Chapter 439: Steel Army
All the soldiers who were caught falling behind were quite brave in accordance with Li Zhongyi's military order, and they were all beaten with ten military sticks first, and then sent to the fireman camp to do chores.
As for the war horse, it was naturally confiscated by quite a super brave. To be honest, the war horses of the Wyvern Cavalry are much better than the horses under the command of Quite Chaoyong, and in terms of horse breeds.
Li Zhongyi rode on the back of the "blood killing", stood on the side of the road, looked at the torrent of the Yulin right guard, rolling forward, and couldn't help but feel a little wave in his heart.
Chai Rong is about to fall, who will rule the future of the empire? That's a big problem.
When that day really came, the lord Shaoguo was suspicious, there were strong neighbors in the north, and there were a group of heroes looking at the throne, which was indeed a difficult situation to solve.
Zhao Laoer, Han Tong, Li Zhongyi, Li Qiong, as well as Zhang Yongde, Li Chongjin and Li Yun, these 7 people basically include the top real power faction in the military generals group of the Great Zhou Empire.
Chai Rong did not dare to withdraw his troops on the front line, but arranged for Li Zhongyi to lead Yulin's right guard and Cheng to the north, no matter how he thought about it, he was afraid that he would take the opportunity to consume Li Zhongyi's strength.
However, when Chai Rong was about to fall, it was impossible for Li Zhongyi to be the first to stand up and disobey Chai Rong's holy will at such a juncture.
In history, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were the first to raise troops to resist the tyrannical Qin, but the two of them were defeated and died one after another, cheapening Liu Bang, a super black-bellied hooligan.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Yuan Shu, as the concubine of the Yuan family, was a negative example of ambition exceeding strength, dividing the world for Cao Wei, Liu Shu, and Sun Wu, and became tragic cannon fodder.
A closer example. It is even clearer, the last years of the Yuan Dynasty. Liu Futong and Xu Shouhui successively raised troops to resist the Yuan, and finally picked the big golden peach. The establishment of the Ming Dynasty was Zhu Chongba, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.
In Li Zhongyi's view, the current situation is quite similar to the overall situation of the Three Kingdoms period.
When the co-owner of the world is about to collapse and the edifice is about to collapse, the warlords within the empire have begun to act in secret.
This battle to the north. Li Zhongyi not only had to complete the task of containing the main Khitan iron cavalry, but also not let the Yulin right guard of the lineage lose too much, and the difficulty was very high.
Li Zhongyi has led troops for many years and has grown into an extremely experienced commander, but what he is about to face is more than 100,000 Khitan iron cavalry that is on the rise, including the leather room army, no matter how you calculate, the chances of winning are extremely slim.
When there is a break in the middle of the march. Gao Xiaode dismounted and sat on a big rock on the side of the road, drank two sips of water, and rested for about two quarters of an hour before listening to the report from the tooth soldiers. The forward banner of the right guard of the Habayashi once again appeared on the horizon in the distance.
Gao Xiaode shook his head and sighed. said: "We are cavalry, and it is natural to go fast." Didn't think about it. The infantry army, which was only on two legs, moved so quickly. It's unexpected. ”
After the army set off, Gao Xiaode carefully found that the foot strength of Yulin's right guard was extremely amazing, and he ordered the cavalry to speed up the march several times.
However, when the Wyvern Cavalry stopped to rest, the forward of the right guard of Yulin could always catch up within half an hour.
Counting this time, it is already the fifth time today, Gao Xiaode has the heart to urge his subordinates to set off immediately.
However, Gao Xiaode caught a glimpse of sweaty war horses, so he had to sigh and dispel this idea of being competitive.
The body of war horses is also limited, they run violently for about half an hour, and they need to rest for at least more than two hours, otherwise, they will fall down because of the boiling blood and will never be able to stand up again.
Gao Xiaode is a great knight, and he has been dealing with war horses for more than ten years. He knew very well in his heart that even if a war horse marched slowly, it would only be a hundred and fifty miles a day at most.
Like people, war horses must drink water, eat grass, and feed concentrate at the same time during the rest period to avoid large-scale non-war losses.
The myth that the cavalry troops, running hundreds of miles in a single day, actually only exists in fiction, and in reality it is simply a joke.
The problem now is that, except for the Khitans, the marching speed of the Central Plains countries is generally only 30 miles a day, and the Yulin Right Guard under Li Zhongyi can actually travel more than 100 miles in a day, which is really quite appalling and unbelievable.
The facts are all there, and Gao Xiaode can't believe it, Yulin Right Guard did chase the butts of these so-called Heavenly Son Guards, and caught up.
It was nearly dusk, and the soldiers of the Flying Dragon Cavalry carried steaming mutton soup pots along the official road, lined up.
With little effort, the figure of the Yulin Right Guard Forward Battalion, out of the reflection of the sunset, appeared in Gao Xiaode's sight.
When the large army approached the soup pot, an officer of the right guard of Yulin strode out of the queue and gave a loud military order, "Stop advancing." ”
"Boom, boom." I only listened, and after two roars, the entire team, which was originally advancing at a uniform speed, came to an abrupt halt.
Gao Xiaode observed very carefully, his eyes widened, and he was shocked to find that the infantry soldiers who had completely stopped and stood still actually maintained an unusually neat queue.
The gap between the soldiers, from the head of the team to the end of the line, is not in sight.
My little boy, this is a god-like army, huh?
Gao Xiaode couldn't help but gasp several times, if it is said that Yulin's right guard is just excellent in foot strength, it is just that.
During the march, from advancing to a complete stop, with Gao Xiaode's many years of experience in leading troops, it would take at least a quarter of an hour to complete the team.
"Attention all." The officer went on to order, "Take out the soup bowl and eat while marching." ”
Just under Gao Xiaode's nose, the officers and soldiers of Yulin's right guard lined up in a neat queue, with spears on their shoulders, holding soup bowls in their hands, and after serving the soup in turn, they dipped the pancakes in their hands in the hot soup, and devoured a mouthful of cakes and soup, but their feet never stopped.
"It's really fucking terrible...... "A hundred cavalry commanders beside Gao Xiaode were dumbfounded, and his face was pale and muttered, "Fighting with such an army, I'm afraid it's more than lucky." ”
If it is said that when Yulin's right guard is marching normally, he can maintain a strict formation, Gao Xiaode can barely accept it.
The problem is that the right guard of Yulin, who is eating flatbread and drinking soup at the same time, has to hurry at his feet, and the whole formation has not dispersed.
Gao Xiaode, who was stunned, looked at the steel torrent rolling forward, and only felt that his brain was completely insufficient.
When the Chinese army passed in front of Gao Xiaode, they saw that under the handsome banner, Li Zhongyi was also like everyone else, holding a cake in his left hand and a soup bowl in his right hand.
Li Zhongyi, who was walking like a fly, bowed his head and nibbled on cakes and drank soup, which made the officers and soldiers of the Flying Dragoon Cavalry completely dumbfounded.
"Iron Army ......"
"No, it's the ...... of the Steel Army"
"Invincible ......" beside Gao Xiaode, everyone was talking and whispering. (To be continued......)