Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1634 He Zizhen

  Early the next morning, before Liu Bei and Zhang Fei had fully entered the state, Tang Yu had already lined up in the battalion with his men and fully equipped.

   "Tang Sima, this is..." Liu Bei was at a loss looking at the fully equipped Tang Yu.

  Tang Xing cupped his hands and said: "General Hussars has a saying that the fish you teach is not as good as the fish you teach...I also ask General Liu to gather a hundred soldiers and go into the mountain with XX!"

   "I'm going too!" Zhang Feiweng said in a low voice.

   "Third brother, you..." Liu Bei looked back at Zhang Fei.

   "Brother, let me go!" Zhang Fei opened his round eyes and looked at Liu Bei sincerely. Before the defeat, Zhang Fei was very guilty. Although he didn't know what kind of medicine was in Tang Yu's gourd now, Zhang Fei still felt that he had to try it, at least for his elder brother.

  Liu Bei hesitated for a while, and finally nodded and said: "So, be careful..." He turned his head to ask Tang Yu, but got a reply that was neither painful nor haughty.

   Tang Yu ignored Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's careful thinking, he just taught it, as for whether he can learn it, it depends on Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's ability...

After Liu Bei had assembled a hundred soldiers, Tang Yan took a step forward and shouted loudly: "The art of mountains and forests is nothing more than the words 'live' and 'war'. Live before the battle. If you want to fight, you must first seek to live." If you survive, you can fight. Today, I have been ordered by the hussars to teach you the art of the mountains and forests. I hope you will pay attention to it. If you violate the order, you will be dealt with according to the law of war! Severe punishment will not be forgiven!"

   Liu Bei's soldiers turned their heads to look at Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, but saw that Liu Bei and Zhang Fei did not say a word, which was tantamount to acquiescing to Tang Xun's rights, so they all concentrated their attention and listened to Tang Xun's deployment.

Tang Xun divided the soldiers into ten groups, and led by his own men, he quickly left the camp and walked towards the forest. When he reached the front of the mountain, Tang Xun stopped, pointed at the forest and said: Living among the mountains and forests is the four methods of clothing, food, housing and transportation. Today, I will teach the method of the word 'clothes'..."

  Tang Yu said, and then took out a shining treasure and threw it into the sky, and then the military spirit surged up, covering all the soldiers in an instant...

   Well, the last sentence is from a fantasy studio.

  Actually, what Tang Yan took out was a long, unpretentious, and even tasteful—

Cloth.

  To be honest, the military robes of the Han Dynasty were not suitable for mountain warfare. Because most of the previous wars in China were concentrated on flat land or small hills, or even desert areas, but they really rarely focused on the south, which led to few soldiers and horses in the Han Dynasty setting foot in the mountains. Except for a few generals who have made great achievements in the battle in southern Xinjiang, the others basically know nothing about the blank space between the mountains and forests.

  At the same time, because of the self-preservation of the broom, these generals who fought in southern Xinjiang would not pass on their experience and lessons to others, so others would not have the opportunity to learn this knowledge at all.

For the insects in the mountains and forests, the military robes of the Han Dynasty are completely defenseless and defenseless. Although they are not as good as the toga and long sleeves worn by the gentry children, wide collars and large pants are unavoidable. , As for the arm guards and leg guards that can gather cuffs and trouser legs, they are generally only available to soldiers above the curved length. Ordinary soldiers do not have such equipment. When they raise their hands, even the entire arm is exposed...

  In addition, the Han soldiers are not as accustomed to mountain mosquitoes as the Ruo people, and they don’t have some insect repellents in reserve. In addition, such outer robes naturally become the best targets for mountain insects. And a long strip of cloth can basically greatly reduce the exposed skin area, and also reduce the chance of being bitten by insects.

   "Oh?! There is such a method..." Zhang Fei widened his eyes, watching Tang Xing skillfully wrap up his cuffs and trouser legs.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were trousers, but at this time the trousers had no crotch and were called "shin clothing". The so-called shin clothing was similar to the stockings of later generations. The belt is tied at the waist, so of course the trousers with only the trouser legs have no crotch, or they are open.

Most of the Han people wear "lower clothes", which are actually two pieces of cloth at the front and back. Both men and women wear them in order to cover what is in the middle. legs up.

  During the Han Dynasty, shin garments also changed. Originally, the two separate trouser legs were connected together to form a waistband, but they still belonged to open crotch trousers, called "poor trousers". "Hanshu" records: "Although the palace envoys are all poor pants, there are many belts."

