Chapter 227

It is a misunderstanding that cavalry marches faster than infantry. In fact, the speed of cavalry on short-distance March will be faster, but the speed of non short-distance March is not much faster than that of infantry.

Why do you say that? The war horse has always been a delicate animal. It doesn't mean that eating grass everywhere is the end.

Pack horses and nags can eat grass at will, which makes them unable to run fast and fiercely. Instead, they have made great achievements in endurance.

War horses also eat grass, but they are basically hay, but not just hay. In fact, they are mixed with beans. There is not only one kind of war horses. Some delicate war horses even eat wheat and meat foam.

"Iron riders have a heavy burden. Short distance sprint also requires strong physique, but they are difficult to run for a long time." Ji Chang patiently explained: "taking care of a war horse, feeding and grooming are too fastidious to be completed in a moment."

Does sang Yu really not understand horses? He really doesn't understand. The relevant information he knows is mainly dwarf horses, but dwarf horses are that kind of horses that are good to serve.

"Our cavalry, the war horses used for galloping operations, consumes three times as much as soldiers." Ji Chang said with a smile, "1500 iron cavalry, carrying double war horses and necessary pack horses..."

Not everyone can afford a cavalry, especially a real cavalry.

Hu people have many cavalry? It's just a light horse, but there aren't many iron horses. Light riding is difficult to rush into the array. It can only be external riding and shooting. Even when there are many archers in the face of the infantry, they dare not ride and shoot face-to-face. They can only rely on short-distance mobile competition and run to drag down the infantry in a time-consuming way.

"So... The marching speed of riding is not faster than walking, but has an advantage in short distance." When Ji Chang spoke, the generals of the military were nodding.

Sang Yu asked cautiously, "how far does short distance mean?"

Ji Chang thought for a moment and replied, "seven to ten miles.", After a pause, he added: "that should be a limit."

"I see." Sang Yu did not change his original intention: "but we should still take the initiative."

No one opposes the initiative, but where should we fight?

Deng Heng of Yanzhou leads the army and Feiyan in entanglement. The situation is strange. The two sides are entangled and deadlocked in fenggao. Is it Deng Heng's small and poor troops, or Feiyan's sudden blood?

"Not surprisingly, Yanzhou has been ravaged by the Yao brothers, a large number of young people have been forcibly captured, and food and other materials have also been taken away by the Yao brothers." Ji Chang chuckled: "if you want to take the initiative, Yanzhou direction is the most appropriate."

"Yu thought so." Sang Yu Dale: "Shi Hu wants to encircle on three sides. Let's destroy Yanzhou first."

"Feiyan is a good cover." Cai you smiled and said, "we have some camouflage in our dress up to break through Deng Heng's way."

No one clearly said that they wanted to seize the initiative, but they were hesitant about whether to completely annoy Shi Hu. It was a good idea to rely on Feiyan's rebel as a cover, which could not only break the encirclement of Shi Hu on three sides, but also not too exciting.

It has always been what the enemy wants to achieve, regardless of whether he knows what he wants to do or not, he will destroy it anyway.

The army's going out of the city is never a walk away trip. Going out without adequate preparation is almost like looking for death. The troops in Xiami are always ready for war, but it is still impossible to leave if you want to.

"The load of the pack horse should be set aside a degree." Li Tan began to grow whiskers. I don't know whether it was the last blow or the relationship of growing whiskers. It seems that the whole person is much more mature.

The barracks seem to be constantly busy and all kinds of voices will appear noisy because they are doing battle.

There are 26000 troops going to Yanzhou this time, and the Huben army will participate in the battle of the Central Plains for the first time after becoming an army.

The 26000 troops are composed of 1500 tiger runners (4500 auxiliary riders), 2000 cavalry (leather armor light riders, plus 4000 auxiliary riders) and 5000 field infantry (equipped with 5000 auxiliary troops); the system troops are 3000 cavalry and 1000 crossbow companies.

The chief general is Xu Zheng, who was transferred back, and the chief marching officer is Ji Chang.

System troops are not equipped with auxiliary soldiers. They are creatures that really exist for war and can do anything well by themselves. However, this is not normal.

With the system upgraded to the "Castle era", the creatures "summoned" by Liu Yan have a certain wisdom. Although they are still more wooden than ordinary people, they have been able to communicate.

If you can communicate, you can teach people that this time they are actually "taking" non system soldiers to play riding war.

By the way, the system cavalry "summoned" by Liu Yan is not only a melee cavalry, but also a considerable component of bow cavalry. Eight hundred of the three thousand cavalry are archers.

In fact, there are obvious shortcomings in the system forces. Even in the "Castle Age", the shortcomings still remain unchanged, that is, what kinds of arms are limited to death. For example, swordsmen can't use guns, cavalry can't be infantry, close combat cavalry can't shoot arrows, bow cavalry can't use hand to hand weapons... And so on.

Liu Yan discovered this shortcoming long ago. Only then will he always pay attention to the construction of non system forces. In the initial stage, he worked hard to cultivate his spirit for the future.

