Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 272 The Real Purpose

On the bank of Nanchaobai River in Huairou County.

More than [-] cattle, sheep and horses are densely packed all over the field, eating grass leisurely.

Xiao Daqian grabbed his curly long braid in distress, looked at the map in front of him, and pulled it down forcefully.

In just over ten days, Xiao Daqian already felt bald.

Even though he was bald.

Khitan has the custom of shaved hair, which is to shave the center of the head and leave a circle around the side.

He kept looking back and forth on the map, frowning into a line.

The map in front of him is different from the topographic map of the war, it is a map that records the surrounding grasslands.

Xiao Daqian's official position is the Taibao of the Cattle, and he is in charge of animal husbandry as he can tell from his name.

The first problem faced by the Khitan army was not the lack of food, but that the more than [-] cattle, sheep and horses that came with the army were about to run out of grass to eat.

Under Xiao Siwen's governance, Youdu Mansion was in a mess militarily, but its administrative affairs were thriving.

In particular, the decree that the development of farmland can be rent-free for ten years, he has implemented it quite well.As a result, fertile fields are everywhere near Youdu Mansion, and there are not many decent pastures.

More than [-] cattle, sheep and horses need astonishing forage every day. Once they lack food, they will die or die, and there must be no milk.

This would have a devastating effect on Khitan's logistics.

Many people think that grassland people eat meat every day, and that they are not happy with meat. They think that leading troops to fight and bringing hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep are used to eat meat.

This is a big mistake.

Grassland people are extremely rare for cattle, sheep and horses, and they will not kill them easily for food.

Only when the cattle and sheep die of old age, or when entertaining distinguished guests or when there are major festivals will the cattle and sheep be slaughtered.

Especially when marching and fighting, the army is even more taboo to slaughter cattle and sheep.

Otherwise, let alone more than [-] head, even a million cattle and sheep are not enough to feed an army of [-] for three to five months.

The main purpose of bringing cattle and sheep is to obtain cow milk, goat milk and mare milk anytime and anywhere, which are the best food for grassland people.

A bowl of dry food and a large bowl of milk of cow and goat are more filling than anything else. As long as there is grass, there is inexhaustible supply.

More than [-] cattle and sheep were the biggest source of food for the Khitan army.

Once the cattle and sheep are weaned, it means that a large amount of food will be consumed to fill the gap.

The more than 1000-mile grain transportation line cannot be easily solved.

"Where is there a safe pasture?"

In order to feed the more than [-] ancestors in his hands, Xiao Daqian exhausted all means.

At this moment, Xiao Daqian suddenly heard deafening shouts of killing.

Walking out of the camp with a blank face, the scene in front of him made his face pale and his heart tremble with fear.

The Central Plains cavalry who came out of nowhere were massacring the soldiers protecting the herd.

Accompanied by thunderous roars, the cavalrymen of the Central Plains ran away with thunder and lightning, their horses were as fast as dragons, they were like tigers rushing into a flock of sheep, killing everyone they saw, just like evil spirits from hell.

Xiao Dagan's mind went blank.

Xiao Daqian didn't react until his cronies pulled him on the horse, and said loudly: "Quick, quick, you go to the barracks for help, I'll go to the herd to find someone to help!"

Yelvjing dispatched ten thousand people to guard the herd.

There are a lot of people, but because of the fate of thousands of miles.

A group of one hundred thousand leather warriors rushed forward, but they did not bring the shepherd woman with them.

These 1 people are also responsible for collecting cow milk, goat milk, horse milk, and grazing.

Therefore, there are more than [-] people in the herd who can be called.

Xiao Daqian didn't care much, and rushed straight to the herd.

Han Lingkun chopped down the Khitan soldiers in front of him with a single knife, waved his big knife, and laughed loudly: "Follow me to kill all these thieves, and bring all the cattle, sheep and horses back to Youzhou. Haha..."

Looking at the cattle, sheep and horses all over the field, Han Lingkun's eyes sparkled, and he shouted one more sentence: "Brother Luo, you are really a god!"

They all thought that Luo Youdu's purpose was to use the food transport team to lure the Khitan soldiers into battle, and they all thought that Luo Youdu's way of breaking the situation was to fight against the Khitan on the banks of the Sanggan River, with real knives and real guns.

Not only Da Zhou thought so, even Khitan had the same idea.

But no one thought that Luo Youdu didn't care about the food delivery team at all.

The grain transportation team is a real bait, luring Khitan to fight to rob grain, and to lure Khitan to fight to help Yelu Wansi.

His real purpose was to attack the Khitan herds that were away from the Khitan barracks in order to graze grass.

Exchange your own food team for the opponent's herd.

Han Lingkun still remembers the expression on his face when he heard that Luo Youdu temporarily changed his mind, asked him to change his tactics, and attacked the Khitan herd from west to north along Xiangshan Mountain after crossing the river.

Although Luo Youdu said that he was a temporary idea, a tactic that came to him suddenly.

But Han Lingkun faintly felt that this was Luo Youdu's original intention, and that his brother's goal from the beginning was the Khitan herd.

It's just that there are many things in it that he can't understand.

I don't understand why Luo Youdu gave him an empty kit, why he even lied to his own people.

But he believed that it was for his own good that Luo Youdu didn't tell him clearly, and he didn't care about it.

At this moment, Han Lingkun had no other thoughts except shouting "God Man".

"Ma Shuai, there are still enemies in the herd."

Han Lingkun was reminded that when he looked at the herd, there was indeed a group of soldiers and horses gradually gathering in the depths of the herd.

Han Lingkun held up his big knife, thought for a while and said, "Zhu Xin, you lead three thousand cavalry with branches tied to their horses' tails, pretending to attack the Khitan army camp. The others, come with me! Crush these sons of bitches!" ..."

As soon as Han Lingkun finished speaking, he had already rushed to Khitan and had just assembled more than a thousand troops.

The generals of this era are mostly proud of taking the lead.

Han Lingkun is handsome Ma Shuai, the number two figure in the bodyguard's pro-military division, and he is also unwilling to be left behind on the battlefield, and takes the lead.

He is like a bolt of lightning, wedged bravely into the enemy group.

Swinging the broadsword left and right, like chopping melons and vegetables, he chopped down the soldiers beside him to the ground.

Xiao Daqian's army, which was organized temporarily in an emergency, was defeated by Han Lingkun leading the troops in a single encounter.

Xiao Da was frightened, turned around and ran away.

Han Lingkun was not in a hurry to chase and kill, but reined in his horse and shouted: "The surrender will not be killed!"

He can't speak Khitan, but Luo Youdu specially arranged for him a few guards who can speak Khitan this time.

At this moment, they also shouted in Khitan dialect: "The surrender will not be killed!"

Originally, these soldiers were doing milking work. They didn't wear armor on their bodies, and their weapons were only a scimitar around their waists. They were no match for the well-equipped Great Zhou Forbidden Army at all.

Seeing Han Lingkun shouting so loudly, everyone knelt down on the ground.

Han Lingkun said again: "You lay down your weapons and drive all the livestock to Youzhou. After the matter is completed, if you want to stay, I will share your cattle and sheep; if you want to return to Khitan, I will let you go too. I am a hero in the Central Plains, and I mean what I say." !"

The more than 40 cattle and sheep are beyond the control of the Central Plains people who have no grazing experience. Recruiting soldiers is an inevitable move.

After Han Lingkun finished speaking, Xiao Daqian gathered another group of people in the distance.

Without Xiao Daqian, these herdsmen would have left long ago.

Han Lingkun repeated the above thing again, and recruited herdsmen to drive the cattle and sheep to Youzhou.

(End of this chapter)