Qiming 1158

Chapter 96 The face of Jiagu Asu is very ugly
Until the second day of the seventh lunar month, Su Yonglin's department had completed all the pre-war preparations.

Under his order, more than 5000 finished flying guns have been sent to the front line and handed over to the soldiers. Time is running out, so Su Yonglin took out some of them for on-site training to let the soldiers become familiar with the flying guns.

When the rather spectacular sparks erupted, the soldiers all sighed with emotion and were quite interested in the flying muskets.

But interest is not the key, the key is to train in a queue.

When to raise a gun, when to fire it, when to stab it out, etc., all these require training.

The Shengjie Army has a short time to form an army. Although Su Yonglin has a systematic training plan, he is willing to invest a lot of resources in training, but there is not enough time.

If he really had to face a ruthless character like Tiefutu, Su Yonglin could only do the worst.

However, the Jin people are probably not very willing to use heavy armored cavalry.

Heavy cavalry is tough, but it is also a very expensive arm. A heavy cavalry not only has requirements on horses, but also on people. It is almost the cooperation of top strong men and top high-headed horses to become a heavy cavalry.

It hurts to lose one.

Su Yonglin estimated that the two thousand cavalry were mainly light cavalry, and the number of heavily armored cavalry should be very small.

Despite this, they cannot be underestimated, they are also the most troublesome existence for infantry.

Said to be light cavalry, in fact, cavalry is also equipped with armor. The quality of armor is better than that of light infantry. It should be fully equipped. Bows, arrows, machetes and even cavalry are equipped. Compared with heavy cavalry, they are more mobile and more economical and practical.

Even the heavy armored cavalry did not have the support of the light cavalry, and this battle was really difficult to fight.

If it is an ordinary weak chicken, it will be fine, and it is easy to be ravaged by the heavy cavalry, but some well-prepared and well-trained infantry troops are also very dangerous when they move out the weapons such as horse-rejecting spears, and generally do not want to force a charge.

At that time, the light cavalry will need to appear, and use the powerful maneuvering force to surround the infantry formation to constantly harass and attack back and forth, and use all means to make gaps in the defense line of the infantry formation.

The transmission of information on the battlefield is very slow. The main general may not be able to find a gap in one direction in time, and if it is found, it may not be able to make up in time. At that time, it is time for the heavy cavalry to appear.

If you catch that weak point, you can rush in.

All in all, cavalry is like a pack of wolves compared to infantry. They are cunning and cunning. In the face of large prey, even if they can’t kill them with one blow, they will deal with it patiently. They use their advantages to exhaust the prey’s physical energy little by little, and then catch them. Chance to kill in one hit.

In the face of such an enemy, limiting its mobility is the best ultimate move.

All the preparations Su Yonglin can do have been completed, and the personnel and affairs have been exhausted, and it is time to obey the destiny.

Because he was too nervous, Su Yonglin, a staunch materialist, silently prayed to heaven.

If he can't win this battle, he will die here, and there will be no next time.

All his ideals and plans will turn into bubbles, and the Restoration Army will soon be pacified by the Jin Army, which will eventually become a fantasy.

If he can win, even if it is a tragic victory, Su Yonglin will be very happy.

After waiting for a few more days, Su Yonglin replenished several meals of oil, water and protein for the soldiers of the Shengjie Army, and the Jin Army finally came.

On the fourth day of the seventh lunar month, the sentry sent by Su Yonglin informed Su Yonglin that the main force of the Jin army had reached the blocked area of ​​the river only one day away, and would enter the blocked area one day later, and the duel between the two sides would officially begin.

Su Yonglin nodded to indicate that he knew.

But he was still a little puzzled.

He was a little unclear as to why he hadn't encountered Jin Jun's sentries or vanguards.

Generally speaking, when the army is advancing, it is necessary to send some sentries to spy on the news, or send a team as a vanguard to explore the way for the army, and always spy on the enemy's situation.

But he didn't see it. The sentry sent by him even got the news about Jin Jun's wanton investigation near Jin Jun's camp at night. Jin Jun didn't send people in the direction of Tai'an Prefecture, as if there was no Restoration Army in Tai'an Prefecture at all. As if they exist, they are simply turning in, not coming to fight.

