Hanbo

Chapter 86 Wuhuan Warriors, Logistics

Huo Shan pulled the cushion and sat cross-legged in front of the desk, Yi Jili moved the brazier over.

"sit."

After Huo Shan finished speaking, Yi Jili knelt and sat on the ground without saying a word.

Huo Shan picked up the stick to poke the fire and the towel to wipe the sweat, and looked back at Yi Jili who was kneeling on the floor with his head down, feeling a little speechless in his heart.

'Are you overly scared?It shouldn't be! '

"Aren't your legs cold? Take a cushion and sit on it."

Yi Jili immediately got up and ran to get the cushion. After he sat down, Huo Shan handed him the white towel embroidered with the word "Champion".

Yi Jili lowered his head and took it with both hands, folded it up carefully, put it in his arms, and then took out his rag-like cloth towel to wipe his sweat.

Seeing Huo Shan staring at him, an embarrassed smile appeared on his big face.

Huo Shan shook his head, poked the charcoal in the brazier with a wooden stick, the sparks rose up with the heat, and extinguished and fell down after reaching a certain height.

Huo Shan casually asked:
"I asked you to prepare the horse, how is it prepared?"

Yi Jili hastily raised his hands in salute, bent his back, showed a flattering smile and said:

"My lord, I have prepared [-] high-quality horses, all of which are the best Xiongnu horses in the tribe."

Huo Shan nodded. The Xiongnu horse is the ancestor of the Mongolian horse. It is not the top war horse, but it must be the top pack horse used for long distances.

"Well, that's good. An ordinary horse is fine. It doesn't need to be so good. A good horse is a waste."

Anyway, I have to replace it at any time, which is really a waste.

"promise."

"When do you think this snow will disappear?"

"My lord, this year is too cold, the snow on the grassland is estimated to disappear for half a month, and the sun is estimated to take another month to warm up.

Usually, the grasslands don't turn green until early March, but this year it will be half a month later, but with this heavy snow, the growth will be very good. "

"It will be March in a month..."

Huo Shan muttered.

He originally planned to rest here for five days, and then go directly to the grassland, but now it seems that it is not possible.

The snow in Yuyang has not yet melted, and the snow on the grassland is probably thicker.

But the snow does not melt, not only the march is a problem, the Huns are hiding in tents, and they cannot be found in the corners, so the supply is a problem.

The field was blocked by heavy snow, and the guide couldn't find the way.

The snow is dazzling, and the eyes of the soldiers are also a problem.

As soon as the heavy snow melts, as usual, the Huns will drive away the cattle and sheep that have been starving for the winter and start wandering, looking for hay that has been pressed under the snow.

This year is especially serious. The heavy snow fell early and there was not enough grass. Many cattle and sheep must have starved to death. The rest can no longer starve to death. That is their life.

For nomads, they are usually reluctant to kill cattle and sheep for meat. They mainly eat dairy products and highland barley.

Therefore, killing cattle and sheep to entertain guests is a very high standard, otherwise how can we say that the grassland people are enthusiastic.

And the remaining cattle and sheep can no longer starve to death. After starving to death, they will have nothing to eat in the future, so they can only go to the big tribe as slaves.

Although their lives are no different from those of slaves, and they need to pay cattle and sheep taxes to large tribes, there is still a difference between herdsmen and slaves.

At least nominally, herdsmen are in control of their own life and death, as well as their own property.

Therefore, it is inevitable to go out to find grass, and Huo Shan is targeting this opportunity. If you want to find grass, then you Xiongnu soldiers will not be able to get together.

This time Huo Shan took the soldiers to help them solve their difficulties.

So many cattle and sheep starved to death in one winter, you will definitely not be able to eat them all. If you can’t finish them, they will stink when the weather gets warmer, so you have to bury them. If you don’t bury them, wait for the plague to cover the prairie.

Instead of asking you to dedicate to Changshengtian, grow more grass and waste it, you might as well give it to me and not waste it.

If you don't give it, it depends on whose bones are hard. Don't you call the strong to be respected?

But now that it is snowing heavily, according to this situation, we have to wait another ten days.

