When he received the news from Jing Keqin's flying pigeon, Yang Lin led the guard battalion, cavalry battalion, 2nd battalion, and 7th battalion to pounce on the second village.

The second village is about 50 miles away from Ba County, backed by the Enyang River, in front of which is a piece of low hills, the terrain is extremely dangerous, and it was selected by Hu Jiusi as the place of the garrison.

Since the day before yesterday, Bu Ning took the cavalry battalion to the front to inquire about the news, and Yang Lin led the escort battalion to walk in the middle.

The escort battalion was equipped with one wheelbarrow per squad, one two-wheeler per squadron, and three two-wheeled rickshaws per brigade, so that each brigade had six two-wheelers and nine wheelbarrows.

In addition, the battalion headquarters also has 10 two-wheeled carriages, which are completely comparable to Sun Chuanting's train troops, which are considered the most advanced semi-mechanized troops in this era.

With wheelbarrows and two-wheeled rickshaws transporting quilts, tents, pots and pans, and food for the army, the burden on the soldiers can be greatly reduced.

Especially when marching in a hurry, you can throw away your personal belongings, carry dry food, and only need to wear armor and carry combat weapons, which is convenient for the army to walk.

Now, even if you walk at full capacity, as long as everyone cooperates properly, you can easily march more than 50 miles a day.

Of course, the large-scale application of wheelbarrows, two-wheeled rickshaws, and two-wheeled carriages has also brought many drawbacks, the biggest drawback is that the march relies heavily on post roads and official roads.

There are many hills in northern Sichuan, and the roads are rugged, so to ensure the passage of wheelbarrows, two-wheeled rickshaws, and two-wheeled carriages, it is necessary to take official roads.

If you don't take the official road, you have to throw away the baggage equipment such as wheelbarrows, two-wheeled rickshaws, and two-wheeled carriages, and the cooking teams or soldiers carry them on their shoulders with baskets.

In addition, the biggest problem is to find the coachman, everyone is tired of marching together, who wants to help transport the baggage?

Unicycles and two-wheeled rickshaws need to be drawn from the troops, and those who usually make small mistakes will be noted for the time being, and they will be punished as coachmen when the large army marches.

Unlike a wheelbarrow, a two-wheeler is a completely different one, often pulling with a rope in front and another in the back.

Such a driver complained, but there is no way, who let you violate discipline on weekdays and make the brothers suffer, and now of course you should also help the brothers to serve.

In addition, some soldiers saw that although the driver complained, he did not look too tired, and threw heavy objects on the car.

The rider has no choice, if he goes to the hillside, he still needs the help of the other party to push.

Some of them talked and laughed, and some of them seemed quite mysterious. It is said that this is probably the wooden cart and oxen and horses of Zhuge Wuhou back then.

As soon as he said it, someone next to him retorted, the wooden cart cow and horse don't want to be pushed, and this two-wheeled rickshaw wants the front person to pull the back person to push, how can it be a wooden cart cow horse?

And when I heard that there were belittling adult two-wheeled rickshaws, some people couldn't stand it, pointed to the two-wheeled rickshaws, and bluntly said that although they needed manpower, they were not too tired to push.

In particular, the boys in the cooking class were too comfortable, and in the past, each man carried them on his shoulders, and the march was very tiring.

Now the brigade has three two-wheeled rickshaws, in addition to carrying pots and pans and grain, some good people actually transported a little bacon, vegetables, sauerkraut or something.

When we arrived at the campsite, we realized the wonders.

In the past, it was difficult to transport baggage, and the battlefield consumption was very high, and it was necessary to transport at least several times the weight of grain and grass from the rear.

Now, after the large-scale equipment of wheelbarrows, two-wheeled rickshaws, and horse-drawn carriages in the army, although it relies heavily on post roads and official roads, the transportation conditions have been greatly improved, and everyone's meals have been greatly improved.

In the past, it was very good to be able to eat white rice on the march, and the better ones were probably wowotou, pot helmets or something.

In the past, there were no vegetables for dinner, so in order to be able to eat them, the man with a conscience would go outside to pick some wild vegetables and cook them in a pot, so that they were a little more delicious.

Most of the time, it is dipped in a little salt, or porridge is drunk, which is very unpalatable.

Some people ridiculed that the ancient Chinese army was the pot helmet army.

But now it is different, due to the large-scale equipment of wheelbarrows, two-wheeled rickshaws, and two-wheeled carriages, pulling dozens of catties of vegetables.

Stir-fry a little in an iron pot, although it is much worse than at home, but the march can eat such delicious vegetables, everyone has a great appetite, one by one touching the bulging belly, and some are even more blunt, compared with the past, it is a fairy life.

Yang Lin drank a bowl of gruel and ate half a plate of sparse vegetables, although it was much better than in the past, he still shook his head again and again in his heart.

