I want to be emperor

Chapter 610 Peng Sanyu's War
The Chu army came aggressively and acted together like a hedgehog, which made Zhuote Babatur, who was in charge of the overall situation in the direction of Hami, quite helpless.

The expectation of an ambush to fight a wave fell through, and it was not very reliable to stick to Hami.

They could only send someone to Yining for help.

However, just as the Chu army was unable to deploy too many troops on the front line of Jiayuguan, or even the entire Hexi area, the Zhungeer people also had no way to deploy too many troops in the Hami area.

Still the same sentence, people need to eat, and mules and horses also need to be supplied with fodder!
The oasis in Hamina is only this big, and it is already very difficult to supply tens of thousands of horses. If there are more, then it is necessary to mobilize food and grass from other directions.

As far as Zhungeer is concerned, mobilizing food and grass is also troublesome. They do not have a complete logistics supply system like the Great Chu Empire.

For them, the logistics supply for marching and fighting is to march with cattle and sheep, and the logistics supply line...they don't have that stuff.

This is also a major advantage of nomads in war, that is, there is no place to defend, and no logistics lines to maintain. They all drive cattle and sheep, and drag their families to fight while grazing.

Even if the Zhungeer tribe actually controlled most of the area through the Southern Expedition and the Northern War, it can be regarded as establishing a relatively preliminary feudal ruling system, but in its bones, it is actually the nomadic one.

Under such circumstances, it is unrealistic for you to let the Zhungeers deploy an army in Hami...

Zhuote Babatur didn't expect many reinforcements in the rear, but he had to ask for help and report the situation back, and he had to inoculate the old man behind him in advance: Chu Manzi is coming fiercely, maybe I won't be able to stop him from running road……

Stay in Hami and fight against Chu Manzi?

What an international joke, he, Zhuote Babatur, never thought of it.

Do what you can, run away if you can't, there's nothing shameful about it, the nomads have always done this, as long as the people under their hands are there, they can't mess around there.

In the final analysis, Zhuote Babatur is not a simple military general, but the leader of a branch tribe within the Jungar tribe.

The tribal leader's starting point for thinking about things is different from that of ordinary generals, and it has nothing to do with Lieutenant General Liao Hongpo's thinking mode of the opposite Chu army.

In order to avoid being ambushed and avoid accidents in the division of troops, Lieutenant General Liao Hongpo concentrated his troops forward from Guazhou.

However, although the troops were concentrated, the marching speed of the Fourth Cavalry Army was not slow, maintaining a daily advance speed of more than 30 kilometers.

After all, there were a large number of mules and horses in the Chu army that went to Hami. Even the Second Infantry Division, as an infantry division, was equipped with a large number of mules and horses. When the soldiers marched, they could put weapons and other personal belongings on the carriage. Soldiers can walk without a heavy load.

In this case, the marching speed of the infantry, especially the marching speed of the middle and long distances, will be faster than that of the cavalry riding alone...

Because these cavalrymen still have to carry their own weapons and luggage and march on foot... As for the horses, that’s my lord.

Of course, those cavalry who ride two horses alone, or even three horses alone, are not included in this list, and their speed of attack is much faster.

Especially the No.20 Three Cavalry Regiment, an elite cavalry unit with three horses alone, the load of the cavalry is carried by the service horse. , Occasionally ride away, in this case, the main horse can always remain unloaded to maintain the physical fitness of the horse.

However, this kind of cavalry unit riding alone with three horses costs far more than cavalry riding alone on one horse.

Because it is expensive to ride three horses alone, even if it is a first-class division such as the Sixth Cavalry Division, it does not mean that all cavalry units ride three horses alone, only the No.20 Three Light Cavalry Regiment and No.20 One Cuirassier The regiment rides three horses alone, while the other two light cavalry regiments ride two horses alone.

No.13 Cavalry Division and No.14 Cavalry Division, only their respective cuirassier regiments ride three horses alone, and the remaining light cavalry regiments ride single horses and two horses.

So regardless of the fact that the Chu army in the Western Expedition had only four divisions in total, with a total number of just over 3, the entire Fourth Cavalry Army had more than 4 mules and horses.

There are more mules and horses than people!
With so many mules and horses, the cost is naturally huge!
If its cost is placed in ordinary infantry units, it can support an army of 10,000+.

But you can't do without so many mules and horses. After all, the Chu army is not facing ordinary farming people, but nomadic people. There are groups of mules and horses. They grew up on horseback since they were young, and their mobility is beyond the limit.

If your mobility can't keep up, and you foolishly go outside the Great Wall to fight with them, you're basically asking for your own death.

