Chapter 781: Stabilizing the Army's Morale Rises Again
Although Yang Jing has also seen heavy rainstorms, his hometown is in a small coastal town in the south, and in the first month, there are often typhoons, and what kind of wind and rain have actually been seen, but when he thinks of the rain last night, he still has palpitations.
Heavy rain poured down, three or two steps can not see people's faces clearly, coupled with flash floods, and was led by the mastermind behind the mudslide, the rebels attacked and killed at night, the evil Jiao did not know where to go, and he was chased and killed by flying corpses, and almost lost his life.
This kind of experience adds up, but I am afraid that Yang Jing will never forget it for a lifetime.
Finally managed to survive until dawn, the heavy rain was still falling, and although thousands of brothers from the Shenhuo Camp were gathered along the way, except for the guns and ammunition and dry food they carried, everything else was swept away by the mudslide.
People are flesh and blood, soaked in water for a long time, the skin will be white and wrinkled, not to mention that it has been washed away by the torrential rain since last night, and no one can stand it.
It's as if a hole has been pierced in the sky, and without a god like Nuwa Niangniang, it can't be blocked, and the torrential rain is endless, as if it will never stop.
After Yang Jing went down the mountain, he saw corpses everywhere, including enemies, allies, and more of them were Song Jun's brothers!
Yang Jing never felt that there would be a big gap between people, in his opinion, the Great Song Dynasty was willing to spend money, and the equipment in the army was not lagging behind others, and weapons such as the Divine Arm Bow were far ahead, becoming a unique heavy weapon.
Therefore, the sergeants of the Great Song Dynasty will not be worse than others, they just lack the spirit of desperateness.
As a result, Yang Jing has always attached great importance to spiritual construction, constantly motivating and encouraging the morale of the army, believing that as long as the morale of the army is high, the soldiers will be able to win the battle.
It turns out that Yang Jing is taking it for granted.
In this kind of weather, even the Dayue mountain people did not dare to go out, and they hid at home to avoid the rain, the Mongols couldn't stand it, and the Song army couldn't stand it!
The treacherous environment, the bad weather, the surprise enemy, the out-of-control flash floods, the invincible mudslides, all of these made the Song army panic, so that the casualties were too serious.
Although those rebels came to attack at night, there were not many brothers who really let the rebels and those green-haired zombies kill and kill.
Most of the brothers were so panicked that they wandered through the jungle and died.
The jungle was so dangerous, and in the midst of the torrential rains, many people were swept away by the torrents, many were buried by mudslides, some were bitten to death by the same panicked snakes and beasts, and some were like headless flies, crashing into the jungle and getting lost in it, never to be able to get out again.
The bantam iron cannon was also buried in the mudslide, the mudslide piled up at the foot of the mountain, as if cutting a mountain in half, Yang Jing and others knew that the iron cannon was buried in the ground, but if they wanted to dig it out, it was as difficult as a fool to move a mountain, and there was no way to do it immediately.
Until noon, the people could no longer walk, but three or five thousand brothers gathered around them, and everyone wilted like a plague chicken.
Thinking of the spirit when he set out on the expedition, the raised eyebrows when he lifted the siege of Longyuan, the joy when the Mongols fled in embarrassment, and then looking at the bleak and miserable scene at the moment, no one can feel sorry for him.
Yang Jing asked these people to set up tents, and those who lost their tents used local materials and adapted measures to local conditions, using tree branches and palm leaves and other things to build small thatched houses, and huddled in them to avoid the torrential rain.
Otherwise, if we continue to walk in the torrential rain, I am afraid that more people will fall ill because of this, and the already seriously damaged people and horses will be broken in half.
Earlier, Yang Jing asked Zhang Changling to pass the order and let the sergeants set up camp tents no matter what, but these people were exhausted by the torrential rain, and no one took it to heart.
Yang Jing selected some people who still had spare energy, collected the bodies of the brothers, and left some personal things and identification badges, so that they could be returned to their families when they were in class, which could be regarded as an explanation.
Yang Jing's approach makes people feel sad and warm, at least this coach has never forgotten these soldiers, even if they are dead, he must leave proof that they were once alive, give them identities, and let them not become lonely ghosts.
The ancients attached great importance to the afterlife, and sometimes even lived a living life, so Yang Jing's approach, to a certain extent, is also to unite the morale of the military and cheer them up.
Jiang Manyu and other barbarian soldiers, under their command are elite soldiers, they know the Dayue people very well, Guangxi side of the 100,000 mountains, the climate and environment are sometimes worse than here, their ability to survive is very strong, the will is also very tenacious, so the casualties are also the smallest.
Moreover, their brute soldiers have a strong sense of belonging and collectivity, and after they are scattered, unless they are swept away by flash floods or buried by mudslides, the jungle will not stop them at all.
The brute soldiers of Jiang Manyu and others are also the most intact in terms of strength and combat power around Yang Jing, and after some counting, there are still ninety percent of their number left, which makes Yang Jing feel a lot more at ease.
This is also strange, Song Jun is in the army, and he has little training on weekdays, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling and doing business, and he is not very willing to do serious things, but when he encounters danger, he also knows that it is important to throw away heavy belongings and save his life.
And these brutes are all people who carry human heads and dead people's ears and noses in exchange for bounties, and they need to support their families, and they are counting on their knives to lick the blood, even if the sky falls, they do not throw away the bounty.
