The Qin Army's first mobilization headquarters.

"The General Staff is asking us to stop the planned exercise. Let us immediately proceed to the border of Dawan," Li Hu, commander of the First Army mobilized, said with difficulty looking at the telegram in his hand.

"The chief is worried about training?" Chief of Staff Newton said from the side. He felt very uncomfortable with the appointment of the Ministry of National Defense, because he felt a lot of hands and feet in many things, and he felt that he was still willing to come out and lead troops. Therefore, he found a position as chief of staff and came to mobilize the First Army.

"Yes, this mobilization of the First Army has just been established, and the combat effectiveness seems to be high. They are composed of retired soldiers, but in fact, they are still scattered, and the officers cannot gather the soldiers in the first time. Such mobilization The First Army, I am very worried about their combat effectiveness." Li Hu said worriedly.

"I wanted to let the soldiers feel the war through this military exercise, but now it looks like it's impossible." Li Hu said.

"However, sir, I think that even with the exercise, it is impossible for them to feel the war. These mobilized reserve soldiers have all fought, and they have already felt the cruelty of the war." Newton said.

"I hope they can play the fighting power they should have." Li Hu said. Most of the mobilized First Army in his hands were cavalry units, and they were all composed of retired Huns mountain people. They are all soldiers who have experienced war. But they have all been loose. The main reason is that they left the life of the army after they retired. This loose life has a great impact on their combat effectiveness. This seriously affected the combat effectiveness of the mobilization division.

Inside Li Xin's headquarters.

"The location of Huangshi Town is very important. This is an important connection point between the plains and the mountains. Huangshi Town is actually no longer the size of a town. The population is over 100,000. Without any fortifications, the town produces a lot of production. The various mineral resources in China are quite affluent, and it is also an important railway station with a large number of warehouses. It is a very important material transfer station." Li Xin explained to Li Qi on the sand table.

"For this reason, this small town is also an important logistics supply base for the army. There are a large number of warehouses in the small town that can store various materials, and it is only two hundred miles away from our war zone. The train can be as fast as four hours. Arrived within. This is a place that is very important to us." Li Xin said.

"But there are not many soldiers there?" Li Qi said worriedly. He was very worried that a large number of Parthians suddenly cut off their logistics supply lines.

"I deployed three battalions there. Now, I have drawn two battalions. I plan to deploy them to Huangshi Town again. In addition, I will deploy more troops to Huangshi Town. "Li Xin said. Li Xin had only four battalions of strategic reserve teams. There should have been five. But because of the drag of the Dawan people, he only had four dissatisfied infantry battalions. But he knew the importance of Huangshi Town, so he A large number of troops were deployed in Huangshi Town to ensure safety, but the three infantry battalions still cannot safely and effectively guarantee the safety of Huangshi Town. After the Dawan army shrank the line of defense. Li Xin immediately deployed his troops to ensure that his logistics supply base could not be lost.

"Are we retreating? After all, it is too late to retreat." Li Qi said.

"No, our army simply can't withstand the frontal attack of the Dawan people. It's okay to have a defensive position, so we must defend firmly." Li Xin firmly confirmed.

The Dawan army can only keep them alive if they hold their ground. If they are rushed to retreat, they may change from a retreat to a big rout, because a qualified combat force can carry out an orderly retreat. But for the soldiers in Dawan. Once they retreat, they will become a big rout. Because they simply cannot withstand such a big situation.

Yellowstone Town. The topography of this small town is very special. They are in the middle of a valley. There are two small hills of more than 100 meters to the north and south of them. On the top of the hill, they stationed two infantry battalions, and on the west side of the town, facing the position where the mountain pass entered, they deployed an infantry battalion. In this way, they could barely strengthen their defense against Yellowstone Town.

"You, more than a hundred people, are now organized into the third company of the militia, do you understand?" a major officer shouted loudly to the more than one hundred Dawan militiamen. After the war came, Huangshi Town suddenly became highly alert. A large number of young and middle-aged people have been incorporated into militia organizations. Every household has its own weapons. Therefore, it is easy to form a militia, but it will take some time to form a military organization.

