Come to Daming with military supplies

Alahuma begged for another owner.

The delay of the news and the fact that none of the [-] Tatar cavalry in the city had a chance to escape finally made the news completely sealed and not spread to the outside world.Outside the city, the water pulling team sent by the Tatars appeared as promised.

In the grassland at that time, aquatic plants were still very abundant, that is, there was no environmental pollution, and because of the sparse population, it was not exploited extensively.In fact, there is no shortage of water sources, but the water quality of the springs in the city of Ala Humaqi is better and more delicious, so some nobles in Tatar are still very accustomed to drinking the water here, and they have to fetch water every half a month. thing.

The springs are not only of good water quality, but also of sufficient water volume, and it is not known where they are connected, which gives people a sense of inexhaustibility.Every time the convoy comes to fetch water, it also becomes very large.Judging from the place where the independent regiment was ambushing, the number of convoys was more than two hundred vehicles, which could be described as mighty, like a long dragon.

"Hey! What a huge team." Through the binoculars, Hu Mang, the head of the team, said with a sigh when he saw the approaching convoy from a distance.At the same time, his eyes were even brighter, he was afraid that not many people would come, and it would be meaningless to fight like that.

"Reporting to the head of the regiment, the scouts report that the enemy has two hundred carriages, five thousand civilian men, and about a thousand cavalry." Deputy head Xin Honghai came to Humang's side to report while keeping his voice down.

Xin Honghai, the deputy head of the independent regiment, a member of Chixian City, experienced as an auxiliary soldier, Leng Feng, Leng Feng squad leader, platoon leader, and company commander, and was later favored by Yang Chendong because of his courage and calmness, and was transferred to the independent regiment to assist Humang daily work.

And because of Humang's multiple identities, when he is not around, Xin Honghai is always in charge of the regiment's work.

"Only a thousand cavalry?" The tiger's awn, which was still eager to try, was like a deflated balloon, and the fighting spirit in his body lost half in an instant.

I thought they were all enemy cavalry, but I didn't expect that there were [-] civilians, so this battle really didn't start, it wasn't evenly matched, and it didn't show the strength of the independent regiment, did it?

This is the difference between mercenaries and other armies.Others are afraid that the opponent is too strong, and it will be dangerous to fight. Putting it on the mercenary, they really dislike the opponent's too much face, and the fight is not enjoyable, and they can't show their own level.

With only a thousand cavalry opponents, Humang felt a sense of disenchantment. Looking at the excited Xin Honghai, he simply sold a favor, "Okay, deputy head Xin, this battle I will give you the command right, but remember, five thousand civilians cannot be injured, and if the young master wants to build Shicheng, it will require a lot of manpower, which is a lot of labor."

"Understood, please rest assured, Captain." Xin Honghai patted his chest and said with assurance.Then he turned around and left, as if he was afraid that if he stayed a little longer, Humang would change his mind.

It's not like Humang is someone close to Yang Chendong, so he won't worry about being promoted.Xin Honghai got to where he is today by relying on his own hard work and ability.Although he is only in his early twenties, he is quite young as a deputy regimental officer, but since he was born in Leng Feng, the world in his heart is much bigger than that of ordinary people, and his dreams are much broader.

Xin Honghai, who had received the military order, immediately called the ten battalion commanders who had just been converted from infantry to cavalry. "The head of the regiment has given me the combat mission. Now I order that one hundred cavalry from each battalion will join me in attacking the enemy cavalry guards. The other cavalry will be responsible for guarding the water carts and five thousand civilian men."

Even though the enemy only had a thousand cavalry, in order to exercise the abilities of his brothers, he certainly would not send too many cavalry.Equivalent strength is a kind of exercise!

There are 400 people in a battalion, but only 100 people can fight, which made the ten battalion commanders feel a little unhappy.Two of the young and vigorous battalion commanders kept clamoring that they should send one of their own battalions up to ensure that they could deal with the enemy's thousand cavalry.

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Chapter 696 Beginning City

It is of course a good thing that the officers below have strong confidence.But this is not the time for personal heroism, how can Xin Honghai agree?In a word, who is talking too much, even the mission of 100 people will be cancelled, and the battalion commanders below will become honest.One hundred is one hundred, it's better than no one at all.

The battalion commanders followed Xin Honghai's wishes, and based on the idea of ​​training their fighting spirit in actual combat, they each selected a cavalry team of one hundred men with average strength from the battalion, gathered 1000 people and handed them over to the deputy commander. .

