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

Chapter 255 The Yungu army is completely invincible!
At the crossing of the Yellow River in Jingyuan Fort, the newly built position of the Yungu Army became more and more like a city, and its area was much larger than at the beginning.

Xiang Jun on the opposite side, like an endless river, attacked the position day after day.Since the beginning of the war, the two sides have never changed the battlefield, as if they were dead, they only carried out decisive battles here.The land around the battlefield was dyed blood red.

"The battle damage is a bit heavy. Xiang Jun feels that he has withdrawn all the troops and horses that were sent to Hexi and piled them up here. We have to make corresponding adjustments. Commander Wei, you take my general order and go back to Taoyang and ask Deputy Yang The commander led two cavalry battalions to meet our troops at Pingchuan Ferry. After arriving at Taoyang, he organized two hundred rafts to go down the river to transport a batch of military supplies here." Xiang Jun turned the ferry into a decisive battle place. It is estimated that the pressure on the Guining Army in Hexi should have been reduced a lot. Now it is the Yungu Army who has to fight for life and death with Xiang Jun. Song Yingkui has to make adjustments and add more troops to the battlefield.

In fact, at this point in the war, the Yungu Army's purpose of going to war has been achieved and they can withdraw their troops.However, tens of thousands of Xiang troops gathered on the banks of the Yellow River. At this time, Yun Gu's army had no chance to escape safely.We can only mobilize more troops to pull Xiang Jun away before we can escape.

Of course, Song Yingkui didn't want to leave at this time.Now that he is gone, there is no guarantee that Xiang Jun will advance westward again. Wouldn't the strategic purpose of Yungu Army's northward advance be accomplished?Although he led his people to work hard here, Guining Army may not feel much gratitude, but since he has done it, he must complete the work.

It just so happened that I could take advantage of the anxious war to train the team.After the breech-loading rifles were put into the battlefield as a formal system, the previous tactics had to be greatly adjusted. How to adjust can only be explored through battlefield practice.

During this period of fierce fighting, the control the breech-loading gun displayed on the battlefield was extraordinary.A soldier of a cavalry battalion, with their breech-loading guns and trenches, can suppress the charge of a team of more than ten people from the opposite army, unlike in the age of matchlocks, where a single soldier cannot fight and must fight with other arms and companions. Just cooperate in fighting.

The cavalry battalion of more than 300 people was not at a disadvantage in the face of over ten thousand troops charging in turns. Coupled with the assistance of artillery and cavalry, the ferry position was like a natural chasm, suppressing Xiang's army from advancing or retreating.

However, the Yungu Army's current application of breech-loading gun tactics also has limitations. The biggest problem is that it is good at defense and lacks offensive means.We still don’t know the skirmish line attack and triangle attack system most commonly used by infantry teams in the era of hot weapons.The only attack method that can be used is forming a formation to attack.

With the emergence of breech-loading guns, formation charges are no longer suitable for the characteristics of current weapons, and they cannot take advantage of the wide battlefield control surface of breech-loading guns and the strong ability of individual soldiers to adapt to the battlefield environment.With low offensive efficiency, the effectiveness of firearms cannot be fully demonstrated, the coordination of infantry and artillery cannot be smooth, and the weak ability to respond to changes in the battlefield is the main weakness of the Yungu Army's Lancer Battalion's current offensive methods.

Problems on the battlefield must be solved on the battlefield. Without tempering in actual combat, a truly reliable tactical system cannot be formed.Song Yingkui himself did not have serious military qualities. Even if he wanted to graft the mature tactical system of the hot weapon era, he did not have the ability.

Let the tens of thousands of troops in Jingyuan Fort become the whetstone for the Yungu Army to mature!After this battle, Yungu's soldiers will have a psychological advantage against any army in the world.

"After half a month of hard fighting, our army lost more than 300 soldiers. More than ten thousand-man troops were beaten to the point of losing their combat effectiveness and they dare not use them anymore! Although the war is still going on, our army has actually been defeated. I am commander-in-chief. The general will ask the court to order the army to withdraw its troops and return to the camp. However, these days, you have to grit your teeth and fight the battle forcefully. I hope you understand my commander's painstaking efforts." After more than half a month of fierce fighting at the Yellow River crossing, , Liang Huonv couldn't hold on any longer, so she called the generals to discuss retreating. "Commander, what happened to the Yungu Army? We have lost [-] people, right? They left the ground for an expedition, and they should be at the end of their war effort at this time. If we hold on for a few more days, there is no chance that things will turn around. We are all the same , we have experienced more than ten days of hard fighting, how can they be relaxed, maybe they will not be able to hold on at this time." Zhewuli, the deputy commander of the expedition to the west, saw that the coach intended to withdraw his troops, so he couldn't help but speak out to encourage him.

Originally, he had fought well in the Hexi battlefield and had broken through the defense line of the Guining Army at Dajingguan, and was about to send troops to take Liangzhou. However, Liang Huonu forced him to come over and defeat the Yungu Army.He held his breath and fought hard for six or seven days, not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals. Now Liang Huonv wants to retreat again, which is too cowardly.

"The Yungu thieves are indeed having a hard time, but don't forget that they only have a thousand people. If they bring in thousands more reinforcements, how can we survive? There is no need to continue this battle."

Of course Liang Huonv knew that the Yungu Army was not feeling well, but he also knew that the current Yungu Army had not unleashed its due strength.With only a thousand men, tens of thousands of Xiang troops were helpless. If they increased their troops, wouldn't the situation get out of control?
"They can increase their troops. Why can't I, the great minister, increase our troops? I don't believe that our great country will be manipulated by the Yungu bandit, a small Suier army!" Zhewuli was very dissatisfied and wanted to retreat. Liang Huonu.

"Zhewuli, what nonsense are you talking about? We have already brought nearly half of the country's troops in this western expedition. Do you want the court to put all the troops and horses here to fight against the little Yungu bandits? ?
Although the Yungu thieves are a powerful enemy, they are still a small army, and the only thing that can defeat Tian's plan is the autonomy of the base.If I, Da Xiang, take out all the major family assets, it will affect the country's foundation.The Mengmi people on the grassland have been dissatisfied with the king for a long time. Once the troops suppressing them are withdrawn, it would be strange for them not to take advantage of the situation and cause rebellion.Nampang You seems to be able to manipulate me easily and is weak and can be bullied, but after all, they are a big country and they will definitely make trouble if they have the opportunity.When the time comes, our major items may be in a state of irreversible danger.

In order to compete with Yungu's army for a while, is it possible for us loyal generals to put the court into this situation?I have made up my mind, don’t say anything else! "

Seeing that her generals were still unconvinced, Liang Huonv had no choice but to use emotion and reason to explain the current actual predicament to the generals. She also used the commander's decision-making power to force the troops to prepare for withdrawal.

Six days later, the two cavalry battalions of the Yungu Army arrived at the Jingyuanbao Ferry, forming a confrontation with our own troops on the other side of the river.

Seeing the reinforcements of the Yungu Army arriving on the battlefield, Liang Huo, fearing another accident, hurriedly ordered the main force to retreat towards Yinzhou.At the same time, Daran was asked to withdraw most of the troops in the city to Jingzhou to prevent being annihilated.

When they broke camp and returned to the army, Liang Huonv looked in the direction of the Yungu position and said quietly: "The people of Zheng said that our Xiang army is invincible. However, from my perspective, the truly invincible army belongs to the Yungu bandits." Yes! This thief will eventually be a great trouble to our country, and we must never look down upon him again!"

(End of this chapter)