In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 334 Thousands of Miles of Attack

Dazazan followed hundreds of people to work in a lively manner. When the herdsmen grazed on the grassland, they lived in tents, usually made of cattle and sheep skins, which were more atmospheric. In the past, the tents of the Song Army were mainly made of coarse cloth, with With felt, the quality and durability are not as good as these nomads.

The tents on site are all made of cattle and sheep skins. There is no way. Diezhou is too rich. There are many cattle and sheep. The herdsmen in Diezhou City raise hundreds of thousands of them in the surrounding areas. In addition, they trade with other herdsmen every year. Due to the tribute from the nobles, this is now the largest production area of ​​cattle and sheepskin in the Song Dynasty. For this reason, Meng Gong has already set up a leather armor manufacturing point in Fengxiang City in accordance with Zhao Yurui's request. There are too many to use up and can only be used for Craft leather armor in large quantities.

The beef and mutton here are also continuously supplied from Sichuan to other places in the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Dazazan discovered that the Song army's camp could be split into five pieces, one for the four sides and one for the top of the head, which could be carried by five people. It was very convenient. The top piece was the largest and could cover the four sides to prevent rain.

When they set up the tents, they arranged a tent for each group of ten people. For every 50 people, there would be two Song soldiers as captains and deputy captains.

In addition, one person from each group was selected as the team leader. Dazazan was lucky. This time he was assigned as the team leader and received an extra five hundred coins per month. There was a look of envy around him, which made Dazazan excited.

In addition to the large tents, the Song army also took out individual tents from the carriage and distributed one to each person.

This thing is similar to a sleeping bag. It was learned from the Mongolian army, but the quality of the Song army is better. It has two layers inside and outside, which can be slept on in reverse.

Now in September, when the weather is hot, you can not use it, or you can use the coarse cloth side inside.

The other side is made of treated yak leather, with a layer of sheep felt (wool pressing) sewn on it. Turn it over in winter and it will be warmer when you sleep inside.

There is also a hood. When sleeping in winter, only the eyes and mouth are exposed, which is very effective in keeping warm.

This small tent is rolled up to one meter long and weighs about ten kilograms. It can be carried on your back or hung on a horse, which is very convenient.

With a cowhide sleeping bag and tent, you don't need to bring a quilt. If it gets cold, just cover yourself with your own clothes.

Song Jun asked them to keep it safe when they distributed the supplies, and they would take them back when they came back.

At the same time, each person is also given a bow, which can be chosen in two sizes: walking bow and riding bow.

Most people chose riding bows. Dazazan said that he had one and did not choose the Song Dynasty bow. However, he saw that the Song Dynasty bows were indeed relatively well-made and he was a little jealous.

However, the Song people's riding bows were generally around eight dou, which was not enough for other purposes.

He felt that the walking bow was too long and was not suitable for carrying on horseback.

However, he wanted the heavy arrows from the Song people, which were much better than the arrows they made themselves. Each person was assigned twenty heavy arrows first.

There are also Tubo people from Diezhou City in the camp who cook for them.

They started living here that day, and there were other camps a few miles away from them. There should be one camp for every 500 people, all training and living here.

The food of the Song army was good, at least better than what they had at home. The Tubo people did not lack meat, but they lacked flavor.

Refined salt and white sugar are so expensive and cannot be afforded every day. People in the Song Dynasty here are willing to spend them. There is no shortage of refined salt and white sugar, and it tastes much better than at home.

Then the Song people began to train and teach them.

Soon Dazazan knew what he was going to do next, and it sounded like he was a civilian helping with transportation.

When they arrive, each of them will bring three camels. He will ride one and be responsible for taking care of and pulling the other two. The horses brought by everyone will be concentrated in the camp, and the rest of the people will help carry them away.

Among the three camels, one was a dromedary and two were bactrian.

Camels are divided into single-humped and bimodal. Single-humped camels are a species introduced from Dashi. The species here in Asia are mainly bimodal.

Dromedary camels are suitable for riding. If you only bring people with you, you can travel up to [-] kilometers a day. Like a cavalry, the speed is quite fast.

The twin peaks are suitable for carrying heavy loads and can transport large amounts of supplies.

