Turbulent Times Chapter 1426: Battle of the Four Counties

The Tiger Battalion, Cyclone Battalion, Steel Knife Battalion, and Iron Spear Battalion responsible for this troop dispatch have been preparing for the battle these days.

Fanyang County, Shanggu County and Dongnae County are still too small, and the civil and military officials under Wang Junlin still feel that they are not enough.

In these days, as long as one is an official, no one does not want to make contributions, and this is especially true in the Far East Army, which speaks for its merits.

Nowadays, among the civil and military officials of the Far Eastern Army, there are many fierce generals, and there are many capable and ambitious officials among the virtuous officials.

With so many people, if they don't fight the world, where will they get credit. Therefore, everyone was waiting for this day to happen, waiting for Wang Junlin to issue the final order to send troops.

But in fact, only a small number of people knew that the strategic deployment of sending troops had already been completed, and even a small number of people such as Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming, and Shen Guoer already knew when the troops would be sent out.

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Eleventh year of the great cause, on October 17th, under the expectation of the civil and military officials of the Far Eastern Army, the Fourth Battalion of the Far Eastern Army marched towards the target with four soldiers and horses.

Boling County still belongs to the imperial court in name, but in fact it has been controlled by the Cui family of Boling County. Even the three rebels who occupied the three counties of Boling County were actually secretly supported by the Cui family and even led by them. supported.

Yuchi Jingde commanded 40,000 people in the Tiger Camp, relying on all kinds of sharp siege weapons, and smashed five county towns in Boling County within seven days. In one of the county towns, people from the Military Intelligence Office incited the people in the city to riot and gathered a small number of people. The master, under the chaos, directly opened the city gate from the inside when the Tiger Battalion soldiers approached the city.

Cui saw that the Far East Army was attacking the city sharply, especially with gunpowder weapons, and ordinary cities could not be garrisoned at all, so they gathered 70,000 soldiers and horses to fight outside the county. The 70,000 vs. 40,000 field battle, when the fierce battle started, Cui Shi, who was expected to at least be able to stop the Far East Army's offensive, was taken aback and felt cold in his heart.

The 70,000 soldiers of the Cui family are composed of 30,000 county soldiers and 40,000 private soldiers of the Cui family. With the support of huge financial resources, everyone has armor, and the weapons and equipment are extremely sophisticated, even better than the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty. They must be excellent, and they must be trained strictly by generals who are proficient in military affairs. In the past two years, they have suppressed a lot of bandits, and there is no lack of actual combat experience.

So the 70,000 soldiers and horses have always been the Cui family's reliance, and in their view, they can at least be comparable to the imperial court's soldiers.

However, after a great battle, they realized that compared with the Far East Army, there was such a big gap between their reliance.

It's not that the individual combat power of Cui's army is much worse than that of the Far East Army. Steel knife steel gun.

The defense value of the armor and the sharpness value of the weapon have been greatly improved, which directly greatly improves the combat power of each soldier in the Far East Army.

The armor and weapons of Cui's army are still the same as before, although compared with ordinary county soldiers and rebels, they are well equipped, and everyone has iron armor. But compared with the Far Eastern Army, the gap widened.

However, relying on the fact that the Cui family had 30,000 more troops, the two sides fought peacefully at first, but when the Far Eastern Army used a catapult to launch gunpowder packages at their rear, they suddenly launched After twenty vehicle-mounted crossbows and hundreds of hand grenades were thrown, Cui's fell down in an instant, not to mention more than 4,000 people, and then there was a rout.

Sure enough, not long after, Cui's army was defeated, leaving behind nearly 20,000 corpses, retreated to Boling County City, and withdrew its troops.

To tell you the truth, the army Cui's carefully crafted is already considered elite soldiers, and they fought more battles, but they were so easily defeated by a legion of the Far Eastern Army. The weapon is sharp, but another reason is that the Far Eastern Army has a strong reputation. In addition, the morale of the army is not stable, and its morale is less than half of its heyday.

When the family members, relatives, and friends of the officers and soldiers of the Cui family, when the people they wanted to protect became refugees, the Cui family controlled the local government and did not provide relief. Although the Cui family also sent an order to the county towns and county towns, all the family members of the soldiers and soldiers they belonged to would be put into the city and given some assistance. But don't forget that in addition to family members, a person also has relatives and friends, as well as neighbors and playmates from the same village.

This affected the morale of most of the soldiers among the 70,000 troops, how could their morale not be affected, and how could their combat power remain at their peak.

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On October 18, the Whirlwind Battalion led by Luo Shixin followed

The original battle plan started to attack Hengshan County, and captured all the county towns within a few days, and two county towns opened their doors and surrendered directly.

The situation in Hengshan County is more complicated than that in Boling County. Two counties are occupied by two groups of thieves with a large scale. Controlled by the clan, the sheriff and Ying Yanglang are Yang Guang's confidantes.

The steel knife battalion led by Wei Daoer also attacked Zhaojun at the same time, because the steel knife battalion was formed for a relatively short period of time, and the main force was originally the rebels from Shanggu County. Zhifa conducted strong training, but the combat power was still much lower than that of the Cyclone Camp and the Tiger Camp, and the attack was not so smooth. After capturing the two counties, they fell into a stalemate.

The Iron Spear Battalion led by Lu Han was actually the most difficult to attack Xindu County, because Xindu County was mostly high mountains. From the direction of Fanyang County, there was a dangerous pass called Yangshan Pass.

On October 7th, Lu Han commanded 40,000 troops from the Iron Spear Battalion and 500 people from the special brigade.

Yangshan Mountain is extremely dangerous. If you go east from it, you can control Fanyang County and Donglai County.

During the entire combat process, Wang Junlin's combat requirements were to minimize losses as much as possible, use more wisdom and less force, and never use force if peaceful means can be used to obtain it, and make full use of the hearts of the people and officials. In the mind of the Far Eastern Army, the Military Intelligence Office secretly contacted the civil and military officials defending the city, and implemented countermeasures and alienation strategies.

So, it is doomed that the battle of these four counties will be fought and dragged. This is not an absolute conquest. Excessive killing and poking will instead arouse the hatred of the soldiers and civilians of these four counties, which is not conducive to the overall plan. implement.

Of course, Wang Junlin will never be like Yang Guang, who likes to point fingers and do everything by himself. He wishes he could directly command the specific actions of each team and interfere with the frontline battle, resulting in defeat.

So he did not have any specific requirements or instructions for the four armies. Fighting opportunities change rapidly, and Wang Junlin cannot grasp them hundreds of miles away. Therefore, he has given full authority to the command of the battalion commanders and given the frontline commanders full autonomy. right.

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