Chapter 218 The officers and soldiers are as indefatigable as if they have taken magic medicine!
When the capital was undergoing a tremendous change, a war was also being prepared for a long battle far away from Juyong Pass in Xuanhua!
After the end of the Guguan Battle, Liu Yuanbin did not give Xiong a time to repair it, so he directly ordered them to leave a brigade to guard the prisoners and suppress the captures, and all the remaining soldiers and horses advanced towards Juyong Pass. The captures of this pursuit battle were quite abundant, and the food could be eaten at Guguan for at least one month. Twenty thousand mules and horses solved the urgent problem. Nearly 20,000 new troops in Guguan could quickly move to Juyong Pass on mules and horses.
The new army is all northerners, and they can’t count on fighting on mules and horses, but they can still do it while riding on marching.
After the mules and horses, the speed of the march increased significantly. In just four days, Xiong Daheng led a man of multiple divisions to Juyongguan City, which was 600 miles away.
With this division of troops, Liu Yuanbin was much more affordable. He was ready to defeat the thieves on the front line of Juyong Pass without waiting for other troops to arrive. It will be a matter of time for a long time.
There is a huge difference in terms of force strength between 30,000 and 200,000, but in terms of combat effectiveness, Liu Yuanbin feels confident that he can figure things out with these 30,000 people.
"Everyone, our new army has been deeply grateful to the holy since its establishment, and has also shouldered the great expectation of the emperor to revitalize the country. The thieves have been staying outside the pass for too long. I feel that they can no longer bear to be able to survive around Northern Zhili. Therefore, they decided to rely on the troops of the First Division and the Fourth Division of the New Army to launch a duel with the main force of the thieves."
After saying this, Liu Yuanbin stood up and began to issue military orders for this battle. "In this battle, all the existing regiment-level cavalrymen were organized into the Western Front Command Cavalry Command, serving as commanders of both friends. They were responsible for our main force, and after digging the gap, they rushed to the enemy formation and quickly expanded the results. They also drew 3,000 cavalry infantry from all brigades of the entire army, and selected 3,000 useful mules and horses brought by Commander Xiong to form the Longxiang Cavalry Team, responsible for following the commando and assisting in the pursuit. Other troops and horses, assaulting the entire army, as soon as the war begins, they will pursue the brigades as units. Before the military order is issued, they must move forward bravely and pursue the enemy with all their strength."
"We are the order!" The officers who stood up saluted Liu Yuanbin and said they promised to accept the order.
It was not until this time that Liu Yuanbin understood that the biggest difference between the new army and the old army was there. Although there were some differences between the new army and the old army in terms of organization, the biggest difference was not here. The biggest difference was that the organization of the new army was to facilitate the organization of war, rather than forming military forces like the old army. The new army could rely on these organizational structures to flexibly organize personnel modular groups, and adjust the scale and composition method at any time. It was difficult for the old army to do this. If the old army wanted to use any personnel, they had to move all the personnel, otherwise they would not be able to mobilize the troops. Even if they were mobilized, they would not be able to form combat power.
The old army left the charge of the Jiading team, and other troops could not fight. Once the war started, the life, death, honor and disgrace of soldiers depends on the performance of the main general. If the main general dies first, the soldiers will all collapse. The old army is the transfer of generals, and the new army is the transfer of troops. This is the biggest difference!
After Liu Yuanbin's military order was issued, the new army units successively went out of seclusion and set up their formations to prepare for a decisive battle with the rebel army.
Li Zicheng naturally also saw the changes in the city. He and his people have been fighting hard with Ma Youliang's troops outside the city these days. However, the results were disappointing. There were more than 3,000 officers and soldiers. He lost nearly 10,000 soldiers, but he still had no choice but to stay in this army. At the same time, Hao Yaoqi, who went to attack Guguan, heard urgent news. He and Liu Fangliang lost a lot in Guguan. Liu Fangliang was defeated on the battlefield. All the elite soldiers and horses who went to attack the city were lost and were unable to fight again, so he had to retreat to Taiyuan City to rest.
At present, the enemy troops in Juyong Pass have left the city again, and the situation is probably worse than Gu Pass.
"The officials go out of the pass and line up. They want to make a concerted effort to completely collapse our army's Northern Expedition. Now, I naturally have to fight with the officials who come out of the pass. You must fight with the officials who come out of the pass. You must fight with the enemy with all your strength. This is our Dashun country-building battle, and you must not make any mistakes." Before the war, Li Zicheng must also be mobilized! Although the number of officials who come out of the pass is large, it is not as big as Li Zicheng's fear. Isn't it just 20,000 or 30,000 officials? It's not that they have never fought, but they can't be defeated.
Early the next morning, the two armies began a formal showdown. This battle was different from the Battle of Guguan. Li Zicheng did not place infantry in front of the formation, but lost more than 20,000 cavalry to stand at the forefront of the formation. The rebel army was established by cavalry, and Li Zicheng thought it was more reassuring to make the cavalry in front of the position.
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The new army did not care whether the cavalry or infantry were standing in front. They advanced to the camp of the crusade army in an orderly manner according to the established tactical principles. Li Zicheng's cavalry relied on his scattered firearms and bows to deal with the new army with all their strength, but had little effect and did not stop the new army's progress. Two hours later, the new army had advanced to the front of the large formation of the crusade army.
Facing the approaching main force of the new army, the formation of the Chuangjun was a little messed up. The battle of head-on battles has always been the shortcomings of the Chuangjun. When a large number of enemy troops advanced to the forefront of the military formation and the grenades of Pili Bara entered the position, the Chuangjun unconsciously chose to retreat.
"Two friends, your commando is going to take action! Remember to move forward bravely, no matter how hard you go, just rush forward." Seeing that the main formation of the rebel army began to retreat, Liu Yuanbin immediately determined that it was time to use cavalry to quickly open up the situation.
"I will accept the order!" Ren Shuangyou said his promise and led three thousand cavalry into the formation of the rebel army. When he arrived in the formation, Ren Shuangyou and the others did nothing else. They threw grenades in the crowd, and the military stopped the scattered rebel army from being bombed like this, and the collapse immediately occurred.
Seeing that the army was collapsing, Li Zicheng was powerless. He knew that he was going to experience another big defeat this time. He tried to let the personal soldiers around him stabilize the formation, but this was futile. The already messy army could not control it at all.
"Sent to order the entire army to retreat to Datong!" The collapsed army did not panic, but calmly arranged for personnel to evacuate.
While he was arranging his evacuation, the New Army Cavalry team had already rushed into the formation of the crusade army and began to fight with Li Zicheng's old camp cavalry. The old camp cavalry of the crusade army was still a good player in cavalry battles. They were all old Yu's cavalrymen, but facing the new army cavalry, they had no chance to get close to the battle! The members of the assault regiment were at the forefront, and their level in cavalry can be regarded as the top presence of this era. After a few rounds, the old camp of the crusade army could not hold on and began to retreat.
The fallen dog was the elite of the new army's three-strong tactics. Just as the cavalry on both sides rushed, some infantry brigades had already rushed to their side and fought forward regardless of the situation.
The new army's quick-running fighting style was something that they had never seen before when fighting with the official infantry. They were chased and chopped by cavalry, but they were still rare by infantry. The infantry of the official army seemed to have taken magic medicine and could not stop running. Most of the rebels could not hold on for two or three miles and stayed in place to breathe. This was a good time to be harvested.
Chapter completed!