For a dromedary camel, if you still need to carry weight and go a short distance, the weight cannot exceed 150 kilograms including people and goods. If you go a long distance and there is not enough rest time, it will have to be reduced.

This wave of Tibetan people basically have no armor, and their human weight of [-] kilograms is already relatively heavy, and they can carry up to [-] kilograms of cargo. (Of course, people in the Song Dynasty do not mean kilograms at this time, but kilograms are used here)

A dromedary carrying only people can travel up to [-] kilometers a day, but because it has to carry a large amount of cargo, the Song army has relatively low requirements. It only travels for about ten hours a day, and the daily travel is controlled to [-] miles, because in the early stage, the dromedary was also To bring supplies, they civilian husbands may need to walk.

When some supplies are used up, the peasants can ride on the camels and reduce the weight of the dromedary to increase the speed. By then, the daily travel is expected to reach one hundred miles.

Each of them will also bring two Bactrian camels, which carry a higher load and can carry up to [-] kilograms.

Of course, whether it is a single hump or a double hump, the Song people's requirements will not exceed this data, but will only be lowered, because they have to ensure the physical strength of the camel.

Dazazan was very impressed after hearing this. The Song people clearly explained the time, data, and weight, which proved that a lot of experiments had been carried out in the past few years.

Dazazan silently calculated for himself that, excluding his own weight and personal supplies, each of them could bring about [-]-[-] kilograms of supplies with three camels.

There are more than 500 people in their camp, and they can carry 25 kilograms of supplies. Of course, the Song people have relatively low requirements. To ensure the strength of the camels, the entire camp will bring about 20 kilograms of supplies.

This efficiency is very high. The Song army used to use carriages. A carriage required four horses and several people. The carriage could only transport one thousand kilograms of goods.

When the four transport horses are carried separately, each horse can carry a load of three hundred kilograms, and the four horses can carry a load of 1000 or two hundred kilograms.

But why the Song army preferred to use horse-drawn carriages instead of horses to carry so much weight? It was because many things were difficult to carry on horseback and could only be carried in carriages.

Therefore, when the Song army used a carriage to carry a heavy load, with four horses, a carriage and a few people, the total cargo it could carry was less than [-] kilograms.

Nowadays, one person can carry one thousand kilograms with three camels, which saves a lot of manpower and material resources. Moreover, horses need fodder. Camels can last for half a month without drinking water and a month without eating. Whether it is the Gobi or the grassland, No matter whether it's a desert or a desert, there are things that camels like to eat. War horses can't do it in these places, and they can't eat a lot of fodder.

Therefore, the Song army will only bring a small amount of camel fodder when they arrive, and the rest can be supplied along the way or they can hold on.

At first Dazazan thought it was just a class, but unexpectedly he was woken up very early the next morning, and then was called by Song people to run together, saying it was to improve his physical fitness.

More than 500 people jogged together, and a dozen Song soldiers, including Zhao Xiaotian, ran with them, so everyone had no choice but to follow suit.

After finishing the run and taking a short rest, Song Jun asked them to stand still and not move.

Zhao Xiaotian said that it was to practice discipline. From now on, he would not move or move randomly.

A few days ago, they stopped for a quarter of an hour, and then slowly increased it to two-quarters of an hour. After more than ten days, they stopped for half an hour.

It rained for a few days, and they also stood in the rain. Of course, Song Jun Zhao Xiaotian and others were with them, and Dazazan and other herdsmen had no choice but to follow.

In the middle, the Song army sometimes brought camels and taught them how to build load-bearing fences.

Using wood and fur as frames, the Song people built two load-bearing rails tied to both sides of the camel to neatly stack supplies.

In this way, they repeat the same life every day. They get up in the morning and run, and then practice discipline. They basically stand, disperse, gather, and separate. It's very simple.

It was rest time in the afternoon. Song Jun brought a rubber ball and taught them to play. Some people didn't play, but many people played enthusiastically. Dazazan also liked it and often joined in.

In the evening, I would run before dark. After dinner, I would walk for an hour after dark. It is said that it was to practice night marching.

After practicing for a month, Dazazan clearly felt that the discipline of the 500 people was much better.

It was noisy when I first arrived, and it took me a long time to assemble when I was called.

