Before noon that day, the three companies of Tan Sigui's Fourth Battalion, the Musket Company, and the artillery battalion had all rushed to the outskirts of Luodu and surrounded the big town from three sides. The enemy did not go out of the town to form a field battle, but quickly retreated from the outskirts of the town, and all of them retreated into the town, relying on the earthen wall to defend. Perhaps they had discovered that it was not a good idea to engage superior officers and infantry in the flat, dry fields outside the town.

"Old Tan, it's up to you when you come down! How are you going to fight? Song Zhenzong, who was commanding at the front, shouted happily. Intelligence said that there were only a thousand enemies in the town. Now surrounded on three sides and a big river on one side, it means that the enemy cannot escape.

A pair of small eyes blinked at the old face like the vicissitudes of old Tan Gu's bark:

"Commander, this town is not small! Our fourth battalion has two companies missing, and if we follow the tactical principle of 'one point and two sides' mentioned in the Shizi textbook, the three companies will be divided into three directions to attack, so that the strength of the main attack direction will be too weak. In the unlikely event that the enemy counterattacks a company with all his might, none of them will be able to hold it. The regiment commander, the general's idea: since there are cavalry on the periphery, the enemy can't run away at all, it is better to concentrate the three companies together, and add the fire gun company to it, and enter from one opening. It would be best if the enemy abandoned the town and fled, and the cavalry could cut off their heads outside the town at will; If the enemy holds the town, we'll push them out step by step! ”

Hearing Lao Tan's thoughts, Song Zhenzong first shook his head, and then nodded.

He said: "You didn't participate in the training camp in Songlin Mountain, and you didn't listen to the tactical class taught by Shizi. The so-called tactical principle of 'one point and two sides' does not mean that the forces on three sides are equally divided, but that there must be a key point of attack first. On the premise of ensuring the focus, one side, two sides, or three sides are carried out to attract the enemy to disperse his forces and prevent the enemy from escaping. The specific deployment is determined by the comparison of the enemy's forces and the terrain. In front of this town, you can just punch in one point, and you don't need to copy more, so your idea is right, but your understanding of the tactical principles of the prince is completely wrong! Recently, the army in Luzhou has expanded too fast, and the study has been relaxed! You are the battalion commander, learn to take the lead! ”

"Yes! The regimental commander has learned a lesson! Tan Sigui was reprimanded for splitting his head and covering his face, but he was not annoyed at all. His little eyes blinked again: "Regiment commander, can you give me a company from the fifth battalion as a reserve?" ”

"The fourth battalion has strengthened a fire company, are you still too little?"

"No, Commander, I'm afraid that the information is not accurate. In case there are more than a thousand ...... in the town Those bandits are all outlaws, and if they fight with us, they will worry about the casualties. And the fire bolt is the treasure of the prince......"

Tan Sigui's worries about intelligence work, Song Zhenzong understood it.

The sudden departure of the Tu Riots from Bashan before the end of the year and their attack on Guang'an, Pengzhou, and Hezhou was completely unexpected by the Shizi and the General Staff Officer. It is estimated that most of the prefecture and county village protection teams stationed in Shunqing Prefecture were not in place, and although the village protection teams in Qu County were in place, their troops were too weak and the time was too late, resulting in the death of all the platoons stationed in Qu County. The prince of the world put the responsibility for this incident on the head of Liu Mingsheng, the director of the intelligence bureau, and gave him a punishment of dismissal and probation.

After Song Zhenzong arrived in Hezhou, he had a conversation with Shu Guoping and Liu Mingsheng. Liu Mingsheng said that he was not negligent in collecting intelligence on the local rioters, but that the existing information showed that the local rioters would come out to grab grain during the spring famine in February next year, and that the General Staff Department had drawn up a counteroffensive plan for March on the basis of this. As for why the local rioters were dispatched in advance, there are many speculations, but none of them have been fully confirmed. Now that the war has begun, he also feels that the intelligence work has indeed not kept up with the needs of the war, so it is completely correct for the prince to punish him.

In front of Song Zhenzong, the veteran general of the caravan, Liu Mingsheng's words were a bit like official clichés, and he said a lot, but there was no specific content at all. Only Shu Guoping quietly leaked a little news to his old partner Song Zhenzong: Liu Mingsheng made a mistake this time, mainly because he credulously believed the intelligence of Zhang Guangpei, the deputy director in charge, and even more unfortunately, he also patted Shizi's chest in the report.

