Chapter 372 371 Practical Test

Chapter 372 371 Practical Test

"There's nothing interesting to see. It's surrounded by flat plains."

Liu Han and Yu Dayou had already arrived at Anyin Fort. They first walked around the military fort and found that the terrain here was all flat grassland and there was no place for use. Then they rode into the fort.

At this moment, the two of them stepped onto the abandoned wall of the military fort, looking around and feeling a little disappointed.

From a distance, the walls of the military fort seemed to be in good condition, but when they got closer, they discovered that there were more than ten places where the walls of the entire military fort had collapsed. It could be said that it was like a sieve leaking air everywhere.

But relatively speaking, having an earth wall is better than a temporary camp set up on the grassland.

"This can only be used as a last resort. It's best to defeat Anda's pursuers in front of the formation."

Yu Dayou was silent for a moment and replied to Liu Han.

"The opponent has about 10,000 people, and we have 8,000 people. They are all elites, and they are still capable of fighting."

Liu Han nodded.

After speaking, the two of them unconsciously looked towards the east.

At almost noon, a long team appeared in the north. It was a large group of Ming army troops who had arrived at Anyin Fort, and soon there were soldiers to greet them.

Yu Dayou and Liu Han naturally didn't need to worry about them. In the morning, they had roughly assigned the places where the troops would be stationed.

The transport team all entered the relatively intact courtyards in the middle of the military fort, and other troops were roughly stationed. After that, they naturally buried pots and cooked rice.

"Da da da"

More than ten war horses galloped towards them from the east. They were the sentinels sent by Liu Ha to monitor Anda's troops. With so many people coming back at once, it was obvious that the Tatars were not far away from here.

Sure enough, several night warriors entered the military fort, tied up their horses, and, under the leadership of the team officer, climbed onto the city wall where the two men's flags were erected.

"Report to the general, the total number of enemy troops is about 13,000, of which 10,000 are Tatar cavalry. It is suspected that a small number are Anda Khan's royal court guards, but Anda Khan should not be in the team, and he did not see the king. Ting Dazhu may be the temporarily recruited 10,000 households, and the other 3,000 may be Bansheng City cavalry."

The leader of the team, Ye Bushuang, knelt down in front of Liu Han and Yu Dayou to report the enemy situation they had detected.

"Royal Guards?"

Liu Han was slightly surprised, and after thinking for a moment, he said to Yu Dayou: "It seems that Ada Khan still values ​​us very much."

"When will they get here?"

Yu Dayou nodded slightly when he heard the words. The warriors who can be chosen to be beside An Dahan must be the bravest on the grassland. Needless to say, their combat prowess is natural. Moreover, among them are the CNOOC Royal Guards sent by An Da Khan. It was judged that this force was also a makeshift force.

Obviously, their goal should be to go directly to several side forts, that is, to intercept the Ming army on the edge of the Great Wall.

Originally, from a time perspective, there was not enough time left for Anda Khan, but they still arrived.

"They will be here later in the afternoon. They have a turn at the mouth of the river ahead. They should have discovered the movement of our troops."

The team leader hurriedly answered Yu Dayou's question.

"It's not surprising, we don't harvest at night, and they also have scouts."

Yu Dayou nodded. When the two armies were fighting, the enemy's movements were very important. It was impossible for the leading general on the opposite side not to know this.

No matter how many scouts they send out, it will be difficult to completely block the enemy scouts' exploration.

"They should bypass Anyin Fort and camp south of Anyin Fort to prevent us from escaping south."

Then, Yu Dayou spoke again.

"You guys go down first."

Liu Han waved his hand and asked several sentries to go down to rest. Then he turned back to Yu Dayou and said, "How about a sneak attack while they are camping, or should we sneak into the camp tonight?"

The Tatars on the opposite side are not weak in combat power. This is what Liu Han can tell from the information reported by the sentry.

If the other party was just an ordinary Anda soldier, he would still have the confidence to fight with them, but after knowing that the other party might be the elite around Anda Khan, the idea of ​​​​competing with them faded away.

There are 5,000 fewer people than the opponent, and their combat power is slightly superior. It is difficult to fight in the field.

"It's difficult to make a surprise attack. With three to five thousand people camped and surrounded by other armies, we have no chance at all."

Speaking of this, Yu Dayou looked around the vast grassland around the military fort and continued: "With such terrain conditions, there is no chance to use strategies. The only way is to fight head-on."

After the words fell, Liu Han nodded slightly. Whether it was a surprise attack or a sneak attack, it seemed that it was difficult to achieve in the current battlefield environment and could only be wishful thinking.

"If we fight head-on, our chances of winning will be low."

Liu Han whispered.

Indeed, no matter how you look at it in terms of numbers and combat power, the Ming army does not have an advantage. This battle will be difficult to fight.

