[Net..] Sparrow warfare and mine warfare, these two tactics are complementary to each other. Since the Peking Army Military Commission decided to use mobile warfare as the mainstay and sparrow warfare as a supplement, Wan Lei retained Li Guo and guided him in fighting mines. War-related tactics, because Li Guobao was appointed as the commander of the "Sparrow" team,
"Remember, you must be good at using mine traps, barbed wire and other objects, and try not to confront the enemy head-on,"
"I understand that I will live up to your trust and will not let the Liao army cross Shuntian Prefecture even half a step."
"Very good. I don't ask you to destroy many enemies. I only ask you to drag them past them as much as possible while minimizing casualties. If you can win this battle, you will have made a great contribution. In the future, the third group army will be formed, and the position of commander will be reserved for you. "Wan Lei patted Li Guobao on the shoulder. He would not be stingy with power and position for capable generals.
"Thank you for your cultivation, sir. I will do my best to serve you faithfully and live up to your trust."
"Okay, very good. You have to remember one thing: all our Peking Army officers and soldiers are brothers. As a general, the most important thing is not to live up to the trust of our brothers. Now you go back to the camp first, and seize the time to let your subordinates Train and become familiar with sparrow tactics as soon as possible,"
"Yes, I am resigning,"
Wan Lei looked at Li Guobao's leaving figure and nodded with satisfaction. In fact, the Peiping Army really lacked senior generals to coordinate the army. This time he would go into battle in person, and together with Zhao Quanjie and Zhou Tianshou, each would lead a force of 15,000 soldiers. Columns composed of cavalry. These three columns are the main force in mobile warfare. The goal is to annihilate the main force of the Liao army in motion.
Among the three columns, Zhou Tianshou is in charge of the left army, Zhao Quanjie is in charge of the right army, and Wan Lei is in charge of the central army. The defense area of the central army is located on the main road of the Liao army going south, facing the Liao army head-on. It is the main force to contain the Liao army. The battle will be the most difficult, so there are two thousand elite loyal guards going out with Wan Lei, which can be said to be the strongest combat power of the Peking Army.
The left and right armies are not much easier than the Chinese army. After all, the Liao army's strength is several times that of the Peiping army. They can completely divide their troops into separate groups. In a real fight, the three columns can often only fight independently, and it is difficult to cooperate with each other. Moreover, Every column cannot afford to make any mistakes, otherwise the entire battle will be very unfavorable to the Peking Army.
Li Guobao leads a sparrow team of 5,000 cavalry, responsible for disturbing the enemy and "picking up leaks." If his performance satisfies Wan Lei this time, Wan Lei will naturally nominate him as the commander of the Army's Third Army, and Wan Lei is on the Military Commission. He has a lot of say. As long as he nominates, he will definitely be approved.
After this battle, the Peking Army will definitely expand its recruitment, establish a third group army, and expand the army to 100,000. This is also a certainty. Of course, army expansion involves many details, among which the selection of the commander is the top priority. A general is incompetent. , the three armies are exhausted,
After seeing off Li Guobao, Wan Lei hurriedly put away a stack of documents and rushed home. He was about to go to the battlefield. Of course, he wanted to go home to get together with his wife.
In fact, as soon as the news of Fu Wei's pregnancy came out, the superintendents in charge of primary and secondary schools frequently advised her to rest at home and actively asked to take over her work. However, she had no time to spare and was still working hard on the front line of education. , this drive is admired by all the teachers under her.
It was also because of the change in the war situation that Fu Wei returned to Beiping City from Baoding Prefecture a few days ago. She heard that her husband was coming back, so she waited at home early. Now that the war is imminent, of course the school has been suspended, and she can finally take some time off from her busy schedule.
"Sister Wei'er, we are back." Before entering the house, Zhao Xueer's clear voice spread throughout the whole house.
"After being outside for so long, I finally came back." Fu Wei immediately appeared at the door of the house. He looked at Zhao Xueer, whose face had turned slightly darker, angrily. There was a hint of complaint in his words, complaining that her husband had taken so long to come back.
"Sister Wei'er, you don't know, this time I finally had a chance to go into battle, and I personally killed six enemies. Brother Wan only killed four, which was not enough for me to kill more," Zhao Xueer said excitedly. Once she went into battle to kill, she really stole the show, and she had satisfied her addiction to going into battle to kill the enemy.
"Your brother is also going into battle, how could he let you go into battle too," Fu Wei frowned and his expression turned from sunny to gloomy.
"We're all back home, don't talk about those fights and killings." Seeing Fu Wei's worried expression, Wan Lei immediately changed the subject, "How is it? Is the little guy naughty?"
When Fu Wei saw that her husband's hand had reached to his stomach, he blushed and whispered: "What the hell, little guy, it's still early,"
Although she was a little shy, she was still happy because her love finally came to fruition and she would be a mother soon.
