Water Margin: I, Wang Lun, will have many children and many blessings in Liangshan.

For a veteran like Zhong Shidao, these details are what he, the general manager of Jingyuan Road and the deputy commander of the camp, should do.

Tong Guan doesn't worry about these"little things".

But the success or failure of a war may be the accumulation of such small things.

Scouting You Yi is no small matter.

When Xiang Huangchao entered Guanzhong, Zhu Wen acted as a wandering envoy, leading his own elite and a large number of reconnaissance cavalry to monitor the movements of the Tang army, suppress the reconnaissance cavalry in various towns, and eliminate a small number of roving cavalry and enemy soldiers.

Huang Chao has fought thousands of miles and has rich experience. He is no longer careless.

But he still didn't expect that he could go all the way to Guanzhong. The main reason was that the various feudal towns were releasing water.

There were no strong vassals in the south, but in the area from the founding of Yangzhou to the two lakes, there were tribes such as Gao Pian and Yang Xingmi. Gao Pian had nearly 100,000 troops, including many Xu and Huai elites.

If Gao Pian hadn't been ambitious and wanted to drive Huang Chao into the pass and disrupt the court, he could take advantage of the situation... Even though Huang Chao claimed to have an army of hundreds of thousands, Gao Pian could stop him with just one man.

After entering the Central Plains, none of the towns sent troops to fight seriously, and Huang Chao was allowed to go all the way into Guanzhong.

After Chang'an was settled, the emperor fled. As soon as the vassal towns in Hebei, Hedong, Guandong, and Guanxi sent troops, Huang Chao was immediately blinded, and the hundreds of thousands of troops were useless.

Instead, You Yi sent Zhu Wen to collect the remnant soldiers, and because You Yi's reconnaissance cavalry understood the geography, hydrology, garrison, government, people, harvest and other things from Guanzhong to Yi, Luo, and Kaifeng, plus his outstanding ability, he surrendered. After the recruitment, Zhu Wen began to annex and rise, and the Tang Dynasty fell to this man in just a dozen years.

In the Tang and Five Dynasties, there were special Youyi envoys in the army, but by the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were no more.

The development of military science does not go higher with the change of dynasties, but it may also go down all the way.

By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Qin army was no longer leading the way, military honors were no longer awarded, and the basic land equalization system of the government army was no longer there. Of course, it was no longer invincible. It expedition to the west of Congling, conquered half of India, conquered the grasslands, and split the Turks. The Tang army is gone too.

Even the armored cavalry, Modao, Tang Hengdao, Mingguang armor, Buren armor, and bed crossbow, these once sharp weapons are gone.

Looking at the Juyan Han Slips, the diet of the Han army's border troops was much better than that of the Ming and Qing armies.

The decline of civilization is an all-round regression. The glorious Tang poetry and the Song poetry that are both heroic and graceful are gone.

What remains are the decadent stereotypes and the equally decadent and ignorant Qing Dynasty literati who are immersed in the glory of the past and unwilling to make progress, and are pedantic and closed-minded.

The Song army is incomparable to that of the Han and Tang dynasties, but its structure, organization, tactics, logistics, armor, and weapons still have considerable advantages over the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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After receiving the military order, the imperial guards, Ningzhou observation envoy, and forward general Wang Yuan did not dare to neglect. They personally led more than a thousand light cavalry, along the official road and the river, and began to move towards Bozhou.

These light cavalry are all from the Western Army or Hedong, and can be called elites.

Brave, tough, and tenacious, the advantages of northwest men are fully demonstrated in these soldiers of the Western Army.

They are indeed the most elite warriors of this era, Xixia, Tubo, various Tibetan barbarians, Uighurs, and grassland tribes, including the Khitan and Liao people.

The Western Army fought all the way.

If they hadn't encountered the more ferocious and powerful Jurchen Jin people, the Western Army would have been able to complete the great cause of exterminating Xia if they had been given more than ten years.

At this moment, these Western Army soldiers were galloping across the plains of Hebei. Their faces were indifferent and expressionless. They were neither afraid nor overly excited.

This is a performance only experienced by veterans. Premature excitement and excitement will only make it impossible to complete the task.

It will not be meticulous enough, cautious and careful enough.

On the battlefield, the calmer the person, the more likely he is to discover the enemy's flaws, and his movements will be more efficient and accurate, without deforming his movements and consuming excessive energy.

He won't rush too fast or too hard, and lose touch with his brothers.

It's hard to overcome timidity.

But it’s also difficult to resist being too excited and reckless.

Only those who can exercise restraint and balance in both aspects are qualified elite soldiers.

And their Shangguan vanguard general Wang Yuan is also quite qualified. He is a middle-aged general who has reached the rank of sixth-grade guard officer and belongs to the rank of horizontal envoy.

Going up further, you can only add appeasement envoys, Zhizhi envoys, and Jiedu envoys.

The grades will start from the sixth grade all the way up.

This is also true.

Wang Yuan is a standard member of the Western Army and a general in the Song Dynasty. Those who are slightly famous and successful are all from the Western Army.

There are few exceptions.

