The great man will live forever

Chapter 7
The sound of geese is heard at the head of the white grassland, and horseshoes are light in the yellow sand moraine.

"Da da da!"

Following the crisp sound of horse hooves, Liu Han and Huo Qubing rushed back with the loot.

They did not take the heads of all the Huns, but cut off their ears, took important prisoners, and cattle and sheep to eat, and headed back.

Of course, they still brought the heads of important leaders. For example, Huo Qubing personally carried the head of Ruohou Chan and tied it to the back of his horse.

Liu Han felt panicked, but Huo Qubing didn't at all, because it was his trophy.

Liu Han estimated that if this head were given to others, they would be able to exchange it for the same weight of gold.

"Brother Liu, why don't you take a rest?"

At this time, Huo Qubing was extremely excited. This time, he beheaded and captured as many as 28 people. Of course, the Han army also suffered losses, with 250 people killed, 50 seriously injured, and 150 slightly injured.

But it is undeniable that this is a huge victory. There are only more than 300 casualties. Minor injuries are basically not counted. You can just take care of them. The battle loss ratio is as high as 1:7. It was accomplished with a force far lower than others. , and more importantly, captured and beheaded many Xiongnu noble officials.

Perhaps because he saw something was wrong with Liu Han, Huo Qubing quickly asked, "Why are you unhappy?"

"I'm happy, why am I not happy? It's just that I almost vomited after eating beef and mutton in the past two days. I eat it every day."

Liu Han said this, but he really had mixed feelings in his heart.

"It's okay. We are only more than 100 miles away from my uncle's military tent. We will be there by dark at the latest. Then we will change our taste."

Huo Qubing said, patting Liu Han's shoulder.

Liu Han rolled his eyes at him, "You can throw it away, that military ration is worse than mutton and beef."

"Haha, you just want to eat, but the food you make is really good. Don't tell me the stinky tofu, it smells stinky, but it tastes delicious. And the hot pot tastes good too. I really miss it. When you return to Chang'an, remember to cook it for me."

Thinking of eating, Liu Han couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, he was from a good background. He had an older brother who was a prince, and he and Huo Qubing grew up together. Otherwise, the food would be unbearable to look at.

Compared with the Western Zhou Dynasty and Pre-Qin Dynasty, the food of the Han Dynasty has been greatly improved.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, it was completely natural. Just cook it and fill your stomach. Many of the vegetables eaten at that time were wild vegetables that are now eaten by pigs.

Salt has a bitter taste and is sandy. Ordinary people can only eat it occasionally, and it is extremely expensive.

In the pre-Qin period, things were a little better. The main food became beans, but they were basically cooked in water and had no taste at all.

The Han Dynasty was much better. In addition to beans, we could eat millet and rice. However, this rice was only grown in the southernmost part. At this time, the south was still developing very slowly. It was vast and sparsely populated. It felt a bit like a primitive forest, and it was somewhat self-sufficient. It’s difficult, probably only princes, nobles and emperors can eat rice regularly.

Ordinary families rarely have the opportunity to eat meat. They may only eat it during the Chinese New Year, and only eat two meals a day. They are all boiled. Oil is so expensive, and there is no way to fry it.

If we say that what ordinary people eat the most is dog meat, pigs are cheap meat at this time and have a pungent smell. Castrated pigs should have only appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty in the early days. It is said that this magical ancient method was obtained from Hua Tuo's superb surgery. True story of surgery.

Pork as a staple food only began in the Song Dynasty.

The most common thing that Han people have the opportunity to eat is dog meat. Liu Bang's powerful general Fan Kuai was selling dog meat back then. Poor dogs, loyal friends of mankind, were extremely popular in Han people 2000 years ago.

As for other meat, horse, cow, sheep, pig, chicken, rabbit, tiger, wolf, bear, deer, monkey, owl, pheasant, wild duck, partridge, wild goose, sparrow, etc.

Basically only the princes and nobles can eat it.

Especially beef, unless Huo Qubing and Liu Han went out to fight, basically only the emperor and princes in the Han Dynasty could eat it.

In the Han Dynasty, if a cow is killed without reason, the head will be decapitated.

Of course, Liu Han was happiest when Zhang Qian came back from the Western Regions a few years ago.

It was not the Western Regions that he opened up, but Zhang Qian brought garlic, coriander, etc. from the Western Regions, and later pepper appeared.

Add the existing condiments such as peppercorns, cinnamon, ginger, green onions, mustard, scallions, leeks and other seasonings for seasoning.

In addition to the chili peppers of later generations, he had all the basic seasonings, and he had a good life in Chang'an.

Of course, salt is still coarse salt, and the taste is naturally not as good as that of later generations, but ordinary people can't even eat salt every day. He can eat it every day, and occasionally eat some precious fine salt, which is quite good.

"That must be true. By the way, Brother Huo, how many people have you beheaded this time?"

Liu Han finally asked what he had hidden in his heart. "I didn't count carefully. Anyway, we are officers. The important thing is to win the battle, not how many people to behead. I guess there should be 30 to 40 people."

"That's right!" Liu Han's mood became even lower. There were more than 30 people, but he only killed 7 people. This was several times worse.

