A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 74
Cook food at the fourth watch, pull out the camp at the fifth watch, and set off in Pingming.

The left vanguard Liu Lancheng led a thousand cavalry to set off first, and then the battalions came out one by one. By the time Huaiyu's hospital battalion set off, the sun had already risen high.

The scene of tens of thousands of horses marching is very spectacular.

The first to go out of the camp were the Twelve Routes of Tangqi. They were both scouts and communications soldiers. There were five Tangqis in each group. Ming dysprosium.They are the eyes and ears of the army, and their maximum spread can reach more than ten miles, and each person can be separated by one mile in the plains.

If you find an enemy, you can quickly shake the flag gun and call the police all the way back.

They have a set of specialized semaphores, with different signals for different situations.For example, if you find a large group of enemies aggressive, then wave the flag and draw a circle. If the enemy is still far away, just slow down the flag gun.

After Tangqi went out, the cavalry went out of the camp, and after two miles away from the camp, they stopped to guard against each other.

After all went out of camp, the order changed again.

The infantry retreated and passed the cavalry and went to the front instead, and then the cavalry guards led the luggage team, and marched at a distance of about two miles from the infantry.

Each battalion maintains a quarter-hour interval between departures.

There were more than [-] people, boundless, and it was Huaiyu's first time to participate in such a march. One by one, the Tangqi set off one by one. The Tangqi who set off first had been on the road for an hour, and the others behind hadn't moved.

The soldiers of each battalion, riding horses and leading donkeys, meandered in like a long snake.

The scene is very spectacular.

Everyone in it, who can be stimulated by this spectacular scene, has a bit of shortness of breath.

"It's really unexpected that there are only five thousand soldiers in the government, and there is such a force."

Ma Zhou also nodded frequently. Although this madman used to like to drink and brag, he had never really experienced the army at close range. There are five thousand soldiers in the army, but there are also five thousand soldiers from the volunteers, trilogy, and civilian husbands. There are also a lot of animals, mules, horses, and donkeys.

The government soldiers each grouped ten people, carrying six donkeys to carry equipment, and each group had to collect one donkey and mule to carry the wounded and so on.

There are mounts above the head of the team, and the cavalry has at least one person and two horses.

The entire team was over 1 people, including 100 cavalry soldiers of the main army. These two thousand cavalry soldiers had more than 2000 horses, more than [-] baggage carts, and more than [-] mules and donkeys.

The whole army marched for seven miles, and the chariots and horses were three miles long, adding up to ten miles.

Although the main army is only half of the entire army, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are still very elite, and the officers at all levels are also very professional. Rigorousness shows that this person is not ordinary.

Even Princess Wanchun's son-in-law Lu Huairang, the playboy relative Cheng Yaojin looked down upon, and Huaiyu's hospital camp were all thanks to his command and arrangement.

On a road that is one zhang wide, there are four people in a row. On a two zhang wide road, eight people can run in parallel.

Fortunately, Gyeonggi Road is wide, so eight people can walk side by side.

However, there are also gaps between the battalions of each team, especially between battalions, there is still a quarter of an hour interval, which makes the marching distance of the entire ten thousand people reach ten miles.

There are 300 teams in the Huaiyu Hospital camp, as well as a large number of chariots and medicinal materials, with a team leader of more than [-] meters.

Each row is marched at a distance of about 1.5 meters, resting neatly for ten miles, dry food for thirty miles, and overnight for sixty miles.

Thirty miles is one house, and two houses are board and lodging.

The standard marching speed of the Tang Dynasty was sixty miles a day for infantry. The larger the army, the slower the march.

"Actually, infantry can travel eighteen to twenty miles per hour, and cavalry can travel thirty miles per hour. However, you must maintain spare strength when marching, otherwise you will lose combat effectiveness when encountering an enemy. And if there are many soldiers and horses, the marching speed will slow down, especially The more vehicles and horses there are, the slower the marching speed will be. When marching with tens of thousands of people, the infantry will drop to about 2 li an hour, and if an army of more than [-] marches, the infantry speed will drop to about [-] li an hour.”

Lu Huairang is also a child of the Guanlong military aristocratic group at any rate, and he is clear about these families.

Near Gyeonggi, the roads are wide and the roads are flat and easy to walk. Eight people can walk side by side, and there is no threat from the enemy. They can move forward lightly. Sixty miles a day is relatively easy, and camping overnight does not need to be too troublesome.

But when we got near Longshan Mountain and got close to the Turkic people, not only would the road be difficult to walk, but some soldiers would even have to put on armed guards and march, and we had to start setting up stronger barracks early, and then it would be too late.

However, Lu Huairang was still very confident. He pointed to the chariots and horses, which were full of armor, weapons, food and grass. The Tang army's equipment was definitely far superior to that of the Turks.

If you really want to travel lightly, the infantry can march hundreds of miles in a day and night, but that will be very exhausting. Unless there is a special mission, no general will march like this.

In most cases, they march for about six hours a day, and the rest of the time is mainly for camping and resting halfway.

Most of the time, camping starts in the afternoon, otherwise the time is not enough and the night is dangerous if the camp is not strong.

