Spectacular, fierce, bloody, and cruel, it is the best interpretation of the ongoing cavalry charge.
The three thousand cavalry in the left wing of the Tielin army, led by Xu Hao, the governor's envoy, started a non-stop fight with the Jin army's cavalry.
The scale of the fighting is not large. They are all attacks and counterattacks carried out in conjunction with the infantry. Thousands of cavalry are considered large in scale. Generally speaking, there are only a few hundred cavalry.
But accumulated throughout the day, the casualties were astonishing: 700 of the Tielin Army's three thousand cavalry had been killed, and almost everyone was injured.
As for the Jin army, the cavalry of the Yiwu army was defeated and was regrouping in the rear. An Fuqian's cavalry was also severely damaged, losing more than 300 lives. In other words, the main force of the Yiwu army still maintained its combat effectiveness. Li Siben rushed left and right to kill.
, very arrogant.
The fate of the Tielin Army's cavalry is inevitable.
Some people in the Japanese army had already fled, about a hundred or ten, and now their heads were hung up, shocking everyone: Want to escape? Try to see if two legs are faster than four legs.
Their efforts successfully disrupted the Jin army's ferocious attack on the Japanese army's camp.
A whole day passed, and the camp still stood there.
In fact, what if we cross over? There are also troops such as the National Defense Army, Tielin Army, and Tianxing Army in the rear. Their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of the Japanese army. Can you still eliminate them one by one?
The Jin army also discovered this problem. They sent out multiple groups of scouts and learned that tens of thousands of Xia troops were waiting from Pingyin to Changqing. They relied on praising the Japanese army to consume their own energy, physical strength, and morale, and then at the critical moment
Deliver a fatal blow.
There is almost no conspiracy at all. After the ambush failed, it has turned into a positional battle. Everything is out in the open, without any cover, just to take advantage of you. What's wrong?
After the battle between the cavalry, the Jin camp was gloomy and no one wanted to talk.
"Why don't you...turn back to Dong'a and go south to Yanzhou?" Wang Chuzhi suggested.
He could guess with his toes that either tonight or tomorrow, the rebel army would be sent to attack the stronghold. Although the Xia people's stronghold is like a broken house, it will fall down if you kick it, but you are required to kick it.
This is done at the cost of human life.
He was not happy, and neither were Yi Ding's warriors, although they would eventually carry out the order when fighting was necessary.
"Shut up!" An Fuqian said angrily: "We have reached this point, the only way is to defeat the enemy. Turn around? Humph, you promise there will be no thieves behind?"
Wang Chuzhi was filled with anger, but he managed not to burst out.
The royal family of Dingzhou has been married to the royal family of Jin for three generations. Who the hell do you think you are? You are just a fake Shatuo real Sogdian bastard.
When something happened in Hebei, how often did Yi Ding not send troops? There were rebellions in Guangyan Town and the crusade against Chengde, so the Yiwu Army was dispatched no less than three times. The King of Jin didn't say anything wrong with us, so who do you think you are?
"Okay!" He Huaibao patted the case, stopped An Fuqian, and said: "It is impossible to retreat. As the saying goes, block in front and chase after. Since the Xia people sent weak soldiers to block the road ahead, there must be elite soldiers behind them.
We have traveled all the way here. It is too risky to turn back now."
Wang Chuzhi was too lazy to speak and closed his eyes to rest.
Ma Ke treated the wound on his forearm as if there was no one around, not bothering to speak.
The cavalry of the Yiwu Army was crippled, and now there were only about a hundred cavalry left. The Jian Kou all lost thousands of troops. The morale they had stirred up during the previous mobilization was probably spent at 7,788, so it was time to replace them and go into battle.
Why do they keep letting them take the lead?
Li Siben was secretly angry. To be honest, he could leave. The Yier Army were all cavalry. As long as they wanted to run, they didn't have to take the post road, they could just walk through the wheat fields. But he didn't want to leave, and he didn't want to bear the reputation of abandoning his robe.
In the end, it was just death, which was easier for him to accept than running away from the battlefield.
