Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 741
When the army is marching, after breakfast every morning, they have to pack up the camp and luggage, and then march in line. At night, they have to set up camp before dark and arrange defensive rotations.

Therefore, in the same area, the marching speed of the army is much slower than that of the caravan. Naturally, there are important and safe considerations.

On the first night of camping, the cavalry in the army selected more than [-] cavalry to set up secret and mobile sentries outside, but nothing happened that night.

On the distance of riding a horse to the north from Shahukou for a day, if it was not in wartime, there would not be many activities of the Tartars, because this is the place where the forces of the Ming Dynasty's soldiers and horses reach, and it is also a buffer area for both sides.

This night, the cavalry and sentries on duty were also relaxed. Jizhen and Huwei Army had their own camps, and the cavalry was stationed in the big camp of Jizhen. There were two large and small camps. Pawn, there is nothing to interfere with each other.

However, the cavalry sent out was composed of three teams, including cavalry from Ji Town, Huwei Army, and Datong Town. The two sides have not cooperated for a long time. The warriors are eager to win, and they are elite cavalry. A superior meaning.

Although the Ming Dynasty does not lack horses, the cost of a cavalry is more than ten times that of an infantry, and there is no way to tell the story, so the cavalry and cavalry of each army in the Ming Dynasty are almost all the most elite and powerful soldiers. , Generally, they are the personal servants of the generals everywhere.

This is naturally the case in Datong Town, while Jizhen and Huwei Army pay attention to large-scale training. Those who may be cavalry are often of higher quality than ordinary infantry. Everyone has arrogance in their hearts.

The Jizhen army will enter Wang Tong's tent, and seeing the luxurious decoration inside, Wang Tong is relaxed and comfortable, and his evaluation is not high. He feels that Wang Tong's side is quite frivolous, and he regards the war as a trip.

But Chief Qian of the Horse Team of Ji Town saw that Ma Sanbiao, the leader of the horse team under Huwei Army, looked sluggish and yawned, and he was also unhappy, thinking that he was too tired.

Yang Jin and the generals in Jizhen naturally knew the importance and would not tell the subordinates what they felt, but after contacting the cavalry sent by the Huwei army, the people below also felt the same way. It was obviously the first day of marching. Everyone looks listless, what use can such a person be on the battlefield.

The cavalrymen from Datong Town were also very strange, some of them were listless like the cavalrymen of Huwei Army, and some of them behaved normally.

At night, everyone divided into small groups, and each found a sheltered place to hide, and came out to patrol regularly. Those listless cavalry, after dismounting, directly dozed off in the sheltered place, and they were going to sleep. The cavalry all frowned.

When they go out on patrol at night, they will be given time to sleep the next day. If they are so confused, what if the Tartars really touch them in the middle of the night? In such a cold weather, what if they fall asleep and are frozen to death outside.

But the Huwei Army and the soldiers of Datong Town were a bit hesitant. They fed the horses hard food first, and then the horses were fenced outside, and the people sat in a crowd and leaned against each other, with blankets draped over their bodies, and just fell asleep like that. It was a bit surprising, the horses were surrounded by felt, and they were more or less like tents. They leaned against each other to keep warm. It didn’t have to be so cold, and they didn’t have to worry about being frozen at night. I didn’t expect these tired soldiers to be experienced.

Laziness and laziness can only be seen by them. Jizhen's soldiers have been for so many years, and they are often wastes from friendly troops. The decisive victory in the battle depends entirely on the Jizhen family. Including Datong Town, there are only more than [-] people, and it still depends on Ji Town to do things.

The cavalrymen of Ji Town despised them in their hearts, but they arranged people to stand guard in a well-regulated manner, and they dared not slack off in the slightest, but there were also things that surprised them at night.

The Tartars must have reconnaissance cavalry watching from a distance. Although there are not many, there will be people who come to watch the camp at night. The enemy's soldiers and horses must have such arrangements, otherwise the enemy will be caught off guard if they suddenly move in the middle of the night. Within the range of tolerance, Da Ming occasionally goes out of the fortress, and the distance right now is only around their side wall.

So the scouts who came were just watching from a distance. Although they couldn't see anything under the light of the stars and the moon, the night in the grassland was extremely quiet. There was the sound of horseshoes, or something similar, which was easy to be noticed. Once there was such a movement , the experienced Jizhen soldiers will respond.

The enemy that caught them by surprise was here, and every time they noticed it, the Huwei army and the soldiers of Datong Town, who were dozing there and even grunting slightly, immediately reacted, some stood up, and some stood up. Quickly drew their weapons, and when the movement disappeared, they went to rest again.

But those cavalrymen from Datong Town who didn't look tired on their faces and behaved reasonably well reacted much slower, and some of them didn't even know that the enemy had come.

