Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 2138 General Baikui ([-]) Werburg

Jinghua's armed forces in Ming Dynasty can be roughly divided into two categories. Among them, the security team is the "standing army" of armed servants, and the "factory guard team" is the "reserve".

The "factory protection team" is composed of Jinghua's "factory protection team", "mine protection team", "beside courtyard guards" and other armed guards in various places to form a separate system.However, due to many years of habit, the previous name is still used, such as "Gansu Weilubao Copper Mine Protection Team".

Of course, it also has a more formal name within Jinghua, called "Northwest No.11 Factory Guard Team".This is because although the reserve system of the factory protection team basically copied the security team, it is not divided into provinces, prefectures, and counties, but divided into northeast, north, east, south, central, southwest, northwest, Eight branches of Mongolia.That is to say, "North China No. XX Factory Protection Team" and "Mongolia No. XX Factory Protection Team".

It stands to reason that the numerical expression of "No. XX" is not as intuitive as a specific place such as "Weluburg". At a glance, you can know where the armed forces came from and where they are usually stationed.However, this is actually the high-practical intention: to weaken the awareness of permanent residence and responsible area, and form the thinking of "the national factory protection team will be deployed at any time as needed".

If this kind of thinking is applied to the military system of the Ming Dynasty, then perhaps it can be understood in this way: It doesn’t matter whether you are a soldier under the command of the Sichuan General Army or a soldier under the command of the Gansu General Army. Whoever you are in charge of this year will be in charge of you - breaking geographical restrictions, and all will be deployed flexibly by the imperial court.

Of course, the time limit still exists objectively. After all, there is no need for Gao Wuzhen to transfer them to other places to perform tasks at will.Therefore, even though Gao Pragmatic intends to guide the factory protection team system in this direction, the factory protection teams and mine protection teams in various places are still more accustomed to using the old names.

Speaking of the "Weilburg mine protection team", the current number of this mine protection team—that is, the scale of "3000 people"—is not very well prepared.According to Jinghua's system, every ten miners choose one person as the mine protection team. Therefore, the normal scale of the "Verluburg mine protection team" is not so large, it should be about 700 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 after casual training.Therefore, when Brihatu called, the Weilubao mine protection team was temporarily expanded to a scale of 3000 people.

Liu Ting confirmed his position by the Heihe River, and found a section of the area where the current was not too fast to arrange a Mongolian floating ferry.This method has been mentioned earlier in this book, which is the so-called "crossing the river with a leather bag".

A leather bag is an air bag made of leather.In the north, especially on both sides of the Yellow River, leather bags are a common tool for crossing the river.Leather pouches are generally made of sheepskin, and the production method is roughly that after the sheep is slaughtered, air is blown into the sheepskin with a thin tube to generate air flow between the skin and flesh, and then the sheepskin is beaten hard, and the sheepskin will be separated from the mutton.

At this time, cut off the sheep's head and limbs, and then tear the sheepskin from the head down, and the sheepskin will be completely peeled off, and then just tie the holes in the head, limbs and tail tightly, and it will be seamless.When it is time to use it as a tool for crossing the river, the boatman blows air into the leather bag, and the sheepskin expands into a bulging leather bag.

This kind of leather bag can be used to carry a raft and float many people across the river at the same time.Generally speaking, the Mongolian army used this method of "crossing the river with a leather bag" for all rivers with fast-flowing water and difficult boats.

Now the current of the Heihe River is not turbulent, but because it is deserted and Liu Ting has no time to wait, naturally he does not consider collecting private boats to cross the river, and can only "cross the river with leather bag".Fortunately, the cavalry generals of Liu's army went to Erdemutu to "re-train" and learned the Mongol methods very carefully. The army always kept enough leather bags, so the crossing of the river was quickly completed.

After crossing the Heihe River, Liu Ting once again arranged for water replenishment, horse feeding, and meals, and gave everyone three hours to sleep quickly. At the same time, he sent three nights to scatter them all in the direction of Verluberg.

This is also the meaning of the question. After all, if such a cavalry of 8000 people suddenly kills the city of Weilubao, people might think that it is the arrival of the Mongolian army. You need to send Ye Bu Shou to go to the front station first and notify the other party.

This also has the advantage of allowing Weluburg to make some preparations in advance. For example, for the sixteen cannons, the parts that can be mobilized should be ready to be loaded as soon as possible.