He was now preoccupied with thinking about how to make the Xia army cavalry suffer, and was too lazy to care about other people's disputes.
Mi Zhicheng is in a pretty good mood.
This is also a heartless person. On the first day of the battle, he shot and wounded the Japanese deputy envoy Li Renhan from a long distance with an arrow, which shocked everyone. Then the supervising troops attacked and killed hundreds of Xia thieves before returning. The result of the battle was
Pretty good.
He is not afraid of death, he is just afraid of not having a stage to perform. It is difficult to fathom the psychology of this kind of person. He has a strong desire to perform and is too competitive. I don’t care how the battle turns out. I have to be happy myself.
"Let's do this." He Huaibao paused and said: "Continue to attack tonight, Wang will escort the Yamen, and Li Jun will lead his troops to disperse, drive away, and stop the bandit cavalry, An Fushun!"
"The end is here!"
"You lead 3,000 elite soldiers, together with the local men from Bozhou Tuan, to continue the attack on the bandit camp without any mistakes. I will see Dai Siyuan's head tomorrow." He Huaibao ordered.
"As ordered." An Fushun responded as he stepped out of the queue.
The attack on the camp last night was unsuccessful. Dai Siyuan was in a hurry, but in the end he still managed to hold on. After another day of fighting today, he should be at the end of his fight to support the Japanese army. If he is lucky, he might be able to break through the stronghold before dawn.
As for the bandit villages in Pingyin County and Nanshan, they are already half-broken. That means they have no interest in attacking, otherwise the Xia bandits there would probably have been defeated.
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The camp beside Juigoubo was already deserted.
Under Shao Shude's order, the army broke out of camp and marched westward, with Tianxing Army as the forerunner, followed by Tielin Army on the left and part of Dingnan Army, heading west.
"The shear bandits from Chengde lost no less than a thousand men. Their morale should be lower than before."
"Wang Chuzhi's cavalry of the Yiwu Army was defeated. The main force of the infantry is still there, but it is hard to say how much fighting spirit there is."
"The headquarters of the Jin army did not suffer major losses. The cavalry may have lost seven to eight hundred, but there are still three to four thousand cavalry, and their combat strength is still there. The main force of the infantry has not yet gone into battle, and its morale and physical strength have been maintained well."
"There are also more than 4,000 Bozhou native Tuan villagers. Their morale is low and they have no bearing on the overall situation."
Chen Chengzai carefully introduced the situation of the enemy's various units to Shao Shude, which was generally accurate.
"The vigor of the bandit army has been depleted, but it is far from enough." Shao Shude frowned.
The strategy is to tire out the veterans of the enemy's main division, and then command the elite new troops to attack them. This is the safest strategy. But now it seems that two days have not worn away enough of the enemy's energy, stamina, morale and life.
It is not the most favorable moment to launch a decisive battle.
"I gave the order to Qi Banzhang, and the Feilong Army dispatched a reinforcement force to support the Japanese army, the Zhongwu Army." Shao Shude said.
The Feilong Army will be guarding the gate now, and they will definitely be able to get there in one night.
"Follow your orders." Chen Cheng called someone and told him to go and handle it. Then he looked around and whispered: "Since March, we have spent a lot of money on surrendering troops..."
Shao Shude nodded slightly.
It was an established plan to consume unreliable troops that were not part of the system. Based on a rough calculation, Wang Tan's Shenjie Army suffered the greatest losses, with more than 4,000 troops lost.
Ranking second should be the Zhongwu Army. Eight thousand people arrived in Yunzhou, and the battle losses should be more than half.
Xu Bing can no longer be deliberately consumed. If we continue, the Zhao family may rebel.
The third largest loss was from the National Guard Army, with nearly 4,000 people.
They can no longer deliberately target them, and have to give some rewards to appease them. The National Protectorate Army has already caused a riot once, and although it was suppressed, their resistance is getting stronger and stronger.
The Jianrui Army's losses ranked fourth. It was fully equipped with 10,000 men, and more than 2,000 were left in the rear. More than 7,000 people marched eastwards, and the losses so far are no less than 3,000.