Now when Song Jun called for assembly, the whole crowd started to jog, and it took a while for them to assemble.

They can easily stand for half an hour and walk for an hour at night.

At this time, Song Jun did not say what they were going to do next, so they just stayed in the camp. They had good food every day and were given money every ten days.

Everyone likes to give out money. After giving out the money, they can go to Diezhou City in groups of ten to buy supplies. Three groups take turns to go there every day. Some people will go, and some will not. They save the money and exchange it for purchases together later.

At the beginning of the second month, Song Jun made billiards in the camp, and everyone started playing happily, and the discipline training was also reduced, because Song Jun did not have high requirements, he just wanted them to be obedient and move quickly. Now they have practiced In one month, we can basically meet Song Jun's requirements.

They have been gathering here for several months. They eat, train, play, and sometimes go to class every day. They are brainwashed and their life is relatively easy.

Before the New Year, everyone was sent home to celebrate the New Year and gathered five days later. Song people said that if they didn't come after the time, forget it.

Everyone happily took all their wages to Diezhou City to exchange for various supplies, and then went home one after another.

Dazazan estimated that after the New Year, some people would not come.

The result was surprising. After the New Year, all 500 people from their camp came back to gather one after another. Although some people were two days late, they also came to the camp.

Later, they heard private news from Zhao Xiaotian that the Song Army recruited a total of [-] civilians this time, divided into twenty battalions. Only eight people did not come after the New Year, and the rest all came.

At this time, it had entered the eighth year of Baoqing (1332), and Wokuotai of the Central Plains was leading his troops to withdraw from the Kingdom of Jin and return to Hebei.

Dazazan and the others stayed in their respective camps for another half month. In the meantime, carriages successively delivered wood, cloth and tools, and they should be preparing for the expedition.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, suddenly one morning the horn of assembly was blown outside.

Dazazan had been in the camp for several months, and his instinct was to quickly get dressed, get up and rush out to gather.

Everyone was very efficient, and they were all outside in a short while.

I saw a large number of camels and carriages coming here on the distant horizon.

The Song army transported a lot of goods, most of which were dragged by carriages and horses.

They were to unload the supplies from the wagons and load them onto the camels.

Obviously, the place where the Song army was going to go was not suitable for carriages, so they could only use camels.

Dazazan once again felt that he was lucky.

He and Azanbi, who was in the same team, jumped on a carriage. They saw tubes made of bamboo slices neatly lined up in the carriage. The two of them got out of the carriage with a tube in their arms. It felt a little heavy. He wanted to see it. I wanted to see what was inside, but I didn't dare to open it.

However, Zhao Xiaotian happened to come over: "Dazhazan, come here." Dazhazan hurriedly carried the bamboo tube over.

"Open it and take a look." Zhao Xiaotian said.

"Okay." Dazazan picked it up and looked around. There was a buckle in the middle. With a flick of the board, the nearly one-meter-long bamboo tube was split into two, and a lot of things fell out.

"Ah, they are all arrows." Dazazan could see clearly now that all of them were feathered arrows.

There are four bundles of feathered arrows inside, each bundle contains 25 arrows. The arrows in the two bundles are staggered with each other.

"These are walking bow arrows." Zhao Xiaotian shouted: "A bundle contains a hundred arrows."

"Starting from the first team, load the arrows for the walking bows first, and each Bactrian camel first loads ten arrows."

Dazazan was the captain of the first team. He understood immediately and started working with his people.

Each of them has three camels, and a small group has thirty camels. Everyone first found thirty camels, and Dazazan specifically looked for stronger ones, which would carry more weight. The same weight would make it easier to walk.

Then we need to use the materials sent before to weave load-bearing frames (baskets) on both sides of the Luo Ma.

This load-bearing frame weighs about twenty kilograms and is placed on Luo's back.

Then each of the left and right fired five barrels of arrows. Each Bactrian camel carried a thousand arrows. Their team of ten people and twenty Bactrian camels brought a total of [-] heavy arrows.

Of the 500 men in the camp, half carried heavy feathered arrows, and half of them carried arrows from divine arm bows and powerful crossbows. These arrows were small and had no feathers.

