Chapter 708: Nanlin's First Battle
Finally, the army of 40,000 was divided into three groups, and then the troops were divided. In front of the originally lively West River, only 5,000 Tatar cavalry remained here in an instant. And everything that happened here was also discovered by the cavalry of the reconnaissance battalion who stayed behind on the other side of the river, and quickly reported it.
"The other side has divided its troops? Very good. Yang Chendong, who learned the news, was not in a hurry, but laughed loudly, which was the same as what he and the officers had imagined before. Facing Shicheng, which seemed to be full of loopholes, the other party seemed to want to take a multi-pronged approach, and this was exactly what Yang Chendong wanted.
If the opponent joins forces, no matter where they choose to attack, they will have to pay a lot of price if they want to block it. After all, this is 40,000 cavalry, and the Leng Feng Third Division, which is the best at muskets, happens to be not there, just relying on those eight-one bars of the independent regiment, if you want to win, you can't do it without paying some price. But if the opponent divides the troops, it will be different, which is equivalent to the enemy dividing a powerful fist into several petals, which is to give them a chance to break through.
"The reconnaissance battalion is ready to take out all the scouts responsible for communication between the enemy, and when the time comes, they will not be allowed to communicate with each other. The other regiments and battalions began to implement the plan No. 1 prepared earlier, so let's make our own preparations. Giving orders in an orderly manner, not long after Yang Chendong's words fell, the conference room, which was originally full of officers, quickly became quiet again. Yang Chendong also walked to the sand table again, confirming whether there were any loopholes in his military plan.
According to the No. 1 plan, Xin Honghai, deputy commander of the independent regiment, led six battalions to the front of the West River, where he set up a position, but whenever he found that the other party was trying to cross the river, he would attack across the river and kill the Tatar cavalry on the way across the river, because it was on a raft, there was no more room to dodge, once the bow and arrow attacked, he could only let those bows and arrows fall on his body, and the two consecutive crossings of the river, Fei Dan did not make the trip, but lost hundreds of horses.
"It's despicable!" Standing on the bank of the river, Hara Ruode said angrily as he watched the mercenaries unleash their bows and arrows.
Angry is angry, and he really has no way to do it. After all, the river alone is about 100 meters wide, which is already the limit of the bow and arrow, even if he wants to deploy the bow and arrow to suppress it. On the contrary, it is the cavalry under his own command, once he crosses the river halfway, it is equivalent to getting close to the range of the opponent, and it is strange not to be hit.
"Wait, I don't believe that the other party's bow and arrow will be used up. As I said, once the other two armies have won the victory, the other side will not be able to retreat to the city, and then it will be time for us to cross the river and attack. A cavalry commander said to Hara Ruo with a cheer.
"That seems to be the only way to it." Hara Ruochu nodded, the task given to him by his father was originally the safest. If you have the opportunity, you will be here, and if you don't have the opportunity, you will be consumed with the opponent here, as long as you can attract the opponent to stay here, it will be considered a victory.
After comforting himself, Hara Ruo came out and gave an order that no further attempts to attack were allowed until the other party had not divided his forces, so everyone waited, and took this opportunity to recuperate, and once the opportunity was discovered, he rushed across the river bank and killed the enemy.
"Report to the sixth young master, the enemy on the other side of the river has really become much more honest, and after waiting for a day, you can consider withdrawing your troops as planned." Holding the binoculars and seeing the performance of Hara Ruochu and the others, the deputy head Xin Honghai smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said to the messengers beside him with a smile.
At the same time, General Grand, who was under the northern slope, had to give the same order after two storms. What remained here to face them was a reinforced regiment of mercenary cavalry, a team of 3,200 people, which was enough to have the effect of winning more with less, so that the 10,000 troops and Grand could not find a chance to win, so they had no choice but to put their hope on the mercenaries to take the initiative to retreat, and when the frontal pressure became smaller, it was naturally the time for him to stand by to attack.
Whether it is the West River or the North Slope, such a situation will occur, it was originally expected by Yang Chendong, the reason for the topography of these two places is not what he is worried about at all, only Nanlin, because of the topography, is the top priority of the battlefield, and the performance there will directly affect the overall situation.
"Yang Er, notify the guards to gather, let's go to Nanlin to have a look." The plan is decided, there is no point in staying in the command center, Yang Chendong wants to go to the front line to see, he wants to see what kind of strength the so-called Tatar cavalry has on the battlefield in the eyes of people.
Nanlin.
The 20,000 elite Tatars led by Agadorji were already here ready for the onslaught of 10,000 horsemen.
