Chapter 157 20,008 Banners Elite VS 8,000 Muscle Corps
Fangshan County, Liangxiangzhuang.
The main camp of the Hou Jin army was set up here.
now.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was very solemn and depressing.
"In other words, we have more than 20,000 people, but we were lost in the hands of that silver-armored army. Among them, more than 5,000 elites from the Jianzhou headquarters (i.e. Zhentar) were killed?"
Huang Taiji, who was sitting on the chair, said with a sullen face, the muscles near the corners of his eyes twitching, obviously extremely angry.
Dege Lei, Dai Shan, Saha Lian, Shuo Tuo, Azige and others below all bowed their heads and remained silent.
Bang bang!
Huang Taiji hammered the desk in front of him with his fist and said angrily: "When Deng Shiku's five thousand cavalry were defeated at Tongzhou City, you should pay attention to this army. You must assemble the elite and destroy this powerful army first."
The threatening army, why was Deng Shikudu's entire army wiped out, and your soldiers and horses of various banners are still looting, killing, and raping everywhere, instead of reacting immediately and taking this matter seriously?"
"Great Khan, I sent someone to investigate clearly. The army that attacked us was the Xu family army from Xujiazhuang in the south of the Yangtze River. They sent an elite team to specifically fight against us Houjin, but we know very little about Xujiazhuang in detail.
Needless to say, Xu Jiajun was caught off guard this time because we knew ourselves but did not know the enemy. As long as we pay attention to it and take targeted actions, we will definitely defeat it and avenge our shame!" The leader of the four Baylors is Zhenghongqi.
The flag owner represents Shandao.
"Xujiazhuang is just a businessman. It has a lot of business dealings with us. They purchased a lot of wood, ginseng, and dongzhu from Liaodong. Our Houjin also has a lot of exquisite goods from Xujiazhuang. The two parties could have cooperated with each other for mutual benefit.
I wonder why Xujiazhuang wants to be our enemy instead of cooperating to carve up the Ming Dynasty?" Fan Wencheng, a civil servant, was puzzled.
"Great Khan! Let my two blue flags go to fight Xu Jiajun!"
Degelei stood up and said with a sad face: "I want to avenge my son. I want to skin these people from the Xu family army one by one, dig out their hearts, and pay tribute to my son Deng Shiku!"
"Zhengbai Banner is also willing to send five thousand elites to help the Two Blue Banners annihilate the Xu family army!"
Azige also stood up and said that the appearance and intervention of the Xu Jiajun not only seriously disrupted the plans of the Hou Jin Army, but also caused considerable losses to the Hou Jin Army. However, they knew very little about Xujiazhuang and Xu Jiajun.
That is to say, the loopholes in intelligence caused unexpected losses and even slowed down the response.
"Great Khan, the two red flags are also willing to send their elite troops to first destroy the Xu family army that ruined our affairs."
Dai Shan also expressed his position, if they did not quickly destroy the Xu family army, they Houjin would not be able to kill and plunder comfortably. Attacking the capital and wiping out the Qinwang reinforcements from all directions of the Ming army would be in vain. They must concentrate enough
The elite, pull out this nail first!
"At least you didn't plunder to the point of dizziness!"
Huang Taiji nodded and said: "From what those soldiers who were lucky enough to escape told us about the Xu family's Silver Armor Army, this elite Silver Armor Army was divided into several groups, each with about 2,000 troops, and a total of more than 6,000 people.
, it will not exceed 8,000, but it can defeat 5,000 cavalry head-on with 3,000 armored soldiers. If we want to annihilate this silver-armored army, we must concentrate more than 30,000 elite troops! Otherwise, it will be difficult to win, and it will be impossible to reduce casualties and kill
A victory in which the enemy loses one thousand and loses eight hundred is not what we want, it is a defeat for us!"
Thirty thousand elite?
Do you have to be an elite member of the Jianzhou headquarters?
But in the Hou Jin Army, there were only about 300 elite troops from the Eight Banners Headquarters, a total of 60,000 to 70,000 people. After being attacked by Xu Jiajun, they had lost more than 5,000 people, and now only a little over 60,000 were left!
If 30,000 of our elites were sent to fight against the Xu family army, wouldn't it be equivalent to using half of our core strength to deal with a Xu family army of several thousand people?
This can’t be said to be overkill, but it’s also a bit too much.
In addition, the Xu family's Yinjia army has extremely sophisticated equipment and absolutely not weak combat effectiveness. Even if the Xu family's army can be eliminated, it may still cost a lot of casualties, resulting in more losses than gains.
"Great Khan, 30,000 elites of our clan are too many. It's too risky."
