Chapter 431: Before the Decisive Battle

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Zhang Wansui was originally a Shuofang person, who joined the army due to the war, and by chance let Li Shimin know his talent, and after passing the test and observation, Li Shimin did not hesitate to hand over Ma Zheng to him to manage. There is a record in the history books, saying that since the early years of Zhenguan, Zhang Wansui managed "3,000 Mufan", which means that Zhang Wansui has a total of 3,000 stallions and mares under his hands. In the Linde years, that is, after fifteen or sixteen years, it multiplied to 700,000 horses! This figure seems to have a bit of a "Great Leap Forward" flavor, and there may be a lot of water, but it is indeed recorded in the history books: "Lin Dejian and 700,000 horses, the pastoral affairs depend on it." ā€

He is proficient in the art of taming horses and raising horses, and he can accurately distinguish various breeds of horses, and can see what horses are good at, and classify and train them.

As soon as this guy returned to his hometown, he felt very kind, he loved horses and became obsessed, and he had war horses all over the mountains to manage him, so he didn't leave.

Whether it was Li Shimin's order or Qin Feng's persuasion, he just didn't leave, because he thought that the north of Shuofang was the vast Shuobei grassland, and he could give full play to his strengths here.

In this way, Qin Feng was happy, but his father-in-law Li Shimin was depressed, this has always been the only one who poached people from others, but in the end, his precious son-in-law dug people into his head, the depression in the heart of this wise and martial emperor can be imagined, but he also knew that Zhang Wansui was reasonable, so he could only pinch his nose and admit it.

Qin Feng's military horses were classified by Zhang Wansui, and when Qin Feng sent the surplus war horses to the imperial court, he left behind all the war horses that were good at hardship and hard work.

So speed is his strength on the march.

In order to improve the speed, under Zhang Wansui's suggestion, Qin Feng also specially trained the cavalry's ability to sleep and rest on the horse: the soldier slept on the horse's back, and let the horse advance at a certain speed by itself. Although the speed is not fast, it can shorten the distance of tens of miles between each other during the rest time of the two sides. When I first trained such an ability, I could lose half a life of one cavalryman.

The Central Plains people, who were accustomed to sleeping on their backs on their backs, let them sleep on horseback, which was really a kind of torture.

Qin Feng also knew that the Central Plains people had the advantages of the Central Plains, and it was impossible for them to be able to eat, drink, and sleep on horseback for days and days like the Mongols, but the rest skills on horseback to recuperate and recharge were necessary to master, and he also forced the soldiers to train this ability.

Can't sleep, no problem!

Then don't sleep today, if you don't sleep for a few days, drowsiness will come up, don't say it's on horseback, even if you can sleep on Wodao Mountain.

As for falling off the horse, tie yourself to the horse......

With this inhumane training method, the cavalry under his command forcibly mastered the ability to sleep on the back of a horse and hold the horse's neck.

It is because there are war horses that are good at running and can endure hardships and stand hard work, and there are soldiers who can live and rest on horseback, and they are chasing very fast.

In addition, they took a shortcut this time, so they arrived nearly eight days earlier than Jieli Khan.

The speed was so fast that Jieli Khan could not have dreamed of it. That buddy is still walking on the road now, and while guarding against Su Dingfang's attack, he also has to listen to the beautiful music of ghosts crying wolves, which is also tragic enough.

"Any news?" Cheng Yanjin, who had lost a lot of weight, walked over with a pair of panda eyes, and excitedly pointed ahead with a horsewhip and said: "It's all those bastards, so Lao Tzu is tired and half dead, this time I must kill him." ā€

The most bitter thing along the way is not the soldiers, but his deputy marshal whose status is second only to Qin Feng.

Cheng Yanjin was also born in Jiangmen, his great-grandfather and grandfather successively served as Sima of Jinzhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and his father was Cheng Lou, a general of the Sui Dynasty. As Cheng Lou's son, he has been instructed by a famous teacher since he was a child, and he is brave and good at fighting. But even if Cheng Yanjin is from the Jiangmen family, he has never thought of sleeping on horseback, this almost absurd thing is simply unheard of, and naturally he has never worked hard in this regard.

Qin Feng asked him to go all the way with Li Jing in Dingxiang, but this guy was stunned, he had to follow Qin Feng and them all the way, he was a competitive man, but he didn't want to let Yu Chi Jingde's black charcoal head compare, let him sit on a cold bench in Li Jing's army, and it would never be okay to be sneered at by Wei Chi Jingde.

Qin Feng couldn't resist him, and it was impossible for him to delay the pursuit because he was alone, so he could only let him learn and use it now.

As a result, he fell asleep, fell off the horse, and almost broke his old waist.

Cheng Biting Jin was stubborn, and he couldn't lose face in front of his son, and he didn't want to leave the team, so he forced himself to follow, afraid that he would fall off the horse again, so he learned like a soldier and tied himself to the horse when it was time to sleep.

