Chapter 93 Inspecting Logistics Before Departure The infantry army is mechanized
"General Wu Yunzhao listens to orders." Yang Er looked at Wu Yunzhao, who was waiting for the general's order on one side, Wu Yunzhao at this time can be said to be the one who wants to make contributions the most, and the elite of the White Horse Battalion who has been training him has not stopped for a moment recently, and he has long wanted to test his training results through a big war, so he is the strongest general.
"The end will be." Hearing his name called, Wu Yunzhao straightened his chest and immediately went out of class to answer.
"General Yunzhao led the headquarters of Bai Ma Yi from 10,000 this time to go out with the king." Yang Er took a token and handed it to Wu Yunzhao, who stepped forward to solemnly take the token and returned to the train in the envious eyes of the generals.
"General Xiong Kuohai obeys the order." Yang Er suddenly called Xiong Kuohai's name, which made Xiong Kuohai stunned, and hurriedly went out of work to agree.
"General Xiong, this king will use your vanguard battalion as the vanguard to break the enemy this time, okay?" Yang Er looked at the tiger general with a smile and said with a smile.
"Lord Wang, the pioneer battalion has been in the army for a long time, and I am impatient to wait. This battle happened to use the general, and the general will definitely kill the Tuyuhun army, and General Yuwen and Brother Wu will do it. Xiong Kuohai said loudly and arrogantly, not taking the Tuyuhun military horse in his eyes at all.
"Male Kuroko, what are you talking nonsense? Could it be that I am going to play with you, Ben will leave the words here first, the head of Tuyuhun leading the army must be handed over to Ben General to take it, you don't want to grab it, you can do the rest. Yuwen Chengdu was dissatisfied when he saw that the majestic sea mouth was unobstructed, and he loudly scolded the majestic sea in the hall. It's just that his words immediately amused the full hall of civil and military personnel.
Yang Er also laughed with everyone, and persuaded him: "You two don't want to grab the merit, Tugu Hun Shan Yu, the prince, the general and other things, I'm afraid that the two of you won't be able to do it by then." Hehe! ”
As Yang Erda gestured to make everyone quiet, the lobby gradually cleared up. Yang Er then said to Li Jing: "General Daoxing, after this king leads the army to the expedition, the safety of Hedong will be handed over to you to be responsible, and the four generals in the north of Hedong must not be moved lightly, in case Li Yuan of Jinyang sneaks up on my Hedong, and the general can lead 50,000 troops to Zhai Rang to garrison there." ”
Li Jing also got up and took the token, and said at the same time: "Please rest assured that Your Highness will go on the expedition, there is a general, and the whole territory of Hedong will be safe and sound, and I hope to hear the good news of Your Highness as soon as possible." Li Jing was also excited, although he failed to go out with the army, but the burden on his body was a lot heavier, which was the importance and incomparable trust of King Jin in himself.
"Also, General Daoxing, this king is leaving, you are mobilizing 10,000 horses and horses to Zezhou to strengthen the armament of Wu Tianxi, in case someone raids my Zezhou. There is no room for loss in Hedong iron and coal. ”
"Yes, Your Highness. I think that Zezhou has Lord Lu Zhaolin and General Wu Tianxi here, plus the original 5,000 soldiers and horses, a total of 15,000 men and horses, and there is no big problem in guarding Zezhou. Li Jing ordered.
"Mr. Zhaoren, Mr. Huaji, the military intelligence department of the two of you should also strengthen the surveillance of Jinyang, Turkic, Henan Wang Shichong and other places after the king leaves Hedong, if there is any abnormal military movement, report to the king in the morning, if there is a major matter, you can discuss it with Pei Junshi, Pei Zhushu and General Daoxing. When the king was not there, everything in Luzhou was still presided over by Pei Junshi. When they heard this, they all got up and agreed.
"Okay, tomorrow the armies will prepare, and the soldiers and horses will leave the city and set off the whole army the day after tomorrow, there must be no mistake!"
After the civil and military officials dispersed, Yang Er was not idle, and directly followed Xiong Kuohai and other pioneer battalion generals to the barracks stationed on the outskirts of the city to inspect the situation of the whole army. Because the generals at all levels have already received the news of the upcoming expedition, all the preparations before the start of the campaign are carried out in an orderly manner with the cooperation of the officers of the logistics department.
Yang Er, the official in charge of docking the logistics department in the pioneer battalion, had seen it from Ma Shumou, and also knew that this was an official named Chen Tian, who was trusted and favored by Ma Shumou, and was a literati who fled from the Chencang area, and had been a low-level subordinate in Chencang. Pei Yun, the chief bookkeeper, saw that he was quite honest and upright, and it happened that Uncle Ma was in urgent need of practical helpers to set up a logistics equipment department, so he let Uncle Ma lead him away. At present, Chen Tian's official position is a chief, which is equivalent to the current Yamen's county Wei position, although he feels that the name of the director is strange, but he can get more than the food and salary of the county Wei officials, which is enough to feed Chen Tian's family of 5, Chen Tian is still quite satisfied with this, and he also cherishes and works hard in his work. Ma Shumou's attitude and effectiveness towards Chen Tian's work are also in his eyes, and he regards it as a powerful help for himself.
