Chapter 17: The First Field Battle (I)
The division of troops is actually not a big deal, earlier in order to collect supplies, Bocai also divided troops.
and Peng Tuo's troops were divided into two ways, all the way to attack the city and plunder the land, the more people fought, and the supplies were more and more sufficient. But no matter how abundant the supplies were, they could not allow 130,000 people to be consumed in this way.
According to Bocai's meaning, now the soldiers are divided into two routes, all the way south to Xincai, and then north to Pingyu, all the way to Gushi, and then to Pingyu.
In the Yellow Turban Army, Bo Cai is almost a man of his word, and naturally no one will oppose his decision.
So, under the deliberate arrangement of Bocai, Peng Tuo took 170,000 troops, including a part of the family camp, to Xincai. In fact, this line is basically a large rear, and the local Han Dynasty troops did not dare to resist at all, so the main purpose was to settle the Kang people, and of course, to collect materials for the main force was also a purpose.
At the same time, Bocai led nearly 130,000 troops from his headquarters to Gushi County. As Bo Cai's disciples, Fang Yun and Zhou Cang were naturally in the part of the team that went to Gushi. And Xie Ran also got Fang Yun's blessing and went with him.
From the second day, the troops began to advance in two directions, and the soldiers were always a little uneasy when they saw that most of the people around them were suddenly reduced. Perhaps in their eyes, more people are stronger, even if they encounter a large-scale battle, a few more people in front of them, they can have a better chance of surviving.
But when they thought of this, Bocai didn't think of it?
His other purpose was to make these soldiers see blood, at least to the extent that everyone had to see blood. He just wants to mature these recruits through repeated attacks and bloody battles. Even if there is a big attrition, it doesn't matter, as long as you can train these tens of thousands of recruits to train so many twenty or thirty thousand elite soldiers, then it will be considered a profit.
As for the source of troops, Bocai is not worried at all, now that the Taiping Sect has returned to the Mandate of Heaven, the people are looking to the wind wherever they go, and there is no fear that there will be not enough troops available.
As the troops marched, the tun under Fang Yun's command began to become dazzling.
No, others walk crookedly, and even chat while marching, this habit cannot be eliminated even by front-line soldiers, and the soldiers of this era are like this.
And Fang Yun's tun, not to mention the excellent armor, watching them do their best to keep in line, and at the same time marching silently when marching, never talking to each other, even if people who don't know how to soldier, they will feel that this is an elite army!
"That, Brother Fang......" Xie Ran quietly came to Fang Yun's side.
"Brother, what's the matter?" Fang Yun asked sideways.
"How did your team practice, I remember it was only more than two days, how did it feel like it had been practicing for three or four years?" Xie Ran asked with envy.
After all, who doesn't want to have an excellent subordinate as an officer, no general will like a bunch of rubbish. It's just that the quality of the Yellow Turban Army is like this, what can they do in two days to expect them to be able to train soldiers before?
"It's very simple, just practice over and over again! They are all training soldiers and training formations, especially these soldiers who have just joined the army and are about to go to the battlefield not long after, you expect them to become martial arts masters in a few days, it is naturally impossible! Therefore, focusing on the practice queue and practicing the means of combo is more suitable for the needs of a short time. Fang Yun said with a smile.
Xie Ran understood that these soldiers were very good at platooning in formation, and then at most they were also powerful at forming arrays. But if you take it apart, it's no different from other Yellow Turban Army.
It's just that he was a little annoyed, why didn't he think of this? Although he also trained the soldiers in those two days, he basically trained for physical fitness, one was not enough weapons and equipment, and the other was that he didn't know how to train, so he had to work hard for two days, which was actually useless, but on the whole, the soldiers were so loose that they didn't dare to look at it directly.
If it weren't for being like this, Xie Ran would have doubted whether he was going to be an officer.
But this kind of confidence, after seeing Fang Yun's subordinates today and learning about the other party's training methods, was ruthlessly hit again. He has made up his mind, and when he rests again, TMD Lao Tzu will also train like that!
"What's up ahead?" After walking for a long time, the group came to a hilly area, and Bo Cai suddenly asked.
"Please wait, the scouts will be back soon!" Naturally, the adjutant general didn't know where this was, so he could only hope for the eyes of the military at the moment - the scout's report.
"Report to Qu Shuai, this is already in Gushi County, called Baili Slope, and there is this kind of terrain within a radius of 100 miles." In a short time, the scout had already investigated the surrounding situation, and even reported back based on the information he found from passers-by.
"Well, it's almost time, let's move forward for another hour, and then find a place to rest!" Bocai nodded, and then ordered.
The deputy general ordered, on the one hand, to send scouts to continue to investigate the situation, and on the other hand, to call the herald to convey the order of the commander.
Knowing that they would be able to rest after advancing for another hour, the soldiers were also very happy, and after walking for most of the day, they could finally have a good rest. Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a little unsupportable in my legs and feet, and it seemed that I had strength again.
But he didn't want to, so he walked for half an hour, and the scouts also came on horseback.
"Report! Ten miles ahead, there was a Han army in formation, and it seemed that they already knew about our arrival! The scout hurried to Bocai's front to report.
"How many Hangou are there?" Bo Cai asked.
"Roughly calculated, no less than 20,000 people! But the other side does not seem to be a local defender, and in terms of equipment, it seems to be similar to us. It's just that they planted the Han military flag and didn't tie a yellow scarf at the same time, so they didn't come to join us! "The scout returns.
"Oh, that's the local volunteers. A few days ago, Emperor Han issued an edict to allow local good families to spontaneously form a volunteer resistance. The marching master said with a smile.
He knew the news, and it was thanks to helping Bocai, a rough man, deal with government affairs in the past few days, and then checked the documents of the county government of Ruyin County a little bit, and then he knew about this matter. Now, it's just a matter of showing off.
"Hmph, just 20,000 villagers, you dare to stop my heavenly army? Sons, kill me with me! Knowing that he was not facing a regular army, Bocai was naturally full of confidence.
Not to mention these volunteers, even if they are regular soldiers, almost all of them flee from the wind when they are defeated along the way, and even if they fight, the Yellow Turban Army can completely fight two to one, and even the elite troops can fight one-on-one. Replaced by this kind of rural bravery, hehe, it is better to use it for military training, Benqu Shuai is worried that no one will see blood for his sons!
At the moment when he made his decision, a prompt suddenly came to Fang Yun's mind: "The field dungeon campaign has begun to generate ......"