After four or five days of fear, on May 20 finally came the news that the government had already revoked the sentence of exile and ordered the acting to be punished for his crimes.

It turned out that 20 days ago, Chen Shiqi, the former governor of Sichuan, heard that Liukou had captured the capital and the whereabouts of Emperor Chongzhen were unknown, and after being asked by the local gentry to take charge of the military affairs in eastern Sichuan, he personally pleaded with Liu Zhibo, the envoy, considering that the world was in turmoil and at the time of employing people, he personally pleaded with Liu Zhibo, the envoy, hoping to make Yang Lin guilty and make meritorious contributions.

Although the yamen sent officials to make an announcement, it was never announced.

Zhao Sixuan, the governor of Shunqing Mansion, brought a letter written by Chen Shiqi, the former governor, claiming that now the Liukou had occupied Fuling and forced Qingqing, hoping that Yang Lin could lead his troops to reinforce.

Ten days ago, I paid attention to the military affairs during the celebration, and the officers and soldiers were very few stationed in the Causeway Gorge 30 miles downstream, and now although hope was rekindled again, I heard that it was only my own more than 1,000 people who were reinforced, and the main forces of the officers and troops, such as the general Liu Jiayin and Ma Qian's troops, and the staff generals Yang Zhan and Cao Xun's troops were all stationed in situ and could not be mobilized, so they felt that the general trend had gone.

The ancients paid attention to a promise and a thousand gold, and paid attention to the spirit of loyalty and righteousness, although Yang Lin knew that the celebration was about to break, Zhang Xianzhong would drive straight into the deep Sichuan realm, although he was unwilling in his heart, but how could he say this kind of words?

Hearing the reinforcements, the soldiers below are making a noise, the reinforcements are fine, but the soldiers need to be paid, and the brothers' salaries have not been settled during the time they left, and now since they want everyone to reinforce, this military salary cannot be less.

There are also grain and grass, labor or something, the ancient soldiers wore twenty or thirty pounds of armor, carrying weapons to march was quite difficult, if you carry grain and grass to march, it is difficult, no matter what, you need to levy labor.

In this way, it took half a day to be properly distributed, and one after another orders were distributed, and the whole Pengzhou was turned upside down, and even then it would take four or five days to complete the preparations for the march.

The chariots, the horses, and the pedestrians, bows and arrows, are all at the waist.

The grandmother and wife sent each other off, and the dust did not see the Xianyang Bridge.

The clothes stopped crying, and the crying went straight to the sky.

The passerby asked the pedestrian, but the pedestrian was frequent.

This is Du Fu's "Soldier Chariot Travel" to describe the appearance of the army, but in ancient times, the scene of the army pulling out was far better than this.

This is more than 600 miles away, and it is not possible to follow the simple car as in the past, the grain and grass are heavy, and the camp tent cannot be missing.

In order to transport the military baggage, 500 strong men were recruited, and although 200 of them were strong prisoners, there were still 300 conscripts.

Thousands of miles back and forth, who is willing to waste the fields, leaving home, in the end there is really no way to have to apportion, one person per mile, apportioning the family to call the sky and grab the earth to release the Buddha the end of the world, and some are even looking for opportunities to escape, forced to resort to a trick, like escorting the prisoner like the five flowers of the big bundle.

In addition to conscription, there are also transportation equipment, and you can also carry it on your shoulders at close range, and if you still carry it on your shoulders for more than 600 miles, you can't stand it even in the body of a strong man.

There is no way but to make vehicles, there are few horses in the mainland, and the slightly better horses are like treasures as war horses, and the less than the horses are used to pull goods.

Even so, only more than 10 horses, plus more than 20 mules, were put on horse-drawn carts to transport baggage, and because of the limited weight of two-wheeled carriages, a horse could pull up to 6 loads of grain.

In addition to the high-level means of transportation such as horse-drawn carriages, the most are carts and wheelbarrows, and the carts pushed by two people can transport two and a half loads of grain, and the wheelbarrow that one person retreats is only one load of grain.

It took four or five days to make what was collected from the countryside and made by yourself, and the whole army hurried on the road.

Guo Chonglie led the cavalry team to explore the road in front, Yang Wei led the 2nd Division and Liao Qifang's 4th Division to cross as the forward guard, Yang Lin personally led the main force to escort the grain and grass in the middle, the road was more than ten miles, and the families of those who were conscripted and conscripted were sent away from afar, and they cried and shouted when they saw familiar figures, and some of them desperately rushed through the crowd to see their relatives for the last time, and the look of life and death made people feel unbearable.

Seeing that their relatives were about to leave after being conscripted into labor, many people were crying, and their future was uncertain, not to mention that ordinary soldiers were Yang Lin was also emotional.

Along the way, the squires came to see each other off, and the most they said was to protect the soldiers, that is, to protect the conscripted laborers, the villagers in the big hometown, the forced laborers and everyone's relatives and friends.

Life and death on the battlefield were uncertain, and everyone desperately told them that they were worried about any casualties.

The march was very slow, and it was only forty miles in a day, which was unimaginable in the past.

