I want to be emperor

Chapter 613 Doesn't Look Like a Farming Army at All

Ever since the attack on Chu Manzi's transport convoy failed, Danba felt very bad!

The firepower of the Chumanzi transport convoy was far beyond imagination, and the seemingly thin but hollow car formation like a fortress, all of which made Danba feel very bad.

Perhaps, Chu Manzi's actual combat power was different from what they had expected.

Perhaps, Chu Manzi was able to kill the Dong captives simply and swiftly, relying not only on the huge population and money and food in the Central Plains, but also on their unusual combat mode.

A combat mode that he couldn't understand.

It is not surprising to others that the Great Chu Empire was able to kill the Eastern captives. After all, the Great Chu Empire acts in the prosperous hinterland of the Central Plains, and has a population and a huge amount of money and food that are enough to make the surrounding countries desperate.

As long as the Central Plains Dynasty itself is not too desperate, then any surrounding country can be heaped to death simply by relying on population, money and food.

East captivity will not be an exception!
The reason why the Dongyao were able to suppress the Ming Dynasty, which was also the Central Plains dynasty, was purely because of problems within the Ming Dynasty, and it did not mean how powerful the Dongyao people themselves were.

Dongyao's own population is only a few hundred thousand, and they are in the bitter cold of the Northeast and lack money and food. In the early days of the founding of the country, the Great Chu Empire, whose national strength was in a stage of rapid rise, could also win.

To put it bluntly, even if the Chu army relied solely on population and money and food, and continuously armed a pile of war scum to fight Dongyao, it could consume Dongyao to death.

On this point, many people in Zhungeer have maintained the same point of view, and Danba is no exception.

Therefore, when facing the conflicts and wars of the Great Chu Empire, although there are many differences of opinion within Zhungeer, the general opinions can still be unified, that is, it is absolutely impossible to face the Great Chu Empire head-on, for example, absolutely You can't be stupid and take the initiative to attack Jiayuguan, and then do something to enter the Spring and Autumn Dream of the Central Plains.

The closer it is to the hinterland of the Great Chu Empire, the less likely it is for Zhungeer to win this war.

At the same time, the war cannot be placed in areas such as Monan Mongolia or Mobei Mongolia, because the Great Chu Empire has controlled many of the above-mentioned areas and controlled a large number of cavalry troops.

These huge cavalry units are supported by money and food from the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Great Chu Empire, and they are also very difficult to fight.

Therefore, the best place for the outbreak of the war is in the territory of the former Yarkand Khanate.

If they fight here, the Chu army will need to cross the long Hexi Corridor, and then cross hundreds of kilometers of Gobi Desert and desert to fight in Hami and Zhungeer.

This long supply line alone can make the Great Chu Empire consume a lot of power on the road.

At that time, when fighting breaks out in the direction of Hami, the pressure on Zhungeer will be much less.

In this way, Zhungeer will hoard troops in the direction of Hami, but it has abandoned Chijin Town, Guazhou, Shazhou and other places in order to lengthen the supply line of the Chu army.

Then look for opportunities from it!
For example, cutting off the supply line of the Chu army, even if it cannot be completely cut off, if it can be blocked one or two times, it can have a great impact on the battle situation.

In this way, Danba led his army to go out, bypassing the Chu army's heavy army group, crossing the desert and the Gobi Desert all the way to the area near Guazhou.

Before going out for the expedition, Danba was full of confidence, thinking that even if his thousand fine cavalry could not completely block and cut off the supply line of the Chu army, it should still be able to pose a certain threat to the Chu army's logistics, such as forcing the main force of the Chu army. Slow down, or even stop advancing; another example is to force the Chu army to mobilize more troops to protect the logistics line. This way, the more troops to protect the logistics, the fewer troops to attack Hami ahead.

Even if the Great Chu Empire claimed to have an army of more than 100 million, it would not change it.

Because how much troops the Great Chu Empire can invest in the Western Regions does not depend on how many troops the Great Chu Empire has, but depends on how many people the Great Chu Empire can maintain in terms of logistics.

And to maintain a long supply line from the Shaanxi-Gansu region to Hami...Countless grain, grass and ammunition have to be transported from the rear, and even after going deep into parts of the desert Gobi Desert, even drinking water has to be transported from the oasis area behind...

I don't know how the Great Chu Empire thinks about this supply line, but the high-level officials in Zhungeer feel that this supply line is as difficult as climbing the sky just by looking at the map.

Therefore, the size of the troops that the Great Chu Empire can maintain in the Western Regions is also limited, and more than 5 people may be the conventional limit.

