Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 662
Monan 99 springs.

Xiao Hunian came to the open space in the right camp with a huge wooden box in his hands. More than a hundred Khitan women were setting up wooden frames and drying leather on the open space. "Xia Ke Xing".

Luo Youdu supported Xiao Hunian's tent building and asked them to keep the customs of the Khitan people.Of course, it is not to let them become Khitan people completely. If this is the case, after a hundred years, Khitan will still be Khitan, and the relationship will be unfamiliar, so what is the point of doing it?
Therefore, the tribe in the hands of Xiao Hunian has the habits of Khitan nomads, but the internal culture is gradually replaced by Han culture.

They started to learn Chinese, children read a subset of scriptures and history, and sang Han songs, which felt like Khitan leather and Han bones.

After taking a long breath, Xiao Hunian wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said loudly: "Tighten the leather, the tighter the leather, the better. The last few good suns have sunned the leather. Have a warm winter."

Five or six Khitan women responded with a smile, and came up to take out the old leather from the wooden box, and took them together for drying.

These leathers are the common property of their tribe. The men in their tribe go out to hunt and get leather from various animals, among which wolf rabbits are the most.

Xiao Hunian did not disturb their work, but patrolled the camp. The men and women in the tribe were all busy with their own affairs. There were men who picked firewood and iron, and women who cooked and sewed clothes. It's the smell of fireworks.

When they saw Xiao Hunian passing by, they would call "General" respectfully.

Xiao Hunian responded with a smile, not at all obvious that they came out to fight, just like everyday life.

After wandering around the camp, Xiao Hunian returned to his tent, took a notebook and read it.

In the past few years in Bianjing, her biggest achievement is to learn the orthodox cultural art of war in the Central Plains.

Although military books such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Wu Zi's Art of War", "Three Secret Teachings", and "Six Strategies" have long been rotten, there are also in Khitan.However, these general military books mostly teach the general principles, and the real details are the experience written by the generals of the past dynasties based on their own marching experience.

These things often appear in the form of letters and are passed down from generation to generation.

Just like the letter that Fu Yanqing gave to Luo Youdu, it recorded the fighting experience of several generations of the Fu family.Especially the letter left by Fu Cunshen shocked Luo Youdu into a celestial being.

Fu Yanqing, the guy who made Khitan exclaim as King Fu was indeed awesome, but compared to his father, Fu Cunjian, he was still a notch lower.

Xiao Hunian can be regarded as half of Luo Youdu's apprentice, and he learned a lot from him.

Later, Chai Kehong moved to Bianjing, and Xiao Hunian learned a lot from him. Compared with the historical commander-in-chief who shocked Mobei and overwhelmed Mongolia and Wugu, he was younger in age. Many, but not less powerful.

"General!" Xiao Talin's voice sounded outside the tent.

Xiao Hunian put down the letter and said, "Come in!"

Xiao Taling entered the account in a hurry, with a happy expression on his face, he said: "Everything is as the general said. When I learned that I am attacking in the direction of Mobei, the beggar of the Wu family has already sent troops to bring back the cattle and sheep."

Xiao Hunian nodded and said: "Continue to keep an eye on them. Once they drive the cattle and sheep far away, they will immediately harass them. In short, they can't feed the cattle and sheep, they can't go hunting, and they can't store food for the winter."

Xiao Talin stomped his feet and beat his chest, loudly accepting his orders.

Xiao Hunian said: "Go and call your father."

After a while, Xiao Shululie entered the account.

Xiao Hunian asked about the storage of supplies, and said: "After winter, it will be the day of decisive victory. Our clansmen can't freeze, and count the things to keep out the cold in advance. If there are not enough, we must ask the court for it in time."

She doesn't see herself as an outsider.

This is fighting for Dayu, and it is reasonable to ask for winter clothes in winter.

Xiao Shululie looked at Xiao Hunian, who was full of the air of a general, and secretly praised in his heart: "The old patriarch gave birth to a good daughter."

His uncle has seen Xiao Hunian's growth.

When she first arrived in Monan, Xiao Hunian was still a little tender when she held high the flag of Xiao Jiayi. With more and more clan members, the clan became stronger, and the burden became heavier, the faster she grew up.

This expedition was the first time that Xiao Hunian led a large army to fight.

However, in three months, he already had the appearance of a general.

Xiao Hunian's troops were the first to attack, and they fought many rounds with Mongolia without any results.

This is not a question of strength, but that Mongolia is too slippery.

Knowing the gap in equipment, they did not attack directly, but harassed in a roundabout way.Constantly engage in sneak attacks, just like wolves on the grassland, with tenacious will and patience, looking for flaws.