Since there was no rice threshing machine, the rice and wheat were only milled once, and they were still coarse grains, and the porridge was drunk, and the taste of wheat bran was faintly felt. (In ancient times, rice was milled with a mill, and the mill was not clean, and when the army was marching and fighting, the upper commander and the lower ordinary soldiers ate this kind of coarse grain).

Although it is a green vegetable, it does not have much oil, and it is light and light, and it completely relies on salt to suppress the odor.

How could I have eaten this kind of rice in my previous life, and how could I have been so light in the food in my previous life?

Seeing that Yang Lin frowned, the grain official next to him smiled and brought a bowl of sauerkraut.

It turned out that before the march, the grain officer made a jar of sauerkraut castrated, and now seeing that the deputy general had lost his appetite, he asked him to bring it over.

Yang Lin ate a little bit and felt sweet, especially delicious, so he ate an extra bowl of rice.

The news of the big change in the food of the guard camp spread far and wide, and I heard that the guard camp brought vegetables, and you could still eat stir-fried vegetables in the morning and evening, and although it was leftovers at noon, it was still very delicious.

The cavalry battalion Du Si Buning, the 3rd battalion Du Si Long Zhijiao, and the 7th battalion garrison Feng Youqing hurriedly hit the horses when they heard this, and saw that the soldiers were feasting, and they all ate with relish and exclaimed.

The two of them came to the camp with one foot tall and one foot short, and asked for a little vegetable to be given to everyone anyway.

It is good to be at home for a thousand days, and it is difficult to describe the difficulty of going out in the ancients, for individuals, and even more so for the army.

If you look at the records of various wars in the past, there are often fewer war deaths and more non-war deaths, and these non-war deaths are caused by illness and malnutrition during the march, or injuries and infections.

During the march, it is more luxurious to be able to eat a full meal, or to eat a little pot helmet and pasta with salt.

Now I hear that with two-wheeled rickshaws, it is more convenient to transport military baggage, and the guard battalion not only has food to eat, but also how much salt and vinegar to dip in the pot helmet, and what is even more surprising is that it can still stir-fry vegetables, how can it not be envied.

Standing below, Bu Ning repeatedly arched, saying that he was marching and fighting, and he didn't eat any stir-fried vegetables, in order to eat better, he hoped to be a cavalry staff officer in the big camp, and he was unwilling to be a capital secretary.

Feng Youqing also gave up his hand again and again, claiming that when the soldiers heard that the guard battalion could eat stir-fried vegetables in the morning and evening, everyone did not dare to ask for extravagance, if they could eat a meal of stir-fried vegetables a day, the soldiers would definitely be full of spirit.

Yang Lin grimaced, looked at the two of them and shook his head and said, "You guys, you just have pink eye, and you used to march and fight, didn't everyone come here like this?"

Why is it that now that the guard battalion is equipped with two-wheeled rickshaws, life has improved slightly, and the psychology is unbalanced? ”

Bu Ning argued again and again, his subordinates are all cavalry, and the cavalry has always guarded the left and right, and the treatment should not be worse than that of the guard battalion.

Marching and fighting, the rest is easy to say, but this is a big problem.

Doesn't the adjutant general often say that only when you eat well and only when your body is good can you have the strength to go into battle and kill the enemy?

Feng Youqing usually only promises, but when it comes to the rights and interests of the soldiers, he must also fight for them on the basis of reason.

There are a few soldiers under the tent who are sick, and the adults have always loved the soldiers like children, can you allocate a little vegetables so that everyone can recuperate.

Yang Lin laughed, looked at the frightened crowd and said: "You guys, very good, now you all understand what I said in the past, can the soldiers only go into battle to kill the enemy if they eat well and their bodies are well?" ”

When the two heard this, they said yes again and again.

Next to him, Yin Chengqi smiled and said: "You guys are worried about each other, do you think that the adult is biased towards the one, the one suffers, and the one takes advantage, is it necessary?"

Just now, the adults repeatedly patted their heads and said that they didn't think of it, and just now the adults asked the grain officer to come over to discuss, and sent three two-wheeled carriages to the countryside to buy vegetables, bacon, and so on.

Think about it, this two-wheeled carriage can carry 5 loads of goods, and it can travel 100 miles every day. The adults are figuring out how to supply on the spot.

Don't you have ten two-wheeled wagons in each battalion? You can choose two vehicles that specialize in transporting vegetables, pork, and so on.

Every night when everyone is camping, the grain officer can take a two-wheeled carriage to various places to buy vegetables, pork, or something.

Even if it takes a day, you can catch up with the large army to ensure the supply of vegetables and pork before camping the next day. ”

Although the Volunteers now have a very good reputation in the local area, it is too unbelievable to buy vegetables from the local area?

Feng Youqing shook his head again and again, thinking that the common people were unwilling to sell.

Yang Lin was full of confidence, looked at the people below, and said with a smile that things are man-made, as long as everyone has a good reputation, as long as everyone does not commit any crimes during the march, or pays a little more silver in the process of buying and selling, it is also okay.