Huaiyu didn't know much about the army, and his limited knowledge came from film and television dramas and novels. He didn't know anything about how to march, how to deploy formations, and how to give orders.

In addition, their hospital battalion belongs to the logistics department, and there are no other tasks, which is fine.

Huaiyu also made a joke in the morning, he asked someone to put on armor for him, and prepared to dress neatly for a march on horseback, but Lu Huairang smiled and told him not to wear it, even if it weighed more than twenty catties, it would be tiring to wear it for a day It's choking, let alone a bright light armor that weighs dozens of kilograms.

When there is no enemy situation, they will march forward lightly. The armor is carried on the chariots and horses. The government soldiers prepare six mules and donkeys for every ten people, mainly to carry their armor, tents, and dry food. The infantry really have to wear If A is marching with dry rations on his back, he will not die of exhaustion.

Finally, Lu Huairang gave Huaiyu a vest.

It is made of rhinoceros leather, double-layered and thickened, but it weighs only two catties in total. It is very light, but very hard. On the chest and vest, there is also a fine iron sheet in the middle of the cowhide.

Although it only protects the front chest and back, but with two shoulder pads made of rhino horn slices tied on a belt, and a rhino fur hat, it can also protect the key points.

Arms, thighs, etc. are ignored.

"Didn't it mean that marching is not dangerous?"

"Generally speaking, the danger is not great, but just in case, if you are attacked by surprise or encounter an enemy and it is too late to put on your armor, this vest and leather helmet can still be of great use." Lu Huairang told Huaiyu with a smile. Just in case.

"Isn't there Twelve Road Tangqi to inquire?"

"It's impossible for Tangqi to be foolproof. Do you think that an ambush is to shoot arrows on two walls of a canyon? A real army ambushes is usually not at that kind of special dangerous place, but in a large range. It is so powerful because the ambushers are fully armed early and wait for work, so that they are prepared to attack and have no defense.

Most ambush battles are actually encounters and pursuit battles, but when the ambushers travel lightly and are attacked, they don’t have much time to put on armor and equip and line up. You must know that when an army of ten thousand marches, the queue pulled out is actually at least It is ten miles long. "

When Lu Huairang said this, Huaiyu immediately had a picture, the long snake formation was cut in the middle, and the fully armed ambushers attacked and slashed at the opponents who were too late to put on the armor.

This kind of ambush doesn't need any narrow valley at all, just find a place that can block the line of sight, as long as you stay on the only way, even if the opponent's Tangqi can find out in advance, but the distance of a few miles, it is estimated that it is too late to react too much .

The rhinoceros leather vest is also painted with beast patterns, and the inside is lined with silk. It is very high-end, and it is indeed very practical. After wearing it, Huaiyu feels much safer.

Although it's a bit smug after wearing it, it's a little more secure.

"For this leather armor, rhinoceros hide is the best, followed by elephant hide, and then cowhide. Although the rhinoceros hide seems very thin, it is actually very hard. Put tung oil on it, bake it slightly with fire, sprinkle iron filings on it, hammer the iron filings into the cowhide, add oil, add iron filings, and continue hammering. Into the lacquer, brushed on the skin, and finally the rhinoceros leather vest is thin, but as hard as iron."

"The ones you and I wore were given to His Majesty by Lingnan King Feng An when he came to Beijing. At that time, he presented a batch of leather armor and leather vests. His Majesty rewarded my family with a few pieces."

Huaiyu was surprised when he heard this, "I didn't expect this vest to have a long history, and it's even more so precious."

"It's just a vest. I brought several pieces." Lu Huairang is very rich. According to what he said, the top-quality full leather armor in Lingnan is not weaker than iron armor, but he only wears this vest because he hates marching. At that time, the iron armor was too heavy, and I felt unsafe not to wear it, so I put on a vest that only protected the chest and back.

"Brother, why are you polite?" The son-in-law of the dignified emperor, the second son of the nobles of the Guanlong clan, it is indeed not easy to call Huaiyu like a brother and brother.

Huaiyu smiled and thanked.

"It's our time, let's go!"

The flags waved, the horns sounded, and Huaiyu and his hospital battalion of [-] people also marched in groups. Huaiyu and Lu Huairang rode fine horses and wore rhinoceros leather vests. Still pretty easy.

It's a pity that although Cheng Chumo was also transferred to Longyou, he was in the right forward cavalry under Niu Jinda's command. He commanded a sub-battalion of [-] cavalry, but Huaiyu had no chance to join him.

The morale of the whole team was high, whether it was Lu Huairang, Dou Yun, or the four brothers of the Xue family, or Liu Lancheng, Niu Jinda, Cheng Chumo, including Ma Zhou and Zhao Xin, no one thought that this battle would be defeated. On the right, the Longyou camp with 5 people can beat the Tuyuhun people out of their shit and make the Turkic people stay away.

But Huaiyu thought that in history, the Turkic people all drank the Weihe River and forced Li Shimin to form an alliance with a white horse, and signed the alliance under the city. After all, Datang's plan to intercept the Turkic people failed.

Thinking of this, Huaiyu couldn't help feeling heavy. This expedition might not be that simple.

(End of this chapter)