What the Mongols do, the Khitans do too.

The two sides rubbed against each other in the form of see-saw, all of which were small fights.

At first Xiao Hunian wanted to perform well, showing his face in front of Ailang, eager to fight, solved Mongolia, and supported Luo Youdu.

The two went to Shangjing together, so she could avenge her father with her own hands.

With such a heart in her mind, she violated a military taboo and suffered a small loss.

Xiao Shululie relied on his seasoned experience to make it through, and did not cause any major losses.

After this incident, Xiao Hunian seemed to be enlightened, and he was no longer impatient. With Xiao Shululie's reminder, he also understood the meaning of Wu's beggar.

It's not that Wu's beggars are really afraid to fight, but they don't want to fight, and they don't want to sacrifice Mongolia's vital strength to give Eastern Khitan a chance to win.

Although Mongolia has unified Mobei, its strength has been greatly improved compared to before.But in the early years, Yelu Abaoji taught him a lesson. The overall strength is there. Even if they are unified, they will not be able to shake the Central Plains of the Southern Dynasties.

If Mongolia wants to benefit, the only thing to rely on is that the Eastern Khitan won this battle, and the strength of the Central Plains of the Southern Dynasty was greatly damaged, and it lost control of Monan.

Only in this way can Mongolia hope to carve up the Central Plains with the Eastern Khitan.

This is also the reason why Wu's beggars want to cooperate with the Central Plains. The power of Mongolia is not enough to support Monan and Mobei. Only with the support of the Central Plains like Xue Yantuo in the past can they annex the grassland tribes majestically and become a veritable grassland overlord. .

It's just that Luo Youdu disdains cooperation with Mongolia, he only wants an obedient dog, so the beggar of the Wu family made the next best thing and went with the Eastern Khitan.

The beggar of the Wu clan didn't trust the East Khitan, he was afraid that if he won the battle, his own strength would be greatly damaged.

Even if East Khitan wins at that time, they will not give him the agreed Yun Jiuzhou, but will kill him casually.

I was also worried that if I defeated myself, once the Central Plains defeated the East Khitan, the enmity would be too deep, and it would be difficult to get along with each other in the future.

So the beggar of the Wu clan wanted to hold himself back, not allowing himself to support the Central Plains, and create opportunities for the Eastern Khitan.

After figuring this out, Xiao Hunian realized that it was impossible for him to win quickly, so he began to change his thinking in order to destroy Mongolia.

Xiao Hunian knew Luo Youdu's ambitions, and knew that he wanted to develop Dayu into a dynasty that had never been seen before or since.

Mobei does not allow any resistance.

After careful planning, Xiao Hunian thought of a way to force Mongolia to fight.

Just take advantage of this winter.

The most difficult thing for nomads is winter...

Every winter is a test for nomads.

Throughout history, there are many tribes that were destroyed and buried by wind and snow.

It is because the winter is difficult, before the nomads have fully grown and consolidated their materials, most of their days are spring, summer and autumn to store resources for the winter, and dormant in winter.If the supplies are not enough, they will go south to plunder.

According to the habits of nomads, Xiao Hunian threatened Mongolian sheep, prevented them from grazing comfortably, reduced their milk production, attacked their hunting troops, prevented them from having additional food sources, and threatened their rear. They cannot farm safely.

In winter, Wu's beggars will inevitably fall into the situation of running out of ammunition and food.

A fight to catch!
Xiao Shululie also knew Xiao Hunian's plan, and said: "We have to beware of their attacking in advance, the beggar of the Wu family is not an idler, and the head of the Wuliangha clan under his command is even more famous for his resourcefulness, which should not be underestimated." .”

Xiao Hunian said with a smile: "I wanted to fight before, but they didn't. Now they want to fight, but I don't want to fight with them. Forced attack? Just try the defensive method taught by Uncle Chai."

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Mongolia camp!

Boduanchaer, the first generation member of the Golden Family, appeared in front of the beggar of the Wu family with a somewhat sad face, "The patriarch, Xiao Talin has returned to 99 springs."

Wu's beggar cursed angrily, "Damn girl, she is more cunning and hateful than people from the Central Plains."

Knowing that his opponent is a female class, Wu's beggar didn't take her seriously at first, thinking that if he wasn't in no hurry to win, he would easily destroy him with only [-] troops.

But the subsequent series of targeted actions gave Wu's beggar a headache and was very passive.

Especially one month ago, after Xiao Talin raided thousands of miles and burned the highland barley they planted near the Kelulun River, the beggars of the Wu family understood Xiao Hunian's intentions.

