Chapter 310: Walking on the Road (Part I)

Qin Mubai immediately gave Yue Fei a thumbs up, although these things are something that a modern person can know about some of the selling points of these large supermarkets, but Yue Fei is different, just by virtue of such a short period of effort, he can see this, this is definitely an outstanding vision.

After getting out of the supermarket, they put all these things in the trunk of their car, and after stuffing them into the car, the two of them got back into the car and continued to move on and leave here.

It was only noon when I came out of Datong City, and at this point in time, according to the high speed, I could probably drive directly to Bayannur.

Just when he was buying a mobile phone, passing by the area of electronic products, Qin Mubai also bought two walkie-talkies and a map.

The map is actually completely unnecessary, but it is mainly bought for Yue Fei, who still uses maps for modern people, most of them are electronic maps, updated at any time, you can open them at any time, even if there is no network, as long as you download the map in advance, the map can also be used.

Of course, paper maps are not completely useless, at least some people who do outdoor cycling and so on will prepare paper maps, even if they are not needed most of the time, but as long as there is a need to use them, it is useful, anyway, such a map does not cost much.

However, Yue Fei was very interested in this, and after opening the map, Yue Fei said with some amazement: "The current map is really too exquisite, if only our map at that time were so exquisite." ”

Qin Mubai smiled, I don't know how many people have gone through to draw these maps, if you want to draw such a map in that era, it is estimated that in some prosperous dynasties, the country is estimated to get at least one department to draw such a map, and it is difficult to have results without a hundred years.

"Well, this is our land area now, and there are some markings on it that you should still be able to recognize. Qin Mubai nodded.

"We should be able to reach the Hetao area today, oh the former Wuyuan area. Qin Mubai didn't say the specific city, the specific city is in Yue Fei, he may not know what the place is at all, but the name Hetao has been there in ancient times, when did it start, Qin Mubai is not clear, it seems to be the Ming Dynasty, but Wuyuan Qin Mubai remembers that it existed during the Han Dynasty, so Lao Yue should know.

But no matter how old the name is, Qin Mubai doesn't know, but that place was an important military town in ancient times, and that place was also one of the important horse breeding locations in ancient times.

In fact, the economic strength of the Song Dynasty was so strong, and at the same time, it also raised the largest army in the world at that time, it can be said that to some extent, the Song Dynasty was dragged down by the army, because the number of troops in the Song Dynasty exceeded one million at that time. You must know that in those days, the number of more than a million soldiers can be described as terrifying.

What's more, the Song Dynasty still had to send a wave out every once in a while, and all kinds of compensation were indispensable.

In fact, one of the reasons why the overall military of the Song Dynasty was in a defensive posture was that the Song Dynasty lost two of the most critical places, two places to raise horses.

At that time, there were mainly two areas for raising horses, one was the sixteen states of Yanyun, in fact, Datong was also considered to be in the sixteen states of Yanyun at that time, and then to the northeast, today's northeast of Inner Mongolia plus the northeast of the region, of course, these are not the territories of the sixteen states of Yanyun, but these territories are mainly places where horses can be raised, especially war horses.

And the other place is the Hetao and further northwest, these two directions in the Song Dynasty can only raise good war horses, but unfortunately, the Song Dynasty has been lost, Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are not only one of the most important gateways of the Song Dynasty, but also one of the most important sources of war horses in the Song Dynasty.

After losing the northwest and then Yanyun, it was inevitable that the Song Dynasty's military would be on the defensive, even if the Song Dynasty even forced the people to raise horses in order to train cavalry, but it was useless. Because the horses raised in Jiangnan and other regions can be used as pack horses at most, whether in endurance or other aspects, and they cannot be used as war horses for the main force of war at all.

This is also why the Song Dynasty has won many battles in history, but after winning the battle, there is no way to annihilate the enemy. Defeated, drop some corpses, pat your ass and run away, you can't wipe everyone out.

Do you say that in such a situation, which country would have taken you to heart at that time? I can't beat it and still be able to run, I'm afraid that you will be a bird? If there were cavalry like Huo Qubing in the Song Dynasty at that time, there would be more than 50,000 cavalry. After those few victories, the Song Dynasty was fully capable of pursuing or counterattacking.

Even if there were cavalry, the quality of the cavalry could not be compared with the enemy's cavalry at all. Because the infantry's mobility is not strong, whether it is fighting against the Liao State or the Jin State, the infantry is still heavily armored to supplement the troops, and the mobility is even weaker.

