This starting point is not high for a Lushi graduate who has just returned to China, but it is not low, but generally speaking, as long as these military cadets who have returned from studying abroad are not stupid and normal, then it will not take a year or two to climb to the level of pipe band.

Hua Yongquan thought that this promising Zhou Shuren should not destroy his future, and even if he failed, he should be able to push him out as a scapegoat at that time, and then he decided: "Since this is the case, then we will fight a raid!" ”

Then he looked at Zhou Shuren: "Team Officer Zhou, take your troops over first!" ”

The implication is to let Zhou Shuren take the lead!

I thought that Zhou Shuren would show dissatisfaction, but I didn't expect that this Zhou Shuren was full of excitement: "Don't worry, I will definitely break through the enemy's formation when the time comes!" ”

Seeing this, Hua Yongquan muttered in his heart again, when this kid said that he was going to launch a surprise attack just now, was it deliberate or had a hot head?

No matter how he muttered in his heart, but time waits for no one on the battlefield, the enemy is miles away, the fighter is slightly inferior, and he has no time to hesitate about anything, and immediately Hua Yongquan ordered the troops to continue to remain silent, and then quietly continued to march, but his cavalry battalion was already concentrated during the march.

The topography of Huangjiazhuang is a typical terrain of the North China Plain, of course, the plain terrain is not all endless prairie, there will always be ups and downs, rivers, and forests.

And in one of the small sparse woods, hundreds of cavalrymen led their horses to stay quietly, and Hua Yongquan was constantly wandering to boost the morale of the troops, although they did not dare to speak loudly because of the relative proximity to the enemy, but the suppressed voice still made the cavalry listen to the blood cost.

"For General Zhao!" "For the country and the nation!" Such slogans kept coming out, and I have to say that although the bandit cavalry officers who were born with Lu Shuanggun were not very good at tactical literacy, they were very good at boosting morale, at least the officers from Zhou Shuren and other professional classes on the side were coldly watching Zhou Shuren continue to walk around and give speeches among the soldiers.

These proud young officers have their own pride, and they don't mingle with the soldiers in the past!

"Look, the enemy is already close, look at this queue is long enough!" Not long after, the binoculars of all the officers have already appeared soldiers wearing dark blue uniforms, and their arms are not embroidered with white or yellow or red strips of cloth, it is obvious that they are loyal to the imperial court of the new army troops, according to a lot of previous information, at this time can appear in the Tongzhou area, it should be Wang Shizhen's sixth town department.

As the enemy got closer and closer, everyone became more and more nervous, and when the enemy gradually approached and passed through the official road in front of him, Zhou Shudao said: "My lord, it's now!" ”

Hua Yongquan said: "Well, let's get ready to attack!" ”

Immediately, many of the officers under his command trotted to the front of their respective troops, and Hua Yongquan also took the reins of his war horse from the soldiers, and then ordered: "Get on the horse!" ”

As hundreds of people turned over and got on their horses in unison, Hua Yongquan continued to give the order: "Draw your sword and move forward slowly!" ”

With the order, the cavalrymen each drew their sabers, and then resisted directly on their shoulders, and at the same time urged the war horses under their crotches to walk forward.

And just as the cavalrymen of the first platoon were about to walk out of the woods, the officers at the head gave the order in time: "Trot forward!" ”

Zhou Shuren, the leader, was already urging the war horse under his crotch to trot, and after the war horse trotted up, the whole person was bumped up and down, and at this time, he had already seen that the Beiyang soldiers hundreds of meters away in front had discovered their surprise attack, and it seemed that there was a trace of panic.

However, Zhou Shuren didn't pay attention to them, but felt the speed of the war horse while estimating the distance.

After a while, the surrounding soldiers heard him shouting again: "Kill!" ”

With this 'kill', Zhou Shuren urged the war horse to burst out with the maximum charging speed, and rushed out first, while the other cavalry also no longer cared about the horses, urging the war horse to launch the final charge, and at the same time, it can also be found that the saber on their shoulders has quietly turned down and pointed obliquely forward.

The last few hundred meters of the charging distance was actually only a dozen seconds for the cavalry who had already raised their speed, and in this time, the soldiers of the Sixth Town, who were still on the march, on the opposite side, could not reflect in time and organize a defensive formation.

Facing a large number of cavalry whistling from the mountains and fields not far away, wielding sabers, those infantrymen couldn't help but tremble their legs and feet, even if they were mentally strong, and several officers shouted loudly: "Hurry up, shoot quickly!" ”

But in the hurry, no one listened to these orders, and only a few veterans were able to pull out their rifles and shoot back.

And more people were a little stunned, and when they reflected and wanted to take down the rifle they were carrying and reload the rifle, Zhou Shuren's cavalry was already less than 100 meters away from them.

And at this time, the gunshots also rang out one after another, and a knight next to Zhou Shuren was after the gunshot, and he fell to the ground with a fallen horse, and the war horse that followed the charge behind him couldn't dodge, or didn't dodge at all, the horse's hooves stepped directly on the body of the cavalryman, and the sound of the sternum being smashed by the horse's shoe iron could be heard on the noisy battlefield.

However, after a few breaths, the dozens of cavalrymen who rushed to the front had already waved their sabers in their hands one after another.

