Three Thousand Iron Cavalry Rolling to the Peak

"Run!"

"Kill!"

On the training ground, the shouts of killing were shocking and deafening.

"Da da da da!"

"Da da da da!"

"Da da da da!"

The dense sound of horse hooves echoed back and forth on the training ground.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

A series of gunfires kept coming.

The wooden people around the training ground were all riddled with holes by Minnie bombs, and a lot of wood chips could be seen flying up with naked eyes. Some of the wooden people were even beaten to only half of the shots. Some Minnie bombs that did not hit the target hit the soil slope behind the wooden people, splashing strings of soil.

"good!"

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.

He held up the Thousand Mile Mile Mile Mile and carefully observed the shooting results, and felt that it was pretty good.

This is the accuracy of the tiger cavalry and the leopard cavalry being tested. The agile Tiger cavalry appeared in sequence according to the number. They had to shoot at the target quickly on the back of the horses that were racing. Because the speed of the war horses was quite fast, each of them actually had less than one second of aiming time. If this time limit is exceeded, the muzzle would be farther and farther away from the target.

The best score is of course the accurate hit of the wooden man's vital position and kill with one shot. The average score is that the other part can be hit and the target can be knocked off the horse's back. The worst score is of course that the worst hit is that it has not hit at all.

In order to hit the target as much as possible, some of the Tiger Army soldiers chose the second best horse under the wooden man's crotch. After all, the horse's target is much larger than the human being, and the chance of hitting is much greater. On the battlefield, when cavalry confronts, killing the enemy's horse first is actually a tactic. Don't you see that shooting a man and shooting a horse first, and capturing the thief first?

Although Zhang Zhun was very eager to need war horses, he could not forbid the soldiers from shooting at the enemy's war horses. He would be a fool if he self-constrained his combat effectiveness for the sake of war horses. As long as he could knock out the enemy's war horses and win the battle, it would not matter whether there was a war horse or not.

Overall, the Hu Ben Army cavalry did not hit the wooden man very well, and they shot the war horses quite well. Basically, no one was off-target when shooting war horses. If this training result could be reflected on the battlefield, it would be amazing lethality.

"Sir, these young men's riding skills are indeed good."

Zhong Wuying stood beside Zhang Zhun and said with a smile.

“It’s just that there’s a little bit of a discipline problem.”

Liu Jixiang continued.

"I know."

Zhang Zhun nodded.

The horse thieves he brought back from Northern Zhili and similar horse thieves, as well as the horse thieves that the Hu Ben Army later plundered everywhere, and other people who were proficient in riding were all incorporated into the Tiger Cavalry Camp and the Leopard Cavalry Camp. These people had no problems with riding skills, and they were quick to use firearms and shooting. Most of these people were horse thieves and so they naturally cared about riding skills and weapons. This made their combat power quickly formed.

The only problem is the discipline of these people. By the way, they are born as horse thieves and are indeed not used to strict constraints. Fortunately, killing the Tartars is a very honorable thing at present. They can barely accept discipline under the stimulation of obtaining honors. The rest of the time will be increased in discipline. Zhang Zhun believes that as long as he persists in repeated brainwashing, the scarecrow can become a stone man.

"Sir, when will we let us go out?"

Zhong Wuying suddenly asked eagerly.

"Oh? Do you feel like you can go out for a walk? Are you not afraid of encountering the Tartars' vanguard camp?"

Zhang Zhun looked at Zhong Wuying with a smile and said meaningfully.

The vanguard camp of Huang Taiji's commander has been in the area of ​​Cangzhou Prefecture, always suppressing the Hu Ben Army and creating combat conditions for other Tartar troops. Huang Taiji dared not make any big moves in Cangzhou Prefecture, Dongjiabao and Dezhou's Hu Ben Army. Basically, Huang Taiji suppressed all the Hu Ben Army with one person's strength.

Apart from sending some cavalry outside Dongjiabao and fighting with the enemy every day, the Hu Ben Army had no other military operations. This of course makes people feel frustrated. The feeling of being passively beaten is always unpleasant. Many Hu Ben Army soldiers always think that one day they can go out to fight the Tartars.

In fact, the Hu Ben Army knew that the Tartars had strong field combat capabilities. If the Hu Ben Army went to fight at this time and encountered the Tartars in the wild, it would be very dangerous. Therefore, everyone could only think about the field combat in their hearts. After fantasizing, they would have to stay in the stronghold honestly. However, as the strength of the Hu Ben Army's cavalry gradually increased, Zhong Wuying and Liu Jixiang began to feel a little unable to hold back.