After all, he and Huo Qubing had been practicing horse riding, archery and martial arts together since he was a child. He thought that even if he was a little worse, it shouldn't be too different. However, when he actually got to the battlefield, he realized that the difference was too big.

From the initial excitement to fear and even panic, he finally realized that he was just an ordinary person.

Originally, he thought that since he had traveled through time, he should be the proud man of heaven, but he had to accept that he was too far behind Bihuo Qubing.

Three stages of life: facing the ordinaryness of parents, admitting that oneself is ordinary, and accepting the ordinaryness of children.

Perhaps seeing Liu Han's depression, Huo Qubing comforted him and said, "Why, you are still worried about what happened on the battlefield. You are still young and it is your first time on the battlefield. It is normal to feel scared. I am scared too, but what will happen later?" Didn’t you also kill the enemy heroically?”

"Are you really scared?"

Liu Han looked at him with no fear at all. At this time, he really wanted to say, I don't study well, so don't lie to me.

"Really! It's also my first time on the battlefield, but I'm older than you, so it's better."

Huo Qubing nodded wildly as if he said I definitely didn't lie to you.

Liu Han cursed in his heart, "Shit, I only saw you getting braver and braver as you fought, and you were about to kill through the camp. You lied to a child by saying you were scared."

At this moment, he understood one more truth in his heart, that is, no one with a name in history should be underestimated. A peerless genius like Huo Qubing, who has a name through the ages, should not be compared with him.

When many people in later generations read history, the most common illusion is: "I can do whatever I want!"

When many people read history, they will have misunderstandings, such as how a certain big shot could make such a low-level mistake at such a critical moment.

Just like Yuan Shao's Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao's Battle of Chibi, etc.

What's more, they will also laugh in their hearts, this guy is so stupid, and he can't play a good hand of cards.Not as good as me. If I go up, I will definitely be better than him, but is it really that simple?
Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, overthrew the Qin Dynasty at the age of 26 and became the strongest man in the world. However, he died in Gaixia at the age of 30.

If you were Xiang Yu, who was rampant in the world at the age of 26, would you be so wary of the rogue Liu Bang who was forced to raise an army only at the age of 48?
You are estimated to be thousands of times crazier than Xiang Yu, and then die earlier and more miserably than him. In the Battle of Pengcheng, you are estimated to have killed as many as Liu Bang's 50 troops.

Before the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao dominated Hebei, accounting for four of the nine states in the world, and had 10 armored elite soldiers under his command.On the other hand, Cao Cao's territory was one-fifth less than Yuan Shao's, and his soldiers were one-tenth less than Yuan Shao's.

If you were Yuan Shao, would you go on the field in person and fight Cao Cao face to face?
You must know that Cao Cao took the lead and personally led the troops to burn Wuchao.

Before the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was in the north, with 20 elite land and sea troops waiting in front. Later, there were voices of surrender within Soochow, and even some of Soochow's aristocratic families submitted letters of surrender.

If you were Cao Cao, would you believe that Huang Gai, a small captain, dared to use a false surrender strategy against him?
People in the later generations basically looked at history from a God’s perspective, but the ancients did not!

It is difficult for people to transcend history, and the authorities are often obsessed with it.

Take the Battle of Chibi in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as an example. We know that Zhou Yu and Huang Gai are willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, but Cao Cao doesn't know.

We know that Jiang Qian's stealing of the book was a plot directed and acted by Zhou Yu, but Cao Cao did not know.

We know that the chain of iron chains is Pang Tong's chain plan, but Cao Cao didn't know.

We know that Zhuge Liang borrowed the southeast wind from God, but Cao Cao did not know.

Okay, let's put it into Cao Cao's perspective now. If someone has an insider, he can report to us that Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, in public, so it makes sense for Huang Gai to surrender to me, the official prime minister of the Han Dynasty!
Jiang Qian, a famous scholar from Soochow who recommended himself, as Zhou Yu's friend, stole Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's surrender letter from Zhou Yu's bedroom for me. It's very reasonable!
In the name of serving the imperial court, Pang Tong came to offer advice to me, the real prime minister of the Han Dynasty. It makes sense!

It is winter now, and the northwest wind blows, but the fire attack must have the southeast wind, so I am not worried about the fire attack, it makes sense!
All this is very reasonable. It is not from the perspective of future generations. How can you doubt it?
A long time ago, Liu Han read a time-travel novel, and the object of time-travel was Zhu Yuanzhang.It took the protagonist more than 100 times to succeed even though he knew the complete historical nodes. Is this normal?It's actually quite normal.

Because anyone who can leave their name on the document is the elite of the elite.

The ancients just had little knowledge, but their IQs were not low at all. If someone who thought others were fools traveled back to ancient times, even if they brought a set of 24 histories, they would probably not survive more than three episodes.

After figuring out these problems, Liu Han learned awe, humility, and reconciliation with himself.

It's not as good as Huo Qubing, isn't it normal?
Only by knowing reverence can one know how to behave, and only by knowing all living beings can one be compassionate!
He is a time traveler, but apart from his experience beyond 2000 years of this world, he is just an ordinary person!

In this battle, he learned to be in awe, to awe everyone with a name in history, to respect his opponents and enemies, to be humble, and to learn like better people!

(End of this chapter)