I want to be emperor

Chapter 608 Are these lunatics fighting with sabres?

Colonel Sun Huabei looked at Chijin City in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. After running wildly for two consecutive days, he finally reached this place.

And it seems that the enemy army in the city did not respond in time to send out messengers.

To do this is not easy.

He led the army to set off yesterday, because his cavalry regiment is the main cavalry regiment, and the horse configuration is to ride three horses alone, and the mobility in short and medium distances is very strong.

Yesterday, these cavalrymen, on foot and riding spare horses from time to time, maintained a very high marching speed. They ran all the way when it was dark and were not far from Chijin City. In order to avoid attracting the attention of the enemy troops in Chijin City force.

He even found a more secluded place to spend the night!

In the second half of the night, he marched ahead of time again, and when the sky was white, he was only seven or eight kilometers away from Chijin City. At the last moment, he decisively ordered the cavalry to mount spare horses for a short-distance raid!
In the extreme time, he covered a distance of seven or eight kilometers, and killed him outside Chijin City in one breath.

At this time, it is estimated that many people in the city have not woken up yet.

"Three outposts go around the north side, preparing to intercept the enemy's possible scattered breakout forces. The baggage and artillery build fortifications and deploy cavalry artillery on the spot. The other ministries recover their physical strength and ensure the state of the horses."

Sun Huabei didn't sigh for long, and soon issued a new combat order.

Although I came suddenly, the task ahead is still not light. We must try our best to avoid the breakout of the enemy's scattered troops, so that Zhungeer in Hami City will not get the news too early.

His mission of the 23rd Cavalry Regiment was to come one step ahead and block the news. As for the siege, it was not within the scope of his mission.

After all, he is just cavalry. Even if they are the main cavalry regiment with thousands of cavalry, they also carry multiple 13-year-style 65mm cavalry guns, but they are not suitable for attacking cities!

Blocking and intercepting the enemy's breakthrough outside the city is what they are good at!
Sure enough, just as Sun Huabei expected, as soon as the Chu army arrived outside the city, a group of more than ten cavalry rushed out of Chijin City. They did not go towards the Chu army cavalry, but went directly to the northwest. run wildly.

The third cavalry post under the 23rd Cavalry Regiment, which had been prepared for a long time, also confronted each other. More than 200 hussars moved quickly, riding their horses one by one to intercept.

A small-scale cavalry interception battle broke out directly outside Chijin City in the northwest direction!

There was no sound of rumbling guns, not even much gunfire. One of the cavalry on both sides wanted to break out of the encirclement to send messages, and the other wanted to intercept them. They all adopted the most direct and bloody combat method.

Sun Huabei glanced at the northwest direction, and when the enemy cavalry actively dispersed and tried to break through separately, more than 200 hussars of their own side had already dispersed and intercepted.

One can tell at a glance that the enemy's cavalry who tried to go out of the city to report to Hami could not rush out.

The main riding horses attached to the third cavalry sentry under him are all the best Central Asian horses, which are excellent in terms of explosive power and endurance. In addition, the combat effectiveness of the hussars is not weak, so there is no way to stop them. Too big a question.

Therefore, Sun Huabei's focus is still on the enemy's large-scale breakthrough.

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On the other side, Zhungeer general Batu on the small wall of Chijin City looked a little ugly after watching more than a dozen messengers he sent out were strangled to death by Chu cavalry outside the city one after another.

Batu had expected that those Chu barbarians would most likely send troops, but he did not expect that the actions would be so fast and secretive, and they would be so bold. Thousands of elite cavalry would make a move, and they approached suddenly under the cover of night.

It made it so that he couldn't even send an orderly out now.

It is difficult to break through the encirclement scatteredly, and it will be even more difficult to break through the encirclement on a large scale in the future.