It's okay to fight positional warfare, and it's okay to fight defensive warfare, but it's very problematic to take the initiative or fight a war of annihilation, and you can't beat those mobile armies at all. Why did Yue Fei's later Genghis Khan go to the Mediterranean? In fact, in a sense, it had a lot to do with the mobility of the Mongol army.

Defeated the runner who could run partially, and defeated the enemy's runner who couldn't run, because at that time, the cavalry with the highest mobility was the one.

"Gohara area. Yue Fei quickly found Wuyuan on the map, but the current Wuyuan is not as important as the historical location in history, and now this is just an ordinary county, but seeing the appearance of the Yellow River here, Yue Fei can also know what this place is.

Although it is said that the Yellow River has been diverted several times in history, in fact, although the Yellow River in the Hetao area has changed many times in history, in fact, the river course of this place has changed little as a whole, the largest is the downstream area, and the place after Kaifeng is the place with the largest diversion.

Therefore, there is not much difference between this place and the one in history, and Yue Fei recognized it at once.

"Here, it was already the border of the Song Dynasty, and further northwest were the Jin Kingdom and Western Xia. Yue Fei sighed and said.

"If we had been able to hold on to this place, we wouldn't have run out of horses. Yue Fei looked at the map and sighed.

"Where are we now?" Yue Fei asked again.

"We are now on our way to Hohhot, and then from Hohhot to Baotou, which is Hohhot. Qin Mubai probably told Yue Fei his current location.

"This is the former Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. Yue Fei immediately nodded with satisfaction, "In this way, although the land area seems to have been partially reduced, it has also partially expanded. ”

China's current area is naturally much larger than that of the Song Dynasty, of course, it can't be compared with several dynasties in history, but if this thing is added up before and after, it is also about the same, some places are smaller, and some places are larger.

"Well, after all, history is changing. "There are some things that Qin Mubai didn't say, and he can't say it, in fact, a lot of land has been directly ceded out in modern times, Mongolia doesn't care about it for the time being, let's just say that Vladivostok and these places have not been taken away by Lao Maozi for a long time.

Qin Mubai's speed is very fast, anyway, it's a bit of a mother to detect the speed radar, if you don't count the interval speed measurement, Qin Mubai's speed is basically above 160 yards, anyway, there are not many high-speed cars, and it's a little bit of Niang assist, this speed is nothing.

In fact, the G-class is not suitable for soaring speed, when it exceeds 180 or more and is about 200, the stability is not as good as those sedans and sports cars, after all, the air resistance of the body and aerodynamics are not designed for soaring speed.

But below 180, there is still no problem with the G-class, after all, the weight of the body itself is there, not to mention that Qin Mubai's car has no problem in terms of territory, counterweight or power, and the stability is naturally very reliable.

So the speed of 160 is nothing even if there is no Niang assistance, so Qin Mubai from Datong is only back in less than 2 hours, of course, this is still when the Hubei Expressway crosses the provincial border, there is a traffic jam on the road, otherwise, Qin Mubai will come back faster.

He can't help it when he gets stuck in traffic, unless Qin Mubai can fly, otherwise, even if you can run a car of 700 kilometers per hour, you can only obediently move forward on the road.

Because they were in a hurry, Qin Mubai and Lao Yue didn't look for a place to eat at noon, anyway, they bought a lot of dry food in the car, but at noon, Qin Mubai gave Lao Yue a super delicious thing - compressed dry food.

"Military dry food?" Yue Fei asked with some surprise as he took the package.

"Well, try it, this is a compressed dry ration specifically for the army. Qin Mubai bit a piece by himself, the small size of this thing can provide an adult with the energy needed for half a day of vigorous exercise, which was definitely not available in ancient times, and in modern times, this thing is not something that can be produced casually.

"Such a bag can ensure your body's energy needs for an afternoon, so you can't eat too much. Qin Mubai gestured to Yue Fei, "How does it taste?" Qin Mubai asked with a smile while gesturing.

Yue Fei ate a piece, and then nodded: "It tastes good, it's sweet, you know, when we were fighting, salt and sugar were luxuries." You say that such a small piece can replenish an adult's intense energy for half a day?"

Yue Fei picked up the bag in his hand and gestured it to Qin Mubai, his face full of disbelief.

"Yes, I don't believe you can try it, but we are probably on the road this afternoon, so you don't think you will be hungry, you can eat two pieces. Qin Mubai said with a smile.