The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 252 If it breaks down, they will probably use rafts to transport troops!

"It is estimated that Xiang Jun will take action within these 20 days. The news from Battalion Commander Wei said that more than 500 rafts and raft passengers that can travel long distances have been collected, and the waterway has been explored. We can use this battle The convenience of the waterway can save a lot of trouble. Qing'er, the most important thing now is that the newly built cavalry battalion is familiar with the use of new firearms and new tactics, so that it can withstand trouble in wartime. The time for the whole battalion to distribute new firearms is too short. You can only rush into battle. If you don't pay attention, it will be difficult to bring out the performance of firearms. I don't want to see that there are better weapons, but you can't win the battle. The battalion you want to personally serve will be familiar with the work of firearms. Just keep an eye on it." The equipment of the Lancer Battalion has just been put together, and the personnel have not been in place for long. This is what worries Song Yingkui the most.

However, the newly-established lance battalion members are drawn from the musketeers of the entire army. They all have actual combat experience and have undergone several rounds of training in the military academy.It can be regarded as the best place in the entire army. In terms of military quality, it is difficult to find another battalion like this in the entire Yungu Army.

Song Yingkui was still confident that they would master the skills of using breech-loading guns in a short period of time.The breech-loading gun is much easier to use and simpler than the Vulcan gun. The only trouble is that you need to assemble the bullets yourself before the battle.

Of course, if you use a bayonet instead of a firearm, the skills you need to practice will be much more complicated.However, in this battle, Song Yingkui did not feel the need to fight with a bayonet.

With new muskets and new grenades, today's Yungu Army Lancer Battalion, by the standards of future generations, can be regarded as having one foot in the door of modern infantry!If Xiang Jun is forced to fight with a bayonet, then all the efforts of the past few years will be in vain.

When he told Song Yingqing, the deputy general of the Northern March Corps, to quickly get the lance battalion adapted to the new weapons.Other preparations for the Yungu Army are also in full swing.

As long as they receive news of Xiang Jun's attack on the Guining Army, the Northern Army Corps will quickly move to Pingchuan Prefecture, pick up the baggage transport team going down the river at Jingyuanbao Ferry, and then cross the river to attack the material assembly center of Xiang Jun's westward march to Liangzhou. , sacrifice the enemy's rear.

On October 29, the seventh year of Jingli, the second uncle who was on an envoy to return to Ningjun returned to Taoyang City.After the second uncle came back, the palace of the Lord of Yungu City immediately announced the engagement between the Lord of Yungu City and the sister of General Guining, and the marriage between the Song and Gao families.

By early November, the war was finally ignited in the gloomy northwest frontier.Beixiang gathered an army of [-] and marched westward along the entrance of Gulang Gorge. A fierce battle began with the Guining army at Dajingguan, the fortress at the entrance of Gulang Gorge.

Shortly after the war broke out, the commander-in-chief of the Yungu Army personally led a thousand cavalrymen from Guanying Town to the north, preparing to open a second battlefield to support the Guining Army, which was struggling with the war.

"Dalu, you said that the Yungu bandits only moved more than a thousand soldiers and horses? How is this possible! Song Yungu is a good fighting general and has always marched cautiously. He will not take such risks, right?" Liang Huonv, the commander-in-chief of Xiang Army and Pingxi in Pingchuan Prefecture City He was very disbelieving and asked Qi Kuo Daran who came from Huizhou City to convey the military information. It was difficult for him to believe the authenticity of the military information Daran brought.

"Commander, it's absolutely true. I took my soldiers to see the Yungu bandits' team, and their number is definitely not more than one thousand and five." Darun's errand at this time was to lead the troops to contain the Yungu army in Huizhou City. As a result, Yungu's army actually took only a thousand cavalry and bypassed Huizhou on the mountain road.Daruan, whose plan was disrupted, lost his mind for a moment and hurried to Liang Huonv to ask for instructions on the next march plan. "Is there no news about the Yungu Army from other directions? Could they be building the plank road in secret to attack Chencang? The troops sent in the direction of the official camp were just a bluff, and the real main force came out from the direction of Yuyuan? Or the main force went directly to Liangzhou! "It's not too surprising that the Yungu Army sent out troops, but they only sent out so few troops. Liang Huonv really couldn't figure it out.No matter how powerful they are, they can't prepare to use these few troops to surprise Xiang Jun's Pingchuan rear camp, right?

"There is no enemy sighting in the direction of Yuyuan. It is unknown whether they crossed the Huangshui River and took the mountain road to Liangzhou to assist in the battle. However, Liangzhou is far away from Lintao and the road is mountainous. It is very time-consuming for the army to move forward. Besides, since we are going to Liangzhou to help in the battle, why send another thousand troops to Pingchuan? Marshal, do you think it was Song Yungu who used troops like this in order to deal with Gao Cunhu."

Daru pondered for a long time and finally figured out a ridiculous reason why Song Yingkui sent a thousand rangers to Pingchuan area to show his presence in order to deal with the alliance agreement.

"Song Yungu is a tycoon, and it is unlikely that he would do such a dishonest thing. He must have other ways of transporting troops, and we must not take it lightly. Unfortunately, I just can't figure out what medicine he is buying in the gourd. Darun and Qin quickly crossed the river and returned to Huizhou. They sent out cavalry to cut off the retreat of this group of Yungu soldiers, while I sent a large army to set up defenses on the river bank. Let's see what tricks this guy is going to play."

Liang Huonv had suffered losses at the hands of the Yungu Army and did not underestimate Song Yingkui's military capabilities.But he couldn't figure out what the Yungu Army was planning by sending out only a thousand cavalry.

Forget it, keeping the same unchanged to cope with all changes. Xiang Jun has made full preparations for this western expedition, leaving a large army to guard against Yungu's army going north.

"That's right. As long as his retreat is blocked, I don't think he can fight anymore? Guns and artillery can't be used as food. Song Yungu's thousand soldiers and horses don't have mules and horses to carry military provisions." Darun heard this from Liang Huonv. The idea, the uneasy heart is determined!General Xiang Jun's knowledge in support logistics is not vague at all.

"It is difficult to cut off the Yungu bandits' food route. In recent days, our army's reconnaissance cavalry occasionally saw rafts descending on the Yellow River at night, but the Yungu bandits stood still after arriving at Jingyuan Ferry. These two things happened in succession. Together, it is conceivable that they are likely to use rafts to transport food in Hezhou while taking advantage of the water." Liang Huonv was more knowledgeable than Daran, and she quickly sorted out the clues about Yungu's army transporting food.

"Use rafts to transport food? If it breaks, they will probably use rafts to transport troops! No wonder there are only a thousand cavalry."

"Transporting troops on a raft? It's unlikely. A raft can carry up to eight or nine soldiers. If the Yungu Army wanted to transport three or four thousand soldiers and horses, it would have to use a lot of rafts. In addition, the risk and twists and turns are too high for a large army to use waterways. It's so huge that Song Yungu shouldn't dare to take such a risk. But then again, we still need to take precautions. I'll have some cannons brought over and set up on the river bank to see how they transport troops and cross the river." Transporting food and Troop transport is a different concept. If a raft of military rations overturned, the loss would not be huge, but if a raft of soldiers capsized into the river, it would be serious.Liang Huonv felt that as a normal military general, Song Yingkui would not choose to use sheepskin rafts to deliver the main force over long distances.

(End of this chapter)