The whole camp brought a total of 100 camels, and about [-] camels were not heavy-bearing. According to Dazazan's understanding, they should be for backup to replace injured and sick camels in the future.

After everything was installed, their battalion had more than 500 people and more than 700 camels, bringing a total of 50 feather arrows and nearly 70 divine arm bows and powerful crossbow arrows.

Dazazan had three camels, each carrying a thousand arrows.

The heavy arrows of the Song Army originally weighed 120 grams. Later, it was discovered that the armor of the Mongolian Army and the Jin Army was not good enough. Most of them were light armor. Even the mail armor from the west could not stop the Song Army's arrows.

Now it has dropped to a weight of [-] grams, but still has strong armor-breaking power.

The arrows of the Divine Arm Bow and Strong Crossbow are lighter.

Calculated in this way, each Bactrian camel can carry only about 170 kilograms, which is far less than their actual weight.

At this time, they need to add their personal supplies, including water bags, sleeping bags, and tents for ten people. They are broken into five pieces for five people to carry. These items are not heavy, adding up to only twenty or thirty kilograms. The whole camp also needs to carry more. Ten tents were built, mainly for shelter from rain when storing supplies.

Then the carriage from behind came forward again, and they started to get food.

The food is still mainly dry food, there is also cheese, and dry vegetables that they rarely see.

There are two Bactrian camels in Dazazan that are still far short of the [-] kilograms of load capacity, but they cannot pack supplies randomly.

First, according to the requirements of the Song Army, each camel must be loaded with [-] jins of dried meat, [-] jins of dried biscuits, [-] jins of dried vegetables, [-] jins of polished rice, [-] jins each of sugar and refined salt, and [-] jins of cheese. You need to bring a ten-pound water bag and twenty pounds of camel fodder.

Each team also needs to bring three iron pots.

The total here is about two hundred kilograms, divided among three camels.

Among them, the dromedary was used for riding. Dazazan and the others only carried fifty kilograms, and the rest was divided among the two-humped camels.

After loading, everyone takes a look at the condition of their camels. If there are any bad camels, they should be replaced in time.

In the end, each person was asked to take thirty kilograms of coal and put it on a dromedary camel. This coal was dug out of Diezhou City. Later, Diezhou was famous for being rich in iron, with a reserve of [-] million tons. Now it has been used by Gao Zhiyao and Meng Ying dug it out when he was digging the granary.High-calorie anthracite is also produced here, but the output is not large. It is just easy to dig. There is only about tens of thousands of tons of it, and it will be gone when it is used up.

After loading these things, Dazha praised the three camels. The weight of the single hump was about one hundred kilograms, and they could still be ridden by a person. However, the Song Army requested that they not ride the camels first to maintain their physical strength.

Later, as supplies are consumed, other supplies on the dromedary can be transferred to the Bactrian camel, and they can ride on it.

Dazazan felt that Song Jun had calculated everything carefully and there was no waste at all.

The Bactrian camel's weight at this time was already over three hundred kilograms, which was still far short of their four hundred kilograms, and they still had enough energy to spare.

After everyone loaded up the supplies, Zhao Xiaotian told everyone that the arrows from their battalion might not be used because each unit of the Song Army would also carry their own arrows.

Dazazan opened his mouth in surprise. He originally thought that his battalion was going to follow the main force of the Song army, but he didn't expect that they only brought prepared arrows.

Other food supplies are enough for them to feed them for three to four months.

In addition, each person brought two more empty water bags. Each of them brought one water bag for each of the three camels, plus two more empty water bags, so that each person brought five water bags.

You can bring whatever you want, as long as your camel can bear it.

Azanbi, who is on the same team, brought a lot of spices, all of which were exchanged in Diezhou City. This guy is a foodie and likes delicious food.

In the early morning of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Xiaotian's battalion closed up their tents, had the most sumptuous breakfast, took their camels, and then each received ten kilograms of fresh meat, leaving their horses in the camp. Set off.

Dazazan was the first team, and was less than 100 meters away from the previous battalion when it first appeared.

At this time, he already knew that the Song Army recruited [-] civilians, divided into twenty battalions, and each battalion carried different things and materials.

Some were carrying grain, some were carrying horse supplies, some were carrying arrows, some were carrying armor, and some were carrying coal and charcoal. Later, Dazazan also saw some carrying wheels, with camels on both sides. There was a wheel hanging on it, which was very shocking at the time.

