I want to be emperor

Chapter 568 Thirty Cavalry Divisions
In the spring of the eighth year of Chengshun, the Great Chu Empire lived in peace, without any medium or large-scale external wars, and there was no major internal turmoil.

As for the small-scale border skirmishes and the occasional gentry chieftain rebellion, that's not a big deal...

As a feudal dynasty, it is normal to have dozens of small-scale riots, especially in remote areas far away from the Central Plains. Many people don’t know that the dynasty has changed. In this social environment, there will always be some people who behave inappropriately. Common sense, and then deceive some villagers who have never even been out of the village to engage in armed rebellion.

According to statistics, in the seven years of Chengshun, the Great Chu Empire wiped out three empires and five kingdoms... three emperors and five princes were beheaded or arrested before the battle, and some of them even attacked the former Ming clan. What about banners?

It is normal for these things to be placed in a huge empire, and they have basically been dealt with at the local level. Most of the turmoil does not even need to be dispatched by the first-class division, and the local second-class division garrison can basically be cleaned up.

Even some ridiculous so-called rebellions can be solved by local patrolmen...

And external wars are also normal. In the Great Chu Empire, there is no clear boundary line in the southwest and west fronts, and there is also a pair of messy chieftains on the opposite side. The local Chu army will clean up how many chieftains according to the situation. , by the way, it is normal to add a number of actual control areas to the empire.

As long as it is not a large-scale war, it will basically not affect the general direction of the empire.

Not even qualified to be discussed at the imperial council meeting.

On the whole, during the eight years of Chengshun, the Great Chu Empire can be regarded as calm, and there were no large-scale natural disasters inside.

But this kind of calm cannot last forever, especially the calm situation on the northern border, which is more affected by winter.

The winter in the north is not just two or three months. In some places, the winter may last until the next spring.

And with the gradual arrival of summer, even the Liaodong region has already thawed and ushered in summer.

At this time, the Third Army, which had been silent for half a year, and the adjacent Second Army also started a new round of military operations.

The military operations of the two northern armies were still aimed at the Dongcap people.

In the Battle of Liaodong and Monan last year, the Chu army dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to break the bones of the Dongyao people. They wiped out 10,000+ Dongyao people successively and captured the entire Liaodong region.

At the same time, in Monan Mongolia, there are also methods such as wooing and coercion, so that dozens of tribes in Monan Mongolia are used by the empire. The other tribes either remain neutral, but they also draw a clear line with the Dongyao people, at least they must be loyal to Dongyao. There are not many human tribes in the southern part of the desert.

It can be said that the Dongyao people have completely lost foreign aid, and only their own strength is left to hide in the area north of the Great Wall of Liaodong to resist.

Under such circumstances, the Great Chu Empire naturally would not give them time to cultivate their health and re-accumulate their strength. It was not easy to fight when the mountains were covered by heavy snow in the cold winter, but after summer, the weather could no longer prevent the imperial army from continuing to march north.

Therefore, when the weather improved, and taking advantage of the improved weather, when the land transportation resumed and the northern rivers thawed and resumed shipping, the Chu army quickly transported a large amount of food, ammunition and other combat materials to the frontline ministries.

At the same time, various troops have also carried out a certain amount of troop mobilization to prepare for the follow-up battle.

After one or two months of material rush and mobilization of troops, the Second Army and the Third Army have completed the basic strategic deployment, and did not stop after completing the strategic deployment, but directly launched a large-scale offensive.

Unlike last year's Liaodong campaign, the main force of the Third Army this time was not infantry or heavy artillery, but cavalry and field artillery.

Last year, when the Third Army attacked Liaodong, it had to face a large number of cities and fortresses. Without a large number of heavy artillery, it was impossible to break these turtle shells.

In addition, and more importantly, the Chu army at that time was at a disadvantage in cavalry. At that time, the Third Army and the guard troops that cooperated in the battle were assigned a total of more than 5000 independent cavalry troops.

Therefore, in the early and middle stages of the Liaodong Campaign, the Chu army used tactics at every step, and basically did not fight any mobile warfare.

But it is different now. Under the Third Army, there are three cavalry corps alone, and the total number of field cavalry has reached more than 5.

These extra cavalry are naturally the result of a series of battles in Liaodong and Monan last year!
In last year's war, while the Great Chu Empire wiped out a large number of captive troops, it also captured a large number of mules and horses. At the same time, a large number of surrendered Monan Mongolian tribes also brought a large number of war horses.

In just one year, the size of the independent cavalry of the Great Chu Empire skyrocketed by [-] cavalry!
Among the [-] cavalry, about [-] are composed of cavalry recruited from various Mongolian tribes with their own horses. These are also traditional cavalry cavalry.

The other [-] are composed of captured war horses and self-trained cavalry. These cavalry are the new cavalry that shined on the Liaodong battlefield in the past, mainly hussars. As for the cuirassiers, there are relatively few. It's just two groups.

