Beheaded?
Really beheaded?
The onlookers were stunned.
This is the majestic Cao Guogong!
After Li Wenzhong, the founding hero of the Republic of Qiyang, did he really kill him at will?
Many people swallowed their saliva secretly.
People say that His Highness Taisun not only has the poetic talent of Li Du, but also is decisive in killing.
Today I found out that it was not a false rumor.
But everyone thought of Li Jinglong's last bearish appearance, and felt that it would be better to kill such a general.
How can he be a good general if he is seeking fame and reputation but is greedy for life and afraid of death?
Zhu Yunxuan looked forward, which was the five hundred soldiers and horses brought by Li Jinglong.
"Why don't you get out of the way quickly? Do you also want to be sentenced to death like your general?"
Those soldiers looked at me and I looked at you and quickly made way for them.
They came here under Li Jinglong's order and acted as ordered. If they were to be blamed, it would not be possible to blame them.
But if it continues to block the road, its nature will completely change.
His Highness Taisun even dared to kill Li Jinglong, let alone them.
"Hang Li Jinglong's head as a signal to strengthen the military's power. Send an order to the entire army to speed up and reach Jiaxing Mansion within four days."
Zhu Yunzhen gave the order, and the army's marching speed suddenly increased.
Jiang Wei was horrified. It was a full six hundred miles away from Jinling to Jiaxing Mansion.
Their army is not cavalry, but infantry.
Except for His Highness Taisun, who rode in a carriage, and a few generals such as himself and Zheng He, who rode horses, the rest of the troops walked on two legs.
Six hundred miles in four days, which means we have to drive 150 miles every day. Is this really feasible?
Although he is the commander of the Jinyi Guards and does not lead troops in battle, he also knows the speed of ordinary infantry marches, which is thirty to fifty miles a day. Only cavalry can travel more than a hundred miles a day.
However, due to the short time it took to form the army, the new army had not had time to arrange horses. It was just a pure infantry.
How is it possible to have the speed of a cavalry?
However.
Only when the march actually started did Jiang Yu discover the difference in the new army.
The speed of their march was really fast.
Without armor, the weight is reduced, which greatly enhances their flexibility.
When Zhu Yunzhen was training the new army, he always regarded running as the top priority.
Soldiers are valuable and quick.
Even when mechanized equipment became popular in later generations, field armies still had to train to march with heavy loads or light equipment every day.
The Jin Yiwei are carefully selected elites, and many of them have excellent martial arts skills.
When they started running at this time, many people couldn't keep up with the new army.
The longer time passes, the more so.
This made Jiang Wei feel a little confused, and he kept urging them to speed up.
At the end of the day, the entire army marched forward for nearly 180 miles before setting up camp.
No one in the new army was left behind.
However, less than 400 Jinyiwei people followed the schedule.
The remaining more than a hundred people have all fallen behind.
Jiang Wei's face was extremely ugly.
This is Jin Yiwei!
The leader of all the guards of the Ming Dynasty, the best among the best.
Unable to compare to the newly established New Army?
How can he keep his face?
In fact, this can't really be blamed on the Jinyi guardsmen.
Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that if you run hundreds of miles to fight for gain, the generals of the three armies may be captured. Strong soldiers can arrive at the battlefield first, while tired soldiers must lag behind. In this way, only one-tenth of the troops can arrive as scheduled.
And they ran one hundred and eighty miles in one day.
Only the Jin Yiwei had nearly 400 people who persisted.
Compared to the soldiers from any other guard station in the Ming Dynasty, it would be quite good if 50 of the 500 people could keep up and not fall behind.
Not to mention infantry, even cavalry, this speed can be said to be very amazing.
The road of this era is not that of later generations, it is very rough and difficult.
No one in the new army was left behind. In Jiang Wei's view, this was simply unbelievable.
It seems that this army does have its own unique characteristics.
He thought in his mind.
In fact, like others, Jiang Wei was also full of doubts about the new army.
This army is so weird.
One has to doubt.
However, despite suspicion, Jiang Wei still firmly chose to stand with Zhu Yunxu and obey his orders unconditionally.
Zhu Yunxuan was not surprised by this.
First, the new army abandoned their armor and their burdens were greatly reduced.
In fact, after entering the age of firearms, and before the technologically advanced body armors of later generations were invented, ordinary armor was meaningless.
Because armor that can withstand swords and arrows is like paper in front of bullets.
Rather than putting on armor and increasing the load out of thin air, it would be better to abandon it altogether.
Secondly, the new army has been training for running and rapid marching, but no other army of this era has ever trained like this.
Thirdly, every new army soldier is carefully selected and has a strong body that is incomparable to others.
In the ordinary armies of later generations, the selection of soldiers' physical fitness was actually not too strict.
As long as there are no diseases and the body is healthy, that's fine.
Being a soldier is not about being an athlete, and it does not require physical fitness far beyond that of ordinary people.
Normal people in good health can meet the standards of the army after several months of training.
Only the requirements of special forces will be significantly increased.
But Zhu Yunzhen's standards for selecting soldiers were in line with those of later generations of special forces from the beginning.
The army trained in this way is naturally extraordinary.
A night of silence.
On the second day, when the east was slightly white, the army had set off again.
Marching more than 160 miles in one day.
On the third day, we marched more than 140 miles.
On the fourth day, we marched more than 120 miles.
Jiaxing Mansion has arrived!
At sunset, Jiang Wei looked at the Jiaxing City Wall not far away, looking dazed and a little unbelievable.
Of the five hundred imperial guards, only a hundred or so followed the team.
As for the new army, there are still 500 people, not a single one missing.
This new army cannot be measured by common sense.
"Your Highness Taisun, let's hurry up and enter the city."
Just as Jiang Wei's voice fell, Zhu Yunxu was heard telling Zheng He: "Go down and set up camp outside the city."
Jiang Wei was stunned. He had already arrived at Jiaxing City. Why not enter the city?
It would make sense if he commanded an army of tens of thousands and was stationed outside for fear of harassing the people in the city.
But there are only more than 600 of them, so they can be easily accommodated in the city.
But in his mind, he still carried out Zhu Yunzhen's orders to the letter.
Immediately let Jin Yiwei set up camp on the spot.
The soldiers were all busy.
Zhu Yunzhen also breathed a sigh of relief when he got off the carriage.
In the past few days of rapid marching, although he had been sitting in the carriage, he was so shaken that his bones were about to fall apart.
The roads in this era are too bad and bumpy.
Moreover, the carriage does not have any shock absorbers at all. It is fine to drive in Jinling City, but once it goes out of the city, it will really suffer.
The car and the horse are tired, which is not an empty statement.
Not to mention he was running so fast.
However, seeing that Jiaxing City was still intact, I felt that it was all worth it.
What he was most worried about was that the Japanese pirates and rebels took over Jiaxing City before they arrived.
Now it seems that the several days of urgent march were not in vain.
They succeeded in catching up with the Japanese pirates and arrived at Jiaxing City.
"Look, there's someone over there!"
Someone screamed.
Zhu Yunxuan turned around and looked.
On the horizon not far away, I saw a dark crowd of people and horses, coming like a tide.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The soldiers in Jiaxing City stood on the city wall and looked further, and the sound of drums was already heard.
"It's Japanese pirates, it's Japanese pirates, Japanese pirates are coming to attack Jiaxing!"
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(End of chapter)
