On the afternoon of July 5, Zhang Decheng, the general of the Boxer Rebellion, led 8,000 men of the "First Regiment in the World" into Majiakou and smashed into the hinterland of the Zizhulin Concession in Tianjin, becoming the main force attacking the concession.

On the night of July 6, panicked coalition forces attempted to attack Majiakou. After Zhang Decheng got the report, he decided to plan the plan, ambushed the enemy who was sneaking up, annihilated most of the enemy, and won the first battle.

On 7 July, Wang Jundao personally led a cavalry battalion of 1,080 cavalry to Jinghai County, accompanied by 100 soldiers from the guidance battalion, 100 soldiers from the baggage battalion, 100 soldiers from the logistics battalion, and 100 soldiers from the 'Shenjian' special operations battalion.

Wang Jundao's cavalry walked at night, and the person who led the way was naturally Han Muxia, who was familiar with the terrain of Beijing and Tianjin, and the reason why he chose to be stationed in Jinghai County was because Han Muxia was a native of Jinghai County and was most familiar with the terrain of Jinghai County, and second, because Jinghai County was just west of Tianjin, very close to Tianjin, which was convenient for exploring the situation in Tianjin and looking for fighters.

Wang Jundao's more than 1,000 horsemen moved very fast, and people with intentions didn't have time to pay attention to it at all, so they unknowingly hid in a dense jungle in the north of Jinghai County, where they were surrounded by mountains and rivers, and there were mountains and lush forests for several miles, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack, easy to station, and could hide tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the most important thing was that the place was remote, not easy to be found, and it was less than fifty miles away from Tianjin City.

After stationing down, Wang Jundao sent most of the soldiers of the baggage battalion and the logistics battalion to the surrounding areas to buy grain and grass supplies.

At night, Wang Jundao called Tang Jian and whispered to him: "You personally go to Tianjin City, try to find out the situation in the city, especially the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, to see how many guns and ammunition are still stored in it, and send more brothers to find out the situation of various important strategic bases outside Tianjin now, especially Zizhulin Concession, Balitai, Laolongtou Railway Station and other places, if you can find out where the headquarters of the Eight-Nation Alliance are." ”

"Yes!"

After Tang Jian left quietly, Wang Jundao said to Han Muxia, who was silent on the side: "Why don't you go home and take a look?" ”

Han Muxia shook his head and said: "No, I haven't been home all these years of traveling, I'm used to it, as long as my home is in my heart." ”

"In ancient times, Dayu controlled the water, and he passed the door three times without entering, and you can be regarded as following suit today." Wang Jundao nodded slightly and smiled.

"I'm a martial artist, how can I compare with Dayu? If you want to say that you don't enter the house, you have to be a military commander to be called. Han Muxia said with a smile.

"Oh?" Wang Jundao was slightly puzzled.

"Commander, have you forgotten that you were too high last time? Didn't you come home too? Han Muxia said.

"Where do I have a home? It has long been ruined by the Qing soldiers. Wang Jundao smiled bitterly, thought of the home of the future generations, shook his head, and said, "Let's go, go and see the brothers of the cavalry." ”

In fact, the cavalry battalion has not experienced any major battles, but has only experienced several months of arduous cavalry training and courage training, and the horses are not frightened by guns and artillery, and the soldiers on horseback are not afraid to charge in the rain of bullets.

Now, the cavalry battalion has gone through thousands of miles of marching from Tai'an to Yanjing, rushed to kill six bandits, and has experienced the tempering of these foreigners who have swept away Yanjing City, and each cavalry can be regarded as a real warrior, not inferior to any battle-hardened cavalry team.

Each cavalry battalion was equipped with a pistol and a steel knife, and they could slash with one hand and shoot with a gun with the other while charging.

Wang Jundao took Han Muxia and the cavalry battalion commander Yue Fengxian to inspect the cavalry squads one by one, all the cavalry couldn't help but be physically and mentally excited when they saw Wang Jundao, Wang Jundao sometimes encouraged, sometimes cared, sometimes laughed, sometimes made a few speeches, sometimes bragged, sometimes spoke seriously.

The final result is that every cavalry soldier was stimulated by Wang Jundao's blood boiling and relaxed, and he couldn't wait to go into battle to kill the enemy immediately and repay Wang Jundao's kindness.