It is worth mentioning that the leading officers of each battalion are all battalion commanders, and they are all full-time officers.Xin Honghai naturally noticed this scene, but he didn't say anything. The officers below also wanted to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and make meritorious service. Of course he couldn't refuse, after all, wasn't he himself a leader?

The water-pulling convoy in the distance was getting closer and closer, and it could already be seen that the five thousand people who drove the cart were all downcast and listless.Even the thousand cavalry walked sparsely, without the vigilance and formation that a cavalry team should have.

Although it is said that the grassland is now full of scuffles, wars are all the time.Many people are fine when they go out in the morning, but who knows if this is the last time he leaves home.But in danger, generally no one would think of pulling a water truck. It is too worthless, and it is too much of a loss to pay for these things.

Even the common people know not to do things that lose money, let alone the cavalry.

Therefore, when the independent regiment suddenly appeared and Xin Honghai led a thousand cavalrymen to charge out from the side, the thousand Tatar cavalrymen were still looking at them as if they hadn't woken up from a dream, their eyes were like looking at idiots, as if to say, "It's not a mistake, we're just a team that pulls water, and you want to grab it too?"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The leading Tatar commander reacted after a moment of stupefaction, then drew out his saber and shouted loudly.The intention is to call back the morale of the army in the shortest possible time.

"Kill!" At this moment, Xin Honghai and the other thousand riders had already approached the position less than 150 meters away from the Tatar cavalry with the speed of their horses.As the leader of the team, he shouted, took out his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at the target closest to him.

The musket was not used because Xin Honghai thought it was unnecessary.Since they are cavalry, of course, it is better to use bows and arrows for long-distance, which is also a kind of exercise for the team.

Following Xin Honghai's arrow, beside him, countless independent regiment cavalry also drew their bows and arrows, and shot forward.

A burst of flying arrow feathers fell from the sky, and dozens of Tatar cavalry had no way to hide, and the arrows fell off their horses.However, more Tatar cavalry escaped at the speed of their horses, and at the same time began to shoot with their bows and arrows. The cavalry against the independent regiment played a threatening and killing role.

The cavalry of the Independent Regiment is composed of the original auxiliary soldiers and the captured soldiers of the Ming Army Guard of Nuer Gandusi.Among them are either those who did not have horse riding skills before, or some ordinary soldiers who have not undergone strict training. For an army like this, even if they are given healthy horses, it is difficult to give full play to their real cavalry advantages.

Because of this, the shortcomings of the independent regiment were revealed when the bow and arrow were shot together.Facing the Tatar cavalry who had lived on horseback since childhood, the two sides shot at each other, and after only a while, the unprepared Tatar cavalry began to gain the upper hand.

From the corner of my eye, I saw one after another of my own soldiers being shot by bows and arrows or falling off their horses. If they were injured and fell on their horses, about a hundred people were injured or died in battle in a short period of time.Xin Honghai pinched his teeth in distress, and he finally realized that his cavalry still had too many shortcomings.

"No, we can't go on like this." A voice sounded in his heart. Xin Honghai was very aware of the strength of his own cavalry. Most of them were trying to drive ducks to the shelves. They lacked the time to get used to the horses and train immediately, especially for bow and arrow training. , Whether it is shooting a moving target, or the ability to shoot arrows while moving is still very weak.It was expected that such cavalry would suffer losses when shooting against each other.

Rome was not built in a day!Strong military combat capabilities cannot be trained in one battle.In order to reduce losses, give fighters more opportunities to train and survive.Xin Honghai made a decision and shouted loudly, "All battalion commanders will charge with me and fight close to me!"

Led by Xin Honghai, he brought ten experienced battalion commanders and approached the Tatar cavalry from all directions. Driven by them, more and more soldiers stopped taking out their bows and arrows. Move, follow behind the officer and approach the enemy cavalry at the same time as dodging the bow and arrow.

Humang was holding up his binoculars to watch what happened in the distance, with a dignified look on his face.

When the Sixth Young Master said that he would entrust them with this task in order to train and enhance the ability of the independent regiment to fight immediately, he was still a little unconvinced.In the low stone pile before, their independent regiment defeated the cavalry with infantry.Now that they are cavalry, can they still defeat the cavalry?

The fact slapped Humang a big mouth.Only then did he understand that he was able to win before only by relying on the power of the Bayi Bar. After abandoning the musket, his independent regiment was indeed nothing.