"Hey, Sister Wei'er, you don't know, when this guy heard that you were pregnant, he smiled stupidly all day long, as if he had been hit by a big ingot," Zhao Xueer was "snitching" again,
"He is stupid to begin with," the smile on Fu Wei's face became even sweeter, because her husband had put his ear on her belly stupidly, and everyone in the family couldn't help but smile when they saw it.
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On March 18, the Liao army marched south in a large scale. King Zhu Gaoxu of Liao led a main force of 70,000 as the central army. The front army was the newly recruited Ming border army, and the rear army was the traitor troops and female straight tribesmen. The front, middle and rear troops were From the distribution of the three-pronged army, it is obvious that the King of Liao only trusted his central army. The front army was cannon fodder and the rear army was a substitute.
The people in Yongping Prefecture were dug out of ten houses and nine empty houses by the Jingzhong Guards. Everywhere the Liao Army passed were deserted villages and dead towns, and not even a single person could be seen. They left Shanhaiguan, went down to Yongping Prefecture, and passed Luanzhou. There was no conversation all the way. , when the front army marched into Fengrun County, it was already afternoon. The former army commander Chen Heng ordered the army to move quickly and try to enter Fengrun County for the night.
What Chen Heng didn't know was that on a high slope not far away, a pair of eyes were staring at them.
"Master Li, the Liao army is here, are we acting as planned?" The person on the high slope was none other than Li Guobao. As early as a day ago, he led the Sparrow Team across the border of Shuntian Prefecture and ambush them in all directions within Yongping Prefecture. , Five thousand people may not seem like much, but a squad of ten cavalry and a squad of five hundred sparrows are enough to cover several counties.
"Don't worry, these are just infantry. They should be the original Ming border troops. These people are just cannon fodder and not worth our while. Let them pass and someone will deal with them. Our main enemy is the Liao army," Li Guobao said in a deep voice. road,
"Really let them go," the staff officer said with some worry: "These are tens of thousands of people. Even if all the Peking troops attack, they will not be able to eat them all at once. If the subsequent troops are allowed to follow, they will be passive. "
"Don't worry, I have my own sense of proportion. The combat power of those Ming border troops is not worth mentioning. Our main target is the Liao army's cavalry. As long as we try our best to hold back the main force of the Liao army, it doesn't take long, just one or two God, it’s enough for Mr. Wan and others to eat this army,” Li Guobao said,
"Oh, then we must send a letter to Mr. Wan as soon as possible and inform him of the military situation," the staff officer said without further persuasion.
"Okay, send someone to deliver the message immediately. By the way, remember to pass on the order and ask the brothers to ambush and try not to be exposed, so as not to alert the snake. We are the Sparrow Team. If we don't attack, we will be fine. Once we attack, we must be quick, accurate and ruthless. Before the Liao army could react, they bit off a few pieces of their flesh to let them know they were afraid and did not dare to march at full speed."
The Sparrows quickly changed their tactical deployment. In Yutian County, more than 20 miles away, Wan Lei also received the military report from Li Guobao immediately. After reading this military report, he had a rare smile on his face. , thought to himself: "This Li Guobao is simple and honest on the outside, but he is very shrewd on the inside. He actually dares to play like this,"
"Send an order to the two columns on the left and right, asking them to retreat fifteen miles and stay still for the time being." Now that the Sparrows had changed their tactics, Wan Lei also made corresponding adjustments to the army. The retreat of fifteen miles was naturally not to show weakness, but to take advantage of strategic depth. , try to widen the distance between the Liao armies so that they can defeat them one by one.
Destroying the enemy in motion is the essence of mobile warfare.
He has never encountered an enemy. Chen Heng, the former commander-in-chief of the Liao Army, naturally did not know that the Peking Army had dug a big hole in front and was waiting for him to lead tens of thousands of troops to jump into it. Chen Heng's troops spent the night in Fengrun County. We set up camp early in the morning and advanced towards Yutian as quickly as possible. After passing Yutian County, we entered the territory of Shuntian Prefecture.
It took two days to cross Yongping Prefecture. This kind of marching speed was already very fast. But about twenty miles away behind Chen Heng's troops was the main force of Zhu Gaoxu's Liao army. This army was all cavalry. It was said that the marching speed was very fast. Much faster than the front army, which was mainly infantry, but Zhu Gaoxu seemed to be afraid of encountering an ambush by the Peking Army, so he followed the front army unhurriedly, with the intention of using the front army to explore the road.
This day's march was silent all the way in the morning. When the middle route army of the Liao Army arrived in Fengrun County, the front army was already approaching Yutian County. At this time, there was a rush of horse hoofbeats in the desolate fields. Chen Heng When he looked up, he saw countless cavalry appearing all around and had already launched a charge against them.
"Beiping Army, the Peiping Army came to kill them." The former Route Army was mainly the original frontier army. Many of them had suffered defeat at the hands of the Peiping Army. Even those who had never suffered a defeat had heard of the Peiping Army. They were so terrifying that when they saw the Peiping Army, their courage gave out first.