On this basis, every additional [-] troops will require more money, more food and more people.

And these are the opportunities for Zhungeer.

It is impossible to defeat the Great Chu Empire. Give Zhungeer's high-level officials a hundred guts and daydream for a lifetime. They dare not expect to enter the Central Plains and completely kill the Great Chu Empire.

This is absolutely impossible.

What they want is very simple, that is, to promote peace through war, and to cause certain losses to the Chu army in the direction of Hami, so that the Great Chu Empire can realize that it is impossible to prepare for them by sending tens of thousands of troops just by making small troubles. Gale poses no real threat.

If you really want to force Zhungeer to surrender through war, you will need to pay a huge price.

In short, it is to let the Great Chu Empire feel that the Western Regions are not their Great Chu Empire's final say. If they want to be tough, then they have to pay a huge price, and the gain outweighs the loss.

At this time, Zhungeer made some more concessions, such as formally ceding part of Kansai to the Great Chu Empire, such as recognizing the rule of the Great Chu Empire in the Qingkang area, such as surrendering and paying tribute to those most wanted by the Central Plains Dynasty. And so on, even offering a daughter to ask for peace can be discussed.

Through certain concessions, the Great Chu Empire had face, and then ended the war along the way, so that Zhungeer could have time and energy to further digest the Yarkand Khanate.

And accumulate strength to continue conquests in other directions, such as Kazakhstan, and the Bukhara Khanate, these two Khans are like little brothers compared with the Eastern Captives and the Great Chu Empire, Zhungeer has an advantage against them great.

Given a certain amount of time for Zhungeer, the Zhungeer side dare not say that they will swallow the two khanates completely, but it is possible to obtain certain results and further increase their strength by plundering territory and population, cattle, sheep and horses.

After all, although Zhungeer today has not completed the unification and established a formal regime, it has actually forced the double huge pressure of Russia and the Great Chu Empire. In order to protect itself, Zhungeer and its ministries have already abandoned their previous suspicions and united. Has a relatively high cohesion.

It has to be said that this is also the change that the Great Chu Empire brought to the surrounding forces.

With the strong rise of the Great Chu Empire, the collateral impact on neighboring countries is huge, and Moxi Mongolia headed by Zhungeer is the most obvious example.

They have to complete the union and unification earlier than in history.

For nothing else, just because they continue to dawdle like this, the Great Chu Empire will swallow them up. You must know that in the western part of Monan Mongolia, many tribes in Monan Mongolia that have surrendered to the Great Chu Empire have already The grazing areas began to be gradually moved westward, gradually eroding the pastures of the western Mongolian tribes.

If the tribes in Moxi continued to fight among themselves, the Great Chu Empire would not even have to launch a large-scale war, and the nomadic tribes under its control would be able to gradually eat away Moxi Mongolia.

Due to the strong pressure of the Great Chu Empire, the Zhungeer side completed the alliance, and also received strong support from the Russian side.

Before the rise of the Great Chu Empire, the Russians' eastward expansion was relatively smooth. However, since the Great Chu Empire's strong rise and the adoption of an extremely tough foreign policy, it has continuously expelled and intercepted Russians from going to the East.

In fact, Russia and the Great Chu Empire have been in a state of long-term skirmishes, not to mention that Russia and the Great Chu Empire's vassal Mobei Mongolia fight every three days.

More importantly, the Russians are still at a huge disadvantage in this direction. In recent years, many colonies they established in the area east of Lake Baikal, especially in the area north of Heilongjiang, have disappeared without a trace. , or simply fell into the control of the Great Chu Empire.

Russia's expansion in the area east of Lake Baikal has encountered practical and even unstoppable threats. If this continues, Russia will sooner or later lose everything in the area east of Lake Baikal.

After all, Russia does not have many troops in the East. The center of Russia's rule is still in Europe, not to mention the Far East. Even in Central Asia, they don't have many troops.

Under such circumstances, Zhungeer appeared in their sight.

There is no doubt that Zhungeer, who is also under the pressure of the Great Chu Empire, is a good fighter.

Ever since, the Russian side began to support Zhungeer, and a large number of guns from Russia entered Zhungeer's army. Not only guns, but the Russians also brought Zhungeer a series of so-called new weapons in Europe. tactics.

For example, cavalry used pistols instead of bows and arrows. For example, infantry used muskets in large numbers and lined up with spearmen.

With the support of Russia, the Jungar Khanate's ambitions skyrocketed, and it was also for self-protection, so it chose to send troops to the Yarkand Khanate, which eventually triggered a war with the Great Chu Empire.