  In addition, like why the ancient gentry children, every young master had to hang a jade pendant around his waist, not entirely for the purpose of showing his identity, but also for practical purposes, after all, I don’t know when the wind will blow or from what angle...

   "Book of Rites · Qu Li" says "Don't wear clothes when you're in labor, don't wear clothes in summer", which means that even when it's hotter, you can't lift your clothes. How much face, don't be a gentleman...

   In terms of trousers, the model of nomads is closer to later generations. After all, they want to ride horses. If the trousers without crotch rub against each other, it will be sour, so naturally don’t mention it. However, the trousers of the Hu people are called "man crotch". Later, they were introduced to the Central Plains and combined with the poor trousers, and finally became the prototype of trousers in later generations. But what is interesting is that after the invention of the crotch trousers, the "kun" was considered a kind of lowly clothing, which was only worn by the lower class people, while the upper class gentry still liked to wear open clothes...

  Ordinary soldiers, of course, are short skirts with calf-nosed skirts, and better ones can also have a large outer robe. Such equipment was very common in the Han Dynasty.

  What if there is no cloth strip?

  Cut now!

  Take off a large robe, and cut cloth strips directly along the grain...

Tang Huang asked his subordinates to demonstrate how to wrap the cloth strips again, and then how to tie the last piece of the cloth strips. However, there were still many people in Liu Bei's soldiers who could not tie the cloth strips well. They were either loose or loose, or the length of the cloth strips was quite long, but what? There were also those who learned quickly and learned well, and Tang Huang praised them while asking his subordinates to mark them down.

   Afterwards, he did not continue to correct, and continued to enter the mountain with his soldiers.

  In the mountains and forests, finding the right direction is undoubtedly an important part of the journey.

Using the sun to judge the direction is the foundation of the foundation. If there is no sun, you can use vegetation, trees, moss, or even unmelted snow on the top of the mountain to roughly judge the direction, and then determine your own direction. .

   Then there is the sign of progress. Every two hundred steps, either on the tree or directly using branches, etc., set up a sign to check whether there is any deviation in the direction of travel, and on the other hand, it is also conducive to finding the original road quickly if you go wrong.

  “…In the mountains and forests, look up first, and then walk along the terrain. There are roads that don’t go through forests, roads that don’t climb mountains, beams that don’t go in ditches, and verticals that don’t go horizontal…”

  “…When you are moving forward, you should also take big steps and rest in small steps. Before you reach the station, you can’t stay…”

  “…When climbing rocks, you need to watch and be cautious, support yourself with your hands and feet, stay still and then move…”

Tang Huang taught the main points while leading the people, and recorded those soldiers who learned quickly in certain aspects. When the sun passed the mid-heaven, he began to look for a campsite, and soon found a more suitable one. Although the area is not a hard and flat rock plane, it can be regarded as a relatively flat ground relatively close to the water source.

Clear the debris on the ground, drive away the insects and snakes that may be hiding in the grass, and then set up a bonfire to smoke and roast. When the choking smoke filled the air, even Zhang Fei couldn't bear it, let alone some small ants. Insects like scorpions have been evacuated from their hiding places one after another...

  A small scorpion waved two pincers just enough to overturn a rock, but was caught in the air by a hand, and pinched by the tail spine, and suddenly it could only wave its pincers in the air in vain...

"... There are also edible things in the mountains... such as this..." Tang Yu tore off the scorpion's tail sting, and then shook it twice in front of Zhang Fei, "After removing its stinger, you can eat it... Zhang Fei Do you want to see the general?"

"This...fufu... can I eat it?" Zhang Fei panted heavily, and followed Tang Yu all the way. Even though he was physically strong, he still had some difficulty with no experience in mountains and forests. But it was precisely because of this, for Tang Yu, Zhang Fei also lost the initial contempt, and really felt that Tang Xun had some abilities, and his attitude had also changed.

   Tang Yu nodded.

Zhang Fei stretched out his fingers to pinch the scorpion, frowned and looked around, looking at this unlucky little guy who was probably less than a finger long, then hesitated, stuffed it into his mouth, bit it, and immediately pooh Come out, "Bah, bah! It's not delicious! A smell of earth..."

   "Uh..." Tang Yu said helplessly, "General Zhang, it's not impossible to eat it raw...but it's usually eaten after roasting..."

