"One more hammer, one more hammer, this wedge is not enough!"
Yanping County, on the Luoming River.
A ship goes to and fro on the river, from south to north, from north to south, and the construction of the pontoon bridge is carried out in a tense and orderly manner.
Since Fan Shixiu received an official document from the Prime Minister's Office four days ago, he rushed from Jiangjin County to Yanping County overnight, and then led nearly a thousand of the Qingjiang Gang's men to live and eat by the Luoming River for three consecutive days. And the Qingjiang Gang's floating bridge
The construction work is within six days of the request stated in the Prime Minister's official document to build a floating bridge across the river.
At present, both the north and south ends have been built for two miles, leaving only the middle mile for the water surface, but there are still two full days after tomorrow. Looking at the sunset at the end of the Xijiang River, Fan Shixiu let out a long sigh of relief.
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"But... from Peiping to Yanping, it's thousands of miles away. Zhu Biao only raised his army today. Can he make it in three days?" The Prime Minister's Mansion personally sealed the official document and kept it in custody. In Fan Shixiu's mind, this was the second largest.
According to the imperial edict of the King of Han.
"Drive, drive, drive..." On the official road from Peiping to Yanzhou, 24,500 horsemen were marching silently. Only the roar of horse hooves could be heard, but no human words could be heard.
The long team drove for more than ten miles from beginning to end. Under the misty spring rain, they hurried on!
It started raining in Beiping yesterday, and when the army set off, the official road was muddy. No matter how compacted the dirt road is, it is still a "dirt" road. After being soaked by the rain for a day and a night, the surface has softened.
It looked like it was going to be dark that day, so we marched about two hundred miles. Although the rain became lighter as the army and horses went west, it was now a misty rain.
However, rain is rain. Not only is it difficult to travel fast, the cold spring rain also absorbs the body heat of people and horses faster than on a sunny day. Today, we only drove 200 miles, one-third less than expected.
But the troops are tired. The status of the army in the status bar has dropped to 60 points, and the fatigue level has exceeded 50.
"Brothers, go ahead a little further. Leave this rotten rain behind -" Looking at the tired look of the soldiers, Zhu Biao was super looking forward to raising the cavalry attributes from A level to S level at this moment.
Think of that 30% physical recovery. Even if other attributes such as damage and damage are not mentioned, it is extremely enviable. The longer he leads the team, the more Zhu Biao realizes the importance of physical strength!
Loudly encouraging the soldiers, Zhu Biao burst out with stimulating words such as "fire" and "hot rice". In the past, the cavalrymen did not find fires, hot soup and hot rice very attractive.
The soldiers are now in high spirits stimulated by all this.
Only those who have been soaked in the cold spring rain for a day will understand the happiness of "warmth". The soldiers thought about the fire and hot food mentioned by Zhu Biao, and instantly felt that their cold hands, feet and bodies also felt a little warm.
"Damn, it's not going down anymore! I finally ran out!" After driving for more than 40 miles, it was already dark. Zhu Biao finally waited until the rain stopped falling.
"Brothers, it won't rain anymore. We have left the rain behind. We have to drive another ten miles and the whole army will rest——"
A moment later, there were cheers that shook the sky. The morale, which was only 70, soared to 90 in an instant. Zhu Biao looked at the changes in the status bar and really didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
The army can't be said to be well-trained. After all, it's only been three months, and 90% of them are new recruits. With Zhu Biao's absence, all the training has been done by Luo Yaxiu, Zhu Tong, Chen Mengren and Zhou Zi'ang. The four of them Except for Zhu Tong, the remaining three were only mid-level officers at the Qubu level. Luo Yaxiu was promoted a little faster. But although he was a captain before, he didn't care about the army and horses. It should be said that Zhu Biao directly led that battalion. In a practical sense, he, Chen Mengren, and Zhou Ziang jumped to the actual position of captain together. He is responsible for the training of 6,000 officers and soldiers in a battalion. It would be strange if he could do it well. I wish you the best. Needless to say, he was worse than the three Luo Yaxiu. Even though Zhu Biao had no intention of retaining all the military books and art of war and passed them on to him, Zhu Zhong, and Zhu Ming, but they had only been in the army for a few months. If you can figure it out with just a few clicks, it will be clear at a glance!
Zhu Biao returned to the military camp and was still in Bodaoling. The corresponding attributes of the army were restored in the status bar. He saw three items: morale, training, and running-in. The former was as high as 83 points, which is very good for a new army. The latter two items, overall, are just over 50. Looking at the battalion-level establishment, the lowest is Zhu Tongbu's rear battalion, with 47 training points and 49 running-in points.
During the days when he was lying in bed in Jixian County to recuperate from his injuries, Zhu Biao read through the "New Book of Military Strategy" and "Collection of Formation Maps of the World", training 60 troops, 50 formations, and 40 fortifications. The military training has reached the passing mark. It is really unbelievable. It took more than a month for Zhu Tong to become such a bad soldier.
Fortunately, although these four people are not good at training, their military orders and regulations are very strict, and the troops generally follow the four words "orders and prohibitions".
While camping and resting by the Luoming River, there was a small village not far away. Shi Meng and his men stared at it with wide eyes to prevent anything that would disturb the people. When they set up camp the next morning, there was also a small village. No one was found who violated military discipline. Shi Meng, who usually had a serious face, couldn't help but smile.