Even Liu Mingsheng himself admitted that there was a problem with the intelligence work, and Song Zhenzong, who was in charge of the command of the campaign, was of course more careful. During this offensive on the right bank of the Qujiang River, he had been sending scouts from afar, carefully advancing in his whole formation to prevent his troops from being suddenly attacked by the enemy's brigade. Song Zhenzong knew very well that before joining up with the reinforcements of the 1st Regiment of He Zengzhi, he had less than 3,000 troops in his hands and could not afford to face a large-scale battle alone.

Tan Sigui made a request for reinforcements from the fifth battalion, not because Tan Sigui was cowering, but because he was worried that the intelligence was biased. If the enemy's strength is far more than 1,000 and he is defending the city, then it is indeed a bit difficult for him to attack a large town with 800 men in four companies. However, although his request was reasonable, Song Zhenzong could not agree. The reason is not in the military, but in politics.

The fifth battalion is the Tianquan Tusi Infantry Battalion, which contains two companies brought by Gao Antai from Chengdu Prefecture, and one company of guards brought by Gao Dengtai when he took office as judge of Luzhou. After Gao Dengtai was in distress in Luzhou, the Gao family sent more than 200 people to form a new company and two independent platoons. Later, the prince ordered the whole army to be reorganized, and He Youyi and Song Zhenzong organized these four companies and one platoon into the fifth battalion of the caravan, leaving only one platoon for the brothers Gao Dengtai and Gao Antai as guards.

On the night when Song Zhenzong arrived in Hezhou, the prince gave him the truth: Tianquan Yang wanted to send two cavalry battalions to form a Tusi regiment with the fifth infantry battalion and the second cavalry battalion, but the prince did not agree with this. Therefore, the prince ordered him, the commander leading the troops, to think of turning the fifth battalion into a caravan in all aspects such as ideological education, combat style, observance of military discipline, troop organization, and weaponry. The purpose is to transform them from a Chinese-speaking Tusi soldier into a real caravan force. The prince also told him that in order to achieve this change, the prince had taken out the first and second companies of the guard battalion and mixed them with the second cavalry battalion. Later, the cavalry of the second battalion could also take on escort duties like the guard battalion.

The prince's thoughtfulness was so thoughtful that even He Youyi felt admired, and Song Zhenzong would not doubt it. But he knew that it would not be easy to fully integrate the Tianquan Tusi soldiers into the caravan. The most troublesome problem is the looting habits of the Tusi soldiers.

These days, all the Tusi soldiers are either members of the Gao family or slaves of the Gao family. Their military salaries and rewards for their military exploits were treated equally with other troops. But as far as he knew, most of the money was collected by the Gao family, and ordinary soldiers could only make a fortune by looting on the battlefield. After repeated training, the Tusi soldiers are now able to do not rob the people, but the enemy's property is still correct. If you try to stop the toasts, they will look at you with strange eyes - why can't the enemy take something?

Luodu is a large town, and it is said that it is also one of the most wealthy towns in Guang'an Prefecture. If the toast soldiers were allowed to enter the city, they didn't know what they would do! In Yazhou, the Tusi soldiers grabbed a lot of money, so that the people of Yazhou still hate them. If they come out again in Luodu, whether it is looked at by Liao Daheng who accompanied the army, or by the people of Guang'an Prefecture, it will be a political disaster for the third regiment and the regiment commander Song Zhenzong, who participated in the war for the first time after its formation!

Thinking of this, Song Zhenzong told Tan Sigui the truth:

"The fifth battalion is not strictly disciplined, and it cannot enter the city! The 5th Battalion fought bravely, and it was originally intended to be used for field battles under the city of Guang'an, not in the city. Besides, Ben General had sent them to the front line of Lion Rock to block the reinforcements from Guang'an City. Now it's too late to rush in. You want to have a reserve, you can! In this way, Ben will first transfer the 2nd Cavalry Battalion to the north and south sides of the town, replace your two companies, and give you a company of guard cavalry to be the vanguard. You redeploy and form an absolute advantage at the breaking point! Remember, make the most of the firepower of artillery and guns, and trade iron for human lives! ”

The new offensive deployment was quickly completed.

Because the main markets in Luodu Town were spread out along the banks of the Qujiang River, long from north to south and narrow from east to west, Lao Tan chose the direction of attack to the west of Luodu, that is, the waist of the enemy's defensive line.

