The army of the Great Song Dynasty may be the strangest army in the world, all the soldiers can move at high speed, the cavalry has horses and horses, and the speed of the infantry is not slow, for this raid, Zhao Zhen used a large number of Cai Boyu's chariots as a means of transportation for the infantry, and even included heavy plate armor, long Mo knives, and a large number of arrows and so on are basically on the carriage.

The transportation of soldiers, the transportation of equipment, and the transportation of supplies, all of which were solved by the chariots, not only saved time, but also allowed the soldiers to maintain their physical strength and reduce the lengthy supplies in the army, so to speak, Zhao Zhen basically eliminated the troubles of the Northern Expedition.

It also made the marching speed of the Great Song Dynasty skyrocket, and the forbidden troops sat in the carriage in squads, or ate or chatted, but everyone's faces were full of excitement.

Zhou Kui, who was a Mo knife hand, kept stuffing food into his mouth, and half of the compressed military food in the small cloth bag soon disappeared, and Zhao Xi, who was the squad leader, snatched the cloth bag in his hand and said, "How can you eat like this?" I don't know that this ration is pressed together, and one meal is worth a day's military rations! Drink some water and you'll have your belly burst! ”

Zhou Kuihan said with a smile: "Look at what you said, the squad leader is just some military rations, and the quota given by the official family to our Mo swordsman is enough for ten bags!" I eat more now and save it in my stomach, if I come with Liao Dog, I won't lose in strength, right! ”

Zhao Xi casually threw the water bottle in the army to him: "You can't eat anything if you drink some water, if you are hungry and straddle the military rations, I don't know if it is best to be full before the war?" ”

Li Erwa, the crossbowman on the side, smiled: "Hey! If he carries military rations, he will really have to fight with Liao Dog, and it will not be enough for him to eat! Brother Zhou Kui's hand is a good knife, this is physical work, the knife is raised and then chopped down, it is really a person who is broken, and the squad leader should not limit his rations! ”

Zhou Kui smiled honestly: "That's it! What Erwa said is reasonable. ”

But when Zhou Kui drank half a pot of water, he hiccuped, looked at Zhao Xi with a weak heart, and said, "Squad leader, I'm a little panicked......"

The face of the forbidden army of the entire squad in the carriage changed, and he hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, and Zhao Xi even hummed: "If it's convenient for you, stay away, tell you not to eat so much, just don't listen to people's persuasion, now it's okay, we have to smell your pickled smell in every class!" ”

Just when Zhou Kui was enjoying himself in the corner, Li Erwa and the rest of the forbidden army surrounded Zhao Xi and asked: "Squad leader, do you say that the official family will take us on this Northern Expedition like Taizong......

Before Li Erwa's words were finished, Zhao Xi slapped him on the head: "You have eaten something bad!" That's what you can say? It's really a dog that can't spit out ivory in his mouth, and to put it mildly, which one is better, Taizong or the official family, you don't know in your own hearts? How can the two be compared! ”

Looking at the sturdy carriages around him, Zhao Xi whispered: "I heard that the official family is a true god, and it is not good to say a word, Taizong is not as good as the official family!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the forbidden soldiers in the carriage nodded again and again, although it was a big disrespectful word, but it was also a fact, not to mention that the treatment of these soldiers was completely different, who would have thought that the forbidden army would follow the official family to the north and actually ride in a carriage?

The wide carriage could not only accommodate the forbidden army, but also transport weapons, equipment and supplies, just look at the two horses in front of the carriage, which were originally only available to the soldiers, but now they are the carriages of the forbidden army, who are called rough men!

Zhao Xi stopped talking, but Li Erwa said, "What the squad leader said is right! My ancestor was originally in the Taizu Dynasty as a forbidden army, at that time it was still a recruitment, although with the imperial court salary but can not feed the family, when Taizong destroyed the Northern Han Dynasty, meritorious service is not rewarded and then waved the Northern Expedition......"

"You're going to die on your mouth sooner or later! Dare to say anything nonsense, Taizong is also something you can say casually? The affairs of the previous dynasty have nothing to do with us, and the benevolence and righteousness of the official family are the best! Don't chew the root of the tongue of the heavenly family in the future! ”

Li Erwa said with a smile: "Squad leader, you are afraid, our Great Song Dynasty will not be convicted for words now, and the officials say what they want!" ”

Zhou Kui squeezed over with a stench: "You guy has a big heart, the official family said this for the scholars!" If you still hold a needle, you can use it as a mallet! Don't talk about this, it's better to think about how to make our joint attack better to deal with Liao! ”

Zhao Xi nodded and said: "That's right, don't look at Zhou Kui's five big and three coarse, but I have careful thoughts in my heart, what are you doing with those useless things?" This battle is the battle of my Great Song Dynasty, and the officials have said that our forbidden army must attack and defend! Why don't you hurry up and take out your weapon and wipe it?! ”

With Zhao Xi's words, the entire carriage came alive, their weapons were at the back of the carriage, the strings of the ratchet crossbow had to be oiled, the blades of the Mo knife had to be polished, and the horizontal knives had to be sharpened.

Several shields were placed in the carriage to serve as a second line of defense, and once the war began, these shields would become their protection when the forbidden army got off the train, and the shield bearer's duty was to protect the forbidden brothers behind them.

The configuration of a squad is actually very simple, three shield bearers are responsible for guarding, three Mo swordsmen are responsible for dealing with cavalry, and the rest are crossbow archers, and the share of bows and arrows in the Great Song Army has become very small, because the current ratchet crossbow is wound very quickly, abandoning the original quiver, and using the arrow box for arrows, and the winding speed of the ratchet crossbow is not weaker than that of the bow and arrow, and even more labor-saving and convenient.

The accurate Wangshan makes the accuracy of the crossbow arrows very high, and the throws in the distance can't hit the arrows, but if the flat shot at close range basically reaches a high hit rate, Zhao Xi and Li Erwa just now are good at using crossbow arrows, and crossbow archers like them are basically everywhere in the army.

Zhao Zhen is very advocating long-range strikes, in his opinion, the crossbow arrows in the weapon era are the sharpest weapons, so the ratchet crossbow of the Great Song Dynasty has developed very well, a small shoulder strap buckled on the crossbow arrow can make the crossbow archers easily wind without having to put the crossbow arrow down, some skilled crossbowmen can even shoot about ten crossbow arrows per minute, basically reaching six or five seconds a shot, which is quite a terrible number, but also reflects the power of long-range weapons.

The carriage of Zhao Xi and others is just a microcosm of the 100,000 army, the war is imminent, they have stepped into the land of the Liao people, and crossed the border Huanshui of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures that only the Liao people can pass, the source of this Huanshui is in Yanyun, but the end is in the Great Song Dynasty.

How many years? The soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty have never crossed here, and now this journey has awakened the pride and ambition of many people, and my Great Song Dynasty is also capable of crossing this thin red line!