"Let's go!" Geng Chun, Yang Shihan and others also shouted in response.
"Go!—go!"
"The whole army formed a long snake formation, and all the troops marched slowly in order!"
"Those who disrupt order - behead! Those who disobey orders - behead! Those who are afraid of others - behead!"
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If a man wants to achieve great things, martial arts, wisdom, money... these things are indispensable, but courage is also indispensable. A civet cat who has courage can compete with a tiger, but a chicken who lacks courage has a phoenix feather!
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang have no courage. They are just two nameless bones beside the Great Wall. How can they leave their names in history?
Liu Bang had no courage and was still serving as the chief of a small pavilion in Surabaya. How could he establish the Han Dynasty?
Li Shimin had no courage, so how could there be the subsequent Xuanwumen Incident and the subsequent prosperity of the Tang Dynasty?
If Zhu Di didn't have the guts, no matter how lucky he was, he would only be Prince Fugui at most, and how could he have the Emperor Yongle!!!
For generals like them, if they don’t have the guts, how can they make achievements or become marquises? No war in this world is without risks, and they all require courage to fight. However, this time the risks are even greater.
It just requires more courage!
"Tap tap tap..."
Geng Chun gave an order, and five thousand warriors marched resolutely towards the unknown destiny.
Five thousand warriors, ranging from generals to ordinary soldiers, all rely on their feet to travel, and no one rides a war horse. The Ziwu Plank Road has been in disrepair for a long time. If they set off on a war horse, plus the strength of the war horse, this will
The probability of an accident not only increases.
However, everyone is carrying a huge marching backpack on their back.
It contains ropes, oilcloth, needles and threads... anthelmintics, gold sore medicine, marching powder, spare clothes, and dozens of other things. Although these things may seem scattered, they are absolutely indispensable for the difficult march along the way.
The upcoming journey will be wet and rainy, and the plank road is rugged and difficult to navigate. General iron armor is not only heavy, but also easy to rust and corrode. It is not as light and moisture-proof as leather armor. Therefore, Geng Yan has already ordered that the entire army
Replace the upper leather armor and cowhide shield to better adapt to mountain combat!
In a large-scale military campaign, everything should be considered as carefully as possible in advance, no matter how small it is, and make corresponding preparations. With an army of hundreds of thousands, even if it is a small matter, if hundreds of thousands of people are accumulated, it may not be possible.
In the end, it will cause a huge disaster, and even ultimately affect the outcome of the entire battle.
Swords, guns, bows and arrows, and various weapons were also smeared with a layer of beef grease to ensure that they would not rust in the short term. The same was true for other people and horses. Countless amounts of butter were used. Fortunately, the Jin army had previously targeted the grassland.
If the war goes smoothly, tens of thousands of cattle can be obtained from Xiliang and Hetao to barely supply the needs of hundreds of thousands of troops!
During a long march of 660 miles, eating is a big problem. Because of the steep cliffs along the way, it is very difficult to make a fire for cooking. Not to mention dry firewood, it is difficult to find clean water, and even if you find it, you will not dare to use it!
Otherwise, the food for more than 5,000 people would require at least several hundred large iron pots. The smoke from the cooking pots would rise straight into the sky and could be seen from hundreds of miles away. Wouldn't it be clear to the enemy that the Jin army was marching from Ziwu Valley to attack Nanzheng City?
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Therefore, from the general to the soldier, each person carries a dry food bag, which contains more than thirty kilograms of potato pancakes. They are all made of fine materials. At the consumption of one and a half kilograms per person per day, it can feed the entire army for at least half a month.
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Worried about the exhaustion of the march and the increase in food consumption, each person was given two large Guokui - a kind of pancake made of wheat flour. It is dry and chewy, crispy on the inside and crispy on the outside. Each one is more than three inches thick and seven
Weighing eight pounds, it is a specialty of the Guanzhong area!
Guokui was promoted and popularized in the Qin Dynasty.
The pot helmets made by the Qin people are large, thick cakes and solid porcelain. It is said that the pot helmets were not called pot helmets at first because their shape resembled the cross section of a tree stump, so they were called pier cakes.
At that time, the cakes distributed to soldiers when the Qin army was marching weighed five or six kilograms each. The diameter of each cake was about 50-60 centimeters, and the thickness was also about 15 centimeters.
Moreover, the way the soldiers carry them is also very unique. Two cakes are made into a group. Two holes are drilled in each cake and tied with a cowhide rope. One is placed on the front chest and one on the back chest, just like the turbans commonly used by the people in the past.
Generally speaking, this special way of carrying the cake has actually become the best personal protective equipment in unexpected battles, playing the role of armor (bulletproof vest).
What's even more rare is that the arrows shot by the enemy were stuck in the cakes, and after being pulled out by the Qin soldiers, they could be used to kill the enemy.
Dunbian can "eat arrows" and has become a magic weapon for the Qin army to win. Then the soldiers called Dunbian "Guokui", which is a hard-faced armor baked out of a pot.
"Guokui" became famous because of this. When people of Qin went out, they would burn pot helmets at home and let people go out to take them with them. This custom continued.
The Qin army was able to defeat all the heroes and unify the six countries. In addition to political, military, economic, cultural and other reasons, "pot helmets" also made outstanding contributions as the main dry food for soldiers.
At the beginning of the war, the Jin army advanced in two directions from Jingzhou, while the Yongliang Northern Front army advanced in three directions. However, secretly, Geng Yan still secretly led a large force into Ziwu Valley.
However, once you are determined, things can be difficult. Under the ruthless erosion of time, the original wooden plank road has decayed, leaving only some stone holes, stone pillars, and stone piles, making it impossible for the army to pass normally.
Although the Jin army made a lot of preparations in advance and brought a lot of wooden stakes, wooden boards, ropes, nails... and various construction tools, they used the remaining stone holes and stone pillars to re-pave a plank road for the purpose.
Used for marching armies.
Each time a section of the plank road is laid, after a large group of people pass by, the people behind will remove the wooden piles and wooden boards and pass them to the front for further use. This cycle will be repeated until you walk out of the Ziwu Valley. Although the process is a bit cumbersome, it is the most beautiful thing in front of you.
What a good idea.
However, this kind of thing is easy to say, but extremely difficult to actually do.
Every day, almost dozens of soldiers slipped and fell off the cliff. If this happened too often, even the most exciting morale would be affected.
Moreover, this was only during the march, and there were already such battle losses. If this situation continues to develop, I am afraid that even if they can reach their destination, there will not be many people left by then.
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Thinking of this, for a while, the hearts of generals such as Geng Yan and Geng Chun were inevitably cast into a haze.
