Chapter 273 Food is the most important thing for the people
Mijia was very impatient. Three days ago, tribesmen came from the north. They said that the Wuhuan people had raided the winter pastures. Tens of thousands of horses were chasing the old and weak of the tribe on the grasslands, even women and children were not spared. They were not
Those who come to rob things are here to kill.
If you don't go back, all the people in the tribe will die.
Wuhuan people?
The Wuhuan people are the dogs of the Han people!
He looked bitterly at the Liaodong cavalry hanging behind the team on the horizon. That damn Yan Rou followed closely with his people. If you turn back to fight, he will retreat. If your marching team is scattered, he will
Just get close and prepare to attack. If you rest at night, he will send people to shoot arrows.
It's been three days, it's been three whole days, I can't eat well, I can't sleep well, I can't fight and I can't walk. I only walked fifty miles in three days. At this speed, the bodies of the tribesmen can't be recovered, they will all be eaten by wild beasts.
But he didn't dare to divide his troops. If there were fewer people in the Duanhou area, the meat given to the Han people would not be able to hold back for long. If there were more people in the Duanhou area, would they go back and be killed by the Wuhuan people?
As for what Su Li said about the alternating cover between the two troops, he couldn't believe it. Who would block the first formation? When he blocked the Liaodong cavalry, did Su Li take the opportunity to escape? He didn't have the confidence to resist Yan Rou's eight troops.
There are thousands of cavalry in Liaodong. There are thousands of armored cavalry in Liaodong. He has only ten thousand people, but he cannot withstand the assault of Liaodong cavalry.
Mika licked the blisters on his lips, frowned in pain, and said to himself bitterly: "Do you think I am a fool? Why don't you block the first wave? Then I can take the opportunity to withdraw from the tribe."
The Xianbei people did not dare to speed up their horses or lengthen the team, so they could only gather in one place and retreat slowly.
Ke Bi Neng watched from a distance and found no chance.
"These people have learned wisely. It would be great if they kept people behind as before. If my cavalry charges forward, we will gain something. What a pity. These bald-tailed dogs from the East Xianbei have lost the face of the Xianbei warriors."
Yan Rou persuaded with a smile: "Don't worry, I have already reported to the lord. When the army is surrounded, they will not be able to escape. Now we only need to drag them and consume them. We have to wait patiently for them to tire like a pack of wolves hunting."
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After speaking, he patted Ke Bineng on the shoulder and made a big cake for him: "Ke Bineng, you have now become a Han nationality and are a Han nationality. You can take a Han name later. Do it well, the lord values it very much.
As for you, the day when you can become a general is not far away."
Ke Bineng chuckled: "Thank you, General Yan, for your advice."
Two flowers bloom, one on each side.
It was February 14th when Liu Xiang received the message from Yan Rou. They had been searching on the grassland for twelve days. The number of murders reported by the Nanlou Department had exceeded 150,000. According to Cui Yi, this gang of Ziwu
The Huan people considered all the gophers on the grassland to have human heads.
It doesn't matter, just let them report the numbers randomly. Liu Xiang won't believe it anyway. He only looks at the captured cattle and sheep to calculate the losses of the Dong Xianbei people.
After the White Disaster, the young people who raided south took away most of the horses, cattle and sheep, and the rest would be eaten. Those who are still alive must be the remaining ones, and they are larger than the population of the Xianbei people.
Not much.
In the past twelve days, the Nanlou Department has turned over more than 20,000 sheep, more than 4,000 cattle, and 500 horses, all of which are female animals of appropriate age and scattered breeding animals.
Counting those who were affected and died during the battle, as well as those they slaughtered and kept for food rations, these should be less than half.
Don’t underestimate the appetite of 40,000 young people. The number of cattle and sheep they have eaten these days must be at least 20,000. Nanlou has not received any supplies since he came to the grassland. Of course, he couldn’t get them even if he wanted to, so they
Part of it must have been reserved for food rations. Based on the marching time of the search team, it should be enough for at least five days. This is tens of thousands of livestock.