On the third day after the order was issued, 26000 troops were pulled out in batches.

The first to set out was a thousand cavalry troops. The Chinese army was the main force, and the rear army naturally escorted luggage. Apart from the troops participating in the war, there are 20 system farmers in the team. They are responsible for building the necessary buildings. Of course, barracks will be built. This time, the main one is the building in the town center.

Liu Yan's "golden finger" is extremely strong. After he can build the urban center, the army does not need to carry a large number of grain, fodder, wood, stone and iron. These materials can be taken and used from the urban center. It is more realistic that other materials can not be put in.

The army has always been a mighty force. Large-scale operations cannot escape the attention of interested people, and all parties should soon be aware of them.

"We will spend seven days on the March." Xu Zheng rode across the war horse and was able to spread out the sheepskin map to watch: "the whole journey is 530 Li."

They started from Xiami and went to fenggao, Taishan County, Yanzhou. They had to pass through Dong'an County on the way. There were three rivers that needed swimming alone.

Fortunately, in the early stage, under the premise of transaction with Feiyan, several rivers have floating bridges built in advance, otherwise it will take longer.

Li Kuang's eyes have been scanning back and forth on the left and right sides of the Chinese army. On the north is the tiger Ben army and relevant auxiliary riders, and on the south is the 3000 system cavalry.

When the Huben army is not in combat, the horses do not carry people and do not wear armor. The Knights also take off their armor and ride in carriages. After all, they ride with heavy equipment. Even people and horses have 120 kilograms of armor alone. If the Knights themselves are added, the weight of the horses is definitely about 270 kilograms. The marching is a full set of clothes and people, Will you fight the enemy?

In addition, for the arms equipped with armour and riding equipment, the reason why Knights don't ride in carriages is mainly to save physical strength. Perhaps there are some comfort considerations.

If you ride lightly, of course, the main war horse does not ride in non war. The knight rides on the vice horse.

Generally speaking, there were no soldiers who walked on both legs except auxiliary soldiers in the troops dispatched by the Han Dynasty. Even the soldiers had horses or carriages to take the place of soldiers, because the Han Dynasty had enough horses. Attention, it's a horse, not a war horse.

Horse riding infantry have been playing like this since the Western Han Dynasty. Any country without horses, even if it can't train cavalry, will not let go of the role of horses. This is also the advantage of those countries with a large number of horses.

In a simple way, horses can save physical strength. If the conditions are enough, a large number of carriages will be prepared, because riding in carriages is more comfortable than riding on horses. Soldiers in the state of war will go to war with more sufficient and full spirit, which is the experience inherited from the Centennial war of the Western Han Dynasty.

The army hasn't entered Dong'an County yet. The former army sent back a message that Feiyan sent someone to contact urgently.

"Deng Heng defeated Feiyan. Feiyan only escaped with two thousand remnants." Xu Zheng's face was dignified: "was the previous stalemate a strategy?"

Ji Chang couldn't see what mood he was in. He said blandly, "Fei Yan's department failed too fast."

After repeated coercion, Feiyan's troops expanded to a small 100000. The original intelligence showed that Deng Heng brought only 5000 troops from Xiangguo. If he recruited troops from Yanzhou, Deng Heng's troops would be less than 40000.

"Fierce general?" Xu Zheng understands that the fierce general is the general, but now he wants to change his thinking: "long history, we?"

"You can't retreat. March to a hundred miles near Mou county and take the necessary rest." Ji Chang said that Mou county is near modern Laiwu. Mou county is mountainous terrain, and there is a flat land hundreds of miles to the East: "I expect Deng Heng will wave his army to approach."

Deng Heng's defeat of Feiyan was actually what the Han ministry expected, but he didn't expect it to be so fast. Feiyan's defeat just broke through with less than 2000 people, which is tantamount to leaving nearly 100000 people?

"In this way, Deng Heng's military strength is bound to expand instantly, which is expected to be more than 80000." Ji Chang still didn't look nervous. He could even laugh: "we should be careful. It's probably the 5000 troops he brought from Xiang state. The second class is Yanzhou County soldiers and slave soldiers... You know what virtue it is."

Xu Zheng feels that going out with Ji Chang is refreshing. If the overall situation is judged, the enemy can guess what choice he will make in advance, which is tantamount to taking the initiative.

Fei Yan arrived at Xu Zheng later. He didn't look very embarrassed, but his face was worried and afraid: "Deng Heng has 500 iron cavalry under his command, which is the Dragon Guard of Xiang country!", He didn't know what had happened, and then he said bitterly, "regret and credulity to Gong Ze's words, so there was this tragic defeat."

Which onion is Miyazawa? Xu Zheng was curious to know what brother Mr. Gong Tao was.

"It's not good for you to send troops when you are bewitched by the small ~ imperial court." Ji Chang did not hide his contempt: "they can do anything to interfere with the preparation of the stone tiger, but they look too stupid."