dtnovels Chapter 312 Giving advice
Chapter 312 Giving advice
"Huh? You mean their vanguard soldiers are all Chinese?" A middle-aged man watching the show noticed the problem and asked Boqi. This middle-aged man was named Ramon, the commander of the main camp, and a member of Babuyan's military corps, responsible for the management and coordination of logistical supplies and soldier training.
Of course, the most important thing was to advise Babuyan. "Commander, I'm telling the truth! The enemy vanguard is really all Chinese, not a single Banana traitor is mixed in. You can ask the other soldiers if you don't believe me."
Upon hearing Ramon's question, Pochi grasped at a straw and hurriedly answered loudly. Ramon was deeply trusted by Babuyan; if he would just say a word for him, he could save his life.
“No wonder, General. Our scouts ran back without properly gathering intelligence. It’s not Boqi’s fault. Let’s spare his life this time and let him redeem himself through meritorious service.” Ramon nodded and said to Babuyan after hearing Boqi’s assurance.
"Get out!" Actually, Babuyan didn't want to kill a general before the war even started. Hearing Ramon's advice, he went along with it and kicked Boqi, telling him to get lost.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Boqi replied as he scrambled away, managing to save his head for now. He didn't want to stay there and anger Babuyan.
Seeing Poch fleeing in a panic, Ramon shook his head and sighed, "This defeat has broken Poch. What was once a confident general has now become a cowardly beggar."
“One more or one less won’t make a difference, and we won’t give him another chance to lead troops anyway,” Babuyan replied. “After such a huge defeat, Pochi has lost the qualification and authority to continue leading troops. Even if we reluctantly give him troops, his soldiers will not be convinced.”
If a general cannot command his soldiers, then there is no point in having him lead troops.
"Since Poch said that the enemy's vanguard consisted entirely of Chinese soldiers, then the cavalry's defeat is somewhat acceptable. If we can't even defeat a force mixed with defectors from Banana's men, then we've already lost this battle without even fighting."
Now that we know that the enemy's 10,000 soldiers were not a mixed unit, but rather elite local Chinese troops, their defeat is understandable. Yu Jin's other organizations are still mixed with the defectors under Ban Nai'na, so I don't think our soldiers are incapable of resisting them.
"These are ragtag soldiers who have only been integrated for less than a month, especially since they have just experienced nearly twenty days of marching through the desert," Ramon continued, picking up where Poch left off.
"Not necessarily, we must not be careless. Our cavalry cannot even defeat the Chinese soldiers one-on-one, which shows how superior their weapons are, how brave their soldiers are, and how strong their will is."
Although we now have over 100,000 men, roughly equal in strength to the enemy, we absolutely cannot allow them to seize an opportunity to launch a surprise attack and damage our foundation. As long as we can withstand the attack of Yu Jin's large army and slow down the enemy's advancing troops, our reinforcements should arrive in about ten days. We can then launch a counterattack.
His Majesty's task for us is not to defeat the enemy soldiers, but to stop them from advancing unimpeded and attacking the unprepared city of Kaman. Moreover, given the quality and fighting prowess of the enemy soldiers, unless God sneezes, we have no chance of defeating Yu Jin's troops.
After the initial contact with the Chinese troops following the failed cavalry charge, Babuyan, a veteran of many battles, became more cautious and wary. He decided to hold his camp and refuse to engage, presenting the Chinese troops with an impenetrable fortress, preventing them from entering the city of Zukaman.
“That works too. However, the Hua soldiers have just come out of the desert and are exhausted. They are also a mixed unit that has just been assembled. We can’t let such a good opportunity pass us by. We should take the initiative to attack.”
Ramon also agreed with Babuyan's cautious strategy, but still suggested that they should fight a battle first, to harass the Chinese soldiers and prevent them from resting and reorganizing without any disturbance.
Babuyan nodded in agreement. Knowing that the Chinese army had 30,000 cavalry, Babuyan left 80,000 soldiers and 10,000 cavalry the next morning, ordering Ramon to hold the camp to prevent enemy cavalry from launching a surprise attack.
He personally led 50,000 soldiers to attack and meet Yu Jin's troops, who had just emerged from the Kulam Desert.
Although in Boqi's first attack, Sun Li, the main force of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Brigade, gave the Daxia troops a taste of their power, causing Babuyan to lose several thousand cavalry.
But as Ramon analyzed, those were, after all, elite troops from China who had been trained for a long time and had traveled more than 10,000 miles from India to get here. Crossing the desert did not have much of an impact on them, and their combat effectiveness was extraordinary, which is understandable.
The newly surrendered Amrazhda soldiers, having to learn Chinese, undergo troop training, and travel across the dry and dangerous desert, were already exhausted and on the verge of collapse.
In less than a month, he would have to turn against his own country's soldiers. No one would believe he wasn't somewhat emotional.
Facing Babuyan's proactive challenge.
Having just emerged from the desert, the 132nd Chinese Soldier Corps did not back down. Under Yu Jin's orders, all its soldiers were deployed, forming a mixed organization to fight steadily and surely. With Sun Li's army corps as the central force, they confronted the enemy soldiers of the Great Xia Kingdom.
帝元11年4月3日，中华帝国132社与大夏国征南大将领巴布延手下士兵交战，两卒十五万大卒在距离库拉姆沙漠戈壁不到50里的地方展开大战。
Since the surrendered soldiers had only recently been incorporated into the army, Yu Jin did not dare to give the most powerful individual crossbows to the Da Xia soldiers. As a result, the Hua Xia soldiers who were mixed in with them also had their crossbows taken away and began to use the Da Xia bows and arrows provided by Ban Naina.
Besides Sun Li's First Regiment having nearly 10,000 crossbows, the ranged weapons of the 132nd Company were almost identical to those of Babuyan's infantry. They fired two volleys of arrows at a distance of less than 80 meters, and the vanguards collided and engaged in close combat.
This battle was the first battle fought after the 132nd Society incorporated the surrendered soldiers of the Great Xia Kingdom in Amraze. It aimed not only to test the combat effectiveness and loyalty of these surrendered soldiers to China, but also to test the extent of the influence that Bannaina and others had on these low-ranking soldiers.
Whether their complete defection could also affect the mentality of these soldiers, causing them to completely side with China, was the reason why Yu Jin did not allow them to rest and immediately began fighting with Babuyan.
If most soldiers can follow the Chinese soldiers in attacking the Babuyan soldiers without any psychological burden, it means that Ban Nai Na and others have enough influence on the rank-and-file soldiers. Their actions can be learned and imitated by the lower-ranking leaders without psychological pressure, and then they will be highly valued by the emperor in the future.
If this is not the case, they will be left idle, and at most they will become wealthy men.