Valley Emperor

In the eyes of outsiders, this sudden appearance of the Tang Dynasty appears to be very absurd, and in the absurd, there is mystery!

They all know Li Xuan, because Li Xuan participated in the imperial examination, Su Jiakang sent this person's information to Song Zhiwen, and Song Zhiwen also recorded Li Xuan's information.

But according to Li Xuan's superficial information, they still couldn't understand how a scholar who was so helpless and could not see any potential could establish a pseudo-Tang Dynasty!

Moreover, although the pseudo-Tang Dynasty was established as an emperor, its system was different from that of the Ming Dynasty and even many dynasties in ancient times.

In addition, the establishment and designation of the Datang New Army is not a secret. Needless to say, the Ming Army who has dealt with the Datang New Army, even some ordinary people in Xingquan and Liping Houses know that the Datang New Army is based on 'platoon, team, Battalion, regiment' as the preparation.

Song Zhiwen said in great detail in the intelligence that there are about 100 members of the pseudo-Tang bandit army. The leader is called the captain, and several teams form a battalion. not wait.

Of course, even Song Zhiwen couldn't fully understand the detailed organization of the Datang New Army. At least he didn't know the regiment-level organization in the Datang New Army, because if the Datang New Army established a regiment-level organization, Song Zhiwen would have already become a prisoner. escorted to the capital.

Therefore, the information that Song Zhiwen dictated was actually not detailed, and there were even many mistakes and omissions, but even so, this was the only comprehensive and detailed information that the Ming Dynasty could obtain.

However, such an important piece of information dictated by Song Zhiwen was not valued by officials of the Ming Dynasty, especially middle-level officials. How many people are there in the Pseudo-Tang Bandit Army?

Even paying attention to how many concubines Li Xuan had, and why Liu Bagou was a scholar but a Taoist priest, there were more people who were concerned about the establishment and weapons of the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

After all, in the hearts of many officials of the Ming Dynasty, the current Datang Dynasty still belongs to the category of clowns. They just regard many things about the pseudo-Tang thief army as gossip and anecdotes, and they do not spend time and energy on real research. key problem.

Qiu Yu is pretty good. He has at least read the information in detail, especially the military content.

The Ming army who was attacking the city in front had already begun to retreat, but Qiu Yu was still immersed in shock and couldn't extricate himself. He didn't react until someone else reminded him, and then ordered Ming Jin to withdraw his troops.

He did not blame the collapse of the front-line troops, nor did he shout and shout about killing deserters, because even if they were two or three hundred meters away, he felt the power of the bombs of the pseudo-Tang bandit army just now.

Such a weapon is incomparable to human beings!

Now that the troops have retreated, the next thing to do is to gather up the rout troops, so that these rout troops will be completely dispersed, and even shake the morale of the entire army.

At the same time, we have to find a way to resist the firearms of the pseudo-Tang thieves!

The pseudo-Tang thief army not only has artillery and handguns, but also this kind of flowering bombs.

At this time, Qiu Yu didn't know that the new army of the Tang Dynasty in Tonggu Weicheng actually had no grenades. They had more than 50 grenades in hand, and they had already thrown them all at once. They wanted to throw them again. But it's gone.

In fact, it's not just grenades. The 5th Infantry Battalion under Wang Chaofeng's command also used a lot of ammunition for artillery and muskets.

His troops have been fighting with the Ming army for three days. Because they are at a disadvantage, they rely more on firepower advantages when defending and consume more ammunition.

The troops generally do not carry too much ammunition based on the experience gained in past operations.

After all, at this time, a soldier will not fire more than ten rounds of bullets on average in a regular large-scale decisive battle in the wild. Therefore, theoretically speaking, a soldier carrying ten rounds of ammunition is enough. .

But the theoretical situation is only a theoretical situation, because it always exists only in theory. In actual combat, few generals let soldiers go to the battlefield with only ten bullets, even if they know that they will not use so many.

When Wang Chaofeng's 5th Infantry Battalion came from Tongguwei, the average soldier carried at least 50 rounds of bullets. He originally thought that these bullets were enough, but what he didn't expect was that these bullets would be used in the past few days. In the frequent and fierce defensive operations, it was quickly consumed.

So much so that there is a danger of running out of ammunition!

Exhaustion of ammunition is the biggest problem facing Wang Chaofeng. Even at this time, he has already swore in his heart that he must bring all the ammunition he can bring when he leads the army to fight alone in the future.

A soldier has to bring at least a hundred ammunition, and a few hundred rounds of artillery shells. Otherwise, he will not be able to last long in the fierce battle today.

Fortunately, after the Ming army was hit by a grenade, it had already retreated temporarily. Wang Chaofeng hoped that the reinforcements of the regiment would arrive before the Ming army launched the next large-scale attack.

If the regiment reinforcements did not arrive late, then his 5th Infantry Battalion could only become a pure cold weapon force, fighting the enemy hand-to-hand.

And where is the Second Infantry Regiment that Wang Chaofeng is looking forward to, in fact, the other two infantry battalions of the Second Infantry Regiment are now about fifteen miles behind the Tongguwei.

