There are a total of 200,000 war horses and herding horses. Except for the war horses, all the herdsmen are carrying supplies.
There are also countless scalpers, who are also dragging supplies on their bodies, and there are tens of thousands of carts, which are also carrying supplies! In addition to these, almost every soldier is carrying dozens of kilograms of stuff on his back.
Even the women in the Production and Construction Corps carry things on their backs.
There are more than 600,000 people in the entire team, all of which are composed of young people. The youngest among them is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and the oldest is no more than 30 years old! These people are in the prime of life. The soldiers of the Death Army train and produce every day.
The soldiers of the Construction Corps do farm work every day, and their physical fitness is excellent. Without such quality, they would not be able to undertake this task!
Hu Sanniang looked at the people in front of her and felt that Liangshan had used too many resources this time. Not to mention the materials, these young people alone were a huge wealth! These people are almost the best group of young people in Liangshan, but Liangshan
Send them to the grassland!
"We want to change the world and completely change the face of the grassland!" Hu Sanniang said secretly.
The team was too large and carried too much supplies, so their marching speed was a bit slow.
They set out on February 14 and have now traveled more than 150 miles in two days. At this speed, it will take at least more than a month to reach the grassland.
The weather tonight is excellent, and you can see the endless stars above your head, but this weather makes people feel even colder! Hundreds of thousands of people have come to a leeward place to camp and rest here!
Yang Zaixing and Cui Tieshi led 10,000 soldiers from the Third Division to patrol the surrounding area to prevent accidents.
Generally speaking, it is impossible for accidents to happen here, because this is the most desolate place in the entire Northeast, and no one comes here on weekdays. Whether it is the original Khitan people or the later Jurchens, their scope of rule has not reached here.
.
Yang Zaixing and Cui Tieshi were patrolling with a dozen soldiers more than 20 miles away from the station. They heard the howling of wolves not far away, but they didn't take it to heart. In the primitive and desolate land here,
There were an extremely large number of wild beasts, not to mention wolves, but also tigers. They had often encountered them when they were in Longquan City. For them, the wild beasts were not scary at all, but the enemies were the scary ones.
The weather was very cold, but Yang Zaixing's heart was full of fire! He still maintained the habit of taking notes every day. When he just left the station, he sat by the fire and had already written down what he wanted to say today.
"We are an army made of steel. We have bodies like steel, beliefs like steel, and will like steel! We train hard just for the day when we go to the battlefield! I will fight the enemy bravely, I won't
I will embarrass Liangshan, but I will not embarrass the Governor! For Liangshan, for the Governor, and for the great cause, I will devote my youth and my life! The grassland will definitely belong to Liangshan and belong to all the people!" This
That's what he wrote in his notebook.
On the patrol at this moment, he still felt that his heart was full of "lofty ambitions". He just wanted to work hard, sacrifice, and make earth-shattering achievements on the grassland! Those heroes of China in the past were all
After making great achievements on the grassland, he now felt that it was his turn.
"Lao Yang, it will definitely be very dangerous on the grassland." Cui Tieshi suddenly said.
"Nonsense, who doesn't know the danger? But who is afraid of the danger? Could it be that you are afraid?" Yang Zaixing chuckled.
"I'm not afraid of danger. What I want to say is, if you die on the grassland, what will happen to your sister? She is still waiting for you to return to Goryeo to get married." Cui Tieshi said with a bad smile.
"You probably don't know that Amei has already arrived at the Production and Construction Corps!" Yang Zaixing said with a trace of red on his face.
"What? Why don't we know?" Cui Tieshi said in surprise, and several soldiers beside him listened curiously to the conversation between the two. These soldiers were their own soldiers, and many people knew that Yang Zaixing had a childhood sweetheart in Goryeo.
My sister, it is said that when they were in Jiangnan, their parents had already decided on their marriage, and they were very interested in this matter.
"In winter, she wrote to me and said she was coming! It should be here now," Yang Zaixing said.
"You didn't go to see her?" Cui Tieshi said strangely.
"Now that the military mission is so important, how can I find time to see her?" Yang Zaixing kept shaking his head.
"You are serious too! Tomorrow, you must bring her to us and let us meet our sister-in-law, otherwise we will not let you go!" Cui Tieshi laughed.
