After all, horses are made of flesh and blood. No matter how the structure is optimized, there must be an upper limit to the strength. It is no problem to transport hundreds of people in batches. If hundreds of thousands of troops are transported, it is impossible to break the hooves of all the horses in the station. Shipped.
At the starting site, Fujiko Yun was wearing slightly thicker clothes, holding a telescope, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.
The vibration seems to be smaller than expected. It seems that the flatness of the rollers and tracks is the key, and the spring shock absorption installed on the carriage is also effective. It seems that small-scale transportation personnel can try it in the future. .
After a struggle, they found out how many military officials were present. After helping the person upright, everyone quickly grabbed everything they could on their seats. .
After a while, the big man who spoke first was sweating and said with a smile, "It's actually nothing. When the horse was running just now, the momentum was relatively strong, but now it is much more stable."
"Oh, I don't know what kind of new thing Mr. Wu An has come up with. I'm too old to stand the trouble. If I had known it, I wouldn't have come!"
A middle-aged man in his forties said depressedly.
In this era, forty-year-old Buzuo, who has entered middle-aged and elderly years, has never done such an exciting thing.
He tried his best to maintain his dignity, and shouted crazily in his heart, "I'm scared to death, eh eh eh eh!!!"
Not long after, everyone became familiar with each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.
"It feels good."
"Well, it's really good, just a bit boring!"
"Hey, what do you think this is?"
Everyone noticed a rectangular column in the middle, with pipes connected to the top of the carriage.
"Who knows what this is? I just knocked it a little bit. Oops, it hurts me so much!" Someone covered his knee with a look of resentment on his face.
The big man stood up, and after maintaining his balance for a while, he checked and found a few briquettes and a jar of liquid inside. He opened the glass bottle and smelled it, and the big man's eyes suddenly lit up.
"This is briquettes and alcohol. This is a coal stove."
The young man put his hands into his cuffs and said excitedly, "Who made it? It's so clever. If you ride a carriage in a cold climate, you only need to light the coal stove and you won't be cold."
Everyone couldn't help but nod. The winter in the north can really freeze people to death. By the way, which year didn't people freeze to death?
Even the ruler of Wu'an, Guan Yuntong, has only started to stop freezing to death this year.
In less than an hour, it was obvious that the carriage was slowing down. After about a while, the carriage finally stopped, and a head stuck out from the door.
"My lords, we have arrived at the inn, would you like some convenience or something to eat? If not, we can change the horses and set off again."
The big man sat a little uncomfortable and asked the soldier, "Hey, let me ask you, if you travel at full speed for twelve hours a day, how far can you cover in one day?"
"Ah? You can't run like this. Horses can rest every thirty miles, but it's too much for people. Every time you start and stop, there will be a lot of movement, and there is no place for you to sleep."
The big man waved his hand and said, "It's okay, just say it."
The soldier smiled and said, "If you drive non-stop for twelve hours, you can probably cover about 600 miles. Of course, it is usually not possible. Three or four hundred miles is still no problem."
For a moment, everyone was stunned and their eyes widened. What kind of speed was this? It was unbelievable.
In just half a cup of tea, the horses were replaced, and the soldier asked again, "Are you sure you don't want to eat or go to the hut?"
Everyone shook their heads, and the soldier grinned and whipped the pack horse. In an instant, there was another wave of people inside the carriage.
Goguryeo, thirty miles away from the camp.
Yang Gan led 25,000 people to ambush near the mountain trail. The scouts abandoned their horses and kept exploring the area back and forth.
Some scouts even wore ancient camouflage uniforms and hid in the trees, constantly observing with telescopes.
Don't watch TV series
There are many ambushes and sneak attacks inside. In fact, in history, there are very few sneak attacks. First of all, everyone has cold weapons and needs to fight hand-to-hand.
Secondly, the enemy also has scouts, they are all veterans of the battlefield, it depends on who is wiser.
Yang Qian planned to kill him this time. He would kill the scouts directly. If the opponent discovered something was wrong in advance, he would directly lead the army to cover it up.
It’s hard to say how effective the enemy and our enemies are, after all, we’ve never fought before, but based on the quality of soldiers, equipment, logistics, morale and other factors, if we completely defeat Goguryeo, there’s no reason why we should lose, it’s just some losses.
Yang Qian has never been afraid of soldiers dying in battle. After taking this path, his head has long been pinned to his belt. As the saying goes, death is like the wind, always accompanying me.
What really hurts him is that the soldiers died worthlessly. This kind of worthless, meaningless and avoidable death, even if one of them dies, Yang Gan feels it is a pity.
It has to be said that the terrain on Goguryeo's side made Yang Gan, who was used to fighting on the plains, extremely uncomfortable.