The other party is pulling their salary from the bottom of the pot and doesn't want them to spend this winter.

Boduancha'er also looked helpless at the moment. He originally wanted to take advantage of Wu's beggar's loss in the Central Plains War, and then with the support of the Eastern Khitan, he annexed the eight tribes of the enemy and became the overlord of Mobei.

It's just that the beggars of the Wu family were also wary of the Eastern Khitan, unwilling to compete with Xiao Hunian, so that they fell into today's predicament.

What worries Boduanchaer the most is the war situation in the East Khitan.

Boduanchaer didn't know that the Eastern Khitan was defeated, but he had already heard the news of Yelusha's death.

It can be seen that the Eastern Khitan is at a disadvantage, this side cannot win, and the Eastern Khitan has failed again, all his calculations will be in vain.

"The chief patriarch, Xiao Hunian, this stinky bitch, knows our habits too well. If this continues, we will be too passive. If we really wait until winter, we will all freeze to death and starve to death. Now we can only attack, gather all our strength to attack, and take her down .”

Boduanchaer was fighting quietly again.

This time Wu's beggar did not refuse, but hesitated.

Facing Xiao Hunian's series of targeted measures, Wu's beggar also planned to counter it with the same method at first.

Everyone is of nomadic origin, who doesn't know who?
Can you target me, can't I target you?
Wu's beggar intends to return everything that happened to him to Xiao Hunian intact.

As it turned out...it turned out that what he knew was the Khitan of the nomadic people, not Xiao Hunian of the Khitan Pihan human bones.

Xiao Hunian sent people to his rear to burn their highland barley with heavy fire oil, and Wu's beggar sent people to Zhangjiakou to burn Xiao Hunian's crops.They don't have fire oil, but animal oil also has a combustion-supporting effect.

However, Xiao Hunian's tribe had no crops at all.

Nomads do not cultivate at all, and only eat meat and milk, which cannot be supplied by the production of meat and milk from cattle and sheep.

Highland barley has strong cold resistance, short growth period, high yield and early maturity, and is the only crop that can be grown on grasslands.Therefore, when nomads migrate, they will not only consider the grassland, but also the cultivated land. Milk and barley are the staple food of the nomads.

But Xiao Hunian leaned against Dayu and ate only corn and rice, not farming at all.

Xiao Hunian harassed the flocks of cattle and sheep, frightened, polluted pastures and hunted, which reduced the milk production of Mongolian livestock.

Wu's beggars also responded in the same way.

Although the result was effective, Xiao Hunian's main food was corn and rice, supplemented by dairy products.Milk production is reduced and the impact is limited.

Mongolia, on the other hand, mainly eats milk tofu, cow and goat milk, supplemented by highland barley meat, and the milk production is reduced. For them, it is fatal.

The most important thing is the understanding of Monan Mobei.

In the past, the Han people marched north, and the vast grasslands, sand dunes, and deserts in the south and north of the desert were natural barriers.

Many armies lost their way during the conquest. They used the terrain to harass or hide and seek, and they always had a way to deal with it.

Just like Huo Qubing, he can go thousands of miles deep without getting lost, and he can find the target accurately. For thousands of years, this is the only one.

But Monan and Mobei have been ruled by Khitan for hundreds of years. No one knows better than them where there are pastures, water sources, and rivers.

Wu's beggar, a Mongolian, is no match.

Just like the 99 springs where Xiao Hunian is stationed now...

99 Springs is located in the Huitengxile Grassland. It is a lake formed by numerous pits after the volcanic eruption. It is named for the uneven distribution of 99 lakes on the mountain.The climate there is pleasant, the mountains are gentle, and the water and grass are lush. Even in the scorching midsummer of the red sun, it is not hot and boring.

From the very beginning, Wu's beggar wanted to stay in Jiujiu Spring and spend time with Xiao Hunian.

As a result, they took a small path through the uninhabited desert, arrived first, and occupied the geomantic treasure land first.

After several fights, Wu's beggars have nothing to do with Xiao Hunian, they can only consume each other.

But how to spend it?
Xiao Hunian's tribe has only strong men and women, who are laborers on the grasslands and can create material wealth.The elderly and children in their tribe are all in Zhangjiakou, and Han officials are responsible for taking care of them, so they have no worries at all.

And they are also dragged down by the elderly and children, and the consumption of materials on both sides is self-evident.

Competing for consumption, Xiao Hunian ate them to death.

Thinking about what happened during this time, Wu's beggar gritted his teeth and said, "What's so terrible about a stinky bitch? She doesn't want me to spend the winter, so I asked her to warm my bed."

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