In the grassland after the snow disaster, there was nothing else to eat besides cattle and sheep, so Liu Xiang deduced that the Nanlou Department had seized at least 60,000 sheep. As for the cattle, they should have killed less and used them for transportation, but five to six thousand sheep
There is a head.
Based on this figure, approximately 40,000 to 50,000 people from Eastern Xianbei died, and at least half of the population was wiped out by the Nanlou tribe.
This result is pretty good.
The most difficult thing about chasing down nomads on the grassland is not fighting, but how to find them. This is thanks to the blessing of the season. They are relatively dense in winter. If you come here in summer and autumn, you may not be able to see them for more than ten days.
If you go to a few populated areas and search for dozens of miles, you may not find anything.
On the grassland, there are more wild animals than livestock, and more livestock than people. You can walk for hundreds of miles without encountering a single person.
This is the biggest problem of the Han army's Northern Expedition. All the supplies prepared before the war have been used up, and the main force of the nomads has not yet been found.
When the grassland is divided, they avoid you. When the grassland is unified, they have too many cavalry and the rate of looting southward is too fast. The passive defense of the Han army cannot keep up. Your army has just gathered and they have already looted it.
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When you rush into the grassland and prepare to kill in revenge, you find no chance for a decisive battle.
Not to mention the frustration of retreating after running out of food.
So, the gains this time are really good.
The joy of harvesting ended here, and Liu Xiang ordered the troops to gather.
It took a full five days for the 19 troops to gather together, and turned over more than 2,000 cattle, more than 10,000 sheep, and more than 300 horses.
Nanlou also handed over 40,000 sheepskins and 3,000 cowhide, all of which were newly peeled and not yet tanned. Those cooked skins were wrapped by the tribesmen to keep warm. It was not good to forcibly deprive the tribesmen of their trophies. Otherwise, he really wanted to
Offer them all up.
He thought for a long time before he figured out why Wu Yan could win the favor of the general. It couldn't be just because he defected early. The Wu Yan tribe was about to be exterminated at the beginning, and their population was not as large as his. Now their power is almost the same as his own. This
But it was all supported by the general.
Why does the general support them?
It's because they have a close relationship with the general's caravan. The Wuyan tribe just grazes the cattle, and the people in the caravan help him trade and then share the money together. If Youzhou needs skins, they will sell them. If Youzhou needs living animals, they will sell them.
Living things, how can this not make money?
Wu Yan's life made him envious. He also wanted to gain the general's trust, but he didn't know the people in the caravan. Who knew if he would be deceived? Businessmen are the best at deceiving people.
So he begged Liu Xiang.
"General, my department also wants to find a caravan to cooperate with Wuyan. The Wuhuan people don't know how to do business. I don't know which merchants can be trusted. I ask the general to send a caravan to our department. We also want to cooperate with Wuhuan."
Just like Yanbu, he joined the general's sect."
Liu Xiang understood what Nanlou meant. He wanted to tie himself up with the military caravan and devote himself completely to gain his trust. But Nanlou didn't understand. Liu Xiang trusted the Wuyan Department and the Kebineng Department, not only
It's because they cooperate with caravans.
The most important thing is that these two tribes have changed their staple food. Like the Han people, their staple food is millet, wheat, and sometimes some rice.
Food is the most important thing for people. This principle is applicable everywhere. Whether you are Han or Hu, food is always the most important. The change of staple food is equivalent to complete dependence on Han people. Over time, the national eating habits will change.
After complete conversion, their descendants will naturally become real Han people.
This is stronger and more effective than commercial bundling.
Whether it is commercial transactions, cultural export, or teaching barbarian people to farm, these are all means, and the purpose is to change the structure of their food.
When the staple food becomes similar to that of Han people, Chineseization will be completed naturally.
Food is the most important thing for the people!
This principle was repeated over and over again by the sages, but many people could not understand it. However, Liu Xiang felt that he had already tasted some of it, which was why he was confident that he could Chineseize those barbarians.
Food is the most important thing for people. The composition of food determines people's way of survival, and the way of survival determines people's thinking patterns.
Thinking determines camp.
What is a camp? In ancient times, a camp was an ethnic group, and an ethnic group evolved into a nation.