As the ancients said, the three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first.

Logistics, both in ancient times and in later generations, is an extremely important point.

Although there are only more than 7,000 people in Yulin Sanwei and Jinyi Guard, and the distance is only 120 miles, these more than 7,000 people eat horses and chew horses, and all the needs of the march need to be arranged.

When the army was a rabble, and the middle and high-ranking generals in the army were sent away by himself, Zhu Youzhen took on the task of commanding the army.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, after three hours of trekking, the three guards of Yulin had already marched thirty-six miles north.

Three hours is a full six hours, which can be called turtle speed.

Six hours, only marching less than 22 kilometers, an average speed of less than 3.6 kilometers per hour, when Zhu Youzhen was a soldier in his previous life, he would definitely be scolded as a dog by the squad leader.

After all, even on a regular march, the troops need to march at a speed of four to five kilometers per hour, and at least thirty kilometers in six hours.

If it is forced and harsh, it even has to reach a marching speed of six kilometers per hour, and the daily march is fifty kilometers upward.

But after all, that was the standard of later generations, after the army fed these big-headed soldiers and trained them well for a few months.

At present, the Yulin Sanwei in front of Zhu Youzhen, although it is not like the skinny appearance in the photos of the late Qing Dynasty, is at most the normal body shape of the forties and fifties.

With such a body type, it is a luxury to ask for high-intensity marching, and Zhu Youzhen saw that the time was up, and immediately opened the car window and said to Lu Wenzhao:

"How far is it from the rest station I arranged?"

"Back to Your Highness, less than three miles away." When Lu Wenzhao heard this, he hurriedly responded, and he was also very impressed by Zhu Youzhen's arrangement.

The grain and grass that the army wants to eat, Zhu Youzhen arranged for Cao Huachun to prepare it at the post station as early as three days ago.

This arrangement may not be remarkable or praised, but it would be a great deal for a 10-year-old.

Generally speaking, the grain and grass to be eaten by the ancient marches have already been transported to the front line or on the march, so there is basically no shortage of food halfway.

Unless he is unprepared and hastily dispatches troops, like Ming Yingzong, he becomes the god of war of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, the march is a very important and well-planned matter.

There are strict rules on the direction and speed of any army, and even where to camp and rest, and where to make a fire and cook.

These are planned before the war and are part of preparing for and planning for war, so there will basically be no situation where the army will be mobilized at the slightest pat on the head.

After all, in the absence of a plan, even if it is just four or five people going to eat, there will be disputes.

Finally, due to constraints and other uncertainties, it is another matter to implement even if it is planned in advance.

Therefore, on the ancient battlefield, it is easy to miss the reinforcements, miss the fighters, or go deep alone and be annihilated collectively.

The most well-known example is Li Ling, who was cut to Sima Qian.

But Zhu Youzhen, who was only ten years old, thought of all the marching problems he could think of.

On the route of Yulin Sanwei, Zhu Youzhen chose as much as possible a place close to the small mountain range on one side and the large plain on the other side, and arranged a horse exploration horse in advance to investigate the situation of the small mountain range.

The post station for the temporary supply of the army, Zhu Youzhen's choice, is a place surrounded by mountains on both sides.

In the land of Yanyun, most of the people who need to be guarded against are the Northern Mongolian cavalry from the northern Xinjiang.

Although since the opening of the Ming Dynasty and the Mongolian ministries to each other a few years ago, the people and horses of the various ministries on the Mongolian plateau have not attacked the Ming Dynasty's frontier again, Zhu Youzhen's marching route still chose the most secure route.

This is not as good as many generals.

"Ordered the whole army to march quickly, arrive at the temporary post station, arrange the carriages, bury the men and horses, continue to set off after an hour, arrive at Gonghua City before dark, and enter the city to rest."

received Lu Wenzhao's response, and Zhu Youzhen also gave orders in accordance with his marching route.

"Yes!" When Lu Wenzhao heard this, he hurriedly sent more than a dozen Jinyi guards' cavalry to inform the army.

More than a dozen brocade guards began to pass military orders back and forth, and the speed was very fast.

"The Fifth Highness ordered the whole army to march three miles in a hurry, bury the pot to make rice after arriving at Lishan Pass, continue to march after resting for an hour, arrive at Gonghua City before dark, and enter the city to rest!"

"The Fifth Highness ordered the whole army to march three miles in a hurry, bury the pot to make rice after arriving at Lishan Pass, continue to march after resting for an hour, arrive at Gonghua City before dark, and enter the city to rest!"

The military order was issued, thanks to the fact that the marching line arranged by Zhu Youzhen was not long, so many people clearly heard the military order.

Zhu Youzhen's marching formation is in accordance with the marching formation set by Qi Jiguang for marching in the north in the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness".

That is, the chariot and chariot go on both sides, and the sergeant walks in five people, three steps apart, and there is no conversation or more questions between the marches.

For a team of more than 7,000 people, under such a marching formation, the army could not stretch more than three miles, and once attacked, it would soon be able to defend the vehicle and change its armor.

Xu Wenshou's idiots, in order to save face, directly asked everyone to go north in armor, so Zhu Youzhen saw the mistake at a glance.

Normally, for generals who often drill and train, in our territory and knowing that there are no enemy troops, the army is lightly armed.

That is, you only need to wear a winter coat, plus an inner armor, and the heavy armor and heavy weapons are placed on the carriage.

Although it was also said in the "New Book of Ji Xiao": "All officers and soldiers must wear armor and helmets, and they must be light when facing the enemy, and they are not allowed to tie their shoulders." If the road is far away and the weather is hot, you have to make the party pass it on. ”

But with a heavy armor and weapons of nearly forty catties, even if it is an elite heavy march of the Ming army, it is only a sixty-mile march in a day.

People and horses like Wei Wushu, with forty pounds of armor and weapons, mileage converted to the Ming Dynasty, and a march of seventy miles, belong to the elite of the elite.

It is impossible for Zhu Youzhen to demand Yulin Sanwei according to the standards of Qi Jiajun and Wei Wushu.

If they really want to march with heavy equipment, they can walk thirty miles a day.

The marching method in the New Book of Discipline is very effective, but it should be modified according to the quality of the men and horses under his command.

The art of war cannot be a one-size-fits-all approach, but must be adapted to local conditions and people's conditions.

For Zhu Youzhen, the current formation, as long as it is not chaotic, gather the carts at the critical moment, and then the two of them help one person to wear armor, so that one third of the army can soon be armored and guarded, and the remaining two-thirds of the people will have time to wear armor.

Although he did not think that there would be Mongols or some kind of exile attacking him in Beizhili, there was nothing wrong with being cautious.

It was under his command that the army slowly marched north, and finally arrived at Lishan Pass ahead of schedule.

At the same time as arriving at Lishan Pass, Zhu Youzhen also took out the drawings of the temporary camp he had drawn and handed them to Lu Wenzhao, and ordered people to surround the camp with a baggage truck, and then began to bury the pot and make rice.

Plumes of cooking smoke blew into the air, the goshawk made an eagle chirp in the air, Zhu Youzhen's first command of the march, it seems to be not bad at present, even Yang Lian and his party, who entered the Lishan Pass at the end, couldn't help but look at him sideways.