   "Huh?!" Zhang Fei was stunned.

   This time, some of the soldiers of Liu Bei’s army who learned from Tang Xing were originally from Orion, so they followed Tang Xing’s men to the surrounding area and quickly collected some animals and plants.

  Tang Xun introduced some edible animals and plants, and let the soldiers pass them to each other to identify them one by one, and even left one or two specimens for the soldiers to take with them, and then let them cook while setting up the garrison.

  Zhang Fei followed closely behind Tang Xing, listening eagerly to Tang Xing's explanation.

   "General, the garrison must be dry, not a damp place... If there is no felt cloth to lay the bedding on, you can bake it with fire first, then tamp the soil with stones, and then lay some hay on it..."

   "...At night, people should be sent on duty to watch over the bonfire. Soldiers gather around the bonfire to avoid insects and repel animals..."

  Tang Huang took another wild fruit, handed it to Zhang Fei, and said, "... most of these fruits are edible... but some are poisonous and inedible... If you don't know how to identify them for a while, there is a simple way..."

  Tang Yu took a knife, cut a hole in the skin of the wild fruit, and then took out a small bamboo tube from his waist, opened the plug, poured some fine salt, and applied it into the cut of the wild fruit.

"...Look, if it changes color, you can't eat it..." Tang Yu pointed to the wild fruit, let Zhang Fei see it for himself, and then said, "...walking in the mountains, generally speaking, you start looking for a camp in the afternoon. All the affairs of the camp must be prepared before…”

"If you can't find the water source for a while, you can immediately look for fruits like this..." Tang Yu took the delicate bamboo joints excavated by his men and showed Zhang Fei, "In the land of Sichuan and Shu, there are bamboos everywhere. …Bamboo joints like this can be roasted for a little while to get the water out of them… But you should pay attention to the method when roasting… But try to follow the water source as much as possible, and don’t deviate too far… After all, whether it’s us His subordinates, who are still Zoren and Zheren, are actually inseparable from water. If you walk along the water source, you will definitely find their traces... After defeating them several times, these Jorren and Zheren will not have the guts to harass them again ..."

In fact, the official road of Dingze is roughly formed along the route of the water source, but because Liu Bei's soldiers were not used to the mountains and forests, let alone leaving the main road, for the Ruo people lurking in the vicinity Attack, so it is like a blind man who doesn't know if he is touched by the Zoran, let alone counterattack. If he knows some methods of walking in the shallow mountains and forests, then the Zoren can't do without the water source. If the old trick is repeated, after a few times of ambushes and heavy injuries, the Zeren will not dare to act recklessly.

   And if it comes to a frontal battle, Ruo Ren is definitely not Liu Bei and Zhang Fei's opponent, so the problem actually becomes very simple...

  The aroma of food cooked on the bonfire gradually wafted out, adding a lot of human breath to this mountain forest.

"I stayed here for five days, and brought a group of soldiers into the mountain every day..." Tang Yu took the marked roster from his subordinates and handed it to Zhang Fei, "...these are among today's, relatively Excellent people, the general can gather these people together and form another army, after a little training, they will naturally have the strength to fight..."

  Zhang Fei looked at the wooden tablets in his hand, feeling a little dazed, murmuring not knowing what to say. On the wooden tablet, there are marks to indicate whether the pawns in each group performed well or not. The ones with more circles are good, and the ones with more crosses are bad. It is very simple and clear. After five days, about a hundred soldiers who are more suitable for the mountains and forests can be picked out, which is naturally enough to deal with the harassment tactics of the Zeren...

  ...Here is the dividing line near the end of this chapter...

  Five days later, Tang Xun took his men on the way back. This time, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei respectfully sent Tang Xun out of Wuli, and Fang reluctantly sent Tang Xing away.

"Third brother..." Liu Bei looked at the backs of Tang Yu and others who were getting smaller and smaller in the mountains, and said after a moment of silence, "... General Hussars actually doesn't need to teach us these secret methods of the mountains... if someone does it In this matter, it is not unfair to send a centurion... In this way, you can get the Dingze, and you don't need to pass on this secret method... Hey, this Hussar general has a heart... Certainly not as good as Hussars, not as good as Hussars Ride...Compared to this, He Zizhen is really a poor broom, He Zizhen is a poor broom..."

  Zhang Fei was silent, just followed Liu Bei, turned towards the back of Tang Yu who was going away, arched his hands again, and bowed down...

  (end of this chapter)