"not necessarily."

When Yu Dayou heard Liu Han's words, he replied categorically: "Master Liu, I have been in Datong for a long time. The firearms used by the border troops in combat rely on the city to release them. I think so too."

"Placing firearms at the top of the city allows soldiers to aim with confidence, which is naturally the best."

Liu Han replied, "Even the Fran cannon can hardly cope with the surging impact of the Tatar cavalry."

"Have you forgotten the firepower of Governor Biao Camp?"

Yu Dayou shook his head and continued, turning around to look at the densely packed hundreds of chariots under the city wall behind him. It was a unicycle chariot he designed, and it only used a single wheel to facilitate steering.

"There are hundreds of medium and small Fran cannons there, as well as a large number of cannons."

Yu Dayou pointed to the officers and soldiers of the governor's barracks stationed below and said to Liu Han.

"Forehead"

Liu Han was speechless for a moment.

He knew that Li Wenjin allocated money from the Datong governor's office to build a chariot for Yu Dayou.

I also knew that more than that, Li Wenjin actually intercepted a large number of firearms allocated for use by the Datong Army and gave them directly to his Biao Battalion for use.

These firearms were all obtained from the capital in the first two years and were supposed to be distributed in large quantities. However, only half of the weapons were given to the army, and the rest were kept in Datong Town as a reserve of ordnance for future use. Can be supplemented and issued.

As a result, everything was now taken away from the warehouse by Li Wenjin and turned into weapons for his subordinates.

Li Wenjin's 3,000-man standard camp was actually equipped with hundreds of medium and small Fran machine cannons, as well as thousands of blunderbuss. This was not the standard configuration of the Ming army at all, and the proportion of firearms was too high.

Such a unit would indeed look good if it were just for drills, but once an opponent rushes in and gets closer in actual combat, it will completely collapse because it has no close combat capabilities.

Liu Han would never equip his troops in this way. Such troops would only look good after being trained. They might not be bad at defending the city.

Although he didn't understand what Yu Dayou wanted to say, Liu Han still noticed that it seemed that Yu Dayou planned to use Biaoying as the main force to fight the Anda tribe, which was a bit too arrogant.

Is this what Jiangnan did to suppress the Japanese?

The officers and soldiers are equipped with a large number of firearms, and they can fire at the Japanese pirates from a distance. If the Japanese pirates rush up regardless of casualties, will the officers and soldiers scatter like birds and beasts?

It seems that I have seen a lot of similar news. It is no wonder that the Nanbing soldiers were helpless against those short Japanese people. After so many years of suppressing the Japanese, they still achieved nothing.

Thinking of this, Liu Han couldn't help but feel a little contempt for Yu Dayou.

When I first met Yu Dayou at the governor's office, to be honest, although he was dismissed from his post, he was once the commander-in-chief of the army, so he was quite polite to Yu Dayou. After all, he led the southern soldiers in Zhejiang and participated in many anti-insurgency wars. I don't think so. Difference.

But now it seems that the northern and southern armies are fighting in different ways. Although Yu Dayou has a lot of combat experience, he may not be suitable for the tactics of the northern border towns.

While he was thinking this, he heard Yu Dayou's words in his ears: "Tomorrow I will lead the Biao camp as the central army, and ask General Liu to select brave generals with two thousand cavalry each to protect the two wings."

"That won't work. If you arrange your troops like this, the Tatars' main attack will definitely be aimed at the Chinese army. Once you are breached, both wings will have no time to rescue us, and we will lose this battle."

Liu Han didn't have time to think too much, so he opened his mouth and said.

"I used my car formation in front to resist the enemy. The Tatars could not rely on me and would only be shot dead on the spot by cannons and cannons."

Yu Dayou, however, did not hide his contempt for the Tatar soldiers at all and replied.

"Is this how we fight against Japanese invaders in the south?"

Looking at Yu Dayou's expression, he seemed to have made up his mind. Liu Han hesitated to ask about his doubts.

"As long as they are formed into formations, firearms are very powerful, otherwise the imperial court would not have manufactured them in large quantities to equip our army in recent years."

After Yu Dayou said this, he withdrew his gaze downwards and looked back at Liu Han. Then he saw a trace of disdain in Liu Han's eyes.

These days, the Ming army has neglected the use of firearms. In fact, he had already discovered this when he first entered the Ming army.

But don’t forget that the Fran cannons and blunderbuss are equipment that the Ming army obtained after paying a lot of blood. Those things are twice as powerful as those Fran machine people. There is no reason that they will become a fire in the hands of the Ming army. stick.

At that time, the Ming army also dismissed the equipment of the Yi people at first, but after fighting with them, they found that it was indeed powerful, so they worked hard to obtain it and then imitated it.