"Just draw out 20,000 elite members of our clan. This Xu family army is divided into multiple groups, with only 2,000 people in each group. If we concentrate ten times the force and defeat them one by one, can't we still win?"
"If it's still not safe enough, let's take out another 10,000 Mongolian cavalry and let them rush in front and consume the strength of the Xu family's army. When they are exhausted, we will attack with the whole army and decide in one battle! The Xu family's army will definitely be defeated.
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For the benefit of the people of this tribe, Daishan, Saharian, Dergelei, Azige and others all gave advice one after another.
"Twenty thousand elites of our clan...is this enough?"
Huang Taiji frowned and became entangled. In fact, his subconscious was telling him that this Xu family's army should not be underestimated. They must concentrate their absolute superior strength and use the power of Mount Tai to strike with a heavy hammer! Only then can they crush the Xu family's Silver Armored Army.
If there is less, the pressure is not enough, and it is the elite Eight Banners who suffer heavy losses.
But... there are only more than 60,000 elite members of our clan left, and we can no longer afford the loss.
If it loses another 10,000 yuan, Houjin's internal control will weaken.
If the loss is 20,000, then the troops must be withdrawn, and the entry into the customs will be declared a failure.
If all the 30,000 elite troops were lost, both the Later Jin Army and the Later Jin Kingdom would probably collapse, because the remaining 30,000 people could only maintain a powerful tribe, not a huge khanate.
"Then select 20,000 elites of our own clan and 10,000 Mongolian cavalry, with Derge as the main general, Sahalian and Azig as deputy generals, and lead these 30,000 elite troops. After finding the Xu family's silver-armored army, take them
Defeat them one by one and annihilate them all!"
Huang Taiji chose a compromise plan and immediately gave the order.
"Yes, Khan!"
Everyone half-knelt down and said.
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the other side.
Xu Jiajun's muscular army found that the Tartars gradually disappeared during their raids on the surrounding area after September 27th.
Or they retreat one after another to distance themselves from the muscle army, and move closer to each other, hugging each other, and being on high alert to avoid being wiped out by the muscle army.
Moreover, ordinary people were used as hostages, and after walking a certain distance, a group of them were released. The Muscle Legion chased them in a hurry, and they began to kill people and asked not to come near. It can be seen that these Tartars have developed fear of the Muscle Legion.
This makes it difficult for the Muscle Legion to pursue them. After all, the Tartars just want to run away. If they are forced to jump over the wall, the biggest victims will be ordinary people.
However, Shi Yong and others also realized that there would no longer be small-scale contact battles. The Hou Jin Army already knew how powerful they were and had been forced to form a group. In response to the approaching muscle brigade, tens of thousands of people were dispatched each time.
Stand ready, or set up pocket formations, waiting for the muscle brigade to rush in directly.
It's just that with two thousand people against tens of thousands, even if there is a chance of winning, normal people will rarely be reckless. The gap in military strength is too big. Melee combat relying on muscle strength is a battle that consumes physical strength. No matter how strong the physical strength is, it will be exhausted.
When they are weak and weak, the muscle group may not be able to withstand the battle.
"All the teams will gather on me immediately!"
"The number of Tatars has increased, and we must fight as a team."
"The real war is probably coming, and we must be prepared."
Through wireless telegraphy, Shi Yong said to the captains of the other three muscle brigades.
"Yes, understand!"
"We will move closer to the first team immediately."
"receive!"
Soon, on the afternoon of September 28th, the muscular men who were divided into four groups gathered at a place called Daxingzhuang. They formed a muscle army of nearly 8,000 people and set up camp to rest.
But only for one night.
The morning of the 29th.
The dull sound of horse hooves and footsteps came from all directions towards Daxingzhuang.
The muscle army was faintly surrounded in the middle.
"Huhuhu~"
Shi Yong ordered his men to blow the whistle for emergency assembly, and counted the number of people available for combat at 7,866, which can be counted as eight thousand.
The Houjin Army, which has surrounded Daxingzhuang without leaving any gaps, has about 30,000 troops, some of which are mounted infantry, and most of which are cavalry. They are well-armed and armored. Their number is four times their number, and each of them is strong.
He has a strong face and exudes the aura of a strong man.
"Muscle Legion, immediately put on your armor and hold your sword, and the whole army will come out of the camp and prepare for a bloody battle!"
Shi Yong roared loudly.
The battle of Daxingzhuang is about to break out!
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Readers, don’t rush me. The climax will come soon. I have my own rhythm. I have written so many plots in only 500,000 words. Is this too slow? I plan to write this book to more than 3 million words.