Since ancient times, when the Central Plains Dynasty attacked nomads in the north and was able to win, it was basically when the Central Plains Dynasty was powerful, had a huge source of war horses, and was able to form a powerful cavalry.

When the cavalry is weak, let alone going deep into the grasslands to fight with the nomads, even the northern provinces cannot be kept.

The more than 200 years of war between the Ming Dynasty and the nomads is the best proof. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the cavalry of the Ming army were very powerful, with a large number of horses and guns, and they killed Bei Yuanqian.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the main force of the Ming army under them is not infantry, but cavalry!

The cavalry of the Ming army during this period were very powerful, and they were even more skilled in riding and archery than the Mongolian cavalry.

But as time passed, due to various internal problems, the internal horse administration of the Ming army gradually became a waste of paper, and the cavalry became thinner, so they were hanged and beaten by nomads in turn, and could only rely on the Great Wall to protect themselves.

In the middle, they relied on Qi Jiguang's tactics of adding light artillery and chariots to save some face, but the cavalry was doomed to passive defense, not to mention going deep into the grassland to attack the Tatar hinterland.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was even more hopeless. They couldn't even keep the Great Wall. Dongyao used the Monan Mongolian cavalry to raid North Zhili and even Shandong many times to plunder. Don't have the guts!

Now that the Great Chu Empire and the nomadic peoples like Zhungeer are fighting, the cavalry is naturally a well-deserved core force, and even the infantry is equipped with a large number of mules and horses to enhance their mobility.

The artillery unit, on the other hand, accompanied them according to the standards of mounted artillerymen. There were more horses pulling cannons and ammunition than ordinary artillery units. These extra horses were spare horses.

This kind of cavalry artillery, in order to ensure that the marching speed can keep up with the cavalry and fast-moving infantry, the horses will be over-allocated, such as the 12-year-old 115mm field gun in the Artillery Regiment of the Second Infantry Division.

Although there are more than one ton of this thing, in ordinary infantry units, there are only six horses to pull the cannon. Under special circumstances, such as no ammunition boxes are attached, and the road is straight, etc., four horses can actually be used. Barely pulled away.

However, the 115mm field artillery of the Second Infantry Division uses eight horses. In addition, the horses will be replaced during the march to ensure speed.

In this way, the artillery post of a four-door 115mm field gun needs hundreds of horses in order to maintain mobility.

As a comparison, in some units with good terrain and low mobility requirements, the same four-door 115mm artillery post may be equipped with only 56 mules and horses.

Because of the different combat areas and mission attributes, even the same artillery can have huge differences in the number of mules and horses attached to it.

In order to ensure mobility, the Fourth Cavalry Army was equipped with a large number of mules and horses, which led to an extremely large consumption of food and grass.

Therefore, when Lieutenant General Liao Hongpo led his army westward all the way, in fact, the more important work was to establish and maintain the logistics line.

He is not interested in leading troops to kill alone, and then starving because the logistics can't keep up.

Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Liao Hongpo was concentrating his forces, fighting steadily and not rushing forward, which made Zhungeer in Hami speechless after seeing it... Should we be so careful, really not giving the slightest chance?

There is no chance to ambush the main force of the Chu army, but Zhungeer is not willing to let the Chu army go all the way to Hami. No matter whether they can fight or not, they have to do it before saying no. , Zhungeer really has no confidence to defend the city!
Ever since, a group of Zhungeer cavalry of about a thousand people began to walk through the Gobi Desert!
They bypassed the main force of the Chu army who continued to march on the commercial road, and instead walked directly from the Gobi Desert to the rear of the main force of the Chu army!
They want to ambush the Chu army's logistics supply line!

When the Chu army attacked Hami, they had to cover a distance of five to six hundred kilometers from Jiayuguan all the way. This is still the straight-line distance on the map. If it is actually walking, it will be even longer with the twists and turns.

Over such a long distance, if you search casually, you can find countless places suitable for ambush transport troops.

In this war, distance...is the greatest enemy of the Chu army, and distance is also the best ally of the Zhungeer people.

Zhuote Babatur also knew this, so he sent Danba to lead the army to attack the logistics line of the Chu army.

Danba is also a veteran general under his command. He has fought in the South and North for many years and has rich experience in war. The year before last, he created a hundred cavalry in the Kazakh Khanate to go deep into the enemy's hinterland and successfully attacked and killed a team of the Kazakh Khanate. A huge convoy of more than [-] escorts.

In the follow-up, he led the army to attack the rear of the Kazakhstan army many times, and has rich experience in raiding, penetrating the enemy's hinterland, and attacking the logistics line.

And Danba himself is full of confidence and even looks forward to this trip!

