The autumn is clear and cloudless, and today is a good day for outings and is also suitable for grazing. A shepherd boy rides on the back of a cow, blows a bamboo flute, and watches the cows scattered in the wilderness. Smokes are rising in the distant village. It is the villagers making fires to prepare for evening food.

The shepherd boy's stomach roared. He put down the bamboo flute and took out half of the cook cake from his arms. The outer layer of the cook cake was a little moldy. He took the cook cake and wiped it on the lapel and then started to chew it.

Cattle, sheep and other livestock need to be fat and strong to survive the winter safely, so at this time, the livestock should try to eat as much grass as possible. However, these cows eat fresh and tender weeds, while the shepherd boys eat moldy cooking cakes.

For the master, the cattle are worth more than the shepherd boy. The cattle can plow the fields, and he is so thin that he cannot drag the plow, so the cattle cannot be hungry. It doesn’t matter if the shepherd boy is full and hungry.

After eating the pancakes with difficulty, the shepherd boy sat on the back of the cow in a daze. At this time, the season was not peaceful and war was everywhere. He was wondering if he had gone to join the army and had a meal, and at least he could eat enough.

It is easy to die when he goes to the battlefield, but it is not much better to be beaten by the master to death when he does something wrong. For him, he is a cheap life and he is always a good person to go anywhere. If he joins the army and makes military achievements, he may end his hardships and be happy.

Although there is little hope for making contributions, there is always hope, right?

But he looked at his thin arms and legs, and was still young, thinking that no one would want to join the army, so he sighed and put away his thoughts.

There was movement on the dirt road. The shepherd boy looked up and saw dust flying on the road, as if a horse team was approaching. He thought it was Dalangjun who came back from hunting, but it didn't look very similar.

At the same time, there were several dusts flying, gradually gathering together. Seeing that there was something wrong with the movement, the shepherd boy was uneasy and wanted to drive the cow back to the village.

The sound of horse hooves was approaching, and more than ten riders surrounded him. When the shepherd boy saw these people riding tall horses and wearing armor, he couldn't help but be frightened and trembled all over. The old cow under his crotch was eating grass slowly and calm.

As soon as he rode, a burly man was riding a horse with a beard on his face, not wearing a hood, but a headscarf, and his armor was covered with dust, looking gray.

Somehow, when the shepherd boy saw this man, he remembered the butcher in the village, and the smell of blood was extremely scary.

When the big man saw the pale-faced shepherd boy, he squeezed out a smile and asked, "Hey! Young man, is the village over there Wujia Village?"

The big man's smile was even worse than crying. In the shepherd boy, he looked like an evil ghost. He trembled for a while and said: "Yes...yes..."

"Is it Wujia Village with Shuangzishuijing?"

“Yes…yes…”

"Young man, take a way forward. I want to find someone in the village who keeps his word!"

The shepherd boy trembled and agreed, but the old cow under his crotch was devoted to eating grass, and he ignored the shepherd boy's scolding. The big man rode his horse closer and grabbed the little shepherd boy, regardless of his begging for mercy, placed it on the horse's back, and led the people towards the village.

After walking a few steps, he did not forget to tell others: "You guys, drive these cows to the village so that they won't think we're robbing the cows!"

"You guys are here to explore the terrain and they will set up camp later!"

"yes!"

Suddenly, several cavalrymen appeared and gathered together, and became busy in the wilderness outside Wujia Village. At the same time, the sound of warning horns sounded in the village. The young and strong men were busy deploying defenses. A circle of rammed earth walls around the village were the only line of defense they depended for self-defense.

The world is not peaceful, and small groups of horse bandits, bandits and even defeated soldiers often raid the villages. Those villages that are not vigilant enough and cannot bear to take over the wall of rammed earth are often attacked and looted in the middle of the night. Therefore, the villages that can survive over time have some self-defense forces and defensive facilities.