A series of changes in the north and northwest are actually many chain effects brought about by the rise of the Great Chu Empire itself.

When the Great Chu Empire rose strongly, it was inevitable that there would be conflicts of interest among neighboring countries, and then in the seventeenth century when there were no nuclear bombs, when there were conflicts of interest, wars would naturally arise.

Fighting is a normal thing in this era.

For the Zhungeer people, and for the Danba people, fighting is like eating and drinking water, it is their daily life, and they have become accustomed to it.

But...Danba has fought all his life and has seen many enemies, but he has never encountered such an enemy as the Chu army.

Danba didn't simply think that the Chu army was strong, but he couldn't understand why the Chu army was so strong.

This is even more terrible!
What's more terrible is that Danba had already retreated ahead of time, and there was no delay on the way, but he was still caught up by Chu Manzi's main cavalry!

These Chu barbarians are all crazy...

He continued to chase him for more than ten days, and there were large groups of cavalry from Chu Manzi in the north and east. You don't need to guess, it must be the main cavalry of Chu Manzi who reacted and sent the main cavalry to encircle and suppress him.

In desperation, Danba was forced to flee westward with his army!

And the farther west you flee, the more desolate you will be.

In these desolate areas, even the horses can't find grass to gnaw on, and they can't find drinking water to drink.

Starting a few days ago, a large number of mules, horses and sheep under Danba's command died in large numbers due to lack of water and food!
But, even so... These Chu barbarians dared to catch up, not to mention that they did not say anything, and they seemed to be more comfortable than themselves on the Gobi Desert, and they were pressing every step of the way, not even giving themselves time to catch their breath.

If this is not good enough in the Gobi Desert, how could these Chu barbarians catch up in just a few days... The early stage is not counted, even if it is in the no-man's land deep in the desert, I lead them around Going around, it's been at least a few hundred miles.

However, they are still in hot pursuit!
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Damn Xipi, this doesn't look like the army of the Central Plains Dynasty at all!

It was said to be an army of a group of farming peoples, but these Chu barbarians behaved more like nomads than themselves...

Danba looked at a group of Chu cavalry behind him who looked more like a nomadic army than himself. He was speechless and helpless, and there was some resentment in his heart.

Those bastards in Monan, as well as those bastards in Heshuo's special department, are all greedy for life and afraid of death. Barbarians fight.

And one by one shamelessly changed their surnames.

If these bastards hadn't surrendered to Chu Manzi, how could Chu Manzi have obtained so many war horses and elite cavalry.

It's all right now, the Chu bandit cavalry on the opposite side of Nima are wearing gray military uniforms and all have big bald heads. You may not be able to tell just by looking at their appearance, but judging by their marching style and their skilled riding skills, Danba used his toes Everyone knows that these cavalry must be grassland men.

Danba guessed right, the opposite came from the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment of the Great Chu Empire Army, and the soldiers of this unit were all from the Liaohetao area of ​​Liaodong Province.

The herdsmen living in the Liaohetao area today are all herdsmen from the small and medium-sized tribes in Monan Mongolia in the past. The Great Chu Empire broke up these tribes and resettled them separately.

The tribal model disappeared and was replaced by the county and town model, and their life model also changed from pure nomadic to semi-nomadic and semi-nomadic.

The cavalry of the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment came from here, and they were all herdsmen's children, so equestrian skills are naturally absent.

Now that the other party was chasing him, Danba also knew that it was impossible for him to get rid of them.

Damn, these people brought more horses than themselves, and Danba found that his own cavalry couldn't outrun them... If they continue to escape like this, they will be completely overtaken by them in less than two days.

No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment, although not the main cavalry, their main task is to guard the logistics line from Guazhou to Hami, and they need to roam and patrol for a long time, and chase the enemy.

Therefore, the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment has no top-level Central Asian horses in terms of mule and horse configuration, and there are not even many good war horses in Mongolian Mali.

But there is no shortage of ordinary Mongolian horses. The cavalry of thousands of people actually brought more than 4000 horses.

In order to ensure long-term patrol and survival on the Gobi Desert, the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment even brought a lot of mares and even flocks of sheep, as well as a large amount of water and high-quality horse feed.

During the war, I brought a batch of cows, horses and sheep, drank horse milk and goat milk, ate cheese when I was hungry, and occasionally ate mutton or even horse meat... This is where there is war, and it is completely nomadic!
This kind of situation is normal for any nomadic people, but for Chu Manzi, Danba feels that it is against harmony no matter how he looks at it!

