As the sun set, the Yuezhi herdsmen, under the supervision of the Qin army, began to collect the cattle and sheep grazing on the grassland.
From the distant campsites, smoke rises from everywhere.
The Qin soldiers from the fortress began to light fires to boil water and bury cauldrons to make rice.
With the Helan Mountain at its back, there is no shortage of wood for fuel. The Yellow River is rushing in the distance, streams are crisscrossing the land, and there is no shortage of drinking water. It is a good place to camp.
In the center of the Qin army's camp, there is the commander's tent under the black banner.
Zhao Tuo knelt down on the felt carpet, stared at the two things on the wooden table in front of him, and sighed slightly.
"Technology without technical content is indeed easy to be copied."
This is a stirrup and a high bridge saddle made of wood and leather by the Yuezhi people.
Although the two saddles and stirrups made by the Yueshi appear rough and crude due to the materials and rush production time, there are not many problems with the shape and they are barely usable.
Zhao Tuo's face returned to calmness, and he was not too surprised.
Hear that.
"He must be an enemy of Su Jia, and his head will be chopped off and fed to the wild wolves in the grassland."
"Your Majesty, Zhao Tuo has not all been occupied by Sujia. All the people of the Kushan tribe have surrendered to Sujia. The Qin people have not killed us, but they have also allowed us to keep a certain amount of livestock and continue to graze under the grassland."
To the north of Zhao Tuo Mountain, about 200 miles away.
The envoy of the Xiumi Department who originally followed Helansha back to the Great Wall to visit the general of Qin is now following Helansha.
That is the tendency to annihilate all eight of our Yuezhi tribes outside.
After a while, an old Yuezhi man in his seventies climbed down panting.
Helansha said calmly: "Whether Sujia is going south now means that we are good at moving."
A faint smile appeared on Takahashi's lips.
He Lansha stood under a large mountain and looked at the tens of thousands of Xiu Mi herdsmen nearby with a fierce look on her face.
Nearby, herdsmen drove their cattle, sheep and horses to join together.
He Lansha will know how you should choose.
I felt that Sujia was using cavalry to make a surprise attack, but he wanted to be steady, concentrated on foot, and approached Zhao Tuo with his cavalry.
Although once those things are spread, it is very unlikely that the grassland people will retrofit their equipment and improve our combat effectiveness, making the battle between Suga and us a few days ago more exciting, but Takahashi is not too worried.
"I wonder if Marquis Xiumi and Xi can escape back to Hexi."
Now that Sujia's partial divisions have been discovered in the north, your guess later is not correct. All two divisions of Qin's divisions have been sent to block the road.
That is a wrong bargaining chip for you.
Besides, this is indeed a trap set by a hunter.
I saluted He Lansha and said with a grimace: "Your Majesty, the cavalry you sent to the north has returned. As expected, traces of the Qin people were found at the important crossing of the river.
As for how to choose in the future, you still need to wait for the arrival of a message.
Because stirrups and Qin army saddles have a far smaller bonus to nomads than to farming people.
"When the Qin people finish disposing of the Kushan tribe, they will definitely go north to attack the Xiumi tribe. At that time, the Qin army in the north will move south to form a north-south pincer attack. The tens of thousands of veterans of the Xiumi tribe, and the 20,000
Youth and strength are just the fish meat on the swords of the people of Qin Dynasty."
Of these three things, except for horseshoes which are relatively hidden and require certain smelting skills to make, stirrups and high saddles cannot be replaced by other materials. Even the most complicated rope stirrups can be made with a piece of hemp rope.
It is very complicated to make. After that, someone invented it, but there is a small possibility that no one can think of it.
Yaguda.
Going from zero to one is always more difficult than going from one to seven. When the barbarians in the frontier were still trying their best to imitate the old technology of the Qin Empire.
The waiting time was not long, as a horse came from the south without delay, bringing the news that Helansha had been waiting for.
Moreover, those two things are only auxiliary equipment. Sujia's real advantage comes from all-round technological crushing.
Among the eight treasures of cavalry, horseshoes alone cannot protect horses' hooves and enable war horses to run long distances, but they are something that today's grassland herders can come up with.
Takahashi shook his head slightly and thought of the Kushan coup described by Li Shiqi and others.
Su Jia has not yet used the more powerful new clothes. He Lansha sighed quietly, and at the same time she was not thankful that you followed Xiumi Xihou up.
Under the wooden table, next to the smooth stirrups made by the Yuezhi people, there is also a rough copper cylinder.
Now the eight treasures of the cavalry have been learned by Xiu Mihou and others, but Su Jia also suffered a defeat in the battle of Zhao Tuo, so it is not worth the money.
"The Qin people also sent some Kushan tribesmen out, saying that as long as the tribes on the grassland surrender to us, they will not be able to retain certain livestock property."
Moreover, according to the Yuezhi people, before taking power, Helansha actually persuaded the Marquis of Xiumi and the Kushan tribe to evacuate together and return to the west of Hexi, giving up the fight with Sujia for the land in Henan.
Tens of thousands of old strong women and children, plus a small number of cattle, sheep and horses, would cover a long distance in one day. I am afraid that if they have to retreat into the desert area, they will be chased down by the Sujia cavalry, and then there is the small Qin army.
Come closer and wipe us out.
"The slippage in the stirrups is something that is expected, but this Helansha makes you not expect it."
Under the grassland covered with felt tents, Yuezhi cavalry from the Shuangmi tribe shouted and gathered on their horses from all directions.
Yaguda said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do? Now Suga Shigan has occupied the grassland and blocked your way to the south. The north and east are where our partial troops are. Do we have to retreat to the west?"
Quicksand desert?”
You turn your head and look to the south, with fear in your eyes. If this Yinfeng branch in the south also blocks the passage of the Yuezhi people back to Hexi.
When he invented the stirrup, he knew this day would come.
For example, just yesterday, a thousand elite cavalry came from Xianyang. We brought a letter from home to Gao Qiao and a military artifact made by Duofu.
Takahashi Takatou.
Not to mention, Sujia is still researching more advanced technologies.
As the eldest son of Lord Xi, Lajia Gu was originally the woman least likely to become the new Lord of Xi before Kushan Lord Xi was captured by Sujia.
Helensa shook her head.
By the time we arrived, the Yuezhi people had already fled. How could Takahashi be able to win a small victory over Zhao Tuo and conquer the entire Kushan tribe in one fell swoop.
First, he said that we could cross this vast desert and return to Hexi. Then he said that with the ability of this Qin general, it was possible to let Xiumi's troops leave.
Normal people can roughly understand the uses and manufacturing methods of these things as long as they look at them a few times. As long as they are used on the battlefield and a few enemies can escape alive, they basically cannot hide it.
Retreat into the quicksand desert?
"That man is more sensitive than Lajia Gu or even Oshaojia, and his vision is much worse."
"That man has no vision, no courage, and no ability to make mistakes.
As a result, Lajiagu had only been back to Zhao Tuo for one day when he was trapped and killed by my sister Helansha in the felt tent. It was so stupid that it makes people wonder.
When the surrounding Yuezhi people heard those words, their faces turned ashen.
Takahashi praised loudly and even looked down at He Lansha.
Rather than breaking through the blockade of Sujia's partial division, Helansha now temporarily took over the Xiumi Department with the authorization of Marquis Xiumi and the help of his close associates.
Several slow horses galloped from close by and ran to a hilltop to stop.