The formal team of the Labor New Thirteen Rural Ranch set off more than half a day later than the informal old men's team. Everyone rode their horses out for several hours, but they didn't see the old men. The horses were tired, so everyone was resting at an inn on the side of the road.

The guy poured it into the large stone trough with a bucket full of clear water. Tielin reached into the water to feel the temperature. He took out his hand and Tielin only said the word "cool". The horse smelled the water and couldn't help but sniff, trying to put his head over. The six people gently held the horse so that the horse could not drink the water in the trough. If the horse's body temperature was high, drinking cold water would easily choke on the lungs.

After resting for a while, the long-awaited court sighed: "I didn't expect the old gentlemen to run so fast."

Tielin nodded and said yes, "Yes, I didn't expect so many old gentlemen on the road."

This was not the first station they stopped. Along the way, they asked the station staff who passed by, and the staff provided the answers they had just seen the old man who had just passed. Several people chased after him, but never met the old man from their farm. At that time, they couldn't help but scold the guy. At that time, nearly one-third of the stations that were resting now were old men over forty years old. It seemed that the old men from the entire Yuan Dynasty made an appointment to go out together at the same time. There was no special difference between so many old men and the old men in the farm and ranch.

After touching the temperature of the horse, Tielin said, "The temperature has dropped." Several people asked the horses to drink water and smoked cigarettes themselves.

The young man who came with him asked worriedly: "Chief, can you catch up?"

The director sighed. What if he catches up? There are so many old men on the road, and it is not easy to distinguish those people. He can only talk about it later in Kiev.

After resting, the group set out again, and they stayed overnight in the morning. The closer they were to Kiev, the more people there were on the road.

"The manager, those beards..." The young man on the farm said excitedly, pointing to a group of old men.

"Don't point at others. It's too rude!" the field director shouted. Looking at the young man put down his arms awkwardly, the field director couldn't help staring at some people. The Yuan Dynasty's officials and army paid attention to hygiene, saying that the hair was stained with bacteria. If the hair was taken into the wound when injured, it would increase the mortality rate, so everyone had to shave regularly.

The people on the road were obviously from the place, and all had long beards. The beards were exquisitely woven, which was very eye-catching. Also eye-catching was that each of them carried a spear, without armor, and looked like a light cavalry. Some people also rode horses and had beards, but they did not deal with the beards. However, everyone carried a shield on their backs, carrying an axe or machete. This kind of shield-holding infantry outfit is more suitable for dismounting and fighting.

The Yuan team currently has only three branches of cavalry, dragon cavalry and navy. The Yuan Dynasty's dragon cavalry also has some cavalry skills, but does not wield swords, spears and horses to fight. When they fight, they dismounted their horses to take on infantry work. In places where cavalry is difficult to pass, the dragon cavalry will also march on foot. No matter which regular military branch, there are no light cavalry with spears, nor shields, swords and axes. These people are militias from the local area.

Seeing that the city of Kiev was right in front, the director said, "Go into the city quickly."

A gathering place was set up at the city gate, and all the people coming were registered and distributed. Hao Kang looked nervous. He never expected that the Yuan Kingdom could gather so many people. Fortunately, he had seen the scene of one hundred thousand people taking to the streets during major festivals in Hangzhou City many times, and Hao Kang was able to give orders smoothly.

Most of the people who came here knew the farm they belonged to, and even if they couldn't explain it clearly, most of them carried strips with words written on them. The strips said the units they belonged to. That's true, thousands of documents were still busy and looked ugly.

The people next to Hao Kang introduced to Hao Kang what the different outfits were. The light cavalry with beards was the custom of the Marza people. Every time during wars, the Marza men with sons and no grandchildren would braid their beards and go to fight with long spears. Although there is no age record, the Marza people used the offspring model to mobilize the war.

Shields are the characteristics of Slavs. These Slavs will engrave tribes, ethnic groups, villages and names on the shield. As long as a unit is not completely wiped out, someone will come back or the shield will come back.

The Orthodox beards are very conspicuous, most of them are Slavs. The ethnic costumes of the Poles are also distinctive. In addition, the clothes are relatively Chinese and wear buttoned double-breasted clothing. The person next to Hao Kang told Hao Kang that if those people put leather pants on the outside of the trousers of labor cloth, most of them would be Mongolians. The Mongolians in the Yuan Dynasty were the most Chinese and were also the most accustomed to riding horses. The leather pants are a waste in the eyes of Marza, Slav, Semine, and Poles. After the Mongolians learned leather pants from the Han cavalry of the Song Dynasty, they completely turned them into habits.

