It was late at night, Xue Liang, who was ordered to rush to Feihu Xing, looked at the soldiers who were sleeping on both sides of the road and were thunderous, and couldn't help feeling sorry for him.

There is no way, time is too tight. The general of the Hebei Road marching commander and the general Yang Lie of the Northern Expedition was given another death order. If he didn't take Feihu Xing, or if he couldn't take Feihu Xing, he would lose his head.

The military orders fell like mountains and there was no room for bargaining. No matter how hard or tired Xue Liang was, he could only give up.

Xue Liang, also from the Hechi Township Army, served as the commander of the Bow and Crossbow Camp. After entering the martial arts lecture hall, Ma Ke was transferred to Yang Lie's command, step by step from Thousand Cavalry Captain to Ten Thousand Cavalry Captain.

Among the Han army, the organization of the standard cavalry was very different from that of the infantry. Ten thousand cavalry was the basic combat unit of the cavalry unit.

Below the ten thousand cavalry leader are deputy ten thousand cavalry leader, deputy ten thousand cavalry leader, hundred cavalry leader and Shi cavalry leader. There are no such titles as Du Commander, Commander, Du Head, Team Commander, Shi Captain and Soldier Commander.

The organization of the army starts from actual combat. The combat mode of the cavalry is significantly different from that of the infantry. The most important difference is that the infantry must be arranged in an array, and the cavalry needs the speed and strength of assault.

The Khitans were skilled in bows and horses and were powerful all over the world. The elite Khitans' Piss Army were organized by tens of thousands of cavalry, thousands of cavalry, hundreds of cavalry and ten cavalry.

After the rise of the Jurchens, they implemented the Meng'an and Mouke system. Meng'an was the commander of a thousand men, and Mouke was the centurion.

When the Mongols dominated the world, the cavalry organization was composed of tens of thousands of cavalry, thousands of cavalry, and tens of thousands of cavalry were the basic combat units.

The Eight Banners system of the Later Jin Dynasty was one step further than the Mongols. Every 300 people had one Niulu Ezhen, five Niulu had one Jia La Ezhen, and five Jia La Ezhen. Gushan is the largest unit of Manchurian household registration and military organization. Each Gushan has a specific color of flags, so the Chinese translation of Gushan is "flag", and the "Eight Banners System" is actually a translation of the Bagushan system.

The Niulu of the Later Jin Dynasty was not a simple cavalry unit, and it was not of high reference value for Li Zhongyi's formation of a purebred cavalry unit.

Over the past thousand years, the elite cavalry units they formed, from the Huns, to the Turks, and then to the Mongols, have roughly the same organization.

Li Zhongyi felt that this could explain some problems, which contained the objective laws of cavalry combat.

After comprehensively considering the combat characteristics of the cavalry, Li Zhongyi decided to basically copy the Mongol cavalry organization.

However, in order to facilitate the execution of the battle mission of split-up and joint attack, Li Zhongyi set up deputy captain Wanqiu and deputy captain Qianqiu.

The deputy captain of ten thousand cavalry or deputy captain of thousand cavalry, when the troops were divided into attacks, lead five thousand cavalry or five hundred cavalry to charge into battle, which makes up for the power vacuum between ten thousand cavalry and thousand cavalry, and thousands cavalry and hundreds cavalry.

Although the time was extremely tight, so tight that even the food was eaten on the horse's back, Xue Liang still kept the reserve team.

It is obviously unrealistic to reach the Feihu Pass at the same time. Even if it arrives, the entire army will be defeated. How can we cut down people?

Therefore, Xue Liang took the initiative to divide the troops. He asked Deputy Captain Wan to lead three thousand cavalry teams, without having to hurry up, just half a day behind the main cavalry.

There is a special chapter in the cavalry training hall in the martial arts hall that talks about the importance of the battle reserve team.

In the tutorial, a practical example was specially given. When the Khitan Emperor Yelu Xiuge was still a general, he was ordered to attack the Dangxiang people.

Yelu Xiuge divided 10,000 cavalry into three thousand cavalry and seven thousand cavalry, and used 7,000 cavalry to fight against 11,000 cavalry of the Dangxiang people.

When the battle was halfway through, the 3,000 reserve team suddenly surrounded the Dangxiang people, defeating the tired Dangxiang people in an instant, and beheaded more than 5,000 levels.

Cavalry can be divided, but the ten 6-pound bronze cannons you carry with you cannot be divided.

Fortunately, Yang Lie, the general of the Northern Expedition, was prepared for the artillery soldiers in the entire Hebei Road, all of them could ride horses.

Soldiers can march on horseback. Bronze cannons can only be tied firmly to the horseback and marched with the large army.

Horses, cattle and sheep are different. They do not have the function of rumination and chewing, and their utilization rate of forage is very low.

So, horses eat grass most of the day.

As the saying goes, a horse will not be fat without night grass.

War horses need to rush to travel, and it is impossible to eat grass at any time. Moreover, eating grass alone is definitely not good, and they will definitely lose weight.

After so many years of experience summarizing, the cavalry of the Han army has also explored the rules of raising war horses.

In spring, the Han army's war horses ate not only mixed with beans, millet and wheat, but also minced pork.

The purpose is to let the war horses gain weight in spring, maintain the strength of the war horses, and ensure that they can increase their speed when charging.

