There was an endless snowstorm, and Na Yan was sitting in a makeshift tent. The snow particles were rustling on the tent, and the wind was making the tent sway endlessly, as if it wanted to uproot the tent. Na Yan ordered people to move the south-facing tent.
The curtain was opened, looking at the dark night outside and the snow particles drifting past the curtain door.
"The weather here, I thought it would be warmer than in the north. With this wind and snow, even the birds and beasts don't come out to look for food..." Na Tuzhen came out of the tent, shook off the snow on his cloak, and put it on the burning charcoal
in front of the brazier.
There is a long iron drill on the brazier, and a large piece of meat is hanging on the thorn. It is roasting on the fire until it is sizzling and oily, exuding an attractive meat aroma.
"Have you released the knight yet?" Na Yan asked.
"Let them all go out. The group of soldiers from the Southern Dynasty went to the direction of Jiyin." Na Tuzhen tore off a piece of meat from the barbecue rack without fear of burning it, picked up the salt brick and rubbed it twice on the meat, and it was sizzling.
It tasted delicious, "Well, Yan Shenling, what do you think they did in Jiyin County?"
"I don't know," Na Yan shook his head and said, "But comparing the information brought back from Jinan Prefecture by the rangers a few days ago, the Nandu soldiers we encountered this time should be part of the Jinan Prefecture garrison...
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"Damn it, these Southern Dynasty soldiers are really hard to chew," Na Tuzhen chewed the meat. He had previously thought that the outpost's repeated setbacks in Jinan Mansion were due to the useless soldiers on the outpost. This time, he had contacted them personally.
Only then did they realize that the Southern Dynasty's defenders in Jinan Prefecture were a bit frustrated and asked Na Yan, "Should we pursue them or continue south?"
"If they come out in such a heavy snowstorm, they will not go around Jiyin County and then return to Jinan City. We must prevent them from taking a detour to support Dezhou..." Na Yan said.
The rangers never found the main force of the Jiangdong Left Army, let alone the baggage vehicles needed for long-distance penetration. Nayan did not realize that the fundamental intention of the Jiangdong Left Army was to penetrate into the inner line of Yannan. Nayan was sure at this time,
This Southern Dynasty army that appeared on the north bank of Jishui and was moving towards Jiyin County in the wind and snow should be part of the Jinan Prefecture garrison, with a number of about 800 to 1,000 people. Considering Dezhou's barrier to Jinan Prefecture
As a wing, this Southern Dynasty army should be reinforcements sent by Jinan Prefecture to support Dezhou City...
Na Yan stretched out his hand to tear off a piece of meat and eat it. He raised his hand to pull the arrow wound on his shoulder and frowned in pain. Na Tuzhen helped him pull out a piece of fat meat and rubbed it with salt. Na Yan bit into the barbecue and stared at it.
While lighting the charcoal fire, I thought to myself: Wang Zhang has not yet completed the encirclement of Dezhou City. If this Southern Dynasty army is allowed to penetrate Dezhou City, it will undoubtedly greatly increase the difficulty of attacking Dezhou City.
"Then let's chase after him?" Na Tuzhen asked. He always felt that the defeat in the evening battle was too useless. He lost nearly a hundred of the king's soldiers and almost wiped out all the achievements he and Na Yan had made during this trip.
, one can almost imagine Najige grinning at their faces.
Na Yan saw Na Tuzhen's unconvinced brows and said: "There is still a big gap in the southeast of Dezhou City. If we don't keep an eye on it, they may sneak into Dezhou City..."
During the battle at dusk, they suffered a loss. As soon as the first group of soldiers from the Southern Dynasty passed through the formation, they caught up with the second group of soldiers from the Southern Dynasty to come to the rescue. They were caught off guard from the flank and lost nearly a third of their troops. Otherwise,
, even if the opponent's troops and horses are three times that of our own, it is impossible to suffer such a big loss.
Not to mention that Na Tuzhen was unconvinced, Na Yan also felt that the defeat was too unfair, but then again, the opponent could march in such a heavy snow and wind, fight in the field without being scattered, and could continue to do so after the war.