In just four days, Cheng Yanjin realized how useful it was for cavalry to master this skill after experiencing it himself. I only hated that I had so much time in the first place, but I didn't think about practicing in this area. It hurt that he made a fool of himself in front of the younger generations, and he was a little depressed, but after all, he was a fierce general, his physique was extremely strong, and after a day of rest, he almost recovered to his heyday, and he thought that all the hardships he suffered were caused by Jieli Khan, so he was very eager to go into battle to do him.

"Haha! How could Jieli come so quickly, they let Su Dingfang hang behind his ass and beat him, and he was depressed on the way. It will take six or seven days, to say the least. Qin Feng's mental state was excellent, and he laughed out loud when he looked at the soldiers who were alive and well. No pain, no gain. If I hadn't forced the soldiers to practice the ability to sleep right away. They didn't chase so quickly, and the effort they put in paid off at this moment.

Qin Feng also carefully inquired about Su Dingfang's messenger, and when he knew about the pranks that Su Dingfang had done, he immediately laughed, but in order not to be defeated with one blow, he ordered Su Dingfang to stop in moderation, let him come every other day to exhaust the army, and in the last three days, he played with Jieli Khan every day.

He ordered so emphatically, because he was worried that Jieli Khan's army would collapse prematurely, if that was the case, it would not be in line with Li Jing's plan, in order to hit Xue Yantuo as much as possible, Jieli Khan's troops must have a certain combat effectiveness, otherwise there would be no good show to see, when he arrived at the predetermined place, he also sent someone to get in touch with Yi Nan, and learned that Yi Nan's army had grown to about 30,000 in size, and once these 30,000 fierce Tie Le soldiers met the Jieli Khan's army, which had fallen into madness, it would be a lot of fun.

"We're just waiting?" Cheng Yanjin asked sullenly.

Qin Feng smiled: "If you don't wait for them, do you want us to turn and chase back?" Besides, we are not the main force in this battle. ā€

"Xue Yantuo!" Cheng Yanjin answered knowingly.

"Yes, that's them. If you want to dominate the grassland, but you don't want to contribute, there is such a good thing in this world. Last night I received a message from Su Dingfang that there are still more than 40,000 people in Jieli, and the number has not decreased but increased. In order to alleviate our pressure, while you were resting, I sent Luo Tong, Zhang Shigui, and Xue Rengui to lead 5,000 light cavalry to wipe out the Turkic tribes within a radius of 500 miles. And Yi Nan's 30,000 cavalry will arrive around dusk tomorrow. ā€

Cheng Yanjin frowned and said, "Xue Yantuo's number is 10,000 more than ours, will he obey our orders?" ā€

"Yes!" Qin Feng said confidently: "Yi Nan is a smart person, and he will never compete with us for power at a critical moment. In order to gain the support of Datang, more than 100,000 elite people are willing to sacrifice, how can he offend us at this juncture? Besides, as long as we win the battle cleanly, they will naturally obediently obey. ā€

"Head?" Cheng Yanjin was a little surprised, he didn't have much skill in fighting on the grassland, usually the two sides pulled a large army to fight, and it was the first time he had heard of it.

Qin Feng said: "What you are doing is to eat a trench and grow wise, Jieli has suffered a big loss in the ghast spirit, and when he knows that the front is not safe, he will definitely send someone to act as a forward to explore the way." Jieli has no henchmen at hand, the striker should be that Zhan Erhu, Zhan Erhu has recruited strong men along the way, their number is not a minority, and when we defeat them, Xue Yantuo naturally has no difference in the second formation, Yi Nan wants to take Jieli and replace it, then, let him do it! Hehe, he needs to intimidate the prestige of the grassland heroes, then, I will generously give him this opportunity. ā€

"You kid has a belly of intrigues, how can you be so kind?" Cheng Yanjin shook his head and said curiously: "There must be a conspiracy in this." After finishing speaking, a pair of tiger eyes stared at Qin Feng, waiting for Qin Feng's explanation.

Qin Feng smiled bitterly: "There must be a conspiracy, but this conspiracy has been realized, all because of Su Dingfang's tired soldiers and harassment schemes, as for what the result will be, it is difficult to say now, anyway, it must be lively, if you have to use one word to describe it, it must be crazy." ā€

One madman is terrible enough, but what will happen if tens of thousands of madmen come at once?

Qin Feng didn't know, he hadn't seen it. Therefore, he is also looking forward to that scene very much, what will be the result?

Everything speaks for itself.

"Crazy? Not really, right? Cheng Yanjin didn't believe it.

"Uncle Cheng, just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it won't happen, and no one can predict what will happen in the future, let's wait and see! But no matter what, we must be fully prepared, we still use the Mo Dao Battalion as a strong shield, and then use a strong bow and crossbow to provide support. ā€

Seeing that Qin Feng was so sure, Cheng Yanjin was skeptical and noncommittal. This was the last battle, and he believed that Qin Feng would definitely not mess around.