This time, Dong Shouye led the army to set off, advanced quickly, and the army went all the way to Tsukasa Mountain.

After arriving at Mt. Tsukasaki, separate the infantry and cavalry.

The infantry boarded the ship near the source of the water on the southeast side of the Tsukasa Lingshan to the east of Chang'an City, and when they completed the westward move to Chang'an, they also let some people board the ship from Luoyang and go up the river to Chang'an, so a lot of ships were stored near the source of the water.

Dong Shouye led the army to support Luoyang this time, which was just in use.

Speaking of which, it is faster to take the water route than to take the land route, and there is no problem for a normal ship to walk twenty miles per hour, but it is winter, and the northwest wind is blowing, and boarding a ship from the source of the water is just going down the river, saving time and effort, and the speed of the ship is estimated to reach thirty miles per hour.

Moreover, compared with taking the land route, the land route requires soldiers to walk, which must be a bit tired and consume the soldiers' bodies, while taking a boat does not have this worry, and can also save the abundant body of these soldiers, so that the original reinforcements will not become a tired division. From Chang'an to Luoyang about 800 miles of distance, the waterway will follow the twists and turns of the river around a little bend, the total distance is calculated in 1,200 miles, the ship travels 25 miles per hour, a day travels for eight hours, at most it is six days to reach Luoyang, if it is day and night, desperately rushing, the time can be reduced to three or four days.

Along the way, Luonan, Lushi, Yiyang and other places to get some supplies, and then you can reach Luoyang, when you arrive in Luoyang, I am afraid that the food and grass supplies carried by the army will basically not have any loss.

On the cavalry side, after arriving at Tsukasa Ling Mountain, they separated from the foot soldiers, marched all the way, and then walked up to the county, Jingshang County, out of Wuguan, and then secretly marched at the junction of Hongnong and Nanyang, crossed Funiu Mountain, and then went all the way to the east, reaching Xincheng or near Liang County to lurk.

The troops set out, lightly armed, and only brought five days of dry rations.

The normal daily marching speed of the cavalry should be between one hundred and twenty miles and three hundred miles, of course, there are many people who say that the marching speed of the cavalry can reach forty or fifty kilometers per hour, which is usually called "one thousand per day, eight hundred at night".

Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan is a master in the rapid march, known as five hundred in three days, one thousand in six days, but after turning over a lot of information, I didn't find whether Xiahou Yuan's magic line was infantry or cavalry, but according to Cao Cao's situation at the time, it should be the majority of infantry, so it can be inferred that the marching speed of the cavalry must be higher than that of the infantry, so the marching speed of the cavalry is defined as between one hundred and twenty miles per day and three hundred miles, but if the marching speed exceeds three hundred miles per day, then even if it is on the battlefield, it is estimated that it is as tired as a dead dog, there is no combat power left.

Dong Shouye led the Xiliang cavalry to march 200 miles a day, which was between 25 and 30 miles per hour. In the era when there were no stirrups, it was the rider's body that limited the speed of the cavalry, and it was difficult for the body of the rider to support it for a long time, and the horse's endurance was also a factor on the one hand, but there was no rider's fatigue that limited the marching speed as much. Therefore, after riding for a while, the rider definitely needs to rest, and the horse can also rest, and both the rider and the mount can recover.

Dong Shouye led the troops to march like this, basically not far from Xiahou Yuan's rapid march, but the training results in the past six months are also remarkable, most of the personnel in the army can still have combat effectiveness after marching 200 miles a day, but it is not in the peak state, it is estimated that it can have the appearance of 50% of the combat effectiveness in the peak state, in general, Dong Shouye is still quite satisfied with the training results during this time, and Dong Shouye's hard work has not been wasted.

In order to test the results of training during this period, Dong Shouye divided the 10,000 cavalry into two divisions, one of which was the 2,000 Huangzhong Yicong who had been equipped with Gaoqiao saddles and bilateral stirrups. These two thousand cavalry are all one person and two horses, lightly armed, and the grain and grass they bring can only be used by more than 4,000 horses and more than 2,000 people for more than ten days, and due to the restrictions of conditions, only half of these more than 4,000 horses are equipped with Takahashi saddles and bilateral stirrups, that is to say, as the horses replaced by these 2,000 Huang Zhongyi have not been fully equipped with Takahashi saddles and bilateral stirrups, so on the way to the march, these Huang Zhongyi rode on the horses equipped with Takahashi saddles and bilateral stirrups from seventy percent of the time, and the remaining thirty percent of the time was on the horses that were not equipped with new equipment. One person with two horses, one horse on horse, and one horse to place grain and grass together with combat materials to ensure that the battle or march can be continued, and the combat effectiveness can be maintained.

Moreover, in Dong Shouye's plan, these more than 2,000 Huang Zhongyi must also be supplied from the county towns along the way, and Dong Shouye was even prepared to use war to support the war and plunder the small county towns that had been actually controlled by Yuan Shu to obtain supplies.

At present, Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu are in a state of hostility, and the county seat actually controlled by Yuan Shu is no different from the so-called enemy-occupied area for Dong Shouye, so it is not any psychological burden for Dong Shouye to rob the county seat in the enemy-occupied area to obtain grain and grass supplies, as long as he does not burn and loot like the Japanese devils.

Some of the generals under Dong Shouye's command also felt that Dong Shouye's approach was a little risky, and they must know that it is taboo for soldiers to act alone. Dong Shouye excused himself for other reasons, and in Dong Shouye's opinion, the training results during this period were enough to make the two thousand Huang Zhongyi under his command face all kinds of unexpected situations. And even if there is an accident, the 8,000 cavalry following behind him can quickly follow and immediately support him.

In fact, the current Dong Shouye would like to meet the opponent's small troops in the process of marching, so he can use these small troops to train his hands and test the combat effectiveness of the troops under his command. As for Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's large forces, it is unlikely that they will appear on Dong Shouye's march, because Dong Shouye's current selection of marching routes is controlled in a certain area, that is, the main concentration of Hongnong County, and now Hongnong County is completely controlled by the Xiliang Army, and Dong Yue, the general of the Xiliang Army, is responsible for guarding Hongnong County, if Yuan Shu and Sun Jian's large forces appear in Hongnong, Dong Yue will be able to find out in the first time, after all, this buddy is also a battlefield general, not for nothing.

Although Dong Yue has only been mentioned in history for a few sentences, there is no description that can prove his ability, but as a veteran of the battlefield, some of the most basic things are absolutely fine. Now in wartime, Dong Yue was full of spies in his defense area, and even extended to Yuan Shu's Nanyang County and parts of Yuzhou.

Therefore, there was no problem for Dong Shouye to lead 2,000 elite troops to sneak in the area controlled by his own side.

Please note that the speed of the cavalry mentioned in the text is really not dragged down by the weight of food and grass. In the case of the weight of grain and grass, the speed cannot be fast, and the speed of the grain and grass that is decided to be used is to move grain slowly, and it is better if there is a carriage or something.

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