Hao Kang took these knowledge one by one in his heart, and was also very moved. He didn't expect so many people would gather in the royal city. Now the royal capital Kiev has gathered more than 15,000 active and retired soldiers, and 10,000 people joined the capital. In recent days, another 50,000 or 60,000 people have arrived from the surrounding area of ​​the capital. The total number of these people has reached 80,000. There are more militias coming in a constant stream, and the total number can easily exceed 100,000.

"Please come here, Deputy Secretary." Hao Kang said in his heart.

Not long after, the Deputy Secretary of War came to Hao Kang, and he was also at the place where the militia was settled. After seeing Hao Kang, the Deputy Secretary of War spoke and said, "Crown Prince, so many soldiers are enough to defeat the bandit army of the Qincha Khanate."

Hao Kang couldn't help but smile. What he wanted to hear the most was this sentence. If Hao Ren brought the main force of the Yuan Kingdom back, the thief army of the Qincha Khanate would not be afraid at all, but this would not satisfy Hao Kang's mood at this time. Only by personally leading troops to kill the dog thieves of the Qincha Khanate can we calm down the strong anger brought by the panic these days.

But Hao Kang was still a little worried, and he asked, "It's really okay?"

After staying in the Song Dynasty for a long time, when talking about armed forces, what Hao Kang thought of was unified military uniforms, unified equipment, and uniform actions. Even the schools in the Song Dynasty had military training twice a year in spring and autumn. The students learned to walk in a straight line and complete various queue exercises. When the army talked about the war, they would also emphasize that the people of the Song Dynasty were quite martial, and there were many people who were good at punching, kicking and weapons. However, these people had no discipline and no organization. Fighting alone was useless in the face of the Mongolian invasion. Not long ago, when the 100,000-yuan team expeditioned the west, the grand and neat array made Hao Kang feel that the Yuan Kingdom also had the same army as the Song Dynasty.

With so many strange costumes in front of him, Hao Kang initially felt that those people might want to express something unfriendly. When he understood the characteristics of people from all over the country, he realized that the 50,000 people gathered in Kiev had no malice to the Yuan royal family. Even so, Hao Kang was not relieved of these people. Can these guys who looked like mobs really exert the combat power that regular troops should have?

After a long war, the Deputy Secretary of the State Council replied confidently: "Don't worry, the prince came yesterday. When the telegram came, the king sent 10,000 troops back. In two days, we will arrive in Kiev. In the past two days, we will build the floating bridge first. After 10,000 elite troops arrive, we can attack."

The Yuan team built a pontoon bridge on the Vistula River, and first tried it three times on the Dnieper River next to Kiev. Now all the materials for building the pontoon bridge are there, and in two days, the foundations of the four pontoon bridges have been basically completed.

According to the boundary demarcation of Kublai Khan, the Dnieper River is the boundary between the Yuan Dynasty and the Chincha Khanate, and to the east of the Dnieper River is the territory of the Chincha Khanate. Before, Hao Ren was not willing to fight the lawsuit with the Chincha Khanate, because the Yuan Dynasty actually ruled the large and fertile area on the east bank of the Dnieper River.

Now that both sides have completely tear their faces apart, there is nothing to say. Hao Kang and the loyal ministers of the Yuan Dynasty don’t care what the Chincha Khanate thinks. This time, they must be driven to the Volga River basin and not allowed to get close to Kiev thousands of miles. In this case, the four initially planned pontoon bridges were simply built to connect the Dnieper River in the wealthy Kiev region.

The 10,000-yuan team and the Khan's personal army arrived in Kiev at the agreed time. Tieying saw a large number of people gathered on the road. Fortunately, these people were also sensible. When they saw the regular army with distinctive armor passing, they all made way. After arriving in the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, Tieying still had the right to attend the meeting. However, Tieying no longer participated after participating once.

The Yuan Dynasty would not let the Khan's personal army go to battle, which had been clearly stated. In addition, the military conferences of the upper-level Yuan Dynasty still communicated in Chinese. They spoke short and fast, and could not understand at all. Such a meaningless meeting would be uncomfortable to listen to. Tieying simply rested in his residence.

