I want to be emperor

Chapter 441 The Chu Army carved out of a mold
Could it be that the Ming army on the opposite side wanted to go south to attack its own logistics line, and then he ran all the way in a hurry just to stop them?
In order to resist the southward march of the Ming army, Zhu Xingfa even ordered a group of cavalry under his command to dismount and build a defensive position. The artillery position was set up, just to block the enemy's pace, and then waited for the tenth division to arrive.

The opposite side is the attacking side!

But now, it seems that one's own side is the offensive side, and the opposite side is the defensive side!
Zhu Xingfa was confused by Zu Dashou's operation, but it did not prevent him from taking this opportunity to order the [-]th Division to start dividing troops, dispatching a reinforced regiment to march around the enemy's rear in a hurry, to send reinforcements and block the enemy's retreat.

The rest of the main force quickly rushed over to cooperate with their own side, and implemented frontal oppression on the enemy in front of them.

He didn't care why the Ming army on the opposite side didn't move forward or run away, he only knew now that if the other side gave him another day, he might be able to attack back and forth, even severely injuring the enemy!

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Zhu Xingfa ordered the [-]th Division to send a reinforced regiment to march around the road quickly, and then let the main force of the [-]th Division speed up the march and arrive as soon as possible to meet with his own side.

However, after the Tenth Division moved, Zhu Xingfa himself led three cavalry brigades to stand still, and stayed about seventeen or eight miles south of Zu Dashou's headquarters.

The reason why Zhu Xingfa kept the cavalry on hold was mainly because he was afraid that the Ming army on the opposite side would run away early.

The 38th regiment hadn't maneuvered in place yet, so I led thousands of cavalry to kill them carelessly, what if I scared away the Ming army on the opposite side.

So on the evening of July [-]th, a very strange scene appeared in the northeast of Wen'an City.

Zu Dashou led an army of [-] people to garrison in the wilderness... But anyone who is proficient in camp garrison can see that while the camps stationed by the Ming army are easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is actually more convenient to run to the north.

About ten miles south of Zu Dashou's headquarters, there were more than 4000 Chu cavalry led by Lieutenant General Zhu Xingfa.

More than 20 miles due east of Zhu Xingfa's headquarters, there are more than 9000 main forces of the Tenth Division led by Major General Meng Junli.

At the same time, more than 20 miles northeast of Zhu Xingfa's headquarters, that is, northwest of Meng Junli's more than 9000 men, there was a Chu army of more than 4000 men galloping, and their marching route went straight behind Zu Dashou's men.

Zhu Xingfa's tactical concept was very simple. He didn't care what the Ming army on the opposite side wanted to do, and he didn't care why they stopped suddenly, and he didn't even go to Wen'an City next door.

But he only knew that if the No. 30 Eighth Regiment succeeded in making a detour, it would be very likely to attack the opponent from front to back.

As for encircling the enemy, this possibility is unlikely!
After all, there were only 2 troops under Zhu Xingfa, most of them were infantry, and there were only more than [-] cavalry, and these [-] cavalry attracted the attention of the enemy, and the enemy watched every move they made.

The main force for outflanking and outflanking can only be infantry troops, and it is fine for infantry troops to outflank enemy infantry, but outflanking cavalry... This is purely overthinking.

Even if the cavalry can't defeat your infantry phalanx, don't they still ride away on horseback...

Therefore, if you want to use infantry to encircle and annihilate the enemy cavalry in a field battle, just think about it, the possibility of success is almost close to zero, unless the opponent insists on turning into his own encirclement...

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That night, the several large armies on the east side of Wen'an City stopped their actions one after another and camped overnight.

However, although the army stopped, their senior generals were not idle.

Zu Dashou called together a group of generals under his command to discuss how to deal with the situation.

What situation?
Naturally, Hong Chengchou used a very tough attitude to let them continue to go south, not to avoid the battle, let them use the cavalry advantage to break through the interception of the Chu army, and then attack the Chu army's rear, destroy the Chu army's logistics line, and even attack from the side and rear. Attack the Chu army's flank position and create more favorable opportunities for the upcoming Tianjin battle.

And Zu Dashou and the others didn't want to fight the Chu army to death, which would lead to heavy losses of troops under their command.

So they discussed overnight how to deal with the situation, how to avoid Hong Chengchou's oppression, and at the same time not cause unnecessary losses to the troops under his command.

As a result, after discussing for most of the night, everyone finally decided on a solution, which is to procrastinate!
Watch as the situation develops.

If there is a chance, they don't mind continuing to lead the army south, but if there is no chance, then continue to procrastinate.

As for going directly south for more than ten miles and smashing thousands of cavalry from the Chu army on the opposite side, no one said such a stupid idea.

As for whether they will be actively attacked by the Chu army, they have naturally considered it, otherwise they would not have purchased the defense line on the spot, and the place where the defense line was built is still a place that is convenient for retreat, isn't it just to defend against the Chu army? Let's kill them in a big way.

But they never imagined that the Chu army was still thinking about how to intercept them, but when they found that the Ming army had stopped going south, they changed their minds instantly, turning the interception into outflanking...

The reason why there is such a big cognitive gap between the generals of the two sides.