In desperation, in accordance with the orders of the people of Qin. The officers in the city immediately organized them into various militia organizations. They organized a large number of militia units according to company platoons, and these militia units would enter the defensive positions with them.

"Hurry up, dig up, hurry up." A middle-aged woman shouted outside the city. They are digging a lot of trenches. Dawan old people and children are everywhere in the trench. The Parths are a large number of cavalry troops, and only a large number of trenches can stop them. They decided to build a large number of trench fortifications. The stock of barbed wire is limited. They can only create obstacles by digging trenches. They hope that their method can cause a lot to the Parths cavalry. Big confusion.

"Is it useful to dig these trenches?" a young Dawan woman asked worriedly.

"It should be useful, hurry up and dig it." Dawan middle-aged woman said.

"This is Qin's method." The middle-aged woman kept digging trenches as she said.

"But this is too tired." The young Dawan woman said.

"If you don't want to die, dig it quickly, you've heard. The rest are very cruel. They are cold-blooded, they come. They will also eat women's meat. Men will be chopped off their heads, so in order to be able to live The best way to go down is to dig trenches. This is our only case.” said the middle-aged woman.

"This. Okay." Dawan young woman said. In order not to be killed by the Parthians, they had to step up their efforts to do such things. The Dawan people were very worried about the atrocities of the Parthians. After Qin’s propaganda, and people’s word of mouth, the Parthians were described as a kind of killing without blinking. The devil, they will eat human flesh, and most importantly, many of them don’t care what life is. As long as they think good things will be destroyed. Fear, a fear of death, made the Dawan people have to do such a thing, and Huangshi Town's defense was stimulated in this way.

Inside the temporary headquarters of the town.

"We have set up two infantry battalions on both the north and south hills of the town. On the west front, we have set up an infantry battalion. In addition, we have also built a large number of fortifications. Not only that, but we also mobilized a large number of locals. The militia company of the militia participated in the defense. As a result, our defense number exceeded more than 3,000, but I think it is still not enough. However, the military forces that can be mobilized in the city have been mobilized." A lieutenant reported.

Chengliang. A lieutenant colonel in the Dawan army. He was in charge of three infantry battalions, and he temporarily became the town’s defense commander. His division became a temporary battle group.

"However, sir. Our situation is still very bad." The lieutenant said worriedly.

"Why? Are the rest of the people very powerful? They are also human." Cheng Liang said without worry. After all, he had fought a war. Once he was driven out by the Parths as a lower-level officer in the old army. Now, the Parths are here. He decided to fight the opponent.

"No. Sir, we only have musketeers. Moreover, the range is very limited. You know, they are all flintlocks. The worst part is that we lack enough artillery. In defensive operations, only musketeers are available. Infantry is very passive." The lieutenant said worriedly.

This is where the lieutenant worries the most. They only have muskets and no artillery units. This is the Achilles heel of almost all the Dawan army. A large number of musketeers do not have artillery to provide fire support. Because the Dawan army thought that the price of artillery was too expensive at the beginning of its establishment. They believe that it is not too late to buy urgently after the war, but the result is that the war comes too fast. They have not had time to buy artillery. The war has broken out.

"I know this. We can make a lot of explosives bags. Don't worry, as long as we stick to some time, the people of Qin will send reinforcements. Don't worry, and artillery is all small things, there will be, don't worry." Cheng Liang Said to comfort the other party. He knew that the people of Qin would definitely support him, thinking that Huangshi Town was very important.

"Our task is to defend this small town from being lost. What I am worried about is that there are still two hills on our east line of defense. The north and south hills must not be lost. Otherwise, once our commanding heights are lost, we will lose them completely. It works." Cheng Liang said while looking at the simple sand table.

On the northern hill, a corporal took a telescope and looked around.

They heard the chief’s telegram saying that the war had broken out, so they were asked to pay attention to the movements of the rest. In fact, they had strengthened their vigilance according to the Qin people’s orders a few days ago. They have been in a state of high tension and alert.

"There seems to be a situation over there." A second-class soldier stretched out his hand nervously and said.

"There." The corporal took a telescope and looked over immediately.

"No. It's the rest person, the rest person is coming. Quickly. Send the signal, the rest person is coming." The corporal shouted loudly after seeing it.