RNP Chapter 170
Chapter 170
The team of more than 500 people, including five cooking squads and about 20 gang leaders.
There were five heralds and ten scouts, all of which were cavalry.
The commander is equipped with a war horse at the head of the five capitals.
In addition, there are ten tiger squat cannons, all of which are marching with horses and camels ~ army.
The rest is on foot.
There are also military order secretaries, military and political personnel, military and military soldiers stationed in the Military Judge Advocate General's Department, and so on.
Except for these people, all of them are front-line combatants.
There were one hundred men each, with ten heavy infantry sword players, thirty pikemen, ten axemen, ten swordmen, and the remaining twenty were divine arm archers.
Obviously, the number of Divine Arm archers has decreased considerably.
More of the Divine Arm Bows were changed to short, lightweight mounted crossbows for cavalry use.
The infantry reduced the number of Divine Arm Bows to a large number of 20 men each, and used a Tiger Squat Cannon as an important fire output point in groups of two, replacing some of the original Divine Arm Bows and Heavy Crossbows.
Heavy crossbows and kick crossbows are all used intensively at the thousand-level level.
There is also a special artillery capital for every 1,000 households, plus the artillery of each capital, and there are more than 100 small artillery pieces of more than 30 catties per 1,000 households.
It is close to completely obsolete light crossbows.
The archers were completely eliminated.
The changes came too fast, like lightning to cover their ears.
A year ago, there were still a large number of archers in the Liangshan army, just as there were a large number of archery societies in the Great Song Dynasty.
Archery is the basic life skill of every man in this era, the so-called bow and hoe, sword and wood, the martial style of the Song people still exists, at least in the Northern Song Dynasty.
But with these lightweight, fast, and powerful Tiger Squat Cannons, the use of archers is really not much.
It is also about a hundred steps of killing, the Tiger Squat Cannon can hit a wide fan with one shot, each with ten cannons, and the lethality is definitely more than two hundred archers, and the original one was seventy crossbowmen, and now there are still twenty divine arm archers, and the current long-range lethality has far exceeded the original configuration.
Yue Fei led the horse, and in front of him was the first three, the left three, the right three, and the latter one.
Because there are troops marching together on the left and right, so the scout cavalry has actually been marching with the brigade, just a little distance, and after reaching the enemy territory, these scout horses will pull more open, sometimes each thousand households or all commanders will concentrate on the use of the scout cavalry, drive away the enemy scout cavalry, annihilate the enemy light cavalry, cover the enemy's ears and eyes, and limit the enemy's scout cavalry, which is the role of the enemy's scout cavalry.
When marching, it is also the job of the scouts to spread out for miles to prevent ambushes and sneak attacks.
After the reconnaissance and cavalry, it is the standard-bearer who carries the big flag, commands the big flag, the head flag, and the tun chief, even the chief, and the Wu chief, all of which have different length of flag guns, colors, and font sizes.
The soldiers of Pontus, Bentun, and Bensh can recognize the military flags and flag guns of their headquarters officials at a glance.
Under a flag scarf and a flag gun, there are knife players who carry spears, or press the ring head knife in their hands, and hang Teng Dun on their sides.
The pikemen's steps were much more neat.
The infantry spear is also the same as the cavalry formation, the emphasis is on the neatness and uniformity of the pace, and the speed of the gun is after countless trainings to ensure uniformity.
The cavalry spear is about five meters long, and the infantry spear is about seven meters.
There is nothing wrong with the principle that an inch is long and an inch is strong.
Rulin's spear, with its neat stabbing action, can easily break through the enemy formation.
After the formation is broken, the axe and the knife widen the gap between the torn ones, and then the spear continues to break the formation and widen the gap again.
Once the enemy formation is broken, the next step is for the sword players and knife players to harvest the lives.
The main function of the heavy armor knife card is to cover the spear array in the front row and prevent it from being destroyed by enemy guerrillas.
Originally, archers were first used to disrupt enemy formations, shoot at enemy long-range forces, and suppress enemy archers.
Now there are a large number of tiger squat cannons, and there is no pressure to suppress the enemy archers.
Coupled with the sharp attacks of the spear formation, as well as the sword players, sword players, and long axe players, the attack power of the Liangshan infantry formation is a crushing blow from short range to long range.
And Liangshan's training level is also first-class.
The level of selection of troops is also the best of the best.
The previous veterans, now at least at the level of the commander, they are all elite minions, and now they are elite veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, and they are also the backbone of the entire army.
The recruits are also the best of the best, although there are no veterans who are all people in the green forest and cottage minions, but they are also recruited from Xu Huai and Hebei and other places.
