Chapter 740: The Ji Soldier's Accident
When the army marched, they had breakfast every morning! After that, they would reorganize the enemy and then line up. At night, they would camp before dark and arrange rotation defense, which would not be relatively casual in the caravan.
Therefore, in the same area, the army is much slower than the caravan, so there are naturally important considerations.
On the first night of camping, the cavalry in the army selected more than 200 cavalry to set up secret whistles and swaying whistles outside, but nothing happened that night.
When it comes to riding a horse to gallop north for one day, if it is not during wartime, the Tartars did not have much activity, because this is a place within the reach of the Ming army and a buffer area for both sides.
On this night, the cavalry and sentry on the night were also more relaxed. Ji Town and Hu Wei Army each had their own camps, and the horse team was stationed in the camps of Ji Town. There were two camps of big and small. The guards were naturally infantry from each family, and there was no obstacle to each other.
However, the horse team sent out was mixed with three teams, including Ji Town, Hu Wei Army and Datong Town cavalry. The two sides did not cooperate for a long time. The warriors were competitive and were elite cavalry. They all felt a bit like comparing each other.
Although the Ming Dynasty did not lack horses, the cost of a cavalry was more than ten times that of a Bu Mou, and there was no way to respond to the story. Therefore, the cavalry and cavalry of each armies of the Ming Dynasty were almost the most elite and powerful soldiers. Such soldiers were usually the personal soldiers of the generals everywhere.
This is naturally true in Datong Town. Ji Town and Hu Weizhang pay attention to large-scale sword training. Perhaps those who are cavalry are often more qualifying than ordinary infantry, and everyone is arrogant in their hearts.
The general of Jizhen Army entered Wang Tong's army's tent. Seeing the luxurious decorations inside, Wang Tong was relaxed and freehand, and his evaluation was not high. He felt that Wang Tong was quite frivolous and regarded the battle as a trip.
When the Qiangma General of the Jizhen Horse Team saw Ma Sanbiao, the leader of the Huwei Army, looked listless and yawned. He was also displeased and thought he was too lazy.
Yang Jin and Jizhen generals naturally knew the importance and would not tell their views to the lower level. However, the people below also felt this way after contacting the horse team sent by the Huwei Army. It was obviously the first day of marching, so why did such people look listless and what would be the effect of going to the battlefield?
The cavalry from Datong Town are also very strange. Some are listless like the cavalry of the Huwei Army, while some are considered normal.
At night, everyone was divided into small teams, looking for a place to hide from the wind, and going out to patrol regularly. After dismounting, the listless cavalrymen took a nap in the shelter and actually wanted to sleep, which made the cavalry in Ji Town frown.
When they go out for patrol at night, they will give them time to sleep the next day. They are so confused. What if the sects really come over in the middle of the night? What if they are frozen to death when they are asleep in such cold weather?
But the Huwei Army and the soldiers in Datong Town were a little scheming to feed the horses hard materials first, and then the horses were surrounded outside, and people gathered to sit inside and leaned against each other and draped on their bodies, and just slept like that. This was a bit surprising. The horses surrounded and felt, and they had the function of a tent. They leaned against each other to keep warm, so they didn't have to be so cold, and they didn't worry about being frozen at night. Unexpectedly, these lazy soldiers still had experience.
If you are lazy and loose, you can only watch them like this. The Jizhen army has been often a waste of friendly forces for so many years. The decisive battle depends entirely on the military soldiers of Jizhen. This time, 20,000 most elite soldiers came to Jizhen, while the Huwei Army and Datong Town only have more than 8,000 people, so Jizhen still has to do things.
The cavalry in Jizhen despised them, but arranged people to keep watch and wait in a proper manner, and did not dare to slack off at all, but there were also things that surprised them at night.
The sects must have scouts to watch from afar. Although there are not many, there will be people watching the camp at night. The enemy's troops must be arranged in such a way. Otherwise, if the opponent suddenly acts in the middle of the night, it will be caught off guard. But now it is still within the tolerance range. The Ming Dynasty occasionally goes out of the frontier, and the current distance is just near their side wall.
Therefore, the scouts who came here were just watching from afar. Although they could not see anything with the light of stars and moons, the night on the grassland was extremely quiet, with the sound of horse hooves or similar sounds, which were easily noticed. When there was such a movement, the experienced Jizhen soldiers would react.
The enemy that surprised them was here. Every time they noticed, the Huwei Army, who were napping there and even snoring, and the soldiers of Datong Town, immediately responded. Some stood up, and some quickly pulled out their weapons. When the movement disappeared, they went to rest again.
The Datong Town cavalry, who had no tired expression on their faces and were quite normal, reacted much slower, and some people didn't even know that the enemy had come.
