Jinyi Night Walk

Chapter 741

The [-] elite troops who accompanied Xia Xun to the Western Regions were selected from the Beijing camp. This massive selection activity was called "Front Selection" by the officers and men of the army.

The officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp in the early Ming Dynasty were indeed the elite of the country. Not only were their equipment far superior to that of the frontier army, but their combat effectiveness was also superior to that of the frontier army. The 3 soldiers selected from the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers were naturally the best. Elite soldiers and strong generals.On the battlefield, it is not because the number of troops has an absolute advantage that they can win the battle. An elite army can completely win more with less and control the situation of the battle.

Among the [-] elite soldiers, the leader of the hall is Sai Hazhi, a shoe official. When Zhu Di sent Xia Shizhi to attack Daning, he and Xia Xun joined hands to go first. The two are old acquaintances.When the army was about to set off, Xia Xun rushed to the barracks, and Sai Hazhi was notified, and immediately led his generals to meet him. The two had fought side by side, and today they were overjoyed to see each other again.

The army is about to break out of camp and set off, and the elite of the three armies have all assembled.

As soon as the two entered the camp, what they saw was a group of neatly dressed light cavalry, one style of light cowhide armor, mandarin duck battle robes, and a bright red fringe on the mighty helmet.

This army is an army that has really fought wars, let alone those who have been away for four years. These people have all participated in the war. No words, but the aura emanating from them is naturally different, that is the real murderous aura, it is just after the first snow, and it is early in the morning, the weather is cold, but what you feel when standing among them is only their aura. Murderous all over.

"Duke, these soldiers are elite soldiers who have fought many battles. There is no need to worry about riding and shooting, laws and regulations, and military discipline. They are proficient in eating, housing, walking, walking, fighting, hiding, and ambush. These people It can be used when it is tuned out, as long as you get used to it a little, they can cooperate seamlessly with each other."

The one who spoke was Jing Feng, the deputy general who was on the other side of Xia Xun. Saiha was brave and good at fighting, but Yu'er, who was fighting big, didn't know a lot, so the deputy general assigned to him was regarded as a Confucian general, and he was not enough to complement him. Xiang Xia When the poem introduced the situation of the [-] selected elites, Sai Hazhi knew that he was not good at words, so he entrusted them all to him.

"Well, what about rough weight?"

Xia Shi looked at the elite soldiers selected with satisfaction, and asked Jing Feng again.

"In addition to the horses ridden by the soldiers, there are also [-] horses in reserve, er... this is already half of the war horses in the Beijing camp!"

Xia Shi nodded, and Jing Feng said again: "The tents, cotton-padded clothes, bedding, armor, weapons, arrows, gunpowder, and medicines are all ready, and they are transported by the soldiers and servants. The prefectures and counties along the way are responsible for the supplies, and if there are only [-] troops, Ganliang can afford it, and there is no need to transport them from the capital, so there are not many things we need to transport and there is no need to delay too much time on the road.”

Xia Shi smiled, shook her head and said, "There are more soldiers and servants than our [-] elite soldiers?"

Jing Feng curled his lips indiscriminately, and thought to himself: "Isn't this nonsense? On expeditions and wars, the number of prepared soldiers and servants is always several times that of the soldiers. Does this master really know about soldiers?" Thinking to himself He didn't dare to say it, but said respectfully: "It's because we don't need to transport food and grass, so we don't need many soldiers and servants. The number of soldiers is only about [-] more than that of soldiers!"

Xia Xun sighed, "I know I'm inferior..."

He pulled the reins suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "I don't want any servants, and only [-] soldiers are reserved. They are asked to carry some things that the soldiers can't carry, and all the other items are carried by the soldiers themselves. , Recite!" Jing Feng said in surprise: "Guo Gong, these are the elites selected from the Beijing camp, they are going to fight in battle, let them do these jobs..."

Xia Xun smiled and said, "Do you think I'm overqualified?"

Jing Feng hurriedly said: "The last general dare not, the last general is to say"

Xia Xun interrupted him and said, "The Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated. Do you think that once a war breaks out there, the logistics will be as convenient and timely as it is now? All of our [-] elite soldiers are equipped with war horses." , Why do you think it is? If you want to defend the city, why choose the elite among the elite of the Beijing camp. Once a war breaks out, they want to roam around and play the role of a surprise soldier.

At that time, field battles were just commonplace for them.It's like guarding the top of the city. When you're hungry, someone brings you food, and when you're thirsty, someone brings you water. You take turns going down to the city to rest at night. If you're injured, a doctor will take you down to wrap up your wound and take medicine. They're going to the Western Regions!In the real fight, it is difficult to see a ray of human smoke in the desert and Gobi, so you must learn to carry all kinds of supplies needed for combat and survival, you must explore how to carry more supplies, and you must figure out how to tie them up when you are marching in a hurry. You will get lost, and you have to adapt to long-distance raids, camping, meals, medication, and wounds under heavy loads!