In order to achieve the goal of killing the enemy with all his might, General Su He was ordered to become a vanguard general, with 10,000 cavalry, and made preparations to rush here at any time, enter the first city, and even attack the city.
Just opposite the main Tatar cavalry, the Jurchen cavalry regiment with 3,000 men also lined up and showed a state of fighting at any time. Although they were small in numbers, they were not weaker than their opponents in terms of momentum, not only because the Jurchen Cavalry Regiment had won many battles since its inception and was in excellent condition, but also because they knew that there were no less than six thousand friendly troops in ambush there in the nearby southern forest, ready to support them on the battlefield.
In fact, the ten battalions of the Independent Regiment, totaling 4,000 men, including two battalions armed with musketeers with 81 bars, plus 2,000 men from Lu Zhuo's division of the 2nd Cavalry Reinforced Regiment, were ambushed here, ready to respond at any time.
According to the plan, whether or not it can block the main charge of the main Tatar force on the southern forest will determine whether the No. 1 plan can be implemented smoothly. If you can't even stop the enemy's main force, then you can really only retreat to the first city, and the trap on the other party will no longer be useful.
Su He rode on a sturdy horse, wearing a suit of armor, protecting the important position on his body as much as possible, and staring at the enemy cavalry with blazing eyes.
showed that fierce gaze, and from time to time he would glance at Nan Lin, who seemed to be able to ambush millions of male soldiers around him, proving that he had a lot of worries in his heart, and he was not as calm and confident as he appeared.
Nanlin is suitable for hiding a large number of ambush soldiers, which anyone can see. But the question is how many soldiers and horses are ambushed here. According to the information sent by the fast horse scouts just now, more than 2,000 mercenaries were found in front of the West River, and at least 3,000 enemy horsemen were found on the northern slope. In this way, the remaining strength of the mercenaries should be less than 10,000, but all you can see in front of you is only 3,000 enemy cavalry, so where did the remaining 6,000 or 7,000 go?
Will he be ambushed in this southern forest, and when he leads the main force to kill, he will suddenly kill from the side, if so, how sure will he win. Or how much support can Agadorji give himself at a critical time, and can he rush up with the remaining 10,000 Tatar cavalry to help him?
Su He really didn't have much confidence in this, not for anything else, but because he knew Master Agadorji too well. In order to achieve an end, this person often does not use the means. Let's put it this way, in order to achieve victory, he can even take his son Hararo out on an adventure, not to mention that he is just a general under others, which is really an existence that can be sacrificed at any time.
Because he knew the main general too well, Su He couldn't fight with all his strength. After thinking about it repeatedly, he decided that he could not press 10,000 cavalry at once, even if the other party only appeared 3,000 cavalry, and he sent 5,000 cavalry to also play a tentative role.
"Come on, send a vanguard of 5,000 cavalry forward, it is bound to break through the obstruction of the enemy cavalry." With a decision in his heart, Su He gave the order as the vanguard commander.
After the trumpet sounded, ten thousand horses galloped, trampled on the earth, and raised patches of dust. Five thousand elite Tatar cavalry launched the horn of the charge, and they shouted loudly in their own language, and rushed forward, and from a distance, it was like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, sweeping in.
"The enemy is charging, tell the brothers not to be nervous, let the muskets drain them first." Under the strong pressure of the excited neighing of the war horse, and the move to move forward in the battle, Ye Laqiang, the head of the Jurchen cavalry, said with the reins of the war horse.
In this way, there was a scene of 3,000 Jurchen cavalry standing still, they just stared at the incoming enemy, and when the afterglow would look at the body of the regiment commander Yela, once the regiment commander gave the order to attack, they would rush out in the fastest time and make meritorious contributions.
"What's going on? Why don't you press all the 10,000 cavalry up, just send half of the men, what is this Su He doing? In the rear of the Tatar cavalry, Agadorji said with a displeased face as he saw that he had only sent five thousand cavalry.
After the words fell, Agadorji thought of something, and he knew that it was Su Ji who didn't believe in himself. For fear that he would not come to the rescue if he was surrounded, this made him faintly unhappy, and he dared to disobey his orders.
Besides, on the battlefield, five thousand Tatar cavalry launched an assault, and the other side was only three miles apart, and in the neighing of the war horses, this short distance was only half an hour and could be rushed together. And seeing that he had sent out the cavalry, the cavalry of the mercenary army did not move at all, looking at all this, Su He faintly had a bad feeling in his heart.
Many times, intuition on the battlefield is very scary. As soon as Su He's uneasy feeling came out, he became effective, and saw that the sound of muskets suddenly sounded in the southern forest, which was still very quiet, like firecrackers, continuously.