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"Empire Hegemony" Chapter 586
"Xitian Mansion, one of the three major grain storage areas in Jiangnan Province, has countless granaries built on the eastern suburbs of Xitian Mansion!"
In the temporary camp of the attacking column, more than 20 officers of the Qinghe Army gathered in front of a crude map. Tian Changjie, the deputy head of the banner, was pointing to a point on the map and loudly introducing the situation.
Tian Changjie, the deputy head of the 12th Banner Regiment, was ordered to form an attack column with two infantry banner battalions and one cavalry banner battalion as a side division.
Their task is not only to attract the attention of various enemy forces, but also to take on the task of capturing Xitian Mansion.
Now Chen Ziang and his Second Army need a lot of food for their development, and the Jiangnan Province has fertile land and high food production, and it is one of the food supply places for the entire Far Eastern Dynasty.
The Jiangnan Province has established centralized grain storage warehouses in the three prefectures within the territory, and the one near Xitian Mansion is the largest.
The first task of Tian Changjie, deputy head of the banner, and the others was to capture Xitian Mansion and control the stored granaries.
Because once the granary in Xitian Mansion is controlled, it means that their Qinghe Army will not have food shortages.
Now although they have occupied some prefectures and counties and seized some money and food, they can only solve the urgent needs.
However, if they control the largest granary in Jiangnan Province, the stored grain will be enough for them to last for a long time.
After all, people are iron and rice is steel. If you don¡¯t eat a meal, you will be hungry. Food has become an important strategic material for all forces to compete for.
"The scout reported that besides the two dynasty garrison battalions, there are more than 10,000 militiamen from the 31st regiment of the militia army gathered in Xitianfu. In addition, there are also two infantry battalions from the southern army. "
"But now we only have two banner battalions of infantry and one banner battalion of cavalry, our strength is at a disadvantage."
"Once the enemy realizes that we are attacking Xitian Mansion, they are likely to jump over the wall and burn down the granary. Therefore, the Sharp Blade Assault Brigade must sneak in first to prevent them from burning the grain."
After hearing the words of Tian Changjie, the deputy head of the banner, Cheng Fengzi, the commander of the Blade Assault Brigade, immediately stood up.
"Old Tian, ??I personally led the brothers to sneak in to protect the food." Crazy Cheng said.
Crazy Cheng promised: "As long as our sharp-blade assault brigade is there, we can guarantee that they will not be able to burn the food."
Tian Changjie is not a sloppy person either. The Blade Assault Brigade has attacked cities and villages all the way, and is good at infiltration and camouflage.
Several towns were taken down by the Blade Assault Brigade, so he still has confidence in the Blade Assault Brigade.
"Old Cheng, the safety of the food is left to you." Tian Changjie held Madman Cheng's hand and said.
"Don't worry, it's not too late, I'm going to gather my brothers and set off." Crazy Cheng said anxiously.
"Well, let's meet at Xitian Mansion."
Crazy Cheng stood up and gave a military salute to everyone before striding away.
"Tan Feng!"
After Madman Cheng left, Tian Changjie turned his attention to a capable young officer.
This young officer is Tan Feng, commander of the First Banner Battalion of the Thirteenth Banner Regiment of the Cavalry, and is now under the command of Tian Changjie, commander of the temporary attack column.
"The task of the First Banner Battalion of the Cavalry is to penetrate behind the enemy lines. I don't care what method you use to create as much chaos as possible. The more chaos the better."
"No!"
"Zhou Han!"
"The end is here!"
"Your First Banner Battalion of the Infantry set out immediately and attack in the direction of Xitian Mansion!"
"No!"
"The Second Banner Battalion will follow me!"
"No!"
Tian Changjie quickly issued orders to the officers at all levels who were temporarily transferred to his command.
Tian Changjie's department, who served as a partial teacher, set off soon, and they headed towards Xitian Mansion with great fanfare.
The cavalry unit led by Tan Feng, the battalion commander of the cavalry banner, used thousands of troops as a combat unit, bypassed the towns where the Dynasty army was heavily stationed, and went straight into the counties of Xitian Prefecture.
The cavalry troops of the Qinghe Army marched very fast. They galloped all the way, destroying the dynasty army checkpoints along the way, raiding smaller military camps, and attacking all the way, as if they were in no one's land.
Because the Jiangnan Province is located in the south, although it produces grain, it does not produce horses. Therefore, all units of the Southern Army have no organized cavalry units.
Now facing the interspersed infiltration of the cavalry of the Qinghe Army, the prefectures and countiesThe defenders can only hide in the city and dare not attack.
"A large group of bandit cavalry has appeared!"
"The vanguard cavalry unit of the bandit army has arrived!"
The defenders at the gates of the important towns did not dare to go out of the city to fight with the cavalry of the Qinghe Army, but this did not prevent them from asking for help.
Xitian Mansion is a strategically important place in Jiangnan Province, storing a large amount of grain.
Now hearing that the cavalry unit of the Qinghe Army has arrived, people in Xitian Mansion are also in panic.
When the cavalry of the Qinghe Army was causing chaos everywhere and disrupting the audiovisual, the infantry led by Tian Changjie also marched towards Xitian Mansion with great fanfare.
Although they only had two infantry banner battalions with a strength of more than 10,000 troops, they fought many battle banners. The team was mighty, but the military was at its peak, pretending to be a main force.
The troops led by acting banner battalion commander Zhou Han acted as vanguards. In addition to 2,000 veterans, they also had 5,000 prisoners of war.
Once encountering a town with defenders stationed, Zhou Han, the acting banner battalion commander, ordered the captured POW troops to attack.
The prisoners of war troops are also soldiers who have returned from captives. Let them attack their former comrades. At first, they hesitated, and some were reluctant to do so.
They often rush forward when the order to attack is issued, but they are quickly defeated and the attack has made no progress.
Acting Banner Battalion Commander Zhou Han is also a ruthless person. After directly ordering the beheading of dozens of soldiers who retreated without authorization, he finally forced the prisoners of war to pay attention.
Now they had no other way out, they could either pounce on and behead the two heads to be free, or die on the battlefield.
The reason why they surrendered was because they didn't want to die. Now that they had no way out, they broke out with strong fighting power.
Facing the gleaming swords of the Qinghe Army Gendarmerie, the prisoners of war launched a fierce attack on the towns that blocked their way.
Because the prisoners of war lacked effective siege weapons, their casualties were very high.
Just to capture a fortress guarded by only two thousand defenders, they paid almost 1,500 casualties.
After half a day of fighting, they defeated the defenders and occupied this fortress, and the Qinghe Army did not suffer any casualties.
Facing the prisoners of war who came with their bloody heads and demanded atonement in exchange for freedom.
Acting Banner Battalion Commander Zhou Han did not break his promise. After verifying their military exploits, he not only released them on the spot, but also gave them travel expenses to let them go home.
The rest of the prisoners of war were also excited when they saw that the Qinghe army really kept their word, and that they could gain freedom as long as they killed two heads.
When attacking the second town, there was no need for the military police of the Qinghe Army to supervise the battle, and the prisoners of war jumped on it fearlessly.
The prisoners of war of the Southern Army, who were about to collapse at the first touch, suddenly seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and their combat effectiveness exploded.
In just over an hour, the defenders were defeated by them, and more than 200 prisoners of war were freed again.
But at the same time, Zhou Han also incorporated a large number of newly captured prisoners of war into the combat troops, so their strength has not decreased, but has been greatly increased. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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