Because the road this time was difficult for carriages, Song Jun only brought wheels, and then built carriages after arriving at the destination.

Dazazan's camp also had a big flag with the word 'a' written on it.

Dazazan knew that the character 'ge' represented an arrow.

Once there is a shortage of arrows in front, Song troops will soon find this place along the banner.

Dazazan was very curious about how many people the Song army sent out this time, how many arrows they brought, and whether they would use the arrows from their camp.

They set out on the morning of the [-]th, and then headed east first, and then northeast. Along the way, they passed through mostly mountainous plateaus, but there was no shortage of water and wood. It would be very cold, but they were asked not to use coal.

They marched for ten hours every day, cutting wood to make fires and fetching water on site during breaks. They walked about sixty miles a day, which was relatively slow. The main reason was to give the camels rest time in the early stage to maintain their strength. Moreover, they were all on foot at this time and could not walk. Faster.

A normal person can walk ten miles per hour, and even faster by walking briskly.

They walked sixty miles a day on flat land with their heavily-laden camels, only ten hours, and they had plenty of rest time.

Whenever you arrive at a place, you first unload the camel's load so that the camel can rest.

Eating during the march is not random, it must be eaten according to the requirements of the Song Army.

Usually, water is boiled first, and a small amount of dried vegetables and dried meat are put in. After boiling, it becomes soft and mixed with dry biscuits.

Polished rice is used to make porridge for their breakfast. They basically eat jerky and dry biscuits as their main food, along with vegetable soup and porridge.

Before departure, each of them was given ten pounds of fresh beef. Because it was cold, everyone could eat slowly. Some people had not finished eating for several days.

About six days later, they arrived near Hezhou.

Hezhou used to belong to the Jin Kingdom. Genghis Khan broke it when he attacked the Jin Kingdom. When he used the road to attack the Jin Kingdom, Wo Kuotai returned Hezhou to the Song Dynasty. After that, neither side sent troops because the people in Hezhou City had long been moved away.

Dazazan and the others stopped when they were still two miles away from Hezhou City and were asked to camp.

They happened to be at a high place and could see all the people in front of them from a distance, and they could also see the densely packed Song army.

Dazazan should be in the middle and front of the [-] civilians. In front of the civilians, there is a large number of Song troops, so he can see the Song troops from his position.

Not long after stopping, a strong smell of blood could be heard in the air.

Then Zhao Xiaotian found them: "Each team will bring a camel to get fresh meat outside the east gate of Hezhou City."

Dazazan was overjoyed and called Azanbi. The two of them led the camels to Hezhou City. Along the road, you could see the Song Army camp not far away. The horses and camels covered the sky. The Song Army also brought them with him. Lots of camels, but even more horses.

After arriving in the east of Hezhou City, the smell became stronger. When I got closer, I discovered that someone was slaughtering cattle and sheep here.

The Song army should have driven some cattle and sheep here many days in advance. When they arrived, they began to slaughter the cattle and sheep and distribute the meat.

Many Song soldiers also came to receive beef and mutton, and they obviously received more than them.

Of course Dazazan had no objection, because they were not the Song Army.

This time, each team of ten people was given a hundred pounds, or ten pounds per person.

Azanbi asked the cow butcher for a cow head and butter. The man actually agreed and handed it to him without saying a word.

The two were overjoyed. They returned to the team, heated a pot with oil, added spices, and cooked a big beef head.

At that time, the fragrance spread in all directions, attracting Zhao Xiaotian.

Dazazan quickly invited Zhao Xiaotian to eat with his team.

Dazazan and the others rested in Hezhou for two days, because after passing Hezhou, the Song army had to go south, and the road was even more difficult to walk. It was said that the Song army still carried a small number of artillery, so the march ahead was slower.

This time, because we had to take a detour of thousands of miles to enter Xixia, we had to pass through the Gobi area, and the roads were still narrow in some places. After many trials with the Song army's sentry riders, we abandoned a large number of carriages and only used horses and camels to drag them.

Camels can drag more weight than war horses. Two camels can drag nearly three thousand kilograms.

(End of this chapter)