I want to be emperor

Chapter 484
Chang'an in Guanzhong, Shaanxi Province, this world famous city was once the capital of 21 dynasties or regimes.

Among them, during the Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was the number one city in the world!
During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Chang'an gradually became an ordinary city due to various reasons. However, after the Chu army conquered Youzhou City last year and Chongzhen committed suicide, Sun Chuanting proclaimed Emperor Longxing in Chang'an again. The government is the capital, and the city of Chang'an is the capital.

This is also the No.20 dynasty or local government in history with Chang'an City as its capital.

However, the Longxing regime only stayed in Chang'an City for more than half a year, but because of the fall of Tongguan and the disastrous defeat of Sun Chuanting, they hurriedly withdrew from Chang'an.

Although Sun Chuanting also left thousands of troops in Chang'an City, and recruited all young and strong men in and around the city who could be recruited to defend the city, trying to rely on this large city to hold back the pace of the Chu army's westward advance.

But as soon as Sun Chuanting left on the front foot, these people on the back foot quickly surrendered to the Chu army who had killed outside Chang'an City.

These civil and military officials who were left behind by Sun Chuanting to slow down the Chu army's pace were not stupid. They knew that they were regarded as abandoned sons by Sun Chuanting, and they knew even more that even if they were all dead, they would not be able to slow down the Chu army's pace.

So the civil and military officials left behind in the city surrendered directly as soon as they gritted their teeth.

Of course, the efforts of the intelligence personnel of the Great Chu Empire, such as the Military Intelligence Department, are also indispensable. The Military Intelligence Department of the Great Chu Empire has always had a layout in Chang'an, especially after Sun Chuanting supported Emperor Longxing, he even regarded Chang'an City as the focus The intelligence battlefield has dispatched a lot of manpower and material resources.

During this process, many civil and military officials from the Longxing regime were naturally recruited.

These officials were also an important factor in the retreat of Sun Chuanting and the overall surrender of Chang'an.

Chang'an surrendered without a fight, so that the Chu army was not held back by Chang'an for even a day. Except for a small number of troops stationed in Chang'an City to control the city and began to clear the city, the main force of the Chu army still marched westward in pursuit.

In particular, the two cavalry brigades bit the Longxing regime's brigade to death.

If Sun Chuanting retreated west with only a few thousand cavalry, then the Chu army might not be able to catch up!

However, Sun Chuanting was withdrawing westward with tens of thousands of people and a large number of luggage, and the speed could not be increased at all.

Among the tens of thousands of fleeing troops from the Longxing regime, Sun Chuanting personally led thousands of cavalry and thousands of infantry to the rear.

In the middle are the civil and military officials and family craftsmen of Emperor Longxing and the Longxing regime, as well as a large number of supplies and thousands of ordinary infantry.

There are still some cavalry and thousands of infantry in the front as vanguards!

The entire team is more than ten kilometers long.

The speed of such a fleeing team cannot go there. Not to mention that the cavalry of the Chu army can bite hard, even the infantry behind can catch up and continue to close the distance.

After all, the chasing Chu army did not need to bring a large number of men, women, old and young dignitaries with no combat effectiveness, nor did they need to bring craftsmen and a large number of various supplies.

Even if they carry artillery and a large amount of baggage, the mobility of the main force of the Chu army has always been good, and all they carry are field artillery and [-]-jin light howitzers, not even mortars, and there are also a lot of carriages for the transportation of ammunition and food. Transported with the army, there are also a large number of transport groups organized by the Logistics Department in the rear for continuous transport.

Therefore, the troops of the Chu army chasing at the front line can fully guarantee a marching speed of more than [-] kilometers per day.

And this speed was unmatched by Sun Chuanting's troops who fled ahead.

Seeing that they were about to be overtaken, before Sun Chuanting sent an order, the civil and military officials of the Longxing regime in front had already dropped a large number of craftsmen and a large amount of luggage, and came to evacuate with light clothes. After joining the thousands of soldiers and horses in front, Go to Longxi first.

Sun Chuanting at the back looked at the craftsmen and a large amount of supplies that were thrown down, and finally sighed, only asking the soldiers under his command to carry as much food as possible, and ignored the rest of strategic supplies such as iron and cloth, as well as the elderly and weak.

The pursuers behind them were less than a day away, and it was impossible for them to continue fleeing with these burdens.

It's just that Sun Chuanting was also worried that if he fled with such light clothes, he didn't even bring much food. Even if he fled to Longxi, he might fall into a food shortage crisis soon.

At that time, even if they want to escape to the Western Regions, they will not be able to escape, because they will starve to death on the way!
And Sun Chuanting was even more worried that even if they left the old and weak and their luggage to escape, they might not be able to escape.

In fact it is true!

How could Huang Dingquan, who led the army westward in pursuit, allow Sun Chuanting and Emperor Longxing to escape westward smoothly?
If we don't kill this remnant of Ximing, we don't know how much trouble we will cause in the future.

On April [-]th, Huang Dingquan led more than [-] people. After three consecutive days of forced marching, he finally caught up with Sun Chuanting's troops at the foot of Qishan Mountain in Fengxiang Prefecture.

