What Chief of Staff Feng Xuekun said, Bai Yuntian naturally knew that there were at least 5,000 troops stationed on the opponent's frontal defense line, and there were also many artillery pieces.

Considering that behind them is the Jingzhou Machinery Bureau, they can get a large number of weapons and ammunition every day, while their own side is only a cavalry unit, and due to the rapid attack, they only carry more than 20 75 mm cavalry guns, and the ammunition they carry is not much.

In terms of firepower, your side is at a huge disadvantage

But then don't you fight?

Impossible, he led the Ninth Cavalry Division all the way to the north, the only strategic goal was the Jingzhou Machinery Bureau, whether it was to seize the Jingzhou Machinery Bureau or block, or simply direct artillery destruction, it was necessary to make the Jingzhou army unable to obtain weapons and ammunition from the Jingzhou Machinery Bureau.

Otherwise, his Ninth Cavalry Division and even the entire Second Cavalry Corps would have lost their point in running long distances.

However, it is also a considerable fact that the troops on the opposite side are strong and the firepower is strong, and it is naturally impossible for him to command his subordinates to kill them directly without a head or brain, in this case, he will be killed by the enemy's shells and bullets.

"Let the scouts continue to search, and if necessary, they can test the firepower to find out the detailed deployment of the enemy's troops, and then send the scouts to pay attention to the movements of the capital area in the north."

Bai Yuntian Shaoqing did not let the troops attack immediately, but let the troops start to rest, and at the same time sent more scouts to search and pay attention to the surrounding situation, and at the same time find out the reality of the opposite side.

Bai Yuntian took more than 6,000 cavalry to kill outside the Jingzhou Machinery Bureau, and the news instantly spread throughout the Jingzhou Machinery Bureau, and even the entire eastern suburbs of the capital area.

Soon there was movement in the city, and the reconnaissance cavalry reported that a cavalry unit of tens of thousands of people belonging to the Black Sword Corps began to come out of the city and came straight to the Ninth Cavalry Division, which obviously wanted to take advantage of the arrival of the Ninth Cavalry Division and prepare for a fight.

Faced with this situation, Bai Yuntian was happy.

They didn't passively defend the city, but wanted to take the initiative, which is a good thing

You must know that the Daheng unified army went north to the Beijing Division, in fact, what I was most afraid of was that the troops in Jingzhou could not hold out, so it would be possible to fight a tough battle, and it would be a street battle, which would consume too much and take too long.

The Northern Expedition of the Daheng Unification Army this time was to try to avoid this kind of thing as much as possible.

Bai Yuntian simply gave up his plan to continue attacking the Jingzhou Machine Bureau, and he couldn't beat it anyway if he wanted to.

"Since the enemy's tens of thousands of cavalry have sent out to attack, then wait first, and then take a look, and at the same time seize the time to rest, prepare to return south at any time, and then send a letter to the military headquarters, tell them the situation, and ask them for rapid reinforcements."

Feng Xuekun asked, "My lord, do you want to lure them out and annihilate them?"

Feng Xuekun naturally knew very well that his own troops seemed to be alone in the depths, but in fact, there was the main force of the Second Cavalry Army behind them, and the distance between the two was actually only more than 20 kilometers, and if the cavalry carried out a short and rapid maneuver, it would be possible to reach it in a few hours.

If you retreat to the south, guide the enemy cavalry to the south, and then you will be able to counterattack a wave

Bai Yuntian said: "Well, if you can lure these tens of thousands of cavalry out, it will be easier to go back and fight the city again, but it is difficult to say whether they will follow them smoothly."

Bai Yuntian's plan was very simple, if the other party followed, then he would have the opportunity to cooperate with the 10th Cavalry Division of the Second Cavalry Army, the 11th Cavalry Division and other directly subordinate units of the 2nd Cavalry Army, and inflict heavy losses on the 10,000 cavalry of the Black Sword Corps.

The 10,000 cavalry in this Black Sword Corps is estimated to be the last cavalry main force in the hands of the Jingzhou side.

The troops controlled by the royal family of Jingzhou are actually only the Guards Legion and the Black Sword Corps, and the two combined cavalry are only tens of thousands, and in the previous Southern Front Campaign, the Daheng Unification Army has already annihilated more than 20,000 cavalry in Jingzhou, including more than 10,000 cavalry of the Black Sword Corps.

As long as the more than 10,000 cavalry is severely damaged, then only infantry and artillery will be left in the hands of the Jingzhou royal family.

The Jingzhou army, which lost its cavalry units, also lost the initiative on the battlefield.

In the battle of Daheng, infantry, cavalry and artillery are indispensable, otherwise you will suffer a lot, even if it is a defensive battle, you must have enough cavalry, otherwise you will be surrounded by the enemy's cavalry in minutes.

Once surrounded by a bypass and completely cut off the supply line, Jingshi was a lonely city, and could no longer obtain external food and other material supplies.

The capital city with a population of one million is not one of those fortresses with only tens of thousands of troops stationed, even if the fortress is surrounded, the food hoarded in it can generally sustain tens of thousands of troops for months or even longer.

However, the capital with a population of one million needs to consume countless grains every day, and after being completely besieged, although there is a certain amount of food reserves in the city, it will definitely not be able to hold out for too long.

When the food is finished, he will have to surrender without beating himself

Bai Yuntian Shaoqing, after taking the Ninth Cavalry Division north to the Jingzhou Machinery Bureau, found that the Jingzhou Machinery Bureau was not easy to fight, and after discovering that the main force of the enemy's cavalry took the initiative to attack, he quickly changed his strategy and tried to lure out the tens of thousands of cavalry to annihilate it.

His strategic idea was soon passed on to the hands of Yin Guangqing, the commander of the Second Cavalry Army.

Yin Guangqing, who is only twenty-nine years old, has a very special eight-character beard, and although he is on the march, he is still wearing a neat general's dress.

However, although he was wearing a general's dress, it was difficult to see the heroic spirit of a soldier from this person, who was only about one meter six tall and fat

In fact, when he was studying in the Suiying Academy in the forty-ninth year of Yongchang, he was not in good shape.

But within a few years, he has become fatter and fatter year by year, and after a few years in the army, he is full of muscles, but he has become full of fat.

Because his weight has soared so fast, that in the past year, when he was fighting, he rode in a carriage on weekdays, and the horses he rode on the battlefield were also stout horses used by the military to carry supplies, rather than the Nanzhou horses that other officers liked to ride.

That is, he was originally short, otherwise he would be so fat that he would not even be able to carry Thomas.

But don't look at this person's good looks, but he can become the commander of one of the four cavalry armies in the Daheng Unified Army, and he is also the commander of the main cavalry unit of the Second Cavalry Army, naturally because of his good ability.

This way started from the platoon commander of the cavalry platoon, the company commander, the regiment commander, then the brigade commander, then the division commander, and then to the current army commander.

As soon as he received Bai Yuntian's letter, he pondered a little and said: "Give Bai Yuntian an order, don't lead the enemy cavalry to the headquarters, contain the other party a little, just don't let them return to the city in advance, but you still have to pay attention to safety, don't be blocked by others." ”

"Emergency Army, move to the southern suburbs of the capital district, we will move in place tonight, and block the back road of this enemy cavalry first."

Simply lead the enemy to attack, the initiative is still in the hands of the other party, come or not, that is their choice.

And Yin Guangqing does not like to fight without the initiative

So he chose a more straightforward way, directly blocking the enemy's rear road