I want to be emperor

Chapter 612 Reinforcement
A single attack lost more than 150 cavalry troops, which made Danba fearful.

Looking back, he looked at Chu Manzi who was still maintaining the appearance of a hollow chariot formation, and the artillery in the Chu Manzi formation that was still shelling towards his own troops.

Danba gritted his teeth, then waved his hand and said, "Retreat first!"

There is no point in continuing to fight, the formation of the Chu barbarians on the opposite side is too weird.

Its firepower far exceeded Danba's estimate. If he didn't let go and wanted to attack again, the loss would be huge.

The most important thing is that the loss of one's own side is not small, but the loss of the opposite side is extremely limited.

Visually, because the opponent had a carriage as a support, the bows and arrows and a small amount of pistol bullets fired by one's own side did not yield any results. If the opponent died, only dozens of people were killed or injured.

This kind of loss comparison is not right, and it is too bad for Danba.

You must know that they are cavalry, and they are still elite cavalry. The opposite is just a group of second-rate troops transporting supplies. Not to mention that only a few dozen people were killed or injured on the opposite side, even if three or 400 people were killed or injured on the opposite side, it would be a loss for Danba. of.

Regardless of the question of whether it is elite or not, it is only said that the cavalry sent by Zhungeer to attack the logistics line is actually only a cavalry like Danba, and the total force is no more than a thousand people. It is impossible to continue to organize troops to attack.

As for sending more troops to attack the Chu Army's logistics line, you are really pretending to be Chu Manzi's cavalry!

The cavalry of a thousand cavalry can also sneak around and avoid the attention of the Chu army from the Gobi Desert. coming.

There are quite a lot of Chu cavalry heading towards Hami, and the three cavalry divisions add up to nearly [-] cavalry. Once intercepted by the main force of the Chu cavalry, the Zhungeer cavalry who went out to attack the city will be finished.

What's more, Zhungeer didn't intend to give up Hami. They were also planning to gather the main force to fight with the Chu army, so it was unlikely that they would attack on a large scale.

If the troops are really divided, if Hami doesn't embrace it by then, large-scale battles in the field will be over, and the partial division of the attack logistics will not be much better.

Therefore, regarding the division of troops, Zhungeer was relatively cautious, and only sent cavalry of a thousand men.

But what about Chu Manzi on the opposite side?
Even though Danba doesn't know the specific composition of Chu Manzi's troops now, he still knows that with such a heavy transport force, Chu Manzi on the opposite side can casually mobilize tens of thousands of people from Jiayuguan in the rear.

If the two sides compare consumption, the Zhungeer people can't consume the Great Chu Empire.

Not to mention... the current casualty ratio is not consumed, but a big loss for one's own side.

If the fight really goes on, the Chu Manzi's supply troops on the opposite side have not been exhausted, and his cavalry has to be exhausted first.

The only way for him now is to withdraw his troops.

However, although Danba chose to withdraw his troops, he did not leave too far away. Instead, he led his troops to walk a thousand kilometers away, and at the same time sent a small-scale scout cavalry to continue to approach and walk three to four hundred meters away.

Not for offense, but for close and constant reconnaissance.

Danba wants to find out why Chu Manzi on the opposite side is so powerful!
But he didn't dare to stay in place for too long. He stayed for about two hours. Seeing that the other party had already started to bury pots and cook food in the car formation, it seemed that he was going to prepare the camp in advance for the night, so he knew to continue to stay. Not only is it meaningless, but it is very likely to be attacked by the main cavalry of the Chu army.

But Danba's prediction was not wrong. When the transportation battalion of the Second Supply Regiment was attacked, the Chu army immediately sent out a firework signal and lit a special beacon.

Because this place is a relatively flat Gobi Desert, the weather is relatively cool, and the visibility is very high. Therefore, at a small observation post of the Chu army five or six kilometers away to the south, the sentry at a small observation post of the Chu army immediately saw the signal of the baggage unit and lit it. A special smoke signal was sent to inform the nearby garrison fortress.