"Don't be chaotic, set up your formation immediately and respond calmly," Chen Heng shouted angrily, "The Central Route Army is not far from us. As long as we hold on for a while, reinforcements will arrive. By then, the Peking rebels will be destroyed."
As soon as they heard that the reinforcements would arrive soon, the panicked soldiers finally found a little courage. Soon, they formed a large square formation according to the general's command. The outside of the square formation was a shield formation in order to block the cavalry. Assault and delay, trying to wait until reinforcements arrive,
The Peiping army was all cavalry, coming and going like the wind. The Liao army had just formed a formation, and the cavalry team had already set up their bows and arrows, and fired a volley. Arrows like raindrops fell through the air onto the Liao army's battle formation. In the middle, hundreds of soldiers were unable to avoid it, and were injured by heavy arrows.
After a round of volleys, the cavalry did not charge directly into the Liao army's position. Instead, they circled around two hundred meters outside the Liao army's position, setting up their bows and shooting arrows as they circled. This time it was not a volley, but This situation of cold arrows flying from all directions is more frightening than the salvo. The soldiers in the Liao army's position were so frightened that they turned around because they were all very scared and were afraid of being killed by a cold arrow flying from behind at any time. , there is no way to organize a counterattack with bows and arrows,
"Don't move around." Chen Heng saw this scene of cold arrows flying around, and knew that the whole army would collapse sooner or later if this continued, so he shouted angrily and ordered: "Shield soldiers, tighten the line, everyone back to back, stay close together , the spearmen are ready, don’t let the rebels rush into the formation, the archers, immediately launch a volley at the rebels,”
After Chen Xiang gave this order, his subordinates reacted quickly and immediately began to shrink their front line. Once tens of thousands of people gathered together, it became a shield formation tens of meters square, and many shields were stacked on top of their heads. A shield fortress appeared. , most of the arrows flying around were blocked, while the spearmen hid behind the shield hand and thrust their spears outwards. The entire shield array looked like a big hedgehog.
Facing such a big hedgehog, I'm afraid even the Mongolian cavalry who are good at mounted archery can't do anything. However, the Peiping Army is different from the Mongolian cavalry because the Peiping Army knows more than just mounted archery. No, these surrounding cavalry are attacking with bows and arrows. It didn’t work, so they scattered and left.
The cavalry and archery team left. Before the Liao army had time to rejoice, they heard a rumbling sound of artillery from the horizon, like a thunderous explosion. Then, countless shot balls fell into the Liao army's shield formation like raindrops. , the entire shield array suddenly became a mess...
The roar of artillery was naturally heard by Zhu Gaoxu, who was more than 20 miles away. He looked in the direction of the sound of the artillery, which happened to be near the direction of the front army. He knew without thinking that there was an ambush in the front army. He didn't have to think too much. , then ordered: "Zhu Neng, you immediately lead 10,000 cavalry and quickly catch up with the advancing army. The remaining troops will all march quickly."
"My subordinates take orders," Zhu Neng agreed, leading his men and horses to run forward as fast as possible. Zhu Gaoxu himself did not dare to neglect, and followed closely behind with tens of thousands of cavalry under his command.
Zhu Neng's 10,000 cavalrymen marched for about five miles. The horses running in front seemed to have stepped on something, and there was a soft click on the ground. However, this did not attract these people's attention. Just as dozens of people from the vanguard passed by , a loud "boom" sound suddenly came from the ground, and a large crater several meters wide suddenly exploded on the smooth road. Smoke and dust billowed up, and it was unknown how many people were killed and injured.
"No, there's an ambush." Zhu Neng frantically grabbed the horse, and the flying rocks and mud hit him with a loud bang. Some of the men and horses running in front were even hit by the violent shock wave. He was shocked to the ground, screaming and neighing,
Zhu Neng still couldn't figure out why the ground suddenly exploded like a monk Zhang Er. Suddenly there was a rapid sound of horse hoofbeats from both sides. He looked around hurriedly and saw several cavalry teams flying towards them like the wind. More than a hundred meters away, a barrage of random shots were fired at them. Suddenly, several people were hit by arrows and fell to the ground.
Zhu Neng was about to send people to chase him, but the ambushers screamed and ran away, unable to catch up. Zhu Neng also knew that it was urgent to hurry now, so he immediately gathered his troops, leaving behind a dozen wounded soldiers and ten Several corpses continued to run forward,
However, just after Zhu Neng's team ran a few dozen meters, a large crater suddenly exploded on the ground. More than a dozen people were unfortunately killed and injured. And just like before, several more cavalry teams took the opportunity to rush over. After a few volleys, he ran away like the wind,
"Landmines, the Peiping thieves have planted mines in this area," a veteran screamed. He was considered knowledgeable and finally remembered what those deadly things were.
"What..." As soon as Zhu Neng heard the news, his dusty face showed extreme horror.
Landmines explode when stepped on, who wouldn’t be afraid?