As for not breaking through but sticking to the spot, this is asking for a dead end!
Batu figured out with his toes that once the Chu Manzi on the opposite side sent troops, there would definitely be more than the thousands of elite riders in front of him. Chu Manzi deployed tens of thousands of troops on the front line of Jiayuguan. million people.

And how many troops does he have under his command?

However, there are more than 300 cavalry from the headquarters, and there are also servants with doubtful loyalty and poor combat effectiveness. These more than 500 servants are actually the troops of the original Yarkand Khanate who surrendered and surrendered. The weapons and equipment are poor, and the fighting will is even worse. .

It is unreliable to rely on this little force to block Chu Manzi's soldiers.

Before coming here, Batu's superior also clearly told him that his only task, the most important task, is to report the letter... As long as the information is sent back to Hami in time after the Chu army dispatches troops, it will be a great achievement. As for Chijin City itself, Not worth mentioning.

So after discovering that the Chu army was advancing westward on a large scale, Batu prepared to break out and leave without hesitation.

After taking a deep breath, the middle-aged general with a scumbag on his face ordered his subordinates: "Let the soldiers get ready quickly, and once ready, we will break through."

"Only carry the necessary food, water, and light weapons, and burn the other food and supplies directly, and destroy those old cannons that cannot be taken away!"

Now that he has made up his mind to break through, he will not delay and hesitate, and he will not be reluctant to part with the large quantities of food and grass and a few old artillery that cannot be taken away.

Bringing these things will seriously affect the speed of breaking out. At that time, they will not be able to run away at all. It is better to destroy them on the spot, and then let the soldiers break out of the encirclement with light clothes.

These Jungars have fought in the north and south for many years, and they were able to conquer and annex the surrounding areas. They beat the Kazakh Khanate in the west to their knees and begged for mercy, and annexed the Yarkand Khanate. Let’s not talk about the others, but they fought I still have my skills.

If the ability to fight is not good, they will be killed and annexed.

So after the order was issued, these Zhungeer's actions were extremely fast. When the more than 500 servants were still chaotic, the more than 300 Zhungeer cavalry had already assembled and could leave the city to break through at any time.

However, Batu did not immediately lead his troops out of the city to break through, but let his cavalry continue to wait.

Wait for the more than 500 servants!

For this breakout, Batu needed these more than 500 servants to interfere, attract the attention of Chu Manzi, and restrain their troops, so that he could have a better chance to break through with his own 300-odd cavalry.

This is the only value of the more than 500 servants.

Otherwise, what is he doing with these more than 500 garbage, wasting food?
After the more than 500 chaotic servants were assembled, Batu also officially issued an order to break out.

The more than 500 servants left the city first. The more than 500 servants consisted of infantry and cavalry, so they appeared scattered after leaving the city. The more than 100 people on horseback ran faster, while the more than 400 foot troops were more sad. two legs.

However, breaking out of the siege is not about running away with your feet directly after leaving the city, but you need to continue to maintain the formation, otherwise, the cavalry of the Chu army outside the city will teach you how to be a man every minute.

After more than 500 people left the city first, Batu also led more than 300 cavalry from the headquarters out of the city.

But Batu did not go directly to the northwest with his troops, but to the west, trying to stay away from the Chu cavalry who blocked the northwest.

Facing the enemy's front and back, two forces went out of the city to break through, Sun Huabei didn't bother to judge whether the opponent was the main or the second, and directly ordered his troops to conduct a comprehensive interception.

Regardless of those who are abandoned or those who are the main force, if they are all stopped, there will be no problem.

And the No.20 Three Cavalry Regiment has this strength!

The No.20 Three Cavalry Regiment belongs to the Sixth Cavalry Division. This division originated from the Tumed soldiers who joined the army after the surrender of Tumed. One of the main cavalry units of the army fighting in the Monan grassland.

Once defeated the main cavalry of the Horqin tribe, an important ally of the Dongbang people, they made great contributions to the destruction of the Dongbang people.