A garrison fortress of the Chu army, about 20 kilometers away from the transport troops, learned of the news only half an hour after the front line was attacked, and began to send a cavalry post to reinforce it.

He also notified the large garrison city in the rear. If there is no accident, a cavalry regiment will set off on the same day to rescue the transport team, also to destroy the Zhungeer cavalry who came around behind the Chu army.

The whole reaction was extremely quick. If Danba left a little later, he might even be directly caught by the cavalry of the Chu army.

But in fact, Danba led his army to retreat before the Chu cavalry arrived, and seemed to disappear in the vast Gobi Desert.

But the geese left traces, thousands of cavalry had been hiding from the Chu army before their actions, and it was fine if they were not discovered by the Chu army. Now that they have jumped out to attack the Chu army's supply troops, after the traces were exposed, they want to cover their tracks again. , then it is not easy.

As soon as Danba led his army to evacuate, more than a dozen scout cavalry came out from the back foot of the Chu army's supply unit, and each cavalry was a single horse with three cavalry, the kind that exploded directly...

These Chu army scouts didn't follow too closely. In fact, they were quite far away from Danba's troops. But with so many troops in Danba's troops, even at such a distance, the Chu army's scouts could easily monitor them. Find the trace of the other party, and continue to report the information.

As for Danba's intention to send cavalry to kill the carbine and kill these Chu army scouts... that is too underestimating the Chu army cavalry.

In a small-scale melee, it's really hard to say who will fight who...

Furthermore, the Chu army's reconnaissance cavalry were not there to fight, they were just to monitor the Zhungeer cavalry, and when they saw the enemy turning around to pursue them, they just retreated and avoided them, so there was basically no need to worry too much about their safety.

After all, these cavalry of the Chu army who can be selected as scouts are hard to say about their ability to charge and fight, but single-handed fighting and equestrian skills are all leveraged, and it is worth noting that these people are often nomadic children. I grew up in China and am familiar with the Gobi Desert and grasslands.

The Great Chu Empire was not one of those traditional dynasties in Chinese history that could only hide within the Great Wall.

Today's Great Chu Empire directly rules the whole of Monan and indirectly controls Mobei. In addition, there are Liaohetao in the northeast, Hexi Corridor in Gansu, Qinghai and other areas. These places are all grazing lands.

In addition, Shaanxi in the Central Plains is also a place for traditional horse breeding, and then the empire also established a large government-run military horse farm in Yidu, Shandong.

In addition, there are a large number of government-run or enterprise-run small and medium-sized horse farms all over the country, and these horse farms can provide the military with a large number of horses.

Relying on these grazing lands and various horse farms in the Central Plains, the Great Chu Empire has no shortage of horses, nor does it lack excellent cavalry proficient in equestrianism.

Even if there are no guns, the two sides are simply competing in traditional cavalry and shooting, the cavalry of the Great Chu Empire Army can overwhelm the Zhungeer cavalry on the opposite side... There is no other reason, there are more cavalry.

Compared with the number of cavalry in the Great Chu Empire, Zhungeer is really not enough...

After all, Zhungeer is actually just one of the tribes of Moxi Mongolia. Although Zhungeer has annexed the power of other tribes over the years, it failed to fully integrate the power of Moxi Mongolia.

In today's Moxi Mongolia, its power is scattered.

In Moxi Mongolia, the Turhut Department first broke out conflicts with the Jungar Department, and later lost in the competition. However, although it was defeated by the Jungar Department, the Department did not completely submit to the Jungar Department. Instead, it chose Fleeing to the west, he not only escaped by himself, but also took away some members of the Heshuote Department and the Duerbert Department.

In fact, the Zhungeer tribe actually received only a part of the tribe.

The main force of the Heshuo Special Department entered the Qingkang area many years ago. Later, it collapsed in a war of attrition with the Chu army. In the end, it had to surrender and accepted the canonization of the Great Chu Empire. After taking the River area as their future pasture, they decisively chose to join forces with the Great Chu Empire.

