In the battle of Liangshanji, the Tatars were killed and wounded no less than 4,000 horsemen, although many of them were killed and wounded, but there were at least 1,000 horses that were intact, and these more than 1,000 horses naturally became the trophies of the Tang Army, and it would not be long before these horses became the war horses of the Tang Dynasty cavalry and reappeared on the battlefield!

Moreover, when the 3rd Cavalry Detachment searched for it, it also found a herd of horses nearby, which was a herd of Tatar horses.

The Tatars fought on two or even three horses, and before the official battle, the cavalrymen would fight on the best horses, while the rest of the horses would be looked after in the rear.

The Tatars walked in a hurry, and although they took most of the horses with them, there was still one herd of horses that did not have time to retreat, and was caught up and captured by the 3rd Cavalry Detachment, which on the spot captured more than 2,000 horses intact.

Although these more than 2,000 horses are not the best horses for the Tatars, they can only be regarded as second-class horses, which are used to carry supplies and ride on the road, but for the Tatars and the Tang Army, these horses can be used as horse horses.

The Tatars did not lack horses, so they had higher requirements for choosing war horses, and if they were in a slightly more ordinary state, they could only serve as horses or ordinary horses.

However, the Tang Army is short of horses, especially horses, so as long as the quality is acceptable, it will be enriched for cavalry and used as cavalry horses.

You think, in the early years, the Tang cavalry was even forced to use southwest horses as riding horses, and later captured more, and also collected some of them in the people, which was barely scraped together thousands of riding horses.

Now more than 1,000 Mongolian horses in the best condition and more than 2,000 second-class Mongolian horses have been captured at one time, which is equivalent to being able to increase the Tang cavalry by more than 3,000 horses!

This battle, even though it was a lot of casualties, but in Li Xuan's opinion, it was earned, and it was a big gain!

When the report of the Battle of Liangshanji arrived in Li Xuan's hands, Li Xuan nodded with a pleased expression, and rarely said directly in front of the courtiers: "Chen Keqiao and Lu Yuzhi did a good job, and they dealt a severe blow to the arrogance of the Tatars!" ”

Under normal circumstances, Li Xuan rarely evaluates the courtiers in front of the outside, but now, in front of the courtiers, he directly praises Chen Keqiao and Lu Yuzhi, which is heard by many people, I am afraid that the next round of promotion to lieutenant general, I am afraid that Chen Keqiao and Lu Yuzhi will also be among them.

"The victory in this battle was not easy to come by, thanks to the heroic fighting of the officers and men of the Fifth Infantry Division and the Third Cavalry Detachment, especially the soldiers who were killed and wounded in the battle, it was they who used their own blood to forge this victory, so the follow-up pensions and rewards must be done, and the hearts of the soldiers and their families must not be chilled!"

After Li Xuan thought about it, he said again: "Let the Chaobao Division vigorously publicize it, so that the world can know the great achievements of the Fifth Infantry Division and the Third Cavalry Detachment, and let the world know that the combat power of my Tang Dynasty Division is unparalleled!" ”

Li Xuan's words were not finished, but continued: "In addition, Lu Yuzhi also said that with the current characteristics of my Tang cavalry, large-scale operations are far more advantageous than small-scale operations, and it is recommended to form a larger-scale cavalry establishment, so the Privy Council should follow up, I think that the cavalry battalion in the follow-up cavalry unit should be expanded into a cavalry regiment, and the cavalry regiment directly governs the cavalry team, and at the same time, each cavalry team should follow the cavalry unit of the Guards, so that each cavalry team should be no less than one hundred and fifty cavalry, and be organized into three cavalry platoons to fight, This ensured that the strength of each cavalry regiment would not be less than six hundred and fifty cavalry. ”

The reason why Li Xuan wanted to change the cavalry establishment was indeed because Lu Yuzhi said that the current establishment of the cavalry battalion was too small to meet the operational needs, and on the other hand, it was also because more than 3,000 Tatar horses had been captured.

At this time, the newly formed cavalry battalion is also more troublesome, because it has taken a long time for a new unit to form a combat strength, so it is better to directly supplement and expand the existing cavalry battalion.

Moreover, these 3,000 cavalry, if nothing else, will all be replenished on the spot to the cavalry units participating in the northern front, that is, the 3rd Cavalry Detachment and the Guards Cavalry Battalion.

And because it is now a critical combat period, it is even more inappropriate to change the establishment on a large scale, so Li Xuan's changes to the cavalry are nominally battalion to regiment, which is relatively large, but in fact it is not large.

Why?

Because basically, it is enough to directly rename the existing battalions as regiments, and then directly expand the size of each cavalry team.

In the past, each cavalry team had only 100 cavalry, but now it has been directly expanded to 150 people, although there are more people, but the command system is actually the same as before.

At the same time, this kind of cavalry establishment is actually not new, but the Guards side has been implemented for many years, the Guards have always been different from the army, the Guards infantry battalion is a large battalion of more than 1,000 people, and the cavalry battalion of the Guards Although there were only 400 cavalry in the early years, the cavalry team in the cavalry battalion of the Guards Army has a larger establishment, each team has 150 cavalry, and is organized into three cavalry platoons, each row of 50 cavalry.