Because Zu Dashou and the others thought about how to deal with Hong Chengchou, how to preserve their strength, and then use themselves to save others, and they didn't think that the Chu thief on the opposite side would do some thankless things.

It's not good to beat anyone, if you insist on beating them Guan Ning cavalry, don't you feel full...

A bunch of weak chickens in Jinghai and Tianjin Wei can be bullied, why do you Chu thief have to make trouble with the strong Guan Ning cavalry? It doesn't make sense!

But Zhu Xingfa and Meng Junli, the two senior generals in the Chu army, didn't think so.

In the evening of that day, Zhu Xingfa and Meng Junli were still using the messenger's pegasus to quickly exchange information and opinions with each other.

At the same time, Zhu Xingfa sent an updated message to the Tenth Division. He asked the detour troops of the Tenth Division to arrive at the scheduled location before [-]:[-] noon tomorrow in order to cooperate with the advance of the frontal departments. ,

Yes, whether Zhu Xingfa or Meng Junli, what they are thinking now is how to defeat or even annihilate the enemy army in front of them.

Then cover the flank security and logistical security of the army going north along the canal.

They don't care whether the attacking enemy is Zu Dashou's Guan Ning army, Hong Chengchou's direct descendant Qin army, or Xuanda's frontier army.

These are their enemies.

As for whether the loss of troops after the battle will cause the senior generals in the Chu army to become polished commanders and lose power.

There is no need to worry about this point. In the Great Chu Empire, there is no such thing as a certain army belonging to a certain general's private army.

In order to prevent the emergence of private troops, the recruiting, training of recruits, replenishment of soldiers, and payment of salaries in the Chu army are directly under the three major departments of the staff department, military administration department, and logistics department.

The army chief does not need and has no right to recruit recruits to supplement or expand the army.

At the same time, the middle and senior generals in the Chu army are not fixed, but will be transferred frequently.

For example, the first division of the main force of the Chu army, not counting the brigade and battalion period of the predecessor, only said that after the first division was formed, three division commanders have been changed successively.

And you don't have to worry about changing the division commander, which will lead to unfamiliar troops and a decline in combat effectiveness.

Because the organization, equipment, and even tactics of the Chu army are highly unified, no matter what main force the generals command, there is actually no difference. There is no need for a senior general to be familiar with the soldiers and know things like the palm of his hand.

At the same time, the troops in the Chu army did not say that they needed to rely on the personal fighting ability of senior generals, and the changes of senior generals would not cause people's hearts to fluctuate.

Because not only the senior generals have changed a lot, but even the mid-level officers have actually changed a lot.

To a certain extent, this is also one of the reasons why the Chu army's tactics were rigid and rigid when they fought. At first glance, they seemed to be carved out of a mill.

That is, the generals have changed a lot. In order to maintain combat effectiveness and command convenience, some model tactics are often used for the entire army to learn and use uniformly.

In this way, it is difficult for each unit to form a relatively unique combat style, especially the combat style with a more obvious commander.

Because almost every main division in the Chu army has similar combat routines, it is nothing more than some troops have more combat experience, higher morale, and better execution of routines, while some troops are worse.

Even if it is a new type of troops like the Tenth Division, although the tactics are completely different from the old ones.

However, the tactics of this unit are highly consistent with several other new units, such as the First Division, No.11 Division, and the Second Guards Division and No.15 Division in the rear.

From training to tactical application and even specific combat methods, they are all similar.

Because in the past year or so, when the Chu army was training the new troops, they transferred the senior generals, mid-level and low-level officers, and even the backbone soldiers in the new troops... they were constantly dismantling and reorganizing to speed up the expansion of the army.

Therefore, they all play the same routine.

And such a highly unified army will certainly lead to rigid and rigid tactics, but the mobilization of middle and senior generals will not affect the basic combat effectiveness of these troops.

After Meng Junli took over as the commander of the Tenth Division in the Jiangbei Campaign, this division still fought fiercely, sweeping Shandong all the way.

Today, when its No.30 Eighth Reinforced Regiment makes a detour, it is no different from when Meng Junli led the regiment in the north of Hongze Lake as the deputy division commander.

A short-distance raid was carried out in the afternoon of the same day. After resting that night, preparations began in the second half of the night, and the next day began to march in a hurry, all the way towards the back of Zu Dashou's headquarters.

People who don't know this saw it, and thought it was Meng Junli who led the regiment to play a roundabout attack, but in fact it had nothing to do with Meng Junli, and it even had nothing to do with the No.30 Eighth Regiment's own fighting style...

Because, in the tactical teaching books of the new troops of the Great Chu Empire Army, this is how it is taught for roundabout and interspersed raids.

It's a new type of officer in the Chu army who will play like this.

It is a new type of troops in the Chu army, and they have all been trained in this kind of rapid march and roundabout attack...

They used to play like this, and now they still play like this...

It can be said that the Chu army and the Ming army seem to be both armies, but they are actually two fundamentally different organizational models. Apart from being composed of people, they basically have nothing in common.

Therefore, Zu Dashou and the others did not expect that under such circumstances, the Chu army would still want to outflank them.

(End of this chapter)