If it is possible to intercept and kill several of the Chu army's logistics transport team, then the main force of the Chu barbarians in front will have to chew on the sand, and correspondingly, his Danba's contribution will also be maximized.

Danba also wants to climb to the top of Zhungeer and become one of those big men.

Even if he is just an ordinary herdsman's son!

But now, victory is already waving at him, and a bright future has opened up to him... Just an hour ago, the scouts sent by Danba reported urgently that a huge convoy of Chu Manzi came from the east.

Detective Qi didn't dare to get too close, but from a distance, he used the height of a small hill to observe Chu Manzi's transport team, and visually estimated that there were at least [-] carriages, and all of them were large carriages.

There are about 1000 people in the convoy.

However, because the distance is too far, the specific number of people in this convoy, how many of these people are escort soldiers, and how many are ordinary coachmen are young and strong, and the status of armaments is unknown.

As soon as Danba heard it, he knew that this must be a main transportation team of Chu Manzi. According to the information they collected on Chu Manzi's military establishment, this should be a supply battalion.

A Chu manzi's supply camp, the number of coachmen and escorted soldiers is about a thousand.

To deal with such heavy troops, Danba felt that he could eat them, and even if he couldn't eat them, he could hold them back.

Danba is very clear about his mission, cutting off Chu Manzi's logistics line.

And to do this, it doesn't mean that you have to kill all the transport convoys of the Chu army you encounter... as long as you hold them back so that they can't move forward, the same effect can also be achieved.

Even if you can't eat...you can't hold it off, so let's retreat.

Blocking the logistics line is not a matter of a day or two. If you miss it this time, just find another opportunity.

So, as soon as Danba greeted him, he led Qianqi under his command and killed him. There was no need for an ambush, and there was no way to ambush in the surrounding terrain, so he just killed him openly.

easy and convenient!

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Peng Sanyu was sitting on the edge of the luggage cart, with a grass root from nowhere in his mouth!
"This ghostly place is much more desolate than Guazhou. There is nothing but stones and sand!"

Seeing the desolate Gobi desert around him, Peng Sanyu felt homesick again.

His home is in Chubei, where there are green trees and flowers, and there is a small river flowing by the entrance of the village. The four seasons are distinct all year round, especially spring, the season when everything grows, he likes the most.

However, since joining the army and being assigned to serve in the Second Division in the Northwest Frontier, he has never seen a real spring... Even if it is spring in the Northwest Frontier, he can't feel much spring breath.

The northwest frontier might be okay for nomads in contemporary times, but for a typical peasant nation like Huaxia, it is not very friendly, and it may even feel unaccustomed.

Peng Sanyu is one of those who are not used to it. Even though he has served in the Northwest Frontier for six years, he is still not used to the desolation here, and he is becoming more and more homesick.

Especially in the past six months, he often dreamed of home, his parents and younger sister... Sometimes he even dreamed that he returned to his hometown, got married and had children, and formed a happy family.

This, in fact, is not a simple dream, but something he has recently considered and wanted to do.

I have served in the frontier for six years, and I have changed from a strong boy in the past to a 24-year-old single dog!
Moreover, he also got the rank of corporal, and he also obtained a high school education certificate in the army. If he arranges to change jobs, he should be able to get a job as a patrolman.

But he also hesitated. Although serving in the frontier was tough, no matter how hard it was, it was better than those who worked hard all year round and couldn't get enough to eat.

In the army, he can eat and drink enough, and now that he has become a corporal, the subsidy has increased a lot. Now, after deducting expenses, he can still save at least 30 yuan a year.

Strictly speaking, in the Chu army, ordinary soldiers have no salary, only about one yuan a month as a subsidy, but the army covers food, lodging, clothing and all other daily necessities. can be saved.

Peng Sanyu is a corporal, and the income of non-commissioned officers is much higher than that of soldiers.

Peng Sanyu can get a subsidy of more than four yuan a month. This figure seems to be very low, but still the same sentence, the army covers food, lodging and clothing... He basically spends no money, and saves all the subsidies he receives.

This is also a characteristic of Chu Jun, that is, the all-inclusive and low-subsidy model.

Many armies seem to pay soldiers a lot of salary, but these are money on the surface, and soldiers can't get it at all.

Because meals are deducted, military uniforms are also deducted, and even weapons are deducted. For example, the army of modern warlords in history has such a term as starting fee.

Why is there a start-up fee, because in order to save military expenses, these troops have to deduct the money for meals from their salaries when they are not fighting in the camp on weekdays.

But when marching and fighting, food expenses are paid by the army.

This also led to the fact that if the army of modern warlords wanted to mobilize, they had to pay a starting fee, otherwise they would not be able to move.

Not only the armies of modern warlords are like this, but the armies of many feudal dynasties are actually similar.

