The unobstructed flat terrain, as well as the ease of reconnaissance with fairly good air and visibility, gave the entire team a huge advantage. It also allows the team to use reconnaissance hot balls and excellent telescopes to conduct reconnaissance, often to determine the general movement and direction of the enemy at a distance of about fifty miles, excellent battlefield reconnaissance coupled with the elite forces selected from the volunteer troops who are good at concealment and reconnaissance missions, but also let Xiao Xuan lead the army although it is a very unfavorable away battle, but it is one step ahead of the other party to confirm the movement of the enemy in Moscow.

"There seems to be a lot of decent looking troops gathered around the Russian capital, and they don't seem to have any intention of taking the initiative, but seem to be ready to gather for a town defense operation...

When he received such a report from the military intelligence officer in charge of the investigation, Xiao Xuan was also silent for a moment. After a lot of previous battles, it seems that overcoming difficulties is not a big deal for today's volunteer troops. It is possible that the enemy army will be quickly eliminated and solved under the absolute combat superiority of the army, but it is also possible that because of the stubborn resistance of the opponent in the area of the enemy's capital, the team will eventually spend a lot of time, especially a lot of valuable ammunition and gunpowder resources.

"Is it true that there are no strategic groups in other directions within a few hundred miles of the enemy's capital?" Xiao Xuan suddenly asked.

"According to the information provided by the bribed Russian sentinels, the Poles in the Smolensk direction seem to be more accustomed to maneuvering and field warfare than to fighting on infantry and artillery barracks, as the Russians are...

Hearing such a statement, Xiao Xuan finally made up his mind to fight. There is no doubt that the greatest advantage of the cavalry group, that is, the short-term mobility, and the resulting battlefield information rights, are not too big an advantage for their own side, which has the ability to detect hot air balloons and also has enough horses. Compared with the Russian army, the Polish army's elite cavalry advantage and unit combat effectiveness advantage are more important, and it is actually much easier to deal with in front of its own army, which has many unique combat methods.

In this way, Xiao Xuan temporarily gave up the total amount of the hinterland of the Russian capital, and instead divided his troops into two ways. The Russian capital was besieged with about 70,000 troops of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Guards armies, as well as the accompanying medium and heavy artillery units and baggage logistics personnel. A mobile combat group of about 40,000 officers and men formed into six volunteer divisions and some reinforced demolition squads and continued to march westward, seeking to deal a decisive blow to the Poles before the onset of winter.

In this way, Xiao Xuan led the mighty group of volunteer troops and horses to continue to march westward. Equestrianism is not bad, and Tian Xiuying, who is not inferior to Xiao Xuan in many aspects, does not have any discomfort in the face of this large-scale cavalry advance, but seems to be a little energetic.

"It's a pity that the times are a little different, today's war is no longer the era of swords, guns, swords, halberds, and fifty strings of swords, swords, and halberds, in order to maximize the impact on the enemy and save themselves, our army also has to adopt a less heroic combat method in future operations" Seeing Tian Xiuying's heroic figure, Xiao Xuan couldn't help but say when the horses were eating and the team was resting. Obviously: the previous confrontation with the Russian army made Tian Xiuying, who has always been more cautious, also full of confidence in the future operation.

Through a lot of contact with Xiao Xuan, Tian Xiuying certainly understood Xiao Xuan's heart, and couldn't help sighing: "Actually, my father's cultivation of me since I was a child is just hoping that I can find a good family in the future, or help Shangjun do some favors." What woman in the world would really not love red makeup and arms? Even Hua Mulan back then, didn't she still choose to be an ordinary woman after the enemy was finally expelled? I know the significance of this expedition, but I still hope that the war will end as soon as possible, and that you don't need to work all day to reform the world... ”

After the innovation, in order to play a sufficient exemplary role, some of the titles of the people around him have also been adjusted to some extent, which makes the feeling between Xiao Xuan and Tian Xiuying a lot closer. And let Tian Xiuying also believe that even if Zhou Yufeng and others can return to Xiao Xuan one day, they will no longer have the same identity and status as before.

The hot-air balloon reconnaissance on this plain also made the mighty army much less worried when moving forward. Finally, as expected, when the cavalry approached the area of Smolensk, the children who were in charge of watching the horse team during the rest quickly passed on some very critical realm information, and it seemed that the Poles, who had stronger reconnaissance capabilities, had discovered the movement of the main group soon after the army had entered the theoretical control of Poland, and was gathering at a distance of fifty or sixty miles.

After thinking and weighing, Xiao Xuan still felt that in the face of an opponent like the main force of the Polish army, perhaps the way of blasting and attacking at night was not suitable. Because the other side is not accustomed to camping like the Russian army, it is difficult to determine precisely the extent of their camp and even whether it will change after nightfall. Obviously, the best way to face the main force of the Polish army was to launch a frontal siege and duel with the advantage of information at its disposal.

In this way, taking advantage of the time difference between the opponent's maneuver and the feeding of the horses, the main force of the volunteer army of about 40,000 people marched at maximum speed, approaching a place not far from the Poles and preparing to outflank and encircle the elite of the Polish army.

However, the tactical awareness and mobility of the Polish army seemed to have a considerable advantage over those forces that the volunteer forces had previously faced. Taking advantage of the temporary mobility, there was no need for much baggage and artillery cooperation, with a loose formation and a combat company as the main combat unit, but instead besieged from the flank first, forcing the main force of the volunteer troops led by Xiao Xuan to choose to dismount to meet the battle. The lack of immediate combat capability still exposed many shortcomings of the volunteer troops: in essence, the volunteer units that have only been trained for one or two years are not a cavalry in the true sense of the word.

The excellent combat situation also made the Polish hussars full of confidence at this time, and at least partially won a one-on-one combat opportunity. In the face of such a comparison of forces, even the core elite of Sweden Gustav had no chance to resist the attack of the Polish elite in such a relatively open and flat terrain.

(End of chapter)