At dawn, smoke from the camp was already rising, and the horses were about to start pulling out, and the horses were also withdrawing, and another team of cavalry would be replaced. The army would advance, and there would always be a swimming cavalry observation ahead, constantly sending the news back, so that the officers would have a clear grasp.
On the night, Jizhen Horse Team met and talked about the accident last night. A few experienced people saw something: "That style last night was clearly seen after years of fighting on the grassland. Perhaps there was a Mongolian douche in Datong and the Imperial Guards."
"Speaking of this, before the early morning of last night, the imperial guards and Datong seemed to have had a few old acquaintances, chatting and laughing at each other, saying that if the heads on the grassland were taken back, they could be replaced by General Qian's duties. Some people also said that if you take a lot of money, don't try any official positions..."
"I also heard this. I said that I have worked hard on the grassland for so long, but I will come out immediately after a few days of going back. The horses are exhausted so much..."
What each of them saw and heard was nothing but a piece of scale armor. When they were pieced together, they faintly realized something. These tired and listless cavalrymen were experienced soldiers, just like them.
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The camp was marching, and the generals at the top and upward military generals saw some differences. Yesterday, in the array of the Huwei Army, in addition to the four-wheeled carts, there were also two-wheeled double-horse or two-wheeled single-horse trucks, which were used to transport food and grass supplies. Today, these big trucks were all moving in the queue of Jizhen. There were only four-wheeled four-horse trucks left on the Huwei Army.
If the generals have questions, the thousand generals of each battalion went directly to Yang Jin, deputy general of Ji Town, to ask. The imperial guards are becoming more and more disgusting. Why did they throw their food and grass supplies into Ji Town? This time the main force of the war still has to rely on Ji Town. If this happens, wouldn’t Ji Town be regarded as a civilian who transports food and grass?
"In addition to the equipment, their big trucks should be equipped with food and grass for them to eat for four or five days, and the rest are all shipped by us."
Yang Jin explained, and Mr. Qian was stunned for a moment and immediately spoke, "This is too ridiculous. This time we have to fight with the godson. We are not going to be in front of Jizhen and charge in front of us. We are not going to be killed or injured. Now we are throwing the heavy food and grass into the air. Could it be that we want to run faster when we meet the godson?"
His words were the voice of everyone, but Yang Jin smiled bitterly and said, "Last night, the imperial envoy's instructions were that he would be relieved to put more soldiers and put them here, so that the enemy would not burn or intercept them. We should guard the food and grass, and the Tiger Force can fight with confidence!"
As soon as he said this, a sneer suddenly aroused. Mr. Qian said directly: "Just, for so many years, we are not fighting with soldiers in Jizhen. How many people are boasting about the old coach? What will happen then? Jizhen is still rushing in front and walking at the end.
"You can't say that. That's the case. Everyone in Xuanfu suddenly made military achievements. This is a few hundred levels and a few hundred brains. Isn't there any rumors that the imperial guards killed thousands of Tartar cavalry outside? In that time of the Great Victory in Gubei, weren't it also them who led their children?"
Yang Jin spoke in a solemn voice, everyone was quiet, and he said in dissatisfaction: "That was the old general's trick. Their imperial guards were forced to that point, so they had no choice but to fight to the death. If we hadn't arrived later, they would have collapsed long ago."
"But that time, they killed nearly 5,000 Tartar cavalry. This level is real. Can this result be forced out by being forced?"
Yang Jin looked solemn. These generals in Ji Town were fighting old wars, so naturally understood this truth. They were speechless for a while. Zhang Lei, the president of the Ji Town Horse Team, did not say anything. He started at this time. He said: "Last night, the men were on night. When they came back, they looked like they were fighting old wars. I saw that the camp was set up last night and they were all set up today. The camp was in a normal manner. They were more regular than us. It is not a pity for Wang Tong to have such a great reputation in martial arts.
Everyone was silent and walked forward with their mounts. Yang Jincai abandoned his mouth and said, "Wang Tong is not our old general. It is a safe move for him to put food and grass on our side. Now that the army is outside, don't have any other thoughts, after all, it's for the Ming Dynasty."
The military generals below all nodded and said, and the atmosphere became a little relaxed. Someone smiled and said, "The imperial guards don't know what to do, give us food and grass. If we don't give it to us, wouldn't they be blind?"
A few people burst into laughter. Yang Jin reached out and pointed at the Huwei Army line in front and opened. He said, "Do you think the Huwei Army has not calculated this? If there really is that day, do you think that the artillery dragged by a few horses and a dozen horses will not hit our camp?"
Chapter completed!