Chapter 29: The northland is full of wind and snow, and the elites come out of the wilderness.

When Zhao Jin went on an expedition, Hui Niang and the maids of honor were sent to the palace gate, Li Tu and He Anping were sent to the north gate of the new city, Wuda and Xiao Qian were sent ten miles away, and the six sisters Chu Chu, Xiangzhi, Jin Yuan, Yuluan, Xing'er and Ping'er were sent to 30 miles away.

Since the establishment of the regime, Zhao Jin originally wanted to learn from Zhao Kuangyin's reputation of "heroes and heroes, sitting without chaos". He settled the six women of heaven and national colors in the outer palace and officially recognized them as their sisters. Unexpectedly, he was mistaken by the generals for the Lord, who was a disciple of immortals, who had a tendency to eat fireworks in the world, which made them worried. The future of the regime. This is really self-defeating. It's too late to regret!

Now looking at the beautiful sisters, Zhao Jin thought to himself, "Wow, if I had known, it would have been better to be a wife! I have to fool myself with this hard work, and I have to eat it in vain!"

It is useless to repent, and everything should be on the positive side. Zhao Jin was originally alone, but now he has so many good sisters, isn't it a pleasure? That's right! For me now, my wife is actually easy to get. As the saying goes, "Why does a big man have no wife", but his sister is more valuable!

On that day, I want to sweep the fallen leaves, pick up dead branches to make a fire, pull wild vegetables, and scoop up spring water to make soup with them. This is a feeling that comes from adversity. Now they have sent all the way affectionately, and they are reluctant to leave for more than 30 miles. They are not only looking forward to their brother's complete victory, but also afraid that their brother will brave the severe winter to send troops in case there is a long and two short... This is really a feeling of separation from life and death. This scene reminded Zhao Jin of a small order from Guan Hanqing: "The world is close to the south and the north, and the moon is short of flowers flying in an hour. Holding the cup in his hand, his eyes are full of tears. As soon as he said, he took care of his breath, and he was reluctant to teach people in pain. Those who go well, look forward to the future!"

Thinking of this little order and looking at the tears of his sisters, Zhao Jin was also infatuated. However, the military aircraft could not stop any longer. Zhao Jin had to comfort them with a bold laugh and joked with them: "Are you afraid that I will go for a long time and delay your matchmaking? Ah ha ha! Don't worry, brother will come back when the spring flowers bloom. When you come back, I will arrange a good marriage for each of you, so that you can be reliable and happy for life!"

Xing'er and Ping'er, who had no personnel, lowered their heads in shame. Chu Chu, Xiangzhi, who came from the brothel, and Jinyuan and Yuluan, who came from the pear garden, couldn't help but feel sad and happy when they heard this. Their greatest wish since falling into the world is to have a home, happy and dare not expect too much, as long as it is plain and healthy. When I was first rescued by my brother, I saw that he was so heroic and cheerful, I couldn't help but look forward to living with him for a lifetime, but... this is my fate. No matter what my future is, I only hope that my brother can return safely and triumphantly.

It was far from the city. Zhao Jin did not allow them to send them again. He ordered the female guards to send them back to the city and waved their hands.

After the establishment of the regime, Zhao Jin selected more powerful people from Qiang, Jutzhen, Khitan, Turkic and other female slaves, and also mixed some Han women who could fight to form a pro-guard female army, so that they were responsible for defending the palace and escorting their relatives.

In addition, Zhao Jin is whimssy - let them practice riding and shooting! Originally, this was just to satisfy the general's preference for female soldiers, but this led to the emergence of a major distinctive arms later!

Just because Zhao Jin felt that the female soldiers were not strong enough, they could only develop in terms of dexterity, so he asked them to practice riding and shooting - not riding archery, but riding a crossbow! Ordinary crossbows are difficult to use on horseback, so there has been no large-scale crossbowmen in the history of various countries. Zhao Jin mobilized many skilled craftsmen in the new city, gave them questions to solve problems, and invented a special crossbow that was not accurate enough but was easy to operate and easy to use for riding!

Historically, there was a kind of special crossbow that can be used continuously. It is said that it was invented by Zhuge Liang and was named "Zhuge crossbow" - in fact, Zhuge Liang will invent a head! At most, he ordered the craftsmen to invent it. So, since the continuous special crossbow can be called "Zhuge crossbow", the riding and shooting special crossbow is fully qualified to be called "Zhao's crossbow"!

In this way, the Zhao women's army armed with "Zhao's crossbow" does not need to practice so many projects like ordinary soldiers. They only diligently practice the two basic skills of horse riding and crossbow every day. Zhao Jin thought that although he can't become an all-round sergeant, he may also be useful in a war! When the country employs people, the establishment of a women's army is also of significance to expand the source of troops!

What Zhao Jin thinks and does is different from ordinary monarchs. People with ideas in the Rebels feel that it is really possible to do a big career with such a master! Of course, there are also people who feel that the master's mind is unreasonable and worried.

