Chapter 175: Immediately Expand the Army



As soon as he saw Sun Yuan and Zhu Ting hugging each other, Fei Hong hurriedly turned his head to the side with a strange expression. ()

Sun Yuan's tenderness and sweetness were instantly disturbed by Fei Hong, and he had to reluctantly part with Zhu Ting.

Zhu Ting said "ah": "Daddy is finally back, and I'm going too." ”

She was seen by Fei Hong just now and hid behind Sun Yuan in embarrassment. But her legs are too long, she is too tall, standing there half a head taller than Sun Yuan, how can she hide her figure.

"Inspector Lu's army has arrived." Sun Yuan was excited, he didn't expect the Ming Dynasty's army of thieves to come so quickly, it was only less than five days, and he arrived in Lai'an.

As far as he knew in the past, the marching speed of the Ming Dynasty army was, to be honest, not much better than that of a snail. Every day, they only travel about 20 miles, and they will set up camp until tomorrow

。 This is because, according to the Ming Dynasty system, when a large army goes on a campaign, the local government has the responsibility to provide forage for the army. In order to save food, the army would only pass through one county town in a day, in order to solve the problem of three meals a day on the spot. If you go fast, you'll have to pay out of your own pocket. Therefore, the basic principle of the march of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty was to step on the meal, and nothing else.

This time, Lu Xiangsheng came so quickly, it seems that this Lord Lu is a shrewd and capable character.

Although Sun Yuan defeated Liu Zongmin's forward battalion, it is conceivable that the peasant army must be greatly terrified. But when it is to be expected, the thief army will inevitably retaliate strongly. Moreover, Chuzhou is the key point of the southeast war situation, and it is bound to be contested. If the thief army goes all out, Sun Yuan doesn't think that he still has the good luck to ambush halfway and win another game.

At that time, if Chuzhou falls, the credit you have made will be wasted. If you don't do it, you have to compensate the entire Ningxiang Army. One thousand against three hundred thousand, is it possible?

Now that it's okay, Lu Xiangsheng is finally here, which also makes Sun Yuan breathe a long sigh of relief.

Sun Yuan looked back at Zhu Ting with concern: "Miss Zhu, you have an injury, how can you ride a horse, let's wait here." In two days at most, you can reunite father and daughter, no need to rush. ”

Zhu Ting glared at Sun Yuan dissatisfiedly, and snorted coldly: "I know my injuries well, and I have already healed completely." When it comes to horseback riding, you're not unclear about my riding skills. Compared to me, you're a three-year-old doll right away. ”

As he spoke, he shouted to the groom, "Put the bridle and saddle on the horse, and I'll ride around and see." ”

Sun Yuan and Fei Hong shouted at the same time: "No! ”

In the middle of the night, this girl rode a horse and broke through the army, and it would be troublesome to blow up the camp. The Ningxiang army is strictly disciplined, but it is not afraid, but there are tens of thousands of prisoners in the camp, and they have been in a state of panic for the past few days, which can be said to be a little bit, and no one dares to guarantee what will happen to them after being frightened.

Sun Yuan surrendered: "If Miss Zhu wants to go, she will go, and tomorrow at noon, we will go to Lai'an together." ”

Zhu Ting was overjoyed: "Great, I'll go back and clean up the shape first." ”

ran away vigorously, saw her youthful and energetic waist, and remembered the beautiful scenery just now, Sun Yuan's heart jumped up uncompromisingly. In a trance, he seemed to be back in the modern world, back to the university.

That year, Sun Yuan in his previous life was only in his early twenties, and he was not the sleek little white-collar worker and small boss he was later

That year, he had a crazy crush on the female captain of the Colonel's basketball team, and often peeked at her training and games alone. Like Zhu Ting, she is young and sunny, which makes people feel warm in their hearts.

Afterward...... There was no later.

Fei Hong still had a playful smile on his face, which made Sun Yuan a little embarrassed. He had a ghost in his heart, and coughed dryly: "Old Fei, what is your expression?" ”

Fei Hong: "The general is really far-sighted in his work. ”

Sun Yuan was puzzled: "I can't understand what you say." ”

Fei Hong sighed: "Last year, we killed Lei Taimanmen, and this bloody case is naturally nothing because the general has made a peerless contribution in Qingliu Pass." But when we were in Ningxiang, we killed four more brocade guards and made a big enmity with Zhu Qianhu. is different from Lei Tai, Zhu Qianhu is a serious brocade and Wei Qianhu, and he can't afford to mess with him. Or the general you think thoughtfully, you looked at Miss Zhu's body when you were in Qingliu Pass, .cc [marshmallow] Now, the enemy has become an in-law, and it is really a good moon. The general's hand, high, is really high. ”

Speaking of which, Fei Hong has already admired Sun Yuan to the ground.

Sun Yuan was dumbfounded, Fei Hong's words sounded so weird. It's become that my Sun Yuan has been planning for a long time, and he is trying to seduce that Zhu Ting, so that he has a good hand for a beautiful man.

Love is a beautiful thing, how did it become vulgar when it fell into his mouth?