How should I put it, not an empire at all!
More importantly, Danba fled all the way. In order to avoid the Chu army, he has now been forced to go deep into the desolate no-man's land. This place has been severely desertified, and there is not much grass around.

After the supplies carried by their army were exhausted, a large number of mules, horses and sheep began to die, and after a large number of livestock died, let alone continue to avoid the pursuit of the Chu army, they might not even be able to get out of the deserted no-man's land.

It is impossible to continue to escape like this!
Sooner or later is a dead word, and this time will not be too long, as soon as two or three days, and as long as five or six days.

What's next?
What else can Danba do, of course he is to fuck him, he can't just sit and wait to die!
And if they go directly to fight the Chu army, they can also grab a wave of horse fodder and drinking water carried by the Chu army, which is enough to support them through the desert.

No matter how bad it is, they can forcefully break through the interception of the most chasing Chu Manzi, and then turn around and head east. At least there is pasture for the animals to eat and water to drink!
Danba is a determined and decisive person. After knowing that the battle is inevitable, he began to think about how to fight this battle.

In the evening of the same day, as night approached, the two parties who were chasing and fleeing stopped at the same time to station.

Because the distance between the two sides is actually only about four or five kilometers at this time, it is naturally difficult to cross this distance if it is in the mountains, but in the flat terrain and unobstructed Gobi Desert, when the weather is good, find a low Even short hills can see each other...

For the cavalry with a large number of horses on both sides, this distance is not safe for both sides.

Because after a real fight, it doesn't take long to cross this distance, and even if it spans a distance of more than four or five kilometers, the soldiers and horses can still maintain relatively good physical fitness.

Because the cavalry in the early stage can ride the spare horses first, the multiple horses will be rotated, and the main war horses will be accompanied by no load.

After waiting for a distance of about a thousand meters or even further, the cavalry will switch to the main horses to charge.

This is also the biggest tactical role of cavalry on the battlefield: short-distance mobility!
This is unmatched by infantry.

Based on this, in fact, both sides maintained great vigilance this night. The soldiers kept their swords and guns close to their bodies even when they were sleeping. camp.

Once the other party makes any changes, they can respond quickly.

But it was precisely because both sides were very vigilant that they maintained a great calm that night, and neither side made any changes.

However, this kind of calm lasted only one night. By the next morning, according to the routine, both parties should start cooking and packing up the camp, and then continue their pursuit and escape from the previous few days.

However, Danba in the front did not order the troops to continue fleeing. Instead, he ordered the troops to have a simple breakfast, and then led more than 900 riders under his command to set off immediately and headed straight for the Chu army camp.

At that time, the sun had just risen from the sky!
Danba didn't engage in any night raids, let alone the difficulty of night raids, the great vigilance of the Chu army alone was enough to prevent Danba from finding any opportunities.

That being the case, it's better to have a good night's rest, then go to bed and launch an attack early in the morning.

No, it's not considered an attack, but a direct confrontation.

The distance between the two sides was enough to allow the cavalry of the Chu army to have enough reaction time to line up and fight.

Danba didn't expect any surprise attack either, it was pure daydream.

Since you want to fight, then fight head-on!

And choose the time and battlefield by yourself!
What happened next was exactly as Danba expected. As soon as they took action, more than a dozen cavalrymen of the Chu army appeared from a hidden corner outside, and then galloped on their horses, apparently to inform them.

Danba was not in a hurry, he didn't even send troops to intercept...

Anyway, I can't catch up and stop it.

He just kept the rhythm of the soldiers under his command, all riding on spare horses, leading the main horses to trot forward!

Although it was just a trot, but because there were too many cavalry and more horses, the sound of the horseshoes trampling on the ground was connected into pieces, and the momentum was still great.

Even in a far away place, if you listen closely to the ground, you can hear the sound of rumbling horseshoes. Experienced veterans can immediately tell that a large group of cavalry is coming.

On the other side, the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment of the Chu Army also immediately discovered the strangeness of the Zhungeer people on the opposite side.

Soon, the cavalry of the Chu army also gave up other things, and it was too late to even bury the pot for cooking. The soldiers began to put on armor and line up on an empty stomach.

There was no other way. Danba had planned it long ago. Yesterday, he was ready for the soldiers to start off with only some simple dry food.

The Chu army didn't plan to attack early in the morning, but followed the normal steps for breakfast.

But the impact of skipping breakfast is not great!
Because when the soldiers were preparing for battle, they also ate dry food when they were free.

However, the scene was a bit chaotic, after all, it was too urgent, and it was not easy for thousands of cavalry to organize in a hurry.

