Zhao Bing did not know about horses in his previous life because he had rarely been able to come into contact with real horses in that era, which also made his understanding of horses more from books and films and TV dramas. There was inevitably exaggeration in it, which made him not understand the real ability of horses like Wang Yinglin in front of him. However, he blindly believed in the descriptions of horses full of imagination and feelings among his ancestors, which led to the world having fantasies about war horses.

Therefore, when Zhao Bing heard that there was a horse running to death at the sports meeting, the degree of surprise was imaginable, which also made him have the idea of ​​gaining deep understanding of the war horse. This is really not to be found out if he didn't check it. Once he checked it, the myth of the war horse traveling thousands of miles a day was shattered. These also became his magic weapon for winning every battle in the Tieba debate. The data he quoted also came from the past real battle examples, which made the war horses "Xiaobai" stunned.

How fast can cavalry run? In fact, if you throw away your armor, the marching speed can be very fast. Zhao Bing once found an extreme example. The flying general in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 - Ye Zhichao. He went from Pyongyang to Dandong for about 250 kilometers. It was said that he ran in just one day and night. It was even more powerful than the legendary whirlwind general, and he could be called a tornado. In this process, Ye Zhichao naturally rode a horse, but even so, it far exceeded the speed of normal cavalry. It is conceivable that for his own life, Ye Zhichao didn't know how many war horses he had run to death, so it was just right to award the title of "Horse Slaughter" to him!

Of course, the above examples are somewhat extreme, and are mostly rumors of people at the time, so they should not be fully believed. The modern cavalry marching record that Zhao Bing checked was created by the famous Soviet general Budunny. He chased the White Army 1,100 kilometers in forty days, which is called a miracle, but even so, it only travels about 25 kilometers per day. Of course, there are different factors in the war horses used by the Soviet army and Ye Zhichao's horse breeds, and the Mongolian horses must be more endurance.

Even so, modern scientific calculations show that Mongolian horses can only travel 60 kilometers in eight hours, but this sport is called walking. If you use running, you will definitely die. However, this also demonstrates a certain possibility from one side. If you are ready to ride three horses on a wheel, it may exceed the limit of 60 kilometers per day. Although the horses that follow will consume physical strength, it is much better than a heavy-bearing horse. After 60 kilometers, the tired horse will be left, and the horse will continue running. It should be okay to carry it for a while, but the distance cannot be too far, otherwise the horse will be exhausted.

Zhao Bing thought that these were modern things, and the traffic conditions in ancient times were not as modern as those in modern times, so he also looked up the data related to ancient times. It was found that Xiahou Yuan, recorded in the Three Kingdoms period, had a reputation of "three days, five hundred, six days, one thousand" in Cao's army. In the Han Dynasty, one mile was more than 400 meters today, so his three-day march cost more than 200 kilometers to modern times, but in fact, it was only less than 70 kilometers a day.

Zhao Bing felt that the Mongolian cavalry would not exceed too many records, because the probability of continuing to get into trouble was very high. You should know that the war horse was a property that was more precious than humans at that time. But we cannot underestimate this seventy kilometers. In ancient times, it was already a god-like speed. During the Gulf War, the US military rushed 260 kilometers in 89 hours, and defeated the Iraqi army with a modern command system like lightning. The speed was only seventy kilometers a day!

It is conceivable that at the communication speed of ancient troops, how shocked and confused would be when they were hit by this kind of blow. Liu Bang was the biggest victim of this. He was beaten by Xiang Yu in Pengcheng with 560,000 to 30,000 cavalry, and even his children were thrown off his car. Therefore, Zhao Bing thought that the marching speed of ancient cavalry was actually about 60 kilometers, and of course this was still a light cavalry. If it was a heavy cavalry in armor, then the horses would never be able to ride during the marching, which was basically the same as the walking speed. In actual combat, the marching was even half slower. A famous general like Budunny only walked less than 30 kilometers a day, and he would have to overdraw his horsepower even if he was far away.

Whether the marching speed of infantry can catch up with the cavalry is a controversial topic, but in ancient times it was a non-controversial topic. People have six legs, but you only have two legs. Fools know that infantry must not be able to escape cavalry. In fact, Zhao Bing knows that it is not uncommon in modern warfare. The Red Army seized Luding Bridge for 25 hours and marched 240 miles.

