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In the military order sent by Bochang's camp to the Second Battalion of the Zhaozhou Army Cavalry, the battalion was required to dispatch cavalry from more than two capitals to patrol westward along the south bank of Jishui River, passing through Gaoyuan, Changshan, Zhangqiu and other places until Qizhou to clear this line.
The Xuanwu cavalry scout. After Commander Zhao returned to the camp from Bochang City, he immediately held an emergency meeting of officers above the capital team to issue a mission briefing and issue military orders to attack.
According to the mission briefing provided by Bochang Camp, since the beginning of August, cavalry scouts of the Xuanwu Army have begun to appear on the southern bank of Jishui, which has long been controlled by the Lulong Army.
Ten cavalry were organized into one group and carried out large-scale activities in the hinterland behind the two fortified cities of Qizhou and Zizhou, which had seriously threatened the supply lines of the Lulong and Pinglu coalition forces in Qizhou and Zizhou. Military orders required the second cavalry battalion to dispatch at least two
More than a hundred cavalry troops swept through the south bank of Jishui River to ensure that the coalition forces had firm control over this supply line.
After the emergency military meeting, each capital team then held a meeting with officers above the group commander and corps commander, and then the group leaders and corps commanders continued to convey the briefings and military orders to every ordinary soldier.
Ren Sui'an and the brothers in his group were very excited about this. It was the first time they were performing military duties and the first time they faced the enemy directly. Many of them began to imagine that they could obtain military honors immediately and embark on the road of becoming officers. Ren Sui'an's heart also
He was very uneasy, but there was a hint of nervousness in his excitement. A little different from the other brothers in the group, Ren Sui'an came from a family of warriors. Both his grandfather and father once served in the old Lulong Army. His grandfather was once a border town general, and his father
He once held the position of Dutou.
Coming from a family of warriors, Ren Sui'an has a clearer understanding of war. He knows that the battlefield is extremely cruel and that although military success can be achieved overnight, dangers are always present. The person who left the deepest impression on Ren Sui'an was his father.
.A captain of the old Lulong Army Jianzu Battalion was seriously injured in the Battle of Beizhou that year. Although his contribution was not small, he suffered from heavy injuries and subsequently retired from the army.
Therefore, before going to bed, Ren Sui'an organized his backpack again and checked the dry food, white linen, guncotton, ginger, salt, hand crossbow and crossbow box, etc.
Feeling sad, he slowly closed his eyes.
When the sky was dark, Ren Sui'an was awakened by the sound of military trumpets. He and his brothers neatly packed their military uniforms. After leaving the camp, they briefly washed themselves with the water prepared outside the tent, took out the bristles and made them into toothbrushes, and dipped them in green
Salt brushed his teeth. Ren Sui'an felt uncomfortable while brushing his teeth. He looked at the brush head on the toothbrush that had lost half of its bristles, and secretly wondered whether he should go to the logistics officer to get a new toothbrush after this military mission.
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After washing, it was time to eat. According to the custom, when the army goes to war, the amount of meat in the meal should be doubled. Therefore, Ren Sui'an was very satisfied with two pieces of fresh meat and bones. After eating, he returned to the camp and each person
There was a moment to pack the luggage. Ren Sui'an put on light armor, rolled up the felt blanket, tied it to the top of the backpack, hung the water bladder on the button on the left side of the backpack, and the luggage was sorted.
Ren Sui'an was carrying a huge backpack half a man's height, holding a lance in his left hand and holding the saber on his waist in his right hand. Under the leadership of the team leader, he went to the stable to pick up the horse. He tied the backpack to the left side of the saddle and hung the lance and saber.
On the right side of the saddle, then lead the war horse to wait outside the camp gate.
The brothers who had not received military services gathered outside their respective camps and applauded enviously Ren Sui'an and other cavalrymen who went out to fight. Some of the brothers who knew each other joked loudly, nothing more than "Don't let those bastards of Xuanwu get you down" and so on.
Or "Be careful with the balls under your crotch, don't let anyone cut them off" and other vulgar jokes.
The three hundred cavalry from Jiadu, Bingdu and Dingdu quickly formed a team and waited outside the camp gate for a while. After a while, Commander Zhao came out and said a few casual words to encourage morale, then waved his hand.
Lead the cavalry around the camp and head west.
Because the combat mission was to "sweep the south bank of Jishui", there was no time limit and no fixed combat target. The cavalry still marched on foot and led their horses as usual. That night, the cavalry from the three capitals arrived at Gaoyuan and stayed overnight.
There was a capital infantry stationed in the village. Commander Zhao and the officers from the battalion went to visit the capital without mentioning it. Ren Sui'an and his brothers had a good sleep in the house.
The next day, the cavalry battalion began to divide its troops. Jiadu took on the task of mopping up the north road and continued westward along the south bank of Jishui River, while Bingdu and Dingdu changed their routes to the southwest and south respectively. Zhao commanded and the battalion headquarters joined the army, and Yaya followed Bingdu.
They all raided the middle road, and made an appointment with Jiadu on the north road and Dingdu on the south road for daily travel distance and time for exchanging intelligence.
The area that Jiadu on the south bank of Jishui is responsible for is an area ten miles wide from north to south. Although the terrain is flat, there are still hills and hills. If all the brothers march in one place, it is very likely that the cavalry scouts infiltrated by the Xuanwu Army will be missed.