In the face of those panicked soldiers who had begun to turn around and flee, the knights did not swing their sabers to chop, but used the speed of the war horse to lightly take a belt, and the saber could use the inertia power of the war horse to easily cut the enemy's body in half, and some elite knights even pulled the saber in their hands, they could directly cut the enemy's head to the ground, but more cavalry still relied on the power of the war horse to quickly and easily cut down a large number of enemy soldiers who turned around and ran.

In the process, the enemy infantry had begun to crumble, and the enemy infantry farther away were shooting at the horsemen with their guns, but some of them might be able to hit one or more horsemen, but soon he would find that the horsemen they were shooting at had already instigated their horses in front of him, and then he would see a shiny saber waving before his eyes.

Come again, they're dead!

"This is a perfect cavalry raid!" After Meng Enyuan received Hua Yongquan's battle report, he couldn't help but praise directly: "Using the terrain to secretly approach and ambush, launch a strong attack under the condition of equal forces, and then force the enemy army to rout, and then create favorable conditions for pursuit and slashing, all of which give full play to the advantages of our cavalry!" ”

Hua Zhenji on the side also said: "The Zhou Shuren who proposed the battle plan is my junior in Lushi, although he is younger, he still has the ability!" ”

As an officer who is also a non-commissioned officer in Japan, the relationship between Hua Zhenji and Zhou Shuren is naturally closer than that of ordinary officers, and now that Zhou Shuren has won a battle in front, he also feels that there is brilliance on his face, and it is not in vain that he recommended him to Zhao Dongyun.

Meng Enyuan naturally understood Hua Zhenji's thoughts, and immediately said: "Don't worry, I won't lose his credit, and I will ask the commander for him at that time!" ”

"This second battalion fought quite well this time, at the cost of less than 30 casualties, it defeated an infantry battalion of the enemy, not only killed and wounded more than 100 enemy soldiers, but also captured nearly 100 people, so it can be regarded as a good start for our army after entering the customs." Lu Shuanggun on the side was also smiling, although the second battalion of the cavalry was the first target unit under Hua Zhenji, but Hua Yongquan was his old subordinate, which was naturally happy for him.

Soon, the news that Hua Yongquan's Second Cavalry Battalion had won a small victory on the Tongzhou front reached Zhao Dongyun.

"This Hua Yongquan is the same as Lu Shuanggun, it doesn't look good on the surface, but it's still a person who can fight!" Zhao Dongyun still appreciates this medium-scale cavalry raid, but this kind of thing can only be regarded as a special case and cannot be universally promoted.

Not every battle can have an advantage, this kind of immediate melee can only sneak attack small troops on the march, or heavy logistics troops, and the main tactical application of cavalry is to return to the way of foot combat.

"And that Zhou Shuren's table is also remarkable, and it should be able to be used after this battle!" Zhao Dongyun seemed to be talking to himself, and as if he was talking to Fang Biyong: "Well, by the way, how is the situation in the fourth town in the south?" ”

Fang Biyong said: "General Duan has led his troops to continue westward, and he has also urged us to speed up the pace of the march, do you think you want the troops to speed up?" ”

Zhao Dongyun returned his gaze to the map on the desktop at this time, and after a long time, he said: "Now that I am almost in the Jingshi, there is no shortage of those days or two of hard work, so it is still safe!" ”

Since breaking away from the railway in Tangshan, Zhao Dongyun's troops have entered a state of marching on foot!

Originally, he and Duan Qirui planned to march along the railways inside and outside the Guanxi such as Tangshan, Tianjin, Langfang, and Jingshi, but the countries in Tianjin were very nervous, for fear that the war would spread to the Tianjin Concession and other places, so the diplomats of various countries used the Xinchou Treaty to prohibit the entry of troops, and the ministers of various countries who were afraid of repeating the Gengzi Disaster were extremely nervous, and some foreign troops stationed in Tianjin had already entered a state of alert.

In this case, Wang Duan and Zhao, who did not want to cause foreign interference, were forced to bypass Tianjin, and then march directly from Tangshan on foot to Beijing.

However, fortunately, although the foreigners did not allow a large number of troops to pass through Tianjin, they did not block the railway transportation of Wang Duan and Zhao, so a large amount of ordnance and ammunition continued to be transported to the front line by railway, and Duan Qirui's troops also bypassed Tianjin lightly, and then prepared to arrive in Langfang.

Wang Yingkai's troops are simple, they went north along the Luhan Railway, and they were stationed in the Zhuozhou area early, and now they are also at an angle with Duan Qirui.

And Zhao Dongyun's words were due to the large number of cavalry under his command and the fact that they came relatively late, so he was responsible for marching from the east, that is, after leaving the railway from Tangshan, he went straight to the Beijing Division, and then joined Wang Duan and Wang Duan on the outskirts of the Beijing Division.

Although the terrain of the Northeast Plain is flat, and the speed of marching on foot is relatively objective, but in the end, it is separated from the railway, and Zhao Dongyun's troops have more heavy equipment, so it is naturally not very convenient to march.

Zhao Dongyun's main force did not arrive, and Duan Qirui and Wang Yingkai in front did not launch an attack without authorization, but continued to make the final preparations before the general attack, and a large number of shells and bullets were transported to the front line one after another to be hoarded.

But no matter how slow it is, Zhao Dongyun's third town is also coming one after another, in late October, after many days of grinding, Zhao Dongyun's third town finally arrived in Tongzhou, and at this time Zhao Dongyun can already see the Qing Dragon Banner not far away!