Valley Emperor

When Hao Bainian learned that Li Xuan had sent him an entire 1st Infantry Battalion and half a grenadier team, instead of showing joy, he showed a heavy face.

Because when Li Xuan sent reinforcements to him, he also asked him to defeat the main force of the Ming army at No. 2 ferry as soon as possible, and then return to the Lanjiang ferry.

This simple sentence basically revealed Li Xuan's strategic intentions. He put the hope of winning this battle on Hao Bainian.

"Once the puppet pirates at Lanjiang Ferry cross the river, relying solely on the remaining troops from His Majesty's side will be very stressful. Even if Li Yingguan's troops are transferred back to Fang Lanjiang Ferry, they will return to the Lanjiang Ferry. It also takes time, and once Li Yingguan and the others are fighting back, the Ming army at the No. 3 ferry will also go south, and then..."

At this time, Fang Xitong had a worried look on his face: "And the enemy army has seven or eight thousand people, and I'm afraid it won't last long at the Lanjiang ferry!"

At this time, Hao Bainian said: "So, we must defeat the enemy in front of us as soon as possible, and then return to the Fanglanjiang ferry!"

"Destroy it as soon as possible? Then how should we fight? There are quite a few fake pirates on the opposite side, and you have seen Mr. Hao, they are well prepared." Fang Xitong's face remained worried.

Hao Bainian said: "How else can we fight? When we are ready, we will kill them directly and defeat them with the frontal battle that we are best at!"

That's right, although the new army of the Tang Dynasty was a bandit, since they were equipped with a large number of muskets, what they are best at is not the enemy's advance and I retreat, and the enemy's retreat I advance.

That is, the two sides set up a formation, and then rely on their strength to confront each other!

Because of this, the power of a large number of muskets and strictly trained formations equipped by the Datang New Army can be wielded to the greatest extent.

And Fang Xi said, "Isn't it a bit risky to go directly to the head-to-head battle?"

At this time, Hao Bainian turned his head to look at Fang Xitong. Now he finally understood why His Majesty let him be the commander instead of letting Fang Xitong command the reinforcements on the spot. This Fang Xitong was too conservative. What's wrong with this head-to-head battle? That's what the new army of the Tang Dynasty is best at. If you don't fight like this, how else do you want to fight?

Therefore, Hao Bainian showed a hint of displeasure, and then said: "Your Majesty has assigned all the elites to this official, leading the old, weak and remnants to guard the Lanjiang Ferry. Does this official want to do nothing and play hide-and-seek with these fake thieves, and then wait for His Majesty to fall into crisis? ?"

Fang Xi listened to the same, and immediately said in a row, "Don't dare!"

As a senior general of the new army of the Tang Dynasty, Fang Xitong naturally knew that Hao Bainian was right.

Fang Xitong is very clear about the reality of the Datang New Army. At present, the Datang New Army has four infantry battalions, two mixed battalions, one garrison battalion, and directly subordinate units such as baggage, cavalry, bows and arrows, and grenadiers. Among them, it can be called the main force. There are only the 1st Infantry Battalion, the 1st Mixed Battalion and the Grenadier Corps, and the other units are more or less deficient.

The 1st Infantry Battalion and the 1st Mixed Battalion are both tried-and-tested units in the Datang New Army. They are the units that retain the most backbone veterans in the Datang New Army, and officers at all levels have rich experience in warfare. Many soldiers were recruited at the beginning of this year. He has already joined the army, and he has not fought a battle. He also participated in the first Lanjiang battle a few months ago.

As for the grenadiers, although they are a newly formed army, their soldiers are the best soldiers selected from the active soldiers. Whether it is height, physical fitness or discipline, they are all top-notch. There is no way, height And if the physical strength is not strong, there is no way to throw these grenades thirty meters away.

Moreover, the distance of throwing the grenade is relatively close, and the grenade needs to be ignited before throwing, which requires quite high courage and quality of the soldiers.

Therefore, in terms of the quality of the soldiers alone, the grenadier team even had to surpass the 1st Infantry Battalion and the 1st Mixed Battalion.

In addition, the grenade it is equipped with is powerful, and it is also equipped with a musket.

Therefore, the grenadier team was only a two-month-old unit of the new army, but it had already become a veritable killer in the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

Compared with the above three troops, although other troops will also have veterans, their combat effectiveness is still quite different from the previous three troops.

However, now His Majesty has sent the 1st Infantry Battalion, the 1st Mixed Battalion and even half of the Grenadier Team to the No. 2 Ferry. What does this mean? It means that His Majesty attaches great importance to the outcome of the No. 2 Ferry. To this end, even at the expense of weakening the defense force of Lanjiang Ferry.

However, after receiving reinforcements, there are only more than 900 people on his side, so can he defeat the well-prepared main force of more than 2,000 Ming troops?

Fang Xitong didn't know, and even had some doubts.

As for Huang Xueren, the first battalion battalion officer who just arrived here, he has consciously shut his mouth at this time. He is a battalion officer who came from a bandit chief, although he is said to be stronger than these two young people in terms of prestige and status. Many, but his family knows his own affairs. These strategic and tactical issues have never been his forte. His Majesty sent him here to reinforce Hao Bainian. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

He just needs to follow the orders and do his own business well. As for the strategy and tactics, let Hao Bainian and Fang Xi argue with these disciples of the emperor. You decide how to fight, then he will fight!

Hao Bainian insisted that he would directly fight a head-to-head battle with the opposing pirate army. In fact, he didn't have much confidence in himself.

Of course, there is still a little confidence, but it is hard to say how many achievements, and we have to see the performance of the Ming army in detail.

It is certain that the Ming army on the opposite side is stronger than the ordinary Ming army, but how much stronger can it be? This is an unknown, and this unknown will directly determine the outcome of this battle.

After receiving reinforcements, Hao Bainian didn't want to wait any longer, because it was already completely dawn and the sun had risen. The estimated time was more than six or seven o'clock.

And the Ming army resting near the river beach has also begun to be dispatched. If I don't fight the Ming army at this time, these Ming army will directly kill the Lanjiang ferry. At that time, His Majesty and other troops on the Lanjiang ferry will be killed. into a great crisis.

The crisis of annihilation!

And this kind of thing is not allowed by Hao Bainian!

After some preparations, Hao Bainian said without hesitation: "The order is sent, the whole army will be changed from column to horizontal, and we will rush forward!"

At this time, the Ming army forward who had just left the camp also noticed that something was wrong, and immediately returned to the Ming army generals at the rear. battle formation.

Thousands of people on both sides have already started their own battle formations in this small wilderness not far from the river beach.

The main force of the two sides are facing each other, and the curtain has officially kicked off! ()

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