Section 8: Carrying things is learning
Yun Ye never thought that the situation in Cheng Yanjin would be so critical, with Lao Cheng's temperament, he would not open his mouth to beg for help until he couldn't hold on, even if this person was Yun Ye and his son Cheng Chumo.
Only his conditions are the worst in the army, when the Tang Dynasty is preparing to counterattack against Tubo, the most elite Guanzhong disciples have been Yun Ye, Guo Xiaoke, Li Jing, carved up, left to him only the soldiers of the 12 states of Hexi, their equipment can only be regarded as third-rate in the Tang Army, it is under such conditions, Lao Cheng is still like a storm and clouds Ke Huangshui attacked Xifu, once pushed the battle line to Dafeichuan, and burned the war from Tuyuhun to Tubo. And he confronted the 200,000-strong army of Songtsen Gampo for two whole years without losing the wind.
In the past two years, the wind and frost sword on the plateau have not worn out Lao Cheng's will, but have become stronger and stronger.
By now, the world's attack on the Tang Dynasty has long become a joke among the people of Chang'an, who are toasting Yun Ye's every victory, despising Li Zhiyin's vicious methods, impassioned for Liu Ren's invincible feat of thousands of miles of sea frontiers, and cheering for Li Jing's swift crushing of Tubo's attack on the sandbank.
Lao Cheng's record is bleak under these brilliant victories, out of human nature, Chang'an people also like to listen to good things, at this time, if someone sues him in Dafeichuan, there is a precarious team will definitely be despised by everyone.
Lao Cheng has been holding on to the plateau for two years, the long supply road and the difficult marching route are destined to make it impossible for him to accept more aid.
Yun Ye knew that at this time, he should tell Li Er that he would go up to replace the exhausted old Cheng, and Li Er probably knew very well that he should order Cheng to bite Jin to retreat from Dafeichuan and retreat to Hexi in order to gain momentum.
There was more than one person in the court who saw this crisis. But everyone closed their mouths in unison, the veteran has the dignity of a veteran, if Li Er orders a change of general, with Lao Cheng's character, he has to wipe his neck.
Therefore, in a dilemma, Yun Ye wantonly gave away his equipment. For example, for Sun Renshi, for Xue Rengui, and for the temptation of Li Jing like a joke. However, his camel city will always keep a very complete set of equipment, these things he left for Lao Cheng, he very much hopes that Cheng Biting Jin can open his mouth, as long as he opens his mouth, these materials will be transported along the rugged road to Dafeichuan eight hundred miles away as soon as possible.
So when Zhou Chong appeared in front of him, he almost jumped up with joy, and wanted to make Zhou Zhong shut his mouth. Without saying anything, hurry up with the prepared supplies, for fear of hearing the news of Lao Cheng's illness or death from this guy's mouth.
There is no place on the battlefield where it is safe, and a single stray arrow can take the life of the most noble general, and there are many examples of this from ancient times to the present.
Now Zhou Zhong has brought the best news for Yun Ye, the old guy is still strong and alive, this is enough, Yun Ye gave an order, and the camel city began to advance towards the Black Stone Pass. Li Jing sent eight letters a day asking Yun Ye about his motives and what he was going to do. Yun Ye prevaricated with the boring excuse that he was going to go to the Black Stone Mountain to take a hot spring.
Zhou Chong has not been idle since he arrived in the camel city, a large pot of noodles is still unsatisfied, eating the candied fruits brought to him by Liu Jinbao, and letting the military doctor treat the chilblains on his body with his bare back.
He has always thought that there is no difference between the Western Army and the Hexi Army he is staying in, and it feels natural to ask this army for supplies. Thinking of how he begged the marshal to stretch out his hand to the expeditionary army in Dafeichuan, a trace of bitterness floated in his heart, but now he was very satisfied, his plea was not in vain, and the marshal agreed in the end. I felt very happy listening to the noise outside, which was the noise of the logistics officers preparing supplies for themselves.
I vaguely heard the oil oil, heard the gunpowder, heard what thunder rockets, what grenades, these things are big killers when they hear the name, there should be no one who is easy to get along with, as for things like food and medicine, Yun Shuai will also be ready.
Fished out the half-pulled peaches from the jar, admired them for a while and stuffed them all into his mouth, the honey-like juice filled his mouth, grandma's, how long has it been since Lao Tzu had eaten fruit? "One hundred medical officers, fully armed, with bandages and medicines, each carrying another thirty pounds, one hundred chiefs, all armed, carrying fifty pounds, ten crossbow commanders, gunpowder crossbows, oil crossbows, according to the highest base number of equipment of two classes......"
Tian Yuanyi was very busy, the whole person was hot in the cold winter days, and beads of sweat kept sliding down his forehead, and it took a lot of patience and skill to fill 3,000 people and thousands of camels, tens of thousands of war horses, and 32 hot air balloons.
