Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 283 Canned food, ham and erotic pictures
"Kill~~ There are only six people in the Song Army. Brothers, rob supplies~"

A group of about a thousand brave Khitan cavalry launched a charge towards the material transport vehicles of the Song Dynasty.

Then I saw that the militiamen who were transporting supplies were very well-trained and hid behind the supply vehicles. Gun barrels protruded from the back of the vehicles and fired at them indiscriminately.

The long guns used by this kind of militiamen are simple versions without rifling, and the gunpowder used has been eliminated by the Guards. They may be installed by the National Defense Forces to train shooting skills.

It's the guy used by the third-line troops.

But the Liao cavalry used intensive charges, and the distance was really close. Even if there was no rifling, it didn't matter if they aimed. If they shot blindly with their eyes closed, they would still kill people, and the range was further than that of bows and arrows.

Many Khitan cavalry had never seen this thing before, and they were all stunned for a while.

There were only six Song Army cavalrymen who neither surrendered nor ran away when faced with the large group of Liao cavalrymen. They actually rushed over immediately, took out their carbine and started shooting. They took advantage of the longer range of the musket to fight back. A wave.

The militiamen inside the convoy were not idle either. Soon, thick smoke was ignited and shot straight into the sky. The large troops were blocked by the muskets and could not move forward at all. Only a few really rushed forward. But it is not enough to break the car formation. If you get closer, you can easily be stabbed to death by the spears in the car formation.

Snap, snap, snap.

Intensive gunshots rang out from everywhere again. Attracted by the smoke, the nearby Song Army knights began to gather. This was just a link in a long supply line. There were only a hundred or so of these nearby knights. To put it bluntly, they were all on patrol. However, hundreds of cavalry actually dared to form a semi-encircling crescent shape and began to squeeze the Liao army.

The Liao army is also angry. Are you Song army too arrogant? You dare to make dumplings for 100 people?
Then he was beaten into a ball by a series of crackling shots.

The Qiaoqi Army really had no tricks at all. They just pressed forward and fought hard. The numerical disadvantage did not exist in their eyes at all, and the Liao Army's counterattack was almost completely ineffective.

After all, the design concept of the Cavalry is that of the pistol cavalry in modern Europe. To put it bluntly, it replaces the cavalry's charging style with spears. After all, no matter how short the range of a pistol is, it must be farther than a spear. After breaking the armor and breaking the formation, draw the saber and rush in. Using a knife to chop people is very efficient.

It's just that the current pistols of the Song Dynasty are not very well made, and the bullet technology is not advanced enough. They are still at the stage of paper bullets, that is, one shot must be fired and one shot loaded. After the gunpowder is fully burned, there is still residue.

To put it bluntly, the ability to purify nitric acid is not enough, the combustion efficiency of gunpowder is not high, and the initial velocity of the bullet is not enough, so the barrel has to be lengthened and the length of the rifling is increased to ensure the accuracy of the bullet.

But the idea is the same.

Moreover, although the Song Army's cavalry is defined as light cavalry, they are also armored. This kind of light armor can at least protect against crossbows fired from a long distance. Even the vital parts of the horse are covered. It has a thick layer of skin or oil vine, and its design concept is to prevent arrows.

So they charged at the Liao cavalry. The Liao cavalry could not break through the defense with their bows and crossbows. They shot at the Liao cavalry one at a time. Although it was a little slow to change bullets, they were still cavalry after all. They could control the distance a little. It can make these Liao cavalry thieves uncomfortable.

There is no way to fight at all.

Not long after the battle, more than 60 people from the Liao army died. The rest saw that something was not right, so they all ran away with a huff.

The Liao Army has always collapsed at the first touch and cannot fight against the wind. To be honest, in terms of military combat capabilities, the Liao Cavalry is indeed the worst among the three Liao, Jin, and Yuan Dynasties.

However, on the side of the Song Army, although the Xiaoqiu Army was also light cavalry, everyone wore armor after all, and to be honest, the quality of the horses was not good either, so they really couldn't catch up.

Even good horses raised in places like Luoyang and Kaifeng for two years will be exhausted. Raising horses in the interior is not the same thing as raising horses on the grasslands, so they can only let the Liao army withdraw.

However, the mission of the Qiaoqi Army is to ensure the safety of the transportation and supply lines. If the supply vehicles are fine, their mission will naturally be completed.

