The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 110 The Second Uncle Escapes Back to the Fifth Battalion!Why not stick to Wazhou City?
The next morning, the cock crowed again, and Yang Shunan took people to the direction of Yuyuan County to inquire about news.

Song Yingkui's side was not idle either. The situation was critical. The garrison had to have all the staff in place. While the equipment was fully distributed, they had to sharpen their guns before the battle and practice their combat skills and tactical coordination.

It's too hasty. In the past half a year, the awareness of crisis is not enough, and I haven't trained well. Now I don't know if the training will be too late.

"Third Uncle, you will concurrently take up the position of the commander of the gun team. The gun team will have 50 people, [-] musketeers, and [-] gunners. Now there are four artillery pieces and four catapults in the pass. , you must go all out to familiarize yourself with the operation of guns, and master the relevant tactics as quickly as possible. In the morning, you are responsible for leading people to train, and in the afternoon, after my side is free, we will practice together. This is the cornerstone of my Shiping Guanli Army. The trump card on the battlefield, the heavy weapon in the army, if you use it well, you can kill a hundred with one!"

Song Yingkui was very annoyed at his own negligence as the artillery team was not formally organized until now.Uncle San is the person in the team who is most familiar with the performance of firearms, and he is also the person he trusts the most. It is most appropriate to hand over the gun team to Uncle San.

In addition to assigning appointments to the gun team, the bow and crossbow team, long spear team and sword and shield team also carried out appointments and appointments.At present, the five major arms of the Shiping garrison, the sword and shield team, the long spear team, the gun team, the crossbow team and the sentry cavalry team, basically have five or sixty people.

Among these military branches, Song Yingkui was considering whether to dismantle the spears.Judging from the current battlefield settings, the tactical significance of the Long Spears seems to be of little importance, defending the formation does not play much role, and rushing the formation does not seem to have much effect.People's formation is tight, and the long spear team rushes to the formation to deliver food. If the formation is messed up, the sword and shield team seems to be enough?Is it necessary for the long spear team to take up so many troops when the personnel are already tense?

It's just that the pikemen are withdrawn now, and they don't have much confidence in their hearts. This type of army is the most common in the infantry configuration. If it is gone, will there be any big impact?After much deliberation, Song Yingkui felt that he should keep it first, and make a decision after going through a few more wars.

Training soldiers, paying attention to the military situation, building weapons, Song Yingkui felt that even if he was divided into eight parts, it might not be enough.The foundation is still too weak, management and technical personnel are lacking, and a team of more than 300 people is so difficult to bring together. If I want to develop and grow, I feel that there is still a long way to go.

After it got dark for a long time, Yang Shunan returned to Shiping Pass.

"The defense and the situation are very bad. There are people fleeing from Wazhou City everywhere. Most of them are from rich families. Even Yuyuan County has big families who have fled east. We have seen Tibetans on the hills west of Wazhou City. Roaming in the Sichuan below. Anxi Fort in Hebei in the west of the city seems to have fallen, and Guxi Fort in Henan has been surrounded by Japanese soldiers. Why do I feel that the province does not seem to intend to stick to Wazhou City? Otherwise, in this dangerous situation, how can Maybe we don’t send troops for reinforcements, but keep sending people out of the city to let the people flee?” Yang Shunan expressed his judgment and doubts when reporting the military situation.

"The province didn't plan to stick to Wazhou City? It's unlikely, right? Wazhou is not only the capital of our Xisu, but also the center of our province. If Wazhou is not protected, Hexi will be cut off, and there will be no way to go hundreds of miles east. The big city will be the backing. No matter how you look at it, Wazhou is a place that must be defended. If Wazhou is lost, almost the whole of our Xisu Province will fall into the hands of the Xifan people. Who can bear the consequences?"

Song Yingkui was also puzzled by the operation in the province, but he couldn't see any benefit in giving up Wazhou City?I can't think of the reason why the province abandoned Wazhou City.No matter how you look at it, Wazhou City must stick to it, and Yang Shunan's judgment is illogical.

In the past few days, something illogical has happened. On the second day, another piece of news that is even more incomprehensible came.The news did not come from the direction of Wazhou, but from the direction of Didao on the east side of Shiping Pass.The Qinzhou soldiers stationed at Didao actually withdrew to Gongchang City.

What is this operation?Didao's Qinzhou soldiers are the main force closest to Wazhou. They went over the mountain from Didao to support Wazhou, and they took a shortcut. Why did they retreat to Gongchang City?Could it be that the bigwigs in the province didn't consider the support army of Qinzhou Bing?
If you don't recruit soldiers from Qinzhou, you can recruit me. Although we only have [-] soldiers and horses, we have cannons in our hands.As long as cannons appear on the battlefield, it is difficult for Western soldiers who have never seen cannons to think of countermeasures, and it may be miraculous.The tense situation caused Song Yingkui to change Yingzang's strength to avoid prematurely exposing the cannon as a killer. He even wanted to lead troops to Wazhou City to help in the battle.

Such a time is not the time to hide, there are still thousands of friendly troops in Wazhou City.If Wazhou falls, there will be no helpers around him. Relying on the people under his hands, no matter how powerful the weapon is, it will be difficult to play a role.

Wait another day, if we still can't wait for the order, we will lead our troops to Wazhou City to help the battle, Song Yingkui made up his mind.Now it is the time of life and death, if you can't count on others, you have to take the initiative, otherwise the changes in the current situation will make all your efforts useless.

However, the situation changed so fast that Song Yingkui was caught off guard.In the evening of the next day, he was preparing to gather several leaders in the pass to express his willingness to lead troops to Wazhou City to help in the battle.Song Yingfang, the second younger brother who kept the news at Tianshunhao in Wuying Town, rode a horse and ran to Shiping Pass.

"The second uncle brought his family to our shop? Did he escape from Wazhou City?" The second brother said that the second uncle brought the whole family from the city to his shop. The news made Song Yingkui's face pale. Everything has changed.

The second uncle is an official. Under such a crisis, he brought the whole family from Wazhou City to the Fifth Battalion. What does it mean?No one dares to think about it.

He hurriedly led people on horseback to Wuying Street, Song Yingkui was eager to know what happened?Why does it feel like the whole situation is about to collapse!

"Uncle, is Wazhou City unable to defend? Or has it been destroyed?" As soon as he arrived at the shop, Song Yingkui got off his horse and asked the second uncle.

"Hey! Wazhou City hasn't been destroyed yet, but it's only a matter of a day or two." The second uncle glanced at Song Yingkui, and said the expected but earth-shattering words in a very dejected manner.

"What's the situation? Why doesn't the province stick to Wazhou City? There aren't enough soldiers to defend the city, so they can be transferred from the surrounding areas. I have all the soldiers here, and I'm just waiting for the military order! But these days, I just haven't received it." A transfer order from above! Other places are too far away to transfer troops. It only takes half a day for me to send fast horses from Wazhou to Shipingguan. Hurry up, and I can lead troops to the border of Wazhou city to participate in the battle in one day. Let go The soldiers who are close at hand don’t need it, are you living for nothing? Can’t even pass a military order?”

Song Yingkui, who was in a hurry, yelled at the second uncle directly. He was really driven crazy by the coquettish operations of these big guys in the province.Although the second uncle is not a decision-maker, he cannot escape the blame.

(End of this chapter)