Chapter 718 Three Thousand Iron Cavalry Scroll Pinggang

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"Rush"

"Kill"

On the training ground, the shouts of killing shook the sky and were deafening.

"Da Da Da"

"Da Da Da"

"Da Da Da"

The sound of horses' hooves echoed back and forth over the training ground.

"Bang"

"Bang"

"Bang"

Strings of gunshots kept coming.

The wooden people around the training ground were all smashed by Mini's bullets, and a lot of sawdust could be seen flying with the naked eye. Some of the wooden people were even beaten to only half of them. Some of the Mini bullets that missed their target hit the dirt slope behind the wooden man, splashing strings of dirt.

"Good"

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.

He held up the clairnel and carefully observed the shooting results, and felt pretty good.

This is the Tiger Cavalry and the Leopard Cavalry assessing the accuracy of shooting on their horses. One by one, the vigorous cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army appeared in order according to their numbers. They must shoot quickly on the back of a speeding horse. Because the horses are quite fast, each of them actually has less than a second to aim. If this time limit is exceeded, the muzzle of the gun will be farther and farther away from the target.

The best result, of course, is to accurately hit the vital position of the wooden man and kill with one shot. The average result is to hit other parts and knock the target off the horse. The worst result, of course, was not hit at all.

In order to hit the target as much as possible, some of the Tiger Ben soldiers chose the Trojan horse under the crotch of the wooden man as the second refusal. After all, horses have much larger targets than people and have a much better chance of hitting. On the battlefield, cavalry duels and killing the enemy's horses first is actually a tactic. Don't you see that you shoot the man first and the horse first, and capture the thief and the king first?

Although Zhang Zhun was very eager for the need for war horses, it was impossible for the soldiers to forbid the soldiers to shoot at the enemy's war horses. It would be a fool to self-restrain combat effectiveness for the sake of war horses. As long as you can knock out the enemy's war horse and win the battle, it doesn't matter if you have captured the war horse or not.

In general, the hit rate of the Tiger Army cavalry against the wooden people is not very high, and the shooting of the war horses is okay. Basically, none of the people who shot the war horses missed the target. If the results of this training can be reflected on the battlefield, it will already be very lethal.

"My lord, these young men's riding skills are indeed good."

Zhong Wuying stood beside Zhang Zhun and said with a smile.

"It's just that it's a bit of a problem in terms of discipline."

Liu Jixiang continued.

"I know."

Zhang Zhun nodded.

The horse thieves and similar horse thieves he brought back from Beizhili, as well as the horse thieves who were later looted everywhere by the Tiger Ben Army himself, as well as other people who were proficient in horsemanship, were all incorporated into the Tiger Riding Camp and the Leopard Riding Camp. These people have no problem with riding, and they are quick to use firearms and shoot. Most of these people are horse thieves and the like, and they are naturally very concerned about horsemanship and weapons. This made their combat effectiveness quickly formed.

The only problem is the discipline of these people. In other words, they were born as horse thieves, and they are indeed not used to strict restraints. Fortunately, at present, killing Tartars is a very honorable thing after all, and under the stimulus of gaining honor, they can barely accept discipline. The rest of the time is to increase the force of discipline. Zhang Zhun believes that as long as he persists in repeated brainwashing, scarecrows can become stone men.

"My lord, when are we going to go out for a yo-yo?"

Zhong Wuying suddenly asked eagerly.

"Oh? Feel like you can go out and yo-it? Not afraid to meet the vanguard battalion of the Tartars? ”

Zhang Zhun glanced at Zhong Wuying with a smile and said meaningfully.

The forward battalion of the commander of Huang Taiji has been in the area of Cangzhou Mansion, always suppressing the Tiger Ben army and creating combat conditions for other Tartar troops. Huang Taiji in Cangzhou Mansion, Dongjiabao and the Tiger Ben Army in Dezhou did not dare to make a big move. Basically, Huang Taiji suppressed all the Tiger Ben troops with the strength of one person.

Except for sending part of the cavalry, outside Dongjiabao, and fighting with the enemy every day, the Tiger Ben Army had no other military operations at all. This is, of course, humiliating. The taste of being beaten passively is always uncomfortable. Many soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army always want to go out one day and have a good fight with the Tartars.

In fact, the Tiger Ben army knows that the Tartars' field combat ability is very strong, and if the Tiger Ben Army fights at this time, it is still very dangerous to encounter the Tartars in the wild, so everyone can only think about the field battle in their hearts, and after fantasizing, they have to stay in the stronghold honestly. However, with the gradual increase in the strength of the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army, Zhong Wuying and Liu Jixiang began to be a little overwhelmed.

