It either does not rain or it will take several days to stop. The entire army spent almost every day from the three or four days from the mobilization to the departure. It was a challenge to the extreme physical strength. The lightning flashed, one after another. The bright light kept penetrating the sky covered with dark clouds above its head, setting off the low clouds like monsters lurking under the lightning. It was hideous and decadent. There was no need to hold a torch. It could illuminate just by these constant lightning and lightning. Moreover, there was no road ahead, and there was only a large section of grassland, which seemed to be endless, and was exhausted.

The physical fitness of the war horses is relatively well preserved, because the cavalry is not willing to use war horses to travel in such weather. Hutchison's war horses are always fed with essential materials in winter, and even eggs are rationed every day. Under such breeding conditions, the war horses that survive the winter are not tired and still look fat and strong. Even so, the soldiers will only get on the horse when they are extremely tired and rest for a while, and most of the time they are leading the horses to walk.

Dragoons are one man and one horse, and they put part of the armor on the horse and some of them on their backs. They were originally infantrymen and were used to walking with their feet. They felt quite lucky to have a horse to share their luggage.

Under the lightning, we can see that the dragon cavalry were all wearing oily clothes and round hats. The muskets were stuffed into the holster made of oil cloth and hung diagonally on the side of the horse's belly. Some people also chose to carry the muskets on their shoulders, but instead carried debris such as swords or backpacks to the war horse camel.

On the north side of the Dragoon team are the lancers marching together. They only have more than 300 soldiers, including more than 150 soldiers, and more than 150 soldiers are the auxiliary soldiers unique to the lancer troops. Each auxiliary soldiers also carries and pulls a war horse. The horse carries more than 70 kilograms of equipment: the heavy armor and weapons of the lancers.

The lancers rode forward on horseback, with backpacks on their butts and some daily necessities. The cavalry only had a sabre on their bodies. They were wearing military robes and moved forward lightly.

Unlike the Dragoon, the creed of the lances is to be engaged in battle at any time, so they must always ensure that their physical condition is intact. They always ride on horses. If one horse walks too much, they will change to another one. Since the war horse is selected from the elite, it is obviously one taller than the Dragoon's war horses and is also fatter. Therefore, for war horses, they can also march with weight. However, after a long-distance raid, the war horses must get a long rest to replenish and restore physical fitness, otherwise they will die in large numbers.

The war horses are very delicate and quite delicate, which is also the most precious lesson that the merchant army has learned in the past two years on the grassland.

The military and political officer is Nie Lei. He and the five companies of the Lancers are scattered across a thousand miles, responsible for helping and teaching the training of the dragon cavalry. Whether it is the tactics of riding horses to fight against the enemy, marching, or training and stocking war horses, the experience of the Lancers is undoubtedly far above the dragon cavalry.

The original gun cavalry was directly dispersed and scattered among the various dragon cavalry regiments. In addition to the first and second, the infantry regiments also had the 12th regiments in Kuandian and the 4th regiments in Taiwan. In addition to these regiments, they were almost all changed to the dragon cavalry regiment. The number of people was too large and the number of cavalry was far from enough. Therefore, not only were the gun cavalry dispersed, but even the lance cavalry regiments were also dispersed.

This is of course Zhou Yao's big move. Zhang Han's trust and suspicion from the military command made Zhou Yao, known as the King of Hell of Zhou, have tried his best. From Zhou Daniu to the officer of the Military Training Department, Zhou Yao's turn was not gorgeous, but on the contrary was extremely difficult. From the time when he escaped on the battlefield in the 47th year of Wanli, to the six years now, from the fleeing border army in Liaozhen to the command of the lancers of the first regiment, to the daily training of more than 100,000 troops and thousands of officers, it is a very serious challenge for Zhou Yao... However, judging from the rapid progress of various departments, and the rapid progress of physical fitness and the spirit and skills of the soldiers, Zhou Yao has given a very excellent answer.

The lances were arrogant. They rode horses and marched silently in the rain. Although the superiors did not give orders to march silently, the group did not speak casually. When they marched, they were already used to silence.

Their hands were mostly rough and calloused, their legs and waist were connected to the horse body, up and down, their faces were mostly covered with frost, and their eyes were mostly cold and ruthless... The Lancers swept across the grassland before they were established, covering the main force of fortress building, and they fought for a long time. Later, more and more soldiers, their equipment became stronger and stronger, and their opponents were getting weaker and weaker. Gradually, they swept through many tribes in more than a year. In the final battle of crossing the river, the infantry regiment had to cross the river by fighting hard, and the Lancers had swept across the left wing, defeating tens of thousands of Tumote herders in the battle. If the Lancers were willing to push without regard to death and injury, they could push directly to the edge of Qingcheng before the main force of the infantry arrived, and the Mongols who could fight would not dare to show their heads.