In this Western Expedition, a large number of cavalry from the Heshuo Special Division participated. Of course, although these Heshuo Special Division cavalry came from their tribe, they had already accepted the reorganization of the Chu Army.

After these cavalry received several years of re-education, basically no one would be so stupid as to work for the so-called princes in the original tribe...

However, the branch of Heshuote left in the Qihe area was annexed by the Jungar tribe.

The Huite tribe entered the Qihe area only after the Turhut tribe moved westward. Part of this tribe entered Qinghai, and now it has become part of the Great Chu Empire, and some remain in the Qihe area. He was coerced by the Zhungeer Ministry.

The Duerbert tribe, the tribe supported the Dongyao people before, and sent troops to fight with the Dongyao people against the Ming army many times, and later fought against the Chu army under the banner of the Dongyao people, and was beaten to death by the Chu army. But the foundation is not damaged.

In recent years, as the Great Chu Empire has become more and more powerful in Monan and Northwest China, they have joined forces with Zhungeer in order to protect themselves.

A series of conquests and alliances by the various tribes of Western Mongolia, coupled with the covetousness of foreign enemies. This foreign enemy used to be Tsarist Russia, but now it is the Great Chu Empire. Finally, the Western Mongolian tribes staying in the Qihe area formed the Zhungeer tribe. The Moxi regime with the Ministry as the core, the Great Chu Empire called Zhungeer.

Zhungeer and Zhungeer Ministry, these are two concepts!
Based on the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, the newly born Zhungeer continued to invade and annex other tribes, national territories and people, plundering craftsmen and wealth.

And with the rapid rise of the Great Chu Empire, their actions became more and more urgent and faster. In the past few years, they successively annexed a large number of tribes in the surrounding areas, defeated Kazakhstan, and obtained a large number of territories As well as population and wealth, they also won several wars against the Yarkand Khanate.

In the end, this year they finally couldn't help launching a war against the remnants of the Yarkant Khanate, which is the only remaining eastern territory of the Yarkand Khanate, and set off a war of annihilation.

The Yeerqiang Khanate was wiped out in Zhungeer's powerful attack, but it also attracted a strong counterattack from the Great Chu Empire!

Tens of thousands of Chu troops rushed all the way from Jiayuguan to Hami under the slogan of avenging the vassal state, expelling foreign enemies, and defending the country.

And this is also the army of the Central Plains Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty withdrew from Yumen Pass, it was the first large-scale westward advance in more than 100 years.

Even since the Tang Dynasty, around 760 A.D., for the first time after more than 800 years, the army of the Central Plains Dynasty attacked Hami, and really tried to expand its territory in the Western Regions!
Of course, this refers to direct control. If it is a vassal, this place has long been a vassal area of ​​China, not only Hami, but even the places further west are vassals of the Huaxia Dynasty.

Not to mention the ancient dynasties, let’s talk about the Great Chu Empire. The Yarkand Khanate became a vassal state of the Great Chu Empire many years ago, and this Yarkand Khanate has a fairly large territory. After all, the Khanate Its predecessor was the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

And the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is also the Chagatai Khanate.

In this way, the legal territory of the Yarkand Khanate is very large.

And the Yeerqiang Khanate is a vassal state of the Great Chu Empire, which means that the territory of the Great Chu Empire not only occupies the entire Western Region, but also extends to the Aral Sea.

Therefore, sometimes it is beneficial to accept a vassal state, at least there is no need to make any territorial claims when expanding... because it is part of the empire!

If you are shameless, the Yarkand Khanate is a vassal state of the empire, and the predecessor of the Yarkand Khanate is the Chagatai Khanate, and the Chagatai Khanate is part of the Mongolian Empire... Rounding it up, Mongolia The empire is also a vassal state of the Great Chu Empire, even though it has already perished.

But it doesn't matter... You can completely regard the Yarkant Khanate as the orthodox successor state of the Mongolian Empire, and then the legal territory of the Yarkand Khanate can extend all the way to the Danube River...

