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Chapter Fear of Jokes

As one of the local horse breeds, Mongolian horses have long been used for human use. They have known that they should feed them during the long run of horses. In the Han Dynasty, the Huns fed millet to the ancestors of Mongolian horses during the march. In the Tang Dynasty, Mongolian horses were required to feed them every day when they marched. In theory, when the Khitans were strong, Mongolian horses should become famous all over the world.

During the confrontation between the Yellow River along the Liang and Jin River, when King Li Cunxu was training his soldiers and marching, in order to ensure the continuous combat capability of horses during combat, he even ordered that "cavalry should not ride horses without seeing the enemy" and strictly restrained the soldiers. The highest punishment for soldiers who violated this military order can be asked to be executed. It is not that Li Cunxu did not want to use horses to increase the speed of the march, but to ensure that the cavalry had sufficient impact in combat.

It can be seen that cavalry with Mongolian horses as the main force in all dynasties has been difficult for the Mongolian cavalry to marches for long distances without horsepower for many consecutive days. How could the Mongolian horses not outstanding in all aspects be able to achieve extraordinary performance?

Zhao Bing actually didn't know it. After entering this world, he didn't understand it at first, and he firmly believed in the inherent views of his previous life. However, as the number of Mongolian soldiers captured in battle increased, especially when senior Mongol generals such as Zhongdu Ge and Badu were captured in the last Northern Expedition, he learned the secret - the Mongolians' unique horse training technique.

The Mongolians were nomadic people who were fully equipped with military troops who were on horseback and dismounted horses for the people. After ordinary Mongolian soldiers were summoned by the Khan, they would transform from herdsmen into soldiers. They had lived with Mongolian horses for a long time and naturally knew the shortcomings of their own horses. Therefore, they adopted the horse hanging technology, which allowed Mongolian horses to burst out all their potential in the war.

The so-called horse hanging method is to reasonably arrange the horse's food intake and exercise. If Mongolian horses are disobedient, they will hang them up directly, and then sweat for more than 20 days in a cycle, and run long distances:

On the first day, Mongolian soldiers only allowed horses to walk their horses more than a dozen times, and would conduct close-range running training on the next day; on the third day, they would conduct sweating, that is, let the horses sweat a lot, which would make the poor Mongolian horse sweat several to tens of pounds a day; after the fourth day, they would conduct close-range walking slowly, and on the fifth day, the sixth day, the jogging and running training were carried out one after another.

It was not until the seventh day that the horse was temporarily rested for one day, recovered its physical strength, and continued to hang sweat on the eighth day. Then it maintained the process of sweat hanging for several days, and conducted jogging training, running training, long-distance running, and rest training after more than ten days. After a short rest and recuperation, the jogging training was resumed. At this time, the horse's physical strength reached its peak and it was able to rush for a long-distance raid.

This method of conditioning horses is a secret that Mongolians must keep, so it gave Westerners the wrong impression of strong endurance of Mongolian war horses, which extended many imaginations and spread rumors, making Mongolian horses awesome for centuries. Even after the "secret" is revealed, Ni Liang was so angry that he almost killed the hundreds of slaves who had been treating them well.

As the son of the Yuan general Suodu, Baijianu, had been fighting with his father for a long time, and when he became an adult, he even participated in various battles breaking through the Han River. It was impossible not to know how to hang horses. After he was captured in the Quanzhou Battle, Ni Liang always treated him as a master and learned riding and shooting skills and cavalry tactics from him. He also taught him all his strengths, but even so, he did not tell Ni Liang about this secret.

Therefore, even after the Song army recovered Jiangnan, they formed several cavalry troops and fought against enemy cavalry during the Northern Expedition. Even after suffering certain casualties in the battle, they could still maintain a complete system and good combat effectiveness. However, they only dared to send a small cavalry unit to abandon the baggage and launch an attack on a small scale for an urgent target for a small target, but they did not have the ability to conduct large-scale and long-distance marches of long-distance systems.

Now the Song army has learned that Mongolian equestrians are taught, but they are also in a confidential state and only conduct trial training within the cavalry. Because once the news leaks, the Mongolians will know that the Song Dynasty cavalry has the ability to run long distances, so they are prevented. On the other hand, the implementation cycle of equestrians takes more than a month, and when they are learned by Mongolian spies, they can infer that the Song army was preparing for the pre-war, resulting in a loss of suddenness.

Although Lu Zheng was honest, he was good at the Prime Minister's House after all, and knew what to ask and what should not be known. Seeing that the emperor had no intention of saying too much about this, he did not ask more questions here. Instead, he asked about the relevant knowledge of the brigade's march. Zhao Bing was very generous in giving advice. He took their marching team as an example to explain and told them that although they were marching in China, they were still deployed according to the wartime.

The navy does not have to say much. In addition to sending baggage ships to the front station to purchase supplies and arrange camps, they will also send clutches to reconnaissance first, detect waterways ahead, change of water conditions, choose campsites, send troops to search complex river channels, clear out potential dangers, and place alerts. At the same time, they will board ships that may be threatened along the way, check all unsafe factors, and ensure the safe passage of the fleet.

