It wasn't until the two mixed independent divisions of the empire were close to the true path that they began to encounter real resistance.

The previous so-called battle was nothing more than a fight between the Imperial cavalry reconnaissance battalion and the opposing scouts.

Later, the scouts of the Tatar bandit group found that their bows and arrows were far from being the match for the opposing carbines, and they turned and retreated as soon as they saw the Imperial scout cavalry from a distance.

Anyway, if you have already seen the opposing cavalry, you must know that their infantry is behind.

This made the Empire's scout cavalry very depressed, they couldn't give up the reconnaissance mission and catch up with the kill------ the original low-hanging fruit could no longer be easily obtained.

At the beginning, if the two sides met unexpectedly, as long as the number of people was about the same, they would really kill each other immediately.

But the scouts of the Tatar bandit group soon found themselves so unreasonable that they had not even been able to shoot their bows and arrows, so they sat down on horseback and began to shoot steadily.

When rushing to kill, even if only one scout falls on your side, it will definitely hurt morale.

Scouts, like scouts, are not ordinary cavalrymen, they are all selected from the best, and they will not rush forward and never look back.

The scouts also learned to wait for each other to charge and find that they could even shoot while riding!

As a result, he became a huge immovable target.

Later, the scouts adopted the method of non-contact warfare, and even set up ambushes to lure the other party to chase and kill------ but those scouts were not fooled and did not pursue deeply at all.

The scouts of the Tatar bandit group were very discouraged, and they killed seven or eight people in several battles, but as a result, they did not even touch the hair of the other party------ at most they picked up the bullet casings left by the other party.

The scouts of the empire are very happy, they can take each other's corpses back to report, there is reconnaissance information, and there are small results, they will always be praised----- more times is a battle feat.

It's a pity that they didn't capture a single live mouth.

The scouts on the other side knew more than the average soldier.

The middle and lower-ranking officers in the Imperial Cavalry Reconnaissance Battalion were generally the Marumuk cavalry who came earlier, and after they had completed five years of military service as required, most of them remained in the cavalry unit, and later as they got older, some became cavalry instructors, some were engaged in the logistics of the cavalry unit, and some were bold enough to take the cost of retirement to set up a horse farm in Australia.

The best of them were promoted to cavalry officers.

More than ten years later, their Da Song dialect is already very smooth.

No matter what race of soldier is, there is no one who does not aspire to military merit----- military merit represents promotion and represents a good salary.

However, they racked their brains and until now have not been able to capture a single living scout.

When their two divisions approached Zhending Road, the scouts found that the number of scouts on the other side had increased significantly, and the number was much higher than before------ the result was that the scouts ran away with a row of guns, and they couldn't even get the corpses of the other scouts.

The difference in numbers is too great for the scouts not to take risks.

In the fourth year of the Yongxi reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, he divided Hebei into east and west roads, making Zhending the capital of Hebei West Road, and thus establishing the status of Zhending Mansion as the political center of western Hebei.

In the Jin Dynasty, Zhending Mansion was still the seat of Hebei West Road and Zhending Mansion.

In the seventh year of Yuan Taizong, Zhending Mansion was changed to Zhending Road, and Lucheng Zhending was intended to further strengthen the political, military and status of Zhending City in this area.

Zhending City, located in the middle of Hebei, has become an important political, military, economic and cultural center south of the capital.

Taking this place, you will directly face the military gateway of the capital, Zhuozhou City.

Zhending Road has jurisdiction over 8 counties of Zhending, Gaocheng, Pingshan, Luancheng, Xingtang, Lingshou, Yuanshi and Fuping, with 137137 households and a total number of about 600,000 people.

In the battle plan of the empire to mix the first and second independent divisions, they will directly approach Zhending City, wait for the city to be captured, and then wait for the follow-up troops of the Great Song army to catch up, and at the same time hope that the Tatar army can send heavy troops to recover Zhending City.

After thousands of years of development and construction, the surrounding area of Zhending City is basically located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, the middle and upper part of the alluvial fan in front of the mountain, which is a typical inclined plain in front of the mountain.

Since ancient times, major cities and transportation arteries have been located on the piedmont plains, which naturally makes it a choke point for north-south transportation.

The first and second divisions of the empire will really bypass the counties and towns to which Zhending City belongs, ignore those small county towns with closed city gates, and go directly to the city of Zhending City!

This is the way of fighting in search of melons, and the Imperial army is confident in its combat capabilities.

Zhao An was greatly appreciated by the observation of the Great Song Dynasty's army: "Our people are few and fine, and only by directly attacking their vital points can we take the lead everywhere and mobilize the enemy's army." ”

The commander of the first division said: "This was the method of war of the Jin robbers back then, and they went down to Bianjing in one fell swoop. ”

“------”

"General Zhao, the follow-up troops of the Great Song Dynasty can arrive here in two to three days?!"

"Of course! The commander of the Fa University personally marched in the rear, how could he ------"

When it comes to the Jin robbers back then, the observation made Zhao An feel extremely bad------ if the Federal Empire had appeared earlier, where would my Great Song Dynasty have such a great shame?!

However, Zhao An privately sent personnel to contact the follow-up troops to ensure that they arrived here within the plan.

The Empire's mixed first and second independent divisions were unexpected, and they did not expect that the other side would not capture the various county towns when passing by, but directly into Zhending City.

In their assumption, the other party should take down the county towns one by one, burn and loot them well, and then drive the people to Zhending City, so that those people can participate in the siege of the city, even if they die, they can be used to fill the moats of Zhending City.

The Tatar army could slowly deploy heavy forces to defend the enemy from attacking the city, and at the same time release cavalry to harass the opponent's army outside the city.

The Empire's mixed 1st and 2nd independent divisions disrupted their rhythm and left them hastily arranged.

The two mixed independent divisions of the empire successfully converged under the city in the afternoon, and instead of besieging the city, they camped at the main gate.

The staff officers of the two divisions took out the city plan of the castle and began to evaluate the battle plan set earlier.

So far, everything is on plan, there have been no deviations.

The commander of the 1st Division said: "According to the report of the special agents, the other side has about 30,000 infantry in Zhending City, and about 5,000 cavalry are swimming outside the city. ”

The commander of the second division looked at the map and said, "Their main force is still in the Zhuozhou area?" ”

"They are determined to fight us there------ this place is not suitable for raids."

The commander of the second division laughed silently, they were really willing to spend their money.

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