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Chapter 538 Against

The Ding Navy's supply team stretched very long, the first batch of militiamen had already entered Liangxiang, and the rear queue stretched for more than ten miles.

And because Liangxiang City had been destroyed many times, the city was full of ruins, and the team of militiamen who entered the city earlier had been busy for a long time, and there was no way to make room for the entire team.

A convoy of supplies approaching Liangxiang had to stay outside the city for about two moments.

Until a knight holding a silver medal high and proving his identity went far to the front of the team, then turned his horse's head and led the way in another direction.

Dozens of carts followed closely behind, turned off the main road, and headed east along a fork in the wild grass.There is a small abandoned village in the direction of Liushigang in the east.The village was overgrown with weeds, the ground was rough, and there was no one in sight.

A team of militiamen who arrived earlier directly demolished the two brick houses, and used scattered bricks and wood to divide the open space for camping on the flat ground outside the village.

"Commander Zhao, what do you think?"

Zhao Jue's cavalry was also stationed here, and the Qing cavalry holding the silver medal led him to walk to the designated area again.

"Yes." Zhao Jue nodded.

Everyone stopped or dismounted. Some people began to lay wooden stakes outside the camp and connect ropes, while others dragged carts into the camp and connected them with thick ropes or chains.These things were done every day when the supply team was marching in the past, and they were similar to the preparations for the army's marching and camping. Everyone did it very neatly.

Guo Ning was also carrying along with him in the queue, and no officer below him could stand idle.

After the carts are formed into a formation, tents and the like are not necessary.As long as you put a felt cloth under the car, you can sleep directly.Even in rainy days, the body can block the rain unless it rains heavily.

At that time, all kinds of camps had to be remodeled, not just the car formations.

Together with a guard, Guo Ning carried large rolls of felt cloth and distributed them as they walked along the carts.

When they set off, each cart was equipped with two rolls of felt cloth, but along the way, the wear and tear was very serious.Felt cloth can not only be used as bedding and blankets; it can also be covered on the car; when the wheels are embedded in the rut marks on the road, the felt cloth can be folded as a bedding.There are even some named "civilians", who actually competed privately for the officers and men of the Ding Navy. They also cut a piece of felt cloth, tied it to the tip of the spear, and dipped it in lime powder as a mark of the hit.

In this way, the felt cloth of certain large carts was damaged and unusable every now and then.But felt cloth is an important material that is tied to the wooden stakes outside the army formation to prevent outsiders from spying on the serious battlefield, and even prevents the accurate shooting of arrows. It must be replenished in time.However, the surplus carried by the team is not enough to give extra to each team's soldiers.
In addition to the felt cloth, there are many negligence in material and even work arrangements.Most of the generals and academies of the Dinghai Navy are from low-level backgrounds. As the grassroots soldiers or small officers of the Jin Army, their experience is rich enough, much better than those of the Jurchen generals.However, the limitations of their status and authority also made them inevitably negligent in commanding the actions of the army.

These oversights, with the military academy in action, have been quickly remedied.But after all, the Ding Navy has no record of using tens of thousands of people on long-distance marches. The scattered experience of many large army operations will not be felt unless it is really done once.

However, the previous military operations were either in the territory of Shandong, or supported by a fleet, and the army was rushing forward. All the soldiers were thinking about these details, and even in defense and fortifications Don't worry about it.

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 the past few days, Guo Ning discovered many deficiencies in the military regulations, and urged many generals to slack off.In an army, if everyone feels that they are serious enough and turn a blind eye to omissions and defects, that is the beginning of the decline of this army.

While Guo Ning led people to replenish the felt cloth, the entire stretch of several miles was full of messengers running around on horseback.They had to find out the surrounding places where they could camp before the arrival of the rear team, and then notify the various ministries as soon as possible.

It didn't take long for Zhao Jue, the leader of the guards, to arrange the manpower on duty tonight, the password for the checkpoint to change defense, and the sequence of meeting with the supporting soldiers and horses in Zhongdu City tomorrow morning, etc.

A team of tens of thousands of people, as well as matching horses, vehicles, military supplies, and food and fodder that should be sent to the central capital, from the management of the march to the logistics supply, and then to the ad hoc command of various affairs, the officer in charge of each queue There's a lot of work to do, and everyone's on their toes.

Fortunately, Guo Ning has a large number of military officers to assist.

These officers were all promoted by Guo Ning one after another in the past two years. Many of them had studied with Guo Ning in the military academy, from reading and writing, to common sense of geography and history, and then the methods of doing things in the army. A way of thinking that deals with complex surfaces.

As more and more officers are able to take on heavy responsibilities, every day they are in the army is also a process of training ordinary soldiers. Soldiers have the possibility of further improvement after receiving the words and deeds of the officers.

For example, Dong Jin is bringing a few generals to talk about at the moment.

He has not been in the army for long, and he is very young, so he especially likes to put on a majestic posture in front of the soldiers.Guo Ning listened a little, and heard him saying to the generals: "You have to show them, instead of repeating! What's the use of talking? Once you see it with your eyes, you will understand everything! Do it now, I will Come and watch in a while!"

Several generals nodded repeatedly, bowed and bowed to leave.

Dong Jin put his hands on his hips, looked at their backs, and looked like he was puffed up.

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 some books. He remembers that in "Six Secret Teachings", it is said that anyone who teaches the method of war must be clearly informed by officials and soldiers. In the festival of stopping, there is no loss of diet, and there is no absolute power.It's a pity that many secrets and strategies for using troops will not be in the hands of Han'er in the Dajin Kingdom, and now they have to be sorted out and enriched bit by bit.

Guo Ning once discussed with his companions whether these things survived in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is said that the Song people had a wonderful book called "Wu Jing Zong Yao", which was devoted to various military systems. If Zhang Kai and others have the opportunity in the future, Instead, try smuggling a copy to Shandong.

After the felt cloth was distributed, Guo Ning could smell the aroma of the food.

In order to get to Liangxiang County as soon as possible, neither the Meng'an Mouke Army in Hebei Province nor the Dinghai Navy's team had lunch at noon today.Now that they settled down smoothly, the soldiers began to get busy.

A soldier moved quickly, was already eating pancakes with one hand, and was holding his own wooden plate in his hand, walking cautiously towards his team.Walking not far in front of Guo Ning, the soup on his plate kept shaking with his footsteps, and was about to splash out several times.He simply stopped in his tracks and drank the soup on the plate first.

A lot of salt is put in the soup, and the meat and bones are boiled together, and the surface of the soup is covered with oily flowers.The soldier sipped the soup with a smile on his face and smacked his lips.

　Tomorrow, oh no, today, I have to go to the hospital.It's been almost 20 days since my illness turned negative, and I still have a fever from time to time, and my blood oxygen level has been below 95, which is a bit strange.

　
(End of this chapter)