Ding Haijun's baggage team stretched for a long time. The first group of civilians had already entered Liangxiang, and the queue behind them still stretched for more than ten miles.
And because Liangxiang City was repeatedly destroyed and ruins were everywhere in the city, the team of civil servants who entered the city early were busy for a while and could not free up enough space to accommodate the entire team.
A baggage team approaching Liangxiang had to stay outside the city for about two moments.
Until a knight holding a silver medal high to prove his identity came to the front of the team from a distance, then turned his horse's head and led the way in the other direction.
Dozens of large vehicles followed, turning off the main road and heading east along a fork in the grassland. There is a small abandoned village in the east, near the direction of Lishigang. The village was overgrown with weeds, the ground was uneven, and not a single person was seen.
A group of civilians who arrived early demolished two brick houses and used scattered bricks and wood to create an open space for camping on the flat land outside the village.
"Commander Zhao, what do you think?"
Zhao Jue's cavalry was also stationed here, and the light cavalryman holding a silver medal led him to the designated area again.
"Okay." Zhao Jue nodded.
Everyone stopped or dismounted, and some began to lay wooden stakes around the outside of the camp and connect them with ropes. Others dragged the cart into the inside of the camp and connected them with thick ropes or iron chains. These things were done every day when the baggage team was marching in the past, and they were similar to the preparations for the army to march and camp. Everyone did it very neatly.
Guo Ning was also moving along in the queue, and no one from the officer level down from him could stand idle.
After the carts form a car formation, tents and the like are not necessary. As long as you lay a felt cloth under the carriage, you can sleep directly. Even if it rains, the car body can block the rain unless it rains heavily.
At that time, all kinds of campsites had to be renovated, not just the car arrays.
Guo Ning and a guard carried large rolls of felt cloth and distributed them while walking along the carts.
When they set out, each cart was equipped with two rolls of felt, but they suffered heavy wear and tear along the way. Felt cloth can not only be used as a bedding and blanket; it can also be used as a cover on the car; when the wheels are embedded in the ruts on the road, the felt cloth can also be folded as a bedding. There were even some soldiers named "Min Pi" who were actually regular soldiers of the Ding Navy who competed privately. They also cut a strip of felt cloth edge, tied it to the top of the spear, and dipped it in lime powder as a mark of hit.
As a result, every now and then, the felt cloth of certain carts would be damaged and unfit for use. But when it comes to serious battlefields, felt cloth is an important material that is tied to wooden stakes outside the military formation to prevent outsiders from prying at it, or even prevents arrows from being fired accurately. It must be replenished in time. However, the balance carried by the team is not enough to provide additional bonuses to each team's soldiers.
In addition to felt, there are many oversights in materials and even task arrangements. Most of the generals in the Ding Navy were of low origin. As low-level soldiers or junior officers of the Jin Army, they had enough experience and were much stronger than those Jurchen generals. However, limitations in status and authority also make it inevitable for them to be negligent in commanding military operations.
These oversights were quickly remedied as the military academy came into play. But after all, the Ding Navy has no record of using tens of thousands of people to march long distances. The scattered experience of many large-scale military operations will not be felt unless it is actually carried out once.
However, the previous military operations were either in Shandong or relied on fleets, and the army was in a posture of rushing forward. All the soldiers were thinking of making ends meet in these details, even in defense and defense. No care was taken in the fortifications.
At this time, the team entered Zhongdu Road and would collide with the main force of the Mongolian army at any time, so these things were handled rigorously.
In just these few days, Guo Ning discovered many deficiencies in military regulations, and also supervised the slack performance of many generals. In an army, if everyone feels that they are serious enough and turns a blind eye to omissions and flaws, that is the beginning of the decline of the army.
While Guo Ning led people to replenish the felt cloth, there were messengers riding horses everywhere throughout the miles-long area. They had to find out the surrounding camping spots before the rear team arrived, and then notify the various ministries as soon as possible.
Not long after, Zhao Jue, the leader of the Guards, arranged the manpower for tonight's night guard, the order for the change of guard posts, and the order for the rendezvous with the supporting troops and horses in Zhongdu tomorrow morning, etc.
A team of tens of thousands of people, as well as matching horses, vehicles, military supplies and grain that should be sent to the central capital. From the management of the march to logistics supplies to the ad hoc command of various affairs, the officer in charge of each team There is a lot of things to deal with, and everyone is busy.
Fortunately, Guo Ning had a large number of military officers to assist him.
These officers were promoted by Guo Ning one after another in the past two years. Many of them studied with Guo Ning in the military academy, from reading and writing, to common sense of geography and history, and then to the methods of doing things in the army. A way of thinking about dealing with complex surfaces.
As more and more officers are able to shoulder heavy responsibilities, every day they spend in the army is also a training process for ordinary soldiers. When soldiers receive the words and deeds of officers, they have the possibility of further improvement.
For example, Dong Jin is bringing a few generals to talk.
He had not been in the army for long, and he was very young, so he especially liked to put on a majestic posture in front of the soldiers. Guo Ning listened for a moment and heard him saying to the generals: "You have to do it for them instead of repeating it! What's the use of saying it? Look at it once and you will understand everything! Do it now, I Come and watch in a moment!”
Several generals nodded repeatedly, bowed and left.
Dong Jin put his hands on his hips and looked at their backs, looking arrogant.
These trivial things in the process of army building are actually the norm since ancient times. Guo Ning has some free time these days, and he also reads a little. He remembers that it is said in "Six Tao" that anyone who teaches the method of war must clearly inform the officials, give three orders and five orders, teach them how to conduct troops, conduct daily life, advance and stop, and point the flag to the subordinates, so as not to advance without offense. At the end of the day, there is no loss of proper food and drink, and there is no limit to the strength of men and horses. It's a pity that many secrets and strategies for using troops will not be in the hands of Han'er in the Kingdom of Jin, and now they have to be reorganized and enriched bit by bit.
Guo Ning once discussed with his companions whether these things could survive in the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties. It is said that the Song people had a strange book called "Wu Jing Zong Yao", which specifically talked about various military systems. In the future, if Zhang Kai and others have the opportunity, they will You could try smuggling a copy to Shandong.
After the felt cloths were distributed, Guo Ning smelled the aroma of the food.
In order to get to Liangxiang County as soon as possible, neither the Meng'an Mouke Army nor the Dinghai Army in Hebei Province had a meal at noon today. Now that they had successfully settled down, the soldiers began to get busy.
One soldier moved quickly and was already eating the pancakes with one hand. He was still holding his own wooden plate in his hand and walked cautiously towards his team. When he walked not far in front of Guo Ning, the soup on his plate kept shaking with his footsteps, almost splashing out several times. He simply stopped and drank the soup on the plate first.
A lot of salt was put in the soup, and the meat and bones were cooked together, and the surface of the soup was covered with oil. The soldier drank the soup with a smile on his face and made a smacking sound.