It can be said that the Song Army did not have any tactics this time. It was an upright crushing game. As long as the supplies were flowing smoothly, the Song Army would slowly and leisurely attack Lin Huang's Mansion. If you don't come, I won't look for you. If you come, , come and touch our military formation.

Similar scenes occurred dozens of times on the entire supply line in half a day. Countless Liao cavalry turned into small groups of about a thousand people to attack the Song army's supply line.

But almost all of them were repelled by the patrolling knights.

Even the Qiaoqi Army was able to work in two shifts to allow the troops to be repaired.

What's more, the Song Army didn't even use centralized transportation to reduce risks. The transportation team was really only a few hundred people in size, and only a small part of the people involved in transportation were militiamen. Most, They are all caravans from the Song Dynasty.

Using caravans to transport military supplies has been a long-standing tradition of the Song army, mainly to save money. Even if the merchants' high profits are set aside, the cost is still much lower than the cost of the government organizing people to transport it. This It's nothing, but these businessmen, who usually transport grain in the inland areas, actually dare to lead a convoy out of the Great Wall in this kind of battle.

This courage, or in other words, the confidence of the people of the Song Dynasty in the army of the Song Dynasty, is really scary.

From the bottom of their hearts, the people of the Song Dynasty did not believe that this battle would be lost, and they did not even believe how serious the damage would be. From the bottom of their hearts, they really believed that the Song Dynasty's army could protect them.

What's more, the wages of these workers who went out of the country did not increase much, and ordinary bosses only bought insurance for the workers.

Almost everyone went to the battlefield with a spectator mentality.

Naturally, there are also disadvantages to the consignment of commercial banks, that is, it cannot be arranged in a unified manner. The entire supply line is so scattered, which naturally greatly increases the difficulty of protection. But even so, the Liao army still failed to plunder.

At night, the top brass in the Liao army camp all looked gloomy, as ugly as if they had eaten shit.

"Your Majesty, today our army was broken into pieces and harassed the Song Army's supply lines nearly a hundred times. In total, more than a thousand Daliao warriors were killed, but we only succeeded three times, burned two batches of supplies, and only looted When the two cars arrived, there was no food in the car, but... it was..."

"What is it? Just say it."

"It's Song Jun's canned fruit and ham sausage."

"You mean, the Song Army's supplies actually include canned fruits and ham sausages? Ah? The Song Army is marching on the grassland, and its supply capacity can actually deliver canned fruits and ham sausages to them?"

Everyone was silent now.

Thanks to the Song-Liao trade over the years, the Liao Kingdom is no stranger to these two things, but even in normal times, these things are still luxuries in the Liao Kingdom. Not to mention exclusive to the nobles, at least they must be People with a little more money can only afford to eat if they are greedy occasionally.

Song Jun, do you want to use this as military rations?
Isn’t there a train yet?
Yelvxian was like an eggplant beaten by frost. After a while, he said: "Where are the things? Bring them to me to see."

After a while, two carts pulled by large animals finally arrived in front of the tent. With a gloomy look, Yelvxian took out a ham sausage and tore off its wrapping paper.

Smelling the aroma of the ham sausage, even Yelu Xian couldn't help but feel his throat twitch and his appetite was whetted.

When you take a bite, you will feel the fragrance on your lips and teeth. The more you chew, the more satisfied you will be. There are large pieces of meat inside and a strong flavor of spices.

I opened the canned fruit again and took a big gulp of the soup. The can was so sweet that I was tired of it, but the fruit inside was also fresh and delicious. After taking a bite, I actually felt very refreshed.

How much sugar did the Song Dynasty produce?Have they used all the land south of the Yangtze River to grow sugar cane?It’s hard to imagine that this thing is actually a military product.

As an emperor, he could not afford such luxurious food when he was marching and fighting.

"I don't believe it. This must be a coincidence. This thing, even for the Song Army, should be prepared for high-level generals."

Everyone nodded.

They also know that the Song Dynasty is rich, but no matter how rich it is, at least it is difficult for them to understand that they would send this thing as military supplies during the war.

It must be that the bureaucracy of the Song Dynasty was so corrupt that they indulged in all these luxurious and corrupt things for enjoyment!

"Explore again and rob again. Since the Song Army dares to use a hundred thousand troops to penetrate into the grassland, I will let them never have peace. I don't believe it. There will be no loopholes in the Xiaoqi Army. Starting tomorrow, three thousand-man teams will form a group during the robbery. Take action.”