In addition, Liangshan's military training level was originally extremely high, and now with the blessing of the "Soldier Saint" state, the training level has been further improved, and the time has been shortened, and the effect is even better.
Now on the march, scouts, pikemen, axemen, swordsmen, and sword-bearers strode in a marching column of three.
The marching speed of Liangshan is more than 40 miles a day, which is already quite fast.
In the pre-Qin period, when classical militarism was at its peak, one day was at this rate.
Rapid marches can reach more than sixty miles, but they are not the norm.
As for the Song army, the speed had already dropped to twenty or thirty miles a day.
The speed of the march is also a reflection of the organization, the elite of the soldiers, physical fitness, endurance, and the ability to supply logistics and military supplies.
Liang Shan's marching speed was the performance of elite soldiers and horses, and when Yue Fei looked behind him, his face also showed a look of satisfaction.
Three people in a column, the pace of the march is basically neat.
After more than an hour, he has walked more than ten miles.
Although it is in the territory of Zhangqiu, there are some tea stations along the way to supply water sources.
The food is brought by oneself, and the fire is not raised on the road to cook, but will stay for about a quarter of an hour, eat the food brought with them, drink water, rest, and continue the march after resting.
An hour is about ten miles, and to walk more than forty miles is more than four hours and more than eight hours.
There must also be a time for the troops to enter their respective roads when they get up in the morning, and the camping area in the evening is the area that has been demarcated by the Military Command Department a long time ago, and the departments can only rest after arriving at the camp according to the instructions.
In addition, in the camp where the capital is commanded, a fence must be set up on the perimeter to prevent it from being attacked by the enemy.
Even if the local garrison of the Song army is very poor, the possibility of attacking the camp is not great.
But in any case, you have to follow the rules of the camp.
So you have to camp when you arrive.
Then they set up tents in groups.
Boil hot water to scald your feet.
Hot food is not necessarily available, depending on the situation, hot water scalding feet, drinking boiling water, these are all procedures that must be carried out.
In this way, it will be able to hold out during the arduous long march.
Just like in front of you.
It's not just Yue Fei's command.
There are more than 100 conductors and tens of thousands of people, like a long snake that winds forward and stretches continuously.
The team marched in the large array according to the sequence of command, according to the prescribed speed.
Not fast, not slow, no one complains of being tired, always moving forward, tens of thousands of people are like one person.
There are scouts riding horses in the distance around, and even in the territory of Liangshan, the scouts will still scatter to reconnoiter and will not be careless.
Now I take the county road, which is also a cement road, and there is no dust.
But the striker has been out of the territory of Qizhou, walking on the rammed earth road, in the early spring and summer, the weather is dry and dry, there is a lot of floating dust on the ground, thousands of people walk on it, and soon step out of the rolling smoke and dust, covering the sky and the sun.
In the fields, many people were originally busy, but at this time they all stopped moving, stood with hoes, and kept waving to the soldiers here.
In the entire territory of the Great Song Dynasty, there is no barrier between the military and the people, and even the people have great trust in the soldiers, support, and cordial, I am afraid that only in Liangshan is like this.
Yue Fei looked at the waves of palms, and on the simple and smiling faces, he was also moved in his heart.
In the evening, the remnant sun is like blood.
After a day of marching, he had already left the territory of Qizhou.
In the afternoon, most of them walked in enemy territory.
However, it did not encounter any enemy attacks.
There were even many people in the neighborhood who came to deliver water, dry food, and food.
Liang Shanjun only received hot water, and the rest of the items were politely refused.
In the evening.
Finally, we can camp.
Rao is Liang Shanjun's foot soldiers have all undergone many trainings, and their physical training is high-intensity, and they are also tired.
After all, it's not more than 40 miles with bare hands.
There is a rucksack on the back, a marching bedding for summer.
There are also a few liners for washing.
The lining must be changed frequently, which is also military discipline and common sense.
He suffered from knife wounds and arrow sores, and most of the lining was broken into the flesh.
If it is clean, the process of cleaning, disinfection and application will save a lot of trouble.
If it is dirty, it takes a lot of effort to remove the lining before it can be cleaned.
There are many sins that people suffer and the risk of infection increases. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)
The bedding, clothes, and rucksack add up to a small ten pounds.
On the leather belt around his waist were also hung lunch boxes, water bottles, knives, salt packets, first-aid medicine kits, etc.
These also weigh a dozen pounds.
In addition, the weapon in the hand, if it is a spear, it weighs five or six pounds, the knife is also, the long axe weighs seven or eight pounds, the knife player should be more relaxed, the shield and the ring head knife are tied to the waist, the hand is empty, and the long weapon can only be held in the hand all the time.
There are also Divine Arm Archers, who have to carry two pocket arrows, and the Divine Arm Bow can only be held in the hand for marching.