Liu Ting was not polite about this matter. Anyway, Gao Yushi had given him authority, and Jinghua's armed forces in Gansu had to obey his calls when necessary.Liu Ting also knows that this permission is a small problem for him, and maybe there is also the face factor of his sister, so he takes this matter very seriously... But the mine protection team can't be wiped out, this is the boss's private matter. soldiers.

Three hours later, Liu Ting led [-] cavalry to set off on time.This time, they still didn't mount their horses, they still chose to be led, and since it was no longer a rugged mountain road, their marching speed was a little higher.Measured according to the speed of the horse, it has reached the level of "quick step".

Speaking of horse speed, here is a little bit of cold knowledge.Horses have four speeds, which are divided into canter, trot, canter and trot from slow to fast.Each speed corresponds to a specific pace, or step, or gesture.

Slow step, also known as regular step, is the basic way for horses to walk. It is a four-beat (hoof sound) pace.The speed is generally 3-4 miles per hour, or 5-6 kilometers per hour.Converted into Ming Dynasty, it means walking eleven or twelve miles in one hour.

Quick trot means fast running and quick jumping. It is a two-beat (hoof sound) gait in which the horse moves alternately with its legs.The order of stepping on the hoofs is: vacant period - left rear, right front - vacant period - right rear, left front.The speed is generally 6 miles per hour, or about ten kilometers per hour, or "twenty miles an hour".

Running is a three-beat (hoof sound) pace. Taking left running as an example, the order of hoof treading is: right rear-left rear, right front-left front-vacation period; taking right running as an example, the order of hoof sounds is: Left hind limb, left diagonal limb (left forelimb and right hind limb move at the same time), right forelimb, followed by a momentary flight period in which all four hooves are in the air before running the next step.The speed is generally 8-10 miles per hour, and the median value is 9 miles per hour, which is about 15 kilometers per hour, or "thirty miles per hour".

The attacking step is the step used in later generations of racing horses, or the step used by cavalry to enter the final sprint when charging.That is, the four-beat sprint in horse racing, which refers to a kind of running performed by horses in the order of running steps, with extended gait and the highest speed.Taking left running as an example, the order of stepping on the hoof is: right hind leg-left hind leg-right front leg-left front leg-vacation period.

Of course, as a sprinting step, the exact speed is uncertain, it depends on the horse's ability.However, usually no one talks about the speed of walking. After all, this speed can't be maintained for a long time, and often it can only be calculated in seconds, so don't mention it when marching.

In fact, not only walking is usually not used, but also the "running" of horses is rarely used.Generally speaking, the speed of the cavalry when marching refers to the speed of the "slow step" of the horse, and it will only be adjusted to the "quick step" when rushing in an emergency-and this speed will not be used for a long time.

Still the same sentence, horses are much more delicate than humans, and far less durable than humans. "Horror upright ape" is by no means in vain. In terms of endurance, human beings have almost no equal opponents - of course, this refers to the natural potential. If you insist that you can run 3000 meters, it is because modern people lack basic Exercise has nothing to do with talent, and the ancestors don't blame it.

Speaking of speed, during the Napoleonic Wars, according to the regulations of the French army, the main cavalry footwork of the French army at this time can be divided into three types: slow step (pas), trot (trot), and running (galop). Minutes 100, 240, 300 meters.

The regulations of the armies of other great powers are roughly similar to those of the French army. Take the Russian army as an example. , almost the same as the French army.

In addition to running, there are also full-speed gallops in the armies of various countries.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 stepping all have a considerable drain on horsepower, the latter two being particularly serious.

Trotting for more than half an hour and running for more than 6 minutes will make the horse quite tired.Therefore, if they march for a long distance, the cavalry can only use slow steps-however, because the endurance of Mongolian horses can beat European horses, the duration of fast steps will be greatly improved.

According to the consensus at the time, when the cavalry attacked the cavalry, whichever cavalry could maintain a better formation and run faster would definitely win.

If you need formation, speed, and horsepower, 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 100 meters. It reaches full speed when it reaches ten meters or even more than ten meters.Although this requirement seems simple, it still requires a considerable degree of training to complete it collectively.

