If I want the first place I keep building links until I get it.
After that it depends on resources, other keywords I want to target etc so I will usually stop and keep my eye on it.
Redirecting the old URL to the new one should take care of it for you.
But I wouldn't change the URL unless you really have to, particularly if the post had links and was ranking.
What makes you think that the keywords you are targeting should be easy to rank for?
Most search terms that are worth money and have around 3000 searches per month are usually not low competition, and are often dominated by authority sites.
Your articles being long doesn't mean much on its own...
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