Daming kill

Chapter 153

Strictly speaking, the attack on the valley was the first actual battle that Li Ping had experienced since the reorganization of the army, and the defense of Yangpitan was the first large-scale combat operation organized by Li Ping.

Now, the Battle of Gaojiazhuang is the first large-scale attack launched by Li Ping.

The Battle of Gaojiazhuang included a complete series of combat elements including the determination to launch a complete battle, the selection of combat targets, preliminary reconnaissance and preparations, the selection of battlefields, the formulation of combat plans, and coordinated operations.

Although the scale is not large, "although the sparrow is small and complete", it is of great significance.

The victory in the Battle of Gaojiazhuang not only further strengthened the fighting confidence of Li Ping and his troops, but more importantly, it provided a good model and reference for Li Ping's subordinates to launch combat operations in the future.

Moreover, whether it was the valley attack or the Sheepskin Beach defense, the combat dividends mainly came from politics and after the war, and from the recognition and rewards of others.

The combat bonus of the battle of Gaojiazhuang came more directly from the battle itself.Not only does it greatly enhance the self-identity of the entire unit, it also yields huge capture rewards on the battlefield.

Since Li Ping led his troops to the east, the number of people in his troops eating horse chews every day is an astonishing number. After all, the consumption of 5000 people in the marching state is much more than the daily stationing in place, but Li Ping And basically no supplements.

Don't even think about the support of the government along the way, even when Zuo Liangyu passed Zhongxiang, he didn't even ask Song Yihe, the former governor of Huguang (the successor has not yet arrived, and will continue to preside over the work for now), let alone Li Ping. .

To make matters worse, Li Ping's roads were basically robbed by Zuo Liangyu's 20 troops. Both officials and ordinary people regarded Zuo's army as a beast.It is certain that they will not be able to enter the city, even if they see Li Ping's soldiers and horses in the countryside, they will flee after hearing the news. Li Ping's troops will not be able to buy things even with real money.

But in the battle in the town a few days ago and today's battle in Gaojiazhuang, they seized a large amount of supplies, and Li Ping obviously didn't intend to send these things back to those who don't know if they can find them. Sufferers.

These seizures were so rich that they effectively made up for the huge consumption during this period, and also gave Li Ping more ideas.

So the main force who were anxious to catch up with Zuo Liangyu was no longer in a hurry, and the reconnaissance company was sent out by Li Ping to scatter around, looking for fruit everywhere.

At least there is no moral pressure to rob other people's plundered achievements, and they have trained soldiers and gained a lot. It really kills three birds with one stone.

So a few days later, Li Ping locked on another big fish.

Moreover, the big fish learned from the caught tongue that it was actually a group of bandits pretending to be officers and soldiers to plunder.

This is even easier.

At least there are not so many constraints in organizing operations, and there are more choices, and there is no need to worry about slipping through the net.

So it was still early in the morning, after the last battle summary, Li Ping's troops fought more smoothly, and the enemy was weaker than the parallel officers and soldiers, so naturally there were not so many thrills and accidents.

In this battle, not only a large number of seizures were made on the battlefield, but also a fortune was made in digging out the old dens of the bandits.Because they are real bandits, and bandits have their own lairs.

What was even more unexpected was that the reconnaissance company quickly locked in a larger group of rebels, who were still bandits.

They found that the speed and frequency of the bandits were a bit abnormal.

But Li Ping didn't have the time to think about it now, because this gang of bandits gave him a headache.

Not only are they a bit large in number, it is estimated that there are at least more than 1000 people, but they are also bandits who have already robbed and started on the way back to the nest. It is too late to ambush halfway.

As for the bandits who have been operating for many years, the success rate of getting large troops to covertly engage the enemy is very low. After all, the bandits who are sitting in the land can not be vegetarians for a long time.

Therefore, digging out this old den is almost the same as building a small fortified city, and it is definitely a hard bone.This is completely incomparable with the bandit den they just dug out with only a small number of people left behind.

