In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 236 The Song Army Is Invincible

In the early morning of the next day, Song Tian gathered more than 500 people from the whole camp, lined up in three queues, set off from the barracks, and boarded the boat from the south gate of Ziyang to Sishui River.

When they got to the river, they saw many boats parked by the river, but there were not many soldiers and horses, only a few battalions.

Because they are required to arrive at the pier every moment, each battalion requires a different time to prevent crowding.

There are two generals and six battalions of them beside the pier, that is, the car battalion.

Qian Daqing, the commander of the car battalion, came to greet him immediately. Song Tian chatted with him a few words, and saw carts being pushed onto the boat from time to time, as well as horse mules.

The carriage seemed to be heavy, and Song Tian guessed that there were cannons inside.

He looked at the size of the carriage box, and assessed that the cannon is not big, what use can it be?
Just as I was about to ask about Pao, another rider came not far away.

Song Tian and Qian Daqing greeted each other: "Vice General Liu."

He is a lieutenant general of their two generals.

Deputy General Liu handed Song Tian a secret letter sealed with wax.

It said that there is a note in it. After your two battalions arrive in Jinan, you will receive the carriages and grain at the Tanchengyi Wharf in Jinan according to the note. The car battalion can also receive gunpowder and shells there at the same time.

He also said that five days of food had been prepared on board, and it only took three days for them to take a boat from here to Jinan.

The two of them nodded and looked up to see each other, they were quite satisfied, especially Song Tian, ​​who used to fight with Peng Yibin, so he had such a well-planned and well-arranged plan.

After he and Qian Daqing separated that day, they each boarded the ship with their own soldiers and horses according to their numbers.

Song Tian's soldiers and horses were divided into five boats, and Qian Daqing's personnel were similar to him, and they were divided into 25 boats, which was five times his.

He silently counted at the pier.

Thirty carriages in Qian Daqing's camp accounted for ten boats.He also brought a hundred horse mules.

He couldn't help thinking that this car camp really cost money.

This time they set off with eight battalions, and they needed hundreds of ships. Ziyang didn't have so many ships before. It was after Zhao Yurui took power that they built ships in various places, and there were more ships in various places.

After boarding the boat, they followed the Sishui River all the way to Jining the next morning, and then crossed Machang Lake to Dong'e County. Song Tian found that Machang Lake was full of boats, and many soldiers and horses of the Jining Army were also gathering. Boarding the ship, the scene is messy but not chaotic. Looking at the military appearance, well, it is slightly worse than our Ziyang army, and it is also a strong army.

On the third day they arrived in Dong'e County, unexpectedly, when they passed the local pier, local officials led people to deliver meat along the boat, all of which were chicken, fish and pork that had been processed.

The army hadn't eaten meat for two days on the ship, and now they could finally feast on their food.

The next morning, the fleet arrived and entered Jinan. Because there were too many ships, they lined up in Jihe County. From Jihe County to Tanchengyi Wharf, they were all ships of Peng Yibin's troops in Shandong.

It was not until it was almost dark in the afternoon that their fleet arrived at Tanchengyi Wharf.

There was a sea of ​​people by the pier, some were soldiers who hadn’t left yet, there were also local soldiers, local officials and civilian workers.

Song Tian was on the first boat of his battalion, and was the first to disembark. Immediately, a military officer in Zhajia stepped forward and asked, "Which army is from which battalion?"

"Second General of the Ziyang Army, Second Battalion, Songtian Division." Zhou Bing, who followed Songtian, shouted loudly.

"Where's Cheying Qian Daqing's department, your department should be with them?"

"In the back, the first five ships are us."

"Go and ask Qian Daqing to get off the boat."

Everyone waited on the shore for a while, and Qian Daqing also came.

"Come this way." The military officer waved his hand and led Song Tian, ​​Zhou Bing, Bao Yong, Qian Daqing and others to the table on the right.

On the table is a map of the scene, which is fairly clearly drawn.

"The materials of your two battalions are stored here. After disembarking, first form a team, go north along the shore for a mile, and then turn right—" the military officer said twice: "Do you remember clearly?"

"Understood." Song Tian nodded heavily.

The other party took out another map: "This is the map of the counties near Jinan. You must take it back after typing it. Don't lose it. Your department will share it with Cheying."

Bao Yong suddenly asked: "Can I draw a copy myself?"

"Yes." After the other party finished speaking, he stuffed the map into Song Tian's hand: "Get out of the boat quickly, don't get stuck here, go immediately, there are still soldiers going ashore behind."

On the bank behind Song Tian, ​​his soldiers and horses have almost formed a team, and some of them are carrying equipment. They quickly adjusted the formation, first moved the second battalion forward to make way for Qian Daqing's chariot battalion. When it was over, it was dark.

At this time, they found officials coming from the shore, bringing over a truck full of torches, and after lighting the whole army, they continued on their way.

After a while, they arrived at a camp, this is a garrison camp outside Jinan City, Song Tian took out the note in the secret letter, and after the other party checked it, he said: "The soldiers and horses of this battalion have left, you are temporarily staying here tonight. , After eating, we will leave tomorrow with our equipment.”

After discussing with Qian Daqing, Song Tian and Qian Daqing agreed, because it was still early before the stipulated time for gathering and it was getting dark.

Meat was also provided in the camp that night, but it was a bit noisy at night, because soldiers and horses entered the camp one after another. Song Tian and Qian Daqing looked at it from a high place. Mao estimated that there were two to three thousand people in the camp that night.