Yang Zaixing's face turned redder and redder. He was about to say something when he suddenly looked ahead.
"What's wrong?" Cui Tieshi was stunned and asked hurriedly.
"Something seems wrong!"
Yang Zaixing jumped off his horse. He squatted down and put his ear to the cold ground, listening carefully to the sounds coming from far away.
"What happened?" Cui Tieshi asked again.
"There are people, there are many people coming this way! They are all cavalry! Hurry up! Go back immediately and get the army ready! Let everyone get up!" Yang Zaixing shouted loudly.
Cui Tieshi was taken aback. He took a few people back to report, while Yang Zaixing took the rest here.
"Let's go forward and investigate the situation! Are you afraid?" Yang Zaixing looked at the soldiers beside him and said.
"Don't be afraid!" the soldiers replied immediately.
"Very good!" At that moment, he led these soldiers towards the south. The cold wind howled and their faces were scratched and hurt. However, almost no one felt the cold at this moment. The soldiers' hearts were beating very fast.
I was very nervous.
Everyone, including Yang Zaixing, was a newcomer in the army. They heard the sound of horse hooves getting louder and louder, and the ground was shaking, but it was difficult for them to judge the number of enemies. They could only be sure that the number exceeded 20,000! Yang Zaixing
He was getting more and more shocked. He didn't understand why so many enemies appeared in such a desolate place.
"Let's go forward and let's see who they are!" Yang Zaixing said again.
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Inside the garrison, the 600,000-strong army had already rested. Suddenly the siren sounded, and everyone was alerted for a moment! In just half a quarter of an hour, everyone was awakened and everyone got up!
Everyone in the death-defying army took up arms, and so did the 100,000 people in the production and construction corps who had just been armed!
Soon, the infantry and cavalry of the death-defying army began to move south, while the 100,000 new soldiers of the Production and Construction Corps guarded the north.
The scale of the 120,000 death-defying army is not trivial.
All the death-defying soldiers were very nervous, and at the same time they also had a feeling of excitement. Many people were wondering, could this be our first battle?
However, not long after the army left, Yang Zaixing suddenly returned with his troops. He shouted loudly: "It's our own! It's our own!"
Hu Sanniang was in the army, so she immediately called Yang Zaixing over and said, "What are our own people?"
Yang Zaixing had no time to dismount, so he performed a military salute on his horse and said breathlessly: "Commander, they are one of our own! They are from the Fifth Army of the Northern Army!"
Hu Sanniang was stunned and said: "Han Shizhong? Liang Hongyu? Are they them?"
Yang Zaixing nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, it's them!"
"What are they doing here?" Hu Sanniang asked in surprise.
Since she was one of her own, Hu Sanniang immediately asked the soldiers to stop. After a while, Han Shizhong and Liang Hongyu arrived first with 1,000 soldiers, and soon they met Hu Sanniang.
"Commander Hu!" Han Shizhong saluted Hu Sanniang first.
Although everyone is the commander of the army, Hu Sanniang is Wu Dong's wife and the commander-in-chief of this war. He has regarded himself as Hu Sanniang's subordinate.
"Commander Han, Commander Liang, why are you here? And you brought all the Fifth Army here?" Hu Sanniang said in surprise.
Originally, the Northern Army had five corps, each with only 40,000 troops. However, the Northern Army expanded again last year, and now each corps has reached 50,000. It seems that Han Shizhong actually brought the entire Fifth Army.
here.
"The commander of the army is afraid that you will be in danger, so he asked me to come to help you! From today on, we will all obey your orders! We will enter the grassland with you." Han Shizhong said.
"The war situation in the north is so dangerous. The Jurchens are powerful. If you come, the strength of the northern army will definitely weaken. What will happen there?" Hu Sanniang frowned.
"No, the Hedong Third Army has arrived in Liaodong. We still have more than 300,000 troops in Liaodong. These people are enough to compete with the Jurchens. This time, hundreds of thousands of people and countless materials were used on the grassland.
It would be terrible if something goes wrong, so the military ordered me to assist you." Han Shizhong said.
"That's great. With your help, everything will be safe on the grassland." Hu Sanniang thought for a while and said with a smile.
The Fifth Army also traveled through the night, so Hu Sanniang asked the Fifth Army to rest with the army. Early the next morning, they set off on the road together again.