In addition to these troops, the Longxiang, Longhu, Guangsheng, Pengri, Pengsheng and other miscellaneous armies suffered varying losses, but none were as big as the above four.
"Of the three thousand men of the Jianrui Army, send five hundred back, and the rest will supply Wang Tan." Shao Shude ordered: "Wang Tan fought hard, let him regain his strength."
"In addition, the Zhao family in Xuzhou will send five hundred elite soldiers to Bianzhou to test their attitude."
"The Protecting Army... Let's forget about the Protecting Army. Wang Yao is so frightened that he probably won't dare to recruit more sergeants, and he shouldn't provoke the Protecting Army any more in the short term."
The Zhongwu Army should still have 8,000 soldiers left to guard Chen Xu. Asking them to pick 500 elite soldiers is a test in itself.
The finances are self-financed, and household registration and land registration are not included. The army only listens to its own orders, and officials appoint and remove themselves. The vassal towns are much more independent than the fake towns under Shao Shude. To be honest, he is not at ease, and it is necessary to test his attitude regularly.
This includes but is not limited to asking for money and food, selecting and sending elite soldiers, accepting and sending protons, "going to Beijing" to report on work, etc.
The Protectorate Army is now a powder keg and should no longer be stimulated. Wang Yao originally had 20,000 soldiers, but when he returned this time, he only had more than 10,000 soldiers left. He should not try to restore the general's scale to 20,000 in the short term and save the province.
The right way to appease the morale of the army is to distribute the money and food as rewards. After the situation stabilizes, he should expand the army again. This is the instinct of the warlord and has nothing to do with anything else.
"It's still less consumption..." Only in front of Chen Cheng would Shao Shude expose the secrets in his heart that could not be told to others.
Chen Cheng was silent. Too many troops had been surrendered. They had swallowed up General Tu, more than 4,000 Yunzhen warriors, and half of the Yamen army, but there were still so many warriors in the world.
In the new dynasty, only 300,000 forbidden troops are enough. If there are more, the burden on the people will be too heavy and it will be too difficult to support them.
In fact, local state and county soldiers do not need many soldiers. A few hundred warriors in one state is a big deal. The rest can be replaced by local men from the local regiment who are on duty in turn.
Therefore, when the method of demobilization is too sensitive and can easily arouse the collective hostility of the warriors, it is inevitable to slowly consume it. However, this kind of thing cannot be done too much. It is really difficult to control the time.
"This kind of thing cannot be delayed until my son's generation." Shao Shude added: "He can't control it and can't control it. I have to do this kind of thing every day I live."
Taking back power, cutting down vassals, and disbanding the old army are no easier than conquering the world. These warriors have grass growing in their hearts and are not even willing to farm. If you take over their jobs, even if you know they will lose, they are very likely to rebel.
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Shao Shude couldn't imagine that after his death, his son cut down the vassal and took over power. There was a rebellion in a vassal town, and a general was sent out of Beijing with 100,000 forbidden troops to quell the rebellion. Then the general made very little progress in suppressing the rebellion for a year, but he kept asking for equipment, money and food, and constantly arranged for
Confidants, strengthen prestige, what will happen in the end?
"Let's go, there are too many things to do." Shao Shude sighed and said.
On March 27, 500 cavalry from the He Gui Division of the Tianxing Army, serving as the vanguard, arrived east of Pingyin.
At this time, news was received that the Jin army attacked the Japanese army at night, and the Japanese army lost more than 2,000 soldiers and was about to collapse. At the critical moment, the Feilong Army entered the battlefield, attacked the Jin army at night, beheaded more than a thousand people, and captured Jin general An Chongjie.
In addition, ten thousand people from the right wing of Tielin's army have also arrived more than ten miles west of the Jin army's camp.
The Yi Congjun has passed through Dong'a and is heading towards the front line.
The Jin people were tightly surrounded. They had no other way out but to break into the mountains to the south. Once they broke into the mountains, their organization would naturally not be able to remain intact, and they would not be able to carry much food and water. In the end, only a few people could escape.
, but it depends on luck.
Anyway, from a military sense, these defeated Jin people can declare that the entire army was annihilated.