Many villages live in tribes, and most of the villagers are from the same clan. Although there are many disputes on weekdays, when foreign enemies come, most of them can share the same hatred of the enemy. After all, if the village is defeated by horse bandits and defeated soldiers, everyone will be in trouble.

There were five uninvited guests close to the village, all wearing armor and looking very strong. Although the young and strong people behind the earthen wall had already bent their bows and arrows, they did not shoot arrows rashly, because according to "convention", this should be the horse bandits, and it would be beneficial for the defeated soldiers to send people to come.

That is to ask for some money and food to let the village spend money to eliminate disasters. If the village gives it, the bandits will go elsewhere, and everyone will be harmonious and not hurt lives.

If the village does not give benefits, then both sides will be able to shoot in real battles and see who can laugh to the end.

Generally speaking, when you encounter a village where horse bandits are coming, you will give it a little more and spend money to eliminate disasters. In the past few years, Wujia Village has encountered various horse bandits one after another. When the defeated soldiers come to ask for benefits, they basically give it to them.

However, what surprised the villagers was that not only did not ask for money and food, but also threw a string of money in: "The government army passed by and wanted to make a fire on the side of the road. Use your well to know more!!"

On the dirt road outside Wujia Village, a large convoy arrived, parked in the wide and flat field on the side of the road, divided into rows, and hundreds of cavalry were wandering around. It was obvious that the official army was coming.

This year, there were officials everywhere. I don’t know which one is true or which one is false. The villagers dare not question anything, because it seems that there are many people on the other side. If they really want to attack the village, they can’t defend it.

The villagers opened the village door honestly, and the cavalrymen rode into the village to the side of Shuangzishui well, and drew a bucket of water. They directly picked up a handful of water with their hands to taste it. They laughed and said, "It's really sweet and cool, good water!!"

The village that was forced to be calm was coming over and asking what could be served. The man said carelessly: "Get water, please help me get water and transport it outside!"

He reached out and pointed to the carriage lined up in the wilderness outside the village: "Don't worry, the official army will not call the villagers in vain!"

Some bold villagers transported water out of the village and went to the places where carriages gathered on the dirt road outside the village to deliver water. Before they got close, they found smoke coming out of the carriage carriages, and dozens or even hundreds of carriages were smoking at the same time. The scene was very spectacular, which made the villagers wonder.

If it was a fire, then there were so many people near the carriage, why didn’t I see you going to put out the fire?

When I got closer, I found that there was a cauldron on the carriage, and the soldiers were busy around the carriage, boiling water and cooking.

The shape of the carriage is very special, like a stove that can be pulled by horses, with a cauldron on top and a firewood burning in the stove below. Some carriages are full of firewood, some carriages are full of cooking cakes and other food, and some carriages are actually filled with water.

The villagers transported water to the convoy, and the soldiers had already used a lot of water in the water truck, so they asked the villagers to pour the well water into the water truck compartment.

Looking at the rows of carriages boiling water and cooking in front of them, the villagers felt that they had seen many passing soldiers and horses, and knew that the army was cooking on the ground, but they had never seen anyone use the stove on the carriage.

The other party used a cauldron. Some villagers approached and found that it was not a cauldron at all, but an iron "Xiyang pot".

Xiyang pot is said to be a kind of cooking utensil produced in Xiyang, Huangzhou. It is made of pig iron and heats quickly and saves firewood. However, because it is made of all iron and is expensive, there are a few bites in Wujia Village, which are all used by wealthy people.

After a while, the smell of rice in the convoy camp attracted the villagers' greed. They watched the pot of steaming and emitting the meaty aroma, and their saliva flowed out without realizing it.

The fat Huangzhou sausages were floating in the broth, and there were obvious oil stars in the soup noodles, and in those steamers, the cakes also exuded the aroma of meat.

The villagers who participated in the transportation of water each received a hot cook cake, and even the shepherd boy who was along the way also received one. He was very excited with the warm cook cake.