Is it really so?
It really can't blame Su Yonglin for thinking too much. That's how other people's armies fight. For fear that he will suffer from military intelligence, he wants to predict that the enemy will come first, but this golden army just doesn't seem to care.

There are of course many reasons.

The first one, Tai'an Prefecture Governor Shi Dalei fled to Dongping Prefecture, and notified the news of Tai'an Prefecture's fall, so Shuhu Siji and Jiagu Asu judged that there were about two or three thousand rebels in Tai'an Prefecture.

Then the main thing is that Jiagu Asu really didn't take the Restoration Army in his eyes. He felt that as long as he saw the army, the soldiers of the Restoration Army would fall into ruin and escape.

Of course it is excusable.

This was the case in several small-scale counter-insurgency battles against the Restoration Army that Jiagu Asu fought around Dongping House before he dispatched troops.

He only took [-] cavalry and rushed over, and he could smash seven or eight hundred soldiers of the Restoration Army into chaos. He didn't even need to use heavy armored cavalry to defeat the chaotic army under the banner of the Restoration Army.

Those chaotic troops under the banner of the Restoration Army were often terrified when they saw the cavalry rushing all the way forward, turned around and ran with a strange cry, not forming a formation at all, and then they were naturally slaughtered by Jiagu Asu.

Occasionally, there are some bold, loose formations, and then throw a bow and arrow, scattered a few arrows, and there is no way to effectively kill the Golden Army cavalry.

After several battles in this way, only one of the three hundred cavalry was killed and several others were wounded.

So Jiagu Asu's impression of the Restoration Army was that it had a great reputation, great momentum, and poor strength, so he didn't pay much attention to the Restoration Army.

He just wanted to wait until Tai'an Prefecture, push it directly, and then inquire about the news after that. After all, in terms of administrative planning, Tai'an Prefecture belongs to the Shanxi Road.

Although he felt that his subordinates were also a mob, but he had enough cavalry, and he could gather two or three hundred cavalry to charge into the formation. For the weak army of liberation, that was appropriate.

Jiagu Asu even doubted that the rebels would be able to face the majestic Imperial cavalry head-on.

When they saw so many cavalrymen, they should have been scared to pee.

Su Yonglin didn't know how much Jiagu Asu despised the rebellious Restoration Army, and of course he had no way of knowing why he had such a god-level operation.

Of course, Jiagu Asu didn't care about these things.

He didn't even know the existence of Su Yonglin.

He was rushing forward with the main force to the blockage area prepared for him by the Shengjie Army, and finally reached the river blockage area on the fifth day of the seventh lunar month.

Then his grain-carrying vessel fell into Su Yonglin's trap without any accident and was unable to move forward, causing great confusion and shock to the entire Jin Army.

"What's the matter? The ship can't move?"

Jiagu Asu was very annoyed and found the logistics officer.

The logistics officer's face was covered with sweat in a hurry, and he replied tremblingly: "I sent someone to look at it just now. There is no problem with the boat. The problem is at the bottom of the river. There are many sunken ships at the bottom of the river. "

"Unless what?"

"Unless you spend some effort and time, salvage the sunken ship from the bottom of the river, and find ways to clear the channel, the ship can continue to move forward."

"What are you waiting for?"

Jiagu Asu stared: "Why don't you go to clean up the river? It's delaying the march, you don't want your head anymore, do you?"

"No, no, this subordinate will go, but...but..."

"But what? No mother-in-law, hurry up!"

"Yes! There are a lot of sunken ships at the bottom of the river. It may take a lot of time to salvage them. Even if you don't salvage them, just cleaning them up will take a lot of time, and it is very likely that the ships will travel very slowly after cleaning."

The logistics officer lowered his head deeply, not daring to look directly at Jiagu Asu.

Jiagu Asu looked impatient.

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me how long it will take?"

"At least... seven days."

"Seven days?!"

Jiagu Asu looked up at the large number of grain-carrying ships that were trapped in the river not far away and unable to move forward, as well as the bustling soldiers on the shore. After a calculation, his face was very ugly.

Before the expedition, Yelu Chenghui found him, gave him a thorough understanding, and asked him to occupy Tai'an Prefecture as soon as possible to end the march, otherwise the food problem would be serious.

(End of this chapter)