Jinghua's armed forces in the Ming Dynasty can be roughly divided into two categories, among which the security team is the "standing army" of armed servants, and the "factory protection team" is the "reserve force".
The "Factory Protection Team" is composed of various armed servants such as "Factory Protection Team", "Mine Protection Team", and "Veteran Guards" from Jinghua in various places, forming a separate system. However, due to years of habit, it is still used in normal times.
The previous name was, for example, "Gansu Weilupu Copper Mine Mine Protection Team".
Of course, it also has a more formal name within Jinghua, called "The 11th Northwest Factory Protection Team." This is because although the reserve system of the Factory Protection Team basically copies the security team, it is not based on provinces, prefectures, and counties.
It is divided into three levels, but is divided into eight divisions according to region: Northeast, North China, East China, South China, Central China, Southwest, Northwest, and Mongolia. That is, such as "North China No. XX Factory Protection Team", "Mongolia No. XX Factory Protection Team"
Team" like this.
It stands to reason that a numerical expression such as "No. 3" is not as intuitive as a specific place such as "Weilu Fort". At a glance, you can tell where the armed force comes from and where it is usually stationed. However, this is actually
Highly pragmatic intention: weaken the awareness of permanent location and responsible area, and form the thinking foreshadowing that "the national factory protection team will be deployed as needed at any time."
If this kind of thinking is applied to the military system of the Ming Dynasty, then perhaps it can be understood this way: Regardless of whether you are a soldier under the command of the Sichuan General Soldier or a soldier under the Gansu General Soldier, you must be stationed wherever the court says you will be stationed this year. The court said
You will be governed by whoever is under your control this year - geographical restrictions are broken, and everything is deployed flexibly by the court.
Of course, the limitations of the times still exist objectively. After all, Gao Wuzhi does not have much need to mobilize them to perform tasks elsewhere at will. Therefore, even if Gao Wuzhi intends to guide the factory protection team system in this direction, the factory protection teams in various places are
The mine protection team is still more accustomed to using the old name.
Talking about the "Weilupu Mine Protection Team", the current number of this mine protection team - that is, the scale of "three thousand people" - is not a regular establishment. According to Jinghua's system, every ten miners select one person as the mine protection team.
, so the usual size of the "Weilubao Mine Protection Team" is not so large, and should be about six to seven hundred people.
However, it is well known that miners have been one of the top sources of soldiers in all dynasties, and their personal qualities are so good that they can be called elite soldiers with just a few casual trainings. Therefore, when Burihatu came over, the Welubao mine protection team was temporarily expanded and directly
It attracted 3,000 people.
Liu Wei determined his location by the Heihe River and found a section of the area where the water flow was not fast to arrange a Mongolian-style floating ferry. This method was discussed earlier in this book, which is the so-called "Leather Bag Crossing the River".
A leather bag is an air bag made of leather. In the north, especially on both sides of the Yellow River, a leather bag is a common tool for crossing the river. The leather bag is generally made of sheepskin. The production method is generally to slaughter the sheep and use a thin tube to insert it into the sheepskin.
Blow air to create airflow between the skin and meat, and then beat the sheepskin hard, and the sheepskin will separate from the mutton.
At this time, cut off the sheep's head and limbs, and then tear the sheepskin down from the head, and the sheepskin will peel off completely. Then just tie the holes in the head, limbs and tail tightly, and it will be seamless. Wait until it is time to use
When the sheepskin was used as a tool to cross the river, the boatman blew air into the leather bag, and the sheepskin expanded into a bulging leather bag.
This kind of leather bag can be used to carry rafts and allow many people to float across the river at the same time. Generally speaking, the Mongolian army used this method of "leather bag crossing" in rivers with fast currents and difficulty in boating.
Nowadays, the water flow in this section of the Heihe River is not fast, but because it is deserted and Liu Wei does not have time to wait, naturally he does not consider recruiting private boats to cross the river, and can only "cross the river with leather bags". Fortunately, Liu Jiajun's cavalry generals went
I had "researched" at Erdemutu and learned the Mongolian methods very carefully. The army always had enough leather bags, so the crossing of the river was quickly completed.
After crossing the Heihe River, Liu Wei once again arranged to replenish water, feed the horses, and eat. He also gave everyone three hours to get some sleep. At the same time, he sent out three teams that stayed overnight and dispersed in the direction of Weilu Fort.
This is also the meaning of the title. After all, if such a cavalry of 8,000 people suddenly attacked the Weilu Castle, people might think that the Mongolian army had arrived, and it would be bad to cause trouble.
Therefore, it is necessary to send a night guard to attack the front station and notify the other party.
This also has the advantage of allowing Fort Weilu to make some preparations in advance. For example, those sixteen cannons that can be mobilized should be ready for loading as soon as possible. The same goes for the personnel who can accompany the expedition, and they should be prepared in advance.
