Chapter 36: Expedition to the West (Long Distance Training)
"The biggest characteristic of Liangzhou is that it is a Liangzhou school. When people leave, the tea is not cool yet. I advise you to drink a glass of wine. When you leave Yangguan in the west, there are no old friends. When the Qin Dynasty passed the Han Dynasty, the moon was bright, and the people who marched thousands of miles have not returned; but the dragon has
The city's flying generals are here, but they don't teach horses to cross the Yin Mountains; why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows, and the spring breeze doesn't cross the Yumen Pass. This journey is a journey of thousands of miles, brothers, are you ready?"
This was Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi)'s pre-war mobilization meeting. He only brought a thousand people in total, but Baoyu showed the momentum of a hundred thousand people. This was the only person in front of him who was inciting such an incitement.
Lord Superintendent Jun Obai was once again so angry that his face turned green.
"You, a first-class officer, actually want to learn from a junior captain and lead only about 300 people across the entire desert area. Are you crazy? I firmly disagree!"
This is the sixth time Mr. Obai has entered the tent of the "Western Governor". This is the seventh time. Mr. Shizheng has specially dealt with Baoyu. If he can't take care of Baoyu, the petty Mr. Zheng will not marry him.
The matter of aristocratic women being used as concubines was exposed? In China, it was forbidden to marry aristocratic ladies as concubines.
God knows how many secrets this political master who does detailed work knows about himself?
Regardless, I have to stop this kid's crazy behavior, both in public and private matters.
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) kept laughing and didn't say a word. Master Aobai lamented in his heart, there is no good person in this Jia family. The old man had a serious face and said nothing, making people unpredictable;
The old one is even worse. He smiles all over his face and doesn't say a word. He is even worse than the old one.
When Master Aobai had nothing to say, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) smiled and took out a roll of yellow silk from his arms and handed it to Master Aobai respectfully.
After reading the Yellow Emperor's Silk, Mr. Obai became even more angry. The Empress Dowager and the little emperor were even more ridiculous, acting like children playing house, and actually agreed with Mr. Xiao Jia's ridiculous behavior.
Each person carries three days of rations and drinking water, and has to cross the desert of death with a fully armed "machine gun company". Are you kidding? It's also called "long-distance training", which is simply seeking death!
Master Aobai has never believed in the sayings of "tempering one's will" and "hardening one's muscles and bones". He only believes in "waiting for work in leisure" and "recharging one's energy". Now Mr. Jia is doing all these things, and fighting is not real.
, first put forward the idea of "strategizing and winning at a distance thousands of miles away", and then put forward the idea of "strengthening the army with knowledge (technology)". Never in the past dynasties has it been heard of talented people fighting in wars.
Look at the "machine gunners" he chose. They all attended private schools for at least a few years and read a few drunken poems. I really don't know what this little guy thinks.
"You will be out there, and your orders will not be given. God does not allow you to lead hundreds of machine gunners across the desert of death. In addition to the lack of food and water in the desert, there are also lost sand dunes. You are completely unfamiliar with the desert. You will definitely
If you get lost, you will die in the desert; besides, there are thousands of desert wolves in the desert of death, and they are the real masters of this land. If you don't want these desert wolves to tear them into pieces, the best way is
Take your artifact troops and walk obediently with the big troops... Don't always think about winning by surprise when fighting. You have to fight step by step step by step. The so-called surprise soldiers and winning by surprise is something in storytelling. Besides, you
Do you know why Li Guang can't be crowned king? Because he always makes strange moves, but always uses bloody tactics, which often puts his troops in danger, and every time he wins miserably, so he looks like
With meritorious service, in fact he is not an outstanding general at all, at most he is an excellent junior captain..."
Baoyu smiled and nodded, took out a booklet and took notes carefully, saying "I have learned a lesson."
