With the Northern Barbarian messenger coming to persuade the two military supervisors, they truly believed in the combat power of General Chen's headquarters. This contrast brought great shock to Chen Ju and Wu Dui. These two men, regardless of whether they were literary or civil servants, were in charge of military affairs for a long time, but the more they knew about the military, the more they felt that Chen Mu's five hundred flag troops were treasures.

There were more than 3,000 Ming troops stationed by Shuanmaqiao, but more than 2,000 of them were discerning people who knew they were new soldiers at a glance. They didn’t even see blood before. When they saw their panic expressions, they knew that they were not fighting the battle ahead.

But the only ones who can be called sergeants are three hundred households in the trenches and one hundred households in the artillery positions. And the other ones are the hundred households who run errands and pass orders, with less than five hundred people in total.

Chen Mu's flag army, especially for Chen Ju, is too interesting.

Whether it is its ordnance preparation or trench turret, it has a strong contrast to Chen Ju, who is in charge of the Shenji Camp.

However, Ji Neng would not dare to attack Chen Mu for a while. The army would stay on the other side of the river for two days, and the two day and night fronts were arching forward for a mile, and the army would scatter. It seemed that this roundabout temptation state could last for several days before another fight.

Ji Neng was very anxious. Even if the troops were stationed for only two days, this situation had never happened after they crossed the Great Wall. If they were at any previous city or any pass, they would have taken a detour, but they were the Jima River and had no way to go.

Chen Mu was more anxious than Ji Neng. He knew better than anyone else that Tumotnan invasion was not just a local war to resist Mahe, but the key to the overall situation lies in Altan. In the court, the right to decide whether the war will continue lies in him, nor will Ji Neng anymore.

He was afraid that if the north had made a decision on peace talks, the silver that had reached his mouth would fly!

"This Commander Jiang is also a cruel person!"

Ji Neng dared not attack the Shuanma Bridge where Chen Mu was stationed, but he never lenient in dealing with the Yanqing Guard's defenders. Although the main force restrained Chen Mu, he released thousands of cavalry to attack the Yanqing Guard as many as seven times in three days, mainly to harass the tired soldiers - Chen Mu seemed to be like this.

And in the battle report submitted by Jiang Yuelin, there is no disturbance, that is the general attack!

Every time the Yanqing Guard Banner Army had to take their lives to block the enemy cavalry, and drifted to the river bank to block the enemy cavalry, with great casualties and poor results.

Seventy-nine heads of the enemy cavalry were captured, and four hundred injured were surprisingly killed.

Jiang Yuelin's troops were injured and injured, and they were close to the retreat standard set by Chen Mu, but Jiang Yuelin did not plan to retreat. He took advantage of the attack of the enemy cavalry and sent people to gallop to Chen Mu. The letter was opened in one sentence.

‘General Chen, send another thousand reinforcements from his subordinates, and Jiang can guard for another three days!’

Chen Mu frowned and asked, "What are you Commander Jiang doing?"

He was the one who was depressed before the war, and he was the one who fought to the death after the war. Something must have happened in the middle, otherwise four times the casualties would not make the general insist on fighting to the death.

"He is also digging trenches to set up a deer fort. Commander Jiang said that he could not stop the Beilu before because he was snatching the heads and was reluctant to fight horses. Now the general ordered that several heads be rewarded after the war. He led his troops several times and had already come up with a way to kill the Beilu in field."

"Oh?" Chen Mu was happy and asked, "What method?"

"First use a spear to resist the horse. The spearman holds a roll hand and chops the horse's legs and cuts the horse over. The Beilu's hand is not stronger than me." The messenger was a little cowardly when facing Chen Mu. After thinking about it, he said: "This is an order that Shi Shuai had issued a long time ago, but he didn't understand it at that time. He didn't want to kill the horse without seeing the enemy."

Chen Mu nodded slowly. That's right. He was fighting with infantry and cavalry. He was thinking about how to snatch the horses, but he had a hole in his mind. A good horse only had seven or eight taels of silver, and a captive head would cost hundreds of taels of silver. He bought all the good horses, but he wanted to protect the horse and kill people, but he was killed by the enemy, which was not worth the loss.

"Okay, Chen will second a thousand soldiers to commander Jiang. I am not asking them to go to war. These miners went to help commander Jiang dig trenches, and they had to rely on the flag army to fight. If things were not done, don't compete with commander Hu to compete with commander Hu." Chen Mu made a decision and said, "No matter what, if you guard for another day, commander Hu to change defenses, the flag army needs to rest."

Chen Mu estimated that Jiang Yuelin's determination to defend was not only to kill horses or kill people, but Long Junxiong's eight cannons should also play a significant role, otherwise the flag army would have fewer casualties against the Beilu and the terrain of the Little River Valley.

Not to mention the Xiaohe Valley for now. Just talking about the two sides of Shuanma Bridge, Chen Mu was looking for people after Ji Neng's envoy returned and looked for recruits who could perform concerts and dance in the entire army. Not only did he have to choose these talents, but he also had to test their courage. Finally, a team of ten people was gathered, with a small Nanyang Guard flag guarding the shore of the front line with a shield hand.

"What will the general ask them to do?"

Wu Dui and Chen Ju have been eye-opening these days. They sent their entourage to draw the entire layout of Chen Mu's position.

"Go to challenge the scolding formation. These northern barbarians are on the other side of the bridge. My flag army hasn't slept soundly for several days." Chen Mu's eyes were red. Although the first formation was victorious, thousands of barbarians were wandering across the river and could not sleep. He pointed to the vast river surface and said, "Jineng will find a way to break through the river surface. There may not be no place for infantry and cavalry to break through for dozens of miles along the line - he cannot let him be peaceful."

Chen Ju was not interested in things like swearing. He had been fascinated by Nanyang fire-making machines these days, so he made a special trip to ask Chen Mu for two Nanyang Guard muskets. He circled around the artillery position and touched this and then looked at that - Shenji Camp did not have such heavy artillery.

"General, how much does this gun cost?"

Chen Ju pointed to a two-jin cannon. Chen Mu thought about it in his mind and said, "This is a two-jin cannon, dragged and pulled by two mules and horses. He can travel a hundred miles a day in the north. The labor, materials, cannons, cars, and losses are added together, and twenty taels."

"So expensive?" Chen Ju glared at her eyes, calculated in her heart, and said slowly: "Wang Gong Factory needs nine or three to build Weiyuan cannons. The general's cannon is much better than the Weiyuan cannon. Is it durable?"

It's expensive, how can it not be expensive?

Chen Mu thought about the cost of the Nanyang Guard and said it out. The iron price in Foshan is close to it, and even the freight is saved. The biggest consumption of cannon casting is manual. What is artificial in Nanyang Guard?

The cost of a two-pound cannon is only less than seven taels, and the consumption is only more than ten taels, of course it is not as expensive as twenty taels.

"Durable. Before the Nanyang Guard artillery is out, it will take out a few test shots of hundreds of times. The body will not deform. The same batch of artillery can only be released from the military weapon bureau." Chen Mu said with joy, thinking that he might be able to connect with this seemingly upright eunuch by selling arms. Suddenly frowned and looked at the sky, murmured: "No need to challenge."

Thunder sounded rolling in the sky, and the rain that had been waiting for many days was finally coming down.

The last chance of the Tumots, if they launch a large-scale attack, will come as expected.

Good morning!
Chapter completed!