But Wang Yuan really became famous and became an important general in Hebei. He became the general manager of Zhending and was in charge of the capital. He controlled all the rebels in the north. The young general Yue Fei was also a strong general he used along the way, as was Han Shizhong when he conquered Fangla. Wang Yuan admired and recommended Cheng Yilang to the rank of junior envoy, and embarked on the road of military attache.

Zhang Bangchang's puppet dynasty was overthrown, and Wang Yuan took the greatest credit.

Zongze promoted the overall situation, but it was thanks to capable ministers and generals like Wang Yuan that he could stabilize the situation.

Unfortunately, when Miao and Liu rebelled and wanted Zhao Gou to abdicate, Wang Yuan raised the imperial camp and was killed by the rebels.

At this time, Wang Yuan was just over forty, still in the prime of life, and not afraid of hard work. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

He was the vanguard in Zheng Fangla, and this is still the case this time.

Rich experience, abundant physical strength, and courage to take on tasks.

We have also reached the transition stage from the middle level to the top level, and it is impossible not to do more.

If Wang Lun hadn't been born out of nowhere, Wang Yuan would have been appointed as the general manager of Zhending Mansion and the governor of the capital in a few years.

This is the general manager and Jiedushi who are close to the top.

Now Wang Yuan is also full of confidence.

A middle-level military attache like him could not see the weaknesses and shortcomings of the Song Army. He only felt that the army was gathering, more than twice as much as the Liangshan Army. The Liangshan Army suddenly rose up, and the battle line was not short. It also gained new military states in Hebei. Even if Wang Lun is a thief who is good at deceiving people, what can he do in a short period of time?

The military strength is superior, the people's hearts are in the Song Dynasty, and the gentry also supports the officers and soldiers of the imperial court. Not only can we win this battle, but the advantage lies with me!

Four hundred thousand versus two hundred thousand, and with the Western Army as the main force, the advantage in this battle is too great, how could we lose?

It's nothing more than the more difficult battle of Fangla.

The land of Hebei is densely populated.

However, there were many refugees crowded into the cities in the prefectures and counties along the way. At first, it was the squires who took the lead in running away, and later it was ordinary middle-class families and well-off families who ran to the cities to take shelter.

The poor people in the countryside were also worried about the war and hid in the city one after another.

After all, there are officials and big households in the city providing porridge. It is impossible to just sit back and watch a large number of people crowded in the city and suffer from hunger and cold... That would cause big trouble.

The villages and market towns outside the city are sparsely populated.[]

Wang Yuan led his troops to gallop north. After running for an hour and a half, they were already heading north for dozens of miles. Further ahead was the boundary of Guantao. After making a gesture, a large number of cavalry stopped.

The war horse cannot continue to gallop, otherwise there is a risk of sudden death.

Generally speaking, cavalry horses are not ridden at ordinary times. They are only ridden in battle.

If a person rides alone, this kind of cavalry can generally only walk, which is a beggar-like configuration.

If you are riding a single horse, one horse is not riding, running on empty, and one is sitting on a horse, it can be considered an entry-level version.

If it is a single person with three horses, it can be said to be the standard version. One war horse runs on empty, one is used for riding, and the other is used for camel armor and military battle, reducing the burden of riding horses.

Because the horse's weight should not exceed 25% of its body weight.

If a camel man also has luggage, weapons, and armor, it must be too much. He cannot ride for a long time and has to stop and go, so one person and two horses can only be regarded as an introduction.

The deluxe version is for one person and five horses or more.

One war horse, three or four riding horses, and one or two camels.

There must also be servants, who are responsible for taking care of the miscellaneous horses on the battlefield, as well as washing and feeding the horses in daily life.

Servants are generally young men who use martial arts to guard their gates. They learn the way of riding and fighting with their experience.

In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the children of aristocratic families with military merits (who were favored by the king) all started as servants and cavalry.

Of course, there are also pure slave soldiers. Slaves serve as servants, but that is another story.

As for the Mongols and Khitans, they have no shortage of horses. Not to mention five or six horses per ride, it is not surprising that there are more than ten horses per ride.

Khitan and Mongolia were able to travel thousands of miles in a few days, which is inseparable from Ma Duo.

They were not only proud of their horses, but also did not hesitate to fight and die. The general civilization of the Central Plains was incomparable. Only the Tang Dynasty had such heroic spirit. The Tang army had horse ranches everywhere. During the war, they could run hundreds of miles a day. A large number of cavalry Change horses for riding at the racecourse.

This kind of heroic spirit can only be possessed by the Tang army.

".~Drinking water, washing and feeding."

Although they have been running for less than two hours, the horses are sweating profusely. If you don't take good care of them, these ancestors will dare to die in front of you.

No matter how great Wang Yuanguan is, he can't control his horses and kill them, so even he himself has to be careful.

This is the embarrassment of the beggar cavalry. Let alone five or six horses per person, two horses are impossible for the Song army.

At this time, the twilight was low and the sun was setting in the west. In the past, there should be only a few smoke from the kitchen, but now everyone looked over and saw sparse forests, riverbanks, fields, roads, creeks, and villages. They were deserted everywhere, and there was a strange silence..