After several months of hard work, the establishment of the Tiger Cavalry Battalion and the Leopard Cavalry Battalion has been expanded to five associations and 25 squads, not counting officers, with 1,250 soldiers each. If you count the officers, each battalion is more than 1,500 people. If the Tiger Cavalry Battalion and the Leopard Cavalry Battalion were to act together and fight together, the total strength would exceed 3,000 people, which should be regarded as a large cavalry force.

The 3,000 cavalry of the two battalions is the most elite land assault force of the Tiger Ben Army at present. The training of the Blue Dragon Legion cannot be completed in a short period of time, and if there is any emergency, only these 3,000 cavalry can be dispatched to solve it. Obviously, for some time to come, they will be the main sharp knives of the Tiger Army. For this reason, Zhong Wuying and Liu Jixiang both wanted to find an opportunity, find a suitable target, and check the combat effectiveness of the troops.

"Are there any good goals?"

Zhang Zhun's mind moved slightly, and he asked slowly.

The suggestion of the two really moved Zhang Zhun's heart. In addition to strict training and strict discipline, it is also necessary to have rich combat experience in the formation of combat effectiveness. Fundamentally speaking, in the end, it still depends on actual combat, blood and fire to forge. No matter how strict the training and discipline of the troops are, isn't the ultimate goal for actual combat? What's the point of not going to war?

Judging from the current situation, the training of the Tiger Riding Camp and the Leopard Riding Camp has reached a certain stage, and the so-called bottleneck state has appeared. What they need most is a real battle. Only in the battle can they better discover their own shortcomings and better improve themselves.

However, there is no point in making a small fight or something like that. The Tiger Cavalry now needed a skirmish. Let every fighter have the opportunity to participate in the battle, and at the same time have the opportunity to test himself. This kind of test is not only in terms of combat skills, but more importantly, in terms of psychology. Soldiers must undergo the test of life and death in actual combat in order to forge a strong psychological quality.

Why is the combat effectiveness of the old troops often stronger? The key is not how high their combat skills are, but their psychological qualities. In the complex battlefield, in the face of the rain of bullets and the threat of death at any time, even the most courageous people cannot remain indifferent. At this time, if the psychological quality is not satisfied, it is easy to collapse.

It seems that combat skills such as shooting are closely related to people's psychological quality. If you can't calm yourself down and hit the target, it's impossible. Needless to say, if you are facing the rolling enemy cavalry, and the tall horses that are galloping in the wind.

Generally speaking, in training, troops with very high combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly discounted on the battlefield due to the influence of various factors. Those who can exert five points of combat effectiveness are already excellent troops. Ordinary troops, probably only three points of combat effectiveness. Poorly trained troops may even collapse at the touch of a button.

As the battle continues to unfold, the soldiers gradually become familiar with the battlefield and their psychological quality is enhanced, and this combat effectiveness can be improved. In the end, some particularly outstanding troops may play to seven or even about points. If you want to exert full combat effectiveness, it is basically impossible, unless a miracle occurs.

For any army, the first step to growth is important. To put it simply, the first battle of the troops is crucial. A wise commander will carefully weigh this crucial link, and then choose the most secure method to let the troops pass this hurdle smoothly and grow up smoothly. How to choose the first enemy of the troops, is very particular.

First of all, the enemy cannot be too strong. The enemy is too strong and easy to defeat. The defeat in the first battle has a negative impact on the morale of the troops, as well as on their future growth. The combat effectiveness of the troops, at least five points should be counted in morale, and the mere combat skills are almost negligible. At that time, the Red Army had rotten weapons to death, and its combat skills were even worse, and it was with courage that they destroyed the enemy.

Secondly, the enemy must not be too weak. If you divide five by two, you will not be able to train the combat effectiveness of the troops. Only a few people in the army did it, and everyone else was watching the excitement, which simply failed to achieve the purpose of training everyone. Everyone in the unit must have the opportunity to face the enemy. Therefore, in terms of numbers, there should be no too much difference.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the army cannot grow without dying, without bloodshed, and without going through great psychological tests. Blood, sacrifice, honor, grief, and strength are usually necessary elements for the growth of the army. The appearance of every heroic army is forged by the blood of countless enemies. In the surroundings of Dongjiabao, it is not easy to choose such a target

Zhong Wuying and Liu Jixiang glanced at each other and said in a low voice: "My lord, there is a good goal, Pinggang, there are two thousand Mongols there. ”

Zhang Zhun's expression moved slightly, and he asked slowly, "Is the information accurate?" ”

Liu Jixiang said affirmatively: "Exactly." We've sent someone to check on us many times, and the situation hasn't changed in the last two days. Garrisoned at Pinggang were two thousand-strong cavalrymen of the Mongol Horqin tribe, whose leader was called Hasen, who was said to be the nephew of Zaisangbuhe. ”

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and said coldly: "Go back and talk about it carefully." ”

The three of them quickly returned to the war room, compared the map, and pondered carefully.