These weapons are not easy to carry, one, everyone is used to weapons, they have a feeling, even if it is a standard weapon for others, there is discomfort for a while.
Second, in case of a sudden enemy attack, you have to wait for the carriage to bring weapons, which has become a joke.
You can still fight without armor, and you can only wait for death without weapons.
These things are not light.
I also had to bring ten days of dry food.
In fact, the head soldiers, the cooking squad, and the baggage convoy of the Quartermaster Department will follow.
Hot meals will also be provided upon request.
But each soldier carries a certain base of dry rations, which is also military regulation.
According to the standard ration of one pound per day, it is four taels of canned meat, six taels of dry cakes, or rice that has been repeatedly washed and boiled and then steamed thoroughly. []
These foods can be kept for ten days and eight days even in the summer and will not deteriorate, and they can be carried by themselves, in case the military needs are cut off and the grain route is cut off, they can also hold on for a few days and wait for the grain route to be opened.
Or collect grain on the spot.
If you don't bring any food, you will run out of food if you don't go well, and the army's morale will collapse, and you will be defeated without a fight.
This situation is naturally to be avoided as much as possible, so it is inevitable to have more than a dozen pounds of weight on your body.
So even if there is no armor on the body, the weight of each person is still about forty pounds.
If you go on a spring outing in the suburbs, ten miles and eight miles, it's good to carry a few dozen catties.
However, the long-distance march will take at least more than 400 miles this time, and this burden is really not light.
But everything was okay, Yue Fei was in front, and he only heard the rustling footsteps around him.
During the march there was no noise, only the sound of quiet walking, the neighing of horses, and the occasional clanging of weapons clashing.
Other than that, there was no sound.
Even the chirping of birds in the woods within a few miles can be heard very clearly.
was so silent, and no strong soldier in the Great Song army could do it.
This is called a prohibition.
Only in this way can we walk fast and be as vigorous as a dragon.
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Finally arrived at the campsite.
The four fields are lonely.
In this era, Jingdong and Hebei are already densely populated.
But the entire Jingdong Road and Hebei Road together have less than 10 million people.
In later generations, these two places had a population of nearly 200 million.
You can imagine the population density of this era.
As far as the eye can see, there is an endless stream of fertile fields, and there is a small village a few miles away, which can be said to be densely populated in this era.
It was only during the Northern Song Dynasty that the two lakes began to be developed, and the population density there was far less than that.
Settle the score, and you'll know.
Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Jingxi, Jingdong, Gyeonggi, Lianghuai, Jiangnan, and Zhejiang, these places are the most densely populated places.
The population of the Northern Song Dynasty was around forty or fifty million.
The population of the north is more than 30 million.
The population of the entire south, especially Lianghu and Fujian Road, Liangguang, is less than 10 million.
Later, the Northern Song Dynasty died, and a large number of people fled south.
In addition, the development of Jinghu Lake at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty has achieved results.
After all, there is the Jianghan Plain, which not only has a large amount of cultivated land, but also has a developed water system and developed transportation.
After the development of the Two Song Dynasty, Jinghu Lake was finally no longer Chuyi Jingman, and in the Ming Dynasty, it became the largest grain base in China.
This location was later transferred after the development and utilization of a large amount of black soil in the three eastern provinces.
For hundreds of years, Hunan and Hubei have ranked first in grain production.
And mainly in Hubei.
Hunan has a large number of barbarian toasts, and the income from farming is not as good as that of Hubei.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, these places were sparsely populated, perhaps a county with a radius of more than 100 miles, several thousand square kilometers, and a population of less than 100,000.
That is, the population of a town in later generations.
That's even more deserted.
Here in Jingdong, there are many river flats near the river, and even if there are floods every year in later generations, these lands are still cultivated.
Now these river flats are wasteland, and far away from the villages, there are also a lot of woodlands that have been abandoned, and there are sparse forests and shrubs everywhere.
It may be that the original owner was a certain landowner, and he did not call people to develop it, and it was abandoned after a long time.
The sunset slopes westward, river beaches, wasteland, shrubs, and the originally very desolate boundary are all soldiers wearing Liangshan standard military uniforms at this time.
A herald came galloping, stopped far away, and the herald said loudly: "Commander Yue, your department is camping in the wilderness three miles in front of the right, there is already a designated red flag, there is your department number, Fang Guang is about half a mile in size, your department must set up its own fence, and there will be a carriage from the quartermaster department to arrive first with your department's supplies and related items." "
"Okay, thank you. "
Yue Fei returned the salute to the herald cavalry, and then ordered his subordinates to go to the camp, sit down and rest first, and then wait for the supply cart to arrive.