You have to wait until the snow water has completely soaked into the grassland before you can go, otherwise the bitter snow water and muddy grassland will not walk for more than [-] miles, and the horses of the entire army will have to lie down.

"Half a month, wait."

"By the way, how many mouths does your Wuhuan tribe have now?"

Huo Shan asked very interestedly, he really didn't know about this, his focus has always been on the Xiongnu.

"Returning to my lord, the Wuhuan tribe now has a population of 17."

"How many can carry a knife?"

"Back to my lord, it's around [-]."

Huo Shan nodded. With a population of 17 and [-] troops, one out of four would be dispatched. The ratio of the Huns dispatched troops was three to six. Wuhuan was within the average range.

Of course, this refers to strong and strong men. When necessary, how many people in the tribe, except those who can't run and can't hold a knife, are all soldiers.

When going out, the men are fighting in front, the old man behind the back is herding horses and sheep, and the women are shearing and boiling milk.

The children shouted "kill the Han people and grab the food" in their mouths, rode sheep with wooden knives, and played the game of hacking and killing. They have been cultivated since childhood.

So, when the Xiongnu set out to fight, it was the whole family.

And don't look at the fact that the Wuhuan tribe only has 17 people, which is nearly a quarter of the current Xiongnu.

Are you surprised that the Huns are still called the Great Empire with such a small population?

Still oppressing a big man with nearly ten times their population in the early stage and bullying at will?

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the population of the Han Dynasty was less than 500 million, and the Huns were at their peak at that time, with a population of less than 200 million.

But war is not a matter of population. There are many factors in various aspects.

China has never been short of people in wars, what it fights is logistics, and what it lacks is money and food.

But the Xiongnu didn't have this problem. They were the logistics themselves, and the logistics were there wherever they went. All the people of the family were soldiers, and they came and went freely.

At its peak, the population was less than 200 million, about 160 million, and there were 40 or [-] Han Chinese slaves.

By the early days of Emperor Wu, the population of the Han Dynasty had doubled to around 4000 million, but Liu Che was still in a state of anxiety, whether he could survive this battle!

If it weren't for the previous generations to raise horses and train the army to save money, the research on the Xiongnu in the past 200 years has accumulated a lot of knowledge, and then many outstanding people have emerged, and they should not be defeated or defeated.

It's not that you can fight with a large number of people. If you don't talk about other things, just talk about Huaxia. Xiang Yu will lead tens of thousands of people to defeat hundreds of thousands.

The northern nomads have been the great enemy of China for thousands of years, and their population has always been small, so there is a certain reason for that.

But the current Xiongnu are just toothless tigers with a population of less than one million. Wei Qing and Huo Qubing killed hundreds of thousands of people and millions of cattle and sheep.

Now is the time when they are at their weakest, and it is time to deal him the final blow.

.........

Huo Shan thought about it for a long time, Yi Jili's whole body became stiff, Huo Shan said suddenly at this time:

"Can you choose [-] Wuhuan men who are familiar with the Xiongnu, familiar with the terrain of Mobei, can speak the Hun language, and are brave and invincible?"

Yi Jili was taken aback for a moment, then trembling with excitement, he immediately prostrated himself on the ground and shouted loudly:

"Return to the lord, even if it costs eight thousand."

Huo Shan waved his hand:
"It's not that much, eight hundred is enough."

4000 people, if [-] of them were not for the Habayashi Army, this would be too much for Huo Shan.

If it were ordinary elite cavalry of the big Han, Huo Shan would only bring around [-] cavalry.

He clearly remembered that he was going to cause sabotage, not to fight, and what he wanted was mobility so that the Huns could not catch it, not the two armies facing each other.

"These 800 people let them dress up as Huns and give them the best horses, five horses per person, two war horses, and three pack horses. Don't hold me back."

Yi Jili pouted habitually, a little unconvinced, but he didn't dare to refute, he could only murmur in his heart:

'I'm sure I won't hold back, maybe I, the Wuhuan warrior, are the most valiant in killing the enemy. '

But he is very arrogant in his heart, but he is very sincere in his mouth.

"promise."