After the reconnaissance company followed this group of bandits to find their lair, it further confirmed Li Ping's concerns from the initial intuitive impression.

But this piece of meat is not chewed, and it is really a bit reluctant.

There are many bandits, and the wealth of the family is bound to be rich, and the seizure will be even more impressive.

Moreover, although the bandits have stockades, because the Hanshui River from Zhongxiang to Wuchang is basically a plain and water town within a hundred miles on both sides of the section, there are no major geographical fluctuations, let alone mountains and rivers, and the bandits only hide in dense forests and waters. The stockade will not be too hard and difficult to chew.

Do give it a try.

However, for the sake of prudence, Li Ping specially requested to organize a few days of full reconnaissance.

After a less intense discussion, most of the officers above the company commander agreed to fight. The victories in these few battles and the painful training for several months gave many officers a somewhat confused self-confidence.

The morale is available, the soldiers dare to fight, and the enemy's defense is not strong, so this battle can be fought.

Moreover, bandits are bandits after all, and their combat effectiveness is not much stronger, otherwise they would have become famous giant bandits.

Therefore, the risk will not be very large, at worst, you will lose more people.

If it is really difficult, it can temper the troops even more.

With such thoughts in mind, Li Ping made up his mind and chose to take another risk.

It was still Fo Xiao, and they launched a surprise attack on the bandit den along two directions.

The reason why there is no siege on all sides.

One is that there are stretches of swamps and waters in one direction, which are impassable to ships, while the terrain and dense forests in the other direction are very unfavorable for attack.

Therefore, attacking two and leaving one becomes a choice, and it is also convenient to weaken the enemy's fighting spirit. Of course, an ambush must be set up in the direction of the gap that is not conducive to attack.

At the same time, this attack did not place special emphasis on covert intrusion, but only required covert approach, because there are too many variables.

The reconnaissance company didn't even carry out sneak reconnaissance, for fear of scaring the snake.

If the opponent had been fully prepared, there would have been no need to fight this battle. Li Ping was not arrogant enough to use 1:1 to attack a prepared city.

Although there were many unfavorable conditions, this battle was smoother than Li Ping had imagined.

The bandits were completely vulnerable.

Although, as expected, the bandit's watchdogs performed their duties effectively, the attacking troops from both directions were detected before they even approached the wall.

But the effect of the raid was achieved, because the bandits had no time to organize.

At the main gate where Li Ping is, which is also the gate of the outer village of the bandits, a few guards who were awakened by the dogs suddenly saw a large group of dark people rushing up with weapons and ladders in the dim morning light. It cannot be described in words.

They were all dumbfounded until a bandit soldier was shot by a bow and arrow and screamed, but at this time a group of demons with painted faces had already started to climb up the ladder.

Without resistance, most of the bandit soldiers jumped over the wall and ran away.

The bandits only released less than 20 people at the gate of the outer village. It seems that they were really not vigilant at all, and they were too blindly optimistic.

The gate of the outer village was taken down almost instantly.

As for the second gate of the village, which is far away, that is, the core settlement area, when Li Ping led the army to attack, he still failed to organize an effective defense.

As soon as the blunderbuss and bows and arrows covering the attacking troops started shooting, the few bandit soldiers who had finally been driven to stand on the wall dispersed in a rush. Their low training level and weak fighting will can be seen.

It was not until Li Ping's troops opened the gate of the village that the first group of about a hundred or so elite bandits arrived late.

Strictly speaking, the speed of this reinforcement is not slow, and it is quite fast. This group of bandits still has some real skills.

But they still came too late.

The attackers who had swarmed in unceremoniously fired at close range with birdcracks and quickly erected tiger squat guns.In the flames, this group of bandits and their leaders and brave fighters who rushed to the front were wiped out in a large area, and the loss was nearly one-third.

Then, the courage of the hundred bandits immediately lost, and they quickly collapsed in front of the swords and spears.

After that, the bandits never organized a decent and large-scale resistance, and the imaginary battle turned into a mass hunt.

The troops who launched a side attack along the other direction a little later did not even encounter any frontal resistance. They just rolled into the village in a daze, and then began to follow and kill.