What Chen Tian had to do to assist the pioneer battalion this time was to take charge of logistical support, and in the early stage, he had already distributed the portable individual rations of the 30,000 soldiers of the pioneer battalion, and this time he was mainly supervising the arrival of the wagons and horses allocated by the logistics department. Seeing that the King of Jin and the generals walked into the camp and came directly to his side, Chen Tian hurriedly put down the books in his hand and hurriedly stepped forward to greet Yang Er and the others.
"Lord Chen, the army is about to set out the day after tomorrow, how have you implemented the idea of infantry chariots and horses that this king mentioned to the officials of your logistics department earlier?" Yang Er didn't say much and directly threw out the topic he was most concerned about, at the last meeting to organize Ma Shumou's logistics department, Yang Er and Ma Shumou reached a consensus on the practice of eliminating the infantry from marching on two legs, and had already arranged for Zheng Fengchi to send the second-class horses purchased from the north to the logistics department for use.
"Tell the prince that the 20,000 elite infantry soldiers of the pioneer battalion have all realized the carriage and horse equipment in accordance with the instructions of the prince to my logistics department, a total of 3,000 three-horse and four-wheeled carriages, each vehicle is loaded with infantry for a team of 10 soldiers, and when marching every day, one person is rotated on the car to drive with the team. An additional 1,000 vehicles are all loaded with military supplies and other items, and they are all ready at present. Lord Wang, please check here. With that, Chen Tian raised his hand and motioned for everyone to go to the camp on the side. Yang Er took the generals to follow Chen Tian to the chariot and horse infantry battalion to check.
Soon, what caught the eyes of Yang II and other generals was an extremely spectacular scene, each infantry marching tent was standardized grass green, a group of soldiers were stationed inside, and a three-horse and four-wheeled carriage was parked in front of the tent. Yang Er approached a car and took a closer look. Although this is a new thing that he and Uncle Ma have figured out, and Uncle Ma will arrange for his subordinates to handle it, it is the first time for Yang Er to see this car with his own eyes. This is the method that Yang Er and Ma Shumou can think of in accordance with the idea of building an army with infantry mechanization in later generations, combined with the reality of today. The purpose is to keep the infantry from suffering from walking, and to save physical strength so that they can have better physical strength to fight the enemy.
Yang Er saw that the body of this car was not wide, and the two rows of soft seats were longitudinal, and each row of soldiers sat opposite each other, and 5 people were a little crowded, but it was winter, and it didn't hurt to squeeze a little. There was a separate one at the front of the carriage, which was intended for the soldiers who drove the carriage. The 4 large wheels are about 80 centimeters high, and when I knocked on it, I found that they were made of iron, 3,000 such cars, how much iron does it take! Yang Er couldn't help grinning and inhaling cold air. Fortunately, these vehicles are a one-time investment, not only infantry transport vehicles, but also connected together to form a low wall of fortifications when attacked, which can resist the surprise attack of enemy cavalry, and soldiers can rely on the cover of the vehicle wall to shoot arrows outward, effectively preserving themselves; When pursuing the enemy's infantry, nearly 10,000 lightly armed cavalry can be formed at once; It can also be a very sturdy truck, thinking of this, what he vaguely saw in Yang Er's eyes was a carload full of supplies after looting Tuyuhun. If there are supplies to be loaded when you return to the court victoriously, he will not go to them even if you let these infantry ride in the chariot.
Circling around the infantry fighting vehicle, Yang Er was basically satisfied, the biggest feature of this car is that it is very solid, and it can use iron parts, and Uncle Ma is not ambiguous at all. The three inferior horses pulling the cart in front are also very strong, and in Yang Er's eyes, this is no different from the good horses he has seen. It's just a little regrettable that this car is not designed to be closed now, and there is not even a simple roof tarpaulin, looking at the weather where there is still light snow, Yang Er can foresee how far the 10 infantry soldiers sitting in this car will freeze when they march against the wind and snow. I wanted to tell Chen Tian to install a roof for each car, but in the end I gave up, and it was too late in time.
"Chen Tian, each car is equipped with 4 more duvets for the soldiers on the car to keep out the cold! The farther west you go, the heavier the wind and snow, and you don't move in the car for a long time, and the king is afraid that the feet of the soldiers will be frostbitten, so how can you get out of the car and fight? Yang Er walked up to Chen Tian and whispered to him.
