At this time, on an official road built by the Liao people a hundred miles southwest of Liaoyang Mansion, tens of thousands of Wanyan Jin troops were divided into four fire dragons and were rapidly advancing in the direction of Liaoyang Mansion. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But I saw these golden soldiers, not only all of them were wearing armor, but they were all wearing heavy winter clothes with kapok inside, and the war horses under their crotch were also very miraculous, each of them had two more horses, and some people were even one saddle, three horses, and four horses.

It's just that now I look at the Jin army who are wearing heavy armor and winter clothes, although they can still lie on the back of the horse and follow the waves of the horse's steps, but I can only see the slightest heat coming out of the nostrils all over the body, but there is no look in the eyes. And the war horse under the crotch also moved forward calmly, and he didn't have much strength to raise his head and feet.

Although Wanyan Zongwang has become a marshal, he is now wearing a kapok winter coat and an ordinary armor like an ordinary golden soldier, and he is committed to following the team in one of the fire dragons, but he is also very worried when he continues to master in the direction of Liaoyang Mansion.

Soon, Dan saw that among the four fire dragons, there were suddenly several horsemen coming from the north, and after getting close to Zongwang's team, someone shouted to announce it, and naturally someone led these horses to Zongwang.

I saw Zong Wanglema stop on the side of the road, and asked in a deep voice in Song Yan: "Guo Meng'an, what's the matter?" ”

But Guo Meng'an, who saw Zongwang's inquiry, was no one else, it was Guo Yaoshi, who was guarding for Fan Yang when Zongwang went south, and sacrificed the city to reduce gold without a fight.

But I also saw that today's Guo Yaoshi, although he is only more than forty years old, his hair is as gray as an old man, but he crossed his hands and saluted Zong Wang: "Marshal, just now the left wing of our army has been in contact with the scouts of the Song army, and it is a foregone conclusion that the Song army will attack Liaoyang Mansion." ”

Zong Wang's eyes immediately glared when he heard this, and he shouted, "Really? Where are we now, how far is it from Liaoyang Mansion? ”

As Zong Wang asked, a general immediately replied: "Marshal, there are still one hundred and twenty miles away from Liaoyang Mansion. ”

Zong Wang was stunned when he heard this, and he was naturally surprised, not wanting the scouts of the Song army to be one hundred and twenty miles away, so he immediately said without thinking: "Order the whole army, hurry up, and we will definitely rush to Liaoyang early tomorrow morning." ”

"Wait! Marshal, listen to Guo's words! In this matter, Guo Yaoshi whipped his horse, took two steps forward to stop Zong Wang's side of Zuo, who was about to convey the military order, and said: "The Song army's surprise attack is from across the sea, and it must be completely prepared. In addition, the leader is none other than Huang Jie, the king of Song Huainan. Not to mention anything else, did the marshal forget that when he was in Linqing City, Huang Jie used a car base with a bed crossbow and firearms to intercept our army, and now that it has been determined that Liaoyang Mansion is under siege, he must not act recklessly, and he must plan before acting. If our army rushes day and night, it will rush to the city of Liaoyang early tomorrow morning, and it will definitely be difficult and lacking in people. ”

Zong Wang listened, although his face was uncertain, but he still listened patiently, but asked: "Guo Meng'an thinks that Liaoyang can't be guarded?" ”

Guo Yaoshi was unspeakable, but a general beside him rushed to say: "The Song army has always fought during the day when attacking the city, and if Liaoyang can defend it, it will not work hard in this night." If it can't be defended, the Song army will have entered the city at this time, waiting for us to send it to the door! ”

Seeing that someone took the initiative to relieve the siege, Pharmacist Guo also echoed: "Not bad! Although the weapons of the Song army are sharp, but Liaoyang is also a strong city, and there are Wushe generals in the town, but it is difficult to predict how to win or lose, but our army has been driving 300 miles in a day and night, but it is already the end of the strong crossbow, and Marshal Wanwang thinks twice. ”

Guo Yaoshi said again, and then attracted the surrounding people to echo him, Zong Wang heard it and wanted to reprimand, but at this time, he happened to see that in the queue in the middle of the road, someone suddenly pounced and fell off the horse, and the horse that followed the team couldn't hold his feet at all because of the indifferent movement, so he trampled on the man. It wasn't until he stepped on three or four horses in a row that he was stopped by the people behind him, and he also made an uproar.

