Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 114

Running long distances and winning by surprise is Lin Yi's guiding ideology for this battle.

Because Ji Dong's team is too small, facing a hundred times the enemy, Ji Dong must pay attention to strategy and tactics.

Guanning Tieqi long-distance raids, there have been battles, that was in Yuan Chonghuan's era, the iron hooves of the Tartars bypassed the strong Guanning defense line, bypassed Mongolia and went south to attack Gyeonggi, similar to the current situation.Yuan Chonghuan led the Guanning iron cavalry to attack long distances from outside the pass to relieve the danger of the capital.

In this regard, Lin Yi's teacher Lu Xiangsheng led the Tianxiong Army, and there have been successful battles, and more than once.This has been recorded in Lu Xiangsheng's book to Ji Dong, so this time Ji Dong dared to try boldly.

Lin Yi's camp in the mountains is more than 400 miles away from the capital of the Ming Dynasty.This is definitely a long distance in the cold weapon era more than 300 years ago.And at that time, it was not a flat asphalt road, but mostly a rugged narrow path, and even the slightly wider official road was also rough.

The fastest means of transportation is the war horse, but the average speed of the war horse is forty or fifty miles an hour, and it cannot continue to exercise vigorously, otherwise the war horse will vomit blood and die.

But Ji Dong is confident in this aspect, and he is definitely not reckless.The combat power of Guanning cavalry is unquestionable, and in the past few months, Lin Yi asked Zu Keyong to train and prepare for the more than 1000 Guanning cavalry every day. Lin Yi also penetrated the strategies and tactics of special forces training for later generations, For example, training their endurance and perseverance, training their individual combat capabilities.

In addition, Lin Yi prepared two war horses for each soldier this time. These were mainly the goods that were intercepted by Shanxi merchants, and he got a lot of horses.The horses of the top eight Shanxi merchants are not inferior to war horses, and they can be used by pulling them over or unloading them from the cart.

The two war horses ran alternately, changing horses every few tens of miles, during which they took several short rests, ate dry food, drank water, and drank the horses.Then continue to run, it can be said that wearing the stars and wearing the moon, day and night.

After such a day and night of rapid marching, the next day, when it was dark, more than 1000 people like Lin Yi suddenly appeared in the mountains and forests more than 30 miles away from Huang Taiji and his team.

Running 400 miles a day and night has already broken the record of a rapid march in that era. Don't listen to those nonsense about traveling thousands of miles a day and traveling 800 miles at night.

The ancients said that 800 miles can be accelerated, which means that riding a horse can run 800 miles in a day and night at most.But that is a change of horses every 30 miles. Generally, there are post stations for changing horses. There is one every [-] to [-] miles. .

A war horse can run up to a hundred miles in a row, and in this case, the average speed will not exceed 50 miles, and then it must be fed, watered, and washed for the horse. It will take at least two hours before it can regain its strength and continue running.

In this way, theoretically, if people don't sleep all day and night, and horses don't sleep, it will look like 500 miles.

Now Ji Dong and the others used two horses to run 400 miles in one day and night, which is already a miracle.

But Ji Dong and the others were indeed exhausted.People can stand war horses, but they can't stand it.During this period, dozens of horses were exhausted to death.

It just so happens that they can't go any further now, if they are too close to be spotted by Tartar spies, then their previous efforts will be wasted.

Facing the 10,000+ elite of the Eight Banners, the exhausted troops who have traveled long distances, if they do not take a rest, let alone win more with less, even if they are one-on-one, rushing over at this time will be fatal.What's more, the opponents are still Huang Taiji and Dorgon?

Of course Ji Dong would not be so stupid. Using more than 1000 exhausted soldiers to fight 10,000+ Eight Banners elites is tantamount to hitting an egg against a rock.

Ji Dong decided to take a good rest in this area and fight this battle again after recovering his combat power.

It is more than 30 miles away from the enemy, neither far nor near. There are more than 1000 horses, and the target is not small. Relying on the cover of night alone is not safe. Of course, the Eight Banners Army also has spies.Huang Taiji used troops, and Dole Gun, of course, Ji Dong did not dare to take these two people lightly.

A police force was sent around, and then they dismounted, loosened the saddle, let the horse sweat, roll around, drink some water, and gnaw some grass on the spot.

When the horses rest, people have to hurry up and rest.But you must eat first, and with nutrition, you can quickly recover your physical strength.

Now their throats are full of smoke, and dry food is difficult to swallow.Taking out the water bag, Ji Dong and the others took a few sips of water first, and then began to eat dry food. After they were [-]% full, they took another breath of water, so that they felt much more comfortable with something in their stomach.

Because everyone's appetite is different, some of the limited dry food and water they brought left some more, and some left less. At this time, they exchanged dry food and water bags with each other.

Ji Dong decided to have a good rest tonight, and then launch a surprise attack on the Tartars tomorrow.

