Chapter 419: One Battalion

The night was silent, and there was no trace of the stormy future of war. Chen's army was stationed in the field, and the patrolling soldiers patrolled around the camp with torches and guns in their hands.

Due to the lack of technical development, the speed of the march has not improved much from before. Soldiers and horses are living creatures, and they need to be nourished, fed, and rested.

Chen Baichuan and a number of generals vetoed the plan of rapid march at the very beginning, and the war between the two countries is not a simple matter to avoid the eyes and ears of the other party. The rapid march can only win the army to enter the territory of Qingguo in advance, and to gain time, the army will become a tired army when facing the Qing army.

In contrast, it is better to rest all the way and march all the way to maintain the overall combat effectiveness of the army.

Chen Guojun is full of confidence this time, and they need to seek stability. Chen Baichuan stood under the military flag in the center of the military tent, he pointed to the map on the wall with an excited expression, and said: "This time we have absolute strength to ensure sufficient chances of victory, the only problem is that our army must avoid fighting under the situation of being occupied by Qingguo, and our army must be able to overcome any factors that will deplete the strength of the army along the way." ”

It seemed that everyone in the audience was not all of the same mind as Chen Baichuan, and someone immediately stood up and objected: "The general said it simply, but it is more difficult for us to overcome these problems than to ascend to the sky. According to the last general, after occupying a city in Qingguo, he slowly spread his territory. ”

"You just talk about it, then after occupying the city, let my children of Chen Guo cross the border to send you grain and grass?" Chen Baichuan naturally has supporters in the army.

"General Qin, General Liu, don't make any noise." General Qin is the former, and General Liu is naturally the one who defends Chen Baichuan.

Chen Baichuan put away his excited expression and said coldly to General Qin: "General Qin, although I advocate that the army should speak freely except for secrets, it is still necessary to speak carefully. ”

Chen Baichuan's words were like a sword pointing directly at the general surnamed Qin, he shouldn't have been so right, but the matter of forming gangs and factions should be like this, and he must always "take care" of his own people.

General Qin's face was ugly, and he sat back in his chair after a few "you" sounds.

"Alright, let's move on."

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Sandbags were piled up on the ground, and Chen Baichuan inspected the soldiers to build a fortress. After last night's deliberations, the army still needs a base to facilitate the army's recuperation. As for the material problem, most of it is to feed the war with war. The muskets and artillery ammunition of the accompanying army were very sufficient, and as for food, they relied on the contribution of the people of Qingguo.

This is a village near the important road of Qingguo, and the army of Chen Guo has not yet reached the point of madness, and the people in the original village are only expelled.

This is, of course, a temporary stronghold, and when a suitable city is occupied, the army will be moved. With Qingguo already on guard, it was not a simple matter for Chen Guo to take a city.

The main thing is that it will drag down Chen Guo's footsteps.

The exact city to capture first will need to be discussed.

"General, there is a group of Qingguo soldiers and horses approaching in front, about five hundred, it should be a temptation." The sentry knelt in front of Chen Baichuan not far away.

Chen Baichuan smiled: "The team that sent them to death." The order was given, and the whole battalion of one army, one regiment, and one battalion was dispatched, and not a single enemy must be let go. If one person escapes, the whole battalion will be punished. “

"Yes." The herald sweated for the first battalion.

Defeat and total annihilation are not a conceptual thing, the enemy is a living person, and if you can't beat it, there will definitely be people who want to escape. It's easier said than done to make it impossible for everyone to escape.

"The commander of the first battalion, Zhang Sifang, is here."

"Do you understand the order?"

"Report, understood."

The herald looked at the excitement on Zhang Sifang's face in confusion, what do you say he is happy about this difficult task?

Zhang Sifang was very happy, he had always been a madman, a fanatic maniac about war. Such a person can only be aggrieved for a lifetime if he lives in a peaceful era, but since he entered the Chen army, Zhang Sifang is like a fish in water.

When the herald turned his head slightly, he opened his throat and shouted, "All the battalions have gathered, and the time has come to kill the thieves." ”

The equipment of the first battalion was the best in the battalion. The soldiers of the rest of the battalion looked at them enviously, good fellows, behind each of them was the latest new spear made by the Firearms Bureau, and the horses under their crotch were also tall and handsome. Fortunately, their first battalion can indeed afford such favoritism in terms of equipment, and their strength speaks.

Zhang Sifang rode at the forefront, followed by no more, no less, exactly 499 soldiers. With a total of 500 people, it is the first team in the various trials of the entire Chen State army.

Horses are flying with smoke and dust, and brown-haired horses nimbly weave through the wide forest roads, approaching the enemy with great speed.

"Ambush." This was not a sentence, Zhang Sifang made a gesture with his hand after observing that the enemy did not seem to notice the approaching cavalry. The soldiers, in addition to paying attention to the presence of enemies around him, were fully absorbed in him.

After seeing his gesture, the first battalion of troops all stopped their horses.

It's just that people understand instructions, and horses are not so smart. Several horses neighed, and even if the people of Qingguo were deaf, they noticed that someone was in ambush.

"Who?" The soldiers of Qingguo also showed off their firearms and equipment. If Chen Baichuan was here, he would have found that compared to the muskets they left on the battlefield back then, the progress of the Qingguo muskets was insignificant.

Qingguo's 500-man battalion-level troops slowly moved forward, and the muzzles of their guns were pointed vigilantly in all directions.

Zhang Sifang whispered: "Later, we will disperse the battle and be sure to avoid casualties." As for the result, it is natural to eat all of this group of people. ”

After the order was conveyed, Zhang Sifang took the lead in scattering.

The sound of horses' hooves came from all directions, and the Qing army couldn't help but be confused. They feared that it was a large number of enemy troops.

Compared with the first battalion, the status of this Qingguo army in the Qingguo army can only be regarded as an intermediate level. Otherwise, they would not have been sent on a tentative mission, and the Qingguo people would not have sent their trump card into the tiger's mouth of the Chen Guoren.

The first muskets.

Second tone.

The third tone.

Zhang Sifang is like a ghost, from time to time from behind a certain tree, and a point of a musket is a human life.

The people of Qingguo gritted their teeth with hatred, but the soldiers of the first battalion were unwilling to fight head-on. Their way of fighting surprised the people of Qingguo, who were accustomed to coming forward to fire a salvo together, and it turned out that it could still be like this.

The people of Qingguo did not learn the art of shooting immediately, and the preciousness of the musket allowed them to receive too little actual training.

"Let's go, retreat first." Seeing that the personnel were decreasing, General Qingguo gritted his teeth and ordered a retreat.

"The first and second teams are chasing in front, and the third and fourth teams are harassing and moving forward, and it is necessary to prevent some of them from escaping from the team."