Chapter 276 Before the turning point of Fa Yuan (May 3)
Li Rusong felt unbelievable that Qi Jiguang could defeat Tumen after running two thousand miles, but Gao Pragmatic didn't feel this way at all. He thought it was normal.
It's not just you, Li Rusong, who can do things like running and attacking. Qi Jiguang has always had this ability when leading troops, okay? When Qi Jiguang was fighting against the Japanese in the southeast, he led a pure infantry force to fight thousands of miles. It was just like playing, and he often ran and attacked.
, fight, continue to attack, continue to fight... There is rarely any time to rest during this period. Did anyone say anything?
However, thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic remembered the lecture he had heard from an anthropology expert before time travel, which mentioned that humans, as "terrifying erect apes", had the biggest biological bug in ancient times when they just jumped out of trees and lived on land.
What's the bug? Endurance.
Humans in ancient times faced an extremely difficult living environment. As a group that had just learned to use the simplest hunting tools, human beings were inferior to the huge number of wild beasts in the living environment at that time in terms of explosive power, agility, resistance and attack power.
I don’t know how many grades it’s missing.
However, humans discovered their own advantages and quickly applied them to hunting. What are their advantages and how to use them?
The advantage is unparalleled endurance, and the way to exploit it is to hunt relentlessly.
Does it sound nonsense? However, the expert said that humans at that time learned to use simple weapons, such as sharpened sticks, so they could hunt many wild animals (just take deer as an example), but although they could hunt with weapons,
You will get a bonus on your catching ability, but if you can't catch up, it's all in vain.
So humans learned to hunt and hunt in groups. Hunting does not need to be explained, but this group pursuit is very interesting. Humans originally could not outrun most prey, but later they discovered that the prey were better than themselves in sprinting, so humans relied on chasing.
Don't let your prey run until it is exhausted before hunting it down easily.
Gao Pragmatic remembers clearly that when the expert mentioned this, he gave an example: "Ultra Marathon". The total distance of this competition is as high as 3,100 miles, which is 4,345 kilometers. The standard requirement is to complete the race within 51 days, and the world record
It took 41 days to complete the entire race.
In other words, this athlete ran an average of 107 kilometers every day - you must know that this is a modern person, and there is no pressure to survive in this sport.
So here comes the question, why is human endurance so strong? The answer may surprise many people - in 2004, Harvard University published a paper called "Born to Run", which pointed out that in addition to body structure, the biggest key factor
It's about heat dissipation.
As the fastest animal, the cheetah can beat humans in sprinting and can accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in just three seconds. However, the cheetah's high-speed state can only be maintained for a short time, because after the cheetah's sprint starts,
Its breathing rate will rapidly increase from 60 times per minute to 150 times per minute, and its heartbeat and blood flow will also increase rapidly, which will cause the cheetah's body temperature to rise sharply.
Therefore, after running for only 1.5 kilometers, the cheetah's rectal temperature will reach 41 degrees Celsius, and the cheetah's entire body is covered with fur, which brings huge obstacles to its heat dissipation.
The cheetah must stop when it catches prey. Therefore, it can be said that heat dissipation determines to a large extent the upper limit of the animal's ability to run for a long time.
At the same time, humans have a cooling system that all mammals can only envy: they are hairless and have well-developed sweat glands that can sweat a lot. It is a high-end "water-cooled cooling system."
Of course, why humans have become hairless is a very controversial topic. Darwin could not figure out the reason at that time. In fact, there are at least several hypotheses, but the mainstream hypothesis in later generations is the cooling system hypothesis.
Going back to the "persevering hunting method" mentioned above, this hunting method was still used by the African San people, Australian indigenous people, and some Indian tribes in American reservations at the time of Gao's crossing.
Therefore, the limit of human endurance is quite high. Many Chinese people in later generations may understand that in the early days when there was no mechanization, the Red Dynasty army was always known for its "iron feet". How strong was it? Later, some people followed them
The performance of the year has been calculated.
They generally carry 20% of the weight when marching, and the combat status is even higher. If the average weight per person is 70 kilograms, for example, the weight of 20 kilograms in combat status is close to 30%.
Comparing horses, taking the smaller Mongolian horse as an example, the weight is about 260-370 kilograms. The weight of 30% is 86-111 kilograms. In other words, converted, the horse can bear a fully armed person, and the person can bear a fully armed person.
, the weight-to-power ratio is roughly the same, and the two are calculated on the same horizontal line. And regardless of whether the load is counted or not, the comparison conditions between the two are fair.
Then look at the intensity of the march. The Red Dynasty Field Army troops can move continuously for 8-10 hours, rest for 8 hours before continuing to move, and do not take up special meal time (eating while walking). The daily movement distance on flat ground is 60 kilometers. This speed is not
No special trimming required.
Remember, this is a case where the load is 30 kilograms (that is, the old saying in the military is "sixty kilograms without an army"), and it is a long-term march, so it does not require any special modifications.
Compare the mobility of long-distance horses: the world's longest horse racing endurance race, the 2009 Mongolian Derby 1000km International Endurance Race. The event set a new Guinness record, with 26 international athletes and 700 horses participating.
Contest.
According to news records, a veterinary work station will be set up every 20-40 kilometers during the event, and a total of 23 veterinary work stations will be set up along the way. The qualifying standard for riders is to complete the entire trip within 2 weeks.