Finally, he said with a smile, "Master Supervisor, I agreed that you will only care about discipline and military appearance, and leave the war to me, the governor of the west... After I led the team across the Desert of Death to train the team, the matter was settled. This is the same as
The Empress Dowager said it was agreed and cannot change it..."
With just a few words, Lord Supervisor was thrown into the bottom of the ice valley, and his heart felt as cold as ice.
You have decided that you cannot change it. Why are you listening so seriously? You are still nodding your head and saying that you are "teachable"? Aren't you being a fool?
Mr. Obai was almost so angry that he lost his breath and walked away. Why should I compete with a real young boy? He also carried out the Empress Dowager and the little emperor to suppress them. He was so proud of his small achievements.
As soon as Lord Obai left the camp, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) immediately convened a "military meeting" of more than 100 people. The meeting was held in a closed state, and no one was allowed except those from the "machine gun company" and "pistol company"
join.
"Secret, this is the top secret of the Western Expedition Army. We must pass through the Desert of Death within fifteen days from here, here, and then here, and here. This road is the shortest distance to Yili Prefecture.
, I ask everyone to prepare ten days of drinking water and three days of dry food. This is a long-distance training. I want you to become the most powerful soldiers in the world. Everyone is the king of soldiers, the king of soldiers.
A strong life requires no explanation, you know?"
"Crossing the Desert of Death is indeed the shortest way to Yili Prefecture... But how to solve the problem of rations? It will take at least twelve days to cross the desert..." Ming Yan explained the key points for everyone.
Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi)'s damn confident smile appeared again, "Shanren has his own tricks."
After leaving the camp, each of the 300-man team was carrying nearly 60 kilograms of baggage, especially those in the "Machine Gun Company", whose backpacks reached 100 kilograms. When riding on horses, each horse's waist seemed to have weighed a lot.
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Now the commander-in-chief of the army is Lord Obai, and Lord Xiaojia, the "Governor of the West", has become the school cook. As soon as Baoyu left, Lord Obai immediately mobilized 50,000 elite cavalry in his own capacity. Now he does not have 50,000 in his hands.
One hundred thousand cavalry is really worrying
"I don't know what kind of trouble this brat will cause during this trip. Who cares about him. Anyway, I tried to persuade him, but he didn't listen. You can't blame me for this... I specially tried to persuade everyone seven or eight times with great fanfare. The purpose is to make everyone
I know, God tried to persuade him, but he didn't listen. I love talents and cherish them, but he is the commander-in-chief, and the generals are away. Military orders are not given. The main target is the military commander. Now I am just a small supervisor.
…I don’t know what Mr. Zheng thinks…”
Each man had three horses, and they filed out of the camp. Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) ordered the men and horses to run westward for more than eighty miles without stopping, rest for ten minutes, then change horses and run for another ten miles, and then rest for half an hour.
Then change the horses. During the third rest, I took down all the baggage and carried it on my back and walked forward, and all the horses were released.
At this time, all the horses were exhausted and could no longer ride, so we let them go. They would know the way back to Liangzhou.
By sunset, they had advanced more than three hundred miles to the west and rested. This was already the edge of the "Death Desert", and they did not dare to enter the desert at night. In the dark moonless night, even if there were gems (burning small stones)
Even with the specially made compass, Baoyu wasn't sure he could find the correct route.
After walking along the sparse short grass for another day, they stepped into the "desert of death" at dawn on the third day. At this time, the orderly officer came to report that everyone only had half a day's rations left, and food could not be solved.
, let alone crossing the "Desert of Death", even returning along the road is a problem.
"The food is just ahead. There is plenty of food in the desert." Baoyu replied confidently.
Only a ghost can believe it, there is no such thing as deceiving people. Everyone looked at the overlapping sand dunes in front of them and their hearts were full of doubts. Could it be that Master Xiao Jia could turn sand into wheat flour?
(When the food crisis occurs, how should Baoyu solve it? Please see the next chapter for the breakdown.)