Later, he moved to the western region of Monan Mongolia and continued to wipe out other tribes in Monan Mongolia who refused to submit to the Chu army.

In this series of campaigns, the Sixth Cavalry Division has done a lot of battles. After pacifying the Dongyao and Monan Mongolian tribes, the commander of the Sixth Cavalry Division, Bo Ze, was promoted to lieutenant general and is now one of the deputy directors of the cavalry.

This is also the first Mongolian general who has truly entered the high-level military of the Great Chu Empire. Of course, there is no such thing as a Mongolian in the Great Chu Empire. The current saying is that all Mongolian tribes are descendants of China, and they are not surrendering now. , but recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors.

Brose himself also changed his surname from Boerzhijin to "Bao" on his own, so the full name of Brose today is Bao Brose.

The rest of the Mongolian ministries that surrendered to the Great Chu Empire are also in the same situation. They are all actively integrating into the Great Chu Empire, and modification and clothing are the most basic.

Bao Boze successfully rose to the top of the imperial military by virtue of his achievements in the Southern and Northern Wars. After he left office, the Sixth Division had two division commanders. The fourth division commander is Major General Xu Donglai.

The other officers of the Sixth Division have also been integrated and exchanged with other troops. Therefore, the current Sixth Division is no longer a cavalry unit composed of pure Tumed soldiers, but a main force that integrates cavalry officers and soldiers from all sides. .

The high-level military also attached great importance to this main cavalry unit, and recruited many elite soldiers to supplement it. At the same time, they were assigned more excellent Central Asian horses, and the division was upgraded and refitted.

The division was reformed from a traditional oriental cavalry unit to a cavalry unit of the new era.

The division consists of four cavalry regiments, a cavalry artillery battalion, and a cavalry baggage regiment.

The cavalry battalion has twelve 110mm cavalry guns and four [-]mm howitzers, a total of sixteen artillery pieces.

And four cavalry regiments, one is a cuirassier regiment and three light cavalry regiments.

Each cavalry regiment has four cavalry posts and several auxiliary troops.

Each cuirassier post has 170 two cavalrymen, and the light cavalry post has 230 two cavalrymen. The number of troops is arranged according to the formation.

Therefore, the scale of the cavalry post in the cavalry unit is larger than that of the infantry post, and the rank of the post commander is often a school officer, not a lieutenant officer. At the same time, the cavalry unit does not have a cavalry battalion.

Even the cavalry battalion in the second-class division was upgraded to a cavalry regiment according to the new logo, but it was seriously lacking. The actual number of cavalry was only two to three hundred cavalry, which was the actual strength of one and a half cavalry posts.

This is very different from infantry and supply troops.

A full-staffed light cavalry regiment has 920 and eight cavalrymen under its jurisdiction. At the same time, it also has a regiment-owned cavalry post with four 65mm cavalry guns and a regiment-owned heavy-duty post with more than 1000 people. The total strength can reach [-] and more than [-] people. .

But don't look at there are only more than 1000 or [-] people, but because of the particularity of the cavalry unit, its cost far exceeds that of an infantry regiment, and its combat effectiveness is also quite strong.

The recruitment and training of cavalry in the Chu army has entered a new era. Usually recruits who can ride horses are recruited for rigorous training, and the training time is much longer than that of infantry. After the troops go to serve, they often need to go through long-term training for half a year or even longer.

Therefore, the cavalry units in the Chu army have a longer service time than infantry, heavy soldiers, and ordinary artillery. It is too difficult to train cavalry.

Of course, the long service period will not be changed casually, but the service period will be extended by being promoted to a non-commissioned officer.

This is the same as other technical arms, such as artillery, ordinary artillery does not matter, but skilled gunners will basically be awarded the rank of non-commissioned officer to extend their service time.

This is also the main purpose of establishing non-commissioned officer ranks between soldiers and officers in the Chu Army. In addition to serving as a bridge between soldiers and officers and actually commanding grassroots soldiers, it is also to retain technical talents.