In the end, quite a few bandits also chose to flee to the intentionally left gap, and then crashed into the ambush area.

Sure enough, most people in panic do not have the ability to think.

When the blunderbuss and Fran cannons in the ambush area fired, the bandits completely lost the will to resist and the courage to continue to escape, and most of them directly chose to surrender.

A battle that was not planned for total annihilation turned out to be a total annihilation war.

It was still early in the morning, and all the fighting was over.

The high-spirited soldiers drove groups of captives together for centralized monitoring, some soldiers happily collected all kinds of seizures under the organization of the officers, and some soldiers repeatedly searched and counted the dead bodies from corner to corner.

Whether it is officers or soldiers, many people talk high and high with each other. This is the moment of the winners.

Zhang Qing and Yuan Ye also got together for a rare occasion, and the two found a high place to sit there while looking around while chewing the dry food they carried with them.

"This battle was not bad! This group of soldiers is also well restrained." Wilderness rarely spoke first.

"Well. The soldiers are trained well, and the battles are also very disciplined." Zhang Qing just followed the sentence.

"Follow the rules in everything, and what you say is right. It's what real men do." Yuan Ye sighed again.

Zhang Qing turned to look at his brother in surprise, with a very serious expression.

"Why, are you moved?"

"Well, I want to work with them. These years, don't we just want to join such a team. Otherwise, why would Skinny Monkey and I recognize you." Yuan Ye continued to say seriously.

"Brother, why are you hiding here?" A cheerful voice suddenly came from a distance.

Following the sound, the two raised their heads, only to see Zhang Ying, who was carrying a backpack slung across her shoulders, walking happily towards this side.

"Why are you so idle?" Zhang Qing asked lovingly.

Zhang Ying squeezed into the middle of the two men and sat down mischievously. She took a sip of water from Yuanye's water bladder, and then covered her cold nose and said:

"We only lost one person in battle, and only about 50 people were injured, and none were seriously injured. However, there were more than [-] nurses who came in with the team. Naturally, I have nothing to do with the part-time job. As for those wounded captives who haven’t been screened yet, we won’t be needed for the time being.”

The result is very incredible, but it really happened.

The training of part-time health soldiers at the squad level was first started by the Three Columns in 47 based on combat experience, and achieved excellent results, and then promoted to the entire army.

At that time, the emergence of part-time medical soldiers not only greatly improved the success rate of treatment, but also greatly reduced the usual disease rate of soldiers, which was of great significance to the improvement of health awareness and capabilities of grassroots troops.

Naturally, Li Ping will not let go of this mature and advanced experience.

Of course, he still can't fully learn from the experience of San Zong back then.

Sanzong put a lot of effort into determining the conditions for the selection of health part-time fighters.Not only is it required to be active in work, brave in battle and caring for comrades-in-arms, but also required to have been injured once.

The explanation of the leaders of the three verticals is that only those who have been injured understand the pain of the wounded and have a little knowledge and experience in bandaging wounds.

However, Li Ping probably doesn't need to think about this problem that is not considered a problem.

As for helping the wounded, including the enemy, it was also a regulation that Li Ping's troops began to implement, but this kind of help was not unprincipled, and the most vicious people who could be determined were not included.

"Do you like it here?" Zhang Qing suddenly changed the subject thoughtfully.

"Where?" Zhang Ying was confused for a moment but didn't understand.

"General Li's team, your health team." Zhang Qing added, Yuan Ye also turned his head to Zhang Ying.

Zhang Ying looked at his brother strangely, then Yuan Ye again, and said in a puzzled way: "Don't you like it? They saved me and my sister-in-law, and also the second brother Yuan. Most of the people here are very nice, The general is also very upright, and I have learned so much new knowledge and seen so many incredible new things here, of course I like it here. What happened to you today? It's weird."

"It's nothing, as long as you think it's good here."

Zhang Qing smiled and touched Zhang Ying's head, then he nodded slightly to Yuanye.

(End of this chapter)