If this is still a record of marching for one day and one night, then the four days of pursuing Du Yuming in the Huaihai Battle in the Liberation War were the limit, and he did not run away in a car. The People's Liberation Army rushed 300 kilometers in four days, and even if it was a straight line, it would have to walk more than 70 kilometers a day. Even if it was a long-distance marching, the Red Army during the Long March averaged 37 kilometers a day, which exceeded Budunny's record.

Therefore, whether it is to compare endurance or raid, the PLA infantry exceeded the average level of cavalry and created the most powerful marching record in history many times. The conclusion is that in nature, horses must run faster than people. In the history of wars since modern times, cavalry was also faster than infantry in most cases, but there was no particularly obvious advantage between the two.

After Zhao Bing arrived at this era, he faced not only the problem of lack of horses, but also the problem of insufficient troops. He went to Qiongzhou to train troops based on modern experience in order to ensure that the infantry could maneuver quickly on the island to fill the shortcomings of military strength. However, he found that it was difficult to replicate in fact, because the infantry with cold weapons as the main equipment must maintain the strict formation when marching, and also consider preserving the soldiers' physical strength for combat. Therefore, the general marching speed is limited to 30 miles a day.

It is obvious that in the era of cold weapons, horses still ran faster than people, but not much faster, especially when the large army marched, there was no Mongolia.

Cavalry has several times the maneuverability of ancient infantry. Because cavalry also needs to consider physical strength, cavalry mainly fights when put into the battlefield, so they must maintain the physical strength of sprinting. If they forcefully pursue without regard to horsepower, it will be meaningless even if they arrive on the battlefield.

Zhao Bing felt that Cao Cao's army was chasing Liu Bei, and was killed by Zhao Yun on Changbanpo for seven in and seven out. He was blocked by more than 20 cavalry of Zhang Fei and dared not go over. It was because the five thousand cavalry of Cao's army rushed for 300 miles a day and night. Thinking about the fact that Cao's army had exhausted its horsepower, but it was impossible to catch up with the enemy, unable to escape, and unable to defeat it. It was not surprising that he ended up like this, but instead fulfilled the courage of Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei.

But now Zhao Bing is confident that the Song infantry can compete with the Mongolian and Yuan cavalry in terms of speed, and their confidence comes from their respective changes. At present, the main infantry of the Song Imperial Army has been fully equipped with muskets, abandoning heavy armor and cold weapons, and greatly reducing the burden. With strict training and good food, their personal physical fitness is guaranteed.

More importantly, the use of firearms makes the battlefield output no longer rely solely on the physical strength of soldiers, so that they can allocate their physical strength more to the marching. Ensure that during a long-distance marching of 40 miles a day, the combat effectiveness will not be reduced. In an emergency situation, the speed can reach a speed of 100 miles a day. Of course, this speed cannot be maintained for a long time. Although it is still inferior to the cavalry, the gap is not that big.

The troops stationed in the Central Plains region of the Mongolian and Yuan army have given up their nomadic life and instead maintained their existence through military farming. They will inevitably rely more on logistics supplies, but the consumption of cavalry is much greater than that of infantry. When the logistics is not good, they will fall behind the infantry. The reason is very simple. The horse has a strong weight-bearing ability and consumes equally.

According to calculations, the amount of food consumed by a war horse is almost equivalent to the amount of ten people. People can carry food for ten days. According to the daily consumption of two liters, the weight is about twenty-two kilograms, which is completely bearable. It is already very hard for a war horse to carry a person, and it is impossible to carry more than 200 kilograms of food. Even if there is a supplement of fodder on the way, they must eat food to ensure the physical strength of the war horse.

Some people may say that Mongolian soldiers still have two to three deputy horses to share the burden, but don’t forget that the deputy horses also have to eat, and they also have to carry their own food and grass. Of course, if there is a complete logistics supply and a reliable supply team in front of you, you can still ensure a high marching speed. Now, in order to increase the marching speed to achieve the effect of a surprise attack, Yuxi Timur can rely on the garrison along the way and the prefectures and counties to supplement it in the territory.

But the 100,000 soldiers were a huge number of horse feeding, which was an extremely heavy burden for every prefecture and county. This forced Yuxi Timur to circulate Tongzhou to reduce the burden of logistics supply, and had to carry some food and grass on his own to ensure the need for entry into the Song territory, and to capture a prefecture and county with a large amount of grain to obtain supplies to ensure the needs of subsequent operations. This would inevitably drag down their marching speed, which gave Zhao Bing the time to dispatch troops and generals...

"So Your Majesty has decided to transfer some of the besieged troops back to Jiangnan to participate in the battle to encircle and annihilate the enemy in the south?" Wang Yinglin, after making up for the little emperor, finally understood what he had just said. After drinking a sip of wine, he frowned.