Liu Wei was not polite about this matter. Anyway, Gao Pangshi had given him authority, and Jinghua's armed forces in Gansu needed to obey his call when necessary. Liu Wei also knew that this authority was a small step for him.
Unfortunately, there was also the face factor of his sister, so he took this matter very seriously...but he couldn't let the mine protection team go to waste, they were the boss's private soldiers.
Three hours later, Liu Wei led his 8,000 cavalry to set off on time. This time, they still did not mount their horses, but still chose to lead them, and because it was no longer a rugged mountain road, the marching speed was a little higher. According to the horse speed, they had already arrived.
The degree of "quick step".
Speaking of horse speed, here is some trivia. Horses have four speeds, from slow to fast, which are divided into slow steps, trots, canters, and gallops. Each speed corresponds to a specific pace, or pace.
It can also be said that action posture.
The slow trot is also called the regular trot. It is the basic way for horses to walk. It is a four-beat (hoove sound) pace. The order of stepping on the hoof is: right back - right front - left back - left front. The speed is generally 3-4 miles per hour.
hour, that is, 5-6 kilometers per hour. Converted to Ming Dynasty terms, it means walking eleven or twelve miles in one hour.
Trot means fast running and fast jumping. It is a two-beat (hoove sound) gait in which the horse moves its legs in turn. There is a flying period when all four hoofs are off the ground. The order of stepping on the hoofs is: flying period - left rear, right front
- Airborne period - right rear, left front. The speed is generally 6 miles per hour, which is about ten kilometers per hour, or "twenty miles an hour."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Running is a three-beat (hoof sound) pace. Taking left running as an example, the order of stepping on the hoof is: right back - left back, right front - left front
——The airborne period; taking right running as an example, the sequence of hoof sounds is: left hind limb, left diagonal limb (left forelimb and right hindlimb move at the same time), right forelimb, followed by an instant airborne period, before running the next step.
All four hooves are in the air. The speed is generally 8-10 miles per hour. The middle value is calculated as 9 miles per hour, which is about 15 kilometers per hour, or "thirty miles per hour."
The pace is the pace used in horse racing in later generations, or the pace of the cavalry entering the final sprint when charging into battle. It is the four-beat trot in horse racing, which means that the horse follows the running sequence of steps, lengthening the steps and
A kind of running at the highest speed. Taking left running as an example, the sequence of stepping is: right rear leg - left rear leg - right front leg - left front leg - airborne period.
Of course, the walking pace is a sprint pace, so the specific speed is uncertain, and it depends on the ability of the horse. However, no one usually talks about the walking speed. After all, this speed cannot be maintained for long, and it can only be pressed for a few seconds.
Come and calculate, don't mention it when you are marching.
In fact, not only are the raiding steps not used in normal times, but the "running" of the horses is rarely used. Generally speaking, the speed of the cavalry when marching refers to the "slow step" speed of the horses, and it will only be adjusted to "fast" when rushing on the road.
"step" - and won't use this speed for long.
Again, horses are much more delicate than humans, and are far less durable than humans. The reputation of "terrifying ape erectus" is by no means unfounded. In terms of endurance, humans have almost no equal opponents - of course this refers to innate potential.
If you insist on saying that you can run out of breath after running 3,000 meters, it is because modern people lack basic exercise. It has nothing to do with talent. Our ancestors will not bear this blame.
Talking about speed, during the Napoleonic Wars, according to French military doctrine, the main cavalry footwork of the French army at this time can be divided into three types: slow step (pas), quick step (trot), and canter (galop). The speed is in order of each
Minutes 100, 240, 300 meters.
The regulations for the armies of other great powers are generally similar to those of the French army. Take the Russian army, for example, its slow walking, fast walking, and running speeds are 50, 120, and 150 ropes per minute (Russian units) respectively, which is 107,256,320 meters, almost the same as the French army.
In addition to running, armies of various countries also have full-speed galloping. As mentioned above, there are no specific regulations for this running method, but it is generally recognized that its speed should reach more than 8 meters per second.
There is no doubt that trotting, running and walking all consume considerable horsepower, especially the latter two.
If the trot lasts for more than half an hour and the canter lasts for more than 6 minutes, the horses will be quite tired. Therefore, if they march for a long distance, the cavalry can only use the slow trot. However, since the endurance of the Mongolian horses is inferior to the European horses, the trot can be used.
The duration will be greatly improved.
According to the consensus at the time, when cavalry attacks cavalry, whichever side of the cavalry can maintain a better formation and run faster will definitely win.
We need formation, speed, and horsepower, so there is only one solution left: approach the enemy at a low speed, and change to high speed in the last few hundred meters or even more than a hundred meters.
