Song Qingshu and Yeluqi galloped east with their people, and there were many checkpoints and cities along the way. However, Yeluqi's rebellion was so sudden that even the people who went to the capital didn't expect it, let alone other cities farther away
In addition, the news did not spread so fast at all, and those guards thought that Yeluqi was deployed in all the palaces, and they were all flattered and warmly received when they saw his arrival.
Yeluqi just lied that there was a secret mission assigned by the emperor, and he didn't stop at all along the way. Most of the guards didn't ask more questions. After all, the rules are one thing, and the actual operation is another. Yeluqi led the palace division, He is a celebrity in front of the emperor's eyes, who would offend him for a little doubt
But even so, I also met a few stubborn guards on the road, and they insisted on the paperwork related to Yeluqi's accident before releasing him. , and then charged him with obstructing emergency military affairs, and successfully bluffed the other soldiers.
Seeing all this in his eyes, Zhao Min couldn't help admiring: "I've heard that Yeluqi is a gentleman, and I was worried that his indecision would delay the time. Now it seems that it is really unfounded to worry about."
Song Qingshu said with emotion: "It's about the lives of thousands of people in his family, no matter how humble a gentleman is, he will become iron-blooded."
A group of people went through all the way like this, and ran eastward for about 160 li after dawn, thanks to the fact that they were all cavalry this time, and they were good horses dispatched by Yeluqi from all the palaces. Hours are also exhausted.
While the troops were resting, Song Qingshu said in a deep voice: "This is not going to work. This place is at least four hundred miles away from the Golden Snake Camp's sphere of influence. Considering the necessary rest time in the middle, it will take two days no matter how fast. And At this time, the people who went to the capital must have reacted, and sent elite cavalry to chase us, and it will be a matter of time before they catch up with us."
In fact, Song Qingshu didn't know much about the speed of ancient marches before. According to historical materials, he traveled hundreds of miles a day, which seemed to be a bit beyond the physical limit. Got the question.
The most important thing is that the ancient mile and the modern mile are different in length. In ancient times, one mile was more than 300 meters, and three miles is almost equivalent to a modern one kilometer.
Ancient infantry who can travel 20 kilometers a day are already considered top-level powerful troops. Cavalry is faster, but local tyrants like Mongolia with one soldier and three horses can only march about 95 kilometers a day. Of course, if you completely discard the luggage, regardless of All rapid marches, whether it is infantry or cavalry, can be faster, but this cannot last long, and once frustrated midway, coupled with the lack of supplies, it is easy to wipe out the entire army.
It took about two hours to come out of Shangjing, and ran more than 50 kilometers. In the eyes of Yeluqi and Zhao Min, it was already an extremely fast speed, but Song Qingshu had to complain. You must know the world before crossing, the world record of the marathon It's only two hours and twenty seconds, so I can run about 21 kilometers per hour. Now I rode a good horse for four hours and only ran more than 50 kilometers. It's not as fast as those people in the previous life.
Of course, complaints belong to complaints, and Song Qingshu also understands that this simple analogy cannot be made. After all, the marathon has no load and has supplies along the way, while the cavalry has to cross mountains and mountains, and it takes time to pass through various city checkpoints on the way. The more important thing is that this time the troops drag home Leading more than 3,000 people, including many women, children and children, a large army needs to maintain formation at any time when marching, and no one can move conveniently and quickly.
And the marathon, after all, only needs to run about 42 kilometers in total, and it is enough to finish the run, but the cavalry must reserve a certain amount of horsepower, otherwise, with the marathon running method, it is estimated that the horses will be exhausted in a short time.
"We are already mentally prepared for this problem. This time, we will escape as much as we can in the end. We will leave it to our fate." Yeluqi is in the army, so he is naturally very familiar with the speed of marching. He has already thought about this before question.
Song Qingshu frowned, and glanced at Zhao Min at the side, seeing that she didn't look surprised at all, knowing that she thought the same way, he couldn't help sighing that these people are used to being superior, they really don't take human life seriously .
Of course, he wouldn’t let the Virgin want to save everyone, but these people are about to join him, and each of them is an excellent rider, who can use this as a seed to train a large number of excellent knights. On the way to escape in the wild, it was a bit of a waste.
"How about this, let's divide our troops into two groups, and leave one army as a suspect to cover the retreat of the larger army." Song Qingshu suggested.
Zhao Minxiu frowned slightly, and Yeluqi also smiled wryly: "Sensible must die, and those who remain will not do their best. Most of them will collapse at the touch of a button, and maybe our information will be exposed."
Zhao Min also agreed: "Yes, although there may be people who voluntarily stay behind, but after all, there are few people. If others are forced, it is difficult to guarantee the effect." , but after all, there is life, so it is not like it is now, leaving behind the dead and dead.
Facing the doubts of the two, Song Qingshu said with a smile: "What if we take the lead?"
Zhao Min and Yeluqi were surprised: "What do you mean?"
"We took the lead to stay behind and cover the departure of the large troops," Song Qingshu explained, "so that those who follow us will not think that they are bound to die."
Zhao Min and Yeluqi nodded secretly. If they take the lead, it is also a solution, but there is the biggest problem: "Then we are also in a dead end?"
Song Qingshu shook his head: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who seeks his own death?" He remembered the classic crossing of Chishui four times by the previous Taizu, who escaped under the siege of hundreds of thousands of enemies. The situation is even worse than it is now. With such a genius battle example, combined with the complex terrain in the Taihang Mountains, it may not be impossible to get rid of the pursuers in the end.
Hearing his general explanation, Zhao Min and Yeluqi were keenly aware of the possibility of success, and Yelu Chucai, who was beside him, also said with emotion: "The world said that King Qi is a famous general who will never be born. Before I was old, I thought that the world was exaggerated. Seeing King Qi today is indeed a god-man."
A young girl in the crowd was also looking at him curiously. Although the girl was tall, her face was still childish. You could say that she was beautiful, but she was not stunning, but suddenly she pursed her lips and smiled, showing a shy and charming air.
Song Qingshu knew that she was his cheap wife, Yeluyan, the daughter of Yelu Chucai, and nodded and smiled at her politely. Who knew that Yeluyan's face turned red all of a sudden, and she turned away instantly.
Song Qingshu couldn't laugh or cry, thinking that although she was born in the grassland, she was too young, so it's normal for her to be so shy.
Noticing the exchange of eyebrows between the two, Zhao Min put his hand to his mouth and coughed lightly, and said lightly: "In this case, let's divide into teams."