Chapter six hundred and forty seventh cruel battle
An Zihe ordered the ministries: "The three thousand men of the supplementary brigade, together with the two thousand civilians who have been redressed, immediately go north to garrison outside the city of Guiyang Prefecture. Remember, only garrison where you are, and do not take the initiative to launch an attack. If the enemy has a small force,
If a large-scale force attacks, attack resolutely and capture the puppet Ming rebel army. If the main force of the puppet Ming rebel army comes out of the city to attack, quickly retreat.
And keep the news flowing at all times, I must always know the movements of the Ming army in Guiyang Prefecture!"
If the Ming army in Guiyang Prefecture were to mobilize in large numbers to supplement the capabilities of the brigade, even if they could block it, they would probably suffer heavy losses. Therefore, such a situation cannot occur. Once the main force of the Ming army in Guiyang City attacked and came outside Chenzhou City, they tried to attack from both front and rear.
If so, An Zihe would simply give up his plan to storm Chenzhou and make other plans.
As for taking advantage of the puppet Ming bandit army to come out and directly turn around and fight for reinforcements, the Ming army is not stupid, and has become a frightened bird. I am afraid that as soon as our side retreats from Chenzhou City, they will immediately withdraw back to Guizhou.
Yangzhou City is here.
However, An Zihe estimated that the Ming army in Guiyang Prefecture would not have the guts to come out. After all, the three thousand supplementary troops, apart from having no actual combat experience, insufficient training, and weak combat effectiveness, looked no different from the regular army in other aspects. Even two thousand
Looking at the civilian husband after changing his clothes from a distance, the pseudo-Ming thief army probably won't be able to realize that this is just a disguised army by the civilian husband for a while.
So what they will see will be 'five thousand real thieves'. Facing five thousand real thieves, they may not have the guts to leave the city. If they did, the Third Infantry Regiment only had 3,000 men garrisoned before, so they should have left the city at that time
Challenged.
Then An Zihe continued to order: "The temporary fourth regiment is ready to attack the city. The artillery positions must be prepared in advance. Tomorrow we will conduct a trial attack to find out the defense situation of the puppet Ming rebels and prepare for the final general attack!"
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"The Third Infantry Regiment, after switching defenses with the First Supplementary Brigade, rushed to Chenzhou and prepared to storm the city. Whether you can get to the city depends on your Third Infantry Regiment!"
The Third Infantry Regiment is a purely cold weapon unit, mainly equipped with bows, arrows, spears, swords and shields. This kind of siege warfare is the only place where they can play a big role.
Therefore, An Zihe also used the 3rd Infantry Regiment as the main force for the first wave of storming the city, while the temporary 4th Regiment provided fire cover and follow-up attacks.
Immediately, a group of officers said in unison: "Yes!"
Hearing that everyone under his command was full of confidence, An Zihe said: "Well, this time we will go all out to capture Chenzhou. After we capture it, we will gather our forces to conquer Guiyang Prefecture and completely clear the rear for the army going north!"
"After this victory, An will personally ask for credit for everyone!"
As An Zihe made the final decision, many troops began to take action!
But naturally the first to move was not the temporary fourth regiment or the third infantry regiment, but the new recruits from the first supplementary brigade!
More than twenty miles outside the city of Guiyang Prefecture, an army of more than 5,000 people wearing blue clothes and red trousers was rapidly advancing northward. As the army advanced, it occupied all the roads.
This is the First Supplementary Regiment under the 1st Supplementary Brigade. The soldiers in it are all new recruits, without any combat experience, and have not even been able to complete intermediate and advanced training.
At this time, several soldiers carrying muskets in the queue were chatting with each other while following the team!
"Brother Niu, you are well-informed. Do you know where we are going this time? Are we going to attack Guiyang Prefecture?" A second-class soldier who was slightly short but extremely strong said: "
According to our current direction and speed, I’m afraid we will reach Guiyang Prefecture tomorrow!”
At this time, a sergeant with a slight lameness beside him walked taller and shorter, saying: "Fight Guiyang Prefecture? Just us? Don't think too much, it's just you recruits who haven't even completed training.
I'm afraid they will all be scattered if they are blasted by the cannons of the puppet Ming thief army!"
You can tell at a glance that this sergeant has been injured, and the injury is not small. His legs and feet are no longer convenient. According to normal circumstances, such disabled soldiers are allowed to retire directly, and then receive their assigned
Those with minor injuries can enjoy the preferential treatment of the disabled retirement policy of being exempted from agricultural taxes for five years and having their agricultural taxes halved after five years.
Those who have lost their labor force will be exempted from agricultural taxes forever!
Although the number of fields that enjoy the preferential treatment for disabled veterans is limited, it is impossible to say that all the fields you own can enjoy this policy, but it is enough for an ordinary farmer family with a family of several people to enjoy this preferential treatment.
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If you have lost your labor force and cannot farm, or your family has no labor force to farm, you can also rent the land directly to collect rent. In short, your future life is still guaranteed.
