Time is of the essence. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThere are still two months left before the end of winter, considering that the climate in the south is milder than in the north, and the seasonal impact of winter will be minimized, so it is estimated that the weather will inevitably warm up in about a month, and the worries about non-combat losses can also become more relaxed.

But as the weather warms up, the new troubles that Yang Tianhong faces in this battle will definitely come again. You know, the rotation of the seasons will always let God rain to inform all beings that "Lao Tzu's mood has changed", and the south is forested and the climate is special, once it rains, it must be endless plus an intermittent, if you want to fight non-stop, you must fully consider the impact of the rainy season.

It is necessary to completely solve the Yue barbarians around Yuanxian within half a month, and Yang Tianhong's goal, or it should be said that he Su strives for this, so now the movement of the entire army has reached as fast as it can.

The existence of cavalry is to continuously compress the living space of the Yue barbarians, and it is also to use the high mobility speed of the cavalry to annihilate any Yue barbarians who may escape. While the cavalry played its role, the movement of the infantry army was full of tests, and the infantry army had a very heavy task, they needed to destroy or garrison the main roads while advancing, and they might need to set aside enough reserves to play hide and seek with the Yue barbarians who were scurrying into the forest.

Geographical location is also a factor that every commander with troops must take into account, the terrain around Yuan County is very complicated because of many water systems, fortunately, Yang Tianhong already has a marine corps. Although this Marine Corps is honestly not very combat-ready, after all, it has only been in the army for a short time, and there is an extreme lack of drills, and it has not yet conducted systematic wading and landing combat exercises, but there should be no problem in using it to harass and prevent the Vietnamese from crossing the river on the river, right?

The goal has been set -- the first step is to first wipe out the elite troops of the Yue people, then use soldiers to guard the main road, and then let the subdued Yue barbarians turn around and chase down the other Yue barbarians who have fled into the forest. There is a very good saying in another world, "raze to control raze", and Yang Tianhong more or less beat this idea. Now, the entire layout around Yuanxian County because Yang Sui has already consumed the elite troops of the Yue people in the street battles in Yuanxian County, at this stage, Yang Tianhong's layout has actually completed about seven or eight tenths, even if there are changes, at most it is impossible to complete the entire layout ten out of ten. As for the final result, there is nothing to worry about.

On the third day of the main cavalry dispatch of the Xuanhuo Army, that is, when the second batch of troops advanced to about dozens of miles away from Yuan County, at this time, the Southbound Army had already led the army to capture some small cities in the Yue Kingdom, and they had completed the detour, and it would take about half a day to complete the meeting with the second group of troops with the heavy infantry as the main force, but they received unexpected information in the rear.

Yang Tianhong looked at the battle report that had just been delivered in his hand, and frowned: "After Ruan Shuizeliang captured Yuan County, he didn't take action to consolidate the city defense, but spent two days collecting weapons on the battlefield and packing the grain left by Yang Sui, and then began to retreat south without hesitation?"

Comparing the time, if Yang Tianhong hadn't launched a military operation in advance before, and now when he waited for the Yue barbarians to retreat south, it would definitely be too late to plug the gap! Fortunately, God and luck were on his side after all, and although the movement was a little slower, he could still be in time.

"Yang Sui ......"

Yang Tianhong saw the key words on the battle report. Obviously, it was Yang Sui who left a large amount of unburned grain in Yuan County, which slowed down the retreat of the Yue barbarians. Speaking of which, it's all the fault of greed. Although Ruan Shuize Liang can barely be regarded as a person who commands troops, he also has the shining point of being able to conceal the other party and secretly accumulate troops to launch a fatal blow to Yuan County. But he was still a barbarian after all. Greed was the biggest mistake he made in this battle. It was because I felt that the mountains of grain and grass in Yuan County had to be brought back, so I stayed in Yuan County for two days.

Even though it was only two days, it was a fatal two days.

......

In the entire Xuanhuo army system, the cavalry team was the fastest to find out that the situation was wrong, and when they were cruising to hunt the Yue barbarians, the Yue people from the north first retreated south with a small amount of spoils, and the number of Yue people who followed behind them increased. Gradually, when the number of Vietnamese troops encountered exceeded 10,000, and there was more than one, even the most sluggish soldiers realized that something was wrong.

Yang Jie, the cavalry general and also the general of the Yang family, immediately reported the situation to the Chinese army, and after several days of fierce fighting, the cavalry troops, which were more or less reduced, gave up the attack on the Yue troops on a scale of more than 10,000 people in accordance with the orders of the generals of each team, and turned to harassment and attack.

