Chapter 95 Thunder
Qu Neng looked at the information in his hand. After the Yellow River Railway Bridge was built, the imperial court had approved it. Special funds were allocated to build a railway along the west bank of the Yellow River to the Yulin front line.
This ensures war preparations on the front line.
At this time, almost every few days, the rear railway extended forward one meter.
Although the terrain on the west bank of the Yellow River is not flat, there are relatively few mountains. Even if there are ups and downs, there are ways to flatten them and raise them. This kind of pure earthwork operation does not require digging tunnels or building iron bridges. It won't be too slow.
After Qu Neng understood that there was no problem with the army's logistics. The Shaanxi Army was not at all on guard.
Without him, he has been waiting for this war for more than a year.
Before this, the Northern Army had only a few thousand cavalry in the Hetao area. After all, the Hetao area was originally a grassland, desert, and desert area. Under this situation, thousands of cavalry can still be maintained in this area, and at least the forage can be self-sufficient. But more armies are not like this.
But these armies have not done nothing during this period.
They had already figured out the enemy's situation.
Qu Neng doesn't need to do any more investigation at all.
In this battle, Qu Neng was confident.
Different places have different arrangements. And in the Battle of Yulin. Qu Neng was already prepared. He would use his upright and upright division to crush the enemy with thunderous force without any fancy tricks. Yulin City was flooded with countless artillery and gunpowder.
The reason is also very simple.
That is, there are so many advantages here.
Qu Nengcai didn't care how much money the war cost, he only knew that with this railway there, there would be no shortage of gunpowder, artillery, food and other materials in the rear. But that's not the case with the Southern Army. Naturally, you have to give full play to your own advantages.
Hit the walnuts with a hammer to see who is stronger.
Moreover, Qu Neng also wanted to show the other party that their so-called iron wall was not strong enough. This is not only Qu Neng’s idea, but also the idea of many people in the Privy Council. Because of the battlefield situation, the General Staff of the Privy Council in Beijing had to admit one thing. Even with the advantage of field battles in the future, it would be impossible to determine victory. Only strong attack capability can make the enemy lose the courage to resist.
The biggest problem faced by the Northern Army at that time was not to eliminate places in battle, but to eliminate enemies in fortified cities.
Today's battle in Yulin. However, it is a collective demonstration of studying siege tactics for so many years.
Therefore, Qu Neng was not in a hurry at all.
After the army was due and repaired for several days, the attack was launched. First, the cavalry launched a large-scale attack, rolling down like a flood. Divide the Yulin defense line into several points that cannot be connected.
Of course, during this, the Confederate cavalry put up resolute resistance.
How could Song Sheng not know that to defend the city, you must defend the country?
When the battle to defend the city reaches the point where we can only defend the city, the war has entered the second half.
However, the quality of the cavalry on both sides is not much different. ap.
The Mongolian cavalry, also known as the Tartar cavalry, has always been a very important unit in the Ming army. After all, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang's total cavalry collection was only tens of thousands, which was much less than other armies. And a few years later, there were hundreds of thousands of riders. Among them were a large number of surrendered troops.
In the Ming Dynasty, Chengzu simply set up three thousand camps among the three major camps, and the three thousand camps were Tatar cavalry. As one of the elite main forces of the Ming army.
Therefore, the Mongolian cavalry tactics and tactics were coupled with the Ming Dynasty's material support. It is the basic color of the Ming Dynasty cavalry, and later the use of some firearms was added.
Now the situation on both sides is similar.
Most of these cavalrymen have muskets. There are several more. But the gun is certainly useful on horseback. But more things require fighting with a long sword. The difference between the two sides is probably that the Southern Army has more cavalry than Han cavalry, while the Northern Army has more cavalry than Mongolian cavalry.
But both of them are mixed by Hu and Han.
The fighting between the two sides was very fierce.
From a two-person scouting battle to dozens of people to hundreds of people
A large group of cavalry with thousands of people attacked, and even under Yulin City, tens of thousands of cavalry were encamped to cover the army and fight.
One fight after another.
The Confederate army could no longer support it.