From here to Gansu, they will go through various terrains and the journey is very long. It is indeed very hard for them to carry these things and do these things by themselves, but only in this way can they develop sufficient strength and tough endurance In the upcoming battle, try to save your life as much as possible!Just keep ordering like this, this kind of behavior, I call it zipping! , the selection of the striker is over. "The training has just begun. I can only admit that he is the real Fengrui after he has been able to practice from Nanjing to Jiayuguan!"

"My lord is right!"

Sai Hazhi raised his flying beard, his mung bean eyes sparkled, and he said in great agreement: "The Lord is right! When we Mongolians fight, we have never seen a soldier lead a group of people to serve us. This kind of veteran soldiers can't fight no matter how good they are. When they arrived on the desert grassland, they were dragged down. Especially our [-] elite soldiers were originally used as sharp knives. Can this sharp knife still go out? Lao Jing, just do as the Duke said, whoever dares to refuse, I will beat his mother!"

Jing Feng had no choice but to agree with a wry smile.

Going forward, there are heavy armored cavalry, and their horses are more elegant. There are a total of 4000 people sitting on the tall and tall horses of Yajian. It is painted with the pattern of ferocious beasts, and the red-tasseled long lacquer gun in the right hand is pointing vertically at the sky. The gun shaft is as thick as a chicken egg, and the tip of the gun is half a foot long.

Behind them are the firearms soldiers, the firearms on their shoulders, and the bowl-mouthed guns on the rack. It is intuitive to see the weapons in the hands of the less murderous cavalry, but those who know the power of this firearm will not think so.

Xia Xun grumbled and said: "Firearms, one day, will completely replace swords, guns, swords and halberds and become the mainstream weapons for victory on the battlefield. Only by making the most of its strengths and abandoning its weaknesses, can it cooperate with other weapons to exert its greatest power.

Tie Mu'er's soldiers are all brave and skilled cavalry, and their horses are as fast as the wind, and most of the Western Regions are full of horses, which is good for fast attack.If we use firearms to confront the enemy, even with a three-stage attack, the enemy cavalry can be killed in a few breaths. Firearms are not enough to rely on. Much more useful than a crossbow.How many arrows can a man with superior arm strength shoot?And firearms, as long as you still have a little strength, you can use them.

At the same time, firearms are far more powerful than arrows in attacking fortification and solidity, especially cannons such as blunderbusses, which can shoot hundreds of projectiles in one shot, and have a wide range of damage. Therefore, I specially selected this firearms soldier, not to call them Those who went to fight against Timur's cavalry called them masters, teaching Gan Liang and other castle soldiers to learn how to use firearms craftsmen to make many newly developed firearms.

Therefore, these three thousand firearms soldiers do not need to participate in the training. They will leave the brigade, guard the firearms and gunpowder transportation battalion, and rush to Hexi at the fastest speed to teach the troops of General Ping Qiang how to use firearms.So they walk without a load, and the heavy cavalry, too! "

Although Xia Shi comes from later generations, he is not superstitious about firearms.After being in this era for so long, he has clearly realized that in this era, the mainstream of the battlefield is still cold weapons.In fact, until the eighteenth century, firearms still could not completely replace the role of fast horses and hard bows. In the terrain suitable for cavalry, firearms were even at a disadvantage.

For example, in the [-]th century, the linear musket tactics of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, defeated European invincibles. It can be called the pinnacle of musket tactics in the [-]th century. The cavalry with spears can't take advantage of it at all, and Xia Shi's era has just entered the fifteenth century, and firearms are far worse than then. Now it is unrealistic to expect firearms to completely replace cold weapons and adapt to all combat environments actual.

Xia Xun's words were exactly what Sai Hazhi wanted. Old Sai had fought all his life and was used to spears, hard bows, and galloping horses. He couldn't see these so-called firearms soldiers who went to battle with iron tubes at all. It seems that Xia Shi wants to move these thousands of people out to use alone, which is exactly what he wants, and of course he will not object.

A group of people continued to walk forward, inspecting various arms while walking, and when they came to the end, Sai Hazhi said: "Duke, we are going to set off soon, do you want to give another instruction to the three armies?"

Xia Xun laughed and said: "From here to Lanzhou, we still have to go. What kind of teachers do you swear? Even if you give them enough energy and courage, when they reach Lanzhou, they will be prematurely ejaculated!"

Sai Hazhi rubbed the back of his head and said with an embarrassed smile: "Uh," the general didn't really like this kind of trick, but seeing that the Han officials liked to do it before they sent troops, I thought you would like it too. ... Flattering hit the horse's feet, the end general is really ashamed! "

This Sai Hazhi's temperament is really naive and cute. Xia Xun and Jing Feng couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

After the three armies read it hastily, Sai Hazhi immediately ordered to march, the army left the barracks, and Xia Shi rushed back to Jinling City to pick up Princess Ancheng.He went to the Western Regions with a stick in one hand and a carrot in the other. This Princess Ancheng was clearly a carrot given to Song Chen by Emperor Yongle.He wants to go back to the city to pick up the princess' Luanjia, and then join Sai Hazhi's team after crossing the Yangtze River.

After returning to the city, he first went back to his own home in order to pick up the two Qiuci girls.As soon as Xia Xun stepped into the gate of the mansion, something happened in the backyard...

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