Chapter 1554 Where does the difference in combat power come from?
As Wang Junlin ordered the war to begin, the Far Eastern Army, both civil and military officials inside and outside the army, were all excited.
The current territory of the Far East Army is already quite large, with 21 counties in Hebei, Central Plains, and Shandong, as well as Youzhou, Mayi County, five northwest counties, plus two counties in the south of the Yangtze River. To be honest, the territory has already
It is the largest among all the forces in the world today, that is, the Li Yuan Group is slightly smaller than the Far Eastern Army.
But the Far East Army still feels that it is not enough. There is no other reason. As long as they are officials, no one does not want to make contributions, and this is especially true for all the Far East Army who talk about merit. Enough credit represents official status, power, wealth,
And in the future, after the founding of the country, the noble founding title will mean a wife, a son, glory and wealth.
Nowadays, among the military officers of the Far Eastern Army, there are many fierce generals, there are many capable ministers among them, and there are even more ambitious ones.
If so many people do not conquer the world, where will they get the credit? Therefore, everyone is waiting for this day to happen, waiting for Wang Junlin to issue an order to send further troops.
But in fact, only a few people know that the strategic deployment of sending troops has been completed, and even when the troops will be sent. Wang Junlin, Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Shen Guoer, Li Jing, Luo Yi and other military commanders, as well as Du Ruhui, Liu Ziming,
Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and a few other important officials already knew about it.
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On September 15th, the 14th year of Daye, with the expectations of the military officials of the Far East Army and some people in Hedong, Guanzhong, and northern Shaanxi, the Far East Army was divided into three armies, east, west, and north, and sent troops to Li Yuan's group.
Wang Junlin personally commanded the North Route. Luo Shixin's Tornado Battalion and Wu Si's troops, totaling 100,000 cavalry, headed directly for Taiyuan Prefecture in Hedong. They did not attack cities or plunder territory along the way. This move was to force the North Route Army of Li Yuan Group.
Li Shentong had to lead troops to intercept and engage in certain field battles with the Far East Army.
On the west route, Shangguan Hu, Zhou Hu, Jiang Mulang, Wu San, and Su Changqing were divided into two groups. Relying on various sharp siege weapons, they captured the four military strongholds recently built by the Li Family Group within half a month.
county seat.
To the east, Yuchi Jingde, Lu Han, and Guan Xiaotong led an army of 150,000 to the east of the river. They were blocked by Li Shimin at a dangerous pass, and the two sides were in a stalemate for a while.
And the fiercest reliance on the battlefield
However, it was the 100,000 cavalrymen of Wusi and Luo Shixin who were personally commanded by Wang Junlin. In fact, the 100,000 elite troops sent by the Li Yuan Group led by Li Shentong were themselves the most elite troops of the Li Yuan Group, plus the soldiers from Hedong counties and 50,000 troops from Taiyuan.
The defenders totaled 200,000 troops, which shows the importance and fear they attached to Wang Junlin.
On the third day, Li Shentong dispatched tens of thousands of county soldiers to intercept Wu Si's troops. He personally led an army of 100,000 to intercept 50,000 cavalry led by Luo Shixin. One hundred thousand versus fifty thousand field battles, and as soon as the fierce battle began, it was expected that at least there would be no more cavalry.
Li Shentong was shocked when he lost, and felt cold in his heart.
The Li Yuan Group has always believed that without mentioning the sharpness of the Far Eastern Army's various powerful long-range attack weapons, mainly gunpowder packets, the Far Eastern Army's military strength is not very different from theirs. But now this battle has told them
One result: they are still far behind the Far Eastern Army.
The difference is not that the Li Jiajun's individual combat power and battle formations are much worse than those of the Far East Army, but because the iron armor of the Far East Army soldiers has been changed into steel plate armor, and the iron weapons in their hands have also been changed into steel knives, steel guns, and armor.
The defense value and weapon sharpness are greatly improved, which directly greatly improves the combat effectiveness of every soldier of the Far Eastern Army.
The Li Yuan Group's army still has the same armor and weapons as before. Although it is well-equipped compared to other forces in the world except the Far East Army, and everyone has iron armor. But when compared with the Far East Army, it is far away.
gap.
However, Li Shentong was also a veteran general who was good at fighting. He commanded 100,000 elite troops. The number of troops he relied on was twice that of the Far Eastern Army. The two sides had an uneventful fight at the beginning, but when the Far Eastern Army was using trebuchets,
In addition to the fired gunpowder packets, giant guns, crossbows and steel bows, twenty vehicle-mounted hundred-shot crossbows were suddenly launched and hundreds of grenades were thrown. In an instant, more than four to five thousand people on Li Shentong's side fell.
Needless to say, a collapse followed immediately.
Sure enough, not long after, Li Yuan's side was defeated. Li Shentong was so shocked that he left nearly 10,000 corpses and retreated to Shuozhou City to shrink his troops.
The northern army led by Li Shentong was truly an elite soldier who had fought many battles with few, and Li Shentong personally led the troops. They were defeated so easily by the Far Eastern Army's Whirlwind Battalion, and Luo Shixin was also the youngest general on Wang Junlin's side.
The main reason for this is that the Far Eastern Army has excellent equipment and its weapons are too sharp.
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On October 1, according to the original battle plan, Wu San and Su Changqing led 60,000 troops to attack Qingzhou, an important town in northern Shaanxi, aiming directly at Yan'an Prefecture, the chokepoint of the Hedong Road.
At roughly the same time, Shangguan Hu, Jiang Mulang, and Zhou Hu, with a total of 90,000 troops, consolidated the occupied county town and two military strongholds, and began to approach the famous Longguan.
Longguan is also Longshan.
Longshan Mountain is extremely dangerous. If you go east from here, you can control Guanzhong. If you look southward, you can capture Hanzhong and Bashu. Longshan Mountain is the remnant of Liupan Mountain, stretching for hundreds of miles. It is the right auxiliary of Chang'an, and there is Chencang in the south.
(later Chen Cang), Dashan Pass and other dangerous passes straddle the throat of Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Bashu; in front of the mountain is Long Pass, which controls the main road from Guanzhong to Longyou.
According to the strategic plan, Shangguan Hu, Jiang Mulang and Zhou Hu led an army of 90,000 people to take Chencang Road and approach Chang'an City. Of course, the process will not be so smooth, but what if it succeeds!
Before that, they first had to capture Longguan, the grand pass built by the Li Yuan Group in Longshan, and then they could rush to Chang'an City.
In fact, according to Wang Junlin's plan, as long as Shangguan Hu and the others can capture Longguan, it will be considered a victory along the way.
During the entire battle, Wang Junlin's operational requirements were to minimize losses, use more wisdom and less force, and never use force if it can be achieved by peaceful means, and make full use of the advanced and sharp weapons and equipment of the Far East Army.
Characteristics, or the military intelligence agency mobilizes manpower to contact the enemy's civil and military officials guarding the gates and cities to implement rebellion and alienation strategies.
In this way, the battle against Li Yuan's group is destined to be a combination of fighting and pulling. This is not an absolute conquest. Excessive killing will instead arouse the hatred and resentment of Li Yuan's side, which is not conducive to the implementation of the plan.
Of course, Wang Junlin will never be like Yang Guang, who likes to dictate and do everything personally. He wishes he could directly command the specific actions of each team and interfere in the frontline battle, resulting in defeat.
Therefore, he had no specific orders for the four-pronged army or how to fight specific battles at each battalion. Fighting opportunities were changing rapidly and could not be controlled by Wang Junlin who was thousands of miles away, so he had given full authority to the commander of the troops to give frontline command.