"General, the heavy supply camp camped in Huaxian County last night!"
Before the meal was finished, Zhu Biao received the report of the fast horse behind him, and he immediately lost his appetite for food. The supply camp had just arrived in Huaxian County, and it was a full fifty miles shorter than the original journey. "The rain has delayed my business, the rain has delayed It’s my business!”
He is going to war this time. The cavalry will definitely arrive in Yandong much earlier than the time when Linzhou soldiers and horses arrive in Yandong. Just like a lone army, the baggage, food, grass, and armor supplies must all be taken into consideration. Up.
During the previous assault on Beiling and the ten battles and ten battles, his troops still had a heavy supply battalion following them. Now there are four cavalry battalions, 20,000 soldiers, four to five thousand officers of all sizes and above, and corresponding personal soldiers, and the overall battle With a strength of 25,000 men, how could they not follow the auxiliary troops to attack? In fact, together with the more than 1,000 men recruited, the entire supply camp had as many as 5,000 men. And counting the troops transferred by the King of Han For the armored cavalry, the corresponding number of auxiliary soldiers was increased by two thousand, and the number of strong men was increased by one thousand, making the total number more than eight thousand!
The standard configuration of the Forbidden Army's armored cavalry consists of one soldier and one war horse. They usually wear no armor. The heavy armor and horse armor are carried by two pack horses led by two auxiliary soldiers. At the same time, the pack horses also carry the fines of the war horses. Feed. During war, one auxiliary soldier helped the soldiers wear armor, and another auxiliary soldier helped the horses wear armor. The cost was so high that even the Northern Han royal family could only train a battalion of 5,000 troops.
Of course, before the war broke out a hundred years ago, there was no battalion of armored cavalry in the imperial army of the Northern Han Dynasty. Even if this battalion was added during the Hundred Years' War, it only appeared a few times.
On the battlefield, the nomadic Hu light cavalry is incomparable with the armored cavalry. After the Hu cavalry has suffered several losses, they will not be stupid enough to clash head-on with the armored cavalry again!
The royal family of the Northern Han Dynasty has always retained armored cavalry, also out of consideration for the worst. When the Hu cavalry approached the gates of Peking City, five thousand armored cavalry swept out and attacked. The Hu cavalry either retreated in a short distance, or fell into Luo
Mingjiangli!
Without great military exploits, you can't hold your head up and speak in the army. In addition, the fundamental reason for the existence of the armored cavalry is so embarrassing, so the armored cavalry transferred by the King of Han is very obedient.
.Zhu Biao put them behind to accompany the baggage battalion, and at the same time mobilized a hundred capable men led by Zhu Zhong to accompany them. His idea of forming a heavy cavalry by himself was still unquenched!
Fu Shaoxue and Qi Pingxuan led the baggage troops, and not a single combat soldier was left in the baggage camp. This was still the absolute control area of the Han army, with more than 5,000 auxiliary troops, and a thousand that could be used as light cavalry when necessary.
The safety of armored cavalry can be completely guaranteed.
The combat effectiveness of the auxiliary soldiers is far inferior to that of the combat soldiers. Most of them are unarmored. Their weapons only have simple spears, single swords and a small number of shields, bows and arrows. They do not have strict and diligent training. Their functions are only to transport food and grass and build camps.
Wait, it is equivalent to a strong man accompanying the army with a simple armed force. If it is put on the battlefield, it will definitely be massacred by the barbarians' arrows. Just like the militiamen in Yandong, fighting alone in the wild cannot be attacked by the barbarians.
There are only 10 or 20 people wearing armor, and the armor they wear is also the lowest quality leather armor. For example, leather armor made of belly leather, or leather armor made of scraps of skin.
The leather armor used by ancient soldiers is too different.
But within the absolute control of the Han army, it is enough for these people to escort grain and grass, carry young men, long spears, and short knives. Zhu Zhong's one hundred elite cavalry must serve as scouts and sharpshooters along the way. For people like them,
It couldn't be an easier job.
The journey of the baggage camp in one day was between eighty and one hundred miles. They were ten to twelve days later than Zhu Biao's front before they could reach Yandong. But on this first day, the people and horses with the strongest physical strength along the way
On the first day, the baggage camp was completely delayed by fifty miles.
"Tell Mr. Fu to speed up the transport camp!" Zhu Biao suppressed his anger. After all, their front army's journey on the first day was sixty or seventy miles shorter. Even if you say harsh words, you still need some confidence.
"Nuo——" Kuai Ma took the order and retreated.
More than 20,000 cavalry troops faced the rising sun in the east and rode towards Yanzhou again. In the afternoon, the news was passed to the ears of the local county magistrate by the villagers near the camp. Hearing that more than 20,000 cavalry troops had arrived last night
The army camped in the territory under its own jurisdiction without disturbing the people at all. The county magistrate was shocked and admired him greatly.
With the prolongation of the war, the army's military pay has been intermittent since the year before last year. Not only did the mentality of military leaders begin to spread in the army, but military discipline also deteriorated a lot.
Although it's not to the point of fighting like a grate, Qiu Wuwu doesn't even think about it.
"With such strict military discipline, you are worthy of being a true general!"