The cavalry accompanying the land must also prevent sneak attacks from land. Preventing the enemy's sneak attacks tests the ability of ancient generals. Spreading around the world through rangers, reconnaissance cavalry, etc., it becomes the main means to prevent sneak attacks. The scout camp is dedicated to tasks such as preventing sneak attacks, exploring enemy situations, and reporting information.

Before the army sets out and leaves the camp, the reconnaissance cavalry must go out to investigate. They are organized by the corps, and there are five people in each corps. These five people cannot leave each other's sight when they are investigating. At the same time, each person must be equipped with a cannon in order to call the army when encountering emergencies. When marching, no matter how many troops are divided into, each corps must be equipped with multiple reconnaissance cavalry. Each corps is one mile apart, and is widely scattered and echoes, and can be scattered for up to twenty miles.

As the eyes of the army, the reconnaissance cavalry detects the road conditions and water sources in front of the march, and also needs to be investigated and understood. At the same time, the ranger then collects the detected situations to the large army to ensure that there are no ambushes from the enemy in the front. Only after doing this can the large army accelerate the march. However, the detection of the reconnaissance cavalry ensures the safety of the army on the march, but also delays the overall marching speed of the army, which is also one of the reasons that drags down the speed of the accompanying cavalry...

He drove on the canal for another two days to reach Pingjiang Prefecture. Pingjiang is an important town in the south of the Yangtze River, blocking the security of Lin'an, and it is also a place of taxation, especially the important place of production for silk. The next day is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the march will need to rest for many days. Zhao Bing ordered his landing and entered the palace with the welcome of military and political officials in Pingjiang.

The next day, Zhao Bing and his subordinates summoned Pingjiang officials, listened to their reports, investigated the material reserves, inspected the local garrisons, and inspected the production of newly built cotton workshops and winter clothes. The next day, he had a great banquet with the military and civilians, spent the Mid-Autumn Festival, and also enjoyed the moon and sang and talked with local famous scholars and scholars until the end of the garrison.

Only then did Zhao Bing get free. After washing up, he enjoyed the moon with his family. In addition to the queen Wu Xi, concubine Chen Shu, there were also Chen Renweng and Chen Shishi's uncle and nephew. Even though Zhao Bing was careless in the capital, due to the rules, it was difficult for the concubines to leave the palace to reunite with their family in one year. At present, Chen Shu and her family ride a boat together, but it is difficult to meet even if the king and his ministers are different, so Zhao Bing specially invited them to enjoy the moon together.

"When will the bright moon shine on me?" Although Zhao Bing is the emperor, no one dared to force him to drink, today's banquet can't help but drink to entertain him. He talked at night and couldn't help but drink two more glasses. He looked at the dawn Haoyue and remembered that he had traveled to this world for more than ten years, but he didn't know if he could return to that colorful world, nor did he know how his parents were doing. He was still a little drunk and sighed.

"The official family has only been away from Beijing for more than ten days, so he missed home?" Queen Wu Xi chuckled after hearing this.

"All family, country, and the world are my home?" Zhao Bing turned his face and looked at him with a smile.

"When you reunite in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the official family must miss the children." Chen Shu joked.

"Haha..." Zhao Bing couldn't explain after hearing this, so he could only smile and say nothing.

"I'm told you!" Seeing the emperor's appearance, Chen Shu smiled again, "The official family is really good to the children. If you cause trouble, you won't say anything serious. You are more like a child king. When you have free time, you will lead the big one, hold the little one, and play with the little one on your back, without being a father..."

"Don't be rude!" Chen Renweng saw his daughter's words "frivolous", and quickly spoke and stopped.

"Today's festival, we are all family members, so there are not so many rules, just be casual!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and smiled.

"The Imperial Concubine has been a naughty since she was a child. The government should not be too indulged in it, but it should be more restrained." The emperor was tolerant, but Chen Renweng dared not, and said politely.

"What Chen Shangshu said is that the government is too arrogant to the children. If I teach you a few lessons, he will protect you!" Wu Xi took the opportunity to complain.

"The official family may have been wandering when they were young and experienced all the hardships, so they spoiled his highness and the princess too much!" Chen Renweng knew that the queen and His Majesty were not very harmonious, and even the father-in-law did not have the time to interfere in the emperor's family affairs, so he could only explain.

"Oh, what Mr. Chen said is that I often educate Jing'er with my childhood experience, but his face was full of ignorance and no longer had the style of the official family!" Wu Xi smiled helplessly and bitterly.

"The officials and subordinates have always been curious that the officials can control the army so much that they can take over the overall situation, and save the building from falling. They are also determined to recover the old land and chase the Tartars far away from the north of the desert. It can be seen that the officials have had ambitions to keep the world in mind since childhood!" Chen Shishi said.
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