After a day off, his subordinates came to tell Tieying excitedly that a floating bridge had been built in Kiev and asked Tieying to go to watch the fun. Tieying was originally going out with the thought of passing the boredom, but when he arrived at the bank of the Dnieper River, he was shocked. He saw that people on the shore were tamping the soil that had been dug out, and a huge iron pillar was erected in the middle of the rammed earth.

The person in charge of the supervisor had prevented Tieying from approaching. When he learned that Tieying was the commander of the Khan's personal army or the nephew of the Empress Dowager Kuokuo, he took him over to see. A thick layer of asphalt was painted on the iron pillar to prevent rust. The inscription on the iron pillar had data. This was actually a three-meter-long iron pillar weighing more than 14,000 kilograms. Another iron cow was placed on the top of the iron pillar.

There are two iron pillars and two iron cows on both sides of the river, and the iron pillars are buried two meters and five deep underground. The thick iron chains of the floating bridge are wrapped one by one in the slots left on the iron pillars. The iron eagle pushed the iron cow with his hand, but the iron cow did not move at all. Even if he pushed hard, it still had no effect.

Looking along the iron chain, I saw a large number of ships being fixed under the iron chain on the rolling Dnieper River. Thick wooden boards were laid on the iron chains. Most of the projects had been completed and would be able to pass shortly afterwards. The Iron Eagle knew that the Yuan Kingdom was going to fight against the invading Qincha Khanate and was sent to him as a witness.

At this time, Tieying couldn't help but feel sympathy for the Qincha Khanate. Yuan was so rich that if he didn't steal the Yuan Kingdom, who would he steal? It was just that Yuan Kingdom was too strong, and the Qincha Khanate didn't expect to kick the iron pillar.

With the joining of the 10,000-yuan regular army, the space for the Ministry of War to formulate plans has increased greatly. The 25,000 regular army can be regarded as the main force of defeating the Qincha Khanate head-on. As for the vassal of the Qincha Khanate, they only made an offensive move and did not really go south. If they were willing to take the lead, the Yuan Dynasty Ministry of War would certainly welcome it.

However, the speed of crossing the pontoon bridge made everyone care more. The pontoon bridge is very wide, enough for two horses to pass by at the same time. According to calculations, an average of about fifteen horses can be passed by in one minute. One hour and sixty minutes are nine thousand horses. In theory, 110,000 horses can be allowed to pass through the pontoon bridge in fourteen hours.

The Ministry of War made a plan according to this plan. After the floating bridge was repaired and implemented immediately. Two days later, only six hours later, the floating bridge temporarily stopped crossing the river. The bridge deck was broken by horse hooves, and wooden boards had to be temporarily replaced. The people in the Yuan Dynasty court were impatient, and some people couldn't help but complain to the Minister of Works. The Minister of Works also cursed: "Even if you step on the ground, you can step into a ditch. These wooden boards lasted for six hours. What do you have any opinions? You have to lay iron boards for this thing!"

The attitude of the Minister of Works was indeed very unfriendly, but everyone in the Yuan Dynasty would ride horses, so they didn't care about his attitude. The Minister of Works was right. These floating bridges were not prepared for such intensive passages. After passing 50,000 horses in six hours, the Yuan Dynasty had to take at least ten different roads to march 50,000 horses.

Hao Kang agreed with the Minister of Works very much and couldn't help but smooth things over. "Haha, I think it's good to wrap iron. But now it's too late, so I asked the boat to send more bedding to the other side of the river first so that everyone can sleep better."

This order was quickly implemented. The ship could transport a large amount of supplies. Before dark, many straw mats were sent to the east bank of the river. Tielin, which had already crossed the Dnieper River with the brigade, was also divided into a group. The straw mat was just made and the temperature of wheat straw was emitted. In the bustling crowd, Tielin led his horse and walked around as if nothing had happened. When he arrived near a forest, he pulled out his belt and led the horse into the forest. He found a relatively hidden place to squat down. Tielin looked around and seemed to have no one coming. He stood up and slowly moved into the forest. After he walked around a small slope, Tielin picked up his pants, turned over the horse, and set out in the direction of Qincha Khan.

Originally, I thought the Khanate was very close to the Yuan team, but I ran out fifty or sixty miles and saw no one. At this time, some people suddenly rushed out of the forest next to the road. Looking at their outfits, Tie Lin first shouted in stuttering Chinese: "Brothers, are they your own people?"

Those who rushed out were all wearing Mongolian costumes and had no response to Tielin's Chinese. They just shouted, "Don't move, or you will be shot to death."
Chapter completed!