By the time the soldiers finished eating and the horses were fed, it was already evening.
After gathering, the army headed towards the Mukun tribe.
In summer, there were a lot of mosquitoes in the grassland in the evening. Lin Xuan's soldiers had no reaction to the bites of mosquitoes.
But the cavalry under Cheng Yaojin could not do it. Many of them waved their hands to drive away mosquitoes while marching.
Normally, Cheng Yaojin wouldn't have thought anything of it, but when he saw Lin Xuan's soldiers and his own soldiers, he couldn't help but blush.
These soldiers were all trained according to Lin Xuan's methods, but they were not as good as those trained by Lin Xuan. Doesn't it mean that he was not as good as Lin Xuan in training soldiers?
Cheng Yaojin called the two generals who were leading the cavalry and cursed: "Look at me, then look at you. I can't stand the bites of mosquitoes. If I face a sword, don't I think I'm going to be a deserter?"
The two members were a little confused by the scolding, and I wanted to ask: Don't you also drive away mosquitoes yourself?
However, they were all old men under Cheng Yaojin and knew Cheng Yaojin's temper very well, so they could only hold it in their hearts and let Cheng Yaojin scold him.
Lin Xuan laughed secretly on the side. In fact, it was not the fault of the two generals.
First of all, they use their own training methods for a shorter period of time, so their quality is naturally much worse.
Another reason is that these soldiers are not new recruits. They used to drive away mosquitoes when they were marching, but now it is just an instinctive reaction.
When assisting Xue Yantuo before, Lin Xuan's soldiers were used to driving them away. Later, Lin Xuan specially asked them to stand in military posture in the evening to train them.
Don't think that Lin Xuan is just looking for trouble and deliberately abusing them.
Next, the Tang Dynasty will launch troops on the grassland. They will all participate in the war, and when fighting on the grassland, mosquito bites must be overcome.
During the march, people were already moving, so they couldn't stand it. If they were asked to ambush, how could they stand it?
Although the sound of waving hands to drive away mosquitoes is not loud, it is because the number of people is too small. If there are thousands or tens of thousands of people together, the noise can be imagined.
Cheng Yaojin's spittle flew everywhere, and after scolding for a while, he asked the two of them to go down and rectify the army.
After some rectification, it was indeed much better, but there were still some people who would unconsciously drive away mosquitoes. When Cheng Yaojin saw it, he pretended not to have seen it.
He had scolded the two of them before because he felt that he could not live up to his reputation. He also understood that it would be difficult to get those soldiers to stop driving away mosquitoes at all, and now that they were marching, there was no time to make proper arrangements.
The place where they started was about fifty miles away from the Mukun tribe. They took a rest and fed the horses before continuing.
Anyone who has seen the Three Kingdoms should understand this sentence, "Xia Houyuan, the commander of the Dianjun Army, has five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days."
How many are converted into kilometers? One mile in the Han Dynasty is equal to 300 steps, 1 step = 6 feet, one foot is 23.1 centimeters, and one mile is equal to 0.4158 kilometers. So Xiahou Yuan’s speed is: "207 kilometers in three days, 416 kilometers in six days" which is equivalent to advancing every day
70 kilometers.
Because of Xia Houyuan's fast marching speed, he was called a magical general.
Many people may think that seventy kilometers is nothing.
But if you understand the speed of ancient cavalry, you will know that the fastest cavalry in ancient times was the Mongolian cavalry, which could travel about 90 kilometers a day.
The horses of the Tang Dynasty were simply not as good as the Mongolian horses in terms of endurance. Seriously, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty were not necessarily as fast as Xia Houyuan.
Cavalry was synonymous with speed in ancient wars. In fact, what made cavalry fast was sprinting over short distances.
Horses usually need to rest and eat after running continuously for nearly an hour. If they run for a long time, how can they still fight if the horses are disabled by the time they get there?
After feeding the horses and letting them rest for half an hour, the army set off again.
About an hour later, the army was only a few miles away from the Mukun tribe.
This distance can be reached in no time as long as you drive quickly.
Cheng Yaojin asked the scouts to find a secret place for the soldiers and horses to rest, and then asked the scouts to spread out to investigate the situation.
After burning incense, the scouts came to report that there was a large tribe in the northeast, but they did not get close to avoid being discovered.
Nomads need sufficient pasture for grazing, so the distance between the two tribes is kept very far, and this area is the territory of the Mukun tribe, so there cannot be other tribes.
After finding the exact location of the Mukun tribe, Cheng Yaojin arranged a battle plan.
Cheng Yaojin ordered two generals to outflank the enemy with 10,000 men each, and he personally led Lin Xuan and his 10,000 cavalry in a frontal attack.
The attack time was agreed upon, but because they had to take a detour, the two men ordered their troops and horses to go together.
Cheng Yaojin waited for a while, and when the time was almost up, he led Lin Xuan and other ten thousand cavalry to the Mukun tribe.
Although it gets dark very late in the grassland in summer, their march along the way wasted a lot of time, and by the time they saw the Mukun tribe, it was completely dark.
The night gave Lin Xuan and the others the best cover, because they marched very slowly, did not make too much noise, and kept a sufficient distance, so the Mukun tribe did not notice.
Lin Xuan, Cheng Chumo and others looked at the tribe with firelight in the distance and their breathing became rapid.
Seriously, this is their first battle.
Cheng Yaojin noticed something strange about them and didn't say anything. He just looked straight ahead.
This made Lin Xuan and the others calm down.
"General, the agreed time has come." Cheng Yaojin's personal commander reminded.
"Send the order and launch an attack!" Cheng Yaojin said.
Lin Xuan was riding a lion, and Wen Yan couldn't help but tighten his grip on the spear in his hand.
Lion Cong didn't know whether he felt his master's emotions or the chilling air in the air, so he stood still impatiently.
"Woo~"
"kill!"
The horn sounded, and the soldiers all drank together, clamped their horses' bellies, and rushed toward the tribe not far away.
This small distance is approaching overnight, and coupled with the sound of thousands of horses galloping, there is no need to be careful anymore.
Qi Jinlan Dulu was just about to take a rest when he suddenly heard the cry of killing. He quickly put on his clothes and ran out of the tent. He faced the guard at the door and asked: "Where is the sound coming from?"
"Chief, there seems to be people all around." The guard said quickly.
Qi Jinlan Dulu's expression changed. Although the nomads were attacking each other, the Mukun tribe was a medium-sized tribe and lived on the outermost edge. It had been many years since the tribe had taken action, so it was inevitable that they were a little lax in their defenses.
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"Then why are you still standing there, why don't you go and gather your clansmen to come and meet the enemy?" Qiqi Jinlan Dulu scolded.
"Yes!" Those guards didn't dare to refute, and hurriedly ran to gather the clan members.
There were no obstacles around the Mukun tribe. Lin Xuan and Xue Rengui rushed to the front and rushed into the tribe soon.
Many men from the Mukun tribe heard the shouts of killing and came out to meet the enemy with weapons.
However, due to lack of organization, it appears to be very scattered.
The Tang army first fired a volley, then put away their bows and arrows, and started to kill with their knives.