His intention was to draw the enemy to the front line of the castle wall, and then use the firepower to inflict massive damage on the enemy, or to collapse the enemy's defenses, or to attract the enemy's main force to his presence, so that the prince could easily land on the docks. The specific deployment is:

Each of the three companies had three platoons and one platoon of firecrackers as the first line, with three companies on the left, one company in the center, and four companies on the right. The company commanded three infantry platoons and one platoon of firearms, which followed up after the first company and acted as a reserve. The 1st artillery company had six guns on the right flank, and the 2nd artillery company had half a company on the left flank. After following the 4th Company in a mounted formation, the 2nd Company of the Guard Battalion waited for an opportunity to charge the enemy formation. Tan Sigui's command position was on the right flank of the first company.

The battle did not begin with the roar of artillery.

In the cold and desolation of winter, the trumpeters of the battalion headquarters sounded the horn of the attack. The big drums on the two-wheeled drum carts of the battalion headquarters beat a rumbling rhythm, and the soldiers began to stand still in the frozen fields. When they saw the red battalion flag waving and leaning forward, the officers gave the order to move forward. Eight hundred infantry, more than two hundred artillery, and more than a hundred cavalry, moved forward together. There was no shouting, no noise, they were silent, and in a neat formation, they slammed straight into the low, indistinct wall three hundred paces away.

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More than 100 paces away, on a small earthen hill, Liao Daheng, the nominal commander of the Protector Army, rode on his horse and watched in amazement as the Fourth Battalion began to attack. And Song Zhenzong, the head of the third regiment, was by his side.

"It turns out that the soldiers trained by the prince of the world fight like this! The old man finally opened his eyes today! ”

Liao Daheng, who finally realized that he was out of shape, came back to his senses and said to Song Zhenzong with a smile: "The old man has been dealing with this military affair since he came out. In the first year of Chongzhen, the rebellion of luxury was quelled, and the old man had the honor to offer advice to the court; Last year, the thief entered Sichuan, and the old man was even more saddled before and after Shao! The Sichuan army, the Qin army, the Yu army, the Chu army and the Guizhou army that later entered Sichuan, the old man had witnessed their battles with his own eyes. Whether the officers and soldiers are thieves, they are all soldiers who follow their generals and rush back and forth to kill! But when he saw the soldiers of the prince today, the old man suddenly realized that the prince had moved the training ground to the battlefield! Where is this war? This is clearly a school reading! ”

Song Zhenzong respectfully explained to Liao Daheng: "Lord Liao, the last generals and others are training in the school parade ground, and they are rehearsed according to the real battlefield. Promoting war through training, replacing training with battle, and constantly improving actual combat ability are the requirements of the prince for the training of the last generals. The uniformity of the parade is consistent with the requirements for soldiers on the battlefield, so it naturally looks like a military parade. ”

After Song Zhenzong finished explaining, Liao Daheng suddenly changed the topic.

"General Song, since you are here, who is in command in front?"

"There are two full-battalion officers and three deputy battalion-level officers commanding at the front. The infantry was Tan Sigui of the 4th Battalion; The firecracker is Deng Siwei of the Shuangliu County Huzhuang Brigade; The artillery is He Chengjun; The cavalry was the guard battalion Jiang Lu; The deputy superintendent of the fourth battalion is Yang Jie, the commander of the first company. In accordance with the principle of operational coordination of the synthetic army, it is under the command of Tan Sigui. ”

"Since there are two siblings, will they hinder each other? Or is it prevarication? ”

"No!" Song Zhenzong shook his head at Liao Daheng, "Tan Sigui is the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, and he is fully responsible for victory or defeat. The other officers were under his command. For battlefield disobedience, he can enforce military law, even if he is an officer of the same rank. ”

"The old man understands!" Liao Daheng smiled and said, "Because the infantry is the main force, everyone else is under the command of the main general." ”

"Not necessarily. For example, when crossing a bridge, all troops must obey the command of pickets. And this picket is likely to be just one person, or it may be a small soldier. Shizi called this command principle 'task grouping'......"

Liao Daheng was confused by Song Zhenzong's explanation. He twisted his beard harder and harder, and at last he pulled out one. But before he could frown, he suddenly saw the figures of several cavalry speeding past the city walls, followed by a few clanging sounds. The drumming on the front line immediately stopped. After a few breaths, there was an earth-shattering shout, and the low walls seemed to suddenly grow taller.

"Tan Sigui is right! There are definitely more than a thousand White Lotus bandits in the town! Song Zhenzong exclaimed.

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