A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 78

Yezhaobai and Wuyun Taxue are two very good BMWs, worthy of their worth of more than [-] yuan, and they have not shown anything special during the normal march for half a month before. After Huaiyu started to march quickly, Huaiyu realized what they were doing.

Huaiyu had two riders and one pack horse, and the two horses rode in turn, and the pack horse carried the grain and grass for one man and three horses.

In order to hurry, Dou Guojiu asked for a quick march, thirty miles per hour.

This is an astonishing speed, and the Ministry of War has specially stipulated that it is not allowed to march in a row for more than two hours.Normal cavalry marches at a maximum speed of hundreds of miles per day,
The cavalry can march [-] to [-] miles a day in a hurry.

Only in extremely special raids and pursuits can it reach three hundred miles a day and night.

After a quick march, you have to rest for at least four hours before you can take the next step.

Dou Yun took Huaiyu and the others to Fuqiang County, running [-] miles per hour, [-] miles for two hours at a time, then rested for a while in the middle, and continued to run for two hours, six hours a day, with a break in between an hour.

They ran from dawn to dusk, from five o'clock in the morning to seven o'clock in the evening when it was dark, and they ran nearly [-] miles in one breath.

Fortunately, Huaiyu got used to long-distance riding due to the half-month riding and marching, but after this long-distance running, he also felt exhausted, but the two good horses given by Li Sanniang and Xu Luoren, who took turns to ride, were still good. Very energetic, on the contrary, the pack horse that had only pulled one man and three horses for three days was so tired and sweaty.

In the twilight, more than a hundred riders camped on a hillside by the Wei River.

While drinking the horse, Dou Yun recalled the battle between him and Prince Li Shimin when he fought against Song Jingang in Hedong, "It was the April of the third year of Wude, Song Jingang finally couldn't hold on after half a year under His Highness's strong wall clearing tactics. , they were running out of food and began to retreat, and we began to attack.

At that time, the crown prince led us to pursue Song Jingang, fought non-stop, eight times a day, and marched more than [-] miles a day and night. His Royal Highness was unarmed for three days, and fought for [-] miles, so that Song Jingang was short of [-] soldiers and was finally defeated. . "

Li Shimin not only fought eight battles a day, but also chased for more than 200 miles. The key is that at this speed for three consecutive days, Song Jingang's lack of food was abruptly retreated, and the pursuit was a big defeat for the opponent.

Just this perfectly shows what a master tactician is.

They ran two hundred miles a day now, which was nothing in comparison.

After washing and drinking the horses, Huaiyu and the others also took off their armor and ate dried mustard biscuits and beef jerky.

The horse eats harder than the soldiers.

The Tang army had two liters of rations a day, and a war horse had a bucket of millet a day, and a three-pack of salt and two rounds of wild grass every day. After such a rapid march, every knight would not treat his mounts slowly, and added concentrate to them one after another. , In addition to millet, black bean cakes were added, and Dou Yun even brought some eggs for his horse to eat.

Huaiyu also found that although the cavalry is super mobile, its weakness is also obvious, that is, in terms of logistics and supplies. Just like this time, each of them rode two horses and one pack, but the pack horse was specially used to carry food and grass, but it was only enough for one person. The amount of three horses for three days.

Even if they can march at full speed, they can only run for three days at most. They must either have food and grass to support them, or plunder supplies on the spot.

In contrast, an infantryman can carry dry food for at least five days, and an auxiliary soldier can carry dry food for 30 days.

Therefore, except for the rare case of Huo Qubing, under normal circumstances, the cavalry will not be three days away from the infantry or the supply unit.

The larger the number of cavalry, the more difficult this long-distance march is, and the more difficult it is to supply.

Huaiyu and the others are marching in the area controlled by their own side, and they can supply supplies along the way. However, if they march quickly, they will tire the horses. If they march for more than four days, their speed will be greatly reduced, unless they can change a batch of horses.

Start a bonfire.

Everyone raced against the clock to rest.

Ma Zhou is writing his diary again. The experience and knowledge along the way has made this once angry youth and madman more pragmatic. He also learns medicine from Huaiyu every day after marching, and even helps to record the hospital camp. Official documents and ledgers, etc., I also insist on practicing archery and shooting arrows every day, and the more horses I ride, the better.

"Why keep a diary?"

"I am afraid that I will die in Longyou. If I die, I hope that my diary will be obtained, and people will know through this diary that there was once such a person as Ma Zhou in this world."

Huaiyu smiled, the mentality of many Confucian scholars will leave a name in history for a lifetime.

"I've never heard you talk about your hometown before, let's talk about it?"

Ma Zhou smiled wryly, "When I left my job as a teaching assistant in Bozhou and traveled westward, I once said that I would return to my hometown with a bright future."

"Is there any family in your hometown?"

Huaiyu only knew that Ma Zhounian had lost his parents when he was young, but not much else.

"I have brothers and sisters, sisters, and relatives of the same clan. My parents died early, and my brothers and sisters raised me when I was young. Later, I studied in the family school, and my married sisters also helped me a lot. My wife is me. The eldest sister introduced it, and the money for the gift was also collected by brothers, sisters-in-law and sisters."

"I never heard you say that there is a wife at home."

"My wife died of illness. She was sick and took medicine for more than a year. Later, she had no money to buy medicine. She left me a son, who is now seven or eight years old. He was only three years old when I left. His name is Ma Zai."

Ma Zhou's words surprised Huaiyu. His wife and child passed away and left behind a three-year-old son. As a result, Ma Zhou abandoned his son as a civil servant and went to work as a Beijing drifter.

After drifting for several years, I did not return home.

He is simply a scumbag, but he somehow understands his heart. He has studied hard for many years, boasting that he is full of talent, but no one knows him, and he is ridiculed and insulted. His family is poor, and he has no talent but can't even take care of his wife and children. His wife also had no money for medical treatment and died of illness, so she ran away angrily and wanted to make some achievements in the future.

But the reality makes people desperate. The days of Journey to the West and drifting in Beijing pass day by day, but they get nothing, and they even owe money everywhere. How can they have the face to go home?

"The last time you went back to Longqiao Fort with me, I think you like my eldest sister? Or, if you are still alive during this trip to Longyou, I will introduce my sister to you then?" Huaiyu suddenly thought Make a match for the two.

Ma Zhou froze for a moment, as if he really hadn't thought about it, when Huaiyu said it, he couldn't help but think of that woman in Longqiaobao, she was kind and hardworking, she couldn't tell how beautiful she was, but she was kind and gentle. Feel.

Especially the locust leaf cold pottery she made, which he will never forget.

"I'm a poor scholar, so I'm not worthy." Ma Zhou smiled wryly.

"As long as you don't dislike my sister who was married before, her life is not very good. She married three husbands, but it didn't last long. Now it is very hard to pull two daughters to live in her mother's house, but she is hardworking and respectful. Young, I hope she can find a capable man for the rest of her life, instead of finding another vulgar and vulgar man to live indiscriminately for the rest of her life, don’t you think so?”

"I'm at a loss."

"Let me give you a word. Jinlin is not a thing in a pool. It can transform into a dragon when it encounters a storm. Brother Ma, you have such talent, ambition, and a heart that will not admit defeat. Sooner or later, you will achieve something. ,trust me."

(End of this chapter)