Pinggang is a small place name, in the northeast of Cangzhou Prefecture, in the east of Xingji County, about 100 miles away from Dongjiabao, about 150 miles away from Cangzhou Mansion. This was originally a small town, but when the Tartars arrived, the people here all ran away to the territory of the Tiger Army.

After Huang Taiji led his army to Cangzhou, he arranged two thousand-man teams of Mongols to be stationed here for a long time. The main purpose of their existence was to monitor the movements of the Tiger Ben army in the north, and at the same time to cut off the direct connection between Dongjiabao and Tianjin Wei. Later, the situation changed, and the Mongol cavalry in Pinggang never changed.

Liu Jixiang and Zhong Wuying chose Pinggang as the primary target of the Tiger Ben Army for several reasons. The first one, Pinggang is far from Cangzhou Mansion, farther than from Dongjiabao. If Pinggang is attacked, it will take at least two hours for Huang Taiji to receive the report, to react, and to send cavalry to rescue. In two hours, if the Tiger Ben Army moves quickly, the battle can basically be ended.

Second, this is the northbound route of the Tiger Ben Army. After defeating these Mongolian cavalry and dredging the passage to Pinggang, there was basically no obstacle to the connection between Dongjiabao and Tianjin Wei. Unless the Tartars re-sent troops to station, the cavalry of the Huben army could freely travel back and forth between Dongjiabao and Tianjinwei.

If the Tartars were to re-garrison, it would be a new opportunity for war. Pinggang is so close to Dongjiabao, and the tiger army of Dongjiabao can attack here at any time. I believe that the forward battalion of Huang Taiji cannot take care of it all the time. Perhaps, Pinggang can become another Dongjiabao, constantly consuming the vital power of the Tartars.

The third, garrisoned at Pinggang, were the cavalry of the Mongols. Compared with the cavalry of the Tartars, the cavalry of the Mongols felt a little easier to deal with. The desperate spirit of the Mongol cavalry, as well as the courage to fight to the death, were much worse than those of the Tatar cavalry, which was in line with the military principle of striking the weak enemy first. Moreover, the cavalry of the Mongolian Horqin tribe was stationed here.

Strategically speaking, the Mongolian tribe that the Tiger Ben Army wants to focus on is this Horqin tribe. Huang Taiji's rule over the Mongolian steppe was carried out by relying on this Horqin tribe. The greater the loss of the Horqin tribe's strength, the more unstable Zaisambu and his rule in the steppe became. The more estranged the relationship between Arislan and Hadan Batel and Huang Taiji.

The combat effectiveness of the Tartars, at least two points was built on the alliance of the Mongols. The Mongols provided the Tartars with a large number of war horses and gave them access to the south across the Great Wall. Without the assistance of the Mongols, Huang Taiji would not have been able to cross the Great Wall and head south. For this reason, Zhang Zhun's Mongolian strategy is actually very clear, that is, to focus on suppressing the Horqin tribe, and temporarily open up the net to the Tumut and Halashen tribes.

As long as the balance of power within the Mongols is out of balance, the Mongols themselves will be in chaos. Speaking of internal strife, the fierce battle of the Mongols is probably still above the Han Chinese. Since the death of Genghis Khan, the internal strife among the Mongols has never been broken. Otherwise, they would not have been easily kicked out of the Central Plains.

This can be clearly reflected from what happened to Lin Dan Khan. It is not so much that Lin Dan Khan died at the hands of Jianlu, but rather in the internal strife of the Mongols. If it weren't for the internal strife of the iron lance soldiers, and the different dreams of several large Mongolian tribes, Lin Dan Khan would not have been defeated again and again, and finally died of illness in Guihua City.

In fact, if someone twists the current Mongolian tribes into a rope, the fighting power of the Mongols is still relatively strong. For example, the original Yexian, and the later Altan Khan, immediately threatened the Central Plains after condensing several large tribes. It's a pity that no one can unite all the Mongols except Temujin.

Of course, if you want to eliminate these two Mongolian thousand-man teams, the Tiger Ben Army itself has many difficulties. The biggest difficulty is that the target is very close to Cangzhou. It seems that the Tiger Ben Army does have two hours to settle the battle, and there is still plenty of time to retreat. But, in reality, the Tiger Army did not have so much time.

Huang Taiji is not a fool, when he dispatched the forward battalion to rescue, he would not rush to Pinggang, but directly killed near Dongjiabao, waited for the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army to turn back, and then attacked head-on. Counting the time of retreat, the Tiger Ben Army actually only had one hour to resolve the battle. If this time is exceeded, the Tiger army may be intercepted by the Tartar forward battalion when it retreats.