Not long after, Yi Jili came out of the room, feeling a little dazed, and woke up when the cold wind blew.

Flushed with excitement, he happily ran away.

When you come, you are trembling, and when you go, you are leisurely.

Not long after Yi Jili left, an acquaintance brought two officials and many things to Huo Shan's small courtyard.

This person was Wang Wei, who was sent by Huo Shan when he was transporting the armor. The purpose was for him to come and help him prepare logistics supplies.

Wang Wei stood outside the door, saluted respectfully, and then shouted:

"My minister, Wang Wei, please see the little prince."

"Enter."

Wang Wei pushed open the door carefully, and then let the two officials quickly carry the things in, then let them back out, and quickly closed the door.

It's too cold, and with just this little heating, I can't ask to run out.

Huo Shan got up and looked at these things, Wang Wei just closed his mouth knowingly.

A leather water bag that can hold a bucket of water, a round iron lunch box with a lid, twenty thick iron sticks, and a large leather bag that can hold five buckets of water.

A cloth bag that can hold [-] jin of tea cakes, a cloth bag that can hold [-] jin of noodle cakes, a long cloth bag that can hold [-] jin of fried noodles, and a salt bag that can hold [-] jin of refined salt and [-] jin of coarse salt.

Refined salt is eaten by people, and coarse salt is eaten by horses.

Two pairs of flint and steel, one engineer shovel with chopping, shoveling and sawing, as well as sewing box, medicine bag, hammer and so on.

In addition to these things, each soldier also has five sets of clothes from head to toe, from the inside to the outside, two sets of thick, three sets of thin, as well as two bedding, two sleeping bags, and a tent.

There were two or three pack horses for each person. Except for the soldiers and armor during the march, they naturally couldn't leave them empty. This stuff was about a hundred catties, and it would be less than thirty kilograms.

Moreover, the pack horse can be changed at any time, and it doesn't matter if it gets tired.

As for how Huo Shan distinguished what was in these bags, naturally they all contained things.

Two water bags, one for use and one for water storage, to avoid the situation of not being able to find water for a few days.

Lunch boxes and iron sticks are naturally used for boiling water, eating and barbecue. Who knows if there are germs in the water in this grassland.

Tea cakes are just ordinary tea cakes, to prevent belly fat from eating too much meat. Noodle cakes and fried flour can be stored for a long time. In grassland conditions, noodle cakes can be stored for one year, and fried noodles for half a year.

This is a reserve grain, to eat when you are about to starve to death.

Salt replenishes stamina, and what's left is to face all kinds of other situations.

The more you think at this time and the more prepared you are, the greater the chance of surviving on the battlefield.

Don't be afraid of trouble.

Lao Huo didn't take anything with him, he threw it all away, let's eat the enemy's.

Xiao Huo also had the same idea, but this time it was different. This time he went deep behind the enemy lines, and Wei Qing in front couldn't show his head, and no one could attract firepower.

Therefore, I want to eat the enemy's, and I have to prepare some of my own, prepare with both hands, and grab with both hands.

.........

Huo Shan picked up a handful of flour, rubbed it to look at it, and then tasted it. It contained wheat flour, millet flour, sorghum flour, salt, sugar and vegetables.

Those dark green fine particles in the light yellow flour are vegetables.

As for the production methods of these things, they were all taught by Huo Shan, which is very simple.

All kinds of vegetables are dried, wait until there is no moisture, and when they are moved, they will be broken, and then ground into fine powder.

Then fry the flour, and then mix a certain amount of salt and sugar into it. After frying, let it cool in a dry place and then pack it.

Don't dry it in the sun, as it will cause worms. Although worms are also protein, they are raised by eating noodles.

Noodles and fried noodles are one material.

Add water to the fried noodles to make cubes, and then dry them in the sun. After they are completely dry, they are steamed in a pan, and then baked in the sun. The cycle continues until they are compacted.

After steaming in the pot for half a quarter of an hour, the core is still dry after you take it out and break it open, then you will get a big Han version of the compressed biscuit.

Just a small piece, add two glasses of water, and after eating, you will not be hungry all day long.

As for the method of making tea cakes, well... search for it yourself.

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