It can be found that with such an intensive veterinary work site, the requirement is only to run 71.4 kilometers a day.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So for comparison, when the 38th Army of the Red Dynasty fought in Korea, it set a record in the Battle of Qingchuan River: At that time, the 113th Division of the Army was ordered to penetrate the South Korean Army.
The only way to retreat was "Sansuoli". In just 14 hours, we broke through several enemy blockades, ran 74 kilometers and successfully captured Sansuoli, creating a miracle in the history of human infantry warfare.
What does the strongest infantry mean? This is it.
Before the Battle of Lightning Lake broke out, Gao Jingshi deliberately stationed troops at Lightning Lake for several days, firstly to lure the Mongolian troops who had already been discovered to split up, and secondly to delay Qi Jiguang's move south to defeat Tumen and delay the siege of Guihua City.
When deciding on the strategy, Gao Pragmatic had calculated the attack speed of the Imperial Guards, and believed that the elites trained by Qi Jiguang himself could indeed have such strength!
Judging from the battle report, Qi Jiguang completed the task with quality and quantity. The old commander led the imperial guard to use his legs to outrun the Liaodong cavalry. Of course, he also gave up heavy firepower for this - all
He left almost all the artillery behind.
Gao Wuzhi is still not very clear about how Qi Jiguang fought this battle, but that is no longer important. In short, the current results are very remarkable: Tumen was defeated, and the imperial guards captured 4,720 heads of the Mongolian army.
Three, captured 2,496 enemies, captured war horses, and thousands of draft horses.
The losses of the Praetorian Guards themselves were quite limited. Specifically, 569 people were killed in the battle, 75 were seriously injured, and minor injuries were not counted. Comparing the two, the Praetorian Guards could be called a complete victory.
This record made Gao Pragmatic feel a little ashamed, especially in terms of his own losses. Qi Jiguang continued his consistent ultra-low battle losses in his decades-long military career, and his losses were almost only one-tenth of the Mongolian army.
Although this kind of battle damage was much higher than when he fought against the Japanese pirates, considering the special characteristics of the Mongolian army, this kind of battlefield exchange ratio can be said to be shocking.
When Li Rusong saw that Gao Jingshi had explained the problem of Qi Jiguang's marching speed, he did not dwell on it. Instead, he focused on the performance of the Imperial Guards just like Gao Jingshi, and immediately asked more questions.
Gao pragmatically told him about the achievements of the Imperial Guards this time, and Li Rusong's face immediately became heavy. Gao pragmatically, who was always good at observing, found that although Li Rusong didn't say a word, his cheek muscles moved.
He was obviously gritting his teeth secretly.
In fact, Gao Pragmatic could understand Li Rusong's mood. This news was indeed a blow to him.
Originally, Li Rusong had always wanted to take the lead in the battle to destroy the Yuan Dynasty. To this end, he ran desperately and spent money regardless of the cost, just to get a chance to fight.
Today he finally caught up with the Battle of Lightning Lake and played a role in almost reversing the situation of the battle. This may be regarded as a reward from God for his hard work. Now that Gao Pragmatic has given him the first credit, this
Of course, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Although he still wanted to strike while the iron was hot and get more military exploits, it should be said that at least he was not as urgent as before.
However, at this moment, news came that Qi Jiguang defeated the Tumen outside Guihua City. Whether it was from the identity of the opponent or the size of the victory, there was no doubt that Qi Jiguang's victory in this battle was more impressive than the Battle of Lightning Lake.
It is more dazzling, so for Li Rusong at this moment, it is strange to have a good face.
Then Li Rusong noticed Gao Pragmatic's face - Gao Jinglue looked very calm.
Li Rusong was quite puzzled and thought to himself: Taken together, these two battles show that the main force of Tumen has suffered a serious blow, which can almost be said to have laid the foundation for the basic victory of the Battle of Yuan Dynasty. As the manager of Meng Yuan Dynasty, the coach of this battle,
His contribution as Gao Jingtai was indispensable in both battles, and only his contribution must be the real first contribution determined by the imperial court... Why was he not moved at all?
Li Rusong believes that the Battle of Yuan Dynasty has basically been won, which is true from a certain perspective. For example, after these two battles, the total number of Chahar troops killed and captured has exceeded 13,000.
Death and capture are different from injured soldiers who still have a chance to recover. The first two are hard losses. If they are gone, they are really gone.
The loss of 13,000 troops may not be a big problem for a family like the Ming Army. To put it bluntly, any town on the nine sides can afford the loss of 13,000 troops.
Just take some time to replenish it, no big deal.
However, for Chahar, although the hard loss of 13,000 cannot be said to have broken the spine, it can at least be said to have severely damaged the vitality. The total strength of the Chahar Mongolian Army is only a little over 60,000, and 10,000
The loss of three thousand means that their current strength may have been reduced to less than fifty thousand.
The Ming Dynasty sent more than 600,000 troops in this battle. Although there were some losses after the two battles, due to the huge total force, it can be regarded as almost no losses. I wonder if the Tumen are crying at this moment?
Six hundred thousand versus fifty thousand, a gap of twelve times. Tumen must be desperate, right?
To a certain extent, it is, but not entirely. To be precise, Chahar is at an extremely important moment, and an extremely important event is taking place.
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