Zong Wang and the others happened to see it, and when they stepped forward to take a look, the person who fell from the horse still had a breath, and he was naturally trampled to death by the horse. Zong Wang saw that it was not the vassal army (vassal army, such as Guo Yaoshi's Han army) and the signing army (the strong men who issued the conscription) who died with him, but the Wanyan tribesmen who were killed with him from the white mountains and black waters, and they were suddenly shocked.

Got up and looked left and right, and saw that everyone in the team around them that had slowly stopped was tired and embarrassed, although the combat ability and mobility of the Jin Army were strong, but after all, they were not iron men. Since the afternoon before the battle, Zong Wang, who was waiting for fighter planes in Jinzhou, received the news that the Song army had suddenly appeared outside Liaoyang Mansion, and after weighing and repeatedly deciding not to respect the military order to turn back and rush to help, the whole army also traveled in a hurry for a day and night, and rushed to a distance of almost 300 miles.

Looking at the tired figures and expressions, and even for a moment, Zong Wang felt a wave of fatigue welling up in his heart: "Chuan ...... Order all the armies to rest on the spot and leave again tomorrow morning! ”

This Jinzhou is only more than 400 miles away from Liaoyang Mansion, that is, the mobilization of the Jin army on weekdays, it is also a full four or five days away, and now this day and night has walked more than 300 miles, but it is really the limit, but don't treat the Jin army as an iron beater. In addition to a man, a horse, a weapon, and an armor, the Jin army also had to carry provisions, arrows, tents, and some tools and sundries.

And even the invincible Mongolian cavalry more than 100 years later, with four or even six horses per capita, can only run at a speed of 200 miles a day. The speed of the Mongol cavalry was said to be "an average march of one hundred and eighty to two hundred li (90-100 km/day) per day." At that time, it took only two months and five days for the kings of Ogedai to send Batu and other kings to the west to conquer Northern Russia, and the average speed per day reached 85 to 90 kilometers; The capture of South Russia took only two months and ten days, and the speed of the attack reached 55 to 60 kilometers per day; The capture of Hungary and Poland took only three months, and the speed of the attack reached fifty-eight to sixty-two kilometers per day. (History of Ancient Mongolian Wars, p. 240)

As for the Eight Banners Qing soldiers in later generations, although they are also very powerful, the Eight Banners are not pure cavalry but mixed infantry and cavalry troops after all. Before the fateful Battle of Shanhaiguan, the entire army of the Eight Banners traveled day and night for 12 days, running more than 400 kilometers on the map, with an average speed of only about 35 kilometers per day.

But it is also said that with Zong Wang's order, the army naturally stopped camping and resting, and soon there were pro-army priority for Zong Wang to set up a big tent, after Zong Wang entered and sat down, he also urgently ordered someone to get the map and the previous emergency report, according to the map analysis, the result was soon found that the Song army only landed in Yaozhou on the 18th, and also attacked Liaoyang City on the 21st, this Yaozhou (Liaoning Yingkou) is also more than 200 miles away from Liaoyang Mansion, with the composition of the Song army almost pure infantry, this speed is not to say, could it be that it was planted with wings and flew over?

When Zong Wang thought so, Huang Jie, who was far away in Liaoyang Mansion, naturally didn't know, if he knew, Huang Jie would not have taken out a chess game and threw it on Zong Wang's face, and said, "Just you?" Lao Tzu not only has a cannon, but also a car! ”