In this way, Zhao Yu led 1,200 soldiers of the Chinese army and marched in the ice and snow. It was okay when I first came out. I marched about 150 miles a day. For General Zhao, with so many people, he was angry and galloped forward in the vast white world, feeling strong and comfortable.

How far is 150 miles? China's ancient mileage has long been using 1800 feet as one mile. One foot is about 0.231 meters in modern times - seven feet of men, that is, about 1.62 meters, which was very high in ancient times. One Rio is equal to 415.8 meters in modern times. 150 miles is equal to the modern 62 kilometers.

Isn't it too bad for a pure cavalry force to walk more than 60 kilometers a day? You can't say that. Pay attention to the maintenance of horses.

The famous historical "a rider of the red dust concubine smiled, and no one knew that it was a lychee" said that Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, provided her with fresh lychees in order to please the noble concubine Yang Yuhuan. From Lingnan, the origin of lychee, to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the journey is five or six thousand miles (Han Yu's poem "Yangyang Road" is basically realistic, because after entering Lingnan, it takes more than 1,000 miles to Chaozhou). Five or six thousand miles, no horse can be delivered in the short preservation period of lychee, so dozens of post horses must be used, one running about 100 miles, and the next relay continues... In this way, the lychee is fresh, and the horse is tired a lot.

If Yuan Taizu Genghis Khan knew about this kind of thing, he would definitely be angry. Genghis Khan loves horses as much as his life. In the military discipline promulgated by the generals, there is such a strict order: those who usually don't care about horsepower and gallop hard, or don't give the horse a saddle when resting - "When you see such a person, if I know him, send it to me and I will teach him a lesson in person; if I don't know him, then on the spot Beheading, don't tell me!"

Who does Zhao Jin want to learn from? Naturally, he is the wise Genghis Khan, who doesn't learn from the prosperous Tang Dynasty to decline. Therefore, Zhao Jin waved his army forward and paid attention to rest and horsepower all the way.

Cavalry also needs logistics, so in addition to riding horses, they must also carry horses. Those horses are not ridden, how can I take them?

One way is very simple - riding a male horse, and the wives of the male horse will naturally follow. In nature, a herd of horses is usually composed of a leading stallion and several mares and pony, and the mares themselves have the habit of following the leading stallion.

Another way applies to bachelors without wives. What about those guys? Just string them side by side with reels and become a "serial horse". It is more convenient to rush up and will not run around randomly. This is the logistics method used by the northern peoples in history. The southern Han people did not understand it, so they spread the story and made the "serial horse" a very powerful combat service.

This is actually wrong. Serial horses cannot be used in combat. Later Emperor Qianlong couldn't help laughing and pointing out that the descriptions in these books were absolutely wrong when he saw the "Liangshan hero broke the serial horse" and the folk story "Yue Fei broke the serial horse" in the Water Margin. If an army is stupid enough to really string horses into a row, then in a war, it is itself that collapses first. Because in a row of horses, some run fast, some run slowly, some are brave, some are timid, some are tame, and some are wild, how can they be unified? It's okay to string them together and run slowly to the logistics; once they go to the battlefield, it's absolutely chaotic and absolutely overturn them!

The next day, Zhao Jin continued to lead his army forward, with 1,200 people and three times the horses, into the hilly area. The hills were not easy to walk, but unexpectedly, there was bad weather and heavy snow all over the sky.

Bad! If he had known that there would be bad weather, Zhao Jin would rather send troops later. However, there is no weather forecast in this era, and the march can only be gambled on luck. Zhao Jin wanted to face the difficulties, so he led the people and horses, facing the wind and snow, and stubbornly forced the army.

In the wind and snow, people's eyes are blurred and the horse's eyes are blurred. All the sergeants disarmed, including Zhao Jin, personally led the horse forward. What a scene of "You carry the burden, I lead the horse"... That's Journey to the West, and Zhao Jin's side is "you drag the knife, I lead the horse", which is hard enough!

The journey the next day is only 20 miles at most, maybe only ten miles. When he really couldn't walk to camp, Zhao Yu only felt exhausted. He set up a tent to drive the gallop and several mares in and scolded, "You and your wives, big and small, are disobedient today!" Isn't it just snowing? Where's the courage?"

But when I think about it, this wind and snow is really not a joke. Not to mention "the snow hugs the blue and the horse does not move forward", even people find it extremely difficult! I don't know how the pioneers are doing? What happened to the back team Lu Xiang and Liu Shang? The general is so tired that he is about to die.

Historically, Li Yuxue took Caizhou at night, because he marched at night, which was even more dangerous. At night, the human body is very weak and the temperature is low, so it is easy to freeze to death. Zhao Jin loves nurses and refuses to walk at night. He only marches during the day, which is better. Li Jian shuttled among tens of thousands of enemy troops to attack heavy areas, cisizing the fastest speed and urging the army extremely strictly. Zhao Jin was still a little tolerant and encouraged the soldiers to work hard. Yes, the bad weather now is a test given by God! You can't retreat. Only the whole army can unite to overcome all difficulties and keep moving forward!

(To be continued Chapter 30: Tan Ma's due diligence has been reused, and the Lord's good governance has won the hearts of the people)