Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 459
One thing that is unexpected is that the rice in Kuye Island is actually very delicious, and the taste is far better than the rice in Yangma Island.

The [-] lucky boats of the Cangzhou Thirteenth Line transported tens of thousands of tons of refined rice in one trip, and the Cangzhou Army did not lack military rations.As for horse feed, it is more than enough, crushed peanut seedlings are mixed with barley, corn, and good forage.

Chaijiazhuang Bacon Factory, in response to the upcoming war, has produced [-] hams since November, which means killing [-] pigs.In addition, more than [-] dead horses from Liao soldiers were seized last fall and made into air-dried horse meat.Horse meat is hot in nature, and a small amount of food can provide high calories.

The breeding pigs distributed by dozens of villages around Chaijiazhuang have produced huge profits in the past few years, and now it is finally time for the fruits to ripen.

Tens of thousands of mules, tens of thousands of horses, and thousands of donkeys are added every year.As for the use of pigs and sheep as meat food, it is not within the scope of statistics.

The number of mules and horses that can be mobilized in Chaijiazhuang has reached an astonishing 10,000+, mainly due to the early purchase of horses, donkeys, etc. from Zengtou City and Daliao Kingdom.

After the Spring Festival, the three patrols came back.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, several powerful figures from the Cangzhou Army gathered in Cangzhou City.

Chai Lin didn't make any big fanfare, but quietly discussed matters in the White Tiger Hall.

Chai Lin, Wu Yong, Zhu Wu, Lin Chong, Pang Wanchun, Lu Da, Qin Ming.

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Lu Da habitually touched his big bald head: "It seems that there is going to be a war, and the Saber and Shield Battalion of the Sa family has not been transferred yet."

Wu used to preside over the meeting, and when he opened the map, Wu Yong pointed to Weizhou City and said, "The imperial court dug a big hole here, let us jump in. Lied that the Xixia Army besieged Weizhou City, but actually passed us The intelligence department made a painstaking investigation and found that this is not the case at all. Xixia made a good side, but it is not enough to pose a threat to the Western Army. After we pass, the best result is to face Xixia's 10,000 elite soldiers alone. The worst result is that we face 10,000+ Xijun and [-]+ Xixia soldiers.”

This jump is relatively large, Lu Da is a little confused, Lu Da was born in a family army.

"The Chong family army will definitely not cooperate with the Xixia army. The century-old hatred is not just talk. If he dares to do that, he will not be scolded to death by the soldiers." Lu Da said.

Wu Yong said: "Commander Lu misunderstood. The Zhong family army will definitely not directly cooperate with the Xixia army, but he can cooperate from the side. For example, we cut off our food roads and withheld our supplies. When the time comes, we will fight alone. On the one hand, we have to fight the Xixia elite soldiers, and on the other hand, we have to deal with the troubles caused by the lack of luggage."

Pang Wanchun shook his head: "I've said it many times, the imperial court is the most unreliable. It can't fight wars. It's very scheming. We went to the Northwest to fight the Xixia soldiers. We had to worry about food supply and our hometown in Cangzhou. .”

Zhu Wu waved his fan coldly and said: "Playing chess is interesting when the opponent has weight. If the opponent is a novice, then there is no point in playing chess. We are extremely mobile and aggressive. How can you become the strongest army in the world if you don’t go out to train soldiers.”

"What we have to do is to quickly intersperse, go directly out of the border from the south of Weizhou, enter the territory of Xixia Kingdom, avoid the main force of Xixia, and clash back and forth in Xixia. In this way, the invading troops of Xixia will return to the army, and the mission of the court will be completed. , and there is no need to be an enemy of the Western Army."

When Zhu Wu told the battle plan, several generals were quite surprised.

Especially Ruda, who fought against the Xixia Army.