Both Zu Keyong and Wang Jian objected to Lin Yi's decision, and even Xiaoying was a little puzzled. Their reason was: What if the Tartars want to attack the city overnight? If the city is broken, wouldn't we come for nothing ?Since it was a surprise attack, of course the sooner the better, the better.In addition, night is of course better than daytime. Isn't it the best time to rest until the third watch tonight? "

Lin Yi shook his head and said: "It is less than two hours before the third watch. We have been traveling all day and night. We can't eat well or sleep well. We are tired. In just two hours, brothers can rest well. , The war horses are not resting well. That is to say, if we launch an attack at midnight tonight, our combat power will not be able to perform at its best. The 10,000+ Tartars are all elites. Do you know who Huang Taiji and Dorgon are? Is it? This is definitely a tough battle that you can't imagine. For us, this is a bet, a bet that can only be won but not lost, and we must never fight an uncertain battle."

Both Zu Keyong and Wang Jian felt that Lin Yi's words were reasonable.Xiaoying was still worried, "Brother Lin is right, but what if the Tartars take over the capital overnight? Rescuing soldiers is like putting out fire?"

Lin Yi said: "Impossible."

"Brother Lin, why are you so sure?"

Ji Dong felt funny. I can't explain this to you clearly. I can't say that I am a person who has traveled through time. I have hundreds of years of foresight than you. Then there will be more problems. When it comes to dawn, I can't explain it clearly to you. .

But where are the Tartars now?Although the Tartars were formidable, they never broke through the capital of Ming Dynasty, which was the masterpiece of Li Zicheng seven years later.

Therefore, Lin Yi said to Xiaoying and the others: "Break through the capital of Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop. The Tatars don't have the strength at all now. Don't look at them every time they come here with their teeth and claws. After all, they are small tribes in the wilderness. They can only grab something and kill a few." Individuals go away with a few shots of fire. Think about it, they have come here many times in the past few years, which one is not like this?"

"My lord's yes, indeed."

Ji Dong persuaded them, and a gust of night wind blew, and only then did they feel the coolness of the armor. Their rapid march along the way, the sweat drenched the armor, and the wind dried it. The sweat was soaked again, and then dried again. several times.

Same as last time, Zhang Hua and Er Hu set up a simple tent for Ji Dong, Dong Sheng found some hay, Xiao Ying made a bed, this is their bed for tonight.

Before the break, Lin Yi still led a few guards to inspect the situation of the police equipment, and told them to take turns to rest and take turns to police equipment, and they must not be careless tonight.

Seeing nothing unusual, Lin Yi and Xiaoying returned to rest in the simple tent, Zhang Hua, Er Hu, He Tao, Wang Qi, Dong Sheng, Gan Bao, Jiang Xingyuan and others took turns guarding outside Lin Yi's tent. , To ensure the safety of Ji Dong and Xiaoying.

The tent was narrow, and Xiaoying didn't know whether it was intentional or not, she went straight into Ji Dong's arms.The girl's fragrance and his soft and elastic body made Lin Yi almost unable to hold back his impulse.

Thinking of tomorrow's battle, and the guys standing guard outside the tent, it's a bit inconvenient to have sex with men and women here. Xiaoying will be her own woman sooner or later, so let's keep it for now.

Ji Dong thought of hugging her like this because he was too tired this day, and soon fell asleep...

This sleep was so exhausting, Ji Dong had a feeling of being beaten to death, he didn't know anything after falling asleep, he didn't feel like he couldn't fall asleep or dreamed at all, when he woke up again, the sky had already brightened, and the chirping birds were singing And the rays of morning sunlight that came in, as well as the fresh air, made Lin Yi feel refreshed.

Lin Yi rubbed his eyes, got out of the tent, stretched his waist, and stretched his muscles casually a few times, and immediately felt a hundred times more energetic, and the fatigue from the night was swept away.

Xiaoying handed her dry food and water, and Lin Yi took it and said, "Do you still have any of these brothers?"

"Can make do with a meal."

"Okay, brothers must eat all the dry food and drink all the water. No matter what method you think of, you must fill your stomach. You don't know when you can eat the next meal. Today is a tough battle. It is a burden to carry this thing with you. , you must pack lightly."

Xiao Xiaoying sent the order, and Wang Jian came to tell him the situation of the horses. After resting all night last night, the horses also rested all night. This morning, the soldiers prepared some fodder for these animals. More than 2000 war horses also came back to life.

After everything was ready, according to the time of later generations, that is, around 8 o'clock in the morning, Ji Dong's men and horses set off. Lin Yi led his guards and led more than 1000 Guanning cavalry out of the forest and along the official road, galloping like lightning Usually go to the capital to kill.

At this time, the spies sent in advance had already figured out the distribution of the Tatars' troops. Lin Yi did not intend to attack the Tartars' left flank, nor his right flank. It's about seven inches.

Therefore, Lin Yi, with more than 1000 horses, came straight to Dongzhimen of Daming Capital, where Huang Taiji's Chinese army was located, like lightning.

A distance of more than 30 miles, for the cavalry, it is within a blink of an eye...

(End of this chapter)