In order to force the opponent to stop fleeing, Huang Dingquan ordered the two exhausted cavalry brigades to charge forward directly, forcing the enemy to form a formation to fight.

Sun Chuanting's troops, who were attacked by the cavalry, had to stop their escape and began to fight in formation.

Soon, a group of cavalry troops under Sun Chuanting's command, who also ran all the way, attacked and intercepted the cavalry of the Chu army.

The two cavalry units, which didn't have much physical strength left, fought directly in the wilderness, but the battle was not intense, not even a large-scale group charge.

Because of these two cavalry units, most of the horses are seriously insufficient in physical fitness.

These war horses were barely charging now, they could barely trot with the cavalry on their backs, so in addition to sporadic fighting on horseback, the battles between the two sides were more about wandering cautiously, or simply dismounting and fighting on foot.

Taking advantage of the cavalry confrontation between the two sides, Huang Dingquan personally led the No. 20 Fourth Division with more than [-] infantry and field artillery units to attack the enemy.

Numerous field cannons were urgently dragged forward by mules and horses, and the artillery crew trotted forward, then deployed the cannons on the spot, and aimed the muzzles at Sun Chuanting's troops who were hurriedly arrayed in front of them and fired.

Similarly, the remaining dozen or so field guns under Sun Chuanting's command also deployed and fired back.

The field artillery of both sides began to bombard each other.

Amid the sound of rumbling guns, the musketeers of the No. 20 Fourth Infantry Division began to form a battalion as a unit and began to advance to the center of the battlefield one by one.

After approaching the battlefield, these columns quickly expanded into horizontal formations!
And these horizontal formations are different from the Chu army phalanx that the Ming army was familiar with in the past!
There were no spearmen among them, but all musketeers!
Their formation does not have six rows, but only a three-row formation that looks very thin, and seems to be able to break through with one impact.

Afterwards, these Chu army musketeers moved forward step by step amidst the sound of drums from the military band!
Occasionally, shells fired by the Ming army fell into the array of musketeers of the Chu army, injuring some of the musketeers of the Chu army, but these sporadic killings were almost negligible to the tens of thousands of musketeers of the Chu army on the battlefield.

On the contrary, dozens of large and small field artillery carried by the Chu army inflicted greater casualties on the Ming army on the opposite side!

The array listed by the Ming army on the opposite side is more dense, basically a large square array with six or even eight rows, and the effect of solid shells on this kind of thick square array with the so-called strategic depth has always been very good.

However, the main force of the Ming army on the opposite side is also the new Qin army that Sun Chuanting has painstakingly compiled for many years, and has also fought against the Chu army many times, so it is relatively resistant to shelling.

It is impossible to directly destroy the Ten Thousand Ming Army by relying solely on shelling.

But when the infantry of the Chu army stepped up and down, everything became very simple.

The No.90 Sixth Infantry Regiment's No. 180 Battalion on the right flank of the battlefield was the first to approach the enemy, and quickly narrowed the distance between the two sides from the initial hundreds of meters to about [-] meters.

At this time, the infantry of the No. 90 Sixth Infantry Regiment's First Battalion stopped one after another and began to organize and reload!

Continue to move forward after loading. When the distance is shortened to [-] meters, the musketeers in the Ming army array on the opposite side can't help but fire on their own.

Scattered gunshots rang out, but few infantrymen of the Chu Army on the opposite side fell down.

"Damn it, they haven't come up yet, they can't hit at such a distance, don't fire!" An officer of the Arimei Army rode his horse to stop the soldiers under his command from shooting meaninglessly at long distances.

But seeing this scene, a major of the Chu Army who led the army forward smiled!
Then continue to march forward with the troops under your command!
When he stepped forward to a distance of about 80 meters, the leading major officer gave the order: "Stop, prepare to fire!"

The soldiers of the infantry battalion under his command stopped in unison, and then the first row of soldiers in the queue raised their muskets!
"Fire!"

Following the officer's order, the musketeers in the first row launched the first wave of infantry attacks on the battlefield!
Followed by the second row, the third row.

The three rows of musketeers took turns to load and fire, and as the musketeers of the infantry battalion continued to fire, the soldiers of the Ming army array on the opposite side fell down one after another under the intensive firepower!

Although the matchlock gunners among them were also firing back, the firepower density of the two sides was completely incomparable.

The Ming army on the opposite side actually has a lot of troops, more than 600 people. This is a very typical establishment of the old first-class division of the Chu army. There are about 200 matchlock gunners and the same number of spearmen. The upper part is the sword and shield hand.

The various new standard troops in the Ming army, including the infantry units in the new Qin army, almost copied the old first-class division formation of the Chu army, except for the title, nothing else was changed.

And there are only more than 200 musketeers in this establishment, and these 200 people are divided into six horizontal lines, which means that there are only more than 30 musketeers in the front row.

Opposite them, the No.90 Sixth Infantry Regiment of the Chu Army, the first battalion, had more than 250 musketeers in the first row with the same tactical breadth as them.

The firepower density of both sides is almost seven or eight times higher!
(End of this chapter)