Marching at night, military discipline and fighting will are not comparable to those of the Southern Dynasties soldiers I encountered in the three mansions of Yannan before.
At the end of the day, Nayan had given up his ambition to defeat the Southern Dynasty soldiers with the few troops he had. He thought that if the Jinan defenders were of this level, he should probably consider returning.
"Then let's pursue them. We should be able to gather another three or four hundred people from Yangxin..." Na Tuzhen said. In addition to the two hundred king's tent soldiers, they only have a hundred gathered from the southeast of Linyi County.
With the remaining outpost cavalry, Na Tuzhen knew that with the more than 300 cavalry in his hands, he could no longer defeat the Southern Dynasty army, but he did not want to be laughed at by Na Jige and others, and he never mentioned sending people to the large tent in North Texas.
Asking for help, thinking that in the name of King Yan's tent leader, the outpost cavalry operating in Yangxin Mansion can be gathered. As long as five or six hundred people are gathered and these Southern Dynasty soldiers are eaten, the battle at dusk can be wiped out and brought to them.
of shame.
After the battle at dusk, Lin Fu led the Jiangdong left army to march in the snow at night. Instead of going directly to Jiyin County, he crossed Jishui and returned to the south bank. After midnight, he entered a fort on the south bank of Jishui to rest.
The outpost who arrived first had already pretended to be a Jinan garrison and controlled the village. They enforced a curfew at night. When the main force arrived at midnight, they directly sent a team of armored soldiers to surround the village owner's mansion on the north side of the village.
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March secretly and don't hide it from the enemy troops of Donglu. The fortress owners of these rural tycoons are also unreliable and will not be used or their whereabouts will be exposed unless it is absolutely necessary. Lin Fu will not lead the main force into the city to rest and recuperate.
During the march, Lin Fu got into the cart and slept. When he arrived at the south bank of Jishui, he got out of the cart. He stood on the road, picked up a pile of snow and rubbed his face. Then he turned over and mounted his horse, watching.
The troops entered the village and camped in an orderly manner.
"When we met those turtles at dusk, they didn't give us any pain. They even sent people to bite us hard..." Wu Qi said as he came up from behind on horseback.
"The king's soldiers have the pride of the king's soldiers. How can they shrink back easily after a slight setback?" Lin Fu brushed off the remaining snow on his body and said with a smile, "Send someone to inform the sentry officers of each battalion, and the generals above the sentinel commander will come over.
Discussion. It’s not necessarily a bad thing that they’re clinging to us. It’s also impossible to pass through without being noticed at all. Just prevent them from conducting large-scale roundabout infiltration and reconnaissance..."
Lin Mengde came over from the front with a deep kick and a shallow kick, and said to Lin Fu: "Those lame horses are not seriously injured, so there is no need to kill them all..."
"If it's just lame, after the main force leaves, the horses will be left in the stockade as compensation for occupying the stockade, and in exchange for some scarce supplies," Lin Fu said, "Slaughter all the seriously injured horses, it doesn't matter at this time.
It’s so heartbreaking. It’s such an intense march that I can’t stand it without eating meat... Go into the water, and go to the stockade to get more fish, eggs, and even better, pig liver, so I can get more for people who can’t see the road at night.
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Night blindness is also called sparrow blindness. Pig liver has been used to treat sparrow blindness. Not only pig liver, fish, eggs, vegetables and animal livers can treat sparrow blindness, but the effect of pig liver is more obvious. From Jiangning
Since ancient times, animal livers have been one of the most important combat materials collected by Lin Mengde, the forest envoy. In winter, there are few birds and beasts in the field, but there are many sparrows. Scattering millet in the fields to catch sparrows and collecting sparrow livers as fine as beans has become a daily march.
An important job in the camp. If the finch blindness, which is relatively common among ordinary soldiers, had not been alleviated in the past two months, marching at night would have been much more difficult than it is now.
In addition, when Lin Fu and others set out from Jinan Prefecture, they collected nearly 600 horses and more than 1,000 ordinary mules and horses. In addition to pulling heavy carriages, they were basically able to ride cavalry and elite scouts during the march.
An ordinary horse, capable of riding a horse outside the mouth when fighting or going out for reconnaissance.
