The drill code of the young army was formulated by Wang Xian with reference to the armies of later generations. Naturally, training is indispensable. When he was in the army, he would organize a twenty-mile march with full load every two days, and it would be an emergency gathering from time to time. Although later
After he left, the young army slacked off, but a month of frantic training on the way north made the soldiers accustomed to this kind of high-intensity training. Therefore, although they complained about the emergency gathering and field training on New Year's Eve, they still
With the military order in hand, the soldiers quickly carried all the equipment on their backs and completed the assembly.
Wang Xian also carried a forty kilogram of carrying gear and appeared in front of the soldiers. The officers and soldiers hurriedly said hello to the military advisor. Wang Xian waved his hands cordially and asked with a smile: "Have you all eaten dumplings?"
"I've eaten." The officers and soldiers replied with a smile.
"Are you full?" Wang Xian asked again.
"I'm full." The officers and soldiers laughed.
"You have to exercise after you're full. How about some exercise on digestion?" Wang Xian said with a smile: "Have you passed all the skiing subjects?"
When the officers and soldiers heard that they were using skis, they all breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Passed."
The history of skiing in the north is very long. It is recorded in the "Tongdian" of the Tang Dynasty that due to the cold weather and early frost and snow, after each hard ice, a wide piece of wood six inches long and seven feet long was tied to the feet to practice the layer.
Ice drives away beasts. In today's northwest and northeastern regions, this skill is becoming more and more advanced. Borderers tie their feet with wooden boards five feet long, hold long poles in their hands, and paddle through the snow. The boards take advantage of the snow's power and can move forward in an instant
After more than ten miles... it moved freely, although the flying birds could not catch up with it.
This year it has been snowing all over the northern country, and it has been snowing all winter in Shanxi. When he decided to attack Guangling, Wang Xian’s first thought was to let the soldiers master skiing skills. When he reported this idea to
After Zhu Zhanji, His Royal Highness Taisun did not hesitate to order Xue Huan, Cheng Zheng and others to draw up a training charter. They were all officers taught by Wang Xian, so they were naturally familiar with this routine. They first found out from among the officers and soldiers in the entire army.
Soldiers from Liaodong and Hebei who knew how to ski were invited to work together to formulate a training program, and quickly made a batch of wooden boards and long poles, and then started practicing by example.
Compared with boring line training, painful marching drills, and painful martial arts drills, skiing is a novel and interesting training, and it can also earn points. Naturally, it is very popular among the officers and soldiers. When they don't go to Taiyuan, everyone is attracted to it.
Passed the assessment and can glide freely on the snowfield
"Then let's go." Wang Xian gave the order, and the soldiers tied up their skis and slowly walked out of the military camp. The 10,000-strong army was divided into three teams. Xu Huaiqing and Mo Wen led 3,000 elite soldiers as the vanguard, while Wang Xian and Xue Huan led
There were three thousand people in the central army, and Cheng Zheng led three thousand people in the rear. The remaining nearly two thousand people, led by Xianyun, Wu Wei, Erhei, Song Zhong and others, guarded the main roads from Taiyuan to the north.
Intercept and kill the courier who tipped off the message.
Previously, Wang Xian asked the King of Jin to distribute white hats and white cloaks to the army because of the old concubine's mourning. Now he ordered the soldiers to wear white hats and white cloaks, which not only blocked the wind, but also blended in with the snowy fields, making it difficult to be seen.
Discovered. When the soldiers left the camp and trudged onto the snow several feet deep, they immediately became lighter. They lowered their bodies, supported their walking sticks, and began to glide slowly, faster and faster.
Like white swallows, they quickly flew across the snowy fields and galloped towards the north.
Heavy snow fell one after another, quickly covering up the traces of their passing...
Skiing on a snowy night was extremely windy, and definitely not a pleasant experience. Although the soldiers were dressed thickly, they were still quickly frozen through. The cold wind cut through their faces like a knife, and their bones seemed to be frozen.
There is no feeling in the whole body, it just slides forward mechanically... It doesn't matter if it's going downhill or on flat ground, but it will be miserable when it goes uphill. The soldiers have to use all their strength to move their legs bit by bit.
It was extremely strenuous to go up the slope. But Shanxi is full of ridges and ridges, and even the official roads have ups and downs... so the speed of skiing was not as fast as expected. After a quick march all night, by the time the sky cleared, it was no more than enough.
Only fifty miles out
At this time, it was finally time to rest. When the whistle was blown, the soldiers lay straight on the snow as if they had received an amnesty, breathing heavily. "Get up, get up, don't die." The officers hurriedly kicked and kicked them.
They were pulled up from the snow. If they had fallen asleep lying on the snow, they would have frozen to death.
The only thing that could comfort the soldiers was the shochu distributed before the expedition. They huddled together to keep warm, took a sip from the wine bag, and passed it to the next person. After a sip of shochu, the soldiers finally felt a little warm.
I was surprised, but in the blink of an eye my eyes were so cold that my eyes were frozen...
