Chapter 405: Walk in person
Although Gray's Northwest Army was the elite of Ronkdo's lineage, Chaseer was clever enough to grasp the weakness of this army - deep into the desert and insufficient logistics. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Even if even the most elite troops are cut off for a day or two in such a desert, I am afraid that the weakening of combat effectiveness will be far more obvious than the lack of food. Although the combat effectiveness of the recruits under his command is definitely not as good as that of the Northwest Army, they have the advantage of taking the initiative to attack, even if they can't defeat the Northwest Army, as long as they slowly retreat, they can block the Northwest Army. In Tadamu, it is very likely that this elite army will be defeated bloodlessly!
In fact, his estimation was not wrong, this time Joser mobilized all the recruits in Boulder Town, in addition to the Northwest Army that had the intention of stopping Gray, it was also an assessment test of the new army. Under the training of Gould and Allocke, this new army not only inherited the fierceness of the Northwest Army, but was also extremely strict by Chase's military regulations and military discipline.
It can be said that these well-disciplined armies are also rare in the entire Guangming Empire, after all, they are soldiers in the feudal era, and the construction of army discipline is naturally much more backward. But in Chaucer's view, the most important thing in the army is not combat effectiveness, but unconditional obedience to superiors. The combat effectiveness of the army can be trained, and the equipment and weapons can be built, but only the discipline and obedience of the army must be firmly in the hands of the leaders from the time it is first established.
The 6,000 new troops, led by Gould and several Yalok infantry generals, marched in formation towards the Tadam Desert. As the first expedition of this new army, José personally joined it, and after completing the assembly in Boulder, he led his troops directly to the Tadam Desert. Among the 6,000 new army, in addition to more than 1,000 logistics and reserve troops, the main army has more than 4,000 soldiers, almost twice the size of the Northwest Army, and Gould has some great confidence in this new army, after all, this is a soldier trained by his own hands.
Thousands of infantry marched across the Gobi Desert in Tadam, feeling the desolate scenery and the hot sunlight from afar. Such an environment was obviously a great test for these ordinary recruits, but Jose had no intention of stopping to recuperate. Fresh water and food were abundant enough for the new army to consume in the desert, for Joseph knew that such hot weather would certainly affect his march, but it would also threaten the Northwest Army, if not worse.
At this time, in the center of the army, the generals such as Jose and Gould were riding their horses. Although the weather was very hot, José refused to use a carriage to travel on his behalf, and instead rode his war horse and marched in the sun with the soldiers. There were many soldiers in front and behind the army carrying the banners of the Chaucer family, and the red five-star red flag fluttered in the desert, which, strange to look at, always inspired the ordinary soldiers, because under these red flags, the Viscount of Sadland was like them, marching in the hot sun.
Such a move undoubtedly won the respect of many soldiers, and those ordinary soldiers could always see the lord in military uniform for the past few days. Although it is rumored that this viscount is a magician, the physique of the magician seems to be quite weak, like this viscount, he can ride a war horse in parallel with the soldiers, and the lord who does not dismount for several days in a row naturally won the favor of the vast majority of soldiers.
These recruits are all simple young men, and seeing that Lord Viscount is leading by example like this, where can anyone dare to complain about anything. Many people only felt in their hearts that such a big man as Viscount Sadland was marching on horseback and braving the sun, so in the past few days, although the march was quite difficult, this new army had shown an extremely obedient attitude.
These situations were naturally also seen by Gould and a group of generals, and when the fat man followed Jose for a long time, he naturally knew the character of this boss. However, those generals under Aloke, I didn't expect this young viscount to have a bit of a soldier's bearing, and they were all quite convinced of him.
José sat on his horse, and although his butt and thighs were worn down by the days of marching, he still persevered. He knew very well how much the leader encouraged the soldiers by example, and although he could sit comfortably in the carriage and hurry, in order to master the new army as soon as possible and establish his prestige, he could only grit his teeth and persevere.
This is the first time he has personally led the army, so he naturally wants to set an example. However, in Joseph's heart, he was very optimistic about this battle, although he wanted to train his troops, but he didn't want this new army to suffer too many casualties. In his opinion, if he could defeat the enemy with minimal losses, then he would definitely not choose to fight hard with the Northwest Army. Therefore, he asked the cavalry to make an internal response, destroying the fresh water reserves of the Northwest Army, and then slowly marched towards Tadam, in order to defeat the elite of the Northwest Army when they were short of water and weak and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced.
Although the idea of testing the results of the training of the new army in a real battle is very correct, if the enemy can be defeated at the lowest cost, then why not?
Just as Joseph was thinking about his next move, a group of cavalry, almost hundreds, galloped across the Gobi Desert in the distance, stirring up a large area of dust!
"Gould, you go and see!" José frowned, obviously realizing that this should be Gould's old ministry to vote, so let the fat man come forward directly to negotiate.
In a matter of moments, the cavalry arrived at the front of the formation, and the cavalry led by them jumped off their horses and hugged Gould, looking very eager. The fat man spoke a few words to them, and then a few people, led by Gould, came directly to Jose. These men were the commanders of Gould's two cavalry battalions and the logistics officer.
When several people saw Joseph, they all stood up straight and saluted, and the commander of the banner regiment led by him stopped his chest and said, "Report to Lord Viscount, three hundred and twenty-eight cavalry members of our department have come to report." We have completed the task you ordered, last night we broke out of the Northwest Army barracks and destroyed their fresh water reserves, but because of lack of time, we did not completely destroy all the water wheels, but there are only a few truckloads of fresh water left, I am afraid that we will not be able to support the Northwest Army at all!"
"You've done a good job, my warriors!" José smiled at them, then glanced at the logistics officer: "Without you, the Northwest Army would be a difficult bone to gnaw, but now, we have enough confidence and strength to defeat these arrogant guys!"