This also led to the internal structure of the Great Chu Empire, which is a system with officers as the backbone, non-commissioned officers as the branches, and soldiers as the leaves.

As for the cavalry unit, especially the main cavalry unit, because many of them are experienced cavalrymen, the proportion of non-commissioned officers will be relatively large. This is the case with the No.20 Three Cavalry Regiment. In the entire cavalry regiment, the ratio of soldiers to non-commissioned officers reaches About three to one.

Of course, having the rank of non-commissioned officer does not mean that the cavalry will assume commanding positions, but only the corresponding rank and treatment.

In the cavalry unit, not only the ranks of the soldiers are generally high, but the ranks of the officers are also high.

The head of the regiment is basically a colonel, and the deputy head of the regiment is a lieutenant colonel.

The whistle chief is based on the major, and occasionally the lieutenant colonel can be seen.

The deputy post chief and the captain are often just the captain.

The deputy captain or chief is basically a lieutenant or second lieutenant.

In the infantry or the supply unit, the post of Shichang is generally held by non-commissioned officers, but not in the cavalry unit, which belongs to the position of an officer.

Only the corps chief is the position held by non-commissioned officers, and generally only sergeant majors or sergeants are eligible.

This is also a very common feature of technical arms.

But now, the No.20 Three Cavalry Regiment, an elite cavalry unit, did not panic at all in the face of the Zhungeer people rushing out of the city!

Two light cavalry sentries shot out directly from the two wings, showing a left and right uppercut posture and killed the past. At the same time, the four 65mm cavalry guns carried by the regiment also fired one after another.

The solid shells fired continuously fell in the formation of the Zhungeer people, and the first ones were more than 500 servants who were used by Batu as cannon fodder to meet the Chu army.

Although the range of the 65mm cavalry regiment is not very good, and the power of the shells it fires is not too great, it is basically useless in a tough battle, but in this kind of field combat, this 13-year-old 65mm cavalry gun is very effective against the enemy. The lethality of the vitality is leveraged.

People and horses are flesh and blood no matter what, but they can't resist the bombardment of fist-sized solid shells, and they will be killed or maimed if they touch them casually.

In addition, this 65mm field gun (two and a half catties field gun) has a very big advantage at the beginning, that is, it uses fixed ammunition, its rate of fire is very fast, and the artillery is relatively light. It is also more convenient to reset and re-aiming, so the rate of fire can be comparable to that of a musket, and two or three shells can be fired in one minute.

You said it has a short range...that is compared with the 110mm or 13mm caliber field guns, but the new 65-year 350mm field guns or cavalry guns, because of the improvement of technology, the effective range of this thing is now It can also reach about [-] meters.

If the accuracy requirements are lowered and the power requirements are lowered, even at a distance of about 600 meters, it can effectively kill the enemy.

The term effective range was originally created by humans... Different standards mean different effective ranges.

It is light and easy to use, and its firepower is not too bad. This is why the Chu army has not eliminated this weapon, and continued to improve it, and then continued to use this artillery as a regiment-level artillery on a large scale.

You can basically see this kind of portable artillery wherever there is a Chu army.

Today, the Zhungeer people also enjoy the care of this kind of artillery.

The dense shells continued to fall, causing the more than 500 servants in front to suffer a lot of losses a few hundred meters away, so that the formation began to be scattered.

Once the formation dispersed, the two Chu army's light cavalry sentries, with a total of more than 400 cavalry soldiers, rushed forward with a roar and a saber.

That scene, just like a pack of wolves entering the sheep pen, was filled with blood and flesh in an instant.

The more than 100 cavalry in the servant army seemed to want to shoot with pistols and bows and arrows, but they were cut down by the Chu army's saber immediately...

As for the rest of the infantry, they were so chaotic that they couldn't stop the formation at all, so they could only flee in disorder.

