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

At Longshan Pass in Jingzhou, Song Yingkui looked at the looming Mongol army formation outside the pass with a telescope.

This was also the first time he had witnessed the Mi-Meng army with his own eyes. From a visual point of view, this army was more scattered than the soldiers and horses in Beixiang, and there was no regular pattern in the distribution of the military formations.

But this does not mean that their combat power is weak, but it means that this army is more difficult to deal with.

There are two possibilities for a scattered army. One is a stragglers with extremely weak combat power, and the other is a super strong army that is scattered but not chaotic. Obviously, the Mongol army is the latter.

It is extremely difficult to be dispersed and not chaotic on the battlefield. Every soldier, every grassroots and middle-level commander must have excellent military literacy. The most terrifying thing about such an army is not the attack but the retreat, because they can switch between offense and defense at any time, and can turn a defeat into a counter-outflank.

Like the Dazheng army, what they feared most was defeat. A small defeat could easily develop into a major rout.

The Yungu Army is definitely not scattered yet chaotic at present. Although the grassroots commanders and fighters are quite professional, their individual combat experience is not rich, and they are completely incomparable to the Mimeng soldiers who have been fighting with swords and guns all year round.

"It seems that they have acquired a lot of projectile cannons. These projectile cannons are fired in a straight direction. The power of the explosive package may not be very good after it explodes, but it can still cause a certain amount of damage. Therefore, our army's cannons must be used properly, and their cannons must not be let go. The artillery carriage arrived.

Another one, when setting up the formation, we should spread out a little and widen the front of the position. Our muskets have a high rate of fire and the battlefield control area of ​​individual soldiers is wide. This advantage must be used well.

I estimate that when the Mimeng first launched their formation, they would use their servant soldiers as cannon fodder to consume our army's firepower, thereby finding loopholes in our army, and then their main force would take the opportunity to break in. You must keep a reserve force on your side to support weak areas on the battlefield at any time.

Don't underestimate the fighting power of the servants. With the Mi Meng holding a knife behind them, this group of people is likely to explode into unprecedented fighting power. The fact that the Mimeng people can quickly rise from a small tribe to become a powerful army in the world is not unrelated to their ability to command their servants.

While the cavalry is prepared to pursue the enemy, it must also be prepared to prevent them from counterattacking. When chasing the enemy, the infantry, cavalry, and bicycle infantry must coordinate and cooperate. The enemy can be pursued for forty miles at most. Don't be greedy for credit! "

After watching the formation, Song Yingkui told his third uncle, who was responsible for directing the battle against the former enemy, the principles of commanding the enemy.

This battle was the first real battle with the Mongol army. Song Yingkui, who was worried, rushed to the front line in person and strengthened the third uncle's first brigade with an independent infantry regiment, an independent cavalry battalion, and an artillery unit. The brigade brought the total strength of the Jingzhou frontline to six thousand.

"Commander, don't worry. In this battle, our army will definitely let the Mimeng people see the true combat power of our Yungu Army, and let them know that we are not easy to mess with." Third uncle Song Xueliang is also a veteran who has been fighting for more than ten years. He had no fear of the Mi Meng people, and wanted to use this battle to prove that the Yungu Army was a tiger's butt that could not be touched.

In this battle, both sides seem to be proud warriors who have repeatedly won battles. Each has no fear of the other. It can be said that it is a battle between tit and head, and no one is afraid of the other.

You, Mimeng, have grown up like Teng Tianmang in more than ten years. However, we, the Yungu Army, have also spent more than ten years to become an army with great ambitions that can survive a hundred battles from a humble beginning.

After all, they are the strongest army in the world. The Mimeng people's combat progress was extremely fast. On the day they initially completed the assembly in front of the formation, they launched a full-line attack on Longshan Pass.

As expected by Song Yingkui, when the battle began, the ones at the forefront of the attack were indeed the servant army composed of Xiang Jun's surrendered troops.

However, the Mimeng people used the servant army very cleverly. They did not let the servant soldiers form separate troops. Instead, each servant team of [-] people would be mixed with a headquarters team, and the command authority before the battle was completely controlled by the Mimeng people. At the same time, they also placed several centurions composed of their own troops and horses in the attacking team to stabilize the military formation and wait for opportunities to break out.

The servant soldiers are not only used to rush into the formation, they also have an important task, which is to push the Mi Meng artillery cart to the front of the formation and serve as cannons for the Mi Meng army.

Regarding the use of artillery, the Mimeng people's philosophy is quite different from that of the Yungu army. They use artillery as a means of support, not as a means of attacking and blocking like the Yungu Army.

Since it is to support the battle, it does not require the artillery operation to be very standardized. As long as the artillery can be fired to form a deterrent, the main attack is large quantity and large formation.

At first glance, using artillery and projectiles in this way is very crude, but don't forget that the Mimon cavalry is of high quality. They can make full use of the chaotic gaps caused by firearm bombardment and quickly intervene in the battlefield.

Moreover, these guys are quite courageous and can even attack along with the artillery fire. It seems that they are not afraid of being accidentally injured by their own artillery.

It may be due to self-confidence and battlefield sense. Although the Mi Meng's artillery is very heartless, it does not cause much accidental damage to our core troops. This thing is very unreasonable. The Yungu Army would definitely not dare to fight like this.

Furthermore, their battlefield discipline is quite strict. Even if accidental injuries occur, they can be dealt with quickly and will not cause chaos in the team.

Unfortunately, these methods are only useful for the Beixiang Army. When facing the Yungu Army, they cannot use these things at all.

This is because the artillery of the Yungu Army is truly an elite force. Not only are there a large number of high-performance artillery, but the tactical organization is also quite in place and effective. The Mimeng's artillery carriage had no chance of reaching the effective range.

Facing the wandering cavalry, it is difficult for the Yungu Army's artillery to hit accurately, but facing the heavy artillery carriage, it is not difficult to block it with explosive bullets.

"The artillery of this Yungu barbarian is so ferocious. Ursula, is this what you said that they don't have many artillery in the army?" Seeing that most of his own artillery team has been destroyed, the artillery of the Yungu army seems to have grown longer. The eyes were as dense and clear as the bombardment of his own military formation, and Chi Zheli was almost fainted on the battlefield.

Although he had previously heard from General Beixiang that the Yungu Army's artillery array was very powerful, he also heard from Ursula, his real friend, that he had never seen the Yungu Army's artillery. Therefore, before the war started, Chizheli thought that Xiang Jun's surrender was because he had experienced too few firearms battles and mistakenly mistook Yungu's small muskets for cannons.

As a result, after the war started, it was discovered that the Yungu Army not only relied on small muskets, but their cannons were even more terrifying and invincible.

How can we fight this battle? There are artillery far away, muskets nearby, and grenades that don't need to be set off. There is even a volley of artillery in front of the formation that can fire rapidly.

Faced with such dense and layered firepower output, no matter how many troops you have, it won't be enough. Not to mention [-] soldiers and horses, even with [-] soldiers and horses, Chi Zheli felt that he could not win this war. Fighting a positional battle with the Yungu Army is simply asking for death. It is like hitting an iron thorn with soft meat!

(End of this chapter)