After several months of hard work, the organization of the Tiger Cavalry and the Leopard Cavalry has expanded to five 25 teams, not counting officers, with 1,250 soldiers respectively. If officers are included, each battalion has more than 1,500 people. If the Tiger Cavalry and the Leopard Cavalry are in joint operations and fighting together, the total strength will exceed 3,000, which should be considered a considerable cavalry force.

The three thousand cavalry of the two battalions are the most elite land assault force of the Hu Ben Army. The training of the Qinglong Legion cannot be completed in a short period of time. If there is any emergency, the only way to dispatch these three thousand cavalry to solve it. Obviously, in the future, they will be the main sharp sword of the Hu Ben Army. For this reason, Zhong Wuying and Liu Jixiang both wanted to find an opportunity to find a suitable target and check the combat effectiveness of the troops.

“Are there any good goals?”

Zhang Zhun's mind moved slightly and asked slowly.

The two of them really made Zhang Zhun excited. In addition to strict training and strict discipline, the formation of the army's combat effectiveness requires rich combat experience. Fundamentally speaking, in the end, it still depends on actual combat, blood and fire. No matter how strict the army is in training or discipline, isn't the ultimate goal of actual combat? If we don't participate in the war, what's the point?

Judging from the current situation, the training of the Tiger Cavalry Camp and the Leopard Cavalry Camp has reached a certain level, and the so-called bottleneck state has emerged. If you continue to train monotonously, the effect will not be obvious. What they need most is real battles. Only in battle can they better discover their own shortcomings and improve themselves better.

However, small fights and other things are meaningless. The Hu Ben cavalry now needs a small-scale battle. Every soldier has the opportunity to participate in the war and also has the opportunity to test himself. This test is not only about combat skills, but more importantly about psychological. Soldiers must undergo the test of life and death in actual combat in order to forge strong psychological qualities.

Why are the combat effectiveness of old troops often stronger? The key is not how high their combat skills are, but their psychological quality. In the complex battlefield, facing the flying rain of bullets and facing the threat of death at any time, even the most courageous person cannot remain indifferent. At this time, if the psychological quality is not satisfactory, it is easy to collapse.

It seems that combat skills such as shooting are closely related to people's psychological qualities. If you cannot calm yourself down and want to hit the target, it is impossible. If you face the rolling enemy cavalry and the tall horses that are coming at lightning, it will be even more important.

Generally speaking, during training, troops with very strong combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced due to the influence of various factors on the battlefield. Those who can exert five-point combat effectiveness are already excellent troops. Ordinary troops may only have three-point combat effectiveness. Units with poor training may even collapse at a glance.

As the battle continues to unfold, soldiers gradually become familiar with the battlefield and increase their psychological quality, this combat power can be improved. In the end, some particularly outstanding troops may play a total of about seven or even eight points. It is basically impossible to play a 10-minute combat power unless a miracle occurs.

For any unit, the first step of growth is very important. Simply put, the first battle of the unit is very critical. A skilled commander will carefully measure this key link, and then choose the most secure way to allow the unit to pass this level smoothly and grow smoothly. How to choose the first enemy of the unit is very particular.

First of all, the enemy cannot be too strong. If the enemy is too strong, it will be easy to be defeated. Failure to the initial battle will have a negative impact on the morale of the army and its future growth. The combat effectiveness of the army is at least five points in terms of morale. Simple combat skills are almost negligible. The Red Army at that time had a bad weapon and its combat skills were even worse. It was just to eliminate the enemy with a sense of courage.

Secondly, the enemy cannot be too weak. If it is done in just a few ways, it is impossible to train the combat effectiveness of the troops. Only a few people in the army take action, and the others are watching the fun, and they cannot achieve the goal of training everyone. Everyone in the army must have the opportunity to face the enemy. Therefore, there should be no too much difference in the number of people.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is impossible to grow if the army does not die, does not shed blood, and does not undergo great psychological tests. Blood, sacrifice, honor, grief, and strength are usually essential elements for the growth of the army. The appearance of every heroic unit is cast by the blood of countless enemies. It is not easy to choose such a goal around Dongjiabao!

Zhong Wuying and Liu Jixiang looked at each other and whispered: "Sir, you have a good goal, Pinggang, there are two teams of Mongolians with two thousand-man teams."

Zhang Zhun's expression moved slightly and asked slowly: "Is the information accurate?"

Liu Jixiang said affirmatively: "It's true. We have sent people to investigate many times. The situation has not changed any other day. The cavalry of the Mongolian Korqin tribe of two thousand-person teams is the head of Hasen, who is said to be Zaisanbuhe's nephew."

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and said coldly: "Go back and talk carefully."