After four or five months of training, the Pengzhou soldiers marched in a hurry (without baggage) up to 100 miles, and the normal march was in the number of 60 miles, so how could it be so slow to add baggage?

In addition, the weather is hot, the bird gun archers are fortunately only a layer of cotton armor in front, those soldiers are complaining, carrying a thick cotton armor on their backs in front, although it is much better than in the past, and the cool breeze can also blow in from both ribs, but under the scorching sun, everyone shouts that the heat can't stand it.

The amazing Fan Mingshan and Chen Huaixi exclaimed incredible, the normal march of ordinary armies is only thirty or forty miles, and the speed of such a march is not easy.

(Two hundred years later, the normal marching speed of the Hunan army was 30 miles, while the Dashun army traveled 330 kilometers from Beijing to Shanhaiguan in 9 days, 36.6 kilometers a day.)

It took 12 days for the Qing army to travel 417 kilometers from Shenyang to Shanhaiguan, or 34.8 kilometers per day

The Dashun army was defeated on the 23rd, and Li Zicheng fled back to Beijing on the 26th, covering 330 kilometers in three days, and the rapid march reached 110 kilometers in one day, which shows the speed of the march. ）。

After careful analysis, we can understand the reason, the influence is nothing more than such a few factors, the most important is the morale of the military.

These apportionments of labor are tied up one by one, and if you don't cheat and play tricks, how can you expect everyone to walk as fast as their own business in the past?

The second is the road, there is no post road from Pengzhou to Shunqing Mansion, most of the official roads are taken, and some are the roads for the common people to catch the market, although the official road is convenient for wheelbarrows and carriages to pass, but the road for these people to catch the market is very narrow, not suitable for large-scale marching at all.

The last time he committed a crime, he was escorted to the provincial capital by the government, and along the way, Yang Lin saw those post roads, not only the road surface is wider, the roadbed is also rammed, and many places are paved with bluestone to facilitate the carriage and cart walking.

Again the laborers carried on their shoulders, drove the wagons, pushed the wheelbarrows, and marched with great difficulty.

This is also why many troops in ancient times threw away their baggage money and food when they fled, and since the marching speed was much faster after throwing away the baggage money and food.

The first three are the problems of baggage personnel, and in addition, the march of the troops is not like the exercise, and it takes time for the forward units to open roads and build bridges in the mountains and rivers, and to choose a camping site.

It takes time for the follow-up troops to build camps, set up tents, go up the mountain to chop firewood, and boil water and cook rice.

In this way, even if you get up on the third watch, cook on the fourth watch, and set off on the fifth watch, it will take at least two hours a day, so the marching time is limited, since the marching speed has slowed down every day.

Yang Lin thought about how to improve the speed of the troops' marching all the way, and thought about it for nothing more than three things, nothing more than reducing the load of the soldiers, that is, standardizing the camping process, that is, better transporting grain and grass.

Just like the initial introduction, in ancient times, the load of soldiers was very heavy, and it could be said that a single ordinary bird hand, cotton armor and helmet was close to forty catties, and if weapons and equipment, dry food and bedding were added, a single infantry equipment weighed seventy or eighty catties, which could be said to be overwhelming.

In order to improve the mobility of the troops, it has been improving in line with the principle of practicality, and then drawing on the experience of bulletproof vests in previous lives to modify the cotton armor.

Removed the leg skirt and python robe, only retained the back, chest, arms and hands and other protection, and the back and chest were connected by ropes in the two ribs, so that the improved cotton armor area was less than sixty percent, so the soldier's cotton armor was only twenty pounds.

And the bird's hand only has chest protection, and the cotton armor is only ten catties.

With a simple change, the combat weight was only 30 catties (including only cotton armor, bird guns and their main accessories), and the marching weight was reduced from 70 or 80 catties to 60 catties (plus quilts, daily necessities, and nearly 300 ammunition weights, and dry rations for several days were carried with them, which were handed over to the gang squad for safekeeping during the battle), which greatly reduced the load on the army.

In addition to reducing the load of the soldiers, it is convenient for the soldiers to march, and in the past, they used to carry birds and spears to walk, which was very laborious. In order to reduce the burden on everyone, a small buckle is welded on the bird's gun, spear, and boring palladium and tied to a belt, so that everyone can walk on their backs.

There were also medicine tubes, and each musketeer carried a medicine tube strap on his back, which hung diagonally on his chest, which was not only convenient for marching, but also easy to reach.

At first, there were constant escapes, but as the situation became better and farther away from home, everyone was worried that the road would not be smooth, and the road was unfamiliar, so there was no escape.

After a long journey, June 21 rushed to Hezhou, chose to camp on the hill on the north bank of the ancient Diaoyu city, looked at the Diaoyu ancient city on the other side, the Jialing River, the Fujiang River, the Qujiang River converged here, the Southern Song Dynasty soldiers and civilians had defended this city and killed the Mongolian Han Meng Ge, in one fell swoop changed the pace of the Mongols to invade the world.

Now less than two hundred miles away from the city of Qianqingfu, there are rumors that the Liukou has broken through the Causeway Gorge and is approaching the city of Qianqing, everyone is depressed, but they dare not be careless.