Weapons, gunpowder, oil, gunpowder bullets, plus the oil used as fuel, these things are all on the camel's back, as for food, medicine is all on the back of the war horse, cold weapons are not lacking in the old man Cheng, only the crossbow arrow can be loaded as much as possible, so that the three thousand soldiers have become the main force of the transport. After bringing their own things, each person resists a bundle of crossbow arrows, which is a must to be done.
When Zhou Zhong came out of the house, he was surprised to find that all the supplies had been placed on the camel city in different categories, and as long as it was after tonight, before sunrise tomorrow, it would be distributed to every person, every camel, every horse, and every hot air balloon in strict accordance with the loading standards. This gave Zhou Zhong a new understanding of the efficiency of Camel City. "Tian joins the army, Lao Zhou has a small request, I don't know if I can be accommodating when I join the army." Zhou Zhong walked to the tired Tian Yuanyi's side with a smiling face and whispered.
Tian Yuanyi looked Zhou Zhong up and down, as if he was looking at an animal ready to carry the goods, and after reading it, he pointed to a small wooden house and said: "The spirits you want are in that room, you can take as much as you want, but don't burden others, I have arranged the weight for every bit of their strength, so ah, if you want to drink, you have to carry it yourself." "Isn't this appropriate, the baggage team always needs to be guarded, you have all the people full, how to be vigilant, how to defend against the enemy?" Set aside a thousand cavalry, which is the bare minimum. Zhou Zhong frowned.
"The hot air balloons tied to the camels are responsible for the lookout alert, and the crossbow array is naturally responsible for the battle, you just need to work hard to bring these goods to Dafeichuan.
I heard the marshal say that after you set off tomorrow, the army will immediately attack and advance to Jishi Mountain and Xingxing Gorge, and finally attack the Black Stone Pass to help you attract all the enemies, and as for the scouts of the Tubo people, you need to kill them yourself.
You only have five days to pass through the no-man's land, so many people and animals will consume a lot of food and forage in five days, so you can free up some war horses, and there will also be cavalry to fight, so that when you pass through the Tubo people's defense area on the western line of Dafei, how can you also have thousands of cavalry, plus the crossbow battalion, you can fight. Cheng Shuai must also accept you, this is the best way at present, don't have any doubts, this is the result of Yun Shuai, Du Xiang, Liu Fang's old man plus a staff member after precise calculations, you just need to implement it. ”
Tian Yuanyi wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, arched his hand towards Zhou Chong, and began to prepare to divide the camel that was enough to use, but it could not damage the substitute strength of the camel city.
Zhou Zhong found that the soldiers in the Western Army were completely different from the army he knew, and the soldiers in the Western Army who were preparing for Dafeichuan were skillfully preparing their locks, while the soldiers he brought were stunned in the face of the mountain-like supplies in front of him.
A hundred veterans of even the same length, each of whom took twenty soldiers, whether they were captains or centurions, began to padlock them without saying anything, black gunpowder bullets hung on the hooks on the locks, and a short crossbow was installed on their lower abdomen, and while installing them, they warned loudly: "These gunpowder bullets are your sharp weapons against the enemy, as long as the enemy is close, throw them out after igniting them, and return them, don't learn from that fool, throw them out without igniting the fire, whoever does this, I have to pick up the gunpowder bombs that didn't explode for Lao Tzu.
You'd better treat this short crossbow as a treasure like your life, the crossbow arrows on it are all well wound when you fight, if you don't take the crossbow arrows in the right way, congratulations, you can ask the marshal to send you to the palace to serve.
Don't tell Lao Tzu about your title, Lao Tzu is a sergeant major, Lao Tzu is the biggest among the big soldiers, and the marshal must listen to Lao Tzu when he enters the new barracks, knowing that you are a fierce general, a fierce pawn, but don't show it off in front of Lao Tzu, it is not too late to brag about the ability to walk down these eight hundred miles.
The marshal was going to replace you with our brothers in the Western Army, so that Lao Tzu could be idle, but the military system did not allow it, so Lao Tzu could only use one day today to train you, tell you how to use these things, congratulations on learning, your life has been saved, you can't learn, and congratulations on you no longer using it to work hard in the barracks,
What the? Don't want to stay up for a long time? Bastard, you'll be pretty dead by then, who doesn't want you to survive? Now that it's all there, turn back and we'll go outside the camel city and teach you how to use gunpowder bullets and short crossbows. ”
In the shouts of the chief, these cavalrymen, who had just eaten and drunk for a short time, were taken outside the camel city by them, and after a short time, they heard a rumbling sound coming from not far away.
He picked up a set of locks and observed them carefully, and he didn't understand what it was used for for a long time, and when he was confused, he listened to Cheng Chumo's words: "Brother Zhou, this is a lock to hang on the body, with this thing, you can reasonably distribute the weight to the whole body, and you can mobilize the strength of the whole body, so that you can carry more things, this thing is made by the academy, so there is no need to doubt it." (To be continued......)
PS: Section 1