must stand high and see far!

Standing high? It’s better to use a hot air balloon!

Is the hot air balloon standing high enough? If you are equipped with a telescope, it is absolutely fine to watch twenty miles away! Although the hot air balloon is greatly affected by the weather, it is better than nothing, right?
Chapter completed!