Xue Huan inspected a circle and returned to the temporary snow enclosure where the guards had dug. When he saw Wang Xian looking at a map, he asked in a low voice: "Military advisor, how far is it to Guangling?"
"There are still three hundred miles." Wang Xian took out a wine bottle from his arms, threw it to him and said, "What, are you anxious?
Xue Huan finally took the tin wine flask with his body temperature, opened it and took a sip of the hot soju. He felt his whole body was warm, and said with a calm expression: "No, it will take three days at the earliest. Now the boys are already suffering from frostbite."
"After three days, I'm afraid not many people can still fight." He paused and said, "And three days is too long, so I'm afraid the news won't be blocked."
"Haha." Wang Xian looked at him in surprise and said, "Three days apart, I will look at you with admiration. You have made a lot of progress."
"How can you not make progress?" Xue Huan said sarcastically: "Otherwise, my eldest brother will be angry."
"Yeah, I thought you would be angry if you weren't allowed to play forward." Wang Xian smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to lose your temper."
"I know the military advisor is doing it for my own good." Xue Huan smiled sheepishly and said, "I was too stupid in the past, military advisor, don't take it to heart..."
"So you won't be a fool anymore?" Wang Xian said happily.
"No, I can't embarrass my brother." Xue Huan puffed up his chest.
"Well done," Wang Xian punched his chest heavily and said, "Go, appease the brothers, and set off after a stick of incense."
"Here."
"The mountain man has his own clever plan." Wang Xian smiled mysteriously.
"Again," Xue Huan muttered, but didn't say much and went down.
After a stick of incense, the army continued to set off. It is said that this kind of surprise attack should be carried out day and night to avoid being exposed, but the dense goose feather snow covered the sky and the scenery ten feet away could not be seen clearly, so there was no need to worry about the whereabouts being exposed.
, so we can march boldly and safely in the daytime. However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Marching in such a heavy wind and snow consumes too much physical energy of the officers and soldiers.
The wind was blowing harder and harder, the snow was falling harder and harder, and the weather was getting colder. The soldiers were paddling hard on the thick snow. From time to time, soldiers who were freezing to death were lying on the side of the road. Wang Xian was determined. Come, order the officers and soldiers to ignore it and save all your energy to march.
After walking for another forty miles, the soldiers finally couldn't help but stop to protest. They recommended a dozen military leaders to present their case in front of the military advisor. A general named Ma Zhou cautiously said to Wang Xian: "Advisor, brothers, are you? We have issued a military order and promised to enforce the orders and prohibitions, but please let us know that we will die... This really does not feel like training, what are we going to do?" Although the usual training is also very harsh, it never ignores the soldiers. Life and death... If the soldiers were not so frozen that their minds were numb, they would have asked this question long ago.
Wang Xian didn't hide it from them anymore and said calmly: "We are going to Guangling to suppress the bandits."
The soldiers were shocked when they heard this, and asked boldly: "Do we have reinforcements?"
"Yes." Wang Xian said decisively.
"where?"
"Wait for us ten miles ahead." Wang Xian said.
Hearing that there were reinforcements, the soldiers were very excited. Although they complained about fighting in such weather, the military orders were overwhelming and no one dared to talk nonsense. So the soldiers went back to appease the soldiers, and the army continued to advance north.
"Military advisor, do we really have reinforcements?" Xue Huan asked in surprise after the army leaders left.
"There is no such thing as joking in the army." Wang Xian said sternly, but also said with a guilty conscience: "I only said yes, not much..."
"..." Xue Huan is so sweaty. I wonder if the soldiers will rebel when they find out that they have been fooled?
The soldiers had hope and marched much faster. In the blink of an eye, after ten miles, they saw a bright ice belt lying in front of them.
But everyone's attention was not on the frozen river, but on looking for the legendary reinforcements. Finally, they saw a horse galloping on the ice, and when they got closer, they realized that it was actually He is a young Mongolian man.
The scouts were about to capture him, but he kept saying that he wanted to see his consort.
"What is a forehead consort?" the scout asked curiously.
"My brother-in-law is not a thing, he is your military advisor," the Mongolian young man said naively.
"Your mother, Delengtai." At this time, the scout captain rode up and recognized the Mongolian at a glance: "How dare you arrange our military advisers?" He turned over and dismounted, laughing loudly: "You You are such a bitch and you miss me so much."
"Brother Zhou Qiang," the Mongolian young man also dismounted with a look of surprise on his face, hugged the scout captain vigorously and said, "I miss you too, but what do you mean when you say that I am organizing your military advisor?"
"It's" the scout captain named Zhou Qiang, who walked through the Gobi Desert with Wang Xian, and the Mongolian young man is Delengtai, the younger brother of the Borzigit warrior Delemu. Although they belong to two different tribes, But after those unforgettable years of living and dying together, we were really closer than real brothers. Zhou Qiang slapped him hard, laughed and scolded him: "That's what I mean." Then he asked seriously: "Why are you here?"
"It was our consort who asked us to come." Delengtai said, "We have been here for two days. We have specially brought 3,000 horse-drawn sleighs and are waiting for you on the Hutuo River."