Chapter 315: The First Battle of the Cavalry
This is the cavalry capital that originally belonged to the first town, and after it was strengthened to the cavalry town, it was organized into the seventh battalion of the new cavalry town, and the battalion was Wu Guangnian, the former captain of the third battalion of the cavalry. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Interestingly, his deputy battalion and the first lieutenant of the capital were recruited by Li Jing in Xi'an City that day, and Zhao Pu, who was good at wielding a spear.
In the first month, Zhao Pu mixed up the title of a gatekeeper general, saying that he was a general, that is, a joke when others were playing, but in fact, he didn't even have a position, he was an ordinary big-headed soldier.
But through his own continuous efforts, and the bravery shown in the training, he was gradually valued by Li Jing, and in the second month, he took him with him as a personal guard training, but I don't know where Zhao Pu learned the tactics of war, and he knows a lot about the military formation, which made Li Jing gradually become interested, so he cultivated it with heart.
In the second month, Zhao Pu became the deputy team leader of Qinwei Town, and actually commanded one hundred and ten people, and the results were immediate.
However, Zhao Pu's military methods and abilities have been perfectly reflected, and Li Jing originally planned to continue to let him stay in the town of Qinwei and slowly come out, but Zhao Pu entered the begging army, and his mind gradually became active.
Only when he was released to become a leading officer and make meritorious contributions to the enemy on the battlefield was the real ability, so when the cavalry town was expanded from five battalions to ten battalions, he was naturally promoted from the leader of the personal guard town to the captain of the seventh battalion of the cavalry.
With his combat effectiveness on the horse alone and his miraculous marksmanship, he is a fierce general, and what is even more rare and commendable is that this person can still lead the cavalry in battle, and act in a very orderly manner, if it weren't for his qualifications, and he didn't have a foundation for military achievements, he was afraid of rash promotion and attracting gossip from others.
Otherwise, he could directly become the battalion leader of a cavalry battalion, even so, Liang Sijiu still overrode public opinion, and directly made him the deputy battalion commander of the seventh battalion, and at the same time led the captain of the first capital of the seventh battalion, and transferred him 400 elite cavalry, including more than 200 Mongolian cavalry.
"Look at this tartar, can we eat it in one bite?"
Wu Guangnian is also an old man in the begging army, he knows the cavalry tactics well, and he values Zhao Pu the most with real skills, he is not worried that Zhao Pu has robbed his position, if you want to say a win-win situation, the seventh battalion has made great contributions, and he also has real skills, can Zhao Pu take over the battalion, and he can still be treated badly?
So no matter how big or small, they all discussed with Zhao Pu, and Zhao Pu couldn't help but get along with him, and the two were courteous to each other, but made the seventh battalion the fastest battalion among the five newly formed cavalry battalions.
"If you give me all the men and horses, I can kill this group of soldiers and horses, and if there is a battalion, I can kill them!"
Zhao Pu took over a special glass product from Wu Guangnian's hand, this is a simple telescope made by Li Jing when he made a bronze mirror, the effect is not bad, at least you can see a few miles, but it is not very clear, but it is better than nothing, in the era of cold weapons, this is the best weapon for generals to command the battlefield.
"I pondered, behind this group of Tartar soldiers, there must be other soldiers and horses to respond, if we want to fight, we have to be faster, we can't delay, otherwise it will be a problem to be chased by other soldiers and horses."
Before dispatching troops this time, everyone from the lord and commander to the brigade commander and the brigade leader were all in advance, and they were not allowed to be greedy for merit and rash advances, and they were not allowed to meet with the main force of the Tartars, and when they encountered a large number of enemies, they must rely on the favorable terrain to maneuver quickly, and there should be no great losses.
Therefore, Wu Guangnian is not as optimistic as Zhao Pu, this enemy of three or four hundred people, to be honest, is not easy to fight, if he is forced to go up, even if his battalion can win, it will be a miserable victory.
"The battalion is looking, the Tartar soldiers must be Mongolian light cavalry, this force of soldiers and horses, organization and discipline are not good, and there is no armor on the body, we only need to have a force to drive it away, and in the end, the army that looks at our Han people is also some light cavalry, and the war horses under the crotch are not good,"
Zhao Pu talked about his plan in detail, and then said, "The most elite should be the forty or fifty people in front of the rear team, each wearing battle armor, looking at the tall horse, it must be the main force of the Tartar soldiers, as long as they can eat this one, no one else has to worry." ”
I have to say that Zhao Pu has two brushes, and he can see the priority of the battlefield at a glance, but what makes it difficult for Wu Guangnian is that from the jungle where he is ambushed to the place where the Tartar soldiers are located, there are at least two or three miles, at this distance, if the Tartar soldiers want to run, he is bound to chase, but the enemy situation behind is unknown, if he hits the main force of the Tartars, what should he do?