It takes tens or even ten meters to reach full speed. Although this requirement seems simple, completing it collectively still requires a considerable degree of training.
Take the Prussian army, a model of cavalry in the Seven Years' War, for example. Under ideal conditions, the Prussian cavalry speeds up from a quick step to a trot when it is 110-150 meters (150-200 steps) away from the enemy, and is fifty or sixty meters away from the enemy (
70-80 steps), use spurs to urge the horse to move forward at a canter, but do not let go of the reins.
This is because all war horses cannot gallop at the same speed. The cavalry still needs to control the horses to maintain formation, and wait until they are only 15 meters (20 steps) away from the enemy before rushing forward at the highest speed.
The specific methods of the armies of other countries are somewhat different, but the basic idea is still the same. When they are hundreds of meters apart, they start with a slow step, and then gradually accelerate to a fast step, running or even walking.
Taking the French military doctrine as an example, when you are 315 meters away from the enemy, you switch from a slow step to a quick step, when you are 165 meters away from the enemy, you switch from a quick step to a canter, and when you are 65 meters away from the enemy, you accelerate from running to a long canter or even a running step.
I'm going too far, but back to the topic. Liu Wei relied on the fact that the war horses in his headquarters were based on Mongolian horses and had long-lasting endurance. Therefore, his plan was to switch between fast trot-slow trot-quick trot-slow trot.
March, arrive at Weilu Fort as fast as possible, and then rush to Suzhou City with the heavy firepower of Weilu Fort.
The key to this plan is speed. The magic troops must descend from the sky when Suzhou is unprepared. Even if the Mongolian army in Suzhou discovers that they are a cavalry that theoretically does not have the ability to attack fortresses, they may not be able to close the city in time.
Secondly, even if the city gate is closed, one's own heavy artillery can focus on blasting a gap.
The Mongols have fled back to the grassland for more than two hundred years, and they have no experience in defending cities. They are typically good at attacking but not good at defending. During the last Korean War, the Ming army generals who commanded the Mongolian cavalry also took them out to fight in the field.
, the job of defending the city depends entirely on the Han army, but no one expects the Mongolian cavalry to defend the city.
Because they alternated between slow and fast steps, but they did not carry people at the same time, Liu Wei's cavalry ran very fast this time. They covered a hundred miles in six hours and successfully arrived at Weilu Castle.
A supplementary rest (referring to eating, drinking, etc.).
Of course, even so, six hours is twelve hours after all, and the whole afternoon and the first half of the night passed by, and it was already midnight when they arrived.
Weilu Fort was indeed a large bastion. The densely packed torches on the city head roughly showed the shape of the bastion in front of Liu Wei. Liu Wei ordered to stand two miles in front of the east gate of Weilu Fort and sent night troops again.
No charge for negotiation.
Not long after, seven or eight Jinghua mine protection team members dressed in brown robes and armor came to check with the Ming army at night. When Liu Wei saw this, he couldn't help but secretly nodded: After all, they are the soldiers of the Marquis. They are really careful enough.
After seeing the document with my customs and defense seal, I still need to send someone to check it in person.
"But Mr. Liu from Sichuan is in person?" the first person asked loudly, holding his hands from afar.
"It's Liu!" Liu Wei was not in a hurry to dismount, but shouted: "I have been ordered by the Marquis to temporarily supervise your department. Where are Gao He, the deacon of Weilubao Copper Mine, and Gao Duo, the captain of the mine protection team?"
After hearing these words, the first person completely believed Liu Wei's identity. He knelt down on one knee with his companions behind him and said, "Report to Mr. Liu, I am Gao Duo. The deacon is arranging the reception in the fort. Please
The commander-in-chief arranged for the troops to enter the fort to rest."
After hearing this, Liu Wei finally stood up and jumped off the horse, stepped forward to help Gao Duo up, and asked at the same time: "You are not in a hurry to rest for a while. Let me ask you, can you make all the preparations I asked your department to make?"
Already?"
Gao Duo smiled and said: "How dare you miss the important event of the general army? The sixteen cannons have been mounted on trailers and are ready to go with the army at any time. We currently have 3,127 people in our army, and we have decided to leave only 500 people to defend the city.
, the rest of them have packed their bags and are ready to join the expedition to Suzhou at any time."
Liu Wei was very satisfied and nodded in affirmation, but then continued: "Okay, but my unit is going to make a surprise attack on Suzhou, can you keep up?"
"General, just don't worry. The brothers in Weilubao are all miners. They all have iron legs. There is no reason why this place, which is only a hundred miles away, can't keep up." Gao Duo raised his chest slightly and answered confidently.
road.
"Okay, very good! In that case, my troops will enter the fort right now, eat this meal and set off immediately!"
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