It’s not that the Southern Army couldn’t fight. Instead, the Confederate cavalry generals knelt in front of Song Sheng and said, "General, leave some seeds for Biaoxia. We cannot continue fighting like this. If we continue to fight, none of the brothers who followed Biaoxia will be able to return."
Not one person, but many people knelt in front of Song Sheng and begged for mercy.
What else could Song Sheng do?
Song Sheng knew that they couldn't be blamed.
It can only be said that the Northern Army has too much advantage in cavalry.
The first is that in terms of specific numbers, it far exceeds that of the Southern Army.
Not to mention the cavalry troops organized in each army and divided into different armies. Even pure cavalry corps dedicated to cavalry. Let’s just talk about the Mongols in Monan Mongolia. These people are Beijing’s biggest support. The Mongols relied on millions of people in Monan to squeeze out hundreds of thousands of cavalry. Now, can’t Beijing do it? Nature can do it.
Even better than the Mongols.
Even some Mongolians themselves are not very willing to herd.
In the eyes of many Mongolians, fighting is a more promising livelihood than herding. He Xi formulated a plan to recruit Mongolians to fight. One was to incorporate them into the Guard Army. These people would go from the Guard Army to the Beijing Forbidden Army. Gradually assimilated into a part of Ming Dynasty. These Mongolian soldiers will not return to Mongolia even if they retire from the army in the future. It will be settled in different places depending on the situation. After one or two generations, even the descendants did not know that their parents were actually Mongolians.
The other is similar to the Cossack cavalry, which is in the form of mercenaries. Fight for the Ming Dynasty.
Money will be given for military achievements, and money will be given for death in battle. Everything is clearly priced.
However, mercenary battles usually involve regular army cavalry. Prevent them from killing and looting everywhere. After all, the morality of these Mongolians goes without saying at all. The Cossack cavalry of Tsarist Russia never fought for reward, but for spoils of war.
The same goes for them, although He Xi's price is not low. But for these cavalrymen, the extra money makes more money.
So, when the two sides were fighting.
The combat effectiveness was almost equal, and the casualties on both sides were almost equal. However, the Northern Army has strong backup forces, and many wounded can be treated in the military camp. Generally speaking, the Northern Army suffered fewer casualties than the Southern Army. The upper-level generals of the Northern Army also felt the cavalry casualties differently from the Southern Army cavalry.
The generals above did not feel sorry for these Mongolian cavalry.
Just like Qu Neng, both his father and son have fought against the Mongols step by step until now. Even some of the old Mongolian cavalry soldiers below were their opponents back then. Qu Neng might even be secretly happy about the Mongolian casualties.
So, if the person below dies, just give him money.
If how many people died was just a matter of money, then the Northern Army as a whole would not have to waver at all.
Of course, Qu Neng was also very good, and he did not force these mercenaries to fight. But fighting as a mercenary has many benefits. First, many people who are good at fighting will be selected into the Beijing Forbidden Army. The treatment of the Beijing Forbidden Army is the envy of all Mongolians.
Second, the national characteristics of the Mongols themselves are that they don’t really value life and death too much.
After all, life on the grassland is too difficult. Living is very difficult. Death is a common occurrence, whether it is your own death or the death of others.
Therefore, when the Han people fought with the nomads, they always felt that the nomads were cunning and cruel. This cruelty was not only towards others, but also towards themselves. Today's battle, for the Ming army, is just two brothers fighting for family property. If they can't defeat them, they will surrender. Why fight so hard.
If it were a war to defend the country, the middle and lower levels of the Ming army would naturally be more willing to fight tooth and nail than the Mongols, but not now.
Monan Mongolia has been stable for more than ten years, and the young man has grown up. These Mongolians grew up hearing about the life of herding, but instead served as soldiers to fight and plunder places to make a fortune. They will do anything for money.
After the money He Xi gave them was in place, the survivors did not care what the dead thought. And Monan Mongolia
The population has grown over the years, with people here quitting and people joining there. Even if the quality of these recruits is not good. But if the riding skills are good, the rest are easy to develop. Not to mention that the Mongols relied on cavalry to fight in production and life.