But because of the effective organization and orderly troops, the noise was not chaotic, and it quieted down around ten o'clock in later generations, and then the whole camp was quiet, and the sergeants fell asleep one after another.

Before going to bed, Song Tian asked the camp military officer, do you need someone to help with night watch and patrol?

The other party said that there was no need. Within fifty miles, there were Jinan military outposts running around, even at night.

Song Tian listened enviously.

He heard that the imperial court has war horses in the east (Jeju) and west (Sichuan). The Jinan army has a lot of war horses, and there are whole battalions of cavalry. Their Ziyang army is relatively small, like his second battalion with more than 500 people. , a total of only thirty horses, basically as infantry, not prepared for cavalry.

After waking up the next day, Song Tian and Qian Daqing went to collect the supplies, and those who watched the scene were also shocked.

Song Tianying has twenty four-wheeled carriages and one hundred horse mules, and the carriages are full of grain and grass.

This was the first time Song Tian saw a four-wheeled carriage up close.

The four-wheeled carriage was relatively large, more than two meters long and one meter wide, and was dragged in the shape of a character by three horses. The court gave a hundred horses and mules, which could be rotated.

In addition, he accompanied the army with two craftsmen who specialized in repairing carriages.

Song Tian noticed that the two craftsmen were both wearing court official uniforms, so he knew that they were both court officials.

Qian Daqing received twenty four-wheeled carriages and a hundred horses and mules. The carriages contained grain, gunpowder and shells.

Qian Daqing himself brought thirty carriages and horse mules, and there were even more here.

People were also present at the scene one after another, and it was only later that the two found out that this was a civilian husband assigned to them by the imperial court.

Civilian husbands are recruited locally, and each person is [-] Wen per day, which is consistent with [-] per month, which is considered a relatively high wage.

"Your two battalions have a total of 50 peasants, forty four-wheeled carriages, two hundred horse mules, 240 shi of grain, [-] shi of fodder, and six barrels of gunpowder—"

After the official finished reading, he handed the list to the two of them: "If the two commanders have checked and checked, please sign here. If you can't write, just press your fingerprints."

After the exchange of supplies, the officials told them that the food would be enough for the two battalions to feed them for ten days, and it would only take two or three days to get to Jiyang County, which would be enough to go back and forth. The two battalions would have to contact sentries to report to here, at least once a day Report the location of your two battalions here. If there is a change in the location on the same day, you have to report multiple times. When there is a shortage of food, report it three days in advance, and Jinan will have follow-up food shipped there.

Of course, you can also try your best to raise food locally, because there has been no war near Jinan in the past two years. If you want to raise food, you will definitely be able to raise it.

The [-] four-wheeled vehicles in the car camp were handed over to Song Tianying, who took care of all the civilian husbands, and his task was to protect the safety of the car camp.

Four-wheeled vehicles are more expensive. If you encounter a difficult road, don’t force it. Be careful. Don’t drive too fast for a horse-drawn carriage, which will easily damage the tires. Repair and go.

Because the carriage is relatively large, after all the things are loaded, many carriages are still half empty. After you enter Zhangrong territory, you can collect supplies by yourself, such as heavy armor, shields, helmets, etc., or you can put them on the carriage first.

The local military officer was very serious and said a lot of precautions. Song Tian and Qian Daqing could only listen and memorize. Anyway, it feels that fighting now is more troublesome than before.

In the past, Peng Yibin gave an order to gather there three days later to prepare for the battle, and everyone rushed away in a noisy manner. What kind of logistical support and map precautions are there?

But the more troublesome it is, the more Song Tian and Qian Daqing feel that they are ready to agree. Song Tian originally felt that the current Song Army is invincible, but now it is even more inflated. Who else, who else, I asked who else Soldiers and horses will be arranged in such an orderly manner?Lao Tzu is invincible, come and destroy one Lao Tzu.

On one side, their officials are listening, and on the other side, fifteen sentry cavalry in Song Tianying are also registering.

Song Tianying only had thirty horses, mainly for sentry cavalry, and his whole battalion only had fifteen sentry cavalry, which sounded a bit small, but they had a sentry cavalry battalion in the Ziyang Army, and the whole battalion was full of There are more than 500 sentry cavalry, so when fighting, they rarely use the sentry cavalry in their own battalion.

Now the sentry cavalry in his camp is responsible for reporting his location every day, so he has to register on the spot.

After finally explaining everything, Song Tian and Qian Daqing gave an order, and the two battalions began to move. Song Tianying moved first, followed by Che Ying in the middle, then civilian husbands, and finally another Song Tianying.

The troops had just set off when Zhou Bing came over suddenly: "I saw the third battalion changing their helmets."

"All their helmets are replaced with new ones, with masks, why don't we have one?"

It turned out that the third battalion with their generals was changing their helmets locally, and a new type of helmet was prepared locally, with masks.

Song Tian immediately changed to the military officer just now, and asked, why doesn't our battalion have new helmets, the ones with masks?

Of course Song Tian knew that those with masks must have strong protection.

The imperial court wants the whole country to build a new type of Zhajia, but there are too many soldiers and horses, and the equipment is slow. Song Tian's entire battalion has 500 people, but now there are only [-] Zhajia, which is nearly one-tenth, and it is far more than the previous Song Army.

That's humane, the number of new helmets is still small, and you are not on the front line. You are mainly protecting the car battalion, and there is no match for the time being. The other battalions are going to the front line to work with Zhang Rong. You must not give way to the brothers first?
Song Tian was speechless after hearing this, and returned to the team holding his nose.

(End of this chapter)