This distance, in terms of the marching speed of these regular infantry battalions, is actually a matter of half a day, but it is already evening, and they will not continue to march after camping here. After all, marching at night is too dangerous, and it is easy for the enemy to I haven't called yet, I just got lost in the night.

An army marching at night, it will be broken into pieces as it walks, and it is not impossible for it to completely collapse.

A few miles to the right of the Second Infantry was the First Infantry.

In the rear, there are the Fourth Infantry Regiment and a large number of baggage units, as well as civilians who are temporarily recruited for logistical transportation tasks.

However, unlike the Ming army who liked to send civilians to the battlefield, the new army of the Tang Dynasty has never had the tradition of catching up with young people or civilians to fight on the battlefield. Generally, they are responsible for logistics and transportation in the rear. When fighting, they will not treat young people and civilians. Cannon fodder sent to the front.

This is not to say that the generals of the Datang New Army cherished the lives of the civilians and were unwilling to use the civilians as cannon fodder, but because the combat mode of the Datang New Army was different from the ordinary army, and the civilians who had not received basic training would not It may support the main force in combat, but on the contrary, it will get in the way.

To put it a bit harsher, in fact, those regular soldiers who have been trained for at least a month, and no more than two or three months are themselves cannon fodder, and there is no need for ordinary civilians to be cannon fodder.

The reason why the Musketeer shines brightly and replaces all the cold weapons in the infantry is because of its several characteristics: easy to train, low cost, and barely acceptable combat effectiveness.

Combining these words together, it can actually be said: this is a very useful cheap cannon fodder unit!

The spearman is actually a cheap cannon fodder soldier. It is actually easier to train than the musketeer, but the heavy armored spearman is relatively more valuable. After all, to wear armor to fight, the physical requirements of the soldiers are relatively high. Ordinary soldiers really can't be heavy armored spearmen.

The many arms of the Datang New Army, especially the two core arms, were originally cannon fodder arms, so naturally there was no need to send untrained civilians to the battlefield, and when calculating the force, they would not put the civilians in the rear or anything. Count in.

The new army of the Tang Dynasty calculates the number of troops, only the soldiers in military uniforms, and the people who were forcibly recruited will not be counted, but the Ming army, like many traditional ancient armies, likes to exaggerate the number of troops, such as Zhu Zhihai, the Ming army he assembled The regular army, including the Ming army led by himself and the Ming army from the north of Guizhou, had a strength of more than 20,000, not more than 30,000.

If you add young men and people, there are about 50,000 people, and then exaggerate a little on this basis, claiming that an army of 100,000 people is easy.

Otherwise, do you think that in so many wars in ancient times, where did the army of hundreds of thousands or millions come from?

From this point of view, the new army of the Tang Dynasty and the Ming army are still not the same.

However, although they will not send the civilians to the battlefield, the new army of the Tang Dynasty will still forcibly recruit a large number of civilians temporarily, just like the Ming army.

From this point of view, in fact, there is no difference between the new army of the Tang Dynasty and the Ming army, and they are both equally bad.

Instead of advancing with his 1st Infantry Regiment at this time, Haubernian followed behind with the 4th Infantry Regiment, artillery and a large number of baggage units.

The actions of the 1st Infantry Regiment and the 2nd Infantry Regiment are actually under the charge of Li Chunjing, the forward deputy commander!

However, the distance between these parts is not too far, only a few kilometers before and after. When a real war breaks out, they can quickly converge together. At that time, it is Hao Bainian who will command the army to fight.

That night ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Li Chunjing brought several main generals on horseback to meet with Hao Bainian to discuss the follow-up military strategy.

Li Chunjing suggested that the fifth infantry battalion on the side of Tonggu Weicheng fought very hard, and the ammunition was in short supply. Is it possible to consider sending another infantry battalion for reinforcements.

"The fifth battalion is still fighting hard now. Wang Chaofeng is also capable, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. With the shortage of ammunition, the fifth battalion may not be able to last for long, and under the hard fighting, the casualties of the troops It won't be too big!"

But this proposal was rejected by Hao Bainian without hesitation!

Hao Bainian said: "The fifth battalion held the enemy forward for three days at Tonggu Acropolis, which gave us enough time to maneuver, and has completed its task. Next, the fifth battalion can withdraw, there is no need to The Bronze Drum Acropolis and the Ming army are exhausted!"

After that, he looked around at the many officers present, and continued in a slow tone: "Our army does not need to worry about the gains and losses of one city and one place in this battle, we even plan to give up Liping City, what is a mere bronze drum acropolis? , our only mission and goal is to defeat and even wipe out the main force of the Ming Army on the North Road within the next ten days!"

In fact, Hao Bainian had already dispatched messengers on fast horses to give Wang Chaofeng an order to retreat from the 5th Infantry Battalion!

So early in the morning the next day, the Ming army outside the Bronze Drum Guard City discovered that the pseudo-Tang bandit army in the Bronze Drum Guard City had retreated.

Facing the empty Bronze Drum Acropolis, the Ming army outside the city shouted:

"The thieves have been defeated!"

"Come on, go into the city!"

"Kill him without leaving a piece of armor!"

Rushing forward to the Bronze Drum Acropolis!

The magnitude of its momentum is extremely shocking. If anyone sees this scene, they will definitely be frightened by the crap!

Daming Wang Shi, magnificent!