The three of them quickly returned to the war room, compared the map, and began to think carefully.

Pinggang is a small place name, which is northeast of Cangzhou Prefecture, east of Xingji County, about 100 miles from Dongjiabao and about 150 miles from Cangzhou Prefecture. It turned out to be a small town. Later, when the Tartars arrived, all the people here ran away to the territory of the Hu Ben Army.

After Huang Taiji led his army to Cangzhou, he arranged two Mongols' thousand-man teams to be stationed here for a long time. Their main purpose was to monitor the Hu Ben Army's actions to the north and at the same time to split the direct connection between Dongjiabao and Tianjin Wei. Later, the situation changed, but the Mongolian cavalry in Pinggang never changed.

There are several reasons why Liu Jixiang and Zhong Wuying chose Pinggang as the primary target of the Hu Ben Army. First, Pinggang is farther from Cangzhou Prefecture than from Dongjiabao. If Pinggang is attacked, Huang Taiji will take at least two hours from receiving the report, reacting, and sending cavalry to rescue. In two hours, if the Hu Ben Army moves quickly, the battle can basically end.

Second, this is the main road to the north of the Hu Ben Army. After the Mongolian cavalry was destroyed and the passage to the Pinggang was cleared, there would be basically no obstacles in the land connection between Dongjiabao and Tianjin Guards. Unless the Tatars sent troops to garrison again, the Hu Ben Army cavalry could freely travel between Dongjiabao and Tianjin Guards.

If the Tatars send troops to garrison again, it will be a new opportunity to fight. Pinggang is so close to Dongjiabao, and the Hu Ben Army of Dongjiabao can launch an attack on it at any time. I believe that Huang Taiji's vanguard battalion cannot take care of it all the time. Maybe Pinggang can become another Dongjiabao, constantly consuming the Tartars' vitality.

Third, the ones stationed in Pinggang were the Mongol cavalry. Compared with the Tartar cavalry, the Mongol cavalry felt that it was easier to deal with. The desperate spirit of the Mongolian cavalry and the courage to fight to the death were much worse than the Tartar cavalry, which was in line with the military principle of fighting the weak enemy first. Moreover, the cavalry of the Mongolqin tribe were stationed here.

Strategically speaking, the Mongolian tribe that the Huben Army is going to focus on is this Korqin tribe. As long as Huang Taiji's rule over the Mongolian grassland is carried out by relying on this Korqin tribe, the greater the loss of the Korqin tribe's power, the more unstable Zaisbu and his rule on the grassland. The more alienated the relationship between Arislan and Hadanbatel and Huang Taiji.

At least two points of the combat effectiveness of the Tartars was based on the Mongol alliance. The Mongols provided the Tartars with a large number of war horses and also gave the Tartars a passage to cross the Great Wall to go south. Without the assistance of the Mongols, Huang Taiji would not have been able to cross the Great Wall to go south. For this reason, Zhang Zhun's Mongolian strategy was actually very clear, which was to focus on suppressing the Korqin tribe and temporarily open the door to the Tumote and Halashen tribes.

As long as the internal forces of the Mongols are lost, the Mongols will become in chaos. Speaking of internal struggles, the intensity of the Mongols is probably higher than that of the Han people. Since Genghis Khan's death, the internal disputes among the Mongols have never been cut off. Otherwise, they would not have been easily driven out of the Central Plains.

This can be clearly reflected from Lin Danhan's experience. It is better to say that Lin Danhan died at the hands of Jianlu, but rather that he died in the internal struggles of the Mongols. If it were not for the internal strife of the Iron Spear soldiers, and several large Mongolian tribes would not have been in the same bed and dreamed of different dreams, Lin Danhan would not have been defeated again and again, and eventually died of illness in Guihua City.

In fact, if someone twisted the current Mongolian tribes into one rope, the Mongols' combat power would be relatively strong. For example, the original Yesian and later Altan Khan immediately posed a threat to the Central Plains after condensing several large tribes. Unfortunately, no one except Temujin could gather all the Mongols.

Of course, the Hu Ben Army itself has many difficulties to eliminate these two Mongolian Thousand-Man teams. The biggest difficulty is that the target is very close to Cangzhou. It seems that the Hu Ben Army does have two hours to resolve the battle and have plenty of time to retreat. However, in fact, the Hu Ben Army does not have so much time.

Huang Taiji is not a fool. When he dispatched a vanguard to rescue, he would not go to Pinggang, but instead rushed directly to the vicinity of Dongjiabao, waiting for the Hu Ben Army cavalry to turn back, and then strike head-on. Including the time of retreat, the Hu Ben Army actually only has one hour to resolve the battle. If this time exceeds this time, the Hu Ben Army may be intercepted by the Tartar Forward Battalion when retreating.