To deal with Japanese pirates, the blunderbuss is really a very sharp firearm, while the Fran cannon was mostly used by the Ming army in naval battles. After all, the warships of the Japanese pirates were not very good. Of course, the main weapon like the bowl-kou blunderbuss was also used. More.

It’s just that in these years, the Ming army and the Yi people have not fought on a large scale. I don’t know that the Fran cannon is no longer the main weapon equipped by the Western warships. The most powerful artillery now is the new cannon, which is the cannon in the late Ming Dynasty. The Hongyi cannon of the period.

Because the Ming army in the south used a large number of firearms in combat, Yu Dayou also accumulated a lot of experience in firearms combat, and was no longer a fierce general who only knew how to fight and charge.

The use of firearms by the Datong Army made Yu Dayou realize that the Northern Army had lagged far behind the Southern Army in the use of firearms. Even though Wei Guangde had used a large number of firearms in Xuanfu a few years ago, the actual combat effect was not bad, but he still did not win the battle in Jiubian. Have too big an impact.

Although he learned that there were many men and horses in Anda's army on the opposite side, Yu Dayou felt that he was still capable of fighting as there were large unicycles serving as horse and Franco machine gun mounts.

"Tomorrow I will be supervising the battle in the central army. If the Tatars break through in the middle, please ask Mr. Liu to lead the cavalry on both wings to retreat here and wait for Mr. Li's reinforcements. I will lead the Biao battalion to seize the rear."

Yu Dayou continued to speak. Seeing that Liu Han was about to speak, he immediately waved his hands and said: "If the Tatars suffer a loss in the middle and turn to the two wings to attack my flanks, please let your men protect me desperately.

There were only a few hundred cavalry in the Biao camp, which could not withstand the impact of thousands of Tatar cavalry. "

Although the Chinese army led by Yu Dayou was not Liu Han's men, it was obvious that he was going to die, so Liu Han was still very hesitant.

"Actually, there is no need to do this. As long as we maintain an undefeated situation and persist until the Ming army that kills Hu Bao leaves the town, our troops will retreat. After all, their main force is still in Xuanfu. At this time, Governor Li will repay his merits. The memorial has been sent out."

The implication of Liu Han's words is obvious. As long as they persist, there is no need to fight life and death. When they return to Datong in the future, what awaits them is a reward from the court.

However, neither Liu Han nor Li Wenjin nor Yu Dayou thought about the reaction in the capital for their great achievements.

Of course Yu Dayou knew these situations, but he remained unmoved.

He finally figured it out. When he came here, Liu Han's idea was to fight if he could. If he couldn't fight, he would hold the fort and wait for support. After all, it was only one day away from the Ming Dynasty border town with cavalry and two or three days with infantry. You can get there, it's really not that far.

Logically speaking, Yu Dayou should respect the opinions of Liu Han, the commander-in-chief of Datong.

Even though he seems to be on an equal footing with others now, he knows very well in his heart that he is nothing.

However, Yu Dayou had a bold idea when he heard that An Da's troops were coming because he had already joined Li Wenjin's troops, but he couldn't tell Li Wenjin that it was what Wei Guangde had said in his letter.

If the imperial court is really willing to spend money to build chariot troops to fight against the Tatars, it must first have an impressive record, otherwise it will be impossible.

Why build a tank?

It was not to solve the shortcomings of the Ming army in the field.

If the Ming army stayed in the city, no matter how many Tatars came, they would not be afraid. Standing under the city wall and condescendingly, the Tatars would often stay around for a few days and then evacuate if there was no chance.

However, the combat power of this Ming army will only become weaker and weaker, even reaching the point where they dare not leave the city gate.

In fact, the construction of the Great Wall was largely related to the changes in the combat power of the Han army.

However, it is still unclear whether the Great Wall affected the bravery of the Han army, or whether the Han army's reduced combat effectiveness forced the construction of the Great Wall.

But in any case, with that high city wall, it is an indisputable fact that the combat effectiveness of Han soldiers gradually declined.

It is no nonsense to say that if you forget to fight, you will be in danger.

Yu Dayou is now eager to use a victory belonging to the chariot battalion to prove for his hard work that the chariot is a powerful weapon against the Tatar cavalry.

After the infantry is equipped with a large number of chariots, they will not be afraid of Tatar cavalry raids in the field. This is why he chose to use a one-wheel, which makes it easier to turn on the battlefield and adapt to various geological conditions.

Now, he needs to convince Liu Han to support going to war.

Yu Dayou understood that whether it was fighting or defending, troop strength was very important. Liu Han obviously did not want to lose these 3,000 men in vain.

"This battle is not only for me, but also for the capital. They want to know the actual combat effectiveness of the chariots against the Tatar cavalry."

At this time, Yu Dayou changed the topic and suddenly brought it to the capital.

"Um?"

Liu Han looked over in surprise, a little confused.