Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1699 Before the turning point of cutting yuan (fifth three)
Li Rusong felt unbelievable that Qi Jiguang was able to defeat Tumen in a two-thousand-mile raid, but Gao Yushi didn't feel this way at all, he thought it was nothing more than normal.

It's not just you, Li Rusong, who can do this kind of thing, Qi Jiguang has always led troops with this kind of ability, okay?When Qi Jiguang fought against the Japanese in the southeast, he took a pure infantry and moved thousands of miles away, just like playing games. He often ran, fought, continued to attack, and continued to fight... During the period, there was even little rest time. What did they say? ?
But thinking of this, Gao Wushi remembered that he had heard a lecture by an anthropology expert before traveling, in which he mentioned that human beings, as "horrible erect apes", were the biggest biological bug when they just jumped from trees and lived on land in ancient times.

what bug?endurance.

Human beings in ancient times faced an extremely difficult living environment. As a group that had just learned to use the simplest hunting tools, compared with the huge number of wild beasts in the living environment at that time, human beings were inferior in terms of explosive power, agility, resistance to blows, and attack power. I don't know how many grades are worse.

Humans, however, discovered their strengths and soon used them in hunting.What are the advantages and how can they be used?
The advantage is unparalleled endurance, and the way to use it is to hunt and hunt.

Does that sound like nonsense?However, the expert said that humans at that time learned to use simple weapons, such as sharpened sticks, so they could hunt many wild animals (just take a herd of deer for example), but relying on weapons can gain bonuses in hunting ability, But if you can't catch up, then you're blind.

So humans learned to hunt and hunt collectively.There is no need to explain the hunt, but this group hunt is very interesting.Humans could not run the vast majority of prey, but later they found that the prey were better than themselves in sprinting, so human beings rely on relentless pursuit to make the prey exhausted before hunting easily.

Gao Yushi remembers it very clearly. When the expert mentioned this, he gave an example: "ultramarathon".The total distance of this race is as high as 3100 miles, which is 4345 kilometers. The standard requirement is to run it in 51 days, while the world record is 41 days to complete the whole course.

In other words, this player ran an average of 107 kilometers a day-you must know that this is a modern person, and there is no survival pressure in this sport.

So the question is, why is human endurance so strong?The answer may surprise many people-in 2004, Harvard University published a paper called "Born to Run", pointing out that in addition to body structure, the biggest key factor is heat dissipation.

As the fastest animal, the cheetah has the ability to sprint to kill humans in seconds, and can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in just three seconds.However, the cheetah's high-speed state can only be maintained for a short period of time, because after the cheetah sprint starts, its breathing rate will soar from 60 times per minute to 150 times per minute, and the heartbeat and blood flow rate will also increase rapidly. It will cause the cheetah's body temperature to rise sharply.

Therefore, after the cheetah runs only 1.5 kilometers, its anal temperature will reach 41 degrees Celsius, and the cheetah is almost covered with fur, which brings a huge obstacle to its heat dissipation, so after a short run, no matter whether it has been chased or not Cheetahs have to stop when they catch their prey.Therefore, it can be said that heat dissipation largely determines the upper limit of animals running for a long time.

At the same time, humans have a heat dissipation system that all mammals can only envy: the body is hairless and has developed sweat glands that can sweat a lot, which is completely a high-end "water-cooled heat dissipation system".

Of course, why humans become hairless is a very controversial topic, and Darwin couldn't figure out the reason back then.In fact, there are at least several hypotheses here, but the mainstream hypothesis in later generations is the cooling system hypothesis.

Going back to the "hunting and hunting method" mentioned above, this hunting method was still used by the San people in Africa, Australian aborigines, and certain Indian tribes in the American reservations when Gao Pragmatically crossed.

Therefore, the limit of human endurance is quite high.Many Chinese people in later generations may know that the Red Dynasty army was always known for its "iron feet" in the early days when there was no mechanization. How strong was it?Later, someone did calculations based on their performance that year.

They generally march with a load of 20%, and their combat status is higher.Taking the average weight of 70 kg as an example, the weight of 20 kg in combat state is close to 30%.

As for the comparison horse, take the smaller Mongolian horse as an example, weighing about 260-370 kg.30% load is 86-111 kg.That is to say, the ratio of weight to power is roughly the same when a horse bears a fully armed man, and a man bears a fully armed man, and the two are calculated on the same level.And regardless of whether it is a load or not, the conditions for comparing the two are fair.

Then look at the strength of the march.The troops of the Red Dynasty Field Army can operate continuously for 8-10 hours, rest for 8 hours before continuing to act, and do not occupy special meal time (eating while walking). The distance of action on flat days is 60 kilometers, and this speed does not require any special modification.

Remember, this is a case of carrying 30kg (that is, the old military saying "Sixty catties if you don't fight"), and it is a long-term march that does not require any special trimming.

Then compare the mobility of long-distance horses: the world's longest horse racing endurance race, the 2009 Mongolian Derby 1000 km international endurance race.A new Guinness record was set for the event, with 26 international players and 700 horses participating.