The impact of the cavalry was extremely powerful. And in the south, where there were almost no horses, the role of cavalry was even more indispensable. These days, the 20,000 Xuanhuo Army cavalry has wiped out at least 50,000 Yue barbarians, and their own losses are also several hundred. There will be such losses not because of how fierce the resistance of the Yue people is, but because these cavalry are not elite compared to the Lizhou cavalry. After all, Lizhou borders the grasslands to the north, and although Rong Di lost for a while last year, no one dares to guarantee when Rong Di will go south again. Therefore, the military affairs of Lizhou are more important than Anzhou to some extent, and the most elite cavalry units were also left in Lizhou by Yang Tianhong. On the other hand, on the Anzhou side, these cavalry who accompanied the main army to the south, they were good riders selected by Yang Tianhong from the Lizhou cavalry, but they didn't have much time to train. Therefore, the losses caused in the battle were basically caused by the cavalry themselves accidentally falling off their horses and falling to their deaths.

In fact, in the era when there were no stirrups and saddles, it was not easy to control a good war horse just by relying on the reins and its own balance, and the cavalry not only needed to sit on the back of the horse safely, but also needed to fight with weapons in hand, and a careless sway would really fall off the horse. When the cavalry is fighting, it will also produce resistance with the swing of the weapon and hitting the enemy, whether it is psychologically prepared or not, the knight's waist strength and leg strength are highly tested. But even with stirrups and saddles, it still takes a lot of time to train to produce a good cavalryman.

At this stage, Yang Tianhong does not have too many extravagant hopes for the Anzhou cavalry, and the large-scale southward transfer campaign also wants to use the heads of the Yue barbarians to hone this army. After all, the Yue people are not really a strong opponent, and they are definitely a good whetstone for training. If compared to Rong Di in the north, the Yue people are actually not even worthy of the qualifications to carry shoes.

The first person to receive information from the cavalry was not Yang Tianhong's main force headquarters that had already approached Yuan County, but Yang Bi and others who had been steadily advancing in the south direction along the southeast direction of Jiping Fortress. As the second group of troops, Yang Bi commanded 6,000 heavy infantry, 10,000 crossbowmen, and 30,000 light armored foot soldiers. This unit was originally used by Yang Tianhong as the main force for head-on combat. It's just that most of the roads south of Jiping are still being renovated, so they have to divide their forces to speed up.

In the Xuanhuo Army, heavy infantry is a special type of troops. Now, it's definitely time to take it out and put it to the test. Compared with the large-scale Anzhou cavalry unit that has not been formed for a long time, Yang Tianhong has deep expectations for the heavy infantry that has been trained for two years. In the following southern campaign, the combat effectiveness displayed by the heavy infantry will also affect Yang Tianhong's choice of the structure of the troops under his command. If the heavy infantry does not live up to hope, then the formation of the heavy infantry will be expanded, and if the heavy infantry does not show satisfactory combat power. Yang Tianhong had no choice but to give up the idea of heavy infantry expansion and pay attention to other troops.

In fact, both heavy and light infantry are only alternative parts of Yang Tianhong's plan. In fact, he was more interested in light infantry. The reason is very simple -- the research and development of muskets is ongoing, which dooms the number of heavy infantry in the future of the Xuanhuo Army to not be too large. However, the development of muskets has not made much progress, and it will take a lot of time to reach the level of large-scale mass production. In the face of war and peace, Yang Tianhong can only devote his limited human resources to reality as much as possible. Therefore, the heavy infantry still occupies a very important position in the Xuanhuo Army.

The premise of all changes is whether the musket can really be developed.

To tell the truth, before he became the master of Anzhou, or even became the envoy of Lizhou, Yang Tianhong had been worried that if he didn't have his own pasture, he wanted to build cavalry and not talk about the cost of wealth, and the source of the war horse was suddenly stuck in his hands, so the construction of the cavalry would definitely be suspended. The construction of cavalry units is too restrictive, and the establishment of large-scale cavalry is delusional, and in the future war with the countries of the Central Plains, it is still possible to go north to meet the steppe Rongdi, what if there is no large-scale cavalry?

In the history of another world, the victory rate of the Southern Song Dynasty in foreign wars has always been maintained at 70 percent, which is 48 percent higher than that of the Tang Dynasty. Although the Song army won the battle and was unable to kill more enemy troops, it was equivalent to a blank victory. The enemy army did not suffer many casualties and regrouped, but still had a strong living force, and no matter how much such a victory was, it still had little effect on the balance of strength. In contrast, the Tang army's victory rate in foreign wars was low, but the Tang army did not lack cavalry, and every time it won a victory, it was always able to destroy a large number of enemy troops in the pursuit battle, and even if the number of such victories was small, it could also destroy the enemy's living force on a large scale.

The meaning of war is actually quite simple. Kill all the enemies, and there will be no war. It's a simple concept, but it's hard to do.

In the entire Xuanhuo army system, the cavalry team was the fastest to find out that the situation was wrong, and when they were cruising to hunt the Yue barbarians, the Yue people from the north first retreated south with a small amount of spoils, and the number of Yue people who followed behind them increased. Gradually, when the number of Vietnamese troops encountered exceeded 10,000, and there was more than one, even the most sluggish soldiers realized that something was wrong.

Yang Jie, the cavalry general and also the general of the Yang family, immediately reported the situation to the Chinese army, and after several days of fierce fighting, the cavalry troops, which were more or less reduced, gave up the attack on the Yue troops on a scale of more than 10,000 people in accordance with the orders of the generals of each team, and turned to harassment and attack.

