After the troops entered the mountain, they marched along the mountain road.
The mountain road is narrow, rugged, and dangerous, especially on a moonlit night like this. However, no one speaks. No noise is allowed during the march. Otherwise, you will be beaten with a military stick.
Although each of them carried forty kilograms of armor, weapons, supplies and other equipment, they were still very strong during the long march.
At this time, their previous training, a twenty-mile armed cross-country trip every morning, came into play. Their physical strength was greatly improved, especially their endurance.
We walked more than ten miles in one breath, and no one was left behind.
Zhang Shun stared closely at the white handkerchief tied to the arm of the small flag in front of him, for fear of falling behind. If he fell behind in this barren mountain, he would be waiting to be picked up by a wild wolf. He kept looking back to look at his small flag.
Situation. If someone loses it, the responsibility belongs to him, Xiaoqi.
The army marched day and night towards the King of Zhao City. Because it was mainly infantry, the cavalry only had a scout team of 500 people. These were captured Mongolian war horses temporarily allocated for this battle. However, there were 10,000 pack horses. These 30,000
All the people's baggage was carried on pack horses and led along the mountain road.
Their scouts were all selected from the 36,000 people. There were a total of 500 strong men who were good at riding and shooting. In fact, these guys were all experienced horse bandits. They were recruited by local forces and became servants and guards.
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Yan Yingyuan divided them into ten small banners and gave each of them fifty taels of silver first. After all, if the scouts did not collect their troops at night, they would risk their lives. Yan Yingyuan believed that there must be brave men under heavy rewards.
Three days and three nights passed. They were on the mountain road, resting for two hours every four hours of marching.
This was learned from the Beijing camp, and it's called the Da Vinci rest method. Yan Yingyuan soon discovered the benefits of this method. The soldiers would be exhausted after marching for four hours, which was two hours.
At this time, stop immediately, eat, drink, and excrete. Then sleep. After an hour, continue to march.
This method ensures that they are always in the most efficient marching state. They walk a lot more miles every day. If they keep walking, they will walk slower and slower. This method is far less good than this method.
The Da Vinci sleep method requires working for four hours and sleeping for fifteen minutes. Obviously this is not suitable for high-stamina marching exercises. So Yang Fan instead marched for two hours and slept for one hour.
In this way, one sleep is divided into multiple sleeps, which ensures that each period of marching is very efficient and full of physical strength.
At ten minutes past midnight, the army was marching.
No one spoke, only the sound of Shasha's footsteps.
Chen Qinhu hurried from the front, found Yan Yingyuan and said: "Commander, the Black Tiger Pass is ahead. The scouts found that there were thirty cavalrymen from Qinghai Yongxiebu tribe on the pass. If our army passes, they will definitely be alarmed.
Commander, please stop the march immediately so as not to scare the enemy."
Yan Yingyuan did not expect that the Mongols would actually set up an observation post here, which was still thirty miles away from the mountain pass. He immediately ordered to stop advancing. No one was allowed to make a sound.
"Map, and call officers above the battalion commander for a meeting." Yan Yingyuan said.
A temporary staff team composed of a dozen students from the Martial Arts Hall of Xinghe Academy sent by Yang Fan immediately rushed over with the map.
In the mountain col, there is a big tree with a canopy as big as a canopy. It covers a large area. Under the tree, a three-meter-square map is spread on the ground.
Diesel horse lanterns were lit all around. The wicks were adjusted to maximum brightness. Fifty battalion commanders and ten regiment commanders, as well as military staff officers, gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
"Black Tiger's Pass is our ultimate place. The army must pass there. If we attack by force, we will be exposed immediately. If we encounter a large enemy force on the mountain, we are not worried. The mountain cavalry has no advantage, but our infantry is flexible
.However, if we are discovered by the outpost and they light up the smoke, we will be in trouble." Yan Yingyuan said with a heavy tone.
Looking at the terrain in this area, the officers took a deep breath.
It is impossible to pass through the gourd-shaped mountain pass without being discovered. The most terrible thing is that once they light up the smoke and alert the enemy's troops, they block the mountain pass, which will be a disaster.
Because it is difficult to supply supplies in mountainous areas, the army is stuck in the mountains and cannot get out, so it will lose ground. Once the food is exhausted, it will be defeated. Therefore, it must rush out of the mountain pass before the Mongols can react.
The generals were in trouble for a while, and it was very difficult to rush up the mountain without anyone noticing.
Yan Yingyuan rubbed his chin and thought for a long time, then suddenly said: "Have you figured out the composition of the soldiers in the army? Are there any strange people and strangers? Don't underestimate the robbers and thieves. They can be of great use at critical times."
The third regiment is composed of gangsters from prisons and is the most complex among the regiments. The regiment leader Xie Tianen said: "There are a group of thieves in our regiment who are good at sap and trapping white wolves. Why don't we let them try it."
Beating sap and trapping white wolves are both subdivisions of ancient robbery.
The so-called sap attack means that in the dark night, one wears all black and wears cotton-soled sandals on the feet, and follows people who look like they are traveling at night carrying property.
When he was not prepared, he hit him on the back of the head with a jujube stick, causing him to fall into coma, and then committed the robbery.
These people walk silently, and can use the surrounding environment to hide and sneak close to the target without being discovered. This is their ability to make a living. If they make any noise, alert the target, and the target runs away, their work will be in vain.
There are many ways to hit a sap. In addition to hitting with a wooden stick behind the back, there are also ways to wear a low-brimmed hat, attach a shot put to a chain, and store it in your sleeves.
When he passed by someone at night, he would hit him in the face with a shot put when he was not prepared. After knocking him down, he would quickly rob him.
Compared to hitting a sap with a white wolf, it is still a bit more technical.
For example, an old man is walking on the road carrying a birdcage.
The public thinks that most of these bird keepers are wealthy idlers, who are generally older and nothing will happen to them. So they relax their vigilance and walk past the birdcage man without hesitation.
No one knew that this bird cage was specially made.
It has no bottom, and it is strangled with a dense circle of sloping bamboo sticks, with a small upper opening and a large lower opening, just like a basket for catching crabs. This kind of thing is fastened to the head, and it will immediately choke the person.
Went there and took the opportunity to rob him. By the time the victim woke up, the thief had already run away.
The most basic method of trapping a white wolf is to install a rope loop on the top of a bamboo pole, wrap the enemy's neck from a hidden place, tighten the rope, and the enemy is hung upwards without making any sound. Another accomplice takes the opportunity to search him.
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These ancient techniques were spread until the late Qing Dynasty, and were exposed in detail in the "Dianshizhai Pictorial" in the late Qing Dynasty.
Everyone's eyes lit up, this was a good idea.
Most of these thirty Mongolians must be sleeping, leaving a few sentries dozing off.
They never expected that the Ming army would come from this direction. The reason why they were here was entirely due to the caution of the other party's general.
Yan Yingyuan immediately made the decision and said: "You go and choose fifty white wolf traps and sap masters. You personally lead the team to touch them for me and quietly clean up these Mongolians. When I come back, I will give you credit. This
If the matter is accomplished, each person will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver and promoted to the next level."