The Chu army is different. All the expenses, food, clothing, and use of the soldiers of the Chu army are provided by the army for free, no matter whether they are marching, fighting or stationed.

Although the total amount of money distributed to the soldiers is not much, it is all real money. You can use it for pocket money, save money, and support your family as you please.

Therefore, don't think that the soldiers of the Chu army are paid more than one yuan in subsidies, but that their treatment is low... This treatment is much better than that of farmers or factory workers in contemporary times, or other ordinary workers.

Except for the army, no one gives you a full package, and it's open for you to eat whatever you want.

After becoming a non-commissioned officer in the Chu army, the subsidy will increase a lot, and as the rank continues to rise, it can continue to be promoted. If you reach the rank of sergeant major, you will have more than ten yuan per month in subsidy.

Moreover, after retiring, they can also arrange employment. Generally, they directly enter various official agencies, mainly patrol police and tax police. If the education level is relatively high, some civilian positions will also be arranged.

This life is basically stable.

Life is carefree and decent.

Peng Sanyu is also thinking of working for a few more years, saving more money, and then striving to reach the rank of sergeant sergeant, so that when he retires, he will be better treated when he changes jobs.

As for the job change arrangement, it is all determined according to the rank of the military. There is still a gap in remuneration between corporals and sergeants, and it is not small.

But... the northwest frontier is really hard, and I am in my twenties, and I am not married yet. The letter written by my father has already said several times, telling him to hurry up and get married, whether it is to find someone in the local area. The mother-in-law gets married, or you can go back to your hometown to get married. In short, you have to marry a...

According to his conditions, most people in his hometown are willing to marry their daughters over.

But Peng Sanyu is far away in the northwest, and it takes several months to go home. If you get married in your hometown, you will probably be married the first time you meet, and the second time you meet your wife, the baby will probably be in elementary school...

As for things like going home on vacation, it’s okay to apply once or twice, but it’s definitely not okay if you do it too often. This army is not run by your family. You take a few months of vacation every year, and you want to eat ass!

As for getting married in the northwest resident... There aren't even many sows in this poor place, let alone women.

In the front line of Jiayuguan, in addition to the garrison troops, there are a large number of reclamation camps and regiments managed by the military.

No matter whether it is the soldiers in the army or the young and strong men in the settlement, they are all men, not a single woman.

However, there are some girls among the local people and those who came here to do business, but the number is very small... It is impossible to meet the needs of the local garrison and the cultivation of young adults.

Frontier soldiers, especially non-commissioned officers who have served in the garrison for a long time and middle and low-level officers, the difficulty of getting married in the frontier has become a major problem, and it is said that His Majesty has personally intervened.

It is said that the higher-ups are also studying and trying to solve this problem, but they haven't heard any news yet, and their Second Infantry Division is going out!

Peng Sanyu could only pray that after the battle was over, the higher-ups would come up with a solution, whether it was giving people like himself more family leave, or arranging a rotation of garrisons.

But you can't let older single dogs like yourself stay at the front line of Jiayuguan all the time, what kind of marriage is that?

Ordinary soldiers have nothing to do. They are young and leave after four years of service.

But these non-commissioned officers have at least seven years of service. The four-year conscripts and the first phase of the non-commissioned officer contract are three years, which is seven years!
If you continue to work, then every three years, it will take ten years or even 13 or even 17 years...

How can you start a family after staying in the frontier all this time!
Not only non-commissioned officers like them, but also many low-level military officers have great opinions on this. They have a longer service period than non-commissioned officers, often more than ten or twenty years.

It is often difficult for low-level officers to move across divisions and troops, and the troops have been stationed at the frontier. It is also difficult for them to solve personal and family problems.

In this case, how to solve the marriage?What about the family?
These are problems that urgently need to be solved, and now Peng Sanyu can only expect effective measures from the higher-ups.

Otherwise, no matter how good the salary in the army is, he is prepared to finish the three-year non-commissioned officer contract period, and then retire next year and change jobs, even if the salary for corporal officers is lower.

You can't always treat Five Fingers girl as your wife...

And there are three kinds of unfilial piety, the greatest is to have no offspring. Although his parents are not only his son, he also has a younger brother.

But he's in his twenties, he's an older leftover man, and in his hometown, many people of his age have given birth to several children.

Not to mention others, his younger brother already has three children...

But Peng Sanyu, the eldest son, is not yet married, which makes his parents very anxious.

Just when Peng Sanyu was thinking about retiring and changing careers and the future, he suddenly heard several gunshots coming from the front!

He also vaguely heard his own reconnaissance riding horses galloping back from the periphery, shouting at the same time: "Enemy attack!"

(End of this chapter)