"Lord Wang, now my logistics department is equipped with a snowproof cloak for each soldier, and the soldiers are also wearing down jackets and down pants on the car, and they are wearing leather armor, and their bodies should not be cold. In addition, each soldier carries his own individual equipment, and has his own down quilt, which can be taken to cover his feet. Each soldier was equipped with down gloves and high leather boots, which the villain thought would be enough to withstand the wind and cold. If the prince wants the villain to equip each car with 4 quilts, it seems redundant. Chen Tian expressed his opinion, in his opinion, the current infantry equipment of the Jin army is already very good. From head to toe and even the food, it can be said that it is extremely meticulously considered, which is simply impossible to do in other armies of the Great Sui.
"Since these details have been done in detail, then Ben Wang is no longer asking for it. Well done! This march went straight to Wuwei City, it is estimated that it will take 20 days, and the logistics support of your pioneer battalion should let the soldiers drink hot water as much as possible, if you lose your combat strength due to illness on the way, then Wang Wei you ask. Yang Er raised the horsewhip in his hand at Chen Tian and said sharply.
"Please rest assured, Minister Ma has long thought of this, this time the villain will personally go to Wuwei with the army, with the villain in addition to the 500 fire head army in charge of food and 500 military medical personnel, there are also separate ordnance cars, coal cars, water wheels and boiler cars, all the way with you, at any time to ensure the hot water consumption of each horse-drawn car, not only that, but also to provide steaming porridge for the soldiers all the way!" Chen Tian replied with a smile and a happy face. In his opinion, this trip is definitely a beautiful one.
"So good! Millet porridge and sweet potato porridge must be provided at any time, and we must not demoralize our army. Yang Er also smiled and admonished, thinking that he could drink hot porridge at any time in the exclusive luxury carriage, which felt very good.
"Lord Wang, don't worry. Ensure that the porridge that the soldiers drink is not the same every ten days. Hehe! Chen Tian said confidently to everyone. The generals were also overjoyed and applauded.
"In addition, is the logistics of the Chinese army camp and the white horse camp also thoughtful?" Yang Er suddenly thought of the logistics support of the other two armies, because he knew that no matter how ancient and modern the war was, it was actually the logistics of fighting. Compared with the logistics of the Ma Army, it should be simpler.
"Tell the prince, the logistics of the Ma Army is in charge of Jing Shen and Xue Shengkang, the two directors of the Ma Army Department of my logistics department, and I heard that it is also safe.
"Good! It can be seen from you that if you can win all of this expedition, your logistics department will make a great contribution, and this king will definitely reward you and so on. Yang Er saw that the armies were well prepared, and he had a lot less worries, and his mood became relaxed. He left Chen Tian with everyone and walked towards the big tent of the Chinese army.
When he arrived at the big tent, Yang Er sat on the main seat. The majestic sea and others will sit down on both sides. Looking around at the generals, in addition to the majestic overseas, there are also four deputy generals under him, Ji Zeng, Wu Liang, Zheng Long, He Qing, and in addition, there are four people Yang Er has never seen, and there is a trace of doubt on his face.
Xiong Kuohai saw Yang Er looking at himself and other generals, and suddenly saw the 4 people with puzzled expressions, and hurriedly got up and introduced: "Lord Wang, Rong Mo will introduce these 4 people to the prince, these 4 people are the 4 village owners who have not been to Luzhou last time in my Taihang Mountain villages, they are Hutou Cottage Hualing, Jingcheng Guanzhai Zhang Shilong, Yanmen Cottage Chen Chuan and Jinji Guanzhai Zhou Linhong. These 4 generals were sent to our pioneer camp by Hua Gongyi, the general manager of Jinding Dazhai in Taihang Mountain, a month ago, and he was the general of the 4th infantry army of our pioneer battalion. The prince usually doesn't come to me, and the four of them only care about training the army and never go to Luzhou with me to meet the prince, so the prince doesn't know his 4 generals. ”
"Hmmm! Okay, you have a lot of people, and for this battle Tuyuhun main force, there must be no shortage of generals. This king will equip your vanguard battalion with a wise general, and you will be the wise man of your vanguard battalion, and if the battle is unfavorable, you can consult more than this person, and you must not act recklessly. General Golden Armor! Yang Er has seen the new 4 generals, it seems that they are all brave generals like the main general, lacking the wisdom of the general, a little uneasy, so he directly thought of the henchman Jin Jia next to him, Yang Er knew that the Jin Armor general was well prepared for civil and military affairs, and let him serve as the deputy general of the Xiongkuohai Pioneer Battalion at a critical moment to give advice to the main general, which is a good supplement. and then install his henchmen in the vanguard battalion, and he will control the 30,000 army.
"The end will be." Jin Jia heard Yang Er call his name, and hurriedly got up from the seat on one side to promise.
"This king has asked you to be the deputy general of this pioneer battalion, you have always been cautious in doing things, and you have a lot of resourcefulness, you can be the deputy of the general Xiong, and remind the vanguard battalion generals at any time not to delay the big thing with the murderous nature. Can you do it? Yang Er directly appointed Jin Jia.