Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 850 subtle
Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

Sima Yi was making arrangements for the army, while the cavalrymen of the Han army who had been chasing two or three hundred miles away for a day and a night were already tired and were lying on the lee under the mound.They were wrapped in blankets, snoring, and slept soundly.After sleeping for three or four hours, they set out to pursue the Wei army heading north again.

The soldiers had already fallen asleep, but their chief general Yuan Hong hadn't fallen asleep yet, and was studying the traces left by the Wei army's camp.

Wearing a blanket, Xiang Yu sat beside Yuan Hong, yawned and asked, "Bo Shuo, why not go to sleep? If you don't sleep now, it might be tomorrow again!"

Yuan Hong observed the stove left by Wei Jun, and replied: "I can't sleep, General Xiang will go to sleep first, and I will sleep after a while!"

Xiang Yu, who is over [-] years old, is no longer as healthy as a young man. Looking at Yuan Hong who is still full of energy, he murmured with a little envy, "It's good to be young! It's better to be old, go to sleep early."

With that said, Xiang Yu straightened the blanket and lay down.

After a few breaths, Xiang Yu's snoring sounded. Yuan Hong glanced at Xiang Yu, and then yawned a lot. He was also very sleepy, but he still had something to do, so he didn't dare to sleep!

A cavalry pawn walked up to Yuan Hong and said, "General, there is no problem with the calculation. It is a stove for 3 people."

"Let's step down and rest!" Yuan Hong waved his hand and told the cavalry to step down.

"promise!"

After the pawns left, Yuan Hong frowned, he always felt a little strange.He served Zhuge Liang in his early years, led the army alone, and fought against Sima Yi, so he is familiar with Sima Yi's military habits.

Sima Yi used his troops fiercely, and when a fighter opportunity appeared, he would be so slow, but instead he would advance long distances, daring to fight and rush.But the current slow marching speed does not conform to his style of doing things!

Yuan Hong squatted next to the stove, poked the soot on the stove with a branch, got up and went to the nearby horse dung pile, poked the horse dung again, and pulled the horse dung away.The horse manure has dried, and food residues can be seen faintly.

Yuan Hong stretched out his hand, picked up a small ball of horse dung, crushed it with his fingers, put it under his nose and sniffed it carefully.

No smell!

The feces are light yellow, and most of them are mustard.

Yuan Hong already understood it in his heart and had a spectrum.Although he entered the Han Dynasty at a young age and learned the military strategy of the Central Plains, the tactics on the grasslands were ingrained in his bones, and he would never forget them.Through horse manure, knowing the physical condition of the horse and how it eats is what their nomadic nobles need to master.

Horse feces are different from human or dog feces. Because they do not eat too much fat and protein, horse manure will not smell. When they smell, it means that there is a change in the horse's diet or a problem with gastrointestinal function. .

As far as the food for war horses is concerned, they provide different food according to different usage conditions.For example, when marching or garrisoning troops normally, the war horses are freed and let them graze normally, which takes half a day.

When marching fast, there is no time for the horse to graze, and it is necessary to provide food for the war horse, which can be done in half an hour, which is much faster than letting the horse graze.At the same time, since grain and grass provide more energy than grass, the time for horses to march can also be longer.

During the charge, in order to keep the horses physically strong for a longer period of time, not only must food be fed a few days in advance, but also a little minced meat can be added on the day when the horses are used to fight, so as to keep the horses full of energy. The horse manure produced after the battle has Strong stench.

At the same time, the color of horse manure also depends on the food the horse eats, such as green hay, the manure will be bright green; light green hay, the manure will be pale, and so on.

At present, the horse manure of the Wei army going north is light yellow, and they do not eat food and grass, but hay on the ground.This means that the Wei army who went north was not in a hurry, half marching and half staying, as if waiting for themselves.

Yuan Hong clapped his hands with a dignified expression, no matter what the situation ahead, there must be something tricky in it, so what Guo Xiu said must be false.

"Don't move forward!" Yuan Hong muttered.

Although Yuan Hong didn't know what Sima Yi's intentions were, he knew that he could not do what the enemy wanted him to do.

But are the [-] pawns who went northward true?
In Yuan Hong's mind, he remembered that his uncle Liu Chan once taught him the strategy of increasing the number of stoves. If the number of troops is not increased, but the number of stoves can be increased, he thinks that he can deceive the enemy.

After pacing for a while, Yuan Hong ordered: "Come here, check the amount of horse manure left by the surrounding Wei army to see if there are [-] troops."

"No!" The attendant called out hundreds of people to disperse to investigate.

About half an hour later, an attendant came on horseback and reported, "General Qi, we found that within a radius of five miles, there was not much horse manure, only two or three thousand. According to regulations, it should be ten thousand. An army of people, not an army of [-]."

Stoves can fool people, but the excrement of war horses cannot.People can go without excretion for a day, but war horses can't. A normal war horse can produce eight piles of manure every day. If 3 people are stationed here, the manure of war horses cannot be so little.

"In that case!" Yuan Hong paced back and forth, analyzing, "Sima Yi's intention should be to move our army to the north, and his intention is to defeat our battalion, not me and Huo Huqi."

At the moment Yuan Hong didn't know what Sima Yi's plan was, but based on his guess, he knew that Sima Yi sent him and Huo Yi to lead the army northward. If the intention was for the two of them, the army going northward could not have only [-] people.

Then the answer came out accordingly, Sima Yi didn't mean to be with himself and Huo Yi, but also to His Majesty's army who stayed behind!
"Not good!" Yuan Hong clenched his fists tightly and said, "Uncle is in danger!"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Hong strode away and shouted: "Order the whole army to assemble, mix meat mince in the food, and return to the camp at full speed."

"promise!"

The attendant replied with a serious expression. For their cavalry, they generally do not feed the horses with grain mixed with minced meat, which will hurt their stomachs. However, before an emergency battle, they will be fed with a little minced meat.

Walking to the side of Xiang Yu who was sleeping soundly, Yuan Hong kicked Xiang Yu's body with his feet and said, "Go back to the camp quickly!"

Alarmed, Xiang Yu subconsciously held the saber by his side. Hearing Yuan Hong's voice, he relaxed and got up with difficulty. His head was dizzy. He knew it was the effect of lack of sleep.

After a while, Xiang Yu slowed down, got on his horse, and asked, "Bo Shuo, why are you returning now?"

Yuan Hong looked at Xiang Yu, and said in a deep voice: "There are too many words, and it is inconvenient to explain. After returning, Xiang Jun will know!"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Hong waved his arm, calling for the Han Hu Jingqi under his command to return.

Yuan Hong first had to meet Huo Yi who was following behind him, because Huo Yi was a general, he was the vanguard, and he needed to obey Huo Yi's command.And he didn't know what happened to the army. It was undoubtedly a safe move to gather more soldiers and horses for the return journey.

Under Yuan Hong's order, Han Hu Jingqi only had a slight sound of curiosity, and he didn't know why he was so tossed.But with their extraordinary military qualities, they obey Yuan Hong's command unconditionally.

After many years of fighting and blending, Xianbei Huqi, who used to be lax in military discipline, has become an elite soldier of hundreds of battles, and Hanqi, who is not good at riding skills, is also slowly improving with the cooperation of Huqi.

Of course, this is also Liu Chan's deliberate intention. In order not to create a gap between the Han and Hu, and to benefit each other, when he transfers troops, he will let the generals and the school take charge of the Han and Hu soldiers.Over the years, Han Qi has become nomadic, and Hu Qi has also become regular.

(I broke my promise, I can’t finish coding three times today, wait until noon tomorrow!)
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