The Tiger Army's own cavalry is not very strong in combat effectiveness. It is still very dangerous to meet the forward battalion of the Tartars. In case the Tiger Army eats the Mongol cavalry in Pinggang, but lets the forward battalion of the Tartars turn upside down and eat it, it will be more than worth the loss. Therefore, Zhong Wuying and Liu Jixiang could only make suggestions, and then ask Zhang Zhun to consider it all.

Zhang Zhun was indeed considering this matter carefully. With 3,000 cavalry, Zhang Zhun was fully sure of the more than 1,500 Mongolian cavalry. As for the forward battalion of Huang Taiji, as long as the time is tight, it can be avoided smoothly. As long as there is a full plan, the cavalry of the Tartar Horqin tribe of these two thousand-strong troops can be eaten cleanly, and the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army can retreat with their whole body.

"Send someone to verify the information again."

"Combat-ready"

Zhang Zhun said decisively.

"Obedience"

Zhong Wuying and Liu Jixiang immediately went excitedly.

Two days later, reconnaissance intelligence reconfirmed that the Mongol cavalry in Pinggang had indeed not changed at all. At the same time, the Tartar battalion near Cangzhou has not changed much, and the actions of the forward battalion are not special. Huang Taiji has been very silent, I don't know if he is sick. Judging from the feedback from other channels, there are no major changes in the deployment of the Tartars.

Zhang Zhun gently knocked on the edge of the table, carefully pondering this military operation. Pinggang is a place with a prominent location, which gives the Tiger Ben army a good opportunity to attack. Zhang Zhun believed that it would not be a big problem to eat these two Mongolian thousand-man troops with 3,000 cavalry. However, it is precisely because the problem is not big that Zhang Zhun has some gains and losses, worried that this is a trap laid by Huang Taiji.

Well, if it were another battle, Zhang Zhun would not have the mentality of gaining and losing. However, the 3,000 cavalry was the most elite land force under his command, and it was the first time he had been dispatched to participate in a battle on a large scale, and he could not but consider it carefully. He was a little worried that Pinggang would be a trap deliberately laid by Huang Taiji, the purpose of which was to let the Yin* Tiger Ben army come out and then annihilate it in one fell swoop.

In the end, Zhang accurately believed that this was not Huang Taiji's trap. Huang Taiji must have been too busy and forgot the existence of the Mongols in Pinggang, or he was not aware of the danger of Pinggang. Perhaps, Huang Taiji did not expect that the cavalry of the Tiger Ben Army would dare to launch a large-scale attack on Pinggang. His mind may still be at the stage of petty fighting.

"Rally the Troops"

"Ready to go"

Zhang Zhun decisively gave the order.

Soon, the cavalry of the 3,000 Tiger Ben Army was all assembled.

"Today, we're going to play"

"Our goal is the two thousand troops of the Mongols"

"This is the first time we have fought on a large scale, and the action must be fast and ruthless."

"We have only one hour to end the battle, and if we can't kill the Mongols in an hour, the forward battalion of the Tartars will pounce on us."

Zhang Zhun succinctly carried out combat mobilization.

The fighters below all entered a slight state of euphoria. Finally, I can fight the enemy face to face, because the training is too hard, and many soldiers would rather fight the enemy face to face than repeat the hard training day after day. Wang Laohu, Liu Heizi and others had a strange feeling, feeling that they had finally come out of the best and finally didn't have to continue training. Grass, rather being killed by the enemy with a knife, is much cooler than training.

When Zhang Zhun saw the faces of the soldiers below, he knew what they were thinking in their hearts, and he was secretly amused in his heart. Back then, he was also cleaned up by his old boss like this, when he usually trained, he you to death, I heard that there was any flood fighting and rescue, drills, it was just as happy as the New Year, and the action was like a knock knock, and the momentum was comparable to that of a tiger going down the mountain. Even if there may be deaths in flood fighting, no one has the slightest hesitation.

In the vast majority of cases, death, which is a momentary event, is much easier to accept than years of brutal training. Most people can endure the hardships of the moment, but the hardships of the years are not necessarily. Zhang Zhun didn't know what others thought before, anyway, he was really looking forward to war before. Because, fighting a war is better than training, and there is no hard training.

When Zhang Zhun himself became a non-commissioned officer and was responsible for training others, he also inherited this set of methods. Now that they have crossed over, the Tiger Ben Army has naturally inherited this set of methods. Usually training is miserable, and when I hear about the war, there is only joy, and there is no fear at all. The troops were so tossed that they were overjoyed when they heard about the war, and they completely forgot the existence of fear, and there were probably only people like Zhang Zhun.

"Departure"

Zhang Zhun waved his hand with an awe-inspiring face and shouted in a deep voice.

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