After the inspection, Wang Jundao said to Yue Fengxian: "In the body of the cavalry battalion, I have seen the prototype of a peerless cavalry, in the future, I will use the cavalry battalion as the foundation to establish a real invincible iron cavalry, go to the Mongolian Plateau, go to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, go to Xinjiang Province, go to Siberia, go to Central Asia, and go to conquer the world like Genghis Khan back then!" ”

Yue Fengxian listened to the excitement and blood boiling, as the commander of the cavalry battalion, what Wang Jundao said was what he expected the most, he did not want the cavalry to be gradually eliminated with the emergence of new types of military services and new weapons.

But in fact, Wang Jundao will not eliminate the cavalry at all in a short period of time, but will only vigorously develop the cavalry, because it is impossible for him to build the railway to the Mongolian Plateau in a short period of time, and it is impossible to build the railway to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Even if it is repaired, at most only one or a few railway trunk lines can be built to exercise strategic control over these areas, but the actual control of each small area, in the absence of aircraft, must also need to be elusive, mobile cavalry to complete, because on the grassland, cavalry always has an innate advantage, what cars, armored vehicles, tanks, etc., no roads, no oil, that is a pile of scrap iron, unlike war horses, as long as there is grass and water, you can trek through mountains and rivers.

Looking at Yue Fengxian, who was excited, Wang Jundao said: "You have studied the cavalry tactics handed down from your ancestors since you were a child, these days, you have led the cavalry battalion alone, marched in front of the team, opened the way to explore the way, swept away the bandits, and never disappointed me, this time in Tianjin, I also hope you will not let me down, although I am here, but I will never interfere with your command of the cavalry, all cavalry tactics, listen to you, I will listen to you." ”

"Rest assured, Commander, Feng Xianding will not let you down." Yue Feng gave a military salute and said in a deep voice.

"I believe in you." Wang Jundao nodded, and his thoughts couldn't help but go back to the time when he took the word for Yue Feng first half a year ago-

Yue Fengxian's original name was Yue Ting, and his ancestor was Yue Fei, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty who resisted gold and served the country loyally, and his ancestors did not know that generation they were from, and they just moved their family to Gaotang, Shandong.

When the Boxer Rebellion broke out in Shandong, he followed Wang Liyan to join the Boxer Rebellion and fought everywhere.

When he robbed the Dharma Field in Jinan, he was one of the one hundred and eight surviving Boxer soldiers, and he could be regarded as the veteran of the Tiger Army.

Half a year ago, Yue Ting was exactly twenty years old, so he asked Wang Jundao to give him a word, and Wang Jundao thought about it at the time, so he gave him the word "Fengxian".

At that time, Wang Jundao also encouraged: "I hope that you can use Yue Fei's loyalty and Lu Bu's courage in the future!" ”

After Yue Ting heard it at that time, he made up his mind that from now on, he would be named after Yue Fengxian, so now the entire Tiger Ben Army only knows that his name is Yue Fengxian, and few people know that his real name is Yue Ting.

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Thinking of this, Wang Jundao couldn't help but pat Yue Fengxian's shoulder and said, "Go and rest, from tomorrow, you may not be able to sleep well for a long time." ”

After Yue Feng went down first, Wang Jundao thought quietly alone, according to the historical development, in six days, Tianjin City would completely fall.

Today's Tianjin City is almost surrounded by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and if he wants to save Tianjin City from fire and water with more than 1,000 cavalry, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream, and he can only take advantage of the fire and get some benefits.

The reason why he personally brought the cavalry battalion over had two purposes.

The first purpose is to gather as many Boxer soldiers in Tianjin as possible, because the Boxers in Tianjin are very different from the Boxers in Yanjing.

The Boxers in Tianjin were able to win a great victory in Langfang, defeat the coalition forces in the Zizhu Forest, and be able to defeat the coalition forces at the Laolongtou Railway Station.

They are highly disciplined, unlike the Boxers in Yanjing, who are a group of chaotic people, they do not harm the people, and have the potential to become elite soldiers.

Wang Jundao believed that as long as he gave them new weapons, taught them to shoot guns and the simplest battlefield skills, they would immediately become the soul seducers of the Eight-Nation Alliance.

The second purpose was to train the soldiers, to train the cavalry battalion he had built.

An army that has not truly experienced the baptism of war can never become a real army.

Wang Jundao wanted to build the cavalry battalion into a real iron cavalry when the Eight-Nation Alliance had not yet attacked Yanjing, so that he could fully exert the mobile surname of the cavalry battalion when the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked Yanjing.

Don't look at the cavalry battalion, there are only more than 1,000 horsemen, but if it really plays a role, it is stronger than tens of thousands of infantry!