According to news records, a veterinary work station is set up every 20-40 kilometers of the race, and a total of 23 veterinary work stations are set up along the way.The eligibility criteria for the riders is to complete the entire trip within 2 weeks.

It can be found that with the support of such intensive veterinary work points, the requirement is only to run 71.4 kilometers per day.

For comparison, when the 38th Army of the Red Dynasty was fighting in North Korea, it set a record in the Battle of Qingchuan River: At that time, the 113th Division of the Army was ordered to intersect the "Sansuoli", the only way for the Mi Army to withdraw southward, in just 14 days. Breaking through the enemy's blockade several times within an hour, he also ran for 74 kilometers and successfully captured three miles, creating a miracle in the history of human infantry warfare.

What is the strongest infantry, this is it.

Before the Battle of Lightning Lake broke out, Gao Wu deliberately garrisoned troops in Lightning Lake for a few days. Firstly, he was luring the discovered Mongolian army to separate his troops, and secondly, he was delaying the time for Qi Jiguang to go south to defeat Tumen and relieve the siege of Guihua City.

When making a decision, Gao Wushi calculated the attack speed of the imperial guards, and believed that the elite trained by Qi Jiguang himself could indeed have such strength!
Judging from the battle report, Qi Jiguang really completed the task with quality and quantity.The old man led the imperial guards to run faster than Li Rusong's Liaodong iron cavalry with his legs.Of course, he also gave up heavy firepower for this reason-almost all artillery was left behind by him.

Gao Wuzhen still doesn't know exactly how Qi Jiguang fought this battle, but that's not important anymore. In short, the results so far are very impressive: the Tumen were defeated, and the imperial guards captured 720 three heads of the Mongolian army. Two thousand four hundred and ninety-six enemies were captured, and thousands of war horses and draft horses were captured.

The losses of the Imperial Guards themselves were quite limited, specifically 560 nine people were killed in the battle, 75 people were seriously injured, and minor injuries were not counted.Comparing the two, the Praetorian Guard can be called a complete victory.

This record makes Gao Yushi really ashamed, especially in terms of his own losses.Qi Jiguang continued his consistent ultra-low battle loss in his decades of military career, and his loss was almost only one-tenth of that of the Mongolian army.

Although this kind of battle damage has been much higher than when he fought the Japanese pirates back then, considering the special characteristics of the Mongolian army, such a battlefield exchange ratio can be said to be shocking.

Seeing that Gao Wushi explained Qi Jiguang's marching speed, Li Rusong didn't bother. Instead, he focused on the record of the imperial guards just like Gao Wushi, and immediately asked questions.

Gao Yushi generously told him the achievements of the imperial guards this time, and Li Rusong's face immediately became heavy.Gao Wushi, who has always been good at observing, found that although Li Rusong didn't say a word, his cheek muscles moved, obviously clenching his teeth secretly.

In fact, Gao Wushi could understand Li Rusong's mood, and this news was indeed a blow to him.

Originally, Li Rusong had always wanted to make the first contribution in the battle of destroying Yuan, so he ran desperately for this reason, and at the same time threw money regardless of the cost, just to get the chance to fight.

Today he finally caught up with the Battle of Lightning Lake, and played a role in almost turning the tide of the battle in this battle. This may be regarded as God's reward for his hard work.Now that Gao Yushi has given him his first merit, of course he can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Although he still wants to strike while the iron is hot to get more military exploits, it should be said that at least it is not as urgent as before.

However, at this moment, news came that Qi Jiguang had smashed Tumen outside Guihua City.No matter in terms of the identity of the opponent or the size of the results, Qi Jiguang's victory in this battle is undoubtedly more dazzling than the battle of Lightning Lake, so it's no wonder that Li Rusong has a good face at this moment.

Then Li Rusong noticed Gao's pragmatic face—Gao Jinglue looked very calm.

Li Rusong was quite puzzled, and secretly thought: Looking at these two battles together, Tumen's main force has been severely hit, and it can almost be said that the basic victory of the war against Yuan has been established.As the manager of Meng Yuan's strategy and this battle, his contribution to Gao Jingtai was indispensable in both battles, and even only his contribution must be the real first contribution made by the court...Why is he not moved in the slightest?

Li Rusong believed that the battle against Yuan had basically been won, which was indeed true from a certain point of view.For example, after these two battles, the total number of Chahar's dead and captured troops has exceeded [-]. However, unlike wounded soldiers, there is a chance of recovery. The former two are rigid. Loss, gone is really gone.

The loss of thirteen thousand may not be a big problem for a family like the Ming army.To put it bluntly, any town on the Nine Sides can afford the loss of [-] troops, it's nothing more than spending some time replenishing, it's no big deal.

However, for Chahar, although the hard loss of [-] can not be said to have broken the spine, at least it can be said to be a serious injury.The total strength of the Chahar Mongolian army is just over [-], and the loss of [-] means that their current strength may have been reduced to less than [-].

Daming sent more than 60 troops in this battle. Although there were some losses after the two battles, due to the huge total force, it can be regarded as almost no losses.
60 to [-], twelve times the gap, the Tumen should be desperate, right?

To some extent, but not entirely, it is accurate to say that Chahar is at an extremely important moment, and an extremely important event is taking place.
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