When Zhao Pu heard his concerns, he immediately shook his head and said, "Yingzheng, don't panic, I see that the Tartar soldiers must be light soldiers, and look at the future, these Han cavalry also have a large number of captured people, if there is a large force to follow up, they just need to send someone to escort them back, without having to march with them, this must be a small force in front of the Tartar soldiers,"
"And watch its war horses exhale, this will come from a long journey, although arrogant for a while, but it does not last, I intend to choose two hundred fine horsemen in front, to throw bows and crossbows, mess up its formation, and then choose three hundred dragoons, in the rear to close fire, will make its head and tail difficult to care, and the rear battalion is outflanking with the main flanks, choose the fine cavalry from the right side to cut off its back, even if the Tartars want to run, it is only a little fish that slip through the net."
When Wu Guangnian heard this, he still felt that it was inappropriate, and said with scruples, "In our army, many of them have rushed into battle, and they have no experience in engaging in battles in the past. ”
"I'm afraid of a bird, who doesn't come from the fight, just go up and fight for life and death, and those who survive are all elites, how about it? Do you want to do it? ”
Wu Guangnian frowned, stared at him for a while, looked at the soldiers behind him who were eager to fight, thought about it again and again, and then nodded, after agreeing, his heart was much smoother, and he was no longer afraid.
"Tell me about it!"
"I'll lead people and take the lead, but wait a little, when these Tartars are arrogant for a while, the Mongolian light cavalry will definitely go back and forth to capture these people, and after their formation is completely chaotic, let's do it again, and directly pounce on the group of Tartar soldiers behind them."
Zhao Pu analyzed them one by one and said, not how cold-blooded he was, but now, the Tartar soldiers did not focus on killing, but tried to capture them as much as possible, as long as the people did not suffer too many casualties, they had to wait for a better opportunity to do so.
"Look at it again, these real tartars, the armor on their bodies is not leaving their bodies, our iron armor is more than 20 pounds, it is conceivable that with such armor, they can't run fast, when the battalion is leading your troops to raid from the right flank, cut off their retreat, they can only come up and fight, let's shoot with birds, and then go up."
After listening to Wu Guangnian, he analyzed it a little, he was unprepared, it was a surprise attack, and the odds of victory were very high, now it was time to prepare, and when the Tartars captured these people and were arrogant, they would kill them together, so that the chances of winning were greater, and the people who ran first were getting closer and closer to the woodland, and the Tartar soldiers would definitely chase after them.
In this way, the distance was shortened, and when he fought, he was even more afraid, but he had in his hands a full 1,550 cavalry, equipped with 700 armor, 300 crossbows and 600 horse pistols, such equipment, frontal combat, not afraid of a sneak attack.
So according to Zhao Pu's analysis, the troops were roughly divided into three groups, and began to be carefully transferred, with the captain of the second capital, leading 500 cavalry as the right wing, to cut off the way of the Tartar soldiers to the north, Zhao Pu took 400 of the most elite cavalry as the middle army, and on the left flank was the captain of the third capital with 200 cavalry to contain the Mongolian cavalry, and he led 400 people as the rear team, ready to reinforce everywhere at any time.
As soon as the attack was made, it was a full 1,100 people, three times the enemy, and it was a surprise attack, so it should be nine out of ten, so that the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time, led the war horses that covered the horse's hooves and horses' mouths, and gathered in the predetermined area to stand by, just waiting for the Jurchen soldiers to come up.
"Run! Tartar to pull! ”
"Mother, I can't run, oh my God, help me."
The fields of the entire plains, beside the paths, were full of people who had abandoned their possessions and fled.
It is pitiful or pathetic to say that they are pitiful, when they have time to escape, they are packing their bags, preparing food and silver, and now that the catastrophe is coming, these are discarded without hesitation, but there is no hope of escaping, because more than a hundred Mongolian cavalry and Jurchen Aha cavalry behind them have chased up.
The Jurchens may be a big man, or they may really think that this area is not large-scale and dare to resist the Ming army, anyway, they left more than 30 Aha in place to guard the captured people, and the rest of the departments did not have any rules, so they directly caught up.
But the forty or so true Jurchens have remained in place and have not moved, their identities are destined to be used as the main force on the battlefield, this ordinary role of captivity, they disdain to do it, anyway, the Mongols and Han Aha who are attached to them are all serving them, no matter how many are caught, they must be honored to them as masters.
But they could never have imagined that on the edge of the forest, a huge phalanx of cavalry had removed the cover from their horses, their spears were raised, their birds were fired, and their eyes were staring at the Tartar soldiers who were getting closer and closer.
"Get on the horse! Kill! ”
Zhao Pu looked at the people and the Mongolian cavalry who were getting closer and closer, and after estimating the distance, he roared loudly, took the lead with a horse and a pistol, and went directly out of the forest, galloping away, and behind him, there was a whole cavalry battalion full of people! (To be continued.) )