The look of respect on Fei Hong's face was even worse: "This is a beautiful thing, general, you have no arms in the officialdom, and now if there is a brocade guard behind your back to support you, no one will come to trouble you in the future, and it will also be very beneficial to the future of the general and my Ningxiang army." ”

Sun Yuan said angrily: "Old Fei, can't you not mention this?" ”

Fei Hong was so rare that he chattered: "General, although Miss Zhu is not as tall as she can say, she is a girl's family, and she handles knives and guns." But we are a military household, and military women are different from outsiders. Miss Zhu is strong in martial arts, and the military men below are extremely admired. She is also the young lady of Xungui's family, if she becomes the main mother of the Ningxiang Army, everyone is also convinced. Mrs. Shao's background is ...... after all."

Sun Yuan had no choice but to interrupt Fei Hong and divert the topic to the side: "By the way, since you got up so early, everyone didn't have the heart to go back to sleep, so they just chatted."

。 There are two things, one is that a lot of horses were captured this time, and a scout cavalry was simply formed; Secondly, with so many prisoners, how to settle them in the future must also come up with a charter. ”

Seeing Sun Yuan talking about business, Fei Hong thought for a while and said: "Let's talk about the scout cavalry first, this time a thousand mules and horses were captured, but there are only a few hundred war horses that can be used, and as Miss Zhu said just now." These war horses were all scrapped by the thief army as pack horses, and they had to be retrained, and we were not from cavalry, so we were blind to this matter. As for the more than 10,000 displaced people, it is easy to handle. ”

"You say, you say."

Fei Hong: "Among the more than 10,000 people, most of them are old and weak, and the available young and strong ones are only a few thousand, so simply double the size of my Ningxiang Army." As for the others, it's good to bring them back to Ningxiang to be a military household. It's just that Ningxiang is poor, and I'm afraid it can't support so many people. ”

Sun Yuan: "The captives still have to be brought back, most of these people are refugees from Henan and Shanxi, even if they are released, there is no way to go home, and they will run back to the thief army again." In the past few days, they have been kept as prisoners, and after a long time, it is inevitable that people will be uneasy and will have accidents. It's better to ask them if they want to be my military household, if they agree, as soon as the war is over, they will go back to Ningxiang with us, if not, just go by themselves. ”

Fei Hong: "They are naturally willing, these days, as long as there is a way to live, no one is willing to be a thief." Moreover, most of the more than 10,000 people are ordinary people who have been coerced. ”

"As for the problem of not being able to feed so many people, let's talk about it later, we can finally come up with a way."

Fayhon: "That's right. ”

Sun Yuan: "Regarding the question of cavalry, I think that among so many captives, there can always be a hundred people who can ride war horses, and it is said that there are many former Shanxi border troops in them, which can be added to the scout team." The matter of expanding the army will be handled immediately. Let's recruit 1,000 captives with combat experience into our army! ”

Fei Hong was taken aback: "Make it up now?" ”

"Yes, Fei Hong, what do you think is wrong?"

"There aren't so many muskets, can't you let them go into battle empty-handed? Besides, the prisoners were hastily integrated into our army without training, and the number of them was doubled, but their combat effectiveness declined sharply, so how could they fight in the future? ”

"Did I say I was going to make all the captives musketeers?" Sun Yuan asked Fei Hong with a smile.

Fei Hong: "My Ningxiang army can fight, it is because our muskets are sharp, and our firearms tactics are the best in the world."

。 However, if the army does not expand the number of musketeers, what is the difference between us and the same guard army? ”

This Fei Hong still made the mistake of empiricism! Sun Yuan sighed in his heart, when Fei Hong was a musketeer in the Taiyuan border arms battalion in the past, the firearms battalion of the Ming army was also an ornament, and the musketeers encountered other brother armies and felt a head shorter. Therefore, when Sun Yuan was training the new army, he advised him that musketeers were completely useless on the battlefield, so it was better not to set them up.

Now, after the victory at Qingliuguan and the great power of firearms on the battlefield, Fayon has gone from being an opponent of the musketeers to a loyal defender.

This person simply has no position.

Sun Yuan said solemnly: "Fei Hong, you are wrong, I am strong in the Ningxiang army, strong in military discipline, strong in orders and prohibitions, strong in every word and deed in the army There are strict regulations, this is the reason why we are strong, not because we use muskets." Actually, we fought very poorly in the first battle of Qingliuguan. ”

Fei Hong was dumbfounded: "Is this still bad?" ”

Sun Yuan: "Old Fei, think about it, if it were replaced by other armies, 1,100 men and horses, 300 casualties, it would be almost 300, it is estimated that it would have collapsed a long time ago, and the reason why we were able to hold on was not because the army was disciplined." Sudden attack, the enemy has completely collapsed, and we have suffered so many casualties, this battle is not beautiful in any way. If it weren't for the surprise attack, let's face to face with the enemy, and you dare to boast that you will definitely win. If you think about it, what went wrong with us in that battle. ”

Listening to Sun Yuan's reminder, Fei Hong frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly said "ah": "I understand, after our army penetrates deep into the enemy formation, because the musket is short, hand-to-hand combat is not possible, even if the formation is tight, it cannot resist the enemy's attack." That is, once the enemy approached, shots and bayonets alone were simply not enough to block the enemy in front of the large formation. ”

"Fei Hong, you finally understand what I'm talking about?" Worthy of being a veteran of the border army, Sun Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

In fact, the tactics of crushing the enemy's crowds with powerful firepower will have to wait at least until the advent of machine guns in a big battle.

The advent of machine guns has dramatically changed the shape of warfare. It was from that time that the attack in full formation was tantamount to suicide.

As a result, trench warfare appeared, and the cavalry withdrew from the stage of history.

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