Batu at the back watched the more than 500 servants in the front collapse in a short time, and couldn't help cursing in a low voice.

In this way, his breakout will be in danger!

In fact, this is indeed the case. When Batu led more than 300 Zhungeer cavalry and tried to turn to the west to break through, a cavalry sentry in the Chu army with more than 200 cavalry had already rushed down from the northwest direction, trying to run directly. Go ahead and intercept him.

If nothing goes wrong with this cavalry of the Chu army, they will appear in front of Batu's troops!

This is not counting... After the 500-odd Yarkand servant army was defeated, only one of the two cavalry posts on the Chu side continued to pursue, while the other circled around and headed in the direction of Batu caught up.

And further north, there is another cavalry of the Chu army, that is, the cavalry post that chased the Zhungeer cavalry before also outflanked it!

Looking at the three Chu Manzi cavalrymen that kept coming, Batu knew that it was impossible to go around and break through... Especially the Chu Manzi cavalry in the northwest direction, they were almost running ahead of him.

The only plan now is to either turn around and return to Chijin City to wait for death, or to go all out and directly break through the interception and forcefully break through.

Batu, who has experienced many battles, naturally knew that he could not hesitate at this time. He only thought for a few seconds before saying to the subordinates beside him: "Get ready to fight, we will forcefully rush out!"

After Batu's order was issued, the whining horn sounded on the wasteland. These Zhungeer cavalry began to slow down to tighten their formation and prepare to charge. At the same time, some cavalry began to draw spring-loaded flintlock pistols or bows and arrows to prepare Fight!

But right in front of them is the No.20 Three Cavalry Regiment's first cavalry sentry 230 and the second cavalry. The leading cavalry major saw that many cavalrymen on the opposite side took out their pistols or bows and arrows, and their faces under the armor showed a disdainful smile. : "A group of cowards who can only use pistols and bows!"

Immediately afterwards, he pulled down the visor of his helmet, held up the saber in his hand, pointed forward half a second later, and shouted in his mouth:
"First cavalry post, charge!!!"

The trumpeter beside him immediately blew the urgent horn sound. With the sound of the urgent horn sound, the young major took the lead and started charging with more than 200 cavalry behind him!
They didn't wait for Batu's troops to take the initiative to charge and break through, but they rushed over first, and without using muskets or pistols, they rushed over in a dense formation, carrying a three-foot thick-backed saber!
As the distance between the two sides got closer, Batu's complexion became more and more unsightly. Why didn't these Chu barbarian cavalrymen on the opposite side follow the routine.

These people don't even use muskets, pistols, or even bows and arrows.

What age is it, do these lunatics really want to fight with sabers?

In this case, should I order the abandonment of pistols and bows and arrows, and let the soldiers use sabers instead?

Or is it the same as usual, first use pistols and bows and arrows to fight a wave, then switch to a saber and charge directly if there is a chance, and turn to evacuate if there is no chance?

It's a pity that the distance between the two sides is too short now, and the cavalry on both sides are fast, especially the first cavalry post of the No. 20 Three Cavalry Regiment of the Chu Army on the opposite side.

There was no time for Batu to think too much, or even make tactical changes.

He could only bite the bullet and lead his own cavalry forward!
As the distance got closer, dozens of cavalrymen rushing in the front row of Zhungeer began to shoot arrows with spring wheel pistols or riding bows on bumpy horseback, and they also hit several Chu army cavalrymen.

But they only had time to fire a shot or an arrow, let alone continue to shoot or shoot an arrow, and they didn't even have time to switch to a saber...

Because in the next moment, they ushered in the overwhelming array of cavalry from the Chu army on the opposite side, and the saber shining in the sun!

When he saw the dense array and a large number of sabers on the opposite side, Batu opened his mouth slightly, and the air from the wasteland kept pouring in from his mouth on the galloping horse at high speed. At this moment, there was only one thought in his mind: "Grass, it's going to be over!"

(End of this chapter)