就拿七年战争中的骑兵典范普鲁士军队来说，理想状况下的普军骑兵在距离敌军110-150米(150-200步)从快步提速到小跑步，距敌五60米(70-80步)时用马刺催促战马以大跑步前进，但并不放开缰绳。

This is because it is impossible for all war horses to gallop at the same speed, and the cavalry still needs to control the horses to maintain formation, and wait until they are only 15 meters away from the enemy (20 steps) before rushing forward at the highest speed.

The specific practices of other armies are somewhat different, but the basic idea is still the same. When the distance is hundreds of meters, start to move at a slow pace, and then gradually speed up to trot, running and even stride.

Taking the French military regulations as an example, it is to switch from a slow walk to a trot when the distance is 315 meters from the enemy, to change from a trot to a trot when the distance is 165 meters to the enemy, and to change from a jog to a trot or even a stride when the distance is 65 meters to the enemy.

Pulling away, say it again.Liu Ting relied on the fact that the war horses in his headquarters were strengthened based on Mongolian horse bloodlines, and their endurance was relatively long-lasting. Therefore, his plan was to alternate between trot - trot - trot - trot intermittently, and walk as fast as possible. The speed first arrived at Weilubao, and then rushed to the city of Suzhou with the heavy firepower of Weilubao.

The key to this plan is speed, and the magic soldiers must fall from the sky when Suzhou is unprepared.Even if the Mongolian army in Suzhou found that they were theoretically incapable of attacking fortified cavalry, it might not be possible to close the city gate in time, and even if the city gate was closed, their own side still had heavy artillery to blast open a gap.

The Mongols have fled back to the grassland for more than 200 years, and they have no experience in defending the city. They are typically good at attacking but not good at defending.During the last Korean War, the generals of the Ming army commanded the Mongolian cavalry conscripts and they all took them out to fight in the field. The job of defending the city was entirely up to the Han army, but no one expected the Mongolian cavalry to defend the city.

Because it is a slow pace and a fast pace alternately, but it does not carry people at the same time, the cavalry under Liu Ting's troops ran very fast this time. They covered a distance of a hundred miles in six hours and successfully arrived at the city of Verluberg. A supplementary rest (referring to eating and drinking water, etc.).

Of course, even so, six hours is twelve hours after all, and the whole afternoon and the first half of the night passed, and it was already midnight when they arrived.

Weilubao is indeed a large bastion, and the dense torches on the top of the city roughly show the shape of the bastion in front of Liu Ting.Liu Ting ordered to stand still two miles in front of the east gate of Weilubao, and sent Yebushou to negotiate again.

Not long after, seven or eight Jinghua mine guards dressed in brown clothes and armor came to check with the Ming army at night.Seeing this, Liu Ting couldn't help but nodded secretly: After all, it's Lord Hou's soldier, you are really careful enough, after seeing the document with my seal on it, you have to send someone to check it yourself.

"But Liu Zongrong from Sichuan is in person?" the leader asked loudly, cupping his hands from a distance.

"It's Liu!" Liu Ting was not in a hurry to get off his horse, but instead shouted, "I am ordered by the Marquis to temporarily supervise your department. Where are Gao He, the deacon of the Welubao Copper Mine, and Gao Duo, the column leader of the mine protection team?"

Hearing these words, the person at the head completely believed in Liu Ting's identity, knelt down on one knee and saluted with his companion behind him, and said, "Report to Liu Zongrong, I am Gao Duo. The deacon is arranging reception matters in the fort, please The general army arranged for the troops to rest in the fort."

Hearing this, Liu Ting finally turned over and jumped off the horse, stepped forward to help Gao Duo up, and asked at the same time: "I'm not in a hurry to take a break. Let me ask you, I will do everything I want your ministry to do. gone?"

Gao Duo laughed and said: "How dare you miss the important event of the general army? The sixteen cannons have been loaded on trailers and can go with the army at any time. There are currently 120 people in my department, and it has been decided that only 500 people will be left to guard the city, and the rest will wait for the army to defend the city." They are all packed and ready to go to Suzhou at any time."

Liu Ting was very satisfied, nodded his head to express his affirmation, but continued: "Okay, but my department is going to attack Suzhou by surprise, can you keep up?"

"Just don't worry, Zong Rong. The brothers in Verluburg are all miners, and they all have iron feet. There is no reason why they can't keep up in this mere land." Gao Duo slightly puffed up his chest and replied confidently. road.

"Okay, very good! If that's the case, my department will enter the fort right away, and leave immediately after eating this meal!"
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