Chapter 66: Pulling
"Renri, you go to Anle Valley to spread the order of the big boss, and draw one ding from each household as an auxiliary soldier until two hundred people are drawn." Yang Rentian ordered Yang Tianri, the youngest brother in the expedition.
With a sound of "obey" and "click", Yang Tianri stood upright with a snort and promised loudly.
Anle Valley is the valley where Yang Wenli met Orion while hunting, and he named Anle Valley, which means peace and happiness. He made it a place for the poor outside the mountains, and allowed them to cultivate and hunt on their own, but in fact those people were already civilians under his rule, and they had to serve in the military whenever they went out on an expedition, but Yang Wenli promised them a modest pay, not free service. One trip with the army was exempted from 10 percent of the agricultural tax, and in addition to the appropriate financial allowance, which was paid out of the confiscated property.
There are now more than 300 households in the valley, although they are all herringbone thatched huts, very primitive, but the people's requirements are actually very low, as long as there is food and a place to live, it is enough.
Yang Wenli, a bandit, was an amateur bandit, and he lent grain, seeds, farm tools, and cattle to the residents of Anle Valley for free, without interest, as long as the principal was returned from the harvest in the second year, which won the praise of these poor people, and they all called him Sai Meng who had tasted Jianglong.
For example, this time the people of Anle Valley actively signed up to respond, and they sighed unlucky if they were not selected, because the service was profitable, and it was still early spring, it was the agricultural slack, where to find this kind of good thing? They trust Yang Wenli, and sometimes credit is built little by little by you inadvertently.
Yang Rentian ordered Yang Renri to pass the order, his young age was a reason, in fact, it also determined that in this expedition, Yang Renri must be the commander in charge of the baggage army.
Every army must have baggage soldiers, who are responsible for escorting grain and grass, guarding strongholds, and treating the wounded. Yang Wenli's army was a fully armored hoplite, so he needed a large number of auxiliaries to help the regular soldiers pick up armor, weapons, military rations, etc., and serve with two auxiliary soldiers per person, so that the regular soldiers could keep marching lightly and have sufficient physical strength when they were in battle.
However, Yang Wenli's auxiliaries were different from those of other armies, they did not participate in battles, and they were pure labor. These people's strong auxiliary soldiers have never been trained, and their combat effectiveness is the five scum of war, and they will only lag behind when they participate in the battle, and they will never help at all, which is also the difference between Yang Wenli's elite strategy and others.
There are many things to go out to fight wars, and it is necessary to recruit people, and to receive grain and grass, arrows, and quick-relief medicine kits.
After the arrival of the people of Anle Valley, Yang Rentian announced the start of the troops. One bandit goes to fight another bandit, and it is not a righteous army, so it can't take the big road, but can only go over the mountains and sneak through the mountains.
From Happy Valley Ridge to Tiantang Village, there are more than 100 miles of mountains, the mountain road is not more than flat land, it is very difficult to walk, you can't catch up in a day, and you have to rest for a night halfway.
Yang Wenli's army, the way of marching is very special, the formation is very scattered, every two regular soldiers are ten meters apart, two auxiliary soldiers are responsible for a regular soldier, walking together, it is not crowded, but the formation is a little messy, it is a veritable bandit formation, it looks chaotic.
The auxiliaries help the regular soldiers to pick up supplies, arrows, and armor, and they can't be like other armies, far behind or in the middle of the ranks, separated from the regular soldiers, in case of an emergency situation, wearing armor, arming the regular soldiers, and they can't win with their hands and feet, so they must walk together.
Of course, other armies do not have such a high configuration as Yang Wenli's troops, ordinary soldiers basically have no armor, and there are not so many arrows, in fact, the soldiers of other armies are not all archers. Therefore, the equipment of their soldiers is very rudimentary, and they can be easily worn on their bodies. This is another big color of Yang Wenli's army, the only one, there is no other semicolon.
"Rendi, you lead your army as a spearhead, open the road in front, and after ten miles away from Tiantang Village, you must pay special attention to the secret post of Tiantang Village." Before the team set off, Yang Rentian ordered the second brother Yang Ren to go to the tunnel.
"Obey the order", Yang Rendi gave a standard military salute, and then led the team to set off.
The top soldiers must be lightly armed and stealth, and cannot wear armor, so the auxiliaries of their army will not walk with them, but walk behind the top soldiers with the commander Yang Rentian, followed by the other three full-fledged Tuntian soldiers, respectively led by Renyu, Renzhou, and Renhuang, and finally Yang Renri, the temporary commander of the light pole baggage army, when the battle breaks out and the people retreat, he will be responsible for collecting and straightening out the people, and at any time for the injured soldiers in front of the rescue.
There are regulations on the march of the troops, and they must stop at a time to rest for a pillar of incense every ten miles, and the distance of these ten miles is marked by the sharp soldiers in front.
The march is not more than usual, and there is a possibility of battle at any time, so it is necessary to have sufficient physical strength, which is why it is necessary to stop every ten miles.
Because the team was scattered, and each group was separated by one or two hundred meters, only one of the soldiers stayed together to rest and chat when they stopped to rest on the road.
"Monkey, are you afraid?" A slave soldier sat down next to the Tuntian soldier named Monkey and asked him.
"Brother Qiangzi, I'm not afraid, I must kill ten of his bandits this time, our Tuntian soldiers have a rare opportunity to go on the expedition, unlike your slave soldiers." The monkey made a bold statement, but his tone was full of envy for "Brother Qiangzi".
Monkey and Brother Qiangzi are neighbors of a village, and they were coerced up the mountain by bandits to become bandits, so the two know each other very well and often watch and help each other.
The conversation between the two of them was heard by Yang Renhuang, who was resting not far away, and he took the opportunity to encourage everyone loudly: "How is it enough to kill ten bandits, this time we must capture him hundreds of prisoners, we will work together to fight a good battle and strive for everyone to be promoted to soldiers." ”
"Good" "Good"...... The whole army, whether it was a slave soldier or a tuntian soldier, applauded loudly.
Yang Renhuang wants to be very beautiful, if all the soldiers in his army are promoted to soldiers, then he doesn't know what official he will be promoted.
Yang Wenli stipulated that as long as all the five slaves under each young man's family were promoted to privates, then he himself could be promoted to a first-class non-commissioned officer, and if all his soldiers and all of them were promoted to soldiers, then he would be at least a real army commander, and he might even be a captain, that is, the official position that Yang Rentian was now temporarily serving as the commander.
The soldiers were enthusiastically discussing and offering suggestions one after another, and each of them wanted to make meritorious contributions and capture more prisoners.
After about a pillar of incense, Yang Renhuang saw Wu waving the flag in front of him, and he knew that it was the eldest brother Yang Rentian who informed them to set off, so he immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Let's go, everyone get up quickly." ”
Then he ordered the slave soldiers around him: "Yikun, wave the flag and inform the team behind to set off." ”
"Obey the order" Yang Yikun waved the flag with both hands in response to the promise, which was the banner of the troops.
When marching in the mountains, the form must also be scattered and the spirit must not be dispersed, and the front and rear teams must be able to see each other so that they can easily transmit signals. The mountain road is difficult, and it is impossible to have a herald, so it is all dependent on the predetermined banner to convey the order.
…… To be continued