The wool bundled under the buttocks exuded an unpleasant fishy smell in the late autumn. Many generals and soldiers of the Jin army felt a little uncomfortable, but A Shu enjoyed this feeling very much.
Even though he has been in the Jin army for so many years, even though he has gradually begun to consider himself a Han and now a Jin, he still instinctively enjoys the feeling of being in the grassland.
"It's a good start this time." Ah Shu looked at the groups of cattle, sheep and horses in the distance with satisfaction, but he still complained to the generals who were following him: "But it's still too few, and the horses are also captured.
Not many, just over a hundred. This time I just want to replace all the livestock and donkeys that pull our cart with horses. This can speed up the progress of our army. Not only can we sweep away all the tribes we detect, but we can also avoid them.
The enemy will pursue us in the future. In other words, when we win a battle, we must be able to catch up, and when we lose the battle, we must be able to escape."
Ah Shu did not hide the conclusion that followed, which may have depressed the morale of the army.
On the grassland, speed is extremely important. As long as you are fast enough, you can win or lose with ease.
As a general born in the grasslands, fighting to the death is the concept that everyone has in mind, but running away if you can't fight is definitely not a shameful thing. With the cruelty of the grassland, if you don't treat the concept of running if you can't fight correctly,
There weren't many people left fighting each other.
And this time they ran into this tribe. It was just the smallest tribe on the grassland, and its supplies were extremely limited, which was far from enough for their 20,000-strong army.
Although the Jin army had to handle the logistics on their own for this expedition, it was certainly impossible to take no grain and grass with them when they set off. In addition to grain and grass, they also had to carry enough equipment.
On the grassland, these things cannot help them replenish them. Especially bows and arrows, they must be prepared in sufficient quantities. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, if Li Ling's soldiers and horses could each carry a few more bows and arrows, they would probably end up with another
An ending.
These supplies were all transported in large carts. A Shu's idea was to replace the donkeys and mules that carried the carts with truly excellent war horses to maximize their marching speed.
As long as there are enough war horses and the soldiers have replacement horses, the movement speed can naturally increase. Even the extra war horses can be killed for food at critical times. Although this is an extremely luxury. But if it is absolutely necessary, no matter how luxurious it is,
Gotta do it.
"After all, the strength of our army is still inferior to Yuan Meng!" A general sighed.
The Jin army is not afraid of Yuan Meng, but the problem is the entire Jin army, and their army, including Dou Xian's Chinese army behind them, is only 20,000 people. Even if the people from Bingzhou and Hezhou are included, it is only 60,000.
Thousands of people.
Sixty thousand cavalry, placed in the world, is definitely a decisive force. However, it is still impossible to compare with the entire Yuan Meng.
Even if half of Yuan and Meng's troops are now deployed in the west, they cannot defeat Yuan and Meng with only 60,000 troops. The generals of the Jin army are not so whimsical.
Their purpose of sending troops this time was not to defeat Yuan Meng, but to drag the opponent down.
"Where are our search teams?" Ah Shu said as he lifted up a piece of roasted mutton.
The so-called search teams are actually scouts, helping them discover the enemy's situation first.
If it is a small tribe on the grassland like before, especially a small tribe with only a few hundred people, then the vanguard army of A Shu can handle it by themselves.
But if he encounters those slightly larger tribes, Ah Shu cannot guarantee that he can eat them all in one go. He can also contact Dou Xian's main force of the Chinese army behind him as early as possible and dispatch the whole army together.
As for the super-large tribes whose whole army cannot eat every last bit of the opponent, their numbers are limited on the grassland. Moreover, most of them are basically deep in the grassland and will not be close to the big man.
.
This time, after all, it is just a containment exercise, not an all-out war between the two sides. It is impossible for them to really penetrate into the deepest part of the country alone. Each general has a bottom line in his heart. After the army penetrates to a certain level, it will not continue to advance.
. Therefore, basically you will not encounter those super large tribes in Yuanmeng.
In fact, after so many years of development, the floating water house has already achieved certain results in its penetration of Yuanmeng. Especially after the mutual trade between the two parties, the power of the floating water house took the opportunity to vigorously enter the grassland.
The Jin army also knew the location of some tribes on the grassland.
But on the grassland, people live in close proximity to water and grass, especially those small tribes. The position of the tribe is not fixed at all, but may move at any time. Therefore, the information about the floating house can only be used as a reference, and each army needs to send a large number of
The service conducts investigation.
"General Quchu just sent someone back to report that he has searched the surrounding fifty miles and found no other tribes from Yuanmeng!"
After all, the grassland is vast and sparsely populated, so this situation was within the scope of A Shu's expectation.
Qu Chu, this is another famous general from the grassland. He is one of the four adopted sons of Genghis Khan’s mother, Hoelun, and one of Genghis Khan’s generals. When Temujin was attacking the Merqi tribe, he picked up a little boy.
So according to Mongolian custom, he was regarded as a family member and given to his mother Hoelun as an adopted son.
However, in this life, he was intercepted by Li Xiang from the large summoning card and brought to the Jin army.
"We have to ask General Qu Chu to speed up. When our army left Liangzhou, after all, we only brought ten days of food and grass. We must find a way to get more food and grass. Otherwise, once our food is exhausted, we will collapse.
." A general said worriedly.
The general looked around at the soldiers who were happily killing cattle and sheep. On the surface, the future was bright, but as generals, they must have more to think about.
Moreover, to be honest, they should eat as little as possible of the food and grass they brought with them and save as much as possible. Once they are all eaten, it will not be easy for them to survive for a while.
Although the soldiers are eating happily at this time, the soldiers are the lowest level of the people. They usually don't eat a few mouthfuls of meat a year. At this time, they encounter beef, mutton, and even the horse meat of the horses killed in the battle.
Be open to eating.
But after all, they are not grassland people. If they eat this for a while, they will definitely get tired of it. They can keep an extra portion of the food and grass they carry, and then they can adjust it when they get tired of eating beef and mutton.