Chapter 64: Rush
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Zhao Min couldn't bear to deal with an old official like the county lieutenant of the seven counties, so he directly issued an order in the commander's tent: The seven counties will attack in turn at the hour, noon, unitary hour, and sub-hour every day, and do not seek to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, as long as the enemy does not eat well and sleep, and does not get effective rest. The specific order of attack will be determined by drawing lots in the seven counties.
On the other hand, Zhao Min arranged for soldiers to cut down trees outside the city, blatantly make siege weapons such as ladders and siege vehicles, and also let the soldiers disperse around the city, making noise from time to time, in order to achieve the effect of harassing the enemy.
In the afternoon, it was the turn of the Yi'an County soldiers to attack the city, Zhao Min observed outside the gate, and saw that the Yi'an County soldiers followed Zhao Yun's example and divided the soldiers into two columns, with the sword and shield in front and the archers behind, but the team of archers was obviously much rarer. The procession slowly moved down the city, and before it could reach the land of an arrow, it stopped and began to fire arrows. Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and the arrows shot by the already sparse archers were even more scattered, and the number of arrows that could fly to the head of the city was less than two hands, and the result was conceivable, no arrows could fall on the city wall at all. Zhao Min looked from afar, it seemed that the ranks of the Yi'an County soldiers were arguing, the crossbowmen in the back row were very dissatisfied with the lack of range and wanted to squeeze forward, but the sword and shield men in the front row were afraid of damage and refused to advance, the two columns of teams were instantly crowded together, crooked and twisted without a queue at all, so it was stalemate for most of the hour, and there was not even a single arrow at the head of the city, and finally retreated.
Zhao Min shook his head, there was no way, there was no way to speak of military discipline and morale, let alone lack of training and equipment, in the end, they could only make an armed parade under the city like a joke. Fortunately, he didn't expect these county soldiers to play any role, just to achieve the effect of exhausting the enemy and harassing the enemy.
Zhao Min turned around and entered the account, and asked Shao Qi to come to the account. After Shao Qi arrived, Zhao Min asked: "Ah Fu, you must already know the tactics of our army, and now the situation on the side of Xiami is a drag, if you want to break the enemy and win, the key point is still on the side of Pingshou City." Do you have any news back from the people you arranged to go to Drama County? ”
Shao Qi Shi Lida said: "Since the day of Jimo's departure, Si Wensi has arranged for people to set off for Xi County, led by Qu Jin, and at this time he must have closely monitored the surroundings of Xi County, but if there is any wind and grass, the news will be passed back as soon as possible." At this time, there is no news, presumably because the Linzhi side has not sent troops yet, and the fourth master is asked to wait patiently. ”
Zhao Min nodded: "That's fine." But it is still necessary to remember that the strategy of longevity is the key to breaking the enemy, so you must be cautious! ”
Shao Qi said with a smile: "The fourth master can rest assured that half of Si Wensi's manpower was dispatched this time to ensure that the action was foolproof; Moreover, the investigators dispatched have always only known the operational requirements and the purpose of the mission, and there is absolutely no risk of leakage of secrets. ”
Zhao Min shook his head, now the situation on the battlefield is so bad or bad, all that remains is to wait, waiting for the battlefield in Xixian County to take a turn.
In the next few days, Zhao Min lived quite leisurely, every day is to follow Zhao Yun to learn some strengthening techniques, according to Zhao Yun, his body has not yet reached the level of flesh and blood fusion, now what to do now is to lay a good foundation, and when the body matures, practicing martial arts will achieve twice the result with half the effort. Since Zhao Yun said so, Zhao Min was not in a hurry, so he slowly boiled up his physique, could it be said that his experience in martial arts practice was better than that of Zhao Yun, who could be called a grandmaster? Anyway, listening to Zhao Yun is right.
On the other hand, his own specialty 'throwing' and 'sprinting' also need to be practiced diligently, fortunately, throwing almost nothing, as long as he has enough flying knives on his body, it can be said that he can practice wherever he goes, as for carrying flying knives with him, it is the least worrying problem for Zhao Min, he has at least 300 flying knives in his storage ring at any time! As for sprinting, it is a little troublesome, because his own running speed is too fast, if he wants not to be exposed to outsiders, he can only run in the main camp, running circles around such a cramped small courtyard, it is inevitable that there is a feeling of shrinking his hands and feet and not letting go, but if the circle runs big, it will be seen by the soldiers outside, and the dignified King of the North Sea is running wildly regardless of his face, and it is not very good to pass it out after all. In the end, Zhao Min had no choice but to lead dozens of guards to leave the camp for a few miles on the grounds of inspection, and then start running wildly, and finally let the proficiency of sprinting not drop too much, but for this reason, he was taught by Meng Hou every day, saying that he was the coach who didn't know how to cherish his feathers, and Zhao Min had to accompany him to laugh and pretend to be a good student. It's just that I occasionally complain in my heart, the skill selection given by this system is really a bit cheating, either running or jumping, is there no slightly more elegant one such as Lingbo Weibu Yanyun eighteen flips and the like?
On the ninth day of the second month, that is, the ninth day after the expedition, news finally came from the Linzhu side that Cao Kai, the assassin of Qingzhou Mansion, personally commanded an army of 20,000. sent troops to the county to quell the rebellion, vowed to capture and kill the traitor Lu Xu, and will soon kill the county under the drama county! Zhao Min was shocked when he heard the news, and finally waited for the news from Qingzhou, and it was finally time to take action himself!