Therefore, the actual size of the cavalry battalion of the Guards is also larger than that of the cavalry battalion of the army, reaching the scale of 650 cavalry.

Of course, now the 3rd Cavalry Detachment is at a critical moment in the battle, so even if it is reorganized, it is not now, but in the future.

Anyway, it takes a certain amount of time for those captured war horses to form combat effectiveness, and it also takes time for the cavalry recruits in the rear to replenish them, and if there is this time, it is enough for the various cavalry battalions under the Third Cavalry Detachment to form combat effectiveness.

The victory in the Battle of Liangshanji was a shot in the arm for the Tang Army, and after the Tang Army outside Anping Town learned that the Fifth Infantry Division and the Third Cavalry Detachment had jointly killed and wounded more than 4,000 Tatar cavalry, their morale was high, and the attack on Anping Town became more active.

It's just a large-scale decisive battle of 100,000 people, and it's not the kind of siege operations in the past, so both sides are very careful to repeatedly test it, especially the Tang Army, which is looking for the weaknesses of the Ming army through frequent tentative attacks of small and medium-sized estimates, and is also deploying a large number of artillery positions.

The Tang Army is still preparing and has not launched a large-scale offensive, and the Ming army on the opposite side is naturally willing to continue to delay time, the purpose of their Ming army is more simple and pure, they want to use Anping Town, or more precisely, the 100,000 Ming infantry in Anping Town to attract the main force of the Tang Army, and then let the Ming cavalry and Tatar cavalry attack the rear of the Tang Army, and cut off the logistics supply line of the Tang Army through cavalry to shake the Tang Army.

This is also the core strategy of Emperor Zhengde to put down an army of 100,000 in Anping Town.

If the Tang Army does not take the initiative to attack, the Ming Army will not take the initiative to attack, so the large-scale decisive battle between the two sides has not been fought for many days before, but now, I am afraid that the situation will change.

Tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry went south, but instead of cutting off the supply line of the Tang army, they were killed by the infantry and cavalry of the Tang army with 4,000 cavalry, and the remaining Tatar cavalry also shrank back and did not dare to continue south.

The 10,000 cavalry of the Ming Army on the east bank of the canal were also powerless, and they wanted to cut off the supply line of the canal, but the Fifth Infantry Division and the Third Cavalry Detachment had always been guarding them, and there was no good chance to do it at all.

Besides, they don't have much self-confidence, the Tatar cavalry on horseback was defeated by the pseudo-Tang thief army, although they think that their strength is also good, but they don't think that they will be much stronger than the Tatar cavalry.

The Tatar cavalry was defeated, and the Ming cavalry was powerless, which also announced that the strategy that Emperor Zhengde had painstakingly planned had been completely defeated!

What to do?

Emperor Zhengde has also been sad in the past two days, and he also received the battle report of the battle of Liangshanji for the first time, and the Tatars took the initiative to tell him this time, but the Ming army also has reconnaissance horses!

Nowadays, with Anping Town as the center, especially in the area south of Anping Town, there are many scouts from the three sides, and the scouts are all running fast, and it is very difficult to catch them.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the situation within a radius of tens of miles is actually transparent to the generals of the three parties, of course, this is only limited to large-scale operations, if it is only a few hundred or thousands of people who go out day and night, it is also possible to evade the other party's reconnaissance.

But if it's a large-scale operation of tens of thousands of people, then basically don't expect to be able to evade the eyes and ears of the scouts.

The march of tens of thousands of people is at least spread for several kilometers, and this place is flat terrain, as long as the scout is not a fool, he can detect the general situation, of course, it is impossible to know how detailed it is.

At least at present, the Ming army and the Tatars do not know that the Tang Army in the rear to guard the logistics line is the Fifth Infantry Division, which is the top ace force in the entire Tang Army, and they still think that the Fifth Infantry Division is just the main force of the ordinary Tang Army.

However, the current intelligence reconnaissance is also meaningless, because everyone's main force is placed here, so you are not afraid of your scouts to spy on it, such as the army, the 100,000 army of people is placed outside Anping Town openly, and your Ming army has the ability to counterattack, or the Tatars take the initiative to fight over if you have the ability!

Do they dare?

Don't dare, so they can only pay attention to the Datang logistics supply line, but unfortunately they failed.

And now, it is the turn of the main forces of Datang to carry out their own actions.

After a long period of preparation, Lieutenant General Lei Wan officially reported to Li Xuan that the troops' topographical reconnaissance of the battlefield, the detailed reconnaissance of the enemy troops, the scheduled artillery positions, and ammunition reserves had all been prepared, and even the military hospital for the treatment of the wounded had been set up.

And this is also to announce that the main force of the Tang Army can officially launch the attack on Anping Town!

Now that he is ready, Li Xuan is not hypocritical, and directly orders the troops to attack, and he will also come to the front line in person!

Li Xuan Anping Town is here, naturally he will not sit in the rear to watch the play, although it is impossible for him to go directly to the front line to fight like the officers on the front line, but he will still go to the front line, and this time, not only to supervise the battle, he will personally command the 100,000 army to defeat Zhengde and unify China!

This will be a duel between the emperor and the emperor!