"Here!"

Then the next day, the Liao army was killed by more than 200 people, but the gains were very few.

After the scale of the raiding team increased, they could indeed rob things, but the efficiency also became low. Moreover, even with three thousand-man teams, Da Song's one hundred-man team still dared to fight back, and as long as it was delayed, If it takes a little longer, there will be more Xiaoqi squads from Da Song Dynasty who will see the wolf smoke and rush over to support.

Of course, it was not without results. Sometimes the Song Army's militiamen were so frightened that they might cut the reins of the carriage and then ride away. In this case, they could indeed grab the Song Army's supplies, but that was not the case. That’s more.

After a whole day of hard work, more than 100 people died. They were exhausted after dispatching all [-] Liao cavalry. They only managed to rob a dozen carts of supplies in total and killed only a dozen enemies, most of whom were civilians.

The main force of the Song Army continued to move forward, more than twenty miles closer to Linhuang Mansion.

He only walked twenty fucking miles in one day. Song Jun was looking down on people.

"What were robbed today? Were they robbed of gunpowder, bullets, or muskets? How many were robbed?"

"Ah...this..."

"What is this? If you have it, you don't have it. That's all."

"They robbed two carts of cans, one cart of honey, two carts of tea, one cart of ham sausages, two carts of fine bean feed, two carts of flour, one cart of... albums called magazines, and one cart of purple silk without gunpowder. .”

"........."

"........."

"What the hell is this mess? What are the Song Army's transport teams transporting? Magazines? What is a magazine? Show me, there might be Song Army's tactical plan on it!"

"Um...probably...no..."

"Bring it to me to see!"

Then, Yelvxian got a book of vivid erotic pictures.

"What the hell is this?"

Forget about intelligence, there's not even a word on it.

"Song Army's logistics...will you give this as a gift?"

My fucking mentality is broken. Is this a war or a vacation?

"Why is there still a cart of silk? What does the Song Army want silk for?"

"Um...I heard that the Song Army has strict orders not to rape women wherever they go."

"Huh, hypocrisy is extremely high. Who doesn't know that the Song Army's military discipline is lax? Just a few years ago, they even tortured and killed civilians. How could they resist being like animals?"

"Uh... It's true... King Qin of the Song Dynasty also knew that they couldn't help it, so the Song army had special subsidies. Because there are many Buddhists in our country, this kind of silk, this kind of silk... is very popular in Liao Dynasty. It is very popular in the country, so the Song army usually uses this kind of silk as prostitution money to buy sex with... and my Daliao women. The King of Qin in the Song Dynasty said... said..."

"say what?"

"He said that if you give me money, it's not considered strong. At most, it's considered prostitution."

Yelvxian's face turned green.

This proves that the supplies of the Song Dynasty are probably much more abundant than he imagined, and he may not be able to cut them off at all.

"Does Zhao Guangmei have money to burn? Does he have no place to spend all his fucking money? Is there anyone who fights like this? Is there anyone who fights like this? Is he sick? Or is he just showing off?"

In fact, this was a bit unfair to Zhao Guangmei. In fact, Zhao Guangmei didn't want to do it.

There was no way. It was the same at all times and in all countries. The higher the degree of industrialization, the higher the supply requirements. Especially for expeditions to the grasslands, this had a huge impact on morale. He had to ensure the basic living needs of the soldiers. Otherwise, it will easily affect the morale of the soldiers.

The further the expedition goes, the more adequate supplies are needed. On the contrary, if it is a defensive operation, it does not matter if the supplies are casual under the call of defending the country.

Tea, canned fruits, ham sausages, erotic pictures, and silk are indeed the basic needs of the Song Dynasty. Who made the current living conditions of the Song Dynasty better?It’s really impossible not to satisfy this, it will really affect morale.

Some people did mention that it was too pampering for the soldiers. It would be too costly to give these things during the war. Even the shareholders of the trading company would feel sorry for their money because of this, but Zhao Guangmei thought it was okay.

He has seen how modern war is fought. Russian soldiers even risked being bombed by missiles and insisted on having a party. Even Hamas had to order takeout from Egypt while fighting tunnel wars. Eat KFC.

Don’t my soldiers of the Song Dynasty just eat canned food?Aren't canned things originally meant to be eaten during the march?

What are you feeling distressed about?I opened it and ate it, one can per person, so much that the Khitan people saw it and thought I couldn't afford it.

(End of this chapter)