He put his nose to the side of the cooked cake and sucked the aroma of the meat hard. The shepherd boy opened his mouth and took a bite. He felt that the mouth was full of soft noodles, which was very delicious.

A strong smell of meat came to his nose. When he looked carefully, he found that there was actually a filling in the pancake, which turned out to be a filling of meat!!

The shepherd boy wiped his eyes and looked carefully, and found that the meat filling was really stuffed with meat. Although the meat was silky, it curled into a ball like silky floes. I don’t know what kind of meat it was, but when I ate it, I could clearly feel it was meat.

Not only that, there was oil in the filling. The unknowing shepherd boy bit it down with a bite, and the oil flowed down his hands. He was so scared that he quickly licked his hands, sucked his fingers, and wanted to eat all the precious oil into his stomach.

I am a half-old man, poor man, now a grown-up shepherd boy. He rarely eats such delicious pancakes. He eats them in just a few seconds, looking at the carriage not far away.

The man who had brought him into the village before happened to pass by. Seeing the shepherd boy reincarnated like a starving ghost, he laughed and took a pancake and handed it to him: "Hey, take it, and do business for the government army seriously, and you can eat it."

"Thanks!!"

The shepherd boy took the pancake and bowed to thank him in excitement. Then he finished the pancake in a few seconds. Seeing this, the big man handed over another one: "This is the third one. Don't eat it again, as you will be full of yourself."

After two full-sized pancakes were eaten, the shepherd boy had already burped. He carefully put away the third pancake and wanted to keep it for tomorrow. Such delicious pancakes were really delicious to him.

The other villagers also got the second and third cooked cakes. Seeing that there were such benefits, almost the entire Wujia Village became excited. Men, women, young and old, carried water and those who chopped wood as required by the government army, did their best to help, and exchanged them for the hot cooked cakes.

Even the firewood stored at home was taken out and handed it to the government army to change the cakes. Not long after, the government army's carriage was filled with firewood and the water truck was filled with water.

Seeing such a friendly official army, the villagers also started talking about the surrounding situation. At the same time, they found out that these cars were called "cooking cars".

The sound of gongs and drums and horns were heard one after another. The soldiers guarding the kitchen chariot asked the villagers to avoid them and returned to the village, saying that if the officials and soldiers had something to do, they would go to find them again. Now, don't stay in the convoy camp, because the large team is coming.

Military laws are strict, and if you violate military rules, you will be whipped or even beheaded!

The villagers knew that the government army had many rules, so men, women, young and old quickly walked towards the village. The shepherd boy looked back reluctantly at the "cooking cart" and savored the aroma and greasy meat in his mouth. He couldn't help but yearn for these government army.

Not only can you eat enough, but you can also eat well, I also want to join the army!

The trumpets were rising one after another, and dust was flying far away on the dirt road, and more and more cavalrymen appeared on the horizon. On the dirt road and on both sides of the road, an army was moving towards this side in a mighty manner.

In the dust, the flags were like forests. The shepherd boy looked carefully and saw a tiger among a large area of ​​flags.

To be precise, I saw a tiger-headed flag.

......

"The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is vast and vast, the sun and the moon are full, and the city is surrounded by Zhang..."

A team of soldiers, chanting a thousand-character text, left the temporary dining camp in Wujia Village and continued to drive along the dirt road. At this time, the sun sets west and the sunset is full of sunset. It is already evening. They spent half an hour eating and defecating, and continued on their way.

Reading the Thousand Characters of the Hulin Army during the march is a feature of the Hulin Army. However, now the team that has finished dining and continued to rush forward is not the Hulin Army.

Wang Yuwen Wen of Xiyang, who was gnawing on the roadside, saw the team of energetic "new army" and nodded with satisfaction: "No, it's interesting. I haven't suffered in vain in the past few months."

Several generals who also held cooked cakes and gnawed at the team of barbarian soldiers, also felt emotion. Although these barbarian soldiers were not good at speaking, they probably didn't know what they meant by reading the Thousand-word text, but their characteristics of enduring hardships were clearly visible.