For grassland people, war horses will gain weight when the autumn is clear and cool. Therefore, generally speaking, the good opportunity for grassland people to move south is autumn.

When Li Zhongyi took over the northwest tribes, he walked against the season like Emperor Wu of Han. The Han army suddenly launched an attack when the horses in each tribe were not fat, caught them off guard.

Xue Liang's troops, the standard war horses are made up of three horses.

This was learned from the Khitans on the horse's back. Three horses rode on their way in turn so that they would not exhaust the horse to death.

But now it’s not done. Time is tight, and military orders are everywhere, so Xue Liang doesn’t care about how many war horses are exhausted.

He led seven thousand people and ten bronze cannons, desperately rushing on the way. The soldiers who fell behind on the road could only wait for the deputy commander of the back team to gather along the way.

The soldiers had only slept for less than two hours before they were woken up by the robes. Everyone had their clothes, turned over again, and rushed to the road desperately.

After rushing for two consecutive days, the war horses were exhausted one after another, and the soldiers could not bear the physical strength.

On the road, there were constant soldiers running. Because they were too sleepy, they suddenly fell off their war horses, and the war horses behind them were trampled into meat paste.

Xue Liang was forced to no avail, so he gave an order, and each of them tied himself to the horse's back with a rope.

Doctrines are not omnipotent, and old revolutionaries will always encounter new problems.

It’s true that after the soldiers tied themselves to the horse’s back, they rarely happened to fall off the horse and were trampled to death by their own people.

There were more than 900 miles in total, including 100 miles of mountain roads. Xue Liang gritted his teeth and led his men. In just two days and six hours, he arrived at the foot of Feihu Xing.

Xue Liang looked at the soldiers who were lying on the horse's back and making a sound of thunder, and was in an extremely heavy mood.

Given the current situation of the soldiers, let alone launching an attack, even walking is a problem.

While everyone was sleeping soundly, Xue Liangqiang cheered up and arranged for the people from the Military Senate Department, Military Law Department and Logistics Department to count the number in detail.

After the result came out, Xue Liang couldn't help but gasp. Seven thousand elite main cavalry set out, and now there are only more than 4,000 people left.

In other words, before the war began, Xue Liang's troops were reduced by 30%.

Ten 6-pound bronze cannons were shocked and fell off the cliff on the road, and they actually lost as many as four.

According to the military information collected before the war, the Jinyang army in Feihu Xing had a population of 20,000.

The 20,000 Jinyang Army was more than enough to defend Feihu Xing, which is a natural danger.

This is also the fundamental reason why Xue Liang must lead the seven thousand main troops when he divides his troops.

The fighting habits of the imperial guards in the court have always been to predict that the enemy will be lenient and to calculate the defeat before they can be considered.

Even if there is a complete 10,000 main cavalry unit, no loss has come. If cavalry attacks the dangerous passes guarded by the enemy with heavy troops, there is no chance of winning.

The Han army was at an absolute disadvantage, and the cavalry was not conducive to attacking the pass. The only thing Xue Liang could rely on was the only six bronze cannons left.

The soldiers were still sleeping soundly, and Xue Liang was so sleepy that he couldn't sleep. Yang Lie's death order was much heavier than the pressure on Mount Tai, which made him breathless.

Xue Liang summoned the senators of the Military Senate Division, seven thousand cavalry commanders and seven thousand cavalry poliests. Everyone gathered in the temporary military tent, faced the military sand table, expressed their opinions and spoke freely.

"The terrain of Feihu Xing is extremely dangerous. The rugged mountain road only allows one carriage to pass through, so it is obviously impossible to attack."

"Our army has artillery, although there are only six left. If the artillery is quietly transported to the closest place, and fired together, the chance of breaking the ball is very high."

"The enemy troops in the pass have a total of 20,000. The total force our army can now rely on is less than 4,55. Therefore, after the closing, we must set fire to the enemy's barracks as soon as possible, causing them to panic and unable to assemble and form a formation normally."

"The infantry that cannot be arranged, even if there are many people, is like a pig or a dog. The cavalry that can only be slashed and killed unscrupulously by me."

"Yes, the war horses must be taken up the mountain quietly. However, the mountain road is extremely narrow and it is impossible to carry too much. If you want to disrupt the morale of the enemy and suppress possible counterattacks, you have to have more than 500 cavalry, right?"

"It is not difficult for us to set fire at all. When our ten thousand cavalry was formed, each soldier had a bottle of cocktail. At that time, he would throw it into the enemy's barracks, are you still afraid that the fire would not be too big?"

One person has a short plan, everyone has a long plan!

The senators of the army planned all day long how to pay the smallest price and achieve the greatest results after defeating the enemy.

"I thought that the most urgent task was to spill all the slaughterers and block the news that our army had arrived at the foot of the mountain, so as not to ask the enemy to strengthen their vigilance, and that would be in big trouble."

"We have to send someone to send a letter to the deputy Wanqi behind us, so that he can accumulate horsepower and the physical strength of the soldiers. If the battle is in a state of anxiety, we will all rely on the new force of the deputy Wanqi and his team."

After the deputy ten thousand cavalry behind gathered the fallen soldiers, they could gather two to three thousand elite soldiers and devote themselves to the battle. This may have become the last straw that crushed the Jinyang army.

After hearing this, Xue Liang was overjoyed. Looking at the senators' eyes, it was like appreciating rare treasures.
Chapter completed!