Chapter 81: On the March
After waiting for the scope of Bianjing City, Li Hao ordered the imperial camp army to repair, and then reorganized the team before starting the normal march.
Because the rebels are now mainly concentrated in the three roads of Jinghu South Road, Jiangnan West Road, and Jiangnan East Road, Li Hao decided to take the army to Fuzhou on Jiangnan West Road to meet with the existing bandits, and then discuss what to do next according to the actual situation.
Then, according to the situation, the route of this march was planned, and the whole journey was by land.
After leaving Kaifeng Mansion, along Chenzhou, Yingzhou, Shouzhou, Shuzhou, Jiangzhou, Hongzhou all the way south to Fuzhou, the whole journey is more than 2,000 miles, according to the plan to walk more than a month to reach the destination.
However, it just so happened that Li Hao also planned to treat this long-distance march as a training, and the road from Kaifeng Mansion to Shuzhou was very safe, and there were no big bandits to disturb him.
So Li Hao discussed with everyone to maintain a daily march speed of 80 miles on the road from Kaifeng Mansion to Shuzhou.
For this, everyone did not object, among them, Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan also wanted to train the troops, as for the gang of gentlemen, they simply didn't want to delay their work on the road, anyway, they all had horses to ride, and they didn't have to walk by themselves.
As a result, this decision was officially implemented, and Li Hao also ordered people to strictly follow military law during the march.
When the army is marching, the scout scouts must be released at least five miles in advance, and at the same time the queue must be maintained during the march, and every fifteen miles of the march must be stopped to rest and reorganize the ranks.
The specific rule is to get up on the fifth watch every day, then freshen up, bury the pot to cook, and listen to the orders of the day.
At the third quarter of the fifth watch, the trumpet sounded, the drums were beaten, and the armies held a cooking and eating.
After dinner, we set out in full gear and began the day's march, and we had to march fifteen miles every hour before we could stop and rest once.
After walking thirty miles, that is, after two hours, bury the pot and make food, and wait for everyone to have lunch before continuing the march.
After the noon, the march was still resting every fifteen miles, but the last section of the road had to be twenty miles, and after eighty miles of one day, it was necessary to find a place to prepare for camping.
Of course, the choice of camping site is also important, if it is close to the city. Well, you can camp directly against the city, and at the same time, you can supply from the city.
But at the end of the march, stop at a place where there is no city to lean on. It is very important to choose a camping site, and it is necessary to consider factors such as water source and terrain, but these are all done by Xu Ning for the time being.
After the camp is completed, it is necessary to arrange special people to draw water, herd horses, and collect wood, and when everything is taken care of, the camp gate must be closed, and then the pot will be buried and the rice will be made.
It's like this every day, and it's the same process over and over again, but after these days of marching, Li Haode really feels different.
However, what touched me the most was the elite of the soldiers and horses under his command.
You must know that Li Hao learned from Xu Ning that even if the Japanese army is in the Fourth Army, it is very rare to insist on traveling 80 miles a day, and the Imperial Camp Army even has spare strength after marching every day, which is very powerful.
Among them, especially the auxiliary team, the normal march was originally carried by the auxiliary soldiers who transported the baggage to slow down the march, but this time the auxiliary soldiers under Li Hao seemed to be more powerful than the regular soldiers, which also stimulated the fighting spirit of the regular soldiers to a certain extent.
In stark contrast to these soldiers, there is a group of gentlemen who seem to be complaining all day on horseback.
However, Li Hao didn't plan to pay attention to these voices for the time being, and was going to let them go first.
And Li Hao is also busy learning things along the way.
The daily march and camping were all cumbersome and abnormal, and they were all Li Hao who had not actually been in contact with them before, and now they were all done by Xu Ning with the original veterans in the army.
So Li Hao and they followed behind to learn from the experience, of course, Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan learned much faster than Li Hao, after all, they had a home to learn after all, and they had never eaten pork but had seen pigs run.
Li Hao has never even seen a pig, so he can only study harder.
And it is precisely because of this move that they can completely distinguish the different minds of the noble children who entered the camp, such as Gu Tingye, Yuan Wenshao, Yang Wenyuan, Li Yixing and several others who are interested in establishing themselves in the army, all follow Xu Ning and them to watch and learn.
The rest of the gentlemen, such as Sun Hu, Chen Xian, Cao Xing and others, have been doing nothing, and they get together to play after the march when they have free time.
This is why Li Hao still accumulated some prestige in the camp in the western suburbs some time ago, so he didn't do anything too presumptuous.
But Li Hao knew in his heart that that little prestige might not last long, and with these people's nature, he would have to make trouble for himself sooner or later.
So Li Hao began to plan how to teach these people a lesson again, so as not to wait on the battlefield and miss a big event.
In this way, after walking for more than half a month, the army finally came to the territory of Shuzhou, which is already close to the edge of the east and west roads in the south of the Yangtze River.
So in order to prevent accidents, Li Hao ordered to travel 80 miles a day to 40 miles a day, ensuring that his soldiers had enough physical strength to deal with things in the event of an accident.
In addition, Li Hao also made up his mind to deal with the hidden dangers in Shuzhou and rectify the uncertain children.
So after encamping that night, Li Hao ordered someone to find Gu Tingye to come.
After Gu Tingye entered the main tent, Li Hao first asked everyone to go out, and then asked: "Now that we have been out for a long time, what is the morale of the army, what is the problem?" ”
Gu Tingye was a little strange after hearing this, thinking that you would follow you to the camp every day and run for an unknown number of times, and you would come to ask me.
But after thinking about it, he still replied: "The food and salary in the battalion are sufficient, and the salary and silver are all paid in full this month, and the morale of the officers and soldiers is very high." ”
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "Yes, the officers and soldiers under the bottom are actually very satisfied, as long as you don't deduct them and pay them in full on time, they can be happy to work hard for you." ”
When he said this, he directly changed the topic and asked: "Since there are no problems on the side of the officers and soldiers, is there any problem to be dealt with on the side of the generals?"
After all, we have entered the Jiangzhou territory after Shuzhou, and no one can say when we will encounter thieves, so we must prepare in advance. ”
When Gu Tingye heard this, he thought of talking to Li Hao about the gentlemen before, and Li Hao always said that he would wait.
understood that Li Hao wanted to solve the question at this time, so he said: "There are really some problems among the generals, I have heard that there are people in the army who gamble for money, and there are even people who bring alcohol into the camp privately, and now they are also trying to send someone to investigate." ”
After hearing this, Li Hao said: "It should indeed be investigated, but now it is still in a safe place, and it is just a punishment to find out."
But when it comes to facing the enemy, he should be beheaded according to the law for the crime of drunkenness and gambling with money.
We can't watch others go to their deaths, we should still pull them along. ”
When Gu Tingye heard this, he finally couldn't help but say: "You are really wrong to be an official, what you say is really high-sounding and awe-inspiring." ”