When we were just on the road, there were some places that were only a few miles away, but we had to take a detour to get there. Small slopes were no problem, but large mountain branches were inaccessible without roads.
Yang Gan squatted in the grass several hundred meters nearby. The war horses were far away and he was well hidden.
Ambush is not like in the TV series, where someone is walking on a trail and you wait in the grass on both sides. Isn't this because you are pretending that someone is blind?
There is almost no such operation, and they usually hide a few hundred meters away. For the crossbowmen, the appropriate distance is quite reasonable.
A mile or two away from here.
Gouwa was lying on the tree, using a rope to secure his body to the trunk, holding a telescope in one hand.
"I see."
After three days of exploration, he had basically mastered the opponent's semaphore.
Their semaphore is different from that of the Central Plains. The semaphore of the Central Plains generally conveys information based on color.
The flags of Goguryeo usually only have one color, and different messages are conveyed according to the waving posture.
"Gudu~~~!"
Gouwa swallowed, Goguryeo's operation in this step was quite coquettish.
A scout is riding a horse and walking casually. There are usually three to five scouts in the Central Plains.
He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. At this time, the scout had come under him. Gouwa waved to the scouts on other trees, and everyone expressed their understanding.
Gou Wa took a deep breath. There was nothing he could do. If the scout was allowed to enter the warning range again, there was a great possibility that the ambush cavalry would be discovered.
The war horses have been strictly trained and will never make a sound, but the scout is not blind.
When Gou Wa opened his eyes, he cut off the rope with a knife, and his whole body fell directly on the scout. He covered his mouth and slashed with the dagger. The scout was already dead without even knowing what happened.
I just didn't expect that after the war horse neighed, it ran madly towards the local team.
A mile or two away, actually very close, the scouts noticed something was wrong and immediately jumped down from the tree and grabbed the reins of the war horse. Unfortunately, the war horse became so violent after being frightened, dragging the two of them towards the front. .
Suddenly, a tall voice appeared in front of the war horse, and after a flash of cold light, it moved away from the war horse.
I saw the war horse running out more than ten meters with great force, then suddenly rolled forward, the huge dock was spinning on the ground, and the two scouts were like rolling gourds, knocking down several dogs.
The whole thing was completed in a flash of lightning, but even so, it still alarmed the soldiers behind the team.
Hundreds of soldiers looked around and saw that in the distance, the order flag was constantly dancing up and down.
A general came over and cursed several times. The general looked back and scolded the soldiers again.
On the march, if you fall behind, you will defect. No matter what era, dynasty or country you are in, the fate of deserters will not be good.
After seeing that there was no abnormality and the scout's semaphore also indicated that it was normal,
Let these soldiers catch up immediately and keep up with the large army.
Krisna shook the blood-stained extended iron sword and said with a very ugly expression.
"What's wrong with you? If the war horse rushes over, let's see how your Majesty punishes you."
In an instant, the five scouts all lowered their heads.
The scout corps leader cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, sir, for saving me!"
"Hmph~!"
He picked up the clothes of the dead scout on the ground, wiped them, sheathed his sword, and ran towards another place.
Krisna, Cao Wushuang, and Belika were sent to various places by Yang Gan to fix the leaks, but they couldn't make any mistakes.
In the Goguryeo team, the general is riding on a war horse. The war horse is short in stature, unattractive in appearance, with a big head and short neck, strong body, broad chest and long mane, thick skin and thick hair. It is carrying the general wearing iron armor, but it does not show any signs of fatigue. On the contrary, it was extremely relaxed.
The general's figure is not to say burly, but he is tall, and his figure seems to be slimmer than that of the generals from the Central Plains.
Not long after, the general frowned, took out a bottle of kumiss, drank a little, and then said to the deputy general next to him.
"I don't know what's going on today. I always feel my eyelids twitching. There are no animals around. Please send some more scouts to patrol."
The deputy general looked around and said, "Gao Jie Mo Ke, I have sent many more people to scout. It has just entered winter. Although it has not snowed, the animals must have returned to their nests."
Gao Jie Mo Ke nodded, feeling that what the deputy general said made sense, and joked, "Animals have nests. We still have to wipe out this rebel army outside, and we don't know when we can go back."
The deputy general looked at the winding mountain road and said, "Yeah, I feel a little homesick."
Gao Jie Mo Ke patted his armor and said with a smile, "I shouldn't say that. The rebels this time are only more than 3,000 people. They have no food and grass. Let's see how far they can go."
The deputy general was depressed.
"The weather is getting cold, it would be nice if I could rush for a while!"
"Hahaha, that's what I mean too. I hope they can withstand our attack and don't collapse in one blow, otherwise it won't be very interesting."