"Not to mention, this is a good way. The Xixia Army only has about a hundred thousand elite soldiers, and the rest are all farmers and herdsmen who are in a hurry. When we arrive in Xixia, we are only facing a group of farmers, and since they are all enemy countries, we can do it on the spot. Supplies, this is a good way."

Pang Wanchun said: "That requires extremely high mobility. It takes 120 miles or even 150 miles to march in a day. The Qingqi battalion can achieve it, but other battalions may not be able to."

Lin Chong said: "The heavy cavalry battalion is fine now. Both the heavy cavalry and the auxiliary soldiers have one man and two horses. The heavy cavalry now charge with Yanyun horses, and the armor is carried by grassland iron-shoe horses, and the auxiliary soldiers are also equipped with iron-shoe horses."

Lu Da spread his hands: "The Sa family understands, the reason for not transferring the Sa family's sword and shield battalion is because our battalion runs too slowly."

"Battalion Commander Lu is familiar with the environment in the west and understands the local culture. So he must go, and he can go home and have a look at it." Zhu Wu said.

After preliminary discussions, a preliminary consensus was reached.

Coach Chai Lin, Military Adviser Wu Yong, Intelligence Division Shi Qian, and Guide Officer Lu Da.

Chai Lin's 500-person barracks replaced Li Ying's 500 honeycomb cannons, all of which were equipped with crouching tiger cannons.Pang Wanchun's [-] light cavalry are all equipped with bows and arrows, steel crossbows, and wheel firecrackers.Lin Chong's heavy cavalry battalion consisted of [-] men and [-] auxiliary soldiers.[-] heavy cavalry of the Qin and Ming tribes and [-] auxiliary soldiers.The two heavy cavalry battalions were temporarily merged into one, the main general Lin Chong and the deputy general Qin Ming.A total of [-] heavy cavalry and [-] auxiliary soldiers.

The number of troops is not too high, there are only 8000 in total, including [-] auxiliary soldiers with relatively weak combat effectiveness.There are also medical soldiers, firehead troops and so on.

Lin Chong said: "That's not right, there are no baggage soldiers, what should we do with our baggage?"

We also found this problem.

Wu Yong said: "Look at the map, everyone. It's two thousand miles to Weizhou. If you transport the luggage on this road, you must not exhaust the luggage soldiers to death. Don't worry, everyone has two hams, bacon, and ham next to the saddle. , This is reserved for backup. This time, including my brother’s personal army camp, there are one man and two horses, one for riding and one for carrying a small amount of luggage. We have our warehouse in Zhending Mansion, and there are mountains in Taiyuan Mansion. Shiqi’s family provided luggage. When we arrived in Weizhou, it was the hometown of the Luda brothers.”

Lu Da waved his hands again and again: "Sa's family is eight generations of poor peasants, and the family has no food and grass."

Everyone laughed, "Haha, look, I scared Commander Lu."

"There are less than 2 people in total. When we arrive in Weizhou, it's fine if Tong Guan provides supplies, but if he dares not."

Chailin snorted coldly.

With Chai Lin's temper, it's not uncommon to beat Tong Guan into a sieve on the spot.

The defense of the headquarters is also the same as that of iron barrels, and Zhu Wu sits in Cangzhou.Shi Jin guarded Hejian Mansion, Liu Tang guarded Cangzhou Mansion, Wu Song guarded Dezhou Mansion, Sun An guarded Jeju Mansion in the south, and Ruan Xiaoer and Song Wan were in charge of Shuibo Navy.Bian Xiang sits in Gaotang Prefecture, and Luda's Daodun camp is still guarding Dengzhou, and it is absolutely safe.

Just take out a group of people and horses, and their ability is lower than the tens of thousands of troops of the imperial court.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the weather was fine and cloudless.

The Cangzhou Army set off with a whole army, and there was also a female soldier team in this team, which was the medical and nursing battalion led by Pang Qiuxia, with [-] female soldiers.Don't look like a medical soldier, but everyone carries a bow and arrow and a machete.

(End of this chapter)