The impact of the cavalry was extremely powerful. And in the south, where there were almost no horses, the role of cavalry was even more indispensable. These days, the 20,000 Xuanhuo Army cavalry has wiped out at least 50,000 Yue barbarians, and their own losses are also several hundred. There will be such losses not because of how fierce the resistance of the Yue people is, but because these cavalry are not elite compared to the Lizhou cavalry. After all, Lizhou borders the grasslands to the north, and although Rong Di lost for a while last year, no one dares to guarantee when Rong Di will go south again. Therefore, the military affairs of Lizhou are more important than Anzhou to some extent, and the most elite cavalry units were also left in Lizhou by Yang Tianhong. On the other hand, on the Anzhou side, these cavalry who accompanied the main army to the south, they were good riders selected by Yang Tianhong from the Lizhou cavalry, but they didn't have much time to train. Therefore, the losses caused in the battle were basically caused by the cavalry themselves accidentally falling off their horses and falling to their deaths.

In fact, in the era when there were no stirrups and saddles, it was not easy to control a good war horse just by relying on the reins and its own balance, and the cavalry not only needed to sit on the back of the horse safely, but also needed to fight with weapons in hand, and a careless sway would really fall off the horse. When the cavalry is fighting, it will also produce resistance with the swing of the weapon and hitting the enemy, whether it is psychologically prepared or not, the knight's waist strength and leg strength are highly tested. But even with stirrups and saddles, it still takes a lot of time to train to produce a good cavalryman.

At this stage, Yang Tianhong does not have too many extravagant hopes for the Anzhou cavalry, and the large-scale southward transfer campaign also wants to use the heads of the Yue barbarians to hone this army. After all, the Yue people are not really a strong opponent, and they are definitely a good whetstone for training. If compared to Rong Di in the north, the Yue people are actually not even worthy of the qualifications to carry shoes.

The first person to receive information from the cavalry was not Yang Tianhong's main force headquarters that had already approached Yuan County, but Yang Bi and others who had been steadily advancing in the south direction along the southeast direction of Jiping Fortress. As the second group of troops, Yang Bi commanded 6,000 heavy infantry, 10,000 crossbowmen, and 30,000 light armored foot soldiers. This unit was originally used by Yang Tianhong as the main force for head-on combat. It's just that most of the roads south of Jiping are still being renovated, so they have to divide their forces to speed up.

In the Xuanhuo Army, heavy infantry is a special type of troops. Now, it's definitely time to take it out and put it to the test. Compared with the large-scale Anzhou cavalry unit that has not been formed for a long time, Yang Tianhong has deep expectations for the heavy infantry that has been trained for two years. In the following southern campaign, the combat effectiveness displayed by the heavy infantry will also affect Yang Tianhong's choice of the structure of the troops under his command. If the heavy infantry does not live up to hope, then the formation of the heavy infantry will be expanded, and if the heavy infantry does not show satisfactory combat power. Yang Tianhong had no choice but to give up the idea of heavy infantry expansion and pay attention to other troops.

In fact, both heavy and light infantry are only alternative parts of Yang Tianhong's plan. In fact, he was more interested in light infantry. The reason is very simple -- the research and development of muskets is ongoing, which dooms the number of heavy infantry in the future of the Xuanhuo Army to not be too large. However, the development of muskets has not made much progress, and it will take a lot of time to reach the level of large-scale mass production. In the face of war and peace, Yang Tianhong can only devote his limited human resources to reality as much as possible. Therefore, the heavy infantry still occupies a very important position in the Xuanhuo Army.

The premise of all changes is whether the musket can really be developed.

To tell the truth, before he became the master of Anzhou, or even became the envoy of Lizhou, Yang Tianhong had been worried that if he didn't have his own pasture, he wanted to build cavalry and not talk about the cost of wealth, and the source of the war horse was suddenly stuck in his hands, so the construction of the cavalry would definitely be suspended. The construction of cavalry units is too restrictive, and the establishment of large-scale cavalry is delusional, and in the future war with the countries of the Central Plains, it is still possible to go north to meet the steppe Rongdi, what if there is no large-scale cavalry?

In the history of another world, the victory rate of the Southern Song Dynasty in foreign wars has always been maintained at 70 percent, which is 48 percent higher than that of the Tang Dynasty. Although the Song army won the battle and was unable to kill more enemy troops, it was equivalent to a blank victory. The enemy army did not suffer many casualties and regrouped, but still had a strong living force, and no matter how much such a victory was, it still had little effect on the balance of strength. In contrast, the Tang army's victory rate in foreign wars was low, but the Tang army did not lack cavalry, and every time it won a victory, it was always able to destroy a large number of enemy troops in the pursuit battle, and even if the number of such victories was small, it could also destroy the enemy's living force on a large scale.

The meaning of war is actually quite simple. Kill all the enemies, and there will be no war. It's a simple concept, but it's hard to do. (To be continued.) )