Under absolute strength, all conspiracies are fake. The lances also have arrogance that other units do not have. They hardly talk to the dragon cavalry, and the two long snake-like teams along the way have no intersection at all. Only in daily training can these lances be willing to spare their words, but most of them are scolding and teaching, and there are endless swear words like the Yangtze River sweeping towards the poor dragon cavalry.

"The team is temporarily rest!" A military commander ran back and forth in front of the team, shouting: "Stay for two quarters of an hour, feed the horse, drink water, and eat!"

From the time of departure at 6 o'clock in the morning, it is already midnight. It must have been after midnight. After walking for nearly twenty hours, I only took a break for one quarter of an hour along the way. Everyone was exhausted. The rest time of half an hour was definitely not enough to restore physical fitness, and the superiors were definitely not polite to the soldiers, and the rest time was mainly for war horses.

While unbuttoning the backpacks, the Dragoons joked that it would be better if they could get the treatment of a horse.

Indeed, in the rain, people first took care of their own war horses.

Grab the essence, put on eggs, and feed the war horses. Try to give the war horses clean water. If you don’t have enough water, you can only pick up the rainwater from the turf to drink.

Fortunately, there are many seazis passing by, and everyone has sufficient water storage.

After feeding the war horses, everyone started to eat.

Many people who have exhausted their energy have fallen asleep in the rain with big cakes or jerky lamb in their mouths.

The unsleeping person also hurriedly finished eating, then wrapped the tart cloth around his body, and lay on the grass covered with rain.

Some new recruits could not sleep because they were too tired and were kicked in the butt by patrol officers. Not having to rest at this time was simply a crime, and the veterans had already snored loudly.

While Nie Lei was boosting morale, a group of officers of the Dragoon stopped the horse. Ma Wu sent a military order to announce the rest. All officers at the company level gathered together, and everyone looked forward. In the sight of the telescope, a big river like a jade belt was roaring and rushing. This was a rare rainy season on the grassland. The river rose and the water was very strong. Many places spread out the river. Fortunately, it was the grassland. Even if it was a few hundred steps wide, it would have no effect on anyone.

The rain dripped along the brim of the hat, slid across Ma Wu's dark eyebrows, fell on his cheeks, and continued to slide down on the collar of the oil cloth, and then slid down along the robe.

All officers were actually as tired as soldiers, but they were officers and had no power to rest at this time. They were all a group of young people. The youngest was only in their early twenties, and the largest one was about thirty. This was a group of steel-like people. Everyone had thin faces, and their tough faces had straight lines like knife-cut lines. They pursed their lips and tried hard to make their waists straighter... The officers of the Lancers also gathered with the Dragoons, but they had no subordinates.

That kind of arrogance was because the officers in front of him were as excellent as them. Although they were wearing oil cloth and had to run back and forth in the team, the more they walked, the more rain they would leak into. The gray robe was already half wet or wet, tightly pressed against her body, wrinkled with round horizontal lines, and the mud gun was behind her back, hitting the cowhide belt from time to time. The military boots and robe hem were splashed with mud and grass. Everyone's hands and face were white. They soaked in the rain for several days, and everyone was the same.

When Nie Lei rushed over, a simple tent had been built.

"You can have a meeting." Nie Lei smiled and said, "The military chief is responsible for the military. Tell me the resolution. I will keep it as a war diary and report it for filing in the future."

Both military and military judges have their own emphasis, and the responsibilities of military and political officials are not only as simple as encouraging morale. However, Nie Lei is the most popular among military and political officials. Not only does he do his job very well, but he also tries not to interfere with the decisions made by the military chief officer. Therefore, although Nie Lei, a regiment-level military and political officer, is very popular among Ma Wu and others in this army. His modesty and responsibility have also won the respect of many young officers.

"Let's go in and say." Ma Wu greeted him simply, and withdrew from his oily clothes, he entered the simple tent.

The map was already laid out, and the officers crowded together, looking at Ma Wu and the map in silence.

"This strategic goal is to attack the Ketu Khan tribe that trans-Mongolia's Northern Ruttal Khalkha. Based on the maps and military information provided by the Drawing Bureau, we can obtain the following results."

Ma Wu pointed to the map and said, "From the Selen River to the middle of the Halartai River, the Quetu Khan tribe, which is the territory of the Tangu Ulianghai as mentioned before. On the left is Ubud Sanor Haizi, which is hundreds of miles in radius. It is a considerable lake. On the south side is Chilemie Bohaizi, which is slightly smaller than Ubud Sanor, and it is also a large sea. The Tohui tribe is in the southwest and the large area to the northeast is the Zasaktu tribe. There are more than ten tribes of all sizes and sizes in the northwest and northeast. Going west is the territory of the Weila tribe, which is not something we can reach now."
Chapter completed!