In the past, Dutou, joined the army and the two teams were discussing for a while, and then divided the troops again. The left team and the right team were each responsible for the front five miles wide from north to south. They all moved forward together and conducted a dragnet search, striving to leave no blind spots.
The five-mile-wide area was still very large, so the teams dispersed again. Each team was responsible for a one-mile-wide front, which basically covered the entire marching passage.
After more than a year of war, there are no ordinary people on the south bank of Jishui. Looking from a distance, you can often see dilapidated cottages and abandoned fields. Occasionally, you can see dead bones and broken wooden guns around you, as well as burnt black objects.
Wheel fragments. Sometimes you can see a large group of vultures gathered around one place, constantly picking up dead bodies on the ground and pecking at them. After walking for two days in a row, the brothers all felt a little palpitated.
Occasionally they would encounter a baggage convoy traveling between Qizhou and Bochang, and the brothers would quickly step forward to ask a few questions about the situation ahead. According to the sergeant guarding the baggage convoy, these days, one can often see the goods on the south bank of Jishui River.
The cavalry scouts arrived at the Xuanwu Army. These scouts were not many in number, but they would sometimes surround the convoy, greatly reducing the speed of the convoy. They were very annoying, so Ren Sui'an and his brothers became more vigilant when searching.
After crossing the long mountain line, Ren Sui'an's group spread out even further. They carefully searched every shrub and forest. When they saw a hilly slope that blocked their view, they would carefully go up to check.
In the evening of this day, it was time to withdraw the troops. According to the usual practice, all groups should gather in the direction of the head of the army. Captain Liu looked at the sky and called on his brothers to turn north. After a stone's throw, they saw
There was a low slope in front of the left. Captain Liu pointed at the low slope and said, "Go over and have a look."
In the Lulong Army cavalry training regulations, there are strict arrangements for the sequence of the scout team during the march, and no mistakes are allowed. Training is carried out in accordance with the regulations on weekdays, and this is still the case in wartime.
According to the marching regulations, when a group of ten cavalry performs a task alone, the queue is divided into three groups. The group leader is at the top, and behind him to the left is the corps leader, who forms the middle group with the four cavalry behind him. This group of cavalry has many weapons in its hands.
The main purpose of holding ordnance is to conserve physical strength. There are two cavalry on the left and right sides at a certain distance, forming two groups. When the two groups on the left and right are marching, the first cavalry holds a lance, and the second cavalry holds a hand crossbow with the crossbow bolted.
This arrangement of marching formations originated from the joint research of Yu Housi and the Training Department. They summarized the previous combat experience against the prairie cavalry, and finally formulated it as a marching drill, which will also derive many methods of close combat and distant combat.
Tactics are the standard for the Lulong Army’s cavalry operations.
The first rider of the group on the left was Ren Sui'an. He tightened his legs on the horse's belly, took off the lance from the horse hook with his right hand, clamped it under the armpit of his right arm, and then galloped towards the lower slope. Behind him
The second rider followed about five or six horses behind him, hanging leisurely.
After several days of searching with no results, Ren Sui'an became a little relaxed. He galloped his horse straight up the low slope, and then...
Several feathered arrows made a "swish" sound and were shot towards him very suddenly. Ren Sui'an was frightened by the sudden shooting. Ren Sui'an simply used his family's martial arts skills and tilted his head to the right in his busy schedule. A feather arrow
It directly hit the side of the leather helmet and was bounced away by the leather helmet. The other two feathered arrows grazed the outside of the left cheek and missed. Another feathered arrow shot right into the left shoulder armor, passing through the outer layer of leather and
The linen lining was nailed into the shoulder socket, and Ren Suian groaned in pain immediately.
Ren Sui'an's martial arts were inherited from his family, and he had been practicing riding skills for more than half a year under the guidance of Khitan riding and archery experts. At this moment, when he suddenly encountered an enemy, he tightened his right leg on the horse's belly like a conditioned reflex, and shifted his center of gravity to the right. The war horse
He immediately turned around and drove out in a diagonal circle. Ren Sui'an endured the pain and shouted: "The enemy is riding!"
Just at that moment, he hurriedly saw a dozen cavalry hiding at the foot of the slope. The four in front were dismounted and half kneeling on the ground, clasping the second arrow on the bowstring. The six behind him began to mount their horses.
Already prepared to launch an assault.
Ren Sui'an crouched on his horse and took a long circle. When he turned around, he happened to see the Xuanwu Army cavalry rushing out from the lower slope and charging towards his group. The second cavalry who had been following him just now circled around.
The flanks of the Xuanwu Army cavalry were shooting at the Xuanwu Army cavalry with short crossbows. In the blink of an eye, the second cavalry's hand crossbow shot achieved results.
The standard hand crossbow equipped by the Lulong Army cavalry is a three-bolt repeating crossbow. There is a fixed gaze in front of the crossbow. The firing speed is fast and the accuracy is good. The second cavalry's three-bolt burst directly shot a cavalryman hanging behind the Xuanwu cavalry off the horse.
With his feet still hooked in the stirrups, he was dragged forward by the running horses, and at the same time affected the charge route of several cavalrymen behind the Xuanwu Cavalry.
The Xuanwu Cavalry immediately separated two cavalrymen and ran towards Ren Sui'an's second cavalry, hoping to eliminate the threat posed by the second cavalry to their flanks. The second cavalry threw the empty hand crossbow on the ground, hit the horse and walked away without fighting.