If the disability is not very serious, but only slightly disabled, you can also get arrangements for military transfer, arrange to work in the factory of the Ministry of Industry, or return to your hometown to serve as a patrol officer. Of course, you can also divide the fields and arrange work to receive a
If wages are reduced, then the agricultural tax benefits will naturally disappear.
But retiring after being disabled was only the choice of most of the disabled soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, but it was not the choice of the sergeant called Brother Niu in front of him. There was no one in his family for a long time. Why, they all starved to death
He was the only one left, and he had been a soldier all his life. He started recruiting soldiers for the Ming Army when he was fifteen or sixteen years old. Later, he was captured and first served as a garrison of the Tang Dynasty. Later, when he entered the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, he became a musketeer.
A military career lasts longer than time.
Moreover, he reached the rank of sergeant in the Army of the Tang Dynasty, started to read and write, and was thinking of applying for a martial arts school.
It is a pity that in the previous battle of Zhaoqing, he was unfortunately injured. After his right leg was injured, he could not walk smoothly. His superiors asked him if he wanted to retire and promised favorable treatment. After a sergeant like him retires, he can directly
He was arranged to serve as the superintendent of the local patrol force, but he was unwilling to do so. It was better to retire as a patrol policeman than to become a soldier, especially when a non-commissioned officer like him received a high salary, and he was also planning to apply for a martial arts school.
However, if you want to continue serving as a soldier, this main force will definitely not be able to stay any longer. A cripple cannot carry a musket and play line combat with his comrades, nor can he launch a bayonet charge with his comrades.
So in the end, the superiors transferred him to the 1st Supplementary Brigade, and because of his injury, he was promoted to the first rank and became a sergeant.
After arriving at the 1st Supplementary Brigade, although he was still on active duty, his main job was no longer fighting, but training soldiers and passing on his own combat experience to the new recruits.
He doesn't have to go to the front line and just train some new recruits, he can get the salary of a sergeant, and his life is relatively stable. He spent more than ten taels of silver some time ago and married a fair and tender Xiaojiabiyu.
Niu Er is quite satisfied with this kind of life!
At this time, he slightly despised the young private next to him who had just completed the training in the new camp and was assigned to the 1st Supplementary Brigade, and then said: "Don't think about it, where to fight, whether to fight or not, these are all the responsibility of the officers."
It’s not your turn to think about things, just obey the orders!”
As soon as he heard the words "obey orders", the young private said: "That's for sure, we must obey orders!"
From the first day when the young private enlisted in the army, people kept telling him that the most important thing in joining the army was not having great ability, but obeying orders.
Obeying orders, these four words are almost the core of the army of the Tang Dynasty. Whether they are soldiers or officers, they are constantly instilled with the concept of obeying orders, day by day, without interruption, enough to let these recruits know: to be the boss
When the order is given to move forward, even if there is a hail of bullets ahead, you must move forward!
Is this cruel?
Very cruel!
But actual combat is more cruel than training!
In the Battle of Haojing against the Folangji people, the soldiers of the third battalion of the 17th Infantry Regiment under the 6th Infantry Division endured the guns and artillery of the Folangji people and walked step by step to the distance from the Folangji people.
He fired a volley of fire when the man was only thirty meters away, and then launched a bayonet charge!
Without cruel training, almost brainwashing the soldiers to instill the importance of obeying orders, it would be impossible for these soldiers to continue to step forward steadily as if they didn't see their comrades falling down, and then wait until they were thirty meters away.
Shoot!
The combat methods of modern armies are so cruel!
The three thousand supplementary soldiers in the First Supplementary Brigade, as well as the civilians who were wearing military uniforms and carrying cold weapons, did not go directly to the gate of Guiyang Prefecture as the young private had expected. Instead, they entered at nightfall that day.
A friendly military station.
At the same time, Niu Er and the young privates didn't know, and similarly, the Ming army in the city four or five miles away didn't know that that night, the soldiers of the Third Infantry Regiment had been doing everything overnight.
By the next day, only 3,000 supplementary soldiers of the First Supplementary Brigade and 2,000 civilians were left in this camp.
As for the Third Infantry Regiment, they had left overnight and were still on the road during the day. They wanted to rush to Chenzhou and then cooperate with the temporary Fourth Regiment to launch a fierce attack on Chenzhou.
Although the Ming army in Guiyang Prefecture also noticed that something was not normal, because at night, they saw the camp of the puppet Tang rebel army outside the city was brightly lit, with many fire dragons coming in and out. They knew it without guessing.
It was the Puppet Tang thief army that made large-scale mobilization. At first, they thought that the Puppet Tang thief army would attack the city the next morning, so many people did not sleep well and strengthened the defense at the top of the city.
But they did not wait for the puppet Tang rebel army to attack the city. Instead, Chenzhou City ushered in the first attack by the puppet Tang rebel army!
When the Third Infantry Regiment withdrew from Guiyang Prefecture and rushed to Chenzhou, the temporary Fourth Regiment outside Chenzhou City also launched a tentative attack on Chenzhou to prepare for the subsequent general offensive!