The Hu Ben Army's own cavalry is not very strong. It is still very dangerous to meet the Tartars' vanguard battalion. If the Hu Ben Army eats Pinggang Mongolian cavalry but lets the Tartars' vanguard battalion eat it upside down, it will be more than worth the loss. Therefore, Zhong Wuying and Liu Jixiang can only make suggestions and ask Zhang Zhun to consider it completely.

Zhang Zhun was indeed considering this matter carefully. Zhang Zhun was fully sure of dealing with more than 1,500 Mongolian cavalry. As for Huang Taiji's vanguard battalion, as long as the time is tight, he could be avoided smoothly. As long as there is a sufficient plan, the two Korqin tribe cavalry of the Tartars teams can be eaten cleanly, and the Hu Ben Army cavalry themselves can escape unscathed.

"Send someone to verify the information again."

“Be ready for battle!”

Zhang Zhun said decisively.

"Abide by the order!"

Zhong Wuying and Liu Jixiang immediately went there excitedly.

Two days later, the reconnaissance information confirmed again that the Mongolian cavalry in Pinggang did not change at all. At the same time, the Tatar camp near Cangzhou had not changed much, and the movements of the vanguard camp were not special. Huang Taiji was silent, not sure if he was sick. Judging from the feedback from other channels, the Tatars' deployment had not changed much.

Zhang Zhun gently tapped the edge of the table and carefully pondered the military operation. Pinggang is a prominent location, giving the Hu Ben Army a good opportunity to attack. Zhang Zhun believes that it is not a big problem to eat these two Mongolian thousand-man teams with the Hu Ben Army cavalry of 3,000 people. However, it is precisely because of the lack of a big problem that Zhang Zhun was a little worried about gains and losses, worried that this was a trap set up by Huang Taiji.

Well, if there were other battles, Zhang Zhun would not be worried about gains and losses. However, the three thousand cavalry was the most elite land force under his command. It was the first time he was dispatched to participate in a large-scale battle, so he had to consider it carefully. He was a little worried that Pinggang would be a trap set up by Huang Taiji on purpose, with the purpose of luring the Hu Ben Army out and then annihilated it in one fell swoop.

In the end, Zhang Zhun was convinced that this was not Huang Taiji's trap. Huang Taiji must have been too busy and forgot about the existence of the Mongols in Pinggang, or he did not realize the danger of Pinggang. Perhaps Huang Taiji did not expect that the Hu Ben Army cavalry would dare to launch a large-scale attack on Pinggang. His thoughts might still be at the stage of small-scale fights.

"Gather the troops!"

"Prepare to set off!"

Zhang Zhun decisively ordered the order.

Soon, all three thousand Hu Ben cavalry gathered together.

"Today, we're going to fight!"

"Our goal is the two thousand-man teams of the Mongolians!"

"This is our first battle to start a large-scale battle! We must move quickly and ruthlessly!"

"We only have one hour to end the battle! If we cannot kill the Mongols in one hour, the Tartars' vanguard camp will pounce on us!"

Zhang Zhun mobilized the battle concisely.

The soldiers below all entered a slight state of excitement. They finally could fight face to face with the enemy! Because the training was too hard, many soldiers would rather fight face to face with the enemy than repeat the hard training day after day. Wang Laohu, Liu Heizi and others had a strange feeling, feeling that they had finally gotten fucked up and didn't have to continue training. Grass would rather be killed by the enemy with one knife, which would be much more enjoyable than training.

When Zhang Zhun saw the faces of the soldiers below, he knew what they were thinking and was secretly funny. Back then, he was also dealt with by his old boss like this. During training, he fucked you to death. He heard that there were any flood control and exercises. He was as happy as the New Year. When he acted, he was as strong as a tiger going down the mountain. Even if the flood control and rescue might kill people, no one was hesitant at all.

In most cases, death is a matter of a moment, which is much easier to accept than years of cruel training. Most people can tolerate temporary hardships, but years of hardships are not necessarily the case. Zhang Zhun doesn’t know what others thought before, but he really looked forward to fighting in the past. Because fighting is better than training, and it is hard to do without training.

When Zhang Zhun became a non-commissioned officer and was responsible for training others, he also inherited this method. Now that he has traveled over, the Hu Ben Army has naturally inherited this method. His training is difficult for him to be hard to do, but when he hears about war, he is only happy and not afraid at all. He is so busy that he is happy when he hears about war, and he has completely forgotten the existence of fear. Perhaps only people like Zhang Zhun are there.

"Set off!"
Chapter completed!