Chapter 1796 Strange Weapon
After Ma Long led the lead Dengying from Ji County, he headed west and arrived in Yuzhong for more than ten days. The progress was extremely slow.
Of course, this is not a big deal for Ma Long. The first camp is composed of a flat box car array. Compared with ordinary infantry battalions, the first camp is slower.
However, there is almost no need to be equipped with an independent logistics convoy in the first camp. All supplies and food can be transported by flat trucks. Before going to the expedition, Ma Long had prepared sufficient food and food and supplies to support the needs of the first camp for several months.
Ma Long knew very well that this battle was different from the past. They were going to go deep into the desert and Gobi. The journey of thousands of miles was a huge test for the army's logistics supply, and the flat box trucks had unique advantages in this regard.
Flat box trucks are not only a defensive device, but also a tool for transporting supplies. Large boxes can be filled with various materials without having to be transported separately by the logistics team.
This is crucial when fighting with the Xianbei people. After all, the Xianbei people are almost all cavalry and have strong mobility. During the long-distance marching of the Wei army, the logistics supply line is very easy to be attacked by the Xianbei people. Once this happens, the infantry in the front will be in a dilemma of being cut off from food and supplies, which seriously affects the combat effectiveness.
The flat box truck has its own transportation function, which makes the originally cumbersome logistical support much easier.
In addition to food and grass, the most common carts are bows, arrows, crossbows. The box cart array has super defensive capabilities, but its maneuverability is too poor. Therefore, bows, arrows and other weapons are magic weapons to defeat the enemy first. As long as the Xianbei people dare to attack, they will try what pear blossom rain is called.
However, what is strange is that Ma Long also asked Xiandeng Camp to carry a batch of bronze weapons, including bronze swords, bronze spears and bronze arrows.
You should know that bronze weapons were weapons from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and were still widely used in the Spring and Autumn Period. However, in the Warring States Period, the emergence of sharper iron weapons gradually replaced bronze weapons. It was precisely because of the sharp iron weapons that the Qin State swept across Liuhe and unified the world.
With the destruction of the Six Kingdoms, bronze weapons eventually withdrew from the stage of history and became a decorative thing. Now that Ma Long has moved this "antique" back to the battlefield, it is indeed inexplicable.
Compared to copper, iron is more cheap and practical. Today's copper is more used to mint coins. As circulating currency, it is so extravagant that Malong has minted so many bronze weapons at one time! Many people saw Malong moving so many bronze weapons to the chariot, and there was a strong smell of copper. Such military equipment was really too expensive.
But the key is that bronze weapons are not as useful as iron weapons. If they are head-on, then in all bronze weapons, they will be cut off by iron weapons. No one knows what Malongna’s weapons are useful. Could it be that they want to show off to the Xianbei people?
Ma Long just smiled but said nothing. The batch of weapons were not equipped into the army, but were stuffed into a flat box truck and temporarily stored.
At the same time, there were many black stones loaded into the flat box truck. Many people couldn't figure out what the purpose of these stones were. They were heavy and heavy anyway. Ma Long also specifically instructed his subordinates to be more careful and never break the black stones.
Many people were even more puzzled. Seeing Ma Long's careful appearance, these strange black stones must have great use, but if Ma Long didn't say it, they couldn't even think of one if they wanted to break their heads.
According to Cao Liang's requirements, the preparations for the first camp and the Yueqi camp must be completed within three days. Moreover, Cao Liang has ordered that all the supplies should be tilted towards the first camp and the Yueqi camp. As long as they need it, they should be given priority to the first camp.
The Yueqi Camp did not make much preparations. They simply prepared for the expedition. However, when they first arrived at the camp, they stuffed large bags of land into it until all the flat carts were stuffed full.
The box truck was originally relatively bulky and slow to move. It was loaded with things, and it became slower to move. After setting off, the Rikka camp seemed unwilling to wait for the slow movement to go to the camp first, and roared away first, ran in front, and soon disappeared.
Ma Long walked forward slowly without any haste. It took more than ten days to reach the edge of the Yellow River.
To the east of the Yellow River belong to the boundary of Yongzhou, and to the west of the Yellow River belong to the boundary of Liangzhou. Now Yongzhou and Liangzhou are two different realms. Yongzhou is still under the control of the Wei army, and Liangzhou is already the world of Xianbei people.
Ma Long was extremely cautious all the way and was always guarding against the sneak attacks of the Xianbei people. Although the scouts sent out to reconnaissance learned that there were no traces of the Xianbei people east of the Yellow River, Ma Long did not take it lightly. After all, he knew very well that the Xianbei people were all cavalry and had strong mobility. Perhaps they could not see the Xianbei people at this moment, and the next moment they would appear in front of you.
So along the way, whether it was marching or camping, Ma Long put Xiancheng in a first-level combat readiness state. During the march, the flat box carts were divided into two columns, lined up on both sides of the team, and all the infantry were sandwiched between the two rows of flat box carts.
When camping, there were more camps that first climbed the camp than other infantry battalions. They surrounded the flat box trucks and did not dig trenches or set up fences. There were flat box trucks as barriers. The Wei soldiers in the camp could also sleep peacefully, and they did not have to be afraid of the Xianbei people coming to attack in the middle of the night.
After crossing the Yellow River near Yuzhong, I first went to the Yingying and officially set foot on the land of Liangzhou.
After entering Liangzhou, they did not encounter the Xianbei people. Instead, they saw the corpses of many local people in Liangzhou. Most of them were killed by a knife, and they were corpses in the wilderness, and there were extremely many. The more they walked west, the more bodies they found.
There is no doubt that these people were killed by Xianbei people. These Xianbei people were really cruel. After entering Liangzhou, they burned, killed, plundered and committed all kinds of evil. The people of Liangzhou really suffered a great disaster.
The soldiers of the Wei army were all filled with righteous indignation. Although it was impossible to avoid casualties in the war, it was definitely a matter of anger between humans and gods that the soldiers of the Wei army were secretly swearing that they would repay their blood debts and blood after they encountered the Xianbei people. They would never show mercy. They must fight for tooth and blood to seek justice for these Liangzhou people.
Chapter completed!