The 3 new independent cavalry, together with the original approximately [-] independent cavalry units, underwent a new reorganization in the spring. A total of more than [-] independent cavalry units were organized into [-] cavalry divisions. Under the jurisdiction of ten cavalry corps.

Among them, the first, third, and fourth cavalry armies belonged to the third group army, and the second, fifth, and sixth cavalry armies belonged to the second group army.

The Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Cavalry Armies belonged to the First Group Army of Shaanxi and Gansu.

The Tenth Cavalry Army is quite special, because the army is a new cavalry unit, which is temporarily stationed in Luoyang, Henan, and serves as a strategic reserve while conducting continuous training.

These ten cavalry corps will be the core force for the Great Chu Empire to completely conquer Monan Mongolia and the area south of Heilongjiang.

It's just that most of these cavalry units are still traditional cavalry and archery cavalry, not the new type of hussars vigorously promoted by the army.

The new cavalry needs to be trained and reorganized, and it won't be possible for a while, but the war in the north can't wait, so it can only be reorganized while fighting.

In addition to the cavalry, there are also a large number of field artillery units, or cavalry artillery units, which are composed of two and a half catties and five catties of artillery, and are mobilized by a large number of mules and horses. The mobile speed on the plain terrain is not bad. It is completely possible to keep up with the cavalry for long-distance maneuvers.

As for the infantry and heavy artillery, they are just following behind slowly now. After all, the maneuvering speed is just like that, not to mention that it is estimated that the Dongyao people will not run out to fight with them in infantry formation in a foolish way.

As for the heavy artillery... that's useless. After withdrawing from the Great Wall of Liaodong, the Dongyao people don't even have a reliable city...

Some small towns don't need a large number of 48-pound howitzers and 24-pound howitzers. The [-]-pound light howitzers accompanying the army are enough.

These infantry followed up, more to maintain the logistics line and establish a supply line along the way. As for the task of attacking the enemy, there is a high probability that it will not be their turn.

The same is true of the progress of the actual battle situation.

Since the Chu army launched a large-scale attack in May, the Dongbang people on the opposite side did not stick to a certain place and resisted to the death. Instead, they adopted a mobile combat method to resist, and they were still relatively scattered.

Because the Dongyao people no longer have any formed cities, and they have no place to defend. In addition, they have also discovered such things as large-scale battles, which are of no benefit except to send heads to the Chu army.

Therefore, they relied on the barren mountains and wild forests in the Northeast and adopted cavalry raids to fight.

Not to mention, the effect of this tactic is better than their previous fight in Liaodong, especially in Liaoxi battlefield.

What the Chu army is best at is large-scale group combat. The larger the force, the better it can exert its own firepower advantage.

But in the small-scale combat power, especially scattered, only dozens of people, the combat power of hundreds of people, the combat power of the Chu army is not so exaggerated.

This model, in fact, has been reflected to a certain extent in the small-scale harassment operations between the two sides in winter and spring. The Chu army used the cavalry regiment as a combat unit to search and attack the Dong captives.

The Dongyao people played infiltration and counterattack, mainly ambush.

And most of the battles are sporadic and hasty. When the two sides encounter each other, no matter who is ambushing whom, they usually fight very fast. Most of the time, people from the East come sneakily, and then shoot a wave of arrows, regardless of the direction of the attack. No matter how the effect is, just get on the horse and run away.

The Chu army also had a similar combat mode. After finding the camp of the Dongyao people, they pulled out two and a half catties of cavalry cannons and bombarded them directly.

As for pushing forward step by step... Alas, the Northeast is too big, let alone tens of thousands of troops, even hundreds of thousands of troops are not enough.

What Chu Jun said about step by step was more about logistics and strategy.

As for the specific tactical details, it is impossible to do the so-called step by step.

This kind of war mode is actually far more cruel than the two sides posing in a battle, and the casualties are also greater.

The troops of the Chu army that went deep into the northern region were frequently attacked by the Dongyao people. It seemed that they were sporadic casualties, but the sum of the data was very large.

But the Dongyao people are even worse... The target of the Chu army is one after another Dongyao people's living camps, maybe small cities, maybe small villages, in short, find them and destroy them...

As for attacking the enemy's strength or something, that's all by the way.

The military operations of the Chu army outside the Great Wall of Liaodong were mainly to kill and injure the living forces of the Dongcaptives and expel their remaining forces. It did not mean that they were purely for defeating the main force of the enemy army, because the Dongcaptives would never concentrate their forces to fight the Chu army to the death. Fighting... People who are kidnapped from the east are not stupid, and they will not seek their own death.

The Dongbang people tried to resist through various attacks, while the Chu army directly attacked the city and occupied the territory, directly destroying their ability to continue the war from the root.

With no population, no food, no mules and horses, what will the Dongcap people use to fight against the Great Chu Empire?

Under the strategic advancement of the Chu army to destroy the camps, the gathering places of Dongyao people in the area north of the Great Wall of Liaodong were destroyed one after another, causing a large number of casualties, and the remaining people were forced to flee further north.

This summer and autumn, the Chu military wants to completely solve the threat of the captives!

(End of this chapter)