However, the current elite level of the Jiangdong Zuo Army cavalry is still far inferior to that of the Donglu cavalry who are skilled in mounted archery.
In the evening battle, in addition to their crossbows, armor, flying chariots and other equipment being significantly better than the enemy's cavalry, Ning Zechen's fifth battalion's timely appearance from the flank was also a key factor in victory. The enemy's cavalry broke out of the encirclement.
, the cavalry was also sent to pursue. At this time, the gap between the cavalry on both sides can be seen. Not only did the pursuit achieve great gains, but also lost more than ten people.
Training an elite cavalry is not only more time-consuming than armored soldiers, but also more expensive. In addition to the daily waste of horse food, the very high rate of horse loss during marching operations is also a very important reason.
In order not to hinder the march to the north, Lin Fu ordered all battalions to eliminate horses that were injured during the war or were lame during the march. Eliminating injured horses would not only provide sufficient meat, but also save horse food.
Lin Mengde cursed Lin Fu in his heart as a prodigal, but fortunately, Jinan Prefecture bought a large number of soldiers, armor and horses at a very cheap price from the officers and soldiers who fled south.
The labor camp had no combat missions during the war, but it was busier than anyone else when it was stationed there. Lin Mengde greeted Lin Fu and went to see how the various ministries were stationed.
Wu Qi sent people to escort Lin Mengde to various ministries and notified the generals of each ministry to come over for a meeting. He followed Lin Fu into Wuzhai.
Lin Mengde had already prepared a private house for them as a command post. Ao Canghai, Sun Wenbing, and Sun Shangwang, a scholar from Hejian Prefecture who was serving in the army in Jinan, were all in the command post.
Lin Fu took off Zhu Ying's helmet and put it on the table. He leaned against the edge of the table, took an oil lamp and looked at the map on the table. Sun Wenbing and the others had already mapped the enemy cavalry camp they encountered at dusk.
Mark it out.
Lin Fu pointed at the map and said to Wu Qi: "It seems that they will not let us go easily. No matter it is sunny or snowy, it will be difficult for us to get rid of them..."
Zhou Pu, Cao Ziang, Ning Zechen, Zhao Qingshan and other sentry officers and sentry commanders came to the meeting one after another. Lin Fu asked his guards to bring a stool and invited everyone to sit around him and said: "In the evening battle, the opponent will
They are stronger than the Donglu cavalry we encountered before. They are the most elite king's soldiers of the Donglu. The leader of the Donglu, Ye Jier, only drew elites from various ministries to form this Suwei army in the second year of Chongguan. This battle was fought
It's thrilling and wonderful. Zhao Qingshan and Ning Zechen have made great contributions, but there are also shortcomings. We must sum up the successful experience in a timely manner, and we must also sum up the shortcomings in a timely manner, and combine the successful experience with the shortcomings.
Timely warning to the whole army. Let us make a preliminary summary here first. The fourth and fifth battalions will have to have separate meetings when they go back to gather the flag leaders and all the soldiers to make a summary and select the soldiers who are brave and willing to use their brains.
Serve as a representative to teach successful experiences to other camps..."
Zhou Pu, Cao Ziang, Ao Canghai, Zhao Qingshan and others all served in the town army or rural camps. There is no such pre-war mobilization in the town army and rural camps. Post-war summaries allow lower-level officers or ordinary soldiers to carry out experience
It is a routine for communication. However, after more than two months of persistence in Lin Fu, this practice has become a habit. Most of the flag leaders below do not know a few words, and they are all captains. Now it is almost enough.
There are a few rules and regulations for military combat training. This is a phenomenon that cannot be seen in the town army and rural camps. This is also the biggest difference between Lin Fu's army and other generals.
Adequate material support is the basis for the growth of an elite division, but the brave spirit of an elite division cannot be established out of thin air or after a short period of training. Lin Fu has been thinking about this problem and will use the successful experience of future generations.
Integrate it into the practice of military management.
This time when he marched north to Yannan, even if he could not obtain outstanding military exploits that would shock the world, as long as he successfully passed through, Lin Fu was confident that he could transform this army.