"Pay attention to the time and the rhythm. It is not easy to force the army. We have been keeping it for a day, so don't make mistakes until the last moment."

Yuwen Wen looked at the pocket watch and explained, looking at the dining camp on the other side, he continued to motivate his subordinates: "If they strengthen training for a few months, they can withstand the fatigue of forcing the force. As an official army, it cannot be laughed at!"

"Don't worry, my king! Everything is done according to the plan. The generals look at the watch to pinch the time. When the time comes, they will set off. They will never miss the next itinerary!"

"Don't say so much, it will be dark in a while. It's easy to get embarrassed when marching at night. Be careful and don't make jokes."

"yes!"

After Yuwen Wen finished cooking cakes, he continued to observe the march on the roadside. At 7 o'clock this morning, he led his troops to set out and marched towards his destination. He had to travel 100 miles a day before he could rest as planned.

Generally speaking, the marching speed of a large army is about thirty to forty miles a day, and it is not ideal to walk ten miles per hour, and can walk sixty miles in six hours.

When the army marched, the soldiers had to eat morning food and set off the camp, which took time; when the army moved, the vanguard walked out for several miles, and the one behind was still in the camp; the entire army finally walked thirty miles away, and it was getting late and they had to set up camp quickly to prepare supper.

It was already night, and the soldiers had to sleep well, and they had to get up early the next morning to continue marching. How could they get faster with such a marching?

Therefore, it is a helpless data for infantry to travel thirty miles a day. When marching at such a speed in the plain, there is no way to make strategic maneuvers. In front of cavalry whose attack distance starts from one hundred miles a day, it is so sad.

However, for Yuwen Wen, he still had a chance, because the Hulin Army's forced marching speed was very fast, and he could still have combat effectiveness when traveling a hundred miles a day within two or three days. The barbarians who had been trained intensified can also keep up with the Hulin Army's pace.

The barbarians live in the mountains, walking on the mountain roads like walking on flat ground, and have foot strength, but it is simply because of poor nutrition, and lack of discipline, so they are usually considered to be the weak soldiers.

But now it’s different. Yuwen Wen asked these barbarians to eat and drink enough and strengthen their training. The other party has been reborn and dare not say that they are first-class strong army, so it is no problem to force them to march.

Now, Yuwen Wen has a reliable team with the Hulin Army as the core, which can achieve a forced marching speed of 100 miles a day. This speed can last for two or three days and be engaged in combat at any time, which is enough for him to realize his strategic intentions.

When marching, it will take a lot of time to pull out the camp and camp. Therefore, his team does not have a tent, and they sleep in the wild with a simple sleeping bag; burying a pot and cooking will also take a lot of time, so his team uses a mobile cooking truck to prepare food.

As the saying goes, there is no light burden on a hundred steps. Since you have to march for a long distance, all infantry will be lightly installed on the road, with armor, croakers, weapons, bedding and other items placed on the carriage and marched empty-handed to reduce the burden.

Long distances and long hiking will make people's calves sore, so the infantry all use leggings, which is an effective method.

Plan meals and rest points in advance on the march route. The cooking convoy arrives at the meal in advance to prepare meals so that the teams arriving in batches can immediately eat hot cooked food and drink warm broth.

At night, there are teams who will play in front of the camping site and set up a simple camp in advance, so that the teams arriving in batches will camp in an orderly manner in the designated area.

At the same time, a large number of cavalry were accompanying each other, wandering several miles away from the wings of the team to ensure that the marching team would not be attacked by the sudden enemy cavalry.

Everything is to ensure that the forced marching can proceed smoothly. Yuwen Wen wants to win by surprise, it depends entirely on whether the forced marching can achieve the expected results.

Yuwen Wen rode on his horse and galloped forward. The teams of marching continued to march on the official road, and from a distance, they looked like a giant python swimming in the wilderness.
Chapter completed!