In other words, the Great Chu Empire has legal claims to the areas east of the Danube, and these areas are all undisputed imperial territories of the empire.

Of course, these statements are all meaningless self-indulgence. The expansion of the map is meaningless, and the high-level empire does not like this statement very much.

Because if there are legal claims on these places, wouldn’t it be a pity to attack places that have no legal claims in the future?

Weak people will find various reasons to prove their legitimacy.

A strong person does not need to justify his actions.

The Great Chu Empire has never made excuses for its expansion in the Nanyang region... I have taken a fancy to the Nanyang Peninsula and the Strait of Malacca, and I just want to grab it.

Dissatisfied?

you bite me?
It's the same in the Western Regions now. Although at the beginning, they shouted a sentence to avenge the Yarkand Khanate, but they only shouted one or two sentences at the beginning. After the fight, who still remembers the Yarkand Khanate.

Go straight all the way, the newly occupied place is the territory directly under the empire!
Luo Zhixue had no intention of re-establishing the Yarkand Khanate in the Western Regions. Since the Khanate had perished, it should disappear in the long river of history.

As for how to deal with these new sites that have been won, and how else to deal with them, it is natural to set up an administrative governing body, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the empire.

Gansu Governor's Yamen has established two prefectures, Guazhou Prefecture and Hami Prefecture, with several counties and towns under it to govern the surrounding areas.

As for the area further west, that is, the area west of Hami, it depends on how the war with Zhungeer is going. If there is not much resistance, the logistics supply can also come up.

Then it is possible to continue to attack westward, even to Yining.

Conversely, if the difficulty is too great, for example, if the logistics and transportation are too troublesome, and the resistance from Zhungeer is relatively firm, then the empire will not choose to die in the Western Regions.

The Great Chu Empire's wars in the Western Regions and Zhungeer were relatively flexible. Anyway, there were only so many troops dispatched, and so much money and food provided, and wherever the military could fight, it counted.

But within the military, their goals are actually not too high. The main strategic goal is to capture Hami, Hami and the surrounding large oasis areas.

As long as the Hami area can be won, the local oasis can be relied on for reclamation and grazing to support the army.

As long as the local area is cultivated for two or three years, the Great Chu Empire will be able to use the food and grass supplied locally in Hami and Guazhou in the rear to maintain the local garrison and launch a war.

At that time, it will be time for the Great Chu Empire to continue expanding westward.

It is unrealistic to play expansion in the Western Regions, play raid all the way, kill the opponent directly and quickly, and occupy a large area.

This is not a question of whether you can fight, but a question of whether you will starve to death after going deep into the Gobi Desert...

It is easy to send hundreds of thousands of troops out, but the logistics cannot keep up, and the local area is short of food. It is difficult for these hundreds of thousands of troops to not starve to death after they are sent out!

Therefore, the expansion of the empire in the direction of the Western Regions advocates step by step, advancing step by step!
Capture an oasis, reclaim an oasis, and then march to the next oasis, and so on, until they reached the Qihe area, and directly wiped out the Zhungeer's old nest.

And Hami is now the most important target of the Great Chu Empire, so he did not hesitate to send the absolute main force of the Fourth Cavalry Army for this purpose.

In addition to the Fourth Cavalry Army fighting at the forefront, there are also a number of troops in the back who have begun to go out and garrison Guazhou and other towns along the way to maintain the logistics line.

The No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment is one of the troops transferred from the rear.

Their predecessor was a temporary cavalry battalion hastily established in the later period of the Eastern Captivity War. At the beginning, its strength was only more than 200 surrendered Mongolian cavalry.

Later, they were reorganized with other cavalry units, and finally reorganized into the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment, which was under the jurisdiction of the No.20 Second Cavalry Division. All the troops are from Liaodong Province.

Liaodong Province has the Liaohetao area with abundant water and grass. This place is currently the most important grazing place in the hinterland of the empire. The empire has made adjustments to the area many times, relocated a large number of people to the local grazing, and adopted a fixed grazing system.