That night, Zhao Min convened the generals to discuss the matter, announced his plan to attack Pingshou in public, and secretly ordered each of the seven county lieutenants to divide 100 people to gather in the main camp, and still spread the flags, disguised as the illusion that the camp was not moving. And the whole army of Jimo Army was fully equipped, the fourth watch made food, the fifth watch set off, the light cavalry Jane went straight to Pingshou, and strictly ordered the seven county coalition troops not to leak the news, otherwise the military law will be engaged!
That night, two thousand Jimo soldiers took advantage of the cover of the night to start the rapid march mode, bypassing the territory of Duchang and going straight to Pingshou.
At Zhao Min's insistence, the Jimo Army has a good tradition, that is, it will conduct long-distance training every three days. At that time, this practice caused some criticism in the army, but fortunately, with Zhao Min's persistence and Zhao Yun's prestige, the inherent rules could be formed in this way.
Because of the leggings, an object that transcends time and space, the long-distance marching ability of the Mexican army far exceeds that of the infantry of the same era. The leggings are actually quite simple, nothing more than a three-finger-wide strip of linen, one end is a flat head, and the other end is forked into two ropes, starting from the upper of the shoe to wrap around the flattening, and then turning the cloth strip over and crossing every two circles, only need to tie the elastic moderately. It may seem inconspicuous, but in fact it is extraordinary. The first benefit is that it can provide good protection for the legs. You must know that the infantry of this era had no leg armor, and even officers of the rank of colonel generally did not have leg armor. With leggings, you can avoid being scratched by branches in the mountains or thorns on the ground, as well as prevent the bites of some insects such as leeches; The second benefit is that it can effectively prevent swelling and pain caused by blood accumulation, especially in the case of mountaineering, and greatly improve the ability to continue marching; As for the third benefit, because it is a strip of cloth that can be removed at any time, if you are injured on the battlefield, you can immediately remove the leggings as a bandage to stop bleeding. As for other benefits, such as being able to make stretchers, tying prisoners, and so on, the list goes on.
With such an inconspicuous but effective existence, it is not surprising that even the recruits in the Mexican army have good long-distance marching ability. In addition, Zhao Min asked the whole army to be light and simple, and the whole army only carried ten days' rations with them, and without the drag of the baggage troops, the marching speed was far better than in the past, let alone the ordinary army.
The distance between Xiami and Pingshou is one hundred and twenty miles, and the distance from Jimo to Xiami is similar, when it came, because of waiting for the seven-county coalition army to go for five days, now only the Jimo army is lightly armed, day and night, and the speed is naturally not the same. Set off on the night of the ninth day of the first month, and arrived at Pingshou City in the early morning of the 12th, and the whole march took less than two days, which can be called a god speed! During the Three Kingdoms period, Xiahou Yuan marched 500 miles in three days, which can be called a miracle in military history. But Xiahou Yuan is a cavalry, and it is an elite army, and the speed of the cavalry is generally three or four times faster than the infantry, which is normal, so when converted, Zhao Min's newly trained soldiers are not far behind!
After arriving in Pingshou, Zhao Min arranged for the troops to rest on the spot to recover their strength, and then summoned the generals to discuss. After everyone arrived, the investigators left behind by the Siwen Division also came to report, and they also brought a person - Chen Zhen. It turned out that Chen Zhen volunteered to go to the rebels in the three counties, and the first stop was Pingshou. Because he has an old relationship with Pingshou County Magistrate Kong Chen, he intends to use this as a breakthrough, but he knows that the other party does not enter the oil and salt, and he is determined to go all the way with Lu Xu, if it weren't for the old love, Chen Zhen would almost not be able to get out of the gate of Pingshou County! After Chen Zhen left the city, he was about to return to Zhao Min to report, but he happened to meet the investigators who stayed in Pingshou by Si Wensi, and when they heard the news of Zhao Min's imminent arrival, they simply waited here, so they appeared in front of Zhao Min now.
When Chen Zhen saw Zhao Min, he bowed down on the spot, and said: "I am really ashamed of my trust in the King of Beihai, this time I returned in vain, I humiliated the king's life, I am really ashamed of the sweat and landless, please punish the King of Beihai!" ”
Zhao Min smiled and helped Chen Zhen up: "Where did Guizhi say, the people who can follow Lu Xu to rebel are all crazy people, and this is a happy and worry-free thing, not to mention that Guizhi has tried his best, but he is just stubborn and stubborn, so how can he be punished?" Expensive but relieved, now our army has a strategy to break the enemy, he does not want to surrender, let me wait for him to give him a ride! ”
Chen Zhen was still ashamed when he heard this, and reluctantly stopped mentioning the punishment under Zhao Min's kind words and the comfort of everyone.
Later, Zhao Min and the generals discussed the issue of taking the city again, in fact, the general idea on the way to the road has reached a consensus, Shao Qi has already sent the city structure of Pingshou City, the deployment of troops, the equipment to defend the city and other information back to the Chinese army, everyone basically knows it, and now it is just a matter of detailing the details. Seeing that everyone had discussed the content about the same, Zhao Min opened his mouth and announced: "Let the sergeants rest for a while, make food on the third watch and set off on the fourth watch, take the city as planned, and strive to celebrate the achievements in Pingshou County at noon today!" ”
Everyone roared: "Oh! ”