"Regimental Commander, the situation with Deputy Commander Xin is not good. Shall we send the cavalry battalion there?" Another cavalry battalion commander in the independent regiment asked worriedly.

The Independent Regiment has newly promoted ten cavalry battalions, which are reorganized from infantry.Besides them, there were originally six cavalry regiments. In comparison, the combat power of these six cavalry regiments was much stronger.Although it was not as good as the horsemanship of the Jurchen Cavalry Regiment, due to the superiority in numbers, it was no problem to deal with the thousand Tatar cavalry.

Clenching his right fist tightly, Humang felt a little moved, and his breathing became heavier, but after a long while, he let out a strong breath and said, "No need. The army still has to experience hardships and risks in the end. Such an army can never grow strong if it is always under protection."

Humang didn't order the main force to attack to help, because he knew that an army that has not experienced transformation is not a strong army, and because he believed in his deputy, Xin Honghai, and believed that he would definitely win the final victory.

Not disappointing Humang, when Xin Honghai found that the situation was unfavorable, he really gave up the long-range bow and arrow attack and switched to close combat. He relied on the extremely sharp saber in his hand to shorten the gap in combat power between the two sides.

When Xin Honghai and his ten battalion commanders rushed to the Tatar cavalry at the first time, when the saber in his hand kept swinging up and down, the cavalry formation that the opponent had just gathered was broken up, and the advantage of bow and arrow attack was suppressed , Taking advantage of this opportunity, more independent regiment cavalry also tended to kill them, and began to turn the situation in their favor.

The training of saber chopping is all too familiar to the fighters of the independent regiment.When there were no horses before, one of the things they had to do every day was to hack a thousand times a day.For this reason, an unknown number of fighters had swollen right arms, and some even fainted on the training ground from exhaustion.

The hard work has finally paid off. Under the supervision and urging of the regiment leader Humang, deputy commander Xin Honghai and other officers, the movements of the soldiers' slashing sabers are not only fast but also powerful. Now they have changed to melee combat, which also makes them The hard training finally paid off.

There was the sound of tinkling irons, weapons colliding with each other, from being suppressed before to a state of stalemate between the two sides.

This kind of stalemate did not last long. As the sabers continued to hit, cracks began to appear on the sabers of the Tatar cavalry.The difference in the quality of weapons has become the biggest factor affecting the outcome of the war. Finally, after seven or eight times of slashing, the number of broken sabers in the hands of the Tatar cavalry is increasing.

They are also riding on horses, they are also cavalry, and at the same high speed, one side has a weapon, and the other side is just holding a broken knife that is difficult to threaten the life of the other side. What will happen is already doomed.

"Withdraw!" Seeing that the sabers in their hands were broken one after another, the faces of the Tatar cavalry who were still invincible just now changed drastically, and they turned around and fled.They have already seen two hundred water trucks and five thousand civilians have been controlled by their opponents. Knowing that the numbers are too different, they finally decided to retreat and want to inform the generals of the news.

The Tatar cavalry fled, using horsemanship more skilled than the cavalry of the independent regiment, and escaped.All that was left to Xin Honghai and the others was the horse's tail and the backs of the Tatar cavalry, which raised waves of smoke and dust.

Although it was said that the Tatar cavalry escaped, it seemed that the independent regiment had won the victory, but when the final statistics were made, it was discovered that more than 100 soldiers were killed and more than [-] were injured, but the number of cavalry left by the opponent It's just less than two hundred.

This is the first time since the establishment of the mercenary army that the proportion of the results of the battle and the number of casualties between the enemy and the enemy have been compared.Of course, this first time is the worst first time.For this reason, Xin Honghai brought ten battalion commanders and more than 800 cavalry soldiers who were wounded and uninjured, and came to the head of Humang with a face of guilt to plead guilty.

"You don't need to plead guilty to me. You should plead guilty to the more than 100 comrades who have died. With the same number of troops, you suddenly broke out and took the lead, but the battle was so fierce. You can sum up yourself." Humang said with a cold face.And after saying this, he took two hundred water trucks and the five thousand civilians he had just captured and headed towards Shicheng. As the head of the independent regiment, he was mainly responsible for today's battle. I have to go to the Sixth Young Master to plead guilty in person.

Ala Humaqi has been officially renamed Shicheng by Yang Chendong.

After changing the name, the city seems to be rejuvenated in an instant, and the city is a busy scene.

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Chapter 697 Revealing His Identity as the God of War