Chapter 1773: Unusual Movement at the Border, Riders Rush Out
The team of the Heavenly Soldiers who were marching forward changed the usual teaching of chewing and swallowing slowly, and ate in big mouthfuls. They stopped eating staple food and ate vegetables instead.
The three dogs raised by Shi Yue were sensible. They saw that something was wrong, and quickly chewed and swallowed the half-dried meat. They were ready to set off.
The team of the Heavenly Soldiers who were marching forward had four riders per person. They were the kind of soldiers who would fight if they could, and run away if they couldn't.
After the soldiers finished eating, someone picked up two dogs, and Shi Yue held one himself.
The dogs held by others did not struggle. As a hunter, Shi Yue was too embarrassed if he couldn't even do this little training.
The team set off and moved forward in the direction of the situation they heard to see who was doing what.
The person holding the other two dogs put half a steamed bun soaked in water in front of the dog's mouth, urged the horse and said to the dog: "Eat it quickly, or I'll throw you down when the fight starts."
The dog did not despise it, opened its mouth and bit off a piece, ate it into its stomach, bit it again, and then licked it.
"I'll stuff it in." The person holding the dog knows that the dog dares not bite down, fearing that it will bite the person's hand.
He directly stuffed the remaining buns in, and waited for him to pull his hand out before the dog chewed.
Not to mention the hounds, there were many families who raised dogs well at Li Yi's time. It was difficult for adults to pry the dog's mouth open, and the dog struggled.
If it were a child, the dog would not dare to move, fearing that it would accidentally hurt the little master's hand. Just pry it open, anyway, you are small, you can't hurt me.
If the child slaps the dog's face, the dog still has to accompany the little master after being beaten.
If it is a cat, if the child dares to slap the cat's face, the cat will basically slap back, and at most not show its claws, which is already good.
The cats raised by the royal family of the Tang Dynasty are relatively docile and have ways.
Everyone beats it, and only when it runs to the side of one person, others will not beat it.
Even if the cat has no class, it knows who can protect itself. When the owner waves, the cat looks very obedient. There is no way, it is afraid of being beaten.
A well-raised dog recognizes its owner. It will not compromise even if others beat it to death. If it cannot fight, it will die. If it can run, it will quickly find its owner.
If the owner is also beaten, then bite it. If it bites one, it will die.
Therefore, Lijiazhuangzi raises dogs but not cats. He has no time to play with cats.
Cats cannot be tamed. Poor families cannot raise cats. If the living conditions are not good, cats will leave. You are poor. Other families have meat to eat, but you don’t. Go.
But dogs will not. They will stand up even if they are poor and endure being beaten.
If you think your owner spoils you too much, try to bite him. If the owner doesn’t hit you, then you can bite the owner to death next time. Your status has changed!
In history, Li Longji and Yang Guifei spoiled Persian cats. Cats just think it’s better here and can’t find a better place.
Now there are cats on the grassland, or cats. When they see a large group of cavalry running, they all get out of the way.
The canines of the wolf pack run far away. That is not the area they should touch.
Shi Yue’s team took a telescope and finally found another team.
"The patrolling scouts are in teams of ten people. We found seven teams with different faces. The enemy has at least 5,000 people. Each scout has three horses, and the main force should have two horses."
The scouts of the 500-man camp where Shi Yue was were dispatched to bring back intelligence.
They couldn't get in because the enemy's scouts were too dense. If they got in, they would have to fight.
They were not afraid of fighting, but they were afraid of alerting the enemy.
The enemy was obviously going to launch a sneak attack. If they found that the situation was not right, they would turn around and attack us.
"Captain Shi, the Turks are going to the Xi tribe, and they are too fast." Another team of scouts came back.
"A team of ten people will report the news and ask the Xi tribe to prepare. Another ten horses will go back to report that there is a problem inside the Turks. No, report it truthfully, but tell us what we are thinking."
Shi Yue instantly judged the situation. The Turks wanted to go to war with the outside world. They had to either stabilize the inside world or divert the contradictions.
Stability naturally requires expansion, while instability and power struggles require external wars to quell internal problems.
As the battalion commander, Shi Yue thought of many things in an instant, but he did not dare to give any accurate information and could only report it truthfully.
Boom boom boom, the two teams ran away. They threw everything to the team and ran as hard as they could to lighten the burden on the horses.
But the horses drank the same amount of water and feed. It was fine for the people to hold on, but the horses had to pursue speed.
"Captain, what should we do?" the captain next to him asked.
"What else can we do? Save horsepower. Once they go to fight the Xi people, we will sneak attack them when they are in formation or charging. We have guns.
When they reach the Xi people's place and the Xi people organize their team to defend, we will go out according to the situation."
Shi Yue thought of a lot of things in an instant. He deliberately let these people go. If he attacked the other side now, they would collapse.
He couldn't get much advantage, but the Xi people were safe.
He had to scare the Xi people, and then his team fought to prove that the Tang army could protect the Xi people.
He didn't care about the ten times the number of troops. The range of bows and arrows was too different from that of muskets.
The muskets were indeed inaccurate on horseback, but bows and arrows were accurate? Who can't shoot arrows? Don't you understand how much the wind affects the arrows when they fly out?
Shi Yue discovered it long ago, but he didn't discover it. It was the border troops who tested it out.
The stronger the wind, the more powerful the muskets are, and the smaller the deflection distance. The stronger the wind, who knows where the bows and arrows will be blown to.
Sniping is difficult, but you can always hit one with a volley, right?
If the enemy dies and your team survives, you win.
There are also tailwind and tailwind. If the enemy is in the tailwind and your team is in the tailwind, you still stop your horse, aim and shoot, shoot two rounds of muskets and then run diagonally. The tailwind range of the bows and arrows is not enough.
The border troops have studied it long ago, and they have practiced with a lot of bullets.
"Check the bullets, don't let anything go wrong. I repeated what Li Dongzhu said several times in my mind. It's time to fight."
Shi Yue couldn't tell whether he was afraid, excited, or excited. Anyway, he was quite excited.
Finally, they fought with each other. What's wrong with the Turks?
"I understand!" "I understand!" "Clear!" "Got it!" "Okay!" "I'm checking it." "No problem!" "Yes!"
A mess of responses sounded, and everyone checked their bullets. Riding a horse didn't delay it, except for those who were holding dogs.
"Be honest, don't move, let me check the gun, and run quickly when you need to fight. You can just report a message."
A soldier with a dog talked to the dog. The dog didn't understand, but he could feel the emotions.
The dog lay in front of the man, with two paws behind the horse's neck to keep balance.
No need for people to hold it, it understands, it will be tired when running, and it won't be tired on the horse.
"Do you want to kill the scout?" The scout on his side ran back and asked Shi Yue, do you want to do it?
"Isn't that the end? Keep your distance and don't let them see us. Their scouts have three horses each, while the regular troops have two more.
We all have four horses, so we have the advantage of running speed and won't fight hand-to-hand with the enemy."
Shi Yue shouted back. He knew that his scouts were itching to fight, and they could surround and kill the enemy's scouts at any time because of their different vision.