Officers are required to travel around, and senior non-commissioned officers, such as sergeant and sergeant major, are required to cooperate with the officers to assemble troops.

As the sun gradually rose, the Chu army had already completed its formation outside the temporary camp. The cavalry unit of thousands of people was divided into four cavalry phalanxes according to the standard of cavalry posts.

Between the phalanxes, there are four 65mm cannons, which are the heirloom artillery of the Great Chu Empire Army. They have been used since the Funiu Mountain period, and today, more than ten years later, they are still the indispensable main artillery of the Chu Army.

Every regiment-level unit is more or less equipped with artillery of this caliber. The cavalry is equipped with a lightweight 65mm field gun, and the infantry and baggage units on the plains use the standard 65mm field gun. Cannons, while troops stationed in Qingkang, Yunnan-Guizhou and other plateau areas and other mountainous terrains use lightweight 65mm field guns that can be disassembled and carried.

The No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment is naturally equipped with this kind of cavalry cannon, not many, the standard four, used to bombard the enemy's dense formation on weekdays.

Today, the role of these artillery should not be very big, because the enemy is the Zhungeer cavalry who is attacking fiercely and maneuvering extremely fast.

In pure cavalry battles, the rate of fire is actually limited, and the role of artillery that is more troublesome to maneuver will be greatly weakened.

After all, the 65mm field gun has an effective range of only 350 meters, and at this distance, the cavalry on both sides have often entered the hedging stage.

It's not the opponent rushing over, but hedging!

Because the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment of the Chu Army could not stand in formation foolishly and then watch the opponent charge over. That would be no different from courting death.

When the enemy entered a certain distance, the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment of the Chu Army would also rush towards the opponent to ensure the impact.

This kind of face-to-face cavalry battle tests the courage and formation of both sides. If you don't rush out, but stay where you are, then you are waiting to die.

And turning around and retreating is courting death!

Facing the enemy cavalry that has already rushed up, the best way for our own cavalry is to also increase their speed, then bite their teeth and rush directly to do it!
Any evasion and retreat is the way to death!
Of course, it is only limited to cavalry, and cavalry with charge combat capabilities.

Infantry and dragoons are not included here. Infantry has another way to deal with cavalry.

When the cavalry on both sides began to enter the hedging state, in fact, the four 80mm cavalry guns of the No. 65 Sixth Cavalry Regiment could play a relatively limited role.

In order to maximize the power of the four cavalry cannons, Colonel Liners, the head of the No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment, directly ordered the four cannons to be deployed in the front on a hillside 200 meters northeast of the main force of the cavalry. superior.

This is to leave a certain space for the impact of one's own cavalry, and also to attack the enemy's cavalry as much as possible.

In order to prevent the enemy from directly attacking this small artillery position, Liners also lined up more than 100 people from the artillery post and logistics post to protect it.

The No.80 Sixth Cavalry Regiment, like other cavalry regiments of the Chu Army, does not mean that there are only pure cavalry, but a cavalry unit with auxiliary forces such as mounted artillery and heavy soldiers.

It's not that there are only four solitary cavalry posts.

When everything was ready, the Zhungeer cavalry in front had also appeared at a distance of less than a kilometer.

Danba looked at the Chu Manzi cavalry in front of him. He took a deep breath and said, "In this battle, we are not fighting for sweat, military exploits, or honor, but only for ourselves!"

"Trust me, and trust yourselves."

"I can do it, you can do it, we... can do it!"

"Get rid of Chu Manzi, and then we'll go home together!"

Danba's voice was not loud, and he didn't try to boost morale by yelling as usual, but just spoke calmly.

His subordinates did not show too much excitement, but just watched Danba quietly, waiting for him to give the order to attack.

Everyone knows that they seem to be deep in the vast Gobi Desert, but they have nowhere to go!

Just like what Danba said, they are fighting for themselves in this battle!

After Danba finished speaking, he got on his horse and drew out the scimitar from his waist: "Get on the horse!"

After all the cavalry under his command got on the main horses, Danba no longer looked at the cavalry under his command, but at the array of Chu Manzi cavalry in front, and then slowly steered the horses forward!
The trumpeter beside him blew the whining horn, and the nine hundred Zhungeer cavalry began to move forward slowly amidst the sound of the horn.

At the same time, Lin Ersi, who was a thousand meters away, also gave the order to get on his horse and prepare to charge!

He has led his army to chase this Zhungeer cavalry for several days. They finally caught up and pushed them into a predicament. He will never let go of such a great opportunity!

In this battle, there is me without him!
(End of this chapter)