In this way, because of the existence of the Liaohetao area, Liaodong Province not only became an important supplier of military horses to the empire, but also an important supplier of cavalry to the empire.

At present, there are a total of eight independent cavalry divisions in the empire, all of which come from the Liaohetao area. This has also led to the fact that although Liaodong Province has a small population, it provides the empire with the largest number of cavalry.

By the way, because of local dialects, living habits, serving in different places, etc., in order to facilitate command and management, each army of the Great Chu Empire has a fixed area for replenishment of soldiers.

This is true whether it is infantry or cavalry, and even the navy is similar.

For example, the Second Infantry Division, which is fighting on the front line, is replenished in Chubei Province. That is to say, the Second Infantry Division only recruits recruits from Chubei Province and replenishes them. Unless there are extremely special circumstances, otherwise it will not replenish recruits from other provinces.

In the Second Infantry Division, the subordinate battalions and regiments will also be differentiated, and basically the mansion will be used as a unit to supplement soldiers.

There is no way, the official language has not been fully popularized these days, and many people don't know how to speak the official language at all. If soldiers who don't understand the language are grouped together, then the communication will be like chicken and duck...

Although this can lead to localism within the army, it is generally not a big problem... because these measures are limited to soldiers and non-commissioned officers.

Officers are not included, and officers are now more restricted in terms of employment. In addition to being unable to serve in their hometown, they cannot serve in troops mainly composed of soldiers from their hometown.

For example, among the officers of the Second Infantry Division, from the second lieutenant to the major general, none of them were from northern Chu.

In an army, the officers are the core. Without the orders of the officers, the army cannot be chaotic.

In addition, the military has been firmly implementing the literacy class policy, and all recruits need to enter the literacy class to study after entering the army. Naturally, loyalty education is indispensable in this process.

In the army of the Great Chu Empire, there are military and political officials. These military and political officials don’t do any shit every day, and just mix in the army to teach loyalty to the emperor and brainwash them...

In the long run, regionalism has not yet become a major problem.

Of course, the risk is still very high, and the high-level imperial military has already planned to carry out reforms.

When grassroots education becomes more popular in the future, and Mandarin is also popularized, all new recruits can speak Mandarin, and when there are no obstacles from soldiers from other places, then it is time to break through local limitations.

As for now, with heavy responsibilities and a long way to go, the lesser of two evils is the lesser of two evils. After all, the Great Chu Empire is now in a stage of rapid rise, and under such circumstances, the possibility of army villains is relatively low, so the so-called harm can be controlled and accepted.

What is more important is to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, which can also be seen from the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment, although this cavalry regiment is not the main cavalry unit in the Chu Army, but one of many second-line cavalry units.

But after receiving the report that the forward transport team was attacked, they were promoted to assemble and dispatched immediately.

Then they marched quickly all the way, and in the evening of the same day, they came to the temporary camp of the first battalion under the second logistics regiment.

After the first battalion was attacked by the Zhungeer cavalry, in order to avoid accidents, it took the initiative to choose to garrison on the spot, and did not take the risk of continuing to move forward.

However, although their transport team did not move, they continued to send scouts to follow the trail of Zhungeerdanba's troops.

After the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment arrived here, after learning the information of Danba's troops, especially when they learned that the enemy's army was only a thousand cavalry, the regiment decided to continue to pursue.

The safety of the first supply battalion was covered by a cavalry post dispatched from a nearby fort.

The No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment came and left in a hurry, and soon disappeared into the wilderness.

And Peng Sanyu looked at the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment that disappeared on the horizon, and he was also relieved. With this cavalry regiment, there would be no great danger for his transport team to continue moving forward.

Even if the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment could not catch up and defeat the enemy cavalry, it could still contain them to some extent, so that their No. [-] Supply Battalion could continue to move forward with confidence.

But when Peng Sanyu was relieved, Danba in front felt very bad!

(End of this chapter)