Chapter 37 Borrowing a knife to kill(1/2)
After a hurry to have breakfast, the army set out.
It was the red flag waving, the soldiers were strong, the colorful flags were flying...
Shen Bing pushed the cart behind him while yawning.
Who can stand this?
Last night, Zhaoying didn't sleep all night because of the fire. He had to rush back to the road early this morning and then had to fight.
Sometimes Shen Bing really admires those soldiers.
They were also not sleeping but were full of energy, even if they were already seventy-eighty.
Later, I thought about it and felt that they had lived in difficult environments for a long time and had become accustomed to it.
In modern times, I either have air conditioners or fans. If you have any questions, I will feel warm...
Thinking of this Shen Bing couldn't help but open his mouth again!
The march was boring because the Qin army did not allow him to speak during the march.
On the one hand, this is for the convenience of issuing orders, and on the other hand, it is for combat needs.
At first, Shen Bing didn't understand.
Xunji explained:
"If you whisper during a marching, the commander will not be able to hear the order even if he issues the order."
What this is true.
In ancient times, there were no speakers, loudspeakers and other things, and the issuance of orders was entirely based on yelling.
Just like now, a cavalryman raised his flag and rode his horse from the front to the team and ran into his mouth and shouted:
"The captain has an order, speed up!"
"The captain has an order, speed up!"
...
So the entire army accelerated its pace.
In terms of combat, sometimes night marching requires a hidden whereabouts and cannot be noticed by the enemy.
Don’t just order the army not to speak at that time. This requires the habit of not speaking in normal times.
The artillery trooper walked in the middle of the army.
This is not to protect the gunner.
Instead, Yang Ting gave the order to ask the artillery to bring more fire bombs.
Various fire bombs:
Flint bullets are used to knock on fortifications.
Pine Bang is used to "add fuel to the fire".
Mai bullets are used to "fan the flames".
So there were trenchers and fire bombs, including more than twenty cars of fire bombs alone, and the artillery masters could not transport them.
These more than 20 cars are just the first wave, and they are still being continuously produced and transported forward in the future.
However, Shen Bing is not sure whether these stone bullets can work.
You must know that the opponent is Li Mu.
Is this Li Mu beaten?
If Wang Jian and King Zhao had not exploded against him, who could have touched him?
I don’t know what kind of stubbornness that little girl is.
Just as Shen Bing was complaining about the world, a team of more than 500 wounded soldiers came down in front.
After confirming that it was a wounded soldier of the Qin army.
They seemed to be troops breaking out of the Zhao army's encirclement.
Everyone was injured and covered in blood, and they were exhausted and seemed to fall at any time.
Perhaps it was because of this that Yang Ting ordered them to return to the Great Wall instead of going for reinforcements with the troops.
Chen Bing always felt a little weird when he looked at the wounded soldiers, but he couldn't say anything wrong.
Then, when Chen Bing saw the Gaoche people walking in front of him, he suddenly understood...
These wounded soldiers walk a little like those of tall chariots.
What's going on?
Chen Bing was a little strange, asked:
"Yu (lí), have you always walked like this?"
It is the name of the Gaocheren.
Some barbarian tribes in Mobei have a strange habit, which is to use sharp weapons to mark a blood mark on the face to show their courage.
"小" means to scratch and cut, which is also the origin of several scars on the face of the tall car.
So he didn't care about the punishment of tattooing at all.
If the sword cuts his nose, it will be his life.
"Always like this." Wu replied.
After pausing, Hu added: "It's not just me, but the rest of my tribe are also like this."
"Why?" Chen Bing asked curiously.
Answer:
"It's all because I've been riding a horse since I was a kid."
"When riding a horse, you need to clamp your legs hard to the horse's body."
"After a long time, the inner strength of the legs is greater than that of the outside, so it is natural to walk."
Chen Bing suddenly realized with a "Oh".
There were no stirrups and saddles in this era. At best, it was to put a blanket on the horse's back and sit better.
When riding, try to clamp the horse's body with your legs to maintain stability.
At the same time, you need to hold the horse's neck with at least one hand, otherwise it will fall off the horse's back by accident.
This is also one of the reasons why the chariots of this era have not been eliminated...
On flat terrain, cavalry is not the enemy of chariots at all.
Over time, the cavalry was a little out of the way because of their legs clamping their horses.
Chen Bing patted Ji's shoulder, raised his head to the back, and asked:
"Look at them, are they the same as you?"
Yu looked back and was confused: "How could they be the same as me?"
Chen Bing reminded him angrily: "Walking posture!"
He said "Oh", looked carefully, and nodded and replied:
"It's a bit weird indeed."
"The walking posture is indeed the same as mine."
"It should be long-term riding."
"But……"
But there is no need to say anything, none of these wounded soldiers have horses.
And they were wearing standard infantry armor, one of which was five hundred.
You should know that these five hundred masters cannot be easily acquired, nor can they be acquired by a cavalry and infantry.
Especially cavalry is precious, no country will turn a large number of cavalry into infantry.
As he was talking, he saw Tian Huize coming and asked sternly:
"What's the matter of whispering?"
"Chen Bing, you are so ignorant of the rules as a chief engineer."
"How to restrain subordinates..."
Seeing Tian Que's appearance, it seemed that he would be dismissed or punished.
Chen Bing and Wei knew very well that Tian was just taking advantage of the problem, and although he was secretly hated, he had no choice.
However……
To be continued...