Turbulent Times Chapter 1554: Where does the gap in combat power come from?

Following Wang Junlin's order to start the war, the Far East Army, both inside and outside the army, civil and military officials were all excited.

The current territory of the Far Eastern Army is quite large. There are 21 counties in Hebei, Central Plains, and Shandong, as well as Youzhou, Mayi County, five counties in the Northwest, and two counties in Jiangnan. To be honest, The situation is already the largest among all the forces in the world today, that is to say, the Li Yuan Group is slightly smaller than the Far East Army.

But the Far Eastern Army still feels that it is not enough. There is no other reason, as long as you are an official, no one does not want to make contributions, and this is especially true in all the Far Eastern Army who speak of merit. Enough merit represents official position, power, wealth, and the honorable founding title after the founding of the country in the future , which means conferring a wife and son, prosperity and wealth.

Nowadays, among the military officials of the Far Eastern Army, there are many fierce generals, and among the virtuous ministers, there are also capable people, and ambitious people can be found everywhere.

With so many people, if they don't fight the world, where will they get credit. Therefore, everyone was waiting for this day to happen, waiting for Wang Junlin to give the order to send further troops.

But in fact, only a small number of people know that the strategic deployment of the troops has already been completed, and when the troops will be dispatched, Wang Junlin, Yuchi Jingde, Luo Shixin, Shen Guoer, Li Jing, Luo Yi and other army commanders, as well as Du Ruhui , Liu Ziming, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling and a small number of important officials already know about it.

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In the 14th year of Daye, on September 15th, under the anticipation of the military officials of the Far East Army and some people in Hedong, Guanzhong, and northern Shaanxi, the Far East Army divided into east, west, and north three armies and sent troops to Li Yuan Group.

Wang Junlin personally commanded the northern route. Luo Shixin's whirlwind battalion and Wu Si's troops, a total of 100,000 cavalry, went directly to Taiyuan Mansion in Hedong. Li Shentong, the army of the North Road, had no choice but to lead his troops to intercept and engage in a certain field battle with the Far East Army.

In the west, Shangguan Hu, Zhou Hu, Jiang Mulang, Wu San, and Su Changqing were divided into two groups. Relying on various sharp siege weapons, they captured the four armies recently built by the Li Family Group within half a month. Village, two counties.

On the east side, Yuchi Jingde, Lu Han, and Guan Xiaotong led an army of 150,000 to the east of the river, but were blocked by Li Shimin at a dangerous pass, and the two sides were in a stalemate for a while.

The most intense dependence on the battlefield

Although it is the 100,000 cavalry of Wu Si and Luo Shixin under the personal command of Wang Junlin, in fact, the 100,000 elite troops sent by the Li Yuan Group led by Li Shentong are themselves the most elite troops of the Li Yuan Group. There are 50,000 defenders in Taiyuan, with a total of 200,000 horses, which shows the importance and fear of Wang Junlin.

On the third day, Li Shentong dispatched tens of thousands of soldiers from the county to intercept Wu Si's troops. He personally led an army of 100,000 to intercept the 50,000 cavalry led by Luo Shixin. One hundred thousand versus fifty thousand field battles, when the fierce battle started, Li Shentong, who had expected at least not to lose at least, was taken aback and felt cold in his heart.

For a long time, Li Yuan Group believed that if the Far Eastern Army's various powerful long-range attack weapons mainly gunpowder packs were not mentioned, the combat power of the Far Eastern Army was not very different from them. But now this battle tells them a result: they are still far behind the Far East Army.

The difference is not that Li Jiajun's individual combat power and battle formation are much worse than that of the Far Eastern Army, but because the iron armor of the soldiers of the Far Eastern Army has become steel plate armor, and the iron weapons in their hands have also become steel knives. The defense value of guns and armor and the sharpness value of weapons have been greatly improved, which directly greatly improves the combat power of every soldier in the Far East Army.

The armor and weapons of the Li Yuan Group army are still the same as before, although compared to other forces in the world except the Far East Army, they are already well-equipped, and everyone has iron armor. But compared with the Far Eastern Army, the gap widened.

However, Li Shentong is also a veteran who can fight well, and he is commanding an elite of 100,000 soldiers. Relying on the fact that the number of troops is twice that of the Far Eastern Army, the two sides fought peacefully at first, but when the Far Eastern Army In addition to the gunpowder packs fired by the trebuchet, the giant guns, crossbows, and steel string bows, twenty vehicle-mounted crossbows were suddenly launched and hundreds of grenades were thrown, and Li Shentong's party fell four or five times in an instant. More than a thousand people didn't say anything, and then there was a trend of defeat.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Li Yuan's side to be defeated. Li Shentong was shocked, left nearly ten thousand corpses behind, and retreated to Shuozhou City, shrinking his troops.

The Beilu Army led by Li Shentong is a true elite soldier who fights more and less, and Li Shentong personally led the army, so easily defeated by the Far East Army's whirlwind battalion, and Luo Shixin is still the youngest on Wang Junlin's side general.

The main reason for this is that the Far East Army is well equipped and the weapons are too sharp.

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On October 1, according to the original battle plan, Wu San and Su Changqing led 60,000 troops to attack Qingzhou, an important town in northern Shaanxi.

Roughly at the same time, Shangguanhu, Jiang Mulang, and Zhou Hu, with a total of 90,000 troops, consolidated a county and two army strongholds, and began to approach the famous Longguan.

Longguan is also Longshan.

Longshan Mountain is extremely dangerous. According to this, if you go east, you can control the pass, and if you look south, you can seize Hanzhong and Bashu. Longshan Mountain is the remaining vein of Liupan Mountain, stretching for hundreds of miles. There is Longguan, which controls the main road from Guanzhong to Longyou.

According to the strategic plan, Shangguan Hu, Jiang Mulang, and Zhou Hu will lead an army of 90,000 troops along Chen Cang Road, and approach Chang'an City. Of course, the process will not be so smooth, but what if it succeeds!

Before that, they had to win the grand pass built by the Li Yuan Group in the Longshan Mountain—Longguan before they could go to Chang'an City.

In fact, according to Wang Junlin's plan, as long as the three of Shangguanhu can win Longguan, it will be considered a victory along the way.

During the entire combat process, Wang Junlin's operational requirements were to reduce losses as much as possible, use more wisdom and less force, and never resort to force if they can be obtained by peaceful means, and make full use of the weapons and equipment of the Far East Army Advanced and sharp features, or the military intelligence government mobilizes manpower to contact the enemy civil and military officials who guard the gates and guard the city, and implement countermeasures and alienation strategies.

In this way, it is doomed that the battle against Li Yuan Group will be both fighting and pulling. This is not an absolute conquest. Excessive killing and poking will instead arouse hatred on Li Yuan's side, which is not conducive to the implementation of the plan.

Of course, Wang Junlin will never be like Yang Guang, who likes to point fingers and do everything by himself. He wishes he could directly command the specific actions of each team and interfere with the frontline battle, resulting in defeat.

Therefore, he has no specific orders on how to fight the four-way army and each battalion. Give full autonomy to frontline commanders.

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