Three hundred and fiftieth chapters not easy to mess with the thieves
At the foot of Lipingfu City, Hao Bainian led several officers up a small slope, and then told Lipingfu City in the distance how to fight this trial battle.
"Sir, this Liping City seems to be thicker than Xingquan City. The city wall is much higher than that of Xingquan City. And judging from the flags on the top of their city, there are probably a lot of defenders. I guess at least
There must be two to three thousand people!" A middle-aged major said to Hao Bainian.
Hao Bainian nodded slightly and said: "The city wall is indeed thicker and there are more defenders. However, among the defenders under their flag, not even three or four out of ten are wearing Ming Army uniforms. The regular troops in the city are afraid
There are less than a thousand people!”
Having said this, he raised his head and glanced at Major Chen, and then said: "You are also the old man who came here with Director Zeng. This court system must be remembered, and the word "sir" must not be mentioned again!"
Hearing what Hao Bainian said, Major Chen was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and said: "The staff is guilty!"
The word "sir" mentioned by Hao Bainian need not be mentioned again because the new regulations of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty, which were promulgated during the previous military expansion, have clearly stipulated that in official documents, officers must not be treated with the general "sir", names, titles, nicknames, etc.
The formal title is just the title, but the military title must be addressed.
In order to facilitate the exchange of official documents, otherwise, if you say something like "Mr.
Please give your last name and detailed military position, so that the people in the Privy Council or Your Majesty will know who is who.
For example, for Hao Bainian, the official title given to him by his subordinates in official documents should be 'Colonel Hao Bainian, Commander of the First Infantry Regiment'. For ordinary titles, he can be referred to as colonel, regiment commander and other military positions and titles.
Although this regulation is only for official documents, the army is also an officialdom. The higher-ups have asked for it, and the people below will naturally do some things to correct the past. For example, they will no longer call you "sir" in private.
'This vocabulary.
So much so that now the word 'adult' has become exclusive to civil servants.
Although Hao Bainian is currently the highest-ranking officer in the New Army of the Tang Dynasty, and is also deeply trusted by Li Xuan, the more he is like this, the more cautious he becomes. After all, he is unambiguous in major matters, and he is strict with himself even in small matters, but
Please don't make any mistakes that anyone can blame.
After all, Hao Bainian also knew that although he was favored by His Majesty, he could not be like Fang Xitong, who shamelessly took pride in showing loyalty when making any choice.
During the Second Battle of Lanjiang, Fang Xitong made a conservative choice, but it was surrounded by dangers and almost ruined a major event. This incident made many people quite dissatisfied.
But this time when four infantry regiments were established, Fang Xitong still became the commander of the third infantry regiment, which made many people a little unconvinced, such as the Major Chen in front of them.
He thought that Fang Xitong had only mediocre abilities and was just flattering and loyal, so he got the position of leader of the 3rd Infantry Regiment. This Fang Xitong was simply the Wang Wenhua of the military, he could do nothing but flatter.
Major Chen believed that even if his bottom line dropped by half, he would not be as shameless as Fang Xitong.
As for Hao Bainian, although he said that it would not have any negative impact on Fang Xitong, he also knew that his superior position was different from Fang Xitong's.
The latter relies on loyalty, while he relies on military exploits!
Although military merit sounds more reliable, it also puts more pressure on him. He cannot make mistakes. Once he makes a mistake, the great future in front of him will be ruined.
He also wanted to become the first general in the new army of the Tang Dynasty. Well, a real general title, such as major general, instead of the old general title with wild hair.
Therefore, he always has the strictest demands on himself and his subordinates, and does not give others a chance to find fault with him.
However, the conversation between Hao Bainian and Major Chen was not affected by these words. After Major Chen realized what he said, he quickly changed his tune: "Commander, if we test the attack later, let the Second Battalion of the Staff Department
Go ahead, we just did a lot of training related to attacking difficulties a while ago!"
Hao Bainian nodded slightly and said: "Okay, I'll wait for your second battalion. Tell the people below that this is just a test attack. It's not advisable to use too much force. If you test out their true and false, then the mission will be completed!"
Major Chen said: "Understood!"
The New Army of the Tang Dynasty was about to launch a probing attack, but the posture they put up was not like a probing attack at all, because even a probing attack needed to be foolproof. Three infantry battalions of an infantry regiment were actually deployed, and the artillery
The troops also began to prepare to fire artillery.
Put on a good posture to prevent accidents from happening!
However, the posture put up by the new army of the Tang Dynasty frightened the Ming army in the city, because from the perspective of the Ming army, these pseudo-Tang thieves were trying to attack, and they were just preparing for the attack.
General attack.
Look at their artillery, there are at least twenty large and small cannons, and the three inside can be seen as heavy artillery at a glance, which put great psychological pressure on these Ming troops.
They are not fools, nor are they fools who have never seen firearms or used cannons. At least there are more than ten bowl-mouthed cannons on the top of the city of Liping Mansion.
But even if they just look at the size, they are Zhijia's bowl-mouth cannons that only weigh a few dozen or a hundred kilograms. There is no way to compare with the three respects cannons of the puppet Tang rebel army.
Their heavy artillery, like the thousands-jin general artillery of the imperial border army and navy, needed to be pulled by several horses even to the battlefield, and then a group of people yelled hard to push it to the artillery position, and then the person who served the artillery unexpectedly
There were also seven or eight people.
Like the bowl-mouth cannon here, two or three people can operate it.
The disadvantages of this artillery are quite considerable!
In addition to artillery, the neat infantry phalanx of the puppet Tang rebels outside the city also put great pressure on them.
Whether it is in the cold weapon age or the musket age, to judge the basic quality of an army, you can basically tell it by looking at their formation.
Although it is not necessarily said that an army that can quickly form an orderly and consistent movement is a strong army, because many armies are still useless, but any army with powerful combat power must have an extremely orderly formation.
Because formation is the most basic condition for forming an army in the cold weapon age and the musket age. Without formation, it would be impossible to fight a war.
The pseudo-Tang bandit army is neatly formed, and you can tell at a glance that they are not someone to be trifled with!