"Well, Governor Wang also knew that the situation had developed beyond the forecast, and only after the entire annihilation of the enemy invading the south could we consider the recovery of the two Huai Rivers. Otherwise, everything would be a blunder. Therefore, encircling and annihilation of Yuxi Timur's troops is the top priority, and the only force that can be mobilized is our besieged army." Zhao Bing nodded and said.

"How many people will be transferred to the rescue of Your Majesty?" Wang Yinglin thought about it, and could not wipe out all the enemies invading the south. Everything was in vain. He pondered for a moment and asked.

"I plan to return to the rescue with half of the troops, leaving only the First Army and the Imperial Guardian's Personal Guardian's First Brigade and the Grail Brigade to continue to besiege the city. The two divisions of the Second Army, which are affiliated with the combat, are all planned to be built. The Fourth Brigade, the Fifth Brigade, the Changzhou Army, the Jiangzhou Army and the Runzhou Army are all transferred back to Jiangnan to participate in the encirclement and annihilation operation!" Zhao Bing said calmly after eating a bite.

"Your Majesty, no!" Wang Yinglin shook his head and said. As His Majesty said, there were far more than half of the troops who were called back, and the little emperor still wanted to stay in the siege, so he could not accept this.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Bing said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: "If you want to surround it, if you want to attack it, if you want to fight it, if you want to fight it." Although Wang Yinglin did not know how to use troops, he still read the military books. "Based on this calculation, there are no less than 30,000 soldiers available in Yangzhou City, and after some of our army's southern transfer, it is only 40,000, which is far inferior to Sun Tzu's teachings. Your Majesty also left this person to command the troops to siege the city. If the enemy in the city is known to go to war or risk his life to break through the siege, wouldn't he fall into danger?"

"What Sun Tzu said is right. Even if we redirect most of the troops, we still cannot form a tenfold advantage against the enemy invading the south. Therefore, I still have a lot of troops left to besiege!" Zhao Bingshen nodded in thought.

"This... I didn't mean this!" Wang Yinglin didn't expect the little emperor to use his words to block him, and was worried that His Majesty would misunderstand, so he waved his hands repeatedly.

"I know!" Zhao Bing saw his anxious and red face and distinguished it, and smiled, "Governor Wang was worried about my safety, but he also had to know that encirclement and annihilation of Yuxi Timur was not a siege. The combat area was large, and the enemy was mostly cavalry, with strong mobility and fighting in the enemy's territory, without much attention. This forced us to use more troops to block the important roads. If we were negligent, the enemy would break out. In this way, our plan for a long time would fail and would shock Jiangnan. Therefore, we should mobilize troops as much as possible to block the way, forcing us into the battlefield we set up, and surrounding them."

"But once..." Wang Yinglin became more anxious when he heard this, but he didn't know how to convince the little emperor.

"Governor Wang, please rest assured. I will not be so stupid. I will send troops back to the enemy to discover it. Now Yuxi Timur can hide his traces from the sky, and I can also send doubts to the enemy, so that the enemy cannot know that the army has left." Zhao Bing smiled and drank a glass of wine.

"I think Your Majesty should return to Jiangnan with the army. One is about to come, and the governors from all over the country come to the capital to meet the saints, and Your Majesty needs to deal with them one by one; the other is that the queen and several empresses are about to be born, and Your Majesty also needs to be guarded by you; the third is that the matter of recovering the two Huai Rivers still needs to be discussed, planned and made decisions with the important officials." Wang Yinglin was silent for a moment and advised again.

"I can't leave. If the camp moves, the enemy will be discovered. This is one; if the enemy is discovered, our army retreats, but they find that I am still staying here and dare not break through without authorization. This is two; the timing of withdrawal is not easy to grasp, which is related to the success or failure of the war. I cannot deal with others. As for the matter in the capital, the Empress Dowager and Lu Gong will take care of it, it doesn't matter whether I will return or not. When discussing the recovery of the two Huai Rivers, I can only trouble Governor Wang to go back." Zhao Bing hesitated for a moment when he heard that his wife was going to have a child. You must know that in ancient times when medicine was not developed, even with many imperial doctors taking care of it, it was still very dangerous, but he suppressed his thoughts of witnessing the birth of the child with his own eyes.

"Your Majesty, I am responsible for the heavy responsibility of following you, how can I leave without authorization!" Wang Yinglin was anxious when he heard this and refused firmly...
Chapter completed!