At dawn, there was already smoke rising from the camp, and the camp was ready to set off. The cavalry also withdrew, and another team of cavalry would take over. As the army marched, there were always cavalry wandering in front of them watching, constantly sending back news, so that The Lord will have a clearer grasp.

In the Ji Town horse team on duty at night, several people met to talk about the accident last night, but a few seasoned ones saw something:
"Last night's style of behavior is clearly the result of years of fighting on the grassland. Maybe there are Mongolians in Datong and the Imperial Army."

"Speaking of which, before midnight last night, there seemed to be some old acquaintances from the Forbidden Army and Datong, chatting and laughing with each other, saying that if those heads on the grassland were taken back, they could be changed to the position of Chief Qian, and some people said, If you take a lot of money, don't seek any official position."

"I've heard this too. It's said that after working hard on the grassland for so long, I'm going to come out a few days after I go back. The horses are exhausted."

What each of them saw and heard was nothing more than a piece of scale armor, but when pieced together they vaguely made them aware of something. These tired and listless cavalrymen were experienced warriors just like them.

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Pulling out the camp and marching, I saw some differences between the generals at the first level and the generals. Yesterday, in addition to the four-wheeled carts, there were also two-wheeled double-horse or two-wheeled single-horse vehicles in the formation of the Tiger's Mighty Army. The carts were used to transport grain and grass supplies, but today these carts were all marching in the queue of Ji Town, and only the carts with four wheels and four horses were left on the side of Huwei Army.

If the generals have any doubts, the generals of each battalion will go directly to the deputy general Yang Jin of Jizhen to ask. This time the main force of the war still had to rely on Ji Town, so wouldn't it be treating Ji Town as a farmer who delivered food and grass.

"In addition to the equipment, their carts should be able to supply them with food and grass for four or five days, and we will transport the rest."

Yang Jin explained that one of the chief executives was stunned and immediately said:
"This is too absurd. This time we are going to confront the Tartars. It's not because we, Ji Town, are the ones who are leading the charge. The casualties are the first. It's not us. Now that we are throwing food, grass and luggage over here, it's possible that we want to meet the Tartars and run away. Hurry up?"

His words were the voices of everyone, but Yang Jin gave a wry smile and said:
"Last night, the imperial envoy's confession is that he can rest assured that we have a lot of food and grass here, so that the enemy will not burn the food and grass or steal it. We guard the food and grass, and the Tigers can fight with confidence!"

As soon as these words were said, there was a sneer immediately, and Mr. Youqian said directly:
"It's a joke, after so many years, it's not that Ji Town's soldiers and horses are fighting together, how many people are boasting at the old man's side, what will happen then, it's not that Ji Town will rush to the front and walk last."

"You can't say that. That year, everyone in Xuanfu suddenly had military exploits. This one has hundreds of heads, and that one has hundreds of heads. Isn't there a rumor that the forbidden army killed thousands of Tartar cavalry outside? Gubei University Aren't they the ones who led the Tartars that time?"

Yang Jin said in a solemn voice, everyone was silent, and then said unconvinced:
"That's the old man's clever plan. Their imperial army was also forced to that point, so they had no choice but to work hard. If we didn't arrive later, they would have collapsed long ago."

"But that time, they killed nearly [-] Tartar cavalrymen. This head is real. Could this result be obtained by force?"

Yang Jin looked serious, these generals in Ji Town were all veterans of war, so they naturally understood this truth, and were speechless for a while, Zhang Lei, the chief of the horse team of Ji Town, had been silent all this time, and then he said:
"Last night, the men were on duty at night. When they came back, they said that the soldiers of the forbidden army seemed to be old in battle. I see that the camp was set up last night and today they are pulling out the camp. The forbidden army is quite well-behaved, and they are more disciplined than us. This Wang Tong is good at martial arts. It is not in vain to have such a great reputation."

Everyone was silent, they walked forward with their mounts, and Yang Jincai said again:
"Wang Tong is not our old commander. It is a safe move for him to put the food and grass on our side. Now that the army is out, everyone should not have any other thoughts. After all, it is for Ming Dynasty."

The generals below all nodded and said yes, the atmosphere became a little more relaxed, and someone said with a smile:

"The forbidden army doesn't know what is good or bad, so give us food and grass. If we don't give it, they won't be caught blind."

Several people laughed, and Yang Jin pointed at the Huwei army in front of him, and said:
"Do you think that the Tiger's Mighty Army didn't count this? One day, do you think those cannons dragged by a few horses or a dozen horses will not bombard our camp?"

The cannons of the Huwei army were seen by the generals in Ji Town these two days, and they were quite envious. When Yang Jin said this, everyone was speechless.

(End of this chapter)