It is said that without these heavy things, the survival rate of the Song army should be higher, but in the end, the barbarians survived, and the Song army lost most of it.
After the camp was set up, Yang Jing sent the barbarians out to search for the lost brothers, and many of them also continued to follow the trail back to the camp, and the number gradually increased.
There are more people, but there are also more mouths, and there is no food to keep up, and there are wild beasts, wild fruits, and mountain springs in this mountain, and no one can starve to death, even if they eat bark and grass roots, they can live.
Another disadvantage of this large number of mouths is that rumors also spread quickly, and public opinion is full of negative energy, which is extremely contagious, disturbing people's hearts, and everyone wants to go back quickly and stop going forward.
But Yang Jing swore that it was inevitable, and taking Chang'an Mansion also played an extremely important and critical role in the entire grand strategy, if he gave up halfway, it would be a failure, dampening the morale of the army, and boosting the arrogance and prestige of the rebels!
Chen Shoudu already has a large mass base, if Yang Jing returns, Chen Shoudu's prestige will be great, and he will definitely respond to every call, and the consequences will not be simple.
Yang Jing summoned Li Lin'an and Zhang Changling over, and the three of them discussed, and consulted Jiang Manyu and other leaders for their opinions, so that they could finally decide to continue to move forward and attack Chang'an Mansion!
However, at present, there is no advantage, the strength is greatly reduced, although Chang'an Mansion does not have a deep pool and high city, but it is a fortress, if you want to attack the fortification, you still need to dig out the iron cannon.
As for the gunpowder and shells, the people of the Shenhuo Battalion are eager to offer them as treasures, and when transporting them, they use Yang Jing's "Ming" wooden crates, which are padded with straw and sawdust as buffers and protection, even if the mudslide is buried, there should still be some usable.
After paying attention, everyone acted separately, one after another, to boost morale, so that those who could move moved, looking for people, foraging for food, digging cannons for cannons, as for the matter of warning the enemy, it was handed over to the secret inspectors led by Li Zhun and Lin Jue and others.
The reason why Chen Shoudu's rebels were able to take them by surprise was because the scouts relaxed their vigilance and did not spy on the surrounding enemy, so that the rebels had a chance.
Now that there are such large casualties, everyone wants to make up for their mistakes, not only is they vigilant everywhere, but they also take the initiative to attack, and they have a clear understanding of the situation within a radius of dozens of miles.
The news from the scouts also reassured the sergeants a lot, and they finally began to refresh themselves and follow the military orders.
In order to increase work efficiency, Yang Jing asked the craftsmen in the army to use local materials, using giant wood to build a crane boom and a simple pulley block, and when encountering heavy boulders and wood, he used a pulley block to hang them, and without a shovel, he used the iron and wood in the mountains to make a wooden shovel, and used obsidian to polish various tools.
After Yang Jing provided this kind of novel and labor-saving tools, the sergeants were also in high spirits and soon dug out a few iron cannons.
With this iron cannon, everyone's hearts are even more stable, and everything seems to have started a cycle of conscience again.
However, in Yang Jing's heart, there is still some sadness and worry after all, because the whereabouts of the evil Jiao have not been found!
Yang Jing and Evil Jiao still have some weak induction, indicating that Evil Jiao is not dead, but this induction is getting weaker and weaker, and there are only two possibilities for the problem reflected, either Evil Jiao is slowly dying, or Evil Jiao is slowly moving away.
Either way, it is unacceptable to Yang Jing at the moment.
So when the work gradually got on the right track, Yang Jing finally couldn't sit still, discussed with Zhang Changling and others, and went out in person to search for evil Jiao downstream in the direction of the torrent and mudslide.
In the downstream, you will enter the situation of Chang'an Mansion, which is Chen Shoudu's lair, and now the large army is not fully prepared, and it is impossible to attack on a large scale, Yang Jing can only lead a few people to carry out secret operations.
In terms of manpower, after careful consideration, Yang Jing also settled down, although everyone was willing and wanted to follow him to the adventure, but Yang Jing did not bring them.
Ji Jin's belly was already very big, and it didn't take much time to give birth, but now she was drenched in heavy rain all night, so she needed someone to take care of and protect her.
Yang Jing only took Feng Ruochen and Li Zhun away, plus Lin Jue and a few good secret inspectors, Li Linan needed to preside over the overall situation, but he also sent several guides who were proficient in Song dialect and familiar with the way.
When Yang Jing was about to leave the camp, his godson Yang Ainan chased after him and must follow Yang Jing.
Yang Jing was going to refuse, after all, his martial arts were not good and his body was weak, but just after a glance, Yang Jing agreed.
Because at this time, Yang Ainan was sitting on the shoulders of the tower-like flying corpse, and behind the flying corpse were seven or eight sergeants with somewhat stiff movements.
Although these sergeants wore the armor of the Song army, they were the heaviest foot armor!
As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, it was specially used to deal with the cavalry of the Liao and Jurchens.
These sergeants were wearing such heavy infantry armor that they were as tall as javelins, and no one was breathing, and they were all cold and slaughtering, and even the face armor was put on, and it was tightly covered!
This kind of scene also mentions Yang Jing, even Feng Ruochen and others can see that where is this kind of heavy-armored foot soldier, it is clearly those green-haired zombies who attacked the camp at night!