That was the main force of the Ming Army with at least 30,000 people. Unless they were found, the senior generals of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty and even Emperor Li Xuan would have trouble sleeping and eating.
Otherwise, they would not have sent out so many scout troops to search forward. Now that they have learned that Liping City has been captured by the Ming army's forwards, they naturally need to go to Liping City as soon as possible to find the Ming army's forwards and even
their main force.
This scout team rushed on the road overnight, and Sun Yawei led this group of broken troops to rest for a night, and then continued their journey early the next morning. They were going towards the Bronze Drum Acropolis, so on the way they
You will be able to meet the army led by Li Xuan himself and then join them.
Sun Yawei still had to report to Li Xuan personally the situation before and after the fall of Liping Fucheng.
Although Sun Yawei led his troops to retreat with Li Xuan's permission, and Li Xuan even gave him a greeting in advance, under the attack of the Ming army, he could not hold out for a day, which was still a big failure.
He must meet the Holy Spirit as soon as possible and then explain.
The next morning, Sun Yawei, who continued to head northeast, encountered several units of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty. These units were not large in size, and most of them consisted of as few as ten people, and as many as twenty or thirty people.
Large in scale, you can tell from the first glance that they are outpost reconnaissance troops of the forward troops. These small teams will provide early warning for the troops, while clearing some minor troubles and obstacles along the way to clear the way for the main army.
In addition to these infantry, they also encountered two reconnaissance cavalry units. The number of reconnaissance cavalry units was even smaller, usually four or five cavalry units in a small group.
After all, the new army of the Tang Dynasty did not have many cavalry, and more importantly, the cavalry's search range was much larger than that of the infantry's reconnaissance troops. After this was dispersed, the reconnaissance cavalry troops would be even more insufficient.
Sun Yawei and the others were able to encounter so many forward reconnaissance troops and reconnaissance cavalry along the way because they happened to be directly in front of the army.
After contacting them one by one, although Sun Yawei could not get the exact location of the army and His Majesty from the soldiers of these reconnaissance troops, he could roughly guess that His Majesty and the army were estimated to be about thirty miles away to the north.
As for the main force of the forward, it is estimated to be about seven or eight miles north!
What he saw in the afternoon also confirmed his suspicion, because that afternoon, he saw a large number of forward troops of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty marching past his eyes.
"Sir, the staff department has asked, these friendly troops are brothers of the 3rd Infantry Regiment!"
Sun Yawei nodded slightly. As the first feudal historian of the Tang Dynasty, even though he is now as miserable as a lost dog because of his escape, he still maintains the dignity of a feudal historian and will definitely not dismount and run away.
Go to the main road and ask the top soldiers which unit you are from.
"Finally we have joined the imperial army. Now we are safe!" At this time, another subordinate official said: "It's uncomfortable to be scared all the way!"
"Tsk, tsk, look at their muskets. They are all brand new. I'm afraid they are the guns they just received. They are indeed the main force of my Datang King's Division. With such military power and momentum, they look majestic!"
The low-ranking officer in the bandit camp said this.
At this time, another officer of the robbery camp who was slightly older than him said with disdain: "What kind of main force? Judging from their numbers, they should be the troops of the 8th Battalion. This is just a new unit.
There is no way to compare with several old infantry battalions, let alone the first battalion where I served back then!"
"If I hadn't been transferred a month ago, I would be at least a deputy platoon commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion now!"
Others naturally knew the background of the officer in the robber battalion. He was a sergeant swordsman and shield bearer in the 1st Infantry Battalion. However, because of his hot temper, he had a fight with his comrades last month and was killed.
He was transferred to the newly established anti-theft camp in Liping Prefecture as deputy captain by paper transfer order. It seemed that he was promoted to patrol lieutenant and deputy captain, but everyone knew that this was a demotion.
The opponent who fought with him also could not escape the punishment of military law. He was also kicked out of the main force and transferred to the bandit camp in Xingquan Mansion.
The prospects of serving in the main force cannot be compared with the prospects of serving in the bandit camp, because the bandit camp is just a local security force and will have combat missions, but it is certainly not comparable to that of the main force.
Without the opportunity to fight, there will naturally be no military exploits. Without military exploits, there is no promotion!
What's more, the military ranks in the bandit camp are not the same as the official military ranks in the main force. The military ranks of the officers and soldiers in the bandit camp are prefixed with 'patrol police'. From this rank, it can be seen that they belong to
The Patrol Department is under the dual jurisdiction of the military and is an auxiliary force whose main task is to maintain local security.
Fighting the enemy is actually not their main task.
Now that I see the friendly forces of the main force, I can't help but feel envious and regretful. If I had known, I would be fighting like a fool. Now that the main force is in the process of large-scale expansion, as long as they fight a few battles and survive, a veteran like him
It is easy for noncommissioned officers to continue their promotion and become officers in the regular army.
such a pity!
In fact, there are quite a few people like him who were kicked out of the main force and served in the thief-catching camp because of small mistakes such as fighting!
These things may seem like trivial matters, but the requirements of the main force for soldiers are that you don’t have to be brave or even cowardly, but you must not become a thorn, because the thorn represents that the soldier still maintains his personality, and personality is in the army, especially in the army.
This was absolutely unacceptable in the new army of the Tang Dynasty, which relied on strict military discipline.
The soldiers needed by the new army of the Tang Dynasty are soldiers who are like wooden men. When the officer orders you to move forward, even if there is a pit in front of you, you jump down without hesitation.
The training goal of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty for soldiers was to strive to eliminate all individuality and even humanity of the soldiers, turning them into mechanical soldiers who could only obey orders.
Such a soldier is a qualified line infantry!
Otherwise, how can you let them keep loading and firing in the face of the enemy's guns, bows and arrows after they go to the battlefield, and they have to obey the officer's command to load and fire in unison!
Otherwise, how can you let them withstand the enemy's firepower without firing a single shot, but just walk in unison until they are only twenty or thirty meters away from the enemy before firing a volley, and then after firing the volley, they hold their bayonets.
Rush forward with the musket!
To do this, it requires not only the courage of the soldiers, but also their instinctive obedience to orders. Even if they are afraid, even if their hands and feet are trembling, they must obey orders!
Obviously, soldiers who are able to fight with their comrades over a disagreement have retained too much personality or bloodiness. They may be very brave, but they may be the first to escape.
And the New Army of the Tang Dynasty does not need such people!
Sun Yawei did not interrupt the discussion of his subordinates. He looked at the troops passing by him, and he couldn't help but feel heroic in his heart. With such a strong army, why should our Tang Dynasty not be happy?
Recovering the city of Liping is something we can wait for someday, and it is also very possible to sweep through Guizhou, Huguang, and several provinces around Guangxi in the future.
When they stopped on the side of the road to let the army in front of them pass by, an officer on horseback also rode up to Sun Yawei and others. After he came over, he gave a military salute.
This military salute of cupping hands is a traditional military salute for Chinese soldiers. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty inspected the military camp, Zhou Yafu greeted him with cupped hands, because it was difficult to kneel down and salute while wearing armor.
As a Han dynasty that prides itself on being orthodox and can no longer be orthodox, the military etiquette of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty is also unavoidable. It follows this military etiquette with thousands of years of tradition and even stipulates it in the military regulations.
The New Army of the Tang Dynasty is a modern army that adheres to military law and observes disciplines everywhere. Basically, it has rigid and strict requirements in every word and glance, not only battlefield discipline, but also many daily rules.
For example, military regulations stipulate that when officers and soldiers meet, regardless of whether they are soldiers or generals, high or low in rank, they must bow their hands to each other in salute, and must not kneel down, which will undermine the dignity of the military.
Even when meeting the saint, except for special occasions, such as the clearly stipulated requirements for generals and soldiers to kneel down and worship, at other times if the soldiers are in military uniform, they are exempt from the kneeling ceremony.
Only when you are wearing civilian clothes, you need to kneel down before the Holy Spirit. However, soldiers are basically in military uniforms all year round, so it can be said that soldiers are basically exempted from the kneeling ceremony.
Sun Yawei nodded slightly towards the second lieutenant, and then he heard the second lieutenant say: "May I ask, but in person to the Lord Sun of Liping Mansion?"
Sun Yawei said: "This is exactly what I am doing!"
The second lieutenant said: "Master Sun, my regimental leader invites you!"
Sun Yawei nodded immediately, and then followed the second lieutenant forward, and within a short time he saw the regimental commander the second lieutenant was talking about.
But when he saw this man, he was a little surprised, because the commander was not the Fang Xitong he was familiar with. He remembered clearly that the commander of the Third Infantry Regiment was Fang Xitong. How could he be in front of him?
What about this middle-aged man?
He also knew that this middle-aged man seemed to have worked for the Privy Council in the past. His surname was Song, and he was the deputy director of the Operations Department, with an official rank of major.
I just don’t know when I became the commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment!
And where did Fang Xitong go? Could it be that he offended His Majesty and resigned? Or was he defeated and resigned? Or was he unlucky enough to be wounded on the battlefield?
Or maybe he simply died on the battlefield?
If Fang Xitong, who has been promoted